Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one of the premier institutes of the country for undergraduate and higher education in science and technology in addition to basic and applied research. The Institute was established in 1959 with technical assistance by German Government. IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. The Institute has 16 academic departments and advanced research centres with nearly 100 laboratories in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences. IIT Madras has been ranked as number one Research and Teaching Institute in Engineering among similar Institutions in India in The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry's 'India Ranking Report 2016'. Internationally reputed faculty, brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff have all contributed to this status of IIT Madras.
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras is one of the premier institutes of the country for undergraduate and higher education in
science and technology in addition to basic and applied research. The Institute was established in 1959 with technical assistance
by German Government. IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 550 faculty, 8000 students and 1250 administrative &
supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares. The Institute has 16
academic departments and advanced research centres with nearly 100 laboratories in various disciplines of engineering and pure
sciences.
IIT Madras has been ranked as number one Research and Teaching Institute in Engineering among similar Institutions in India in
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry's 'India Ranking Report 2016'. Internationally reputed faculty, brilliant student
community, excellent technical & supporting staff have all contributed to this status of IIT Madras.
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On behalf of Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, I am delighted to present this comprehensive
brochure about our department.
The department is one of the oldest departments of IIT Madras, having born in the same year as the institute (1959) and
started functioning as Department of Metallurgy under the leadership of Prof. E.G. Ramachandran. In the first few
decades, the department was more identified as an industrial metallurgy department with its strength in casting, forming
and welding of metals and alloys. There has also been emphasis on process metallurgy of iron & steel. Over past two
decades, the focus on nonmetallic materials grew to the extent that the department was renamed as Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2003.
The department has 30 dynamic faculty members, at an average age of 45 years, with their teaching, research and
consultancy activities in various areas ranging from conventional metallurgy to frontiers of materials science. It has
about 160 research scholars (M.S & PhD) working in the above areas. The department offers B.Tech, M.Tech, M.S and
PhD (Direct and Regular PhD) degrees. A new M.Tech program on Industrial Metallurgy through e-learning mode has
been recently launched by the department for the benefit of personnel from industry and R&D labs.
The department is endowed with some of the best processing and characterisation facilities along with the most
comprehensive software for the materials design and modelling in its Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
(ICME) lab. The department has taken the responsibility of establishing aberration corrected Transmission Electron
Microscope (Titan) as a central facility of the institute, which can offer 0.1 nm resolution, the only IIT to have such a
facility. The department also has the state of the art Thermal-Mechanical simulator (Gleeble), a unique facility catering to
the needs of people working in forming, welding and particulate technologies of materials.
The department continues to strive for excellence and realising its vision of becoming a leading department in the
country for teaching, research and consultancy in the emerging areas of material science and engineering while
consolidating its strength in traditional areas of metallurgical engineering.
Prof. B.S. MurtyHEAD, MME
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Programs Offered
Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech)B.Tech
Course Objectives: Developing on the sound fundamental knowledge
created through basic science, engineering, metallurgy and material science
courses in the undergraduate curriculum to carry out comprehensive
research work in the final year.
Duration: 5 years (10 semesters)
Entrance: Admission through JEE Advanced
Eligibility Criteria: Either 75% marks or among the top 20 percentile of
candidates in their XII board exam.
Features: The total credit requirement is 553, which includes 281 core course credits,
25 elective course credits, 91 free elective c and basic ourse credits
sciences, humanities and basic engineering courses totalling 156 credits.
Two-semester project in the final year is compulsory for all dual degree
students.
To obtain dual degree with honours (B.Tech (Hons) + M.Tech), students
need to complete 580 credits including 281 core course credits, 52 elective
course credits, 91 free elective course credits and basic sciences,
humanities and basic engineering courses totalling 156 credits.
HTTA fellowship is provided to the dual degree students in their final year.
Course Objectives: Providing a firm foundation in the fundamentals
and applications of current metallurgical and materials science theories.
Inculcating multidisciplinary skills required for contributing to advanced
materials and metallurgical technology, both nationally and globally.
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
Entrance: Admission through JEE Advanced
Eligibility Criteria: Either 75% marks or among the top 20 percentile of
candidates in their XII board exam.
Features: Overall credit requirement is 432, which includes 149 core course credits,
/Physics) (or) Associate Membership holders with 60% marks in qualifying
exam and with valid GATE score. B.Tech graduates from IITs having 8.0 and
above CGPA (7.5 for SC/ST) can apply without GATE score.
Features: Students to complete 196 credits, that include 51 core course credits, 45
elective course credits and project work credits 100.
Students can apply for DAAD sandwich scholarship, for project work at a
German University. A number of other overseas student exchange
programmes are also available.
Conversion to PhD is possible if CGPA of 8.0 or more is obtained.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras offers several degree programs giving equitable and world class
opportunities for students seeking higher education. Our courses and research programs aid in the well rounded and professional development of
our students. We aim at ensuring strong fundamentals in our students, so that they can contribute to the science and advanced technology
ecosystem of our country and the world.
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Programs Offered
Direct PhD
Duration: 5 years with fellowship
Entrance: Written exam and interview conducted by the department twice
a year in May and November
Eligibility Criteria: B.E/B.Tech/M.Sc with valid GATE score or
CSIR/UGC NET/ NBHM or equivalent. A minimum CGPA of 8.0 with GATE
score for students from non CFTI institutions. For students from CFTI
institutions, GATE score is not required, if CGPA is 8.0 or above.
Features: The overall credit requirement is 72 credits which comprises 45 core course
credits, 27 elective course credits and a mandatory course on research
methodology.
Students are awarded both MS and PhD degrees, for which two additional
courses need to be completed.
Duration: 5 years with fellowship
Entrance: Written exam and interview conducted by the department twice
a year in May and November
Eligibility Criteria: ME/M.Tech with department specified cut-off in
CGPA or equivalent.
Features: The overall credit requirement is 36 which consist of 18 core course credits,
18 elective course credits and a mandatory course on research
methodology.
A number of Joint Doctoral and Joint Supervision Programmes exist with
various overseas universities.
Industry top up scholarships are available for selected students.
External PhD programs available for candidates from national labs and
reputed industries. Candidate will have to complete one semester of course
work in IITM and subsequently do their research work at the place of
employment.
Regular PhD
Course Objectives: Offering creative, disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research under the guidance of an advisor while gradually developing intellectual
independence that is essential for scholarship. Another aspect of the program is the development of oral and written communication at a level that is necessary for
writing proposals and internationally peer-reviewed journal articles. Deep knowledge about ethics in chosen field and in academia at large is emphasised in the
program.
PhD
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M.Tech in Industrial Metallurgy (E-learning Mode)Recently Launched Programme
Course Objectives: Facilitate industry professionals to obtain an M.Tech degree in Industrial Metallurgy without leaving their workplace.
5 yearsDuration:
No entrance test. Employee of any industry or R&D organisation can register through sponsorshipEntrance:
B.E/B.Tech (or) its equivalent (or) Associate Membership of professional bodies as approved by IITM.Eligibility Criteria: 60% marks (or) 6.5 CGPA in the qualifying degree.
Minimum 2 years of experience in Industry (or) R&D organisation.
Features:It is a non-residential program, where the candidates attend classes remotely from their workplace.
The programme provides flexibility regarding the pace of completion of curricular requirements. The student could register for 2 or 3 courses per semester, with total
requirement of 11 courses and a one year project for the entire program to be completed in 5 years.
The faculty of IITM offer the courses through online video lectures in the evening hours (5 to 7 PM) on all working days.
A compulsory M.Tech project has to be carried out in the employee’s own industry/R&D organisation.
B. Tech Students
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Karthiselva N.S. and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Carbon nanotube and in-situ titanium carbide reinforced titanium diboride matrix composites synthesized by reactive spark plasma sintering; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 663 (2016) 38–48.
Panta Jojibabu, Jagannatham M., Prathap Haridoss, Janaki Ram G.D., Abhijit P. Deshpande and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Effect of different carbon nano-fillers on rheological properties and lap shear strength of epoxy adhesive joints; Composites Part A 82 (2016) 53–64.
Karthiselva N.S., Murty B.S. and Srinivasa R.Bakshi; Low temperature synthesis of dense and ultrafine grained zirconium diboride compacts by reactive spark plasma sintering; Scripta Mater. 110 (2016) 78–81.
Pramod S.L., Prasada Rao A.K., Murty B.S. and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Effect of Sc addition on the microstructure and wear properties of A 356 alloy and A356-TiB composite; in-situ Mater. Design 24 (2015) 2185-2
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Karthiselva S., Murty B.S. and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Low temperature synthesis of dense TiB compacts by reaction spark plasma 2
sintering; Int. J. Refract. Met. and Hard Mater. 48 (2015) 201-210.
Rajeev G.P., Kamaraj M. and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Al-Si-Mn alloy coating on aluminum substrate using cold metal transfer (CMT) welding technique; JOM 66 (2014) 1061-1067.
Prathap Chandran, Tadepalli Sirimuvva, Niraj Nayan, Shukla A.K., Narayana Murty S.V.S., Pramod S.L., Sharma S.C. and Srinivasa R. Bakshi; Effect of carbon nanotube dispersion on mechanical properties of aluminum-silicon alloy matrix composites; J. Mater. Eng. Perform. 23 (2014) 1028-1037.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
Cold spray technology development for repair and coating of aircraft engine components (Jointly with Kamaraj M. and Sundararajan G.), 2016.
Development of W-Cu functionally graded nanocrystalline material for the first wall component (Jointly with Murty B. S.), 2016-2018.
