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Dr. M. K. Usha

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : PGDCA, M.Sc, Ph.D

 

 

 

E-mail id                                 :           [email protected]

Teaching Experience                        :           2 years

Honours and awards:

  • Awarded the following cash prizes as the second rank holder in B.Sc. in the University of Mysore, Mysore during the academic year 2006 – 07:

1. Lady Mirza Cash prize

2. H. S. Prabhakar endowment Cash prize.

  • Awarded the following as the first rank holder in M.Sc. in the University of Mysore, Mysore during the academic year 2008 – 09:

1. Prof. Bondade Gold Medal

2. Prof. S. Chandrashekar Gold Medal

3. Dr. S. Pancharathnam Gold Medal

4. Basaralu Srikantaiah Sathyanarayana D.Sc. Cash prize

5. Prof. K. N. Srinivasa Rao endowment Cash prize.

  • Awarded the INSPIRE (Innovation in Scientific Pursuit for Inspired Research) fellowship for first rank holders in January, 2011 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, to pursue Ph.D.
  • Selected as one of the nine research students representing India by the DST, New Delhi to participate in the 6th HOPE meeting organized by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), held in Tokyo, Japan during 11-15th March, 2014.
  • Won the best poster presentation award for presenting her poster entitled “Molecular ordering in a liquid crystalline compound from X-ray studies” at the International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM) – 2014, held at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on 6-10 October, 2014.
  • Won the best paper presentation award for presenting her research paper entitled “Translational order parameter in three Schiff base liquid crystals” at the National Conference on Recent Trends in Physics, Mathematics and Engineering (RTPME) – 2015, held at Dept. of Physics, Sharada Vilas College, Mysuru, on 20, 21st February, 2015.

Publications:

Publications in peer-reviewed journals:

  1. Crystal Structure of Ethyl 2-[4-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-2,6-dimethylphenoxy]ethanoate,

T. Prashanth, V. Lakshmi Ranganatha, M. K. Usha, Shaukath Ara Khanum, D. Revannasiddaiah, Sumati Anthal, Rajni Kant and Vivek K. Gupta, Acta Cryst. E68, o2435 (2012).

  1. Translational order parameter in the smectic-B phase of 4-Hexyl-4′-[2-(4-isothiocyanatophenyl) ethyl]-1,1′-biphenyl (HIEB),M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, Phase Transit., 86 (2013) 1033-1037.
  2. Crystal structure of 5-(5’-Fluoro-2’-methoxybiphenyl-3-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine,

M. K. Usha, G. C. Ramaprasad, Balakrishna Kalluraya, Rajni Kant, Vivek K. Gupta and D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1788.

  1. Crystal structure of 5-[(2-Methyl-4-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-methyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine, M. K. Usha, S. Madan Kumar, H. S. Vidyashree Jois, B. Kalluraya, N. K. Lokanath and D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, o1825.
  2. Crystal structure of Dimethyl 2-[2-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)hydrazin-1-ylidene]butanedioate, M. K. Usha, Shobhitha Shetty, B. Kalluraya, Rajni Kant, Vivek K. Gupta and D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, o13.
  3. Crystal structure of 4-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)phthalazin-1(2H)-one,

M. K. Usha, S. Madan Kumar, P. C. Shyma, B. Kalluraya, N. K. Lokanath and

D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, o138.

  1. Crystal structure of (E)-N′-{[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]methylidene}-2-(4-methylphenoxy)-acetohydrazide, M. K. Usha, S. Madan Kumar, Nitinchandra, B. Kalluraya, N. K. Lokanath and D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2014). E70, o140.
  2. Crystal structure of 4-Cyano-3-fluorophenyl 4-(hexadecyloxy)benzoate, M. K. Usha, H.T. Srinivas, Rajni Kant, Vivek K. Gupta and D. Revannasiddaiah, Acta Cryst. (2014) E70, o244.
  3. Static electrical conductivity of liquid crystalline p-butoxybenzylidene p-heptylaniline,

M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha and D. Revannasiddaiah, International Journal of Current Research, (2014) 6:9, pp. 8355-8358.

