Dr. Lity Alen Varghese

Professor

Dr. Lity Alen Varghese

Office Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut.

Contact no:

0495 2285403

Email ID:

lityalen@nitc.ac.in

Educational Qualifications

• PhD in Polymer Technology, Novel Adhesive Systems Based on Neoprene - Phenolics, Cochin University of Science & Technology
• M.Tech in Polymer Technology, Cochin University of Science & Technology
• B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Trichur

Research Interest

• Polymer Technology
• Adhesives and surface coatings
• Nanocomposites

Short Term Courses

• Training programme on Core Teaching Skills, 5th May - 16th May 2008, National Institute of Technology, Calicut.
• Workshop on Academic Quality Management, 17th -18th July, 2008, National Institute of Technology, Calicut.
• FDP on Micro/Nanoscale Phenomena, 6th - 19th July, 2008, National Institute of Technology, Calicut.

Projects Guided (Co-Supervised)

• Peel and shear properties of an adhesive system based on CR and cardanol phenol formaldehyde
• Effect of phenol/formaldehyde ratio on the properties of neoprene-phenolic adhesives for bonding SBR-SBR substrates
• Effect of phenol/formaldehyde ratio on the properties of neoprene-phenolic adhesives for bonding Aluminium to Aluminium

Publications

• Studies on the adhesive properties of neoprene-phenolic blends, Lity Alen Varghese and Eby Thomas Thachil, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 181-193 (2004).
• Adhesive properties of blends of phenol/cardanol-formaldehyde copolymerresin with polychloroprene rubber, Lity Alen Varghese, Eby Thomas Thachil, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol. 18, No. 11, pp. 1217-1224 (2004).
• Adhesive properties of neoprene -phenolic -epn blends. Lity Alen Varghese, Beena T. Abraham and Eby Thomas Thachil, Progress in Rubber, Plastics and Recycling Technology, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 225-240 (2006).
• . Performance of neoprene-phenolic adhesives on different substrates, Lity Alen Varghese and Eby Thomas Thachil, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Vol.20, No.14, pp. 1625-1635 (2006).
• Effect of composition on adhesive blends consisting of neoprene and phenol-cardanol-formaldehyde copolymer, Lity Alen Varghese and Eby Thomas Thachil, International Journal of Polymeric Materials, Vol. 56, pp.1-13(2007).
• . Epoxy modified unsaturated polyester hybrid networks, Benny Cherian A, Lity Alen Varghese and Eby Thomas Thachil, European Polymer Journal,EUROPOL-D-06-00715R1.
• Biohydrogen production using anaerobic mixed bacteria: Process parameters optimization studies,  P. Karthic, Shiny Joseph, Naveenji Arun, Lity Alen Varghese and A. Santhiagu, Journal of Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol 5, pp 063103-1 to 063103-13 (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4826192
• Significance of exploiting non-living biomaterials for the biosorption of wastewater pollutants, S. Rangabhashiyam, E. Suganya, Lity Alen Varghese and  N. Selvaraju, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.30, pp. 1669-1689 (2014)
• The effect of various hardeners on the mechanical and thermal properties of Epoxy resin, Najuma Abdul Razack and Lity Alen Varghese, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol 3, Issue 1, pp. 2662-2665 (2014)
• Studies on the effect of phenolic resin modifications on the adhesive properties of epoxy resin, Najuma Abdul Razack and Lity Alen Varghese, Advances in Polymer Science and Technology: An International Journal, Vol 4, pp. 52-59 (2014)
• Equilibrium and kinetics studies of hexavalent chromium biosorption on a novel green macroalgae, S. Rangabhashiyam, E. Suganya, Lity Alen Varghese and N. Selvaraju,  Research on Chemical Intermediates,  (2015) DOI 10.1007/s11164-015-2085-3

Awards

• Won the best poster award in Engineering and Technology for the paper ‘Adhesives based on Cardanol- the main ingredient of cashew nut shell liquid’ instituted by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment in 2005.
• Won the best poster-paper award for the paper titled ‘Studies on the performance of cardanol based adhesives on different substrates’ instituted by Material Research Society of India in 2006.