Synthesis and thermo-mechanical processing effects on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-Al-Ni-Cr-Co-Fe based multi-component/high-entropy alloys (Jointly with Phanikumar G.), 2013 - 2016.
Multi-join - dissimilar metals joining for automotive applications (Jointly with Janaki Ram G. D., Phanikumar G. and Abhijit Deshpande), 2012- 2014.
Awards & Recognitions
Institute Research and Development Award 2016 for excellence in research and development.
2014 MPMD Young Leader Professional Development Award by TMS, USA.
Srinivasa Rao Bakshi Associate Professor
Dec 2010 - Jul 2016 - Assistant ProfessorJul 2016 - till date - Associate Professor
Surface engg., thermal spray coatings & weld claddingReactive & spark plasma sintering of in-situ compositesUltra high temperature ceramic compositesDissimilar metal joining and adhesive bondingNanomechanical and nano-tribological property evaluationRadiation effects on materials
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Selected Journal Publications
Processing & characterisation of ceramics and composite materialsMaterial characterisation techniquesNanocomposites
Mangesh Lodhe, Niraj Chawake, Devinder Yadav and Balasubramanian M.; On correlation between transformation and densification mechanisms in SiC during spark plasma sintering; Scripta Mater. 115 (2016) 137-140.
Kavitha N., Balasubramanian M. and Xavier Kennedy A.; Investigation of impact behaviour of epoxy reinforced with nanometer- and micrometer- sized silicon carbide particles; J. Compos. Mater. 47 (2013) 1877-1884.
Udayakumar A., Balasubramanian M., Gopala H.B., Sampathkumaran P., Seetharamu S., Ramesh Babu R., Sathiyamoorthy D. and Reddy G.R.; Influence of the type of interface on the tribological characteristics of ICVI generated SiC /SiC composites; Wear 271 (2011) 859-86.f
Amirthan G., Nakao K., Balasubramanian M., Tsuda H and Mori S.; Influence of N and Fe on Ti precipitation in the TiC-titanium alloy in-situ composites; J. Mater. Sci. 46 (2011) 1103-1109.
Periadurai T., Vijayakumar C.T. and Balasubramanian M.; Thermal decomposition and flame retardant behaviour of SiO -phenolic 2
nanocomposite; J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol. 89 (2010) 244-249.
Praveenkumar B., Sreenivasalu G., Kumar H.H., Kharat D.K., Balasubramanian M. and Murty B.S.; Size effect studies on nanocrystalline Pb(Zr Ti )O synthesised by mechanical activation 0.53 0.47 3
route; Mater. Chem. Phys. 117 (2009) 338-342.
Chandradass J. and Balasubramanian M.; Effect of magnesium oxide on sol-gel spun alumina and alumina-zirconia fibres; J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 26 (2006) 2611-2617.
Tribological behaviour of clay-thermoset polyester nanocomposites;
Research Projects
Development of nanocomposite brake disk material, Madras Engineering Industries Pvt. Ltd., 2011-2012.
Development and characterisation of aluminium matrix composites for tracked vehicle application, CVRDE, 2003-2005.
Development of sol-gel protective coating on metals, UGC, 2002-2006.
Balasubramanian M., Introduction to composite materials, in Sohel Rana and Raul Fangueiro (Eds.), Fibrous and textile materials for composite applications, Springer Singapore (2016)1-38 (ISBN: 9789811002328).
Balasubramanian M. and Jawahar P., Nanocomposites based on inorganic nanoparticles, in Smita Mohanty, Sanjay K. Nayak, B.S. Kaith and Susheel Kalia (Eds.), Polymer nanocomposites based on inorganic and organic nanomaterials, Scrivener-Wiley (2015) 259-346 (ISBN: 9781118385098).
Balasubramanian M., Composite materials and processing, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 2013 (ISBN: 9781439879351).
Balasubramanian M.Professor
Nov 2000 – Apr 2006: Assistant Professor Apr 2006 – May 2010: Associate Professor
Babu A.S., Ranjit Bauri and Srinivas Reddy G.; Processing and conduction behaviour of nanocrystalline Gd-doped and rare earth co-doped ceria electrolytes; Electrochim. Acta 209 (2016) 541-550.
Srinivas Reddy G. and Ranjit Bauri; Size-controlled growth of spherical nanoparticles of Y-doped BaZrO perovskite; Appl. Phys. A 122 (2016) 3
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Shyam Kumar C.N., Ranjit Bauri and Devinder Yadav; Wear properties of 5083 Al-W surface composite fabricated by friction stir processing; Tribol. Int. 101 (2016) 284-290.
Babu A.S. and Ranjit Bauri; Synthesis, phase stability and conduction behaviour of rare earth and transition elements doped barium cerates; Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 14487-14495.
Srinivas Appari, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Ranjit Bauri and Sreenivas Jayanti; Deactivation and regeneration of Ni catalyst during steam reforming of model biogas: An experimental investigation; Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 297-304.
Babu Anatharaman S. and Ranjit Bauri; Effect of sintering atmosphere on densification, redox chemistry and conduction behaviour of nanocrystalline Gd-doped CeO electrolytes; Ceram. Int. 2
39 (2013) 9421-9428.
Rajesh Chaudhari and Ranjit Bauri; Reaction mechanism, microstructure and properties of Ti−TiB composite processed by spark plasma in-situ sintering; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 587 (2013) 161-167.
Research Projects
Modelling accelerated aging and degradation of solid oxide fuel cells (MAAD-SOFC), DST, 2012-2015.
Development of high strength and ductile Al alloy based composite in solid state by friction stir processing, NRB, 2011-2015.
Synthesis and evaluation of impact energy absorption characteristics of Al-SiC composite foams, DRDO, 2009-2012.
Development of scandia stabilised zirconia electrolytes with rare earth co-doping for solid oxide fuel cells, DST, 2009-2012.
Awards & Recognitions
Gold medal for 1 position in the Dept. in M.Tech, 2000, Indian Institute of st
Engineering Science and Technology (Formerly B. E. College, Shibpur).
Ranjit Bauri Associate Professor
Apr 2007 – Jul 2012: Assistant ProfessorJul 2012 – till date: Associate Professor
Solid oxide fuel cells Friction stir processing Al and Ti based metal matrix composites EBSD and TEM
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Editorial board member of scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) and Indian Journal of Materials Science.
Executive council member of Electron Microscope Society of India.
Recipient of Andalusia Talent Hub Fellowship (offered by Government of Andalusia, Spain) as an incoming researcher for the year 2015.
Former editorial board member of the internet journal of nanotechnology.
Session chair, STEM and related techniques, International conference on electron microscopy and XXXIV Annual meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), July 3-5, 2013.
Selected Journal Publications
Pandey P., Das T., Rana R., Parmar J. B., Bhattacharyya S. and Rana D. S.; Electronic control of interface ferromagnetic order and exchange-bias in paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic epitaxial bilayers; Nanoscale 7 (2015) 3292-3299.
Das T., Kulkarni P., Purandare S.C., Barshilia H.C., Bhattacharyya S. and Chowdhury P.; Anomalous enhancement in interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy through uphill diffusion; Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 5328.
Bhattacharyya S., Höche Th., Jinschek J.R., Avramov I., Wurth R., Müller M. and C. Rüssel; Direct evidence of Al-rich layers around nanosized ZrTiO in glass: putting the role of nucleation agents in perspective; Cryst. 4
Growth Des. 10 (2010) 379-385.
Bhattacharyya S., Bocker C., Heil T., Jinschek J. R., Höche Th., Rüssel C. and Kohl H.; Experimental evidence of self-limited growth of nano crystals in glass; Nano Lett. 9 (2009) 2493-2496.
Bhattacharyya S., Jinschek J.R., Cao H., Wang Yu, Li J.F. and Viehland D.; Direct high-resolution transmission electron microscopy observation of tetragonal nanotwins within the monoclinic Mc phase of Pb(Mg Nb )O -0.35PbTiO crystals; Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 (2008) 1/3 2/3 3 3
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Bhattacharyya S., Jinschek J.R., Khachaturyan A., Cao H., Li J.F. and Viehland D.; Nano-dispersed DO phase nanostructures observed in 3
magnetostrictive Fe – 19%Ga Galfenol alloys; Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 104107.
Development of new methodology related to scanning/ transmission electron microscopyDetermination of structure and chemistry of materials at atomic scale using TEM to correlate it with materials properties
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Proving uphill diffusion in multilayer Co-Pt thin films
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Padmanabhan K.A., Leuthold J., Wilde G. and Bhattacharya S.S.; On the power law description of low-stress uni-axial steady-state high-homologous-temperature deformation; Mech. Mater. 91 (2015) 177-193.
Kumaran C.R., Maneesh Chandran, Krishna Surendra M., Bhattacharya S.S. and Ramachandra Rao M.S.; Growth and characterisation of diamond particles, diamond films and CNT-diamond composite films deposited simultaneously by hot filament CVD; J. Mater. Sci. 50 (2015) 144-156.
Maneesh Chandran, Bhattacharya S.S. and Ramachandra Rao M.S.; Nanocrystalline diamond coatings on the interior of WC-Co dies for drawing carbon steel tubes: Enhancement of tube properties; Diam. Relat. Mater. 50 (2014) 33-37.
Maneesh Chandran, Kumaran C.R., Sriram Vijayan, Bhattacharya S.S. and Ramachandra Rao M.S.; Adhesive microcrystalline diamond coating on surface modified non-carbide forming substrate using hot filament CVD; Mater. Express 2 (2012) 2.
Imteyaz Ahmad Md. and Bhattacharya S.S.; Size effect on the lattice parameters of nanocrystalline anatase; Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009) 191906.
