Dr. E. BHOJE GOWD

• Design and Development of Flexible Polymer/Biopolymer based Aerogels for Thermal and Acoustic Insulation

        Principal Investigator, Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)

        Science and Engineering Research Board, India

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• Development of Polymer-Coir Composites for Electrical Insulation
  Project Coordinator, Duration: 3 years (2020-2023) 
  National Coir Research and Management Institute, Kerala, India

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• Delaminated Surfactant-free Layered Double Hydroxides as Multifunctional Fillers for Semicrystalline Polymers
  Principal-Investigator, Duration: 3 years (2014-2017) 
  Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, India

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• Development of a miniaturized and portable laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy LIBS set-up for fast identification and sorting of different plastic classes
  Principal-Investigator, Duration: 3 years (2019-2022)
  Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

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• Process Development for Surface Modification of Coir Fibers for Enhanced Spinnability
  Project Coordinator and Principal-Investigator, Duration: 2 years (2017-2019) 
  Coir Board, India

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• Pilot scale demonstration of a comprehensive approach to recover high-value products from waste banana pseudo stem

       Co-investigator, Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)

        Department of Science and Technology, India

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• Large-Scale Production of Coir/polymer Composites for Acoustic Applications
  Project Coordinator, Duration: 3 years (2018-2021) 
  National Coir Research and Management Institute, Kerala, India

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• Development of biodegradable mulching mats using coir-polymer systems
  Project Coordinator, Duration: 3 years (2018-2021) 
  National Coir Research and Management Institute, Kerala, India

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• Production of Polymer/coir Composites for Furniture Applications
  Project Coordinator, Duration: 3 years (2018-2021) 
  National Coir Research and Management Institute, Kerala, India

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• Development of Binderless Coir Boards: A Greener Alternative Product to Wood Panels for Building Applications
  Project Coordinator, Duration: 2 years (2020-2022) 
  National Coir Research and Management Institute, Kerala, India

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• Functional Star and linear Polymers with a Chromophore as core and Influence of Polymer-Chain Chirality on the Hierarchical Structures and Photophysical Properties
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 3 months (2018)
  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

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• Process Development for Enhancing the Longevity of Coir Geotextiles (coir bhoovastra)
  Project Coordinator and Co-investigator, Duration: 2 years (2017-2019) 
  Coir Board, India

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• Bioplastics from poly(lactic acid)/coir composites
  Project Coordinator and Co-investigator, Duration: 2 years (2017-2019) 
  Coir Board, India

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• Supramolecular Polymeric Nanomaterials with Hierarchical Morphologies
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 5 Years (2010-2015) 
  Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

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• Investigation of Structural Changes in Polymer-based Hybrid Materials in Situ and in Real Time by Wide- and Small Angle X-ray Scattering
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 3 months (2014) 
  Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)

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• Polymer Nanocomposites
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 1 year (2014-2016) 
  HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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• Microstructure Analysis of Industrial Yarns
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 1 year (2014-2016) 
  Shriram Fibers Limited, Chennai, India

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• Development of coir fibre composite panel for acoustic applications
  Co-Investigator, Duration: 6 months (2014-2015) 
  Institute of India Interior Designers, Cochin, India

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• Specialty Materials based on Engineered clays (SPECS)
  Co-Investigator, Duration: 5 Years (2012-2017) 
  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

 

• Intelligent coatings INTELCOAT (Development of multifunctional intelligent materials using stimuli-responsive polymer thin films)
  Co-Investigator, Duration: 5 Years (2012-2017) 
  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

 

• Characterization of PVC Sheets
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 1 year (2019-2020) 
  Terumo Penpol Pvt. Ltd, Thiruvananthapuram, India

 

• Characterization of Silicone and Silicone derivatives
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 1 year (2018-2019) 
  Momentive Performance Materials (India) Ltd, Bangalore, India  

 

• Microstructure Analysis of Nylon and Polyester Yarns
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 1 year (2017-2018) 
  Shriram Fibers Limited, Chennai, India

 

• Microstructure Analysis of Industrial Yarns
  Principal Investigator, Duration: 2 years (2021-2023) 
  Shriram Fibers Limited, Chennai, India