Summary
Debashis is from India and has a background in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from B.P.U.T. Odisha (2007-2011) and a Masters in Tribology and Maintenance Engineering from I.I.T. Delhi (2011- 2013). He joined the Tribology group at Imperial College for his PhD level studies under the supervision of Dr. Tom Reddyhoff.
His PhD Thesis titled ''Triboemission-Lubricant Interactions" elucidates various novel methods to observe emission of ions, electrons, photons from contact interface. Extensive studies on charging, material transfer and generation of plasma from various rubbing surfaces were carried out to ascertain the potential role of the triboemission in boundary film formation upon interaction with lubricants. During his PhD, he was awarded two poster awards and two travel grant awards.
His current project is on "Tribology of High-performance polymers". This project is aimed at a fundamental understanding of the formation of transfer films of High-performance polymers at Steel-Polymer interface and their subsequent effect on friction and wear properties in different environment and operating conditions.
Publications
Journals
Puhan D, Casford MTL, Davies PB, 2023, Evaluation of Structural and Compositional Changes of a Model Monoaromatic Hydrocarbon in a Benchtop Hydrocracker Using GC, FTIR, and NMR Spectroscopy, Acs Omega, Vol:8, ISSN:2470-1343, Pages:35988-36000
Puhan D, Jiang S, Wong J, 2022, Effect of carbon fiber inclusions on polymeric transfer film formation on steel, Composites Science and Technology, Vol:217, ISSN:0266-3538, Pages:1-10
Fellows AP, Puhan D, Wong J, et al., 2022, Probing the nanoscale heterogeneous mixing in a high-performance polymer blend, Polymers, Vol:14, ISSN:2073-4360
Liu X, Ouyang M, Orzech M, et al., 2020, In-situ fabrication of carbon-metal fabrics as freestanding electrodes for high-performance flexible energy storage devices, Energy Storage Materials, Vol:30, ISSN:2405-8297, Pages:329-336
Fellows AP, Puhan D, Casford MTL, et al., 2020, Understanding the Lubrication Mechanism of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels using Infrared Nanospectroscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol:124, ISSN:1932-7447, Pages:18091-18101