Imteyaz Ahmad Md., Bhattacharya S.S. and Horst Hahn; Structure, thermal stability and optical properties of boron modified nanocrystalline anatase prepared by chemical vapour synthesis; J. Appl. Phys. 105 (2009) 113526.
Gaurav Jetly, Richie Khandelwal, Shankar Swaminathan, Imteyaz Ahmad Md and Bhattacharya S.S.; Oxidative electrodeposition of nanocrystalline zinc oxide powders; J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 (2009) 115305
Selected Journal Publications
Nanocrystalline materials – synthesis, consolidation, characterisation and property evaluation Superplasticity of materials (analytical and experimental); superplastic forming Metal forming; high temperature deformation behaviour of materials; advanced materials testing
Research Projects
Department of Science & Technology (Nano Science and Technology Initiative – NSTI) sponsored project titled, “Development of bulk nanocrystalline materials: Nanoparticle synthesis and consolidation” during 2008-2011.
Industry supported project under the Infrastructure for Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA) scheme of the Department of Science & Technology titled, “Establishment of a nano functional materials technology centre at IIT Madras” during 2007-2012.
Ministry of Human Resources Development sponsored project titled, “Nanocrystalline Titania: Superplastic deformation and diffusion bonding studies” during 2005-2008.
Bhattacharya S.S. Professor
Jul 1998 – Jan 2004: Assistant Professor Jan 2004 – Feb 2009: Associate Professor
Research Fellowship (Forschungsstipendium), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 1997.
Young Engineer, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 1996.
Academic distinction in metallurgical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1985 .
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Research Projects
Fatigue behaviour of an ultrafine grained aluminium alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing, DST, 2011-2015.
Development of a severe plastic deformation process for producing ultrafine grained high strength Al alloys, NRB, 2007-2009.
Development of intelligent mill set-up model for adaptive and dynamic control of plate mill, Bhilai Steel Plant, RDCIS, 2005-2008.
Applicability of equal channel angular pressing to the processing of Al alloys, DST, 2002-2006.
Selected Journal Publications
Manda P., Ghoshal P., Uday Chakkingal and Singh A.K.; Effect of alloying elements in hot rolled metastable beta titanium alloys, Part I: Evolution of microstructure and texture; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 46 (2015) 2646-2663 .
Basavaraj V. Patil, Uday Chakkingal and Prasannna Kumar T.S.; Effect of geometric parameters on strain, strain inhomogeneity and peak pressure in equal channel angular pressing; J. Manuf. Process. 17 (2015) 88-97.
Manda P., Uday Chakkingal and Singh A.K.; Hardness characteristics and shear band formation in metastable beta titanium alloys; Mater. Charact. 96 (2014) 151-157.
Ratna Sunil B., Ganapathy C., Sampath Kumar T.S. and Uday Chakkingal; Processing and mechanical behaviour of lamellar structured degradable magnesium-hydroxyapatite implants; J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater. 40 (2014) 178-179.
Ratna Sunil B., Sampath Kumar T.S., Uday Chakkingal, Nandakumar V. and Mukesh Doble; Friction stir processing of magnesium nano hydroxy apatite composites with controlled in vitro degradation behaviour; Mater. Sci. Eng. C 39 (2014) 315-324.
Ganesh Niranjan G. and Uday Chakkingal; Deep drawability of commercial purity aluminium sheets processed by groove pressing; J. Mater. Process. Tech. 210 (2010) 1511-1516.
Yoon S.C., Krishnaiah A., Uday Chakkingal and Kim H.S.; Severe plastic deformation and strain localisation in groove pressing; Comp. Mater. Sci. 494 (2008) 641-645.
Chakkingal Uday Professor
Sep 1998 – Jun 2006: Assistant Professor Jun 2006 – Jun 2010: Associate Professor
Metal forming processesSevere plastic deformation processesAluminium, magnesium and titanium alloysMetallic biomaterials
Awards & Recognitions
Best paper award at International conference and expo on magnesium (iMagCon 2016) (Arun M.S. and Uday Chakkingal) in 2016.
Second prize in metal science category at 57th annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals (K. Kumaran,T. Leo and Uday Chakkingal) in 2003.
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Jalaj Kumar, Singh, A.K., Ganesh Sundara Raman S. and Vikash Kumar; Observation of etch- pits and LAGB configurations during ambient creep of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy; Matell. Mater. Trans. A 47(2016) 2560-2565.
Damodaram R., Ganesh Sundara Raman S. and Prasad Rao K.; Effect of post-weld heat treatments on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction welded alloy 718 joints; Mater. Design 53 (2014) 954-961.
Venkatesh C.V., Ganesh Sundara Raman S. and Uday Chakkingal; Characterisation of AA6061 alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing and subjected to low cycle fatigue; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met.(2013) 147-154.
Satendra Kumar, Siva Kumar B., Sankara Narayanan T.S.N., Ganesh Sundara Raman S. and Seshadri S.K.; Fretting corrosion mapping of CP-Ti in ringer’s solution; Wear 268 (2010)1537-1541.
Navaneethakrishnan P., Ganesh Sundara Raman S., Gnanamoorthy R. and Ravi N.; Relative performance of hydrogenated,argon-incorporated and nitrogen-incorporated diamond-like carbon coated Ti-6Al-4V samples under fretting wear loading; Thin Solid Films 517 (2009) 4365-4371.
Rajasekaran B., Ganesh Sundara Raman S., Joshi S. V. and Sundararajan G.; Effect of microarc oxidised layer thickness on plain fatigue and fretting fatigue behaviour of Al-Mg-Si alloy; Int. J. Fatigue 30 (2008) 1259-1266.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
High temperature evaluation of fatigue crack growth of austenitic stainless steel (Type 304 LN & 316 LN SS) weld joints made of A-TIG and TIG welding processes and comparison with that of the base metals, 2016-2017.
Performance of coatings under fretting wear conditions, AR & DB, 2015-2018.
Fretting fatigue behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V, GTRE, 2015-2016.
Fatigue behaviour of an ultra fine grained aluminium alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing, DST, 2011-2015.
Evaluation of mechanical properties of type 304LN stainless steel A-TIG weld joint, IGCAR, 2010-2011.
Awards & Recognitions
DAAD Scholarship, visit to Germany for two months in 2006.
STA Post-Doct. Fellowship, Science & Technology Agency, Japan, 1997.
French government Post-Doctoral scholarship, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris,1995.
Ganesh Sundara Raman S.Professor
Oct 2000 – Apr 2006: Assistant Professor Apr 2006 – Mar 2009: Associate Professor
URL: https://mme.iitm.ac.in/ganesh/Deformation behaviourFatigue of materials and weldmentsFretting fatigue, fretting wear, surface engineeringThermal spray processingHigh temperature deformation
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Selected Journal Publications
Ebenezer D., Abhijit P. Deshpande and Prathap Haridoss; Cross- linked poly (vinyl alcohol)/sulfosuccinic acid polymer as an electrolyte/ electrode material for H -O proton exchange membrane fuel cells; J. 2 2
Power Sources 304 (2016) 282-292.
Jojibabu P., Jagannatham M., Prathap Haridoss, Janaki Ram G.D., Abhijit Deshpande and Srinivasa R Bakshi; Effect of different nano-carbon reinforcements on the lap shear strength of epoxy adhesive joints; Composites A 82 (2016) 53-64.
Jagannatham M., Sankaran S. and Prathap Haridoss; Electroless nickel plating of arc discharge synthesised carbon nanotubes for composites; Appl. Surf. Sci. 324 (2015) 475-481.
Joseph Berkmans, Jagannatham M., Rohit Reddy D. and Prathap Haridoss; Synthesis of thin bundled single walled carbon nanotubes and nanohorn hybrids by arc discharge technique in open air atmosphere; Diam. Relat. Mater. 55 (2015) 12-15.
Joseph Berkmans, Jagannatham M. and Prathap Haridoss; Nano scratch technique for aligning multiwalled carbon nanotubes synthesised by arc discharge method in open air; Bull. Mater. Sci. 38 (2015) 875-886.
US Patent # 6,821,661: Hydrophilic anode gas diffusion layer: Haridoss P., Karuppaiah C. and McElroy J.; Plug power; Granted: November 2004.
US Patent # 6,774,637: Method of qualifying at least a portion of a fuel cell system and an apparatus employing the same; Hallum R., Comi C., Wu Y., Haridoss P. and Karuppaiah C.; Plug power; Granted: August 2004.
US Patent # 6,696,190: Fuel cell system & method: Haridoss P.; Plug power; Granted: February 2004.
Haridoss Prathap Professor
Jan 2003 – Jul 2009: Assistant Professor Jul 2009 – Jul 2013: Associate Professor
Principal Investigator for development of partial exoskeleton to enable enhanced mobility for a person with limited capability in one lower limb and normal capability in the other, 2013-2014.
Co-Investigator for studies on hydrogen storage in carbon materials, 2010-2015.
Co-Investigator for development of smart materials base on non - linear optical absorption and optical limiting in nano materials, 2009-2012.
Principal Investigator (Sole Investigator from India) for synthesis, characterisation, functionalisation and investigation of electrochemical properties of aligned carbon nanotubes, 2008-2010.
PEM fuel cells Carbon nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanomaterialsRecycling printed circuit boardsDevelopment of assistive devices
Books Published
Physics of materials, Essential concepts of solid state physics, Wiley, 2015.
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Balakrishnan S., Ananthasivan K. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Studies on the synthesis of nanocrystalline yttria powder by oxalate deagglomeration and its sintering; Ceram. Int. 41 (2015) 5270-5280.
