Komal Agarwal, Ph.D

Postdoc, Department of Physics and Technology, University of TromsŲ, Norway
Ph.D, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Email: komal.agarwal [at] uit [dot] no

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • Instructor/Trainer or Scientific Equipment 2017 - Jan 2021 Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  • Sole trainer and custodian of the following instruments and machines: Charpy impact tester, drop impact tester, Ti-950 nanoindenter, electrospining setups (a variety across SUTD)
  • Trainer for instruments and machines { DSC, TGA, DMA, FTIR, XRD, MTS/Instron/Zwick universal testing machine, Goniometer, other basic material fabrication and characterizatio instruments (mostly for polymers). Made a detailed video and written logs for my research group

    • Teaching Assistant

  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
  • Duties: Shared administrative responsibilities with faculty instructor, assisting students while white-board problem solving tasks, carrying out experimental and laboratory sessions, fielding of all student inquiries, and homework grading
  • Structures and Materials, SUTD Fall 2017
  • Engineering Physics, SUTD Summer 2018
  • Nanomechanical Characterization lab, SUTD April 2019

    • Student mentorship January-September,2018

  • Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  • 3 high school students for fabricating electro spun smoke filteration membrane, funded by Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE)
  • 4 undergraduate students in fabricating material for sensors, SUTD
  • 3 undergraduate students to shape the memory smart metal for using as a underwire in brassieres for avoiding permanent deformation because of washing and drying