Dr. VISHNU Vijay Kumar (IITM-NUS)

Curious Researcher || New York University🇺🇸🇦🇪| NUS Singapore🇸🇬|IIT Madras🇮🇳|Uni.Luxembourg 🇱🇺 |UGM 🇮🇩|ISRO🚀|AI, Sustainability, Nanomaterials, Composites, Energy, Biomaterials, ML

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

About

Researcher in Cross fields: Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Nanomaterials, Composites, Additive Manufacturing, sustainability, circular economy. Active member of various reputed international organizations and serves as Editor, Editorial board & and Reviewer member in various peer-reviewed journals. Gold medalist with first rank in both his Master's and Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. Gained experience in Industry and academia and conducted projects from places of strategic importance like the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), BPCL-Cochin Refineries, Steel Industries Ltd., and SIMTEC Singapore. Published his research output in various highly reputed international journals and has nearly 1000 citations since 2021. Recipient of various awards and scholarships, some being: Institute Research Award (IIT-Madras), Research Excellence award (IITM-NUS, Distinguish alumnus award- JCET (2021), Highly cited paper award- MDPI (2021, 2022), Best Oral presentation award- RAMAN (2022), Best paper award- IEEE NANO USA(2022), IITMM Alumni travel grant (2020&2021), Scholarship from Ministry of Foreign & European affairs- Luxembourg (2019-2020), NUS Strategic India Initiatives award (2018-2020), Nehru vigyan Award, etc.

Experience

  • New York University Abu Dhabi (On-site)
    • Cross Council Committe Member
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      An advisory committee to the university leadership. The committee comprises representatives from the various constituencies — faculty, staff, students (undergraduate and graduate), postdoctoral associates, researchers, and contract staff. The committee facilitates the flow of pertinent information and collaboration amongst them, and can refer matters to the respective councils and university committees accordingly. The committee meets twice a semester with the leadership and without on an as-needed basis.

    • Research Staff
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Assistant Professor & Placement,Internship, Admission and Alumni - Faculty Coordinator at International Institute of Aerospace Engineering and Management, Jain University
    Nov 2023 - Aug 2024 · 10 mos

  • Senior Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
    Apr 2023 - Nov 2023 · 8 mos

    ●Executed the fabrication, testing, and analysis of sandwich Composite materials for Aircraft and Aerospace structures ●Designed and fabricated an experimental set-up for impact testing and structural load measurements ●Coordinated the PI in writing grant proposals, mentoring summer interns and final-year project students ●Assisted in maintaining a collaborative and productive research culture within the team. ● Funded under a research grant from SERB- DST, Government of India

  • Research Assistant at National University of Singapore
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Nanofibers & Sustainability under Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna

  • Visiting Researcher at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
    Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 · 3 mos