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Prof.Shalu Rani

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Electronics Engineering

Email: shalu[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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Research Interest: Energy Storage Devices For Wearable Electronics Including Advanced Flexible Supercapacitors/Micro-supercapacitors And Their Integration With Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Li-ion Batteries, And Neuromorphic Computing.

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

1. Analog Circuits (Winter 2023-2024), (Winter 2024-2025)

2. Basics of Electronics Engineering (Monsoon 2024-2025)

3. Electronic Devices and Circuits Lab

Academics

 

Ph.D. (Nanotechnology, 2017-2022) (CGPA: 9.143/10)

Institution

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

Thesis title

Binder-free TiO2-based Flexible Supercapacitors for Low-power Wearable Electronics

Supervisor

Prof. Yogesh Sharma, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology

Roorkee, Roorkee, India

M.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2013-2015)

Institution/Marks

UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India

(CGPA: 7.75/10 (first-division))

Thesis title

Design and Simulation of MEMS-based Capacitive Accelerometer for Avionic Application

Supervisors

Dr. C. C. Tripathi, UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and Dr. R. Mukhiya, Scientist, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

work held at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering, 2008-2012)

Institution/Marks

UIET, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

(72.3% (first-division))

Higher Secondary, 12th (2007-2008)

Institution/Marks

GGSS School, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

(CGPA: 8.4/10 (first-division)) in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)

Secondary, 10th (2005-2006)

Institution/Marks

Dashmesh Vidya Mandir School, Haryana, India

(CGPA: 9.2/10 (first-division))

Position

 

Assistant Professor (01/12/2023 to Present)

Institution

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Research Associate (24/04/2023 to 14/11/2023)

Institution

University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Project Assistant (14/05/2015 to 30/03/2017)

Institution

CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India

Awards and Honors

 

  • Received best research paper award in Student Research Symposium (SRS'22) organized by IEEE NTC student chapter IIT Indore.
  • Qualified University Grants Commission (UGC)-National Eligibility Test (NET)-(JRF) in 2018 for Ph.D. fellowship and UGC-NET (Assistant Professor): June 2015, December 2015, July 2016, and January 2017, by Govt. of India.
  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2017.

