Mansi Dua

Mansi Dua is a Postgraduate student in the field of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, attending NCNNUM, Mumbai, India, in the year 2022. She defended her postgraduate thesis on the topic of 1) Phosphates and Crystalline Host Waste Glasses and Ceramics derived from futuristic reactor concepts and 2) Nickel-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles and bioactive glass for hyperthermia applications.

After post-graduation, she worked as a Researcher Intern in Surface Modification Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (SMT), Mumbai, for 10 months till September 2023. Mansi focused on PVD coatings for applications – pharmaceutical punch, dental, decorative, and cutlery applications and analysed them. She holds knowledge in testing tribological properties, qualitative and quantitative analysis, as well.

Currently, she is pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Dr Jozef Kraxner in FunGlass – Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Slovakia, since October 2023. The topic challenges to recycle waste glass and upcycle it into functional membranes for wastewater treatment.

Dissertation topic: Additive Manufacturing of advanced porous and photocatalytic glass ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment

Supervisor: Dr Jozef Kraxner

Co-supervisor: Dr Akansha Mehta, Prof. Enrico Bernardo

Department: Glass Processing

Beginning of study: October 2023

Date of dissertation exam: August 2027

2025

  • Logavi, M. Dua, and K. Shah, “Evaluating potential of Sr-doped bioactive borosilicate glasses in improving bioactivity and corrosion resistance of SS-316L implants,” J Solgel Sci Technol, pp. 1–12, Jun. 2025, doi: 10.1007/S10971-025-06835-0/TABLES/3.

2024

  • Mundotia, M. Dua, P. Vishwakarma, A. Kale, U. Mhatre, and D. C. Kothari, “Corrosion study of CA-PVD coated perforation cutter blades of different metallurgies used for liquid shampoo packaging,” Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, vol. 16, Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.rsurfi.2024.100254.

Projects:

  • APVV-23-0352: Functionalized 3D glass-ceramic membranes for advanced photocatalytic drinking water treatment – participant.
  • VEGA 1/0110/23: Sustainable recycling of pharmaceutical glass into highly porous photocatalytic ceramic membranes used for wastewater treatment – participant.
  • Internal Grant (D09_2024) Development of 3D printed porous and photocatalytic structures by SLA technique.

 Activities:

  • Certificate course on “Electroplating and Metal Finishing” at Metal Finisher’s Association of India (MFAI) – 2023
  • Active participation, management and presentation in “IMTEX 2023 and TOOLTECH” industrial exhibition as a group member of SMT Industrial Research Development Unit – 2023
  • First prize for Oral Presentation at XIth Inter-Collegiate Research Scholars Meet”, C. College – 2019
  • Paper presentation entitled “Faces of Inequalities in society and it’s solutions” in Two Days National LevelSeminar on Gender Parity: An Era to Be Together” at Thakur Shyamnarayan Collegeof Education & Research, Mumbai – 2019
  • Oral Presentation entitled “Necessity of Substantial Development for Ideal Society” in International Conference on “Challenges in Environmental Management” at Patkar – Varde College, Mumbai – 2019
  • Oral Presentation entitled “Recycling of Plastic for Environment and Sustainable Development” in International Conference on “Challenges in Environmental Management” at Patkar – Varde College, Mumbai – 2019

Academic year 2024/25

Winter semester: Testing of Technical Materials- FŠT

Mansi Dua
Mansi Dua
PhD student

E-mail: mansi.dua@tnuni.sk
Tel.: +421 32 7400 515
Office: n. 4.05