Shravan Pradeep

Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2021
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 2015
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2012

Current Projects

  • Rheology and yielding dynamics of model earth suspensions
  • Failure models and associated microstructural signatures in soft earth materials.

Previous Experience

  • Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State (2017-2021)
  • Research Assistant, Nanomaterials Lab, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India (2015-2016)
  • Mangement Trainee - Production Engineering, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mangalore, India (2012-2013)

Certifications and Awards (Selected)

  • James Ferrell Outstanding PhD Student Award, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State (2022)
  • Teaching and Communications Certificate, NC State (2021)
  • Graduate Student Association Conference Travel Award, NC State (2019)
  • Provost University Graduate Fellowship, NC State (2016-2017)
  • Prime Minister’s Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Defense, Government of India (2008-2012)

Papers (Selected)

  • Robert Kostynick*,Hadis Matinpour*, Shravan Pradeep*, Thomas Dunne, Sarah Haber, Alban Sauret, Eckart Meiburg, Paulo E Arratia, Douglas J Jerolmack, “Rheology of debris flows controlled by the distance from jamming”, PNAS (2022); *equal contribution
  • Shravan Pradeep, Paulo Arratia, "To biofilm or not to biofilm", eLife (2022).
  • Shravan Pradeep, Alan Wessel, Lilian Hsiao, "Hydrodynamic origin for the suspension viscoelasticity in rough colloids", Journal of Rheology (2022).
  • Shravan Pradeep, Mohammad Nabizadeh, Alan R. Jacob, Safa Jamali, and Lilian Hsiao, “Jamming distance dictates colloidal shear thickening”, Physical Review Letters (2021).
  • Shravan Pradeep and Lilian Hsiao, “Contact criterion in dense suspensions of smooth and rough colloids”, Soft Matter (2020).

Presentations (Selected)

  • “Engineering flow mechanics in dense suspensions of surface-anisotropic colloids”, Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (2022). (Postdoctoral Poster Award - Third Place)
  • “Probing contact microstructure in shear thickening colloidal suspensions”, ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium, 2021 (Langmuir Graduate Student Oral Award Presenter).
  • “Distance to jamming dictates onset stress and strength of shear thickening”, International Congress on Rheology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2020 (Keynote Session Speaker).
  • “Synthesis and characterization of Fe3+ and Mn2+ doped ZnS nanocrystals”, Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers, Pilani, India, 2015 (Second Best Poster Award).

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