Graduate Research Assistant

SMALL (nanobio Sensors and MicroActuators Lab)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Bonner Hall #326
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY at Buffalo)
Buffalo, NY 14260

Tel: (716) 645-3115
Fax: (716) 645-3656

E-mail : rp44@buffalo.edu

Web-site: http://www.buffalo.edu/~rp44

Recipient of the prestigious J N TATA scholarship as a TATA Scholar for the year 2005

The Best Outgoing Student in 2005, Dept. Mech. Engg, Hindustan College of Engineering

nanobio Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab (SMALL-Lab)

• Research Assistant Energy Harvesting Devices (Spring 08)

• Research Assistant in Minrad microvalve evaluation project (Summer 07)

• Research Assistant Bubble based particle encapsulation and sorting (Fall 07)

University at Buffalo, Composite Materials Research Laboratory, Buffalo, New York. (Fall 05 – Spring 07)

• Development of Multifunctional Polymer-Matrix Lightweight Load-bearing Composites for Energy Generation and Storage. (Carbon Fiber Based Polymer Composite)

• Experimental research on the electrical behaviour of cement-based materials, with emphasis on the phenomena of electrical conduction and polarization.

• Development of Magnetic Cement based materials.

University at Buffalo, Electronic Packaging Laboratory, Buffalo, New York. (Oct 05 – Jan 06)

• Measurement of strain and coefficient of thermal expansion using the Moire setup

Rajagopal Panchapakesan and Kwang W. Oh, "Label-Free Real-Time Micro PCR Using Surface Acoustic Wave," Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, the 1st annual Integrated Nanostructured Systems (INS) Workshop, May 18 - 19, 2007, Center for the Arts, The University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, USA.

Rajagopal Panchapakesan and D. D. L. Chung, ��Discovery of Electret effect in Cement��, In Press.