Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Thirumany Sritharan 
Associate Dean (Special Projects), College of Engineering
 
Division of Materials Science 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: ASSRITHARAN@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 4931 
Office: N4.1-01-08a 
Education
  • PhD University of Sheffield 1981
  • DMet University of Sheffield 1977
  • BScEngin(Hons) University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya 1975
Biography
Professor T. Sritharan is currently in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. He joined NTU in May 1992, a few months after the launch of the Materials Engineering program in NTU. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya in 1975 and then proceeded to the University of Sheffield, UK to do a Postgraduate Diploma in Metallurgy (1977) followed by PhD (1981). He was awarded the Brunton Medal for research at Sheffield University. He then proceeded to The University of Melbourne for postdoctoral research and then joined the Comalco Research Centre, Melbourne as a Research Scientist in aluminium alloys. He has more than 60 top journal papers and is a frequent reviewer to J. Materials Research and Appl Phys Letters.
Research Interests
Prof Sritharan's research expertise are in the areas of experimental processing and characterization of ceramics and metallics with focus on (a) multiferroic ceramic thin films, (b) barrier layers and inerface phenomena, and (c) nanostructured magnetic materials. His current projects are in the development of mutliferroic materials with magnetoelectric coupling for applications in spintronics, Ru-based diffusion barrier layers for Cu metallization, interface interactions in electronic packages, and the effects of nanostructure on the magnetic properties.
Research Grant
  • A*SERC Singapore-China JRP Call for Proposals (2011-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (-)
  • NRF CREATE (2012-)
Current Projects
  • Application of Nano-Materials
  • CARBON NANOTUBE GRAFTING ON CARBON FIBRES TO IMPROVE INTERFACE STRENGTH OF COMPOSITES AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS
  • Development of Multiferroic Material for New Synergistic Applications
  • SinBeRISE Subproject 1 - Singapore-Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy
  • SinBeRISE Subproject 3 - Photovoltaic Device
Selected Publications
  • R Amini, H Shokrollahi, E Salahinejad , MJ Hadianford, , M Marasi, T Sritharan. (2009). Microstructural, thermal and magnetic properties of amorphous/nanocrystalline FeCrMnN alloys prepared by mechanical alloying and subsequent heat treatment. J. Alloys & Comp, 480, 617-624.
  • Sritharan T , Li YB , Xu C , Zhang S. (2008). Oxidation of Al-Au intermetallics and its consequences studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Research, 23, 1371-1382.
  • Xu, C; Sritharan, T; Mhaisalkar, SG. (2007). Thin film aluminum-gold interface interactions. Scripta Materialia, 56, 549-552.
  • Martina Damayanti, Thirumany Sritharan, Subodh Gautam Mhaisalkar, Gan Zhenghao. (2006). Effects of dissolved nitrogen in improving barrier properties of ruthenium. Applied Physics Letters, 88(4), 044101.
  • Zuo Biao, Thirumany Sritharan. (2005). Ordering and grain growth in nanocrystalline Fe75Si25 alloy. Acta Materialia, 53(4), 1233-1239.
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