Dr. Amit Kumar
Assistant Professor
- R P Chauhan, Amit Kumar. TECHNIQUE FOR THE PREPRATION OF RADON GAS RESISTANT MATERIAL FOR DWELLINGS. Application No.3900/DEL/2012 A. Date of filing of Application :18/12/2012. Publication Date : 10/05/2013 (Under Examination)
- R P Chauhan, Amit Kumar. METHODOLOGY FOR PREPARING RADON GAS SHIELDING MATERIAL USING SILICA FUMES. Application No.1331/DEL/2013 A. Date of filing of Application :06/05/2013, Publication Date : 14/06/2013 (Under Examination)
PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL JOURNALS
1. R.P. Chauhan, Amit Kumar. Radon resistant potential of concrete manufactured using ordinary portland cement blended with rice husk ash. Atmospheric Environment 81 (2013) 413-420. Elsevier, SCI, Impact factor =3.062
2. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, Manish Joshi, B K Sahoo. Modeling of indoor radon concentration from radon exhalation rates of building materials and validation through measurements, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 127 (2014) 50-55 Elsevier SCI, Impact factor =3.571
3. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Measurement of indoor radon-thoron concentration and radon soil gas in some North Indian dwellings, Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 143 (2014) 155-162 Elsevier, SCI, Impact Factor=2.432
4. Vimal Mehta, Amit Kumar, S P Singh, R.P. Chauhan, GS Mudahar. Measurement of Indoor Radon, Thoron and their Progeny levels in Dwellings of Union Territory Chandigarh, India: Correlation with Radon Exhalation Rates. Indoor and Built Environment. (2014) DOI: 10.1177/1420326X14535792 Sage Publication SCI. Impact Factor=1.716
5. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Active and passive measurements of radon diffusion coefficient from building construction materials, Environ Earth Sci. 72 (2014) 251–257. Springer, SCI, Impact factor =1.527
6. R.P. Chauhan, Amit Kumar. Study of radon transport through concrete modified with silica fume. Radiation Measurements 59 (2013) 59-65 Elsevier, SCI, Impact factor =1.140
7. R.P. Chauhan, Amit Kumar, Neetika Chauhan, Manish Joshi, Praveen Aggarwal, B.K. Sahoo. Ventilation effect on indoor radon-thoron levels in dwellings and correlation with soil exhalation rates. Indoor and built Environment DOI: 10.1177/1420326X14542887 (2014). Sage Publication SCI. Impact Factor=1.716
8. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Back diffusion correction for radon exhalation rates of common building materials using active measurements, Materials and Structures DOI 10.1617/s11527-013-0203-5 (2013). Springer, SCI, Impact factor =1.390
9. Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan. A comparative study on alpha radioactivity in Reddish plant grown with different fertilizer. Journal of radiation research and Applied Science. 2014. Elsevier publication. Doi. 10.1016/j.jrras.2014.07.009
10. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, Manish Joshi. Implications of variability in Indoor radon/thoron levels: A study for dwellings in Haryana, India, Environ Earth Sci. (2014) DOI 10.1007/s12665-014-3688-5 Springer, SCI, Impact factor =1.527
11. Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan, Manish Joshi, Rama Prahjit, B K Sahoo. Estimation of radionuclides content and radon-thoron exhalation from commonly used building materials in India. Environmental Earth Science. SCI, Springer. (2015). DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4146-8. Impact Factor 1.527
12. Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan, Vimal Mehta and Krishan Kant. Radon exhalation rates from concrete modified with fly ash and silica fume. Journal of Applied Physics. (2014) Vol. 5 (2) pp. 92-95
13. Mahabir Nain, R P Chauhan, Amit Kumar and Pooja Chauhan. Effect of fertilizers on soil to plant transfer of alpha radioactivity in Potato plant using SSNTD technique. Journal of Applied Physics. (2014) Vol. 5 (2) pp. 88-91.
14. Vimal Mehta, Amit Kumar, S P Singh, R P Chauhan and G S Mudahar. Radon thoron and their progeny level in some dwellings of union tertiary Chandigarh, India using SSNTD. Journal of Applied Physics. (2014) Vol. 5 (2) pp. 33-35
15. Nisha Mann, Amit Kumar, A K Garg, Sushil Kumar and R P Chauhan. Measurement of radon exhalation rates in soil samples from western Haryana. Journal of Applied Physics. (2014) Vol. 5 (2) pp. 56-59.
16. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Soil to plant transfer of alpha radioactivity in potato plants: Impact of phosphate fertilizers. Journal of environmental health and engineering (under review) Springer, SCIE, Impact factor=1.01
17. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Radon exhalation rates from common building materials: Effect of back diffusion. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics (under Review) Niscair, SCIE, Impact Factor 0.857
18. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. Radon diffusion and exhalation from concrete modified with fly ash: waste utilization and benefits. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (under review) Springer SCIE, Impact factor=0.831
19. Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan. A comparative study of diffusive and advective transport of indoor radon through concrete. Radiation Measurement (Under review). Elsevier, SCI, Impact factor =1.140
20. Amit Kumar, R P Chauhan. Effect of moisture and additive on radon exhalation rate from concrete . (under review) Romanian Journal of Physics. SCI, Impact factor 0.856
LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
1. Amit Kumar, Neetika Chauhan and R.P. Chauhan “A correlation study between radon exhalation from soil and indoor radon levels from Northern India” presented in international conference on Third International Geo-Hazards Research Symposium (IGRS) during June 10-14, 2012 at HNB Garhwal University, Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand pp-91
2. Amit Kumar, Neetika chauhan and R.P Chauhan, “Natural radioactivity levels in NORM and TENORMs of Northern India” presented in International conference on Radiation Environment–Assessment, Measurement and its impact (RADENVIRON-2012) during April 12-14, 2012 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025. pp -63
3. Amit Kumar, Vimal Mehta and R.P. Chauhan. “Radon exhalation rates from the building construction materials” presented in International conference on Emerging Trends in Physics for Environmental Monitoring and Management (ETPEMM-12) during Decemeber 17-19 , 2012, at Punjabi University, Patiala pp-39
4. Amit Kumar, Vimal Mehta and R.P. Chauhan. “Instrumentation used in passive techniques for radon dosimetry” presented in National conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT-2013) during March 28-29, 2013 at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. pp-83
5. Amit Kumar, Vimal Mehta, R.P. Chauhan and K Kant. “Radon exhalation rates of concrete modified with fly ash and silica fumes” presented in National conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications” (SSNTDs-18) during October, 18-20, 2013 at Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, pp-97
6. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, Vimal Mehta. “Measurement of radon exhalation rates from fly ash and silica fumes substituted concrete: considering effect of moisture” presented in National symposium on Emerging Trends in Physics for Ionizing Radiations, Aerosols and Material Science (ETPRAM-13) during December 13-14, 2013 at Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala pp-21
7. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, S B Bhardwaj. “Experimental techniques for advection and diifusive transport of indoor radon through concrete presented in National conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNI-2014) during March 9-10, 2014 at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, pp-114.
8. Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, SB Bhardwaj. “Contribution of diffusion and advection through concrete for indoor radon” presented in National conference on Recent devolvement in Physics (NCRDP-2014) during March 29-30, 2014 at SD college Panipat, Haryana
9. Neetika Chauhan, Amit Kumar and R.P. Chauhan. “A control study on radon diffusion through soil and fly ash” presented in International conference on Radiation Environment–Assessment, Measurement and its impact (RADENVIRON-2012) during April 12-14, 2012 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. pp-64
10. Neetika Chauhan, Amit Kumar and R.P. Chauhan, “Radon monitoring in ground water, soil and atmosphere as a precursor of earthquake: A review” presented in International conference on Third International Geo-Hazards Research Symposium (IGRS) during June 10-14, 2012 at HNB Garhwal University, Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand, pp 87
11. Vimal Mehta, Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan and G.S. Mudahar “Assessment of indoor radon concentration in dwellings of Chandigarh” presented in International conference on Emerging Trends in Physics for Environmental Monitoring and Management (ETPEMM-12) during 17-19 december, 2012 at Punjabi University, Patiala pp-87
12. Pooja Chauhan, Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan. “Heavy metal analysis of geological and plant samples using X-ray Flourosence” presented in National conference on Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNI-2014) during March 28-29, 2013 at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra pp-41
13. Vimal Mehta, Amit Kumar, R. P. Chauhan and G. S. Mudahar. “Radon thoron and their progeny levels in some dellings of Union Teritary, Chandigarh using SSNTDs. presented in National conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications” (SSNTDs-18) during October, 18-20, 2013 at Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, pp-150
14. Mahabir, Nain, Amit Kumar, R.P. Chauhan, Pooja Chauhan. “Effect of fertilizers on soil to plant transfer of alpha-activity in patato plants using SSNTD technique” presented in National conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications” (SSNTDs-18) during October, 18-20, 2013 at Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, pp-84
LIST OF CONFERENCE/ WORK SHOP/SEMINAR ATTENDED
1. International Conference on “Radiation Environment –Assessment, Measurement and its impact (RADENVIRON-2012)” at BBA university, Lucknow during 12-14 April 2012
2. International Conference on “Third International Geo-Hazards Research Symposium (IGRS)” at HNB Garhwal University, Tehri Garhwal, Uttrakhand. during 10-14June 2012
3. International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Physics for Environmental Monitoring and Management (ETPEMM-12)” at Punjabi University, Patiala during 17-19 December, 2012
4. National Conference on “Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNIT-2013)” at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra during 28-29, March 2013
5. National Symposium on “Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications (SSNTDs-18)” at Aggarwal College Ballabgarh, during 18-20, October 2013.
6. National symposium on ‘’National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Physics for Ionizing Radiations, Aerosols and Material Science (ETPRAM-13)” at Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala during on 13-14, December 2013
7. National Conference on “Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology (NCNI-2014)” at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra during 9-10, March 2014
8. National Conference on “Recent devolvement in Physics (NCRDP-2014)” at SD college, Panipat, Haryana during 29-30, March 2014
9. Short-term course on “Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Characterization” at National Institute of Technolohy, Kurukshetra during 11-15 March, 2014.
10. Short term course on “Nanomaterials and their Characterization Tools” at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, during 1-3 June, 2013
11. Training on “Usage of FLUDIYN Software’’ at Fluidyn Software 7 Consultancy(P) Ltd, Banglore during 4-8 May, 2012.
12. One-week National workshop on “Advanced Characterizations and Simulation Techniques ACST-2012” at Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra during 12-17 March, 2012.
13. Seminar on “Ethics & Value Education in Science &Technology” at National Institute of technology, Kurukshetra on 14 November, 2011
14. Training work shop on “Measurement Techniques of Radon, Thoron and their Decay Products” at BARC, Mumbai during 21-25 November, 2011
15. Short term course on “Emerging materials : Synthesis and Characterization Tools” at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, during 13-17 June, 2014