Santhy K. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Thermodynamic reassessment of Nb-Ni-Ti system with order-disorder model; J. Alloys. Compd. 619 (2015) 733-747.
Rajkumar V.B. and Hari Kumar K.C; Gibbs energy modelling of Fe-Ta system by Calphad method assisted by experiments and initio calculations; Calphad 48 (2015) 157-165.
Ghosh S., Prabhakara Reddy B., Nagarajan K. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Experimental investigations and thermodynamic modelling of KCl-LiCl-UCl system; Calphad 45 (2014) 11-26.3
Sai Gautam G. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Elastic, thermochemical and thermophysical properties of rock salt-type transition metal carbides and nitrides: a first principles study; J. Alloys. Compd. 587 (2014) 380-386.
Balakrishnan S., Ananthasivan K. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Studies on the synthesis and sintering of nanocrystalline yttria; Ceram. Inter. 10 (2014) 6777-6785.
Virdi K.S. and Hari Kumar K.C.; First-principle investigation of lithium intercalation behaviour of a (3,3) carbon nanotube; Mater. Sci. Forum 736 (2013) 27-31.
Srinivas Prasad B.S., Rajkumar V.B. and Hari Kumar K.C.; Numerical simulation of precipitate evolution in ferritic-martensitic power plant steels; Calphad 36 (2012) 1-7.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
Integrated modelling of high temperature phase and microstructural stability and phase transformation kinetics of advanced high chromium ferritic steels with special emphasis on 9Cr-1Mo based derivatives, IITM-IGCAR cell.
Precipitation behaviour in thin slab caster (TSCR) to develop conventional grain oriented (CGO) electrical steels, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur.
Thermodynamic prediction of phase stability of high temperature alloys for USC applications, BHEL, Hyderabad.
Calculation of thermodynamic properties of R phase in Fe-Mo, Fe-Mo-Cr and Co-Mo-Cr alloy systems, Carpenter Technology, USA.
Establishing a procedure for validating and optimising thermodynamic database for common engineering alloys, GE Global Research Centre, Bangalore.
Hari Kumar K.C. Professor
Dec 2002 – Jan 2004: Visiting FacultyJan 2004 – Jun 2013: Associate Professor
Gibbs energy modelling of materials Applications of density functional theory in materials scienceModelling of diffusion controlled phase transformationsApplications of thermodynamics in process metallurgy
Awards & Recognitions
Associate Editor, Calphad Journal, Elsevier.
Key Reader, Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, Springer.
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Tecnai - T20, A high resolution transmission electron microscope
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PANalytical XRD with monochromator and high temperature o
attachment (max. temperature 1600 C)
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Selected Journal Publications
Karthik G.M., Janaki Ram G.D. and Ravi Sankar Kottada; Friction deposition of titanium particle reinforced aluminium matrix composites; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 653 (2016) 71-83.
Abhishek Mitra, Siva Prasad N. and Janaki Ram G.D.; Estimation of residual stresses in an 800 mm thick steel submerged arc weldment; J. Mater. Process. Tech. 229 (2016) 181-190.
Krishna Murthy N. and Janaki Ram G.D.; Hot cracking behaviour of carbide-free bainitic weld metals; Mater. Design 92 (2016) 88-94.
Panta Jojibabu, Jagannatham M., Prathap Haridoss, Janaki Ram G.D., Abhijit P. Deshpande and Srinivasa Rao Bakshi; Effect of different carbon nano-fillers on rheological properties and lap shear strength of epoxy adhesive joints; Composites Part A 82 (2016) 53-64.
Haijun Gong, Khalid Rafi, Hengfeng Gu, Janaki Ram G.D., Thomas Starr and Brent Stucker; Influence of defects on mechanical properties of Ti–6Al–4V components produced by selective laser melting and electron beam melting; Mater. Design 86 (2015) 545-554.
Krishna Murthy N., Janaki Ram G.D., Murty B.S., Reddy G.M. and Rao T.J.P.; Carbide-free bainitic weld metal: A new concept in welding of armor steels; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 45 (2014) 2327-2337.
Dilip J.J.S. and Janaki Ram G.D.; Friction freeform fabrication of superalloy Inconel 718 – prospects and problems; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 45 (2014)182-192.
Janaki Ram G.D. Associate Professor
Jun 2008 – Jun 2013: Assistant Professor Jul 2013 – till date: Associate Professor
Weld repair of XH43 and XH67 superalloy castings, ISRO, 2016-2018.
Development of joining techniques for bi-metallic adaptors, ISRO, 2013-2016.
Adhesive bonding of automotive materials, DST-TDB, 2012-2016.
Use of cold metal transfer MIG welding process for surfacing applications, NRB, 2012-2014.
Welding
Additive manufacturing
Patents
Laser based metal deposition of antimicrobials to implant surfaces, Justin D.F., Stucker B.E, Janaki Ram G. D. and Britt D. W., U.S. Patent 7,951,412, May 31, 2011.
Laser based metal deposition of implant structures, Justin D. F., Stucker B. E., Fallin T. W. and Janaki Ram G. D, U.S. Patent 7,666,522, Feb 23, 2010.
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Selected Journal Publications
Transport processes in colloids and polymersInterfacial fluid mechanicsPhysical chemistry of surfacesCoating and printing methods
Jithin J. Marattukalam, Amit Kumar Singh, Susmit Datta, Mitun Das, Vamsi Krishna Balla, Srikanth Bontha and Sreeram K. Kalpathy; Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of laser processed NiTi alloy; Mat. Sci. Engg. C 57 (2015) 309.
Kalpathy S.K., Francis L.F. and Kumar S.; Thermally induced delay and reversal of liquid film dewetting on chemically patterned surfaces; J. Colloid Interface Sci. 408 (2013) 212.
Kalpathy S.K., Francis L.F. and Kumar S.; Thin-film models of liquid displacement on chemically patterned surfaces for lithographic printing processes; J. Colloid Interface Sci. 383 (2012)155.
Reynolds T.D., Kalpathy S.K., Kumar S. and Francis L.F.; Dip coating of charged colloidal suspensions onto substrates with patterned wettability: Coating regime maps; J. Colloid Interface Sci. 352 (2010) 202 .
Kalpathy S.K., Francis L.F. and Kumar S.; Shear-induced suppression of rupture in two-layer thin liquid films; J. Colloid Interface Sci. 348 (2010) 271.
Best paper award for the track of experimental and theoretical fluid flow at Fluidsche 2015, an International conference organised by University Malaysia Pahang, Langkawi, 2015.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2011.
S. Anantharamakrishnan Memorial award for highest CGPA in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Dual Degree), IIT Madras, 2007.
Colloidal particulate coatings
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Selected Journal Publications
Omprakash C.M., Srivathsa B., Kamaraj M. and Satyanarayana D.V.V.; Creep damage evaluation of DS CM247 nickel base superalloy using alternate current potential drop technique; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met. 69 (2016) 241-245.
Mannava V., Swaminathan A.V., Kamaraj M. and Ravi Sankar Kottada; An innovative spraying setup to obtain uniform salt (s) mixture deposition to investigate hot corrosion; Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87 (2016) 025107.
Manikandan K., Sivakumar D., Rao K.P. and Kamaraj M.; Laves phase in alloy 718 fusion zone-microscopic and calorimetric studies; Mater. Charct. 100 (2015)192-206.
Sarathi R., Reddy R.S., Rashmi T.S., Okamoto A., Suematsu H., Selvam P., Kamachi Mudali U. and Kamaraj M.; Investigation of nano-molybdenum carbide particle produced by wire-explosion process plasma science; IEEE Trans. 43 (2015) 3470-3475.
Syamsundar C.M., Chatterjee D. and Kamaraj M.; Experimental characterisation of silt erosion of 16Cr–5Ni steels and prediction using artificial neural network; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met. 68 (2015) 587-599.
Kamaraj M. Professor
Oct 2000 – Apr 2006: Assistant ProfessorApr 2006 – Jul 2009: Associate Professor
Cold spray technology development for repair and coating of aircraft engine components (Jointly with Srinivasa Rao Bakshi and Sundararajan G.), MHRD-GE, 2016.
Effect of retained austenite on rolling contact fatigue life of AISI 52100 bearing steel (Jointly with Seshadri Sekhar, ME Dept), DST, 2014-2017.
Process optimisation and evaluation of creep behaviour of A - TIG weld joint of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel (Jointly with Ravi Sankar Kotada), BRNS, 2013-2016.
Patents
Books Published
Titled “Highly adhesive nanocrytalline diamond coatings on tin coated WC-Co/(D/TIN /Al 0 / TICN/WC) tools for industrial applications”, 2011.2 3
Kamaraj M. and Radhakrishnan V.M.; Surface Technology: ISBN: 978-81-224-3960-1 (2015)
Aravind Vadiraj and Kamaraj M.; Surface Modified Biomedical Titanium Alloys: ISBN: 978-1-60876-581-2 (2010)
Surface engg., thermal spray coatings, laser cladding, etc.High temp. mech. behaviour of aerospace & power plant materialsHot-corrosion of high temperature superalloysWelding metallurgy of light metals, Cr-Mo steels, etc.Synthesis and characterisation of nanomaterialsFailure analysis of industrial components
Certificate of Merit for International activities by division of materials and processing of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012
Honorary Fellow Member by Indian Welding Society, New Delhi, 2012
Outstanding Contribution Award by ASM International Chennai Chapter, 2010
Awards & Recognitions
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Selected Journal Publications
Kumar M.A., Kanjarla A.K., Niezgoda S.R., Lebensohn R.A. and Tomé C.N.; Numerical study of the stress state of a deformation twin in magnesium; Acta Mater. 84 (2015) 349-358.
