Polymer Science, Engineering & Technology

1. Assistant Professor (1st July, 2013 to 3rd June, 2014): School of Applied Sciences (Chemistry), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.



2. Post-doctoral Fellow (1st March, 2012 to 28th February, 2013): Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi, South Korea.



3. Senior Research Fellow (30th July, 2007 to 30th September, 2011): Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal.

Graduate Level	:	B.Tech. (1st/2nd Semester): Chemistry-I
Post Graduate Level	:	Int. M.Sc. (1st/2nd/5th/6th Semester): General Chemistry/Basic Inorganic Chemistry/Bioinorganic Chemistry/Principle of Inorganic Chemistry M.Sc. (3rd Semester): Industrial Processes

Polymer Blend, Composite, and Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials

Ph. D. Candidates	:	NIL
M. Tech. Candidates	:	NIL

1. Patron Member of “Orissa Chemical Society (OCS)” from 2014



2. Editorial Board Member of “International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET)”, Ess & Ess Research Publications, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (ISSN: 2319-8753 (Online), 2347-6710 (Print)).



3. Editorial Board Member of “Journal of Engineering Chemistry and Fuel”, DJ Publications, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India (ISSN: 1111-1113 (Online), 1111-1114 (Print))

1. Principal Investigator of the Start-Up Grant Project Entitled “Development of Nanoparticle/Nanotube Hybrid Nanofiller based Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Polyaniline Blend Nanocomposites for Multi-functional Applications” funded by Faculty Research Promotion Schemes (FRPS) of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India (GOI)

International Publications

1. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Effect of Nanofiber on Material Properties of Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU/CNF) Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Compounding; Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1471-1482, October 2010 (DOI:10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.06.009, Elsevier, ISSN: 1359-835X, IF: 3.071).
2. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Organoclay Nanocomposites by Melt Intercalation Technique: Effect of Nanoclay on Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 117, Issue 2, Pages 639-654, 15th July 2010 (DOI:10.1002/app.31303, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1097-4628, IF: 1.768).
3. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Effect of Organoclay on the Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties of Organophilic Montmorillonite Nanoclay Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Blending; Polymer Engineering and Science, Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 484-498, 11th February 2010 (DOI:10.1002/pen.21556, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1548-2634, IF: 1.520).
4. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Effect of Organoclay on Thermal and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Novel Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Intercalation Technique; Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 835-847, December 2010 (DOI:10.1002/pat.1507, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1099-1581, IF: 1.757).
5. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Nanostructure Morphology and Dynamic Rheological Properties of Nanocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Polyurethane and Organically Modified Montmorillonite; Polymer Bulletin, Volume 66, Number 9, Pages 1231-1253, May 2011 (DOI: 10.1007/s00289-010-0395-6, Springer, Online ISSN: 1436-2449, IF: 1.438).
6. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 124, Number 1, Pages 765-780, 5th April 2012 (DOI:10.1002/app.35066, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1097-4628, IF: 1.768).
7. Barick, A.K., Jung, J.-Y., Choi, M.-C., and Chang, Y.-W.; Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Nanocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Polyurethane and Millable Polyurethane Blends Reinforced with Organoclay Prepared by Melt Intercalation Technique: Optimization of Processing Parameters via Statistical Methods; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 129, Number 3, Pages 1405-1416, 5th August 2013 (DOI: 10.1002/app38852, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1097-4628, IF: 1.768).
8. Barick, A.K. and Chang, Y.-W.; Nanocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Polyurethane, Millable Polyurethane and Organoclay: Effect of Matrix Composition and Dynamic Vulcanization; Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 130, Number 6, Pages 4014-4023, 15th December 2013 (DOI: 10.1002/app.39670, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Online ISSN: 1097-4628, IF: 1.768).
9. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Effect of Organically Modified Layered Silicate Nanoclay on the Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites; Applied Clay Science, Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 312-321, May 2011 (DOI:10.1016/j.clay.2011.03.010, Elsevier, ISSN: 0169-1317, Impact Factor (IF): 2.467).
10. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Thermal and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Organoclay Nanocomposites Prepared by Melt Compounding; Materials Science and Engineering: A Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, Volume 527, Issue 3, Pages 812-823, 15th January 2010 (DOI:10.1016/j.msea.2009.10.063, Elsevier, ISSN: 0921-5093, IF: 2.567).
11. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation, Characterization and Properties of Acid Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites; Materials Science and Engineering: B Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, Volume 176, Issue 18, Pages 1435-1447, 15th November 2011 (DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.08.001, Elsevier, ISSN: 0921-5107, IF: 2.169).
12. Barick, A.K. and Chang, Y.-W.; Nanocomposites Based on Thermoplastic Polyurethane, Millable Polyurethane and Organoclay: Effect of Organoclay Content; High Performance Polymers, Volume 26, Number 5, Pages 609-617, 14th July 2014. (DOI: 10.1177/0954008314525972, Sage Publications Ltd., Online ISSN: 1361-6412, IF: 1.286).

