Dr. Subodh Barthwal is an assistant professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Amity University, Greater Noida, India. He has more than fifteen years of teaching and research experience at different engineering colleges, including IITs and NITs. He has worked extensively on the development of bioinspired materials and the synthesis of nanomaterials, which he took up during his Ph.D. work at Sharda University, and is aggressively pursuing his research further. He has filed more than 10 patents in his area of work and has published many research papers in various international journals of repute. His main areas of research are bio-inspired materials, surface wettability, nanomaterials, sensors, and material characterization.
Prof. Sumit Barthwal received his Ph.D. (2016) in nanochemistry from Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea. At present, he is working as a research professor in the Nano Mechatronics Lab at Kookmin University. His research interests include surface coating, micromaterials/nanomaterials, bio-inspired coating, surface wettability, anti-icing, corrosion resistance, nanocomposites, multifunctional coating materials, superhydrophobic/hydrophilic surfaces, anti-bacterial, oil/water separation, and gas sensors. His recent research interests include the surface treatment of metal surfaces to develop highly durable anti-icing/anti-frosting surfaces with delayed icing and low ice-adhesion properties and an anti-bacterial coating. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers in prestigious journals, including two book chapters. He has seven patents, including one US patent on the fabrication of an oil separator with a nanorod surface layer inside. He also served as a reviewer for several international journals.