Niezgoda S.R., Kanjarla A.K., Beyerlein I.J. and Tomé C.N.; Stochastic modelling of twin nucleation in polycrystals: an application in hexagonal close-packed metals; Int. J. Plasticity 56 (2014) 119-138.
Pokharel R., Lind J., Kanjarla A.K., Lebensohn R.A., Li S.F., Kenesei P., Suter R.M., Rollett A.D. and Annu. Rev. Condens; Polycrystal plasticity: comparison between grain-scale observations of deformation and simulations; Matter Phys. 5 (2014) 317-346.
Niezgoda S.R., Kanjarla A.K. and Kalidindi S.R.; Novel microstructure quantification framework for databasing, visualisation and analysis of microstructure data; Integr. Mater. Manuf. Innovation 2 (2013)1-27.
Balogh L., Niezgoda S.R., Kanjarla A.K., Brown D.W., Clausen B. and Liu W.; Spatially resolved strain measurements from an interior in-situ twinned grain in bulk polycrystalline AZ31 alloy; Acta Mater. 61 (2013) 3612-3620 .
Lebensohn R.A., Kanjarla A.K. and Eisenlohr P.; An elasto viscoplastic formulation based on fast fourier transforms for the prediction of micromechanical fields in polycrystalline materials; Int. J. Plasticity 32 (2012) 59-69.
Kanjarla A.K., Lebensohn R.A., Balogh L. and Tomé C.N.; Study of internal lattice strain distributions in stainless steel using a full-field elasto-viscoplastic formulation based on fast fourier transforms; Acta Mater. 60 (2012) 3094-3106.
Integrated experimental and computational study of creep in advancedsuperalloys.
On the multiscale modelling of texture and anisotropy development during thermomechanical processing of duplex stainless steels.
Effect of thermo-mechanical processing on the microstructure, texture and anisotropy evolution in various Ti alloys used in launch vehicle programmes of ISRO.
Strengthening mechanisms in superalloy creep.
Computational crystal plasticityDeformation behaviour of materialsMechanics of irradiated materialsPlastic anisotropy and crystallographic texture in metalsIntegrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)
Heterogeneous stress field in a deformed Zr polycrystal
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Selected Journal Publications
Praveen S., Joysurya Basu, Sanjay Kashyap and Ravi Sankar Kottada; Exceptional resistance to grain growth in a nanocrystalline CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy at high homologous temperatures; J. Alloys Compd. 662 (2016) 361-367.
Venkateswararao Mannava, Sambasiva Rao A., Neeta Paulose, Kamaraj M. and Ravi Sankar Kottada; Hot corrosion studies on Ni-base superalloy at 650°C under marine-like environment conditions using three salt mixture (Na SO + NaCl + NaVO ); Corros. Sci.105 2 4 3
(2016) 109-119.
Niraj Chawake, Koundinya N.T.B.N., Ajeet K. Srivastav and Ravi Sankar Kottada; On correlation between densification kinetics during spark plasma sintering and compressive creep of B2 aluminides; Scripta Mater. 107 (2015) 63-66.
Andrew S.M. Ang, Christopher C. Berndt, Mitchell L. Sesso, Ameey Anupam, Praveen S., Ravi Sankar Kottada and Murty B.S.; Plasma sprayed high entropy alloys: Microstructure & properties of AlCoCrFeNi and MnCoCrFeNi; Metall. Mater. Trans. 46 A (2015) 791-800.
Sriharitha R., Murty B.S. and Ravi Sankar Kottada; Alloying, thermal stability and strengthening in spark plasma sintered Al CoCrCuFeNi x
high entropy alloys; J. Alloys Compd.583 (2014) 419-426 .
Praveen S., Murty B.S. and Ravi S. Kottada; Alloying behaviour in multi-component AlCoCrCuFe and NiCoCrCuFe high entropy alloys; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 534 (2012) 83-89 .
Indrani Sen, Ravi Sankar Kottada and Ramamurty U.; High temperature deformation processing maps for boron modified Ti–6Al–4V alloys; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 527 (2010) 6157-6165 .
Research Projects
Development of high entropy alloy (HEA) coatings as potential bond coat materials for high temperature turbine engine applications, ARDB (DRDO), 2016-2020.
Optimisation of hot-workability parameters for microstructure control in high temperature superalloys for aerospace applications, VSSC (ISRO), 2014-2016.
Evaluation of creep behaviour of A-TIG weld joints of modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel (P-91), BRNS (DAE), 2012-2015.
High temperature mechanical behaviour of high strength high entropy alloys, NRB (DRDO), 2010-2013.
Ravi Sankar KottadaAssociate Professor
Oct 2007 – Jul 2016: Assistant ProfessorJul 2016 - till date: Associate Professor
Creep of metals, alloys and HEAsHigh temperature deformationDeformation processing mapsHigh entropy alloys and magnesium alloysHot corrosion and its interaction with creep
Creep-SPS consistency Faulted carbides - high entropy alloys
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Selected Journal Publications
Munirathinam B. and Neelakantan L.; Role of crystallographic texture and crystallinity on the electrochemical behaviour of nanocrystalline Sr doped calcium phosphate coatings; J. Electrochem. Soc.163 (2016) D336-D343.
Munirathinam B. and Neelakantan L.; Role of crystallinity on the nanomechanical and electrochemical properties of TiO nanotubes; J. 2
Electroanal. Chem. 770 (2016) 73-83.
Srinivas M., Srinivas Kumar Adapaka and Lakshman Neelakanthan; Solubility effects of Sn and Ga on the microstructure and corrosion behaviour of Al-Mg-Sn-Ga anodes; J. Alloy. Compd. 683 (2016) 647-653. Rajan V. and Lakshman Neelakantan; Design and fabrication of a simple versatile microelectrochemical cell and its accessories; Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86 (2015).
Rajasekar S., Chetty R. and Lakshman Neelakantan; Low-nickel austenitic stainless steel as an alternative to 316L bipolar plate for proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 40 (2015) 12413-12423.
Lakshman Neelakantan, Pareek A. and Hassel A.W.; Electro-dissolution of 30Nb-Ti alloys in methanolic sulfuric acid-optimal conditions for electropolishing; Electrochim. Acta 56 (2011) 6678-6682.
Lakshman Neelakantan and Hassel A.W.; Rotating disc electrode study of the electropolishing mechanism of NiTi in methanolic sulfuric acid; Electrochim. Acta 53 (2007) 915-919.
Research Projects
Development of high performance alloys for bipolar plate application in automobile, SAIL R&D, Ranchi, 2015-2016.
Electrochemical & corrosion behaviour of 216L SS as potential alternative to 316L for bipolar plate application in PEMFC, Nissan research support program, 2012-2015.
Oxidation & hot corrosion studies on gas turbine alloys, GTRE, DRDO.
Corrosion characteristics of engg. materials & coatingsSmart coatings for corrosion protectionMicro and mechano electrochemistryTitania nanotubes and propertiesMetallic bipolar plates for PEMFCHigh temperature oxidation and hot corrosion
Selective dissolution of directionally solidified NiTi-V alloy
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Selected Journal Publications
Processing of metal foams Structural and mechanical properties of foamsPhysics of metal foamingX-ray tomography based structural analysis
Garcia-Moreno F., Mukherjee M., Jimenez C. and Banhart J.; Pressure induced foaming of metals; JOM 67 (2015) 955-965.
Vinod Kumar G.S., Mukherjee M., Garcia-Moreno F. and Banhart J.; Reduced pressure foaming of aluminium alloys; Metall. Mater. Trans. 44 A (2013) 419-426.
Saadatfar M., Mukherjee M., Madadi M., Schröder-Turk G.E., Garcia-Moreno F., Schaller F.M., Hutzler S., Sheppard A.P., Banhart J. and Ramamurty U.; Structure and deformation correlation of closed cell aluminium foam subject to uniaxial compression; Acta Mater. 60 (2012) 3604-3615.
Mukherjee M., Garcia-Moreno F. and Banhart J.; Solidification of metal foams; Acta Mater. 58 (2010) 6358-6370.
Mukherjee M., Ramamurty U., Garcia-Moreno F. and Banhart J.; The effect of cooling rate on structure and properties of closed-cell aluminium foams; Acta Mater. 58 (2010) 5031-5042.
Mukherjee M., Garcia-Moreno F. and Banhart J.; Defect generation during solidification of aluminium foams; Scripta Mater. 63 (2010) 235-238
Mukherjee M., Garcia-Moreno F., Jiménez C. and Banhart J.; Al & Zn foams blown by an intrinsic gas source; Adv. Eng. Mater. 12 (2010) 472- 477.
Mukherjee M., Garcia-Moreno F. and Banhart J.; Collapse of aluminium foam in two different atmospheres; Metall. Mater. Trans. 41 B (2010) 500–504.
Research Projects
Development of light-weight high-strength Al-Mg alloy foams, Naval Research Board, 2016-2018.
Development of metal foam processing facilities, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2014-2017.
Finding alternative chemical to the clayey mud used for bidriware of bidar, Rural Technology Action Group, 2016.
Aluminium foam (left) and X-ray tomographic image of it (right)
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Selected Journal Publications
Amirthalingam M., Van Den Aa E.M., Kwakernaak C., Hermans M.J.M. and Richardson I.M.; Elemental segregation during resistance spot welding of boron containing advanced high strength steels; Welding in Weld World 59 (2015) 743-755.