National Publications

1. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Microphase Separation, Thermal Degradation Kinetics, Viscoelasticity, and Melt Rheology of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Carbon Nanofiber (TPU/CNF) Nanocomposites by Melt Mixing; Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Polymer Technology (APT–2010), Page 75–78; Cochin, Kerala, India; February 26–27, 2010. http://psrt.cusat.ac.in/apt10/apt10CD/HTMLS/ORAL/CMP09Aruna%20K.%20Barick.pdf (Oral)
2. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Dynamic Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Biomedical Thermoplastic Polyurethane Organoclay Nanocomposites; Second International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC–2010); Kottayam, Kerala, India; January 15–17, 2010. http://www.processing.macromol.in/abstractspappers.html (Oral)
3. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of Biomedical Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites; International Congress on Polymer Science and Technology: Vision and Scenario (APA–2009); New Delhi, India; December 17–20, 2009. (Poster)
4. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Properties of Polyurethane/Organoclay Nanocomposites by Melt Blending: Effect of Nanoclay on Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological and Dynamic Mechanical Properties; Proceedings of the 5th International Conference India Rubber Expo 2009 (IRE–2009), Page 61–65; Kolkata, West Bengal, India; January 28–31, 2009. (Oral)
5. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposite by Melt Blending: Effect of Organoclay on Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological and Dynamic Mechanical Properties; Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Polymer Technology (APT–2008), Page 31; Cochin, Kerala, India; September 25–27, 2008. (Oral)
6. Barick, A.K., Mohanty, S., and Nayak, S.K.; Thermoplastic Starch–filled Polypropylene Nanocomposite: Structure, Interaction and Properties; International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology (POLY–2008); New Delhi, India; January 28–31, 2008. (Oral)
7. Barick, A.K., Samal, S.K., Mohanty, S., and Nayak, S.K.; Biodegradable and Functionally Superior Polypropylene Thermoplastic Starch Nanocomposites from Melt Blending; Proceedings of the International Conference on Rubber and Rubber Like Materials (ICRRM–2008), Pages 359–364; Kharagpur, West Bengal, India; January 8–10, 2008. (Oral)
8. Barick, A.K., Samal, S.K., Mohanty, S., and Nayak, S.K.; Processing and Characterization of Polypropylene/Thermoplastic Starch Blend Nanocomposite; Proceedings of the International and INCCOM–6 Conference on Future Trends in Composite Materials and Processing, Pages 206–211; Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; December 12–14, 2007. (Oral)
9. Barick, A.K.; Optimization of the Processing Parameters via Statistical Methods for the Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Applications of Chemistry in Pharmacology & Technology(IC-IACPT-2015), Page 55, Berhampur University, Bhanja Vihar, Berhampur, Odisha, India;  February 06–08, 2015. (Poster)
10. Barick, A.K.; Recent Advances in Halloysite Nanotube Based Polymer Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the National Seminar on Recent Advancement in Material Science (RAIMS–2014), Page 69, VSSUT, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India; August 23–24, 2014. (Poster)
11. Barick, A.K., Tripathy, D.K.; Chang, Y.-W.; Optimization of Processing Parameters via Statistical Approaches for the Melt Blending of Thermoplastic Vulcanizate Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM–2014), Page 89, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; February 14–16, 2014. (Oral)
12. Barick, A.K., Jung, J.-Y., Chang, Y.-W., and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation, Characterization, and Properties of Nanofillers Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the 2012 Word Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, & Materials Research (ACEM’12), Pages 177–181, Seoul, South Korea; August 26–29, 2012. ISBN: 978-89-89639-34-5 98530, 9788989693345 8989693349 (Oral)
13. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM18); Jeju Island, South Korea; August 21–26, 2011. http://www.iccm-central.org/Proceedings/ICCM18proceedings/data/2.%20Oral%20Presentation/Aug22(Monday)/M01%20Nanocomposites/M1-1-AF0164.pdf (Oral)
14. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Preparation and Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/ Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites: Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties; Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Rubber Technology (APSRT–2011), Page 114; Kharagpur, West Bengal, India; March 3–5, 2011. (Oral)
15. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Morphology, Mechanical, Thermal, and Rheological Properties of Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Multi–Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites; International Conference on Latests in Polymers (LaP–2010); Kochi, Kerala, India; August 12–13, 2010. (Oral)
16. Barick, A.K. and Tripathy, D.K.; Nanostructured Morphology and Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU/CNF) Nanocomposites; Proceedings of the International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM–2010), page 63; Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; February 20–22, 2010. (Oral)
17. Barick, A.K., Samal, S.K., Mohanty, S., and Nayak, S.K.; Dispersion and Distribution of Organomodified Montmorillonite in Polypropylene (PP) and Ethylene–Octene Copolymer (EOC) Matrix; Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology (ACET–2007); Sangrur, Punjab, India; March 26–27, 2007. (Oral)

