SREEVIDYA U
Ms. Sreevidya U is a material researcher who works in the field of thermoelectrics and functional materials. She joined Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM IST (formerly known as SRM University) in September 2019 as Junior Research Fellow. She has completed her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Calicut University and master’s degree in Biopolymer science from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala. She started her research career in polymer-based thermoelectrics as a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Dr. M. Navaneethan in Nanotechnology Research Centre and Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. She has published 2 research articles during the research period. She has presented her research works in many reputed international and national conferences. Her current focus of study is in the preparation of conducting polymer-based nanocomposites for room-temperature thermoelectric application.
Campus: Functional Materials and Energy Devices, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur – Chennai
Research Interest: Thermoelectrics, Synthesis of conducting polymers, Polymer nanocomposites
Education
Ph.D. (Chemisytry) - SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST), Tamil Nadu, India (Ongoing)
M.Sc. (Biopolymer Science) - Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Ernakulam, Kerala, India (2019)
B.Sc. (Chemistry) - RSM SNDP College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India (2017)
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Best poster presentation award in Dr. Paarivendhar Research Colloquium (DPRC 2023) , SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMI IST), India.
Publications
Workshop/CoNference
U. Sreevidya, V. Shalini, S. Kavirajan, K.R. Maiyelvaganan, M. Prakash, K. Kamala Bharathi, E. Senthil Kumar, J. Archana, S. Harish, M. Navaneethan. Poster presentation on “Investigation of non-covalent interactions in Polypyrrole/Polyaniline/Carbon black ternary complex for enhanced thermoelectric properties via interfacial carrier scattering and π-π stacking” in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Green Energy Technologies (NCRTGET), Department of Green Energy Technology, Pondicherry University, 8th – 9th December, 2022
U. Sreevidya, S. Kavirajan, V. Shalini, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Prakash, and M. Navaneethan. Poster presentation on “Improved power factor in polypyrrole/carbon black (PPy/CB) polymer composite for room-temperature thermoelectric application” in the 7th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – ICONN 2023 (Virtual Conference) held on 27th-29th March, 2023.
U. Sreevidya, V. Shalini, K. Kamala Bharathi, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Prakash, M. Navaneethan. Poster presentation on “Nanostructured Polypyrrole-Polyaniline composites for enhanced thermoelectric performance” in the Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials (ICHSM 2021) held on 8th-10th April, 2021.Attended “Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics (VCT-2020)” held on 21st -23rd of July.
U. Sreevidya, V. Shalini, S. Harish, J. Archana, M. Prakash, M. Navaneethan. Poster presentation on “Nanostructured Polypyrrole-Polyaniline Composites for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance” in the DR. PAARIVENDHAR RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM (DPRC) - 2022, 24th - 26th March 2022.
Participated in the “Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics (VCT-2020)” held on 21st -23rd of July, 2020.
Participated in the “6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Chemistry (ICRAMC 2022)”- SRMIST - Kattankulathur- Feb.17-19, 2022.
Participated in SUMMER NANO-IMMERSION PROGRAM, held on-line during 22 – 26, June 2020 organized by Nanotechnology Research Centre (NRC) and Department of Physics & Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai – 603203, India.
Attended online webinar on “Conducting polymer nanocomposites and its applications” conducted by Department of Physics, AMC Engineering College, Bengaluru on 15th July 2020.
Participated in a 5-days Faculty development program on Recent Trends in Applied Physics & Material Science (RAM-2020) from 08-06-2020 to 12-06-2020 conducted by Dept. of BS&H, QISCET, Ongole in association with Data Teach Labs.
Participated in the series of online lectures in Solid State Physics-Series 1: ‵Electrons in Solids′ during 01-04 June 2020 conducted by Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras.
Attended the one day webinar on “Effective Use of Lockdown Time to Enhance Your Scientific Writing and Networking Skills” Organized by Department of Chemistry, SSN College of Engineering on 2nd July 2020.
Participated in a 5-day webinar series on Nanotechnology Driven Engineered materials organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, Cochin, Kerala from 29 June to 3rd July 2020.