Dutta R.K., Huizenga R.M., Gao H., Amirthalingam M., King A., Hermans M.J.M. and Richardson I.M.; Anisotropy in thermal expansion of bainitic ferrite; Metall. Mater. Trans. 45 A (2014) 5281-5285.
Gao H., Dutta R.K., Huizenga R.M., Amirthalingam M., Hermans M.J.M., Buslaps T. and Richardson I.M.; Stress relaxation due to ultrasonic impact treatment on multi-pass welds; Sci. Technol. Weld. Joi. 19 (2014) 505-513.
Gao H., Dutta R.K.,Huizenga R.M., Amirthalingam M., Herman M.J.M., Buslaps T. and Richardson I. M.; Pass-by-pass stress evolution in multi-pass weld; Sci. Technol. Weld. Joi.19 (2014) 256-264.
Dutta R.K., Huizenga R.M., Amirthalingam M., King A., Gao H., Hermans M.J.M. and Richardson I.M.; In-situ synchrotron diffraction studies on hot deformation of austenite in a high strength quenched and tempered structural steel; Adv. Mat. Res. 922 (2014) 126-131.
Dutta R.K., Amirthalingam M., Hermans M.J.M. and Richardson I.M.; Kinetics of bainitic transformation and transformation plasticity in a high strength quenched and tempered structural steel; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 559 (2013) 86-95.
Dutta R.K., Huizenga R.M., Amirthalingam M. , King A., Gao H., Hermans M.J.M. and Richardson I.M.; synchrotron diffraction studies on the In situ temperature-dependent plane-specific elastic constants in a high-strength quenched and tempered structural steel; Scripta Mater. 69 (2013) 187-190.
Research Projects
Implicit microstructural modelling of solid state phase transformations during welding, New faculty initiation grant, IIT-Madras.
Weld repair of XH43 and XH67 superalloy castings, ISRO, as a Co-PI.
Bainite transformation kinetics of bearing steels, IC project, NBC bearings.
First and only recipient of "Welding torch of honour" for academic contributions to the welding technology group of Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, until Dec 2015.
Kenneth easterling best paper award from International Institute of Welding (IIW) in 2015.
Part of the team that successfully designed and fabricated a high temperature 3D-XRD furnace for experiments at ID11 of European in- situSynchrotron Radiation Facility.
PhD thesis was nominated for Henry Granjon prize from the Netherlands for the best thesis in the category of “Metallurgy of Welding” in 2010.
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Selected Journal Publications
Chattopadhyay C. and Murty B.S.; Kinetic modification of the 'confusion principle' for metallic glass formation; Scripta Mater. 116 (2016) 7-10.
Ajeet K. Srivastav, Joysurya Basu, Sanjay Kashyap, Niraj Chawake, Devinder Yadav and Murty B.S.; Crystallographic-shear-phase-driven W O nanowires growth on nanocrystalline W surfaces; Scripta Mater. 18 49
115 (2016) 28-32.
Arvind Babu D., Majumdar B., Sarkar R., Murty B.S. and Chattopadhyay K.; On the structural stability of melt spun ribbons of Fe Zr B Cu 95-x x 4 1
(x = 7 and 9) alloys and correlation with their magnetic properties; Metall. Mater. Trans. 47A (2016) 560-571.
Karthiselva N.S., Murty B.S. and Srinivasa Rao Bakshi; Low temperature synthesis of dense and ultrafine grained zirconium diboride compacts by reactive spark plasma sintering; Scripta Mater. 110 (2016) 78-81.
Chattopadhyay C., Satish Idury K.S.N., Jatin Bhatt, Mondal K. and Murty B.S.; Critical evaluation of glass forming ability criteria; Mater. Sci. Tech. 32 (2016) 380-400.
Awards & Recognitions
Murty B.S.Head of the Department
May 2004 – till date: Professor
Sep 2015 – till date: H O DApr 2016 – till date: Girija & R. Muralidharan Chair Professor
Principal Investigator: Austenitic ODS alloys, IGCAR, 2015-2018.
Principal Investigator: Development of W-Cu functionally graded nanocrystalline material for the first wall component in nuclear fusion power reactor, BRNS, 2015-2018.
Co-Investigator: Development of high entropy alloy coatings as potential bond coat materials for high temperature turbine engine applications, GTMAP, ARDB, 2016-2019.
Recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, Metallurgist of the Year award and Young Metallurgist award of Ministry of Steel and Mines, GD Birla Gold Medal, MRSI Medal, INAE Young Engineer award, INSA Young Scientist award, ISCA Young Scientist award, Distinguished Alumnus award of VNIT and Life time Achievement award of IIT Madras.
A Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Indian Institute of Metals, Asia Pacific Academy of Materials, ASM International and AP Academy of Science.
Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada and also an Associate faculty of School of Engineering, University of British Columbia.
Research Projects
B.S. Murty, J.W. Yeh and S. Ranganathan; High entropy alloys; Elsevier; ISBN: 978-0-12-800251-3 (2014)
B. S. Murty, P. Shankar, Baldev Raj, B. B. Rath and J. Murday; Text book on nanoscience and nanotechnology; Universities press; ISBN: 978-3-642-28029-0 (2011)
Books Published
Nanocrystalline materialsHigh entropy alloysBulk metallic glasses Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformationsTransmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography
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Selected Journal Publications
Sumanta Samal, Rahul M. R., Ravi Sankar Kottada and Gandham Phanikumar; Hot deformation behaviour and processing map of Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 664 (2016) 227-235.
Ramakrishnan R., Phanikumar G. and Sankarasubramanian R.; Crystal-melt interface growth velocity of Ni-Zr alloys through molecular dynamics simulations; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met. 68 (2015) 1113-1117.
Hrusikesh Nath and Phanikumar G.; Martensite transformation and magnetic properties of Ni-Fe-Ga Heusler alloys; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 46 (2015) 4947.
Hrusikesh Nath and Phanikumar G.; Premartensite transition in Ni FeGa 2
Heusler alloy; Mater. Charact. 102 (2015) 24-28.
Gerald Tennyson P., Karthik G. M. and Phanikumar G.; MPI + Open CL implementation of a phase-field method incorporating CALPHAD description of Gibbs energies on heterogeneous computing platforms; Comput. Phys. Commun. 186 (2015) 48-64.
Shailesh Singh, Chattopadhyay K., Phanikumar G. and Dutta P.; Experimental and numerical studies on friction welding of thixocast A356 aluminium alloy; Acta Mater. 73 (2014) 177-185.
Prasad R.V.S., Srinivas M., Manivel Raja M. and Phanikumar G.; Microstructure and magnetic properties of Ni (Mn,Fe)Ga heusler alloys 2
rapidly solidified by melt spinning; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 4 (2014) 2161-2170.
Khalid Rafi H., Kishore Babu N., Phanikumar G. and Prasad Rao K.; Microstructural evolution during friction surfacing of austenitic stainless steel AISI 304 on low carbon steel; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 44 (2013) 345-350.
Research Projects
Combined process and alloy design of a micro-alloyed DP-forging steel using integrated computational materials engineering, IGSTC, 2015-2018.
Awards & Recognitions
Gandham Phanikumar Professor
Feb 2005 – Jun 2010: Assistant Professor Jun 2010 – Nov 2015: Associate Professor
Phase field modelling of solidificationSolidification of undercooled meltsThermal field and distortion analysis during weldingLaser based additive manufacturingIntegrated computational materials engineering
SAFRAN -French Embassy special prize in 2008.
Young Metallurgist of the year from the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India in 2005.
Research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany from 2003-2005
2-D Al-Mg alloy dendrite
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Selected Journal Publications
Processing and characterisation of polymer derived ceramics (PDCs)Mechanical behaviourBiomimeticsDiffraction & spectroscopy techniques
Abhijeet Lale, Ravi Kumar, Umit Bilge Demirci, Philippe Miele, Awin Wasan and Samuel Bernard; Organosilicon polymer-derived mesoporous 3D silicon carbide, carbonitride and nitride structures as platinum supports for hydrogen generation by hydrolysis of sodium borohydride; Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 41 (2016) 15477-15488.
Wasan Awin Eranezhuth, Soumya Sridar, Bakthavachalam Kousaalya Adhimoolam and Ravi Kumar; Ablation resistance of precursor derived Si-Hf-C-N(O) ceramics; J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 36 (2016) 3717-3723.
Eranezhuth Wasan Awin, Soumya Sridar, Rajashekhar Shabadi and Ravi Kumar; Structural, functional and mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered gadolinia (Gd O ); Ceram. Int. 42 (2016) 1384-1391. 2 3
Parthiban Ramasamy, Mihai Stoica, Taghvaei A. H., Prashanth K. G., Ravi Kumar and Jürgen Eckert; Kinetic analysis of the non-isothermal crystallisation process, magnetic and mechanical properties of FeCoBSiNb and FeCoBSiNbCu bulk metallic glasses; J. Appl. Phys. 119 (2016) 073908-1 - 073908-9.
Branko Matovic, Fatima Zivic, Slobodan Mitrovic, Dragan Prsic, Vesna Maksimovic, Tatjana Volkov-Husovic and Ravi Kumar; Ultra-high pressure densification and properties of nanostructured SiC; Mater. Lett. 164 (2016) 68-71.
Mihai Stoica, Parthiban Ramasamy, Ivan Kaban, Sergio Scudino, Mircea Nicoara, Gavin B.M. Vaughan, Jonathan Wright, Jürgen Eckerta and Ravi Kumar; Structure evolution of soft magnetic (Fe o B Si . Nb ) Cu (x = 0 and 0.5) bulk glassy alloys; C Acta 36 36 19.2 4 8 4 100-x x
Mater. 95 (2015) 335-342.
