• Gender: Female
• Age: 39
• Designation: Other
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Preferred Country: UAE
• Notice Period: 3  Days
• Preferred Location: Ras al Khaimah, Sharajah, Duabi
• Work Experience: 14.6 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. thesis submitted in Polymer Science (Chemistry) in Delhi University, New Delhi, India. (Reports have been arrived and only Viva is left)
M.Phil (MRI and MRS) from Lucknow University, Lucknow, India in 2009 with 67.6%.
M.Sc (Chemistry) from Ghandi Faizam Mahavidyalaya, Shahjahanpur, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India in 2008 with 71.4%.
B.Sc. from Ghandi Faizam Mahavidyalaya, Shahjahanpur, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India in 2006 with 68.2%.
Intermediate from Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, O.C.F, Shahjahanpur in 2003 with 78.2%
High School from Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, Cantt, Shahjahanpur in 2001 with 68.2%

Skill Sets

Nanocomposites Polymer blends computer litterate good technical skills

Work Experience

Research and Training interests
Preparation and characterization of polymer nanocomposites, blends and composites.
Project Work:
Effect of distracters on the processing of verbal memory task: A FMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) study.
Mutiwalled carbon nanotubes reinforced composite fibers: control and assessment of multiwalled carbon nanotubes dispersion in semicrystalline polymer material.

Professional Experience
Three months training in INMAS (Institute of nuclear medicine and allied science) DRDO, New Delhi.
Worked as research assistant in Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in sponsored project for three months.

Instrumentation Expertise
Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Polarizing Optical Microscope (Axiovision, Zeiss)
Hot Stage
Parallel Plate Rheometer
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine.
Universal Testing Machine ( Izod Impact Tester, Tensile measurements)
Software Knowledge

Operating Systems Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, DOS
Software Packages Ms Office, Star e, Axiocam, Origin.

Papers Published in International Journals
Ranjana Sharma, Purnima Jain, Sushmita Dey Sadhu, Bikramjeet Kaur, “Mechanical and thermal properties of impact modified PBT blends and impact modified PBT nanocomposites” in Journal of Polymer Engineering. Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 489–500.

Ranjana Sharma, Himani Joshi, Purnima Jain, “Short Review on Crytallization behaviour of PET/clay nanocomposites” in Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 2011, Volume 2, Issue 3, 39-43 .

Ranjana Sharma, Himani Joshi, Purnima Jain, “Elastomer Toughened Poly (butylene terephthalate) Nanocomposites: Morphology and Impact Strength” in Archives of Applied Science Research, 2012, 4 (4), 1833-1838.

Publications in International/National Conferences

Presented poster on “Bioplastics: Environment Friendly Biopolymers from Microbes” at Recent Developments in Polymers, which was held in Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, on October 2009.

Presented paper in Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), organized by School of Applied Sciences (SAS) of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi on December 2009.

Presented poster on “Polymer/Clay based Nanocomposites” at Simulation and Characterization of Advanced Materials (SICHAM- 2010), organized by Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Campus, Bareilly on April 2010.

Presented a poster on “Biobased Advanced Composites- Green Nanocomposites” at “Polymer Science and Engineering” (PSE- 2010) organised by UICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh on 26-27 November 2010.

Presented a poster on “Polymer Based Biodegradable Nanocomposites” at 4th Indo -Italian Seminar on Green Chemistry and Natural Products” organized by Deptt of Chemistry, Delhi University on 17th November 2010.

Presented a paper on “Determination of Crystallinity of Polymers from DSC” at Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Material Science organized by Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Campus, Bareilly on 26-27 March 2011.

Presented a paper on “Polymer Nanocomposites: Properties and Applications ” at Recent Development in Engineering and Technology in Applied Sciences organized by Guru Prem Sukh Memorial College of Engineering, G.G.S.I.P. University, Delhi, on 24-25 Nov. 2011.

Presented poster on “Morphology of Rubber Toughened PBT Nanocomposites” at International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICNANO-2011) organized by University of Delhi, Delhi on 18-21 December 2011.

Presented paper on “Synthesis and Characterization of PBT Nanocomposites with Organoclay” at International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM 2012) at CIPET Ahmedabad on 10-12 Feburary 2012.

Paper accepted on “Toughening of PBT based Ternary Nanocomposites” at International Conference on Frontiers of NanoScience, Nanotechnology and Their Applications (NanoSciTech-2012) at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 16-18 February 2012.

Presented paper on “Crystallization behaviour of elastomer toughened semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites” in PPS Americas Conferenence (Polymer Processing Society) held on May 21-24, 2012 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Presented paper on “Properties of Impact Modified PBT and its Nanocomposites” in International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM 2013) at CIPET Lucknow from 1st to 3rd March, 2013.

Future Goals

To prepare multifunctinal materials having low cost.