Biomechanics and Biotransport Group

Tejinder Kaur

Research Scholar

 

GATE Fellowship (MHRD, Government of India), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha (India),

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Research projects

• Development of polymer composites reinforced with ceramics and carbon nanomaterial as potential bone replacement materials.

 

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Publications

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam and Krishna Pramanik, “Tailoring the in vitro characteristics of poly(vinyl alcohol)-nanohydroxyapatite composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering”, Journal of Polymer Engineering. doi: 10.1515/polyeng-2015-0252.

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam, “Tailoring in-vitro biological and mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol reinforced with threshold carbon nanotube concentration for improved cellular response”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6:39982-39992.

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam, “Effect of porous activated charcoal reinforcement on mechanical and in-vitro biological properties of polyvinyl alcohol composite scaffolds”, Journal of Materials Sciences and Technology, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2016.06.020.

• Sumanta Kar, Tejinder Kaur and A. Thirugnanam, “Microwave-assisted synthesis of porous chitosan-modified montmorillonite-hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds”, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2016, 82; 628-636.

 

Conferences

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam, “Carbon Nanomaterials Reinforced Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Composites for Bone Tissue Engineering”, 10th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) 2016, Canada, Poster Presentation.

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam, “Tailoring in-vitro biological and mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol-activated charcoal composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering” International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MATCON- 2016), India, Poster Presentation, ISBN 978-93-80095-738.

• Tejinder Kaur, Kiran Y Vajanthari and A. Thirugnanam, “Development of PVA Bentonite Hydrogel Composites for Wound Dressing”, 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Biological Sciences, 2015, India, Poster presentation.

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam and K. Pramanik, “Polyvinyl alcohol/nano-hydroxyapatite biocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering”, IInd International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices and Regenerative Medicine, 2014, Nepal, Paper presentation.

• Tejinder Kaur, A. Thirugnanam and K. Pramanik, “Preparation and Characterization of PVA/nHA Scaffold for Tissue Engineering”, 2nd International Conference on Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (ICTERM 2013), India, Poster presentation.

 

Trainings

• Participation in EMSI symposium on Recent updates on mutation and cancer research at PU Chandigarh.

• In plant training at Verka Milk Plant, Ludhiana from June-July 2008.

• Training on Basics of Bioinformatics at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, from June-July 2007.