N. Ravindra
(Nuggehalli M. Ravindra)
Professor, Physics
468 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
Nuggehalli M. Ravindra received his PhD in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 1982. Before coming to NJIT, he was associated with CNRS (Paris and Montpellier), International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trisete, Italy), Microelectronics Center for North Carolina, North Carolina State University, Oak Ridge National Labs and Vanderbilt University. His expertise is in Semiconductors. He is an author/co-author of over a 200 journal papers; He has been the guest editor of Journal of Electronic Materials (Springer) since 1996. He holds two patents on Magnetic Field Assisted Assembly. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Emerging Materials Research.
Education
Ph.D. ; University of Roorkee ; ; 1982

M.S. ; Bangalore University ; ; 1976

B.S. ; Bangalore University ; ; 1974

2025 Fall Courses
MTSE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

MTSE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

MTSE 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

MTSE 690 - DIRECTED STUDY IN MTSE

MTSE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 203 - THE EARTH IN SPACE

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

MTSE 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

MTSE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

PHYS 690 - DIRECTED STUDY APPL PHYS

Teaching Interests
Graduate Courses in: Materials Science and Engineering; Physics of Materials Solid State Physics Optics Undergraduate Physics Courses Pre-College Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Technology Physics of Sports; Integration and Demonstration of applications of Physics in sports in realistic Physical Models.
Past Courses
MTSE 301: PRINCIPLES OF MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

MTSE 690: DIRECTED STUDY IN MTSE

MTSE 719: PHYSCL PRIN CHARACTIZTN SOLID

MTSE 719: PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLIDS

MTSE 780: ST:

MTSE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR

PHYS 102: GENERAL PHYSICS

PHYS 102: GENERAL PHYSICS I

PHYS 111: PHYSICS I

PHYS 202: INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY

PHYS 203: THE EARTH IN SPACE

PHYS 687: PHYSICS OF MATERIALS

PHYS 774: PRINCIPLES OF SPECTROSCOPY

PHYS 791: DOCTORAL SEMINAR

PHYS 792: PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Research Interests
Energy - Solar Cells, Turbines/Windmills/Phase Change Materials, Hydrogen; Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Structures; Biosensors, pressure sensors and temperature sensors; Device Integration Approaches in Semiconductor Industry.
Journal Article
Aneer Lamichhane, N. M. Ravindra. 2022. "Energy gap - refractive index considerations in perovskites." Emerging Materials Research , vol. 11 , no. 4 , pp. 6.

N. M. Ravindra. 2022. "Synthesis and characterization of Nb-doped strontium cobaltite@GQD electrodes for high performance supercapacitors." Journal of Energy Storage/Elsevier BV , vol. 55 - Part A , no. November , pp. 105388 - 10 Pages.

Airefetalo Sadoh, Samiha Hossain, Sheldon Fereira, N. M. Ravindra. 2022. "Optical properties of low-refractive index polymers." Material Science & Engineering International Journal?MedCrave , vol. 6 , no. 2 , pp. 68-76.

N. M. Ravindra. "Synthesis of luminescent graphene quantum dots from biomass waste materials for energy-related applications—An overview." Energy Storage , pp. 28 Pages.

Babu Veeregowda, Rachel Liu, N. M. Ravindra. 2022. "Minimising vehicular traffic for optimised land use development for a sustainable future." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport , vol. 175 , no. 3 , pp. 127-136.

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Conference Proceeding
"3D Printing Energetics for Gun Propulsion Technology"
TMS 2022 151st Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings, February, 2022.

"Custom-Designed Miniature-Coil Winding/Wrapping Machine"
TMS, The Minerals Metals Materials Society, February, 2022.

"MARS––Magnetic Augmented Rotation System"
TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings; Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, 2019.

"Minimising vehicular traffic for optimised land use development for a sustainable future"
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport, 2019.

"Preface"
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2017.

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Conference Paper
"Materials for Antireflection Coatings in Photovoltaics—An Overview"
Book series - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, February, 2022.

"Formulation of UV Curable Resins Utilized in Vat Photo Polymerization for the Additive Manufacturing of Gun Propulsion Charge in 3D Printers (Update)"
TMS 2020 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings; Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, 2020.

"Oxidation Kinetics of Palladium"
TMS 2020 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings; Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, 2020.

"Screen Printing to 3D Printing of Solar Cells—An Overview"
TMS 2020 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings; Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, 2020.

Book
N. M. Ravindra. "Microbolometers: Fundamentals, Materials, and Recent Developments." 352 pages pp. Elsevier, 2021. ISBN Paperback ISBN: 9780081028124 eBook ISBN: 9780081028131.

N. M. Ravindra, Marting Pech-Canul. "Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties and Applications." Springer, 2019.

N. M. Ravindra, Sita Rajyalaxmi Marthi, Suramya Sekhri. "Black Silicon: Processing, Properties, and Applications." Momentum Press Engineering, 2016.

S. Shet, Yong Yan, T. Deutsch, Haimin Wang, N. M. Ravindra, J. Turner, M. Al-Jassim. "Synthesis and Characterization of Ternary Cobalt Spinel Oxides for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen." 251-258 pp. Advances and Applications in Electroceramics, 2011.

S. Shet, Haimin Wang, T. Deutsch, N. M. Ravindra, Yong Yan, J. Turner, M. Al-Jassim. "Synthesis of Zno Nanostructures and Their Influence on Photoelectrochemical Response for Solar Driven Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen." 143-153 pp. Advances in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, 2011.

Chapter
Natali Gendelberg, David Bird, N. M. Ravindra. "Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications." pp. 175-199. Polymer-Based Multifunctional Nanocomposites and Their Applications, 2019.

N. M. Ravindra, Bhakti Jariwala, Asahel Banobre, Aniket Maske. "Thermoelectrics: Fundamentals, Materials Selection, Properties, and Performance." Springer, 2018.

N. M. Ravindra, Sita Rajyalaxmi Marthi, Asahel Banobre. "Cadmium Telluride." "Radiative Properties of Semiconductors," 2017.

N. M. Ravindra, Sita Rajyalaxmi Marthi, Asahel Banobre. "Gallium Arsenide." "Radiative Properties of Semiconductors," pp. 4. 2017.

N. M. Ravindra, Sita Rajyalaxmi Marthi, Asahel Banobre. "Indium Phosphide." "Radiative Properties of Semiconductors," 2017.

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Other
"An Improved Dislocation Model of Silicon Solar Cell"
Photovoltaic Materials and Manufacturing Issues II, Denver, Colorado, Oct 4-7, 2011., October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.

Technical Report
"Solar Near-Infrared Filter System"
NJIT Center for Solar Research, 1999.

"Optical properties of amorphous silicon: Some problem areas"
1983.

Conference Abstract
"Electrical, Optical and Structural Properties of Thin SiO 2 Films On Si"
MRS Online Library Archive, 1987.