Scientist's Profile

2020       Short term grant from University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt”

2020       “Future Talent Guest Stay Program” in the Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Dispersive Solids group at TU Darmstadt, Germany

2020       Augmenting Writing skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR – DST) award for the best popular science story under postdoctoral fellow category

2019       Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar Award for the best PhD thesis under the pollution abatement category from the honorable prime minister of India

2019       Travel Grant from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, to attend HTCMC conference in Bordeaux, France

2019       Travel Grant from Journal of the European Ceramic Society (JECS) Trust and the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) to attend HTCMC conference in Bordeaux, France

2018       Institute Research Award on recognition of the quality and quantity of research work by IIT Madras

2015       Travel Grant from CEFIPRA to carry out scientific research in the University of Montpellier, France

 Recent Publications:

1. Dmitrii Titov, Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Stefan Schafföner, Günter Motz, Ytterbium silicate-based environmental barrier coatings with hafnia via polymer-derived ceramic technology, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 46, 117932, pp. 1-13, 2026.
2. Bernardo Araldi da Silva, Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Sergio Yesid Gómez González, Luiz Fernando Belchior Ribeiro, Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira, Agenor De Noni Junior, Günter Motz, Development of photocatalytic active SiCN-Ti e-spun fibers based on a polysilazane-derived precursor for hydrogen generation by photoreforming, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 46, 117840, pp. 1-12, 2026.
3. Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Marwan Ben Miled, Clément Comminges, Aurélien Habrioux, Samuel Bernard, Stefan Schafföner, Günter Motz, Unveiling the potential of ultra-low load Co on porous carbon-rich SiCN(O) fibre mats towards oxygen electrocatalysis in alkaline medium, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 88, pp. 956-964, 2024.
4. Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Kousik Papakollu, Ashok Vayyala, Tingting Yang, Joachim Mayer, Ralf Riedel, Ravi Kumar, Emanuel Ionescu, Tailoring crystal structure of high-entropy carbides in Si-based ceramic nanocomposites through precursor engineering, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 44, pp. 6901-6910, 2024.
5. Mangesh Lodhe, Amit Bhargav, Awin Wasan, G Logesh, Rajeev Parmar, M Balasubramanian, Densification, β → α transformation and nanoindentation studies of SiC_W/SiC composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering, Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society, 61, pp. 644-653, 2024.
6. Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Timon E Günther, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Stefan Schafföner, Christina Roth, Günter Motz, Synthesis and characterization of precursor derived TiN@Si-Al-C-N ceramic nanocomposites for oxygen reduction reaction, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 20, pp. 56-69, 2022.
7. W. Awin, KCH Kumar, S Bernard, R Kumar, Mechanical characterization of spark plasma sintered titania-silicon oxycarbide (TiO₂/SiOC) nanocomposites, Journal of material science and engineering technology, 53, pp. 235-243, 2022.
8. T Kumaresh, Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Lalith Kumar Bhaskar, Marija Prekajski Djordjevic, Branko Matović, Ravi Kumar, Combustion synthesis of luminescent Eu-doped single phase Mayenite, Journal of solid state chemistry, 302, 122420, pp. 1-7, 2021.
9. Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Soumya Sridar, Adhimoolam Bakthavachalam Kousaalya, SS Lokesh Vendra, Ekaterina Koroleva, Alexey Filimonov, Sergey Vakhrushev, Ravi Kumar, Low frequency dielectric behavior and AC conductivity of polymer derived SiC(O)/HfC_xN_1-x ceramic nanocomposites, Material Chemistry and Physics, 260, 124122, pp. 1-9, 2021.
10. Maxime Balestrat, Abhijeet Lale, André Vinícius Andrade Bezerra, Vanessa Proust, Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Ricardo Antonio Francisco Machado, Pierre Carles, Ravi Kumar, Christel Gervais, Samuel Bernard, In-Situ Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposites in the Si-Ti-N and Si-Ti-C Systems, Molecules. 25(22), 5236, 2020.

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