  1. Orientational order in three nO.m liquid crystalline compounds, M.K. Usha, P. Pardhasaradhi, N. Vinutha and D. Revannasiddaiah, Phase Transit., (2015) 88, pp. 383-395.
  2. Smectic translational order parameter in two liquid crystalline compounds, N. Vinutha, M. K. Usha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, Phase Transit., (2015) 88, pp. 540-546.
  3. Orientational order parameter of two cyano nematogens by optical spectroscopy,

N. Vinutha, P. Pardhasaradhi, M. K. Usha  and D. Revannasiddaiah, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., (2015) (published online).

  1. X-ray studies of two liquid crystalline compounds, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., (2015) (in press).

Papers published in Conference proceedings:

  1. Orientational order parameter in p-Methoxybenzylidene p-Decylaniline, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, Proceedings of National Seminar on Materials Science and Engineering (NSMSE-2014), JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysore held on March 21-22, 2014 pp.47-48.
  2. Translational order parameter of two liquid crystals from X-ray studies, N. Vinutha, M. K. Usha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, Proceedings of National Seminar on Materials Science and Engineering (NSMSE-2014), JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysore held on March 21-22, 2014 pp.49-50.
  3. Synthesis and X-ray Studies of Liquid Crystalline 2-Cyanonaphthalen-6-yl 4-(3,7-Dimethyloctyloxy) –Benzoate, M. K. Usha, H. V. Deepak, H. T. Srinivas, M. B. Nanda Prakash, R. Somashekar and   D. Revannasiddaiah, Proceedings of Third National Conference on Applied Physics and Materials Science (APMS-2015), Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, 7-8th August, 2015 pp.150-152.

Papers presented in Conferences / Seminars:

  1. Synthesis and crystal structure analysis of mesomorphic  4-Cyano-3-fluorophenyl 4-(hexadecyloxy)benzoate, M. K. Usha , H. T. Srinivasa, J. Tonnanavar and D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics [CMPA-2012] held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal on 27, 28 December, 2012.
  2. Translational order parameter in the smectic-B phase of 4-Hexyl-4′-[2-(4-isothiocyanatophenyl) ethyl]-1,1′-biphenyl (HIEB), M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on liquid Crystals [NCLC-2013] held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal on 16-18 December, 2013.
  3. Micro-structural parameters and pair correlation functions of two Schiff base liquid crystalline compounds from X-ray intensity measurements, N. Vinutha, M. K. Usha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on liquid Crystals [NCLC-2013] held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal on 16-18 December, 2013.
  4. Micro-structural parameters and pair correlation function studies of p-Butoxybenzylidene p-Heptylaniline, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on liquid Crystals [NCLC-2013] held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal on 16-18 December, 2013.
  5. Optical and X-ray studies of p-Butoxybenzylidene p-Propylaniline, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics [CMPA-2013] held at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal on 27, 28 December, 2013.
  6. X-ray studies of p-Butoxybenzylidene p-Heptylaniline, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, 6th Hope Meeting with Nobel laureates held at Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan on 11-15 March, 2014.
  7. Electrical conductivity studies of a liquid crystalline compound: p-butoxybenzylidene

p-heptylaniline,M. K. Usha, Deepa Bhat, N. Vinutha, R. Pratibha and D. Revannasiddaiah, Seminar on Wireless Technology: Systems, Applications & Perspectives held at Mysooru Makkala Koota and Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (MMK & SDM) Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Mysore on 22 April, 2014.

  1. Molecular ordering in a liquid crystalline compound from X-ray studies, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM) – 2014, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on 6-10 October, 2014.
  2. Smectic translational order parameter in two liquid crystalline compounds from X-ray studies, N. Vinutha, M. K. Usha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah

International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM) – 2014, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on 6-10 October, 2014.

  1. Translational order parameter in three Schiff base liquid crystals, M. K. Usha, N. Vinutha, R. Somashekar, D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on Recent Trends in Physics, Mathematics and Engineering (RTPME) – 2015, Sharada Vilas College, Mysore, 20, 21st February, 2015.
  2. Molecular ordering in two nO.m liquid crystalline compounds from X-ray studies,

N. Vinutha, M. K. Usha, R. Somashekar and D. Revannasiddaiah, National Conference on Recent Trends in Physics, Mathematics and Engineering (RTPME) -2015, Sharada Vilas College, Mysore, 20, 21st February, 2015.