Publications

Books Published

  1. Shalu Rani, Sanjay Kumar, Ruchi Singh, and Pawan Kumar, "Surface Engineered 2D TMD Materials for Advanced Wearable Biosensors", 2D Materials: Sensing Applications, Springer Nature, 2024, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-6258-3.
  2. Pawan Kumar, Shalu Rani and Sanjay Kumar, “Smart Solid Electrolyte Materials in Energy Storage Devices: Batteries”, Smart Materials for Science and Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 173-189, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/9781394186488.ch10.
  3. Shalu Rani, Sanjay Kumar and Ritesh Bhardwaj, “Role of Carbon Nanotube for Flexible Supercapacitor Application”, Carbon Nanotubes - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Potential Applications, INTECHOPEN LIMITED, 2022, ISBN: 978-1-83968-887-4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108022.
  4. Shalu Rani, Pawan Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, “Carbon Nanotubes: A Superior Material for Future Electronics Devices”, Semiconductor Materials (volume-1), AkiNik Publication, pp. 47-62, 2020, ISBN: 978-93-90420-46-9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/ed.book.946.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. Shalu Rani, Gaurav Khandelwal, Sanjay Kumar, Suresh C. Pillai, George K. Stylios, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Daniel M. Mulvihill, "Flexible self-powered supercapacitors integrated with triboelectric nanogenerators", Energy Storage Materials, vol. 74, 103977, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103977. (IF: 18.9)
  2. Mohit Kumar Gautam, Sanjay Kumar, Shalu Rani, Ioannis Zeimpekis, and Dimitra G. Georgiadou, “2D MoS2 Monolayers Integration with Metal Oxide-based Artificial Synapses”, Frontiers in Nanotechnology-Nanoelectronics, vol. 6, 2024, DOI: 10.3389/fnano.2024.1400666. (IF: 4.1)
  3. Abhinav Tandon, Shalu Rani, Yogesh Sharma, “A Flexible One-dimensional Woven Supercapacitor for Low-power Smart Electronic Textiles", Batteries & Supercaps, 2024, e202400176, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202400176. (IF: 5.7)
  4. Sanjay Kumar, Mayank Dubey, Megha Nawaria, Mohit Kumar Gautam, Mangal Das, Ritesh Bhardwaj, Shalu Rani, and Shaibal Mukherjee, “Investigation of Filament Formation and Surface Perturbation in Nanoscale-Y2O3 Memristor: A Physical Modelling Approach”, Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 53, pp. 2965–2972, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-10967-4. (IF: 2.1)
  5. Shalu Rani, Yogesh Sharma, “Fabrication of Binder-free and High energy density Yarn Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 13022–13029, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2022.3186958. (IF: 6.1)
  6. Abhinav Tandon, Shalu Rani, Yogesh Sharma, “Designing the Binder-Free Conversion-Based Manganese Oxide Nanofibers as Highly Stable and Rate Capable Anode for Next-Generation Li-Ion Batteries”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 6855–6868, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00487. (IF: 6)
  7. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Yogesh Sharma, “Fabrication of Binder-Free TiO2 Nanofibers@Carbon Cloth for Flexible and Ultra-Stable Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics”, Advanced Electronic Materials, vol. 8, no. 9, 2200108, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200108. (IF: 7.2)
  8. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Abhinav Tandon, Yogesh Sharma, “Electrophoretic Grown TiO2-Based Interdigitated Microsupercapacitor: Device Fabrication and Characterization for Flexible Electronics”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 5263-5268, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2021.3105373. (IF: 2.9)
  9. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Yogesh Sharma, “Recent progress and future perspective for the development of micro- supercapacitors for portable/wearable electronics applications”, IOP Journal of Physics: Energy, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 032017, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac01c0. (IF: 5.9)
  10. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Abhinav Tandon, Yogesh Sharma, “Fabrication of Binder-free TiO2 Nanofiber Electrodes via Electrophoretic Deposition for Low-Power Electronic Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 251-256, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2020.3039948. (IF: 2.9)
  11. Shalu Rani, Ravindra Mukhiya, C.C. Tripathi, B.D. Pant, Ram Gopal, “Design and Simulation of MEMS-based Z-axis Capacitive Accelerometer”, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 112- 115, 2015. (IF: 3.5)

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  1. Abhinav Tandon, Shalu Rani, Yogesh Sharma, “Temperature Dependent Dielectric Properties of Spinel MgMn2O4 Nanofibers for LIB Anode”, 2022 6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), IISC Bangalore, December 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEE56203.2022.10118075.
  2. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Abhinav Tandon, Yogesh Sharma, “Fabrication of Binder-free TiO2 Nanoparticle Electrodes for Supercapacitor in Low-Power Electronic Applications”, 2020 5th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), IIT Delhi, November 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEE50728.2020.9776669.
  3. Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Abhinav Tandon, Yogesh Sharma, “Investigating the Effect of Electrophoretic Deposition Voltage on the Supercapacitor Performance of Binder-free TiO2 Nanoparticles Electrodes”, 13th National Conference on Solid State Ionics (NCSSI-13), IIT Roorkee, December, 2019.
  4. Shalu Rani, Ravindra Mukhiya, C.C. Tripathi, B.D. Pant, Ram Gopal, “Design and Simulation of MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer”, 2nd National Conference on Converging Technologies Beyond 2020 (2CTB-2020), UIET, KUK, Nov 2014.

Projects & Activities

Membership of Scientific Societies

Member IEEE, Membership No. 93095552

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Academic Responsibilities:

  • Member of Departmental Post Graduate Committee (DPGC), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (19-10-2024 to present)
  • Member of Departmental Grievance Redressal Committee (DGRC), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (28-02-2024 to present)
  • Co-FIC, Pouch Battery Cell Fabrication Lab, NVCTI, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (14-05-2024 to present).

 

Professional Services: Peer-Reviewer:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • IOP Physica Scripta
  • IOP Nanotechnology
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IOP Flexible and Printed Electronics
  • Scientific Reports

Guidance

1. Adwaita Kundu

Full time JRF

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