Dr. Sharu’s research interests center on the intersection of three disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Civil Engineering. His research work often entails applying mechanical engineering principles in a materials science context on civil engineering materials. Dr. Sharu’s research works are targeted to utilize the designing, rheology control, and processing of concentrated cementitious suspensions to develop novel 3D printable slurries that address current limitations in three areas: extrusion-based additive manufacturing, CO2 sequestration, and energy-efficient cementation.

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, July 2019- December 2022
• Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA, Jan to March 2020
• Assistant Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, School of Mechanical Engineering, June 2017 - June 2019 & May 2011-July 2012
• Guest graduate researcher, Monash University Melbourne, August 2015 to June 2016
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, IITB-Monash Research Academy, July 2012 – April 2017

• Additive Manufacturing: extrusion-based 3D printing using slurries
• Rheology of complex fluids and cementitious suspensions
• Stimuli-responsive suspensions
• CO₂ sequestration

1. Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Narayanan Neithalath, Mathieu Bauchy, Aditya Kumar, Edward Garboczi, Torben Gaedt, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant, Electrosteric control of the aggregation and yielding behavior of concentrated portlandite suspensions, Langmuir 2023,  39 (30), 10395-10405
2. Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Iman Mehdipour, Narayanan Neithalath, Aditya Kumar, Mathieu Bauchy, Edward Garboczi, Torben Gaedt, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant, Ultrafast stiffening of concentrated thermoresponsive mineral suspensions, Materials & Design 2022, 110905
3. Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, I. Mehdipour, N. Neithalath, M. Bauchy, Edward Garboczi, S. Srivastava, Torben Gaedt, Gaurav Sant, Temperature-induced aggregation in portlandite suspensions, Langmuir 2020, 36(36), 10811-10821
4. Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, George P. Simon, Wenlong Cheng, Johann Zank, Kei Saito, and Arup R. Bhattacharyya, Effect of Organic Modification on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersion in Highly Concentrated Emulsions, ACS Omega 2019, 4, 6647−6659
5. Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, George P. Simon, Wenlong Cheng, Johann Zank, Kapil Joshi, Dharmesh Gala, and Arup R. Bhattacharyya, Effect of Incorporation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on the Microstructure and Flow Behavior of Highly Concentrated Emulsions, ACS Omega 2018, 3 (10), 13584–13597
6. Sharu B K, George P. Simon, Wenlong Cheng, Johann Zank, and Arup R. Bhattacharyya, Development of microstructure and evolution of rheological characteristics of a highly concentrated emulsion during emulsification, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2017, 532, 342-350
7. B. Bindhu, B. K. Sharu, M. S. Gopika, P. K. Praseetha, and K. Veluraja, Molybdenum disulfide nanoflakes through Li-AHA assisted exfoliation in an aqueous medium, RSC Advances 2016, 6, 22026-22033

1. Thermoresponsive suspension composites for 3D Printing, Gaurav Sant, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Torben Gädt, Iman Mehdipour, Thiyagarajan Ranganathan, Samanvaya Srivastava, Paul Seiler, US Patent App. 17/529,763, 2023 (Status: pending)

1. Ultrafast stiffening of concentrated thermoresponsive polymer-mineral suspensions, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Iman Mehdipour, Narayanan Neithalath, Aditya Kumar, Mathieu Bauchy, Edward Garboczi, Samanvaya Srivastava, Torben Gaedt, Gaurav Sant, ACI Concrete Convention, Spring 2022, Orlando, USA
2. Temperature-Induced Aggregation and Rheological Response of Concentrated Portlandite Suspensions, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant et al., 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, November 2021
3. Ultrafast stiffening of concentrated thermoresponsive polymer-mineral suspensions for additive manufacturing, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant et al., ACI Concrete Convention, Fall 2021
4. Ultrafast stiffening of concentrated thermoresponsive mineral suspensions, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant et al., Additive Manufacturing Using Dense Paste Direct Ink Write Workshop, The Doolittle Institute, August 2021
5. Temperature−structure−rheology response of portlandite suspensions, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant et al., 95th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 2021
6. A printability index for linking slurry rheology to the geometrical attributes of 3D-printed components, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Sabrina Ketel, Gabriel Falzone, Bu Wang, Newell Washburn, Gaurav Sant, ASTM Symposium on Standards Development for Cement and Concrete for Use in Additive Construction, December 2020
7. Dispersing Nano- and Micro-Sized Portlandite Particulates Via Electrosteric Exclusion at Short Screening Lengths, Sharu Bhagavathi Kandy, Jason Timmons, Iman Mehdipour, Shang Gao, Hakan Atahan, Narayanan Neithalath, Mathieu Bauchy, Edward Garboczi, Samanvaya Srivastava, Gaurav Sant, 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting, November 2020
8. Microstructure development and rheological characteristics of highly concentrated emulsions during emulsification, Sharu B K, George P. Simon, Wenlong Cheng, and Arup R. Bhattacharyya, 30th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS 2016, Rome, Italy), September 2016
9. Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of TiO2 nanofluids at high pressures, Sharu B K, Shijo Thomas, Krishna Sabareesh R, Sumitesh Das, Sobhan C B, Third International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Technology (Cochin Nano2011, Kochi, India)

• Slurry Based 3D printing
• Rheology control of 3D printing slurries
• CO2 sequestration
• Low carbon cementation
• Developing stimuli responsive slurries
• GCode generation for noplanar 3D printing
• Archetected 3D printed structures
• Topology optimization