Dr. Geethamma V. G.

Asst. Prof. in Polymer Engineering, University College of Engineering,Thodupuzha, Kerala, India- 685 587

Education/ Research

• • Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship in the Dept. of Materials Science & Engg, University of Illinois (UC), USA, on Soft Lithography and Nanopatterning

  • Royal Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge, UK  

  • Ph.D. in the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, See my thesis here. 

  • M.Tech. Polymer Technology, Dept. of Polymer Science & Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala.

Popular Science Book

The book is entitled “Polymer-Jeevanu, Jeevithathinu, Paristitikku”, DC Books, India (2007). The title means Polymer for Life and Environment.

See the blogs

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• 1.                  Black Sides

  2.                  Rubbers and Plastics

  3.                  ശ്വാസത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിദ്ധ്വനി

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Selected Publications in Journals

1. Geethamma V. G. and Druptitha M P, Glass Transition Temperature of Polymers  Resonance: Journal of Science Education, October 2024, p 1401-1420

2. Geethamma V. G. Deepa P Gopinath and Jacob P Daniel, Complex Numbers and Rhythmic Changes,  Resonance: Journal of Science Education, August 2021, p 1059-1080

3. Geethamma V. G. and Sampath V, Rubber as an aid to teach thermodynamics, The discovery by a blind scientist, Resonance: Journal of Science Education, Feb 2010, p 217-238

4. Geethamma V G, Kazuki Shigeta and John A Rogers, It’s About Making Surfaces Invisible Moth Eye, Antireflective Surfaces, and Soft Lithography, Resonance: Journal of Science Education, April 2018, p 423-438

5.  Geethamma V. G., Nandakumar Kalarikkal and S. Thomas, Polymer products and environment, The Economic Times Polymers,December 2014- January 2015, p 54-56

6. Geethamma V. G., R. Asaletha, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and S. Thomas, Vibration and Sound Damping in Polymers, Resonance: Journal of Science Education, Sept 2014, p 821-833

7. Geethamma V. G. and S. Thomas, Why does a Rubber Ball Bounce? Molecular Origins of Rubber Elasticity, Resonance, Journal of Science Education, Vol. 2, No. 4, 48, 1997

Awards

• Fulbright Alumni Award supported by the United States- India Educational Foundation (USIEF)

• Young Scientist Award winner in Indian Science Congress, 1995

• Young Scientist Award winner in Kerala Science Congress, 1994