Venkatesh Rao | Actuators Award | Best Researcher Award

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Assist Prof Dr. Venkatesh Rao | Actuators Award | Best Researcher Award

Assiatant Professor at BITS Pilani, India

Venkatesh Rao is a highly skilled professional with a strong background in nanobiotechnology, micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), and mechanical engineering. He holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science and has extensive experience in both academia and research. Venkatesh has held positions as an Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science and as an Associate Professor at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. He has also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Science. Venkatesh is fluent in multiple languages and proficient in various analysis, CAD, programming, and hardware tools relevant to his field. His expertise and dedication make him a valuable asset in any professional setting.

Professional Profiles

Education: 🎓

Venkatesh Rao completed his Ph.D. in Nanobiotechnology from the Indian Institute of Science in 2017. His thesis, titled “Experimental Studies on Extremely Small Scale Oscillations of Microscale Mechanical and Biological Structures,” was advised by Prof. Rudra Pratap and Prof. Navakanta Bhat. Prior to his Ph.D., he obtained an M.S. in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems from Coventry University in 2008. He also holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, which he completed in 2004.

Work Experiences:👨‍🏫

Since 2017, Venkatesh Rao has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan. From 2015 to 2017, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka. Prior to his professorial roles, he worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, from 2005 to 2009.

Skills:📈

Venkatesh Rao is proficient in English, Hindi, Kannada, and Telugu. He has extensive experience in analysis software such as ANSYS, Workbench, CoventerWare, and Intellisuite. His CAD skills include AutoCAD, SolidWorks, L-Edit, Clewin, and Microstation. Venkatesh is also skilled in programming languages such as MATLAB, Maple, Mupad, Simulink, and C. Additionally, he has hands-on experience with hardware including LDV, AFM, SAM, SEM, flow cytometry, and confocal microscopy.

 

Publications:📄

Effect of metal coating and residual stress on the resonant frequency of MEMS resonators

Authors: AK Pandey, KP Venkatesh, R Pratap

Journal: Sadhana

Citations: 39

Year: 2009

Relevance of antibiotics with reference to sericulture industry

Authors: KR Venkatesh, A Srivastava

Journal: Intl J Sci Nat

Citations: 13

Year: 2010

Nondestructive evaluation of mechanical properties of femur bone

Authors: D Gautam, VKP Rao

Journal: Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Citations: 11

Year: 2021

Capturing higher modes of vibration of micromachined resonators

Authors: KP Venkatesh, R Pratap

Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Citations: 11

Year: 2009

Atomistic approach to analyze transportation of water nanodroplet through a vibrating nanochannel: scope in bio-NEMS applications

Authors: A Owhal, D Gautam, SU Belgamwar, VKP Rao

Journal: Molecular Simulation

Citations: 6

Year: 2022

Design and characterization of in-plane MEMS yaw rate sensor

Authors: KP Venkatesh, N Patil, AK Pandey, R Pratap

Journal: Sadhana

Citations: 6

Year: 2009

Thermoatomic analysis of monovacancy defected single-walled boron nitride nanotube under quasi-static strain: Insights from molecular dynamics

Authors: H Sharma, A Owhal, D Gautam, S Shrivastava, JS Rathore, …

Journal: Materials Chemistry and Physics

Citations: 5

Year: 2023

Numerical evaluation of the influence of AC and DC electric field on the response of the droplet

Authors: VKP Rao, T Sagar

Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings

Citations: 4

Year: 2020

Improved design methodology for the development of electrically actuated MEMS structures

Authors: A Prasad, KP Venkatesh, R Pratap, N Bhat

Conference: 2014 27th International Conference on VLSI Design and 2014 13th …

Citations: 4

Year: 2014

Experimental and numerical studies on mechanical resonance of piezoelectric hemispherical resonator gyroscope

Authors: P Chabbi, D Gautam, VKP Rao

Conference: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and …

Citations: 3

Year: 2021

Engineering a light-driven cyanine based molecular rotor to enhance the sensitivity towards a viscous medium

Authors: V Kachwal, A Srivastava, S Thakar, M Zubiria-Ulacia, D Gautam, …

Journal: Materials Advances

Citations: 3

Year: 2021

Electrothermally tunable MEMS filters

Authors: A Prasad, KP Venkatesh, N Bhat, R Pratap

Conference: Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization of MOEMS/MEMS …

Citations: 3

Year: 2014