Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Aravind Babu Dasari
Associate Chair (Academic)
Associate Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering
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Aravind obtained his PhD in 2007 from the Center for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT), The University of Sydney, Australia, under the guidance of Professor Yiu-Wing Mai. Upon completion of PhD, Dr Dasari continued to work as a post-doctoral fellow at Sydney Uni before moving to the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA Materials Institute) as a Research Scientist in early 2009 to lead the group on Multifunctional Nanocomposites. After a couple of years of exciting stint in Madrid, he joined NTU as an Assistant Professor in mid-2011. He is currently an Associate Professor at NTU.
Design and development of polymer composites/nanocomposites and coatings thereof for utilization in the construction/building sector, electrical and electronic industries, and renewable energy sector. The specific facets of interests include:
o Flame retardancy of polymers and coatings
o Fire-protections boards and aluminium composite panels
o Thermal spalling behavior of concrete
o Fire retardancy of timber
o Mechanical properties of structural composites
o Tribological behavior
o Flame retardancy of polymers and coatings
o Fire-protections boards and aluminium composite panels
o Thermal spalling behavior of concrete
o Fire retardancy of timber
o Mechanical properties of structural composites
o Tribological behavior
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings (PI: Tan Kang Hai)
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings (PI: Wan Man Pun)
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings (PI: Aravind)
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings (PI: Teoh Bak Koon)
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings
- Full-scale fire testing to validate simulations for (a) integrated active systems and (b) structural system for underground buildings (PI: Zhao Ou)
- Nanyang Award - Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Polyurethane foams with improved fire performance
- Development of a thermally insulative epoxy-based FRP system