Parthiban R., Stoica M., Kaban I., Eckert J. and Ravi Kumar; Viscosity and fragility of the super cooled liquids and melts from the Fe-Co-B-Si-Nb and Fe-Mo-P-C-B-Si glass-forming alloy systems; Intermetallics 66 (2015) 48-55.
Research Projects
Development of prototype ceria based water splitter to generate hydrogen using concentrated solar energy, Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY), 2016- 2019.
Synthesis of photocatalytic porous silicon-containing nitride and oxynitride nanocomposites, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA/IFCPAR), 2014-2017.
Development of anti-fouling coating based on surface modification approach, Board of Research of Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), 2012-2015.
Evaluation of mechanical properties and FE modelling of the deformation of syntactic foams relevant for deep sea applications instruments and ocean observatory systems, IITM-NIOT cell, 2012-2014.
Understanding the adhesion mechanisms of barnacles-structural & mechanical characterisation, Naval Research Board, 2008-2010.
Awards & Recognitions
Institute Research Development Award-under 40 years category (IRDA 2015) from IIT Madras in recognition of excellence in research at IIT Madras in 2015.
Young Faculty Recognition Award (YFRA) from IIT Madras in recognition of excellence in teaching & research in 2012.
Ravi Kumar N.V.Associate Professor
Mar 2007 – Jul 2012: Assistant ProfessorJul 2012 – till date: Associate Professor
Dmitry S. Kuchin, Victor Koledov V., Pavel Bogun V., Peter V. Lega, Sampath V. and Vladimir Shavrov G.; Simulation of the electric current flow in amorphous-crystalline Ti NiCu alloy with shape memory effect; 2
Mater. Sci. Forum 845 (2016)146-149.
Peter V. Lega, Dmitry S. Kuchin, Victor V. Koledov., Sampath V., Alexey M. Zhikharev and Vladimir G. Shavrov.; Simulation of control system of shape memory nanotweezers; Mater. Sci. Forum 845 (2016)142-145.
Raju T.N. and Sampath V.; Effect of ternary addition of iron on shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al alloys; J. Mater. Eng. Perform. 20 (2011) 767-770.
Raju T.N. and Sampath V.; Shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Fe shape memory alloys with the variation in aluminium and iron; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met. 64 (2011)165-168.
Rajasekaran N.R. and Sampath V.; Synthesis and characterisation of AA 2219 Al alloy reinforced TiB composites; in-situ J. Min. Mater. Charact. 2
& Engg. 10 (2011) 527-534.
Angappan M., Sampath V., Ashok B. and Deepkumar V.P.; Retrogression and reaging on short transverse tensile properties of 7010 aluminium alloy extrusions; Mater. Design 32 (2011) 4050-4053.
Mallik U.S. and Sampath V.; Influence of quaternary alloying additions on transformation temperatures and shape memory properties of Cu-Al-Mn shape memory alloys; J. Alloy. Compd. 469 (2009)156-163.
Mallik U.S. and Sampath V.; Effect of alloying on microstructure and shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Mn shape memory alloys; Mat. Sci. Eng. A 481-482 (2008) 680-683.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
New family of Fe-containing magnetic shape memory alloys with giant, reversible strain (approval received), Department of Science and Technology & Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Project Investigators: Sampath V. (PI) and Markandeyulu G. (Co-PI), 2016- 2018.
Development and characterisation of super elastic Ni-Ti shape memory alloys for biomedical and dental applications, DST, Project Investigators: Sampath V. (PI) and Paramanand Singh (Co-PI), 2006-2010.
Development of Ni-Ti shape memory alloys for actuators through powder metallurgy route and their characterisation MHRD, Project Investigators: Sampath V. (PI) and Paramanand Singh (Co-PI), 2005-2008.
Awards & Recognitions
Best Paper award for the paper entitled shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Fe shape memory alloys with the variation in aluminium and iron (authored by Raju T.N. and Sampath V.) presented at the session on phase transformation in International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS), IIT Madras, 2010.
Agar based wound dressing, jointly with IIT Kanpur, DST, 2016 -2019.
Bioceramic nanocarriers for simultaneous drug delivery, DBT, 2009-2013. Ultrafine grain refinement of metals for implant applications, DRDO, 2009-2012. Electrospinning of ceramic nanofibers for biomedical applications, CSIR, 2007-2010.
Selected Journal Publications
Hanas T., Sampath Kumar T.S., Govindaraj Peruma and Mukesh Doble; Tailoring degradation of AZ31 alloy by surface pre-treatment and electrospun PCL fibrous coating; Mater. Sci. Eng. C 65 (2016) 43-50.
Sandeep Kranthi Kiran A., Madhumathi K. and Sampath Kumar T.S.; Electrosprayed titania nanocups for protein delivery; Colloid Interface Sci. Comm.12 (2016) 17-20.
Jayasree R. and Sampath Kumar T.S.; Acrylic cement formulations modified with calcium deficient apatite nanoparticle for orthopaedic applications; J. Comp. Mater. 49 (2015) 2921-2933.
Sampath Kumar T.S., Madhumathi K., Rajkamal Balu, Zaheatha S, Rajathi Malar A. and Alamelu Bai S.; Enhanced protein delivery by multi-ion containing eggshell derived apatitic-alginate composite nanocarriers; Colloid Surface B Biointerfaces 123 (2014) 542-548.;
Ratna Sunil B., Ganapathy C., Sampath Kumar T.S. and Uday Chakkingal; Processing and mechanical behaviour of lamellar structured degradable magnesium–hydroxyapatite implants; J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater. 40 (2014)178-189.
Madhumathi K. and Sampath Kumar T.S.; Regenerative potential and antibacterial activity of tetracycline loaded apatitic nanocarriers for the treatment of periodontitis; Biomed. Mater. 9 (2014) 035002.
Ratna Sunil B., Sampath Kumar T.S., Uday Chakkingal, Nandakumar V. and Mukesh Doble; Nano-hydroxyapatite reinforced AZ31 magnesium alloy by friction stir processing: a solid state processing for biodegradable metal matrix composites; J. Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 25 (2014) 975-988.
Sampath Kumar T.S. Professor
Oct 1998 – Apr 2006: Assistant ProfessorApr 2006 – Sep 2009: Associate Professor
Nano apatite based multi mode drug delivery & imaging system Surface featuring of metallic implants for enhanced biofunctionalisationElectrospun and electrosprayed bioceramics and biocomposites Self-setting injectable bone and dental cementsAntimicrobial materials, drug carriers and coatings
Awards & Recognitions
Fellow: Society for biomaterials & artificial organs - India and International Medical Sciences Academy.
Dr. Uma & Dr. B C Bansal International Oration award 2015, International Medical Sciences Academy.
Best Paper award, Journal of biomaterials and tissue engineering - 2011 & 2014.
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Sree Harsha Nandam, Murty B.S. and Sankaran S.; Influence of TiB 2
addition on the precipitation kinetics in Al-7Si-0.3Mg in-situ TiB2
composites; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 46 (2015) 2844-2899.
Prasad Reddy G.V., Mariyappan K., Kannan R., Sandhya R., Sankaran S. and Bhanu Sankara Rao K.; Effect of strain rate on low cycle fatigue of 316LN stainless steel with varying nitrogen content: Part-I Cyclic deformation behaviour; Int. J. Fatigue 81(2015) 299-308.
Prasad Reddy G.V., Mariyappan K., Kannan R., Sandhya R., Sankaran S. and Bhanu Sankara Rao K.; Effect of strain rate on low cycle fatigue of 316LN stainless steel with varying nitrogen content: Part-II Fatigue Life and Fracture; Int. J. Fatigue 81 (2015) 309-317.
Prasad Reddy G.V., Nagesha A., Sandhya R., Sankaran S., Mathew M.D. and Bhanu Sankara Rao K.; Thermomechanical and isothermal fatigue behaviour of 316LN stainless steel with varying nitrogen content; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 46 (2015) 695-707.
Papa Rao M., Subramanya Sarma V. and Sankaran S.; Processing of high strength and high uniform elongation bimodal ultrafine grained dual phase microalloyed V-Nb steels through severe warm rolling and intercritical annealing; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 45 (2014) 5313-5317.
Prasad Reddy G.V., Sandhya R., Mathew M.D. and Sankaran S.; Low cycle fatigue behaviour of 316LN stainless steel alloyed with varying nitrogen content: Part I cyclic deformation behaviour; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 45 (2014) 5044-5056.
Prasad Reddy G.V., Sandhya R., Mathew M.D. and Sankaran S.; Low cycle fatigue behaviour of 316LN stainless steel alloyed with varying nitrogen content: Part II fatigue life and fracture behaviour; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 45 (2014) 5057-5067.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
Development of high strength ultrafine grained dual phase steels through thermomechanical processing, DST, 3 years.
Development of high strength high formable steels, NML/CSIR, 3 years.
Semisolid processing of Al-TiB and Al-TiC composite foams, in-situ2
NRB, 3 years.
Processing and characterisation of quench and partition steels, CSIR, 3 years.
TEM studies on the high strain rate tested Ti64 alloys, GTRE, 2 years.
Sankaran S.Associate Professor
Apr 2007 – Jun 2012: Assistant ProfessorJun 2012 – till date: Associate Professor
Development of ultrafine grained dual phase steelsDevelopment of high strength and high formable quench and partition steelsDevelopment of aluminium-TiB composite forms 2
Deformation behaviour of titanium alloys at high strain ratesTransmission electron microscopy studies of structural alloys
Intergranular intermetallic sigma phase in LCF tested 316LN stainless steel
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Research Projects
Development of reduction roasting technology using iron ore and coking coal to maximize iron recovery, JSW Steel Ltd, 2016-2018.
