Teaching

Teaching Statement

Prof. Prasanna Mural's teaching policy involves always being humble and remaining a student for learning. He believes in teaching that imparts confidence in critical thinking to the students so they are in a position to communicate their knowledge efficiently. His teaching instills a foundation for students to venture and tackle new problems with cutting-edge research.

Some courses taught are

Undergraduate Course - Engineering Polymers & Composites, Heat Treatment Laboratory

Postgraduate Course - Communication Skills, Sustainable Materials for Water Treatment

MM 754: Sustainable Materials for Water Treatment  (6 credits)

Semester: Spring

Offered: 2024-25

Description: Emerging pollutants in water bodies ◦ In Situ Sampling Techniques ◦ Sustainable Water Treatment Techniques • Membrane-Based technologies • Forward Osmosis, Electrospun Membranes, Membrane Distillation and Microbial Fuel Cell • Bio and Bio-inspired materials for water reclamation • Bioreactor for degradation, Bioremediation and Phytoremediation, • Hydrodynamic cavitation and Advanced Oxidation Process • Nanomaterials for treatment of water

Text Reference: Seymour and C.E.Carraher Jr., Polymer Chemistry, Marcel Dekker, New York, 0111992.R.C. 

MM 337: Processing and Characterization of Non-metallic Materials Laboratory (5 credits)

Semester: Spring

Offered: 2024-25

Description: Powder characterisation by laser particle size analyser, surface area measurement by BET technique, particle shape by SEM. Ceramic powder compaction: Effect of additives like binders and lubricants, and compaction pressure on green density, defects in green compacts. Indentation fracture test. Sintering with borosilicate glass powder compacts OR ZnO powder. Sintered density measurements, sintering kinetics, distortion during sintering. Glass-making and characterization of glass (DSC for Tg or dilatometry for CTE) Plastic injection moulding - anisotropy from tensile test OR Compression moulding - isotropic properties from compression test. 3D printing of polymers - fracture test. Epoxy-fiber composite with different amounts of filler loading. TG-DTA/DSC. Impact test as a function of temperature

MM 453: Engineering Polymers & Composites (6 credits)

Semester: Autumn

Offered: 2024-25

Description: Classification of polymers, Polymerization reactions. Polymer characterization, thermal, mechanical and electrical properties, polymer crystallinity, structure property correlations in polymers.Polymer Engineering: Raw materials for production, Polymer processing techniques; fabrication of special polymer products. Introduction and classification of composite materials, strengthening mechanisms in composites, Reinforcing materials: fibres, whiskers and particles. Manufacture of glass fibres, fabrication of fibre reinforced plastics and metal matrix composites. Properties and application of composites. 

Text Reference: Seymour and C.E.Carraher Jr., Polymer Chemistry, Marcel Dekker, New York, 0111992.R.C.