1. Executive Member of “National Seminar on Recent Advancement in Material Science (RAIMS-2015)”, JointlyOrganized by Department of Chemistry & Production Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, held on November 14-15, 2015.



2. Executive Member of “National Seminar on Recent Advancement in Material Science (RAIMS-2014)”, JointlyOrganized by Department of Chemistry & Production Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, held on August 23-24, 2014.



3. Organizing Sub-Committee Member of “Workshop on Quality Management in Technical Education”, Organized by Centre for Distance and Continuing Education (CDCE), VSSUT, Burla, held on December 11, 2015.

1. Member of University Examination Committee (2015–2016).



2. Member of University Anti-Ragging Committee (2015-2016).



3. Member of Department Time Table Committee.



4. Member of Department Store Committee.



5. Member of Department Digitalization of Course Committee.

Any Other Distinctions

1. Science Citation Indices: SCI Papers: 12; Total Citations: 265; h-Index: 8; i10-Index: 7.



2. Reviewer of “International Journals for InterScience-Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Sage Publication, etc.”.



3. Hanyang Brain Post-doctoral Fellowship (1st March, 2012 to 28th February, 2013): Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea.



4. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)(30th July, 2007 to 31st December, 2010): Human Resource Development Group (HRDG), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), GOI.



5. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)(1st April, 2011 to 30th September, 2011): Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), GOI.



6. Post-Graduate Scholarship(2005-2007): All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), GOI.



7. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2005: Department of Higher Education, MHRD, GOI.

Present Address :  Department of Chemistry, V. S. S. University of Technology, Siddhi Vihar, P.O. - Engineering College, Via - Burla, Dist. - Sambalpur, Orissa, India, PIN - 768 018

Permanent Address :  Dr. Aruna Kumar Barick S/o - Mr. Subash Chandra Barick At - Baburigaon, P.O. - Narayanpur, Via - Dhamnagar, Dist. - Bhadarak, State - Odisha, India, PIN - 756 117