Development of dry slag, granulation technology and energy recovery system for blast furnace slag, Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India, 2016-2017.
Modelling a cell settler, Sudhin Biopharma Company, 2015-2016.
Development of technology for clinker production through dry granulation of BF slag and energy recovery, JSW Steel Ltd, 2 015-2018.
Selected Journal Publications
Prithvi R.Y. and Sabita Sarkar; Modelling coalescence of a particle laden bubble with a bare bubble in steel bath; Trans. Ind. Inst. Met. 68 (2015) S281-S287.
Sabita Sarkar, Sebastian Kriebitzsch, van der Hoef M.A. and Kuipers J.A.M.; Gas-solid drag force from DNS of binary systems with extreme diameter ratios; Particuology 7 (2009) 233-237.
Sabita Sarkar, van der Hoef M.A. and Kuipers J.A.M.; Fluid–particle interaction from lattice Boltzmann simulations for flow through polydisperse random arrays of spheres; Chem. Eng. Sci. 64 (2009) 2683-2691.
Sabita Sarkar and Gupta G.S.; Two-dimensional mathematical modelling of pack carburising process; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 39 (2008) 2424-2434.
Sabita Sarkar, Gupta G. S. and Kitamura S.; Prediction of raceway shape and size; ISIJ Int. 47 (2007) 1738-1744.
Singh V., Gupta G.S. and Sabita Sarkar; Study of gas cavity size hysteresis in a packed bed using D.E.M; Chem. Eng. Sci. 62 (2007) 6102-6111.
Sabita Sarkar and Gupta G. S.; Development of two-dimensional mathematical model for stress and velocity distribution in a packed bed; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 38 (2007) 965-975.
Singh V., Gupta G.S. and Sabita Sarkar; Modelling of liquid flow in a packed bed in presence of gas flow; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 38 (2007) 401-411.
Process modelling/design of multiphase reactorModelling and simulation of transport phenomena through packed bed and fluidised bedModelling of gas bubble-liquid-particle interactions during flotation process Modelling of atomisation process
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Flow field in two different planes of a tundish
Ravindra Dhirhi, Kali Prasad, Ajay Kumar Shukla, Sabita Sarkar, Renganathan T., Pushpavanam S. and Marutiram Kaza; Experimental study of rotating dry slag granulation unit, operating regimes, particle size analysis and scale up; Appl. Therm. Eng. 107 (2016 ) 898-906.
Shukla A. K., Deo B. and Robertson D.G.C.; Scrap dissolution in molten iron containing carbon for the case of coupled heat and mass transfer control; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 44(2013)1407-1427.
Shukla A. K., Deo B. and Robertson D.G.C.; Role of air gap in scrap dissolution process; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 44 (2013)1398-1406.
Shukla A. K., Dmitry Reybov, Olena Volkova, Scheller P.R. and Brahma Deo; Cold model investigations of melting of ice in a gas stirred ladle; Metall. Mater. Trans. B 42 (2011) 224-235.
Shukla A. K., Deo B., Millman S., Snoeijer B., Overbosch A. and Kapilashrami A.; An insight into the mechanism and kinetics of reactions in BOF steelmaking process: Theory vs. practice; Steel Research International 819 (2010) 940-948.
Selected Journal Publications
Research Projects
Dry slag granulation process for energy recovery and cement clinker production, Ministry of Steel and JSW Steel Limited, 2016 - 2020.
JSW-IITM Centre for applied Research (JICAR), JSW Steel Limited, 2015-2020.
Development of static and dynamic control for BOF process, JSW Steel Limited, 2014-2017.
Mathematical modelling of RH steelmaking process for IF steel production, JSW Steel Limited, 2014-2017.
Data based modelling approach to control hot metal desulphurisation (HMDS) process, JSW Steel Limited, 2014-2017.
Process modelling, control, optimisations of iron & steelmakingComputational thermodynamics & its application to high temperatureApplication of artificial intelligence (ANN, GA) Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE)Microwave assisted metal extraction, extractive metallurgy and heat and mass transfer
Awards & Recognitions
Keynote speaker at high temperature processing symposium, 2016, Swinburne University, Australia.
Visiting faculty on DAAD bilateral exchange fellowship to ferrous metallurgy division, RWTH Aachen University, Germany during Jul 2015.
Visiting researcher on DAAD fellowship to ferrous metallurgy division, RWTH Aachen University, Germany during Feb 2014.
Ladle containing molten steel Molten hot metal
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Selected Journal Publications
Deepak, Sumantra Mandal K., Athreya, Dong Ik Kim C.N., de Boer B. and Subramanya Sarma V.; Implication of grain boundary engineering on high temperature hot corrosion of Alloy 617; (2016) Corros. Sci. 106 293-297.
Papa Rao M., Subramanya Sarma V. and Sankaran S.; Processing of bimodal-grain sized ultrafine grained dual phase microalloyed V-Nb steel with 1370 MPa strength and 16% uniform elongation through warm rolling and intercritical annealing; (2014)Metall. Mater. Trans. 45 A 5313-5317.
Sitarama Raju K.,Subramanya Sarma V., Kauffmann A.,Hegedűs Z., Gubicza J., Peterlechner M., Freudenberger J. and Wilde G.; High strength and ductile ultrafine grained Cu-Ag alloy through bimodal grain size, dislocation density and solute distribution; Acta Mater. 61 (2013) 228-238.
Subramanya Sarma V., Wang J., Jian W.W., Kauffmann A., Conrad H., Freudenberger J. and Zhu Y.T.; Role of stacking fault energy in strengthening due to cryo-deformation of FCC metals; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 527 7624-7630.(2010)
Niranjani V.L., Hari Kumar K.C. and Subramanya Sarma V.; Development of high strength Al-Mg-Si AA6061 alloy through cold rolling and ageing; (2009)Mater. Sci. Eng. A 515 169-174.
Subramanya Sarma V., Sivaprasad K., Sturm D. and Heilmaier M.; Microstructure and mechanical properties of ultrafine grained Cu-Zn and Cu-Al alloys produced by cryorolling and annealing; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 489 (2008)
Awards & Recognitions
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship 2000-2001 to carry out research at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Germany.
Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Fellowship to carry out research at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA from 2009-2010.
Subramanya Sarma Vadlamani Associate Professor
Jul 2004 – Jun 2010: Assistant ProfessorJul 2010 – till date: Associate Professor
Studies on influence of state of stress on static and dynamic recrystallisation, DST, 2014-2017.
Study of texture and microstructure during superplastic deformation of Al alloys, Boeing Company, USA, 2012-2014.
Texture - properties correlations in electrical steel, Tube Investments of India Ltd, 2012-2013.
Development of high strength ultrafine grained dual phase steels through thermos-mechanical processing, DST, 2009-2012.
Ultrafine grained materials, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum IUSSTF, 2009-2010.
Research Projects
Materials processingMaterials developmentCharacterisation and microstructure-mechanical properties correlations in engineering metallic materials
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Selected Journal Publications
Suresh Babu P., Jha R., Guzman M., Sundararajan G. and Arvind Agarwal; Indentation creep behaviour of cold sprayed alumina amorphous/ nanocrystalline coatings; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 658 (2016) 415-421.
Swarnima Singh, Sribalaji M., Nitin P. Wasekar, Srikant Joshi, Sundararajan G., Raghuvir Singh and Anup Kumar Keshri; Microstructural, phase evolution and corrosion properties of silicon carbide reinforced pulse electrodeposited nickel-tungsten composite coatings; Appl. Surf. Sci 364 (2016) 264-272.
Sundararajan G., Joshi S.V. and Ramakrishna L.; Engineered surfaces for automotive engine and power train components; Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 11 (2016) 1-16.
Nagini M., Vijay R., Ramakrishna M., Reddy A.V. and Sundararajan G.; Influence of the duration of high energy ball milling on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a 9Cr oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic-martensitic steel; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 620 (2015) 490-499.
Nitin P Wasekar, Jyothirmayee A. and Sundararajan G.; Influence of pulsed current on the aqueous corrosion resistance of electrodeposited zinc; Surf. Coat. Tech. 272 (2015) 373-379.
Rama Krishna L., Gupta P.S.V.N.B. and Sundararajan G.; Influence of phase gradient within the micro arc oxidation (MAO) coatings on mechanical and tribological behaviours; Surf. Coat. Tech. 269 (2015) 54-63.
Rama Krishna L., Poshal G., Jyothirmayi A. and Sundararajan G.; Relative hardness and corrosion behaviour of micro arc oxidation coating deposited on binary and ternary Mg alloy; J. Mater. Design 77 (2015) 6-14.
JC Bose Fellowship award by Dept. of S&T, 2006 -2016.
Padma Shri awarded by the Govt. of India, 2014. National Metallurgist award by Indian Inst. of Metals, 2013.
Best Metallurgist award by Indian Inst. of Metals,1995.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for engg. sciences by CSIR, 1994.
Fellow - American Society for Materials, The American Ceramic Society, Indian Academy of Science, Indian National Science Academy and Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Tribological behaviour of metallic materials, composites, ceramics & coatingsIndentation behaviour of metallic materials & coatingsDiffusion, cold spray & thermal spray coatingsLaser surface modification, laser cutting and weldingDeformation & fracture behaviour of materials at elevated temperature
SEM images of MAO (micro arc oxidation) coated 6061 Al-alloy
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Research Projects
Use of second phase material to enhance the stability of metallic coatings, Naval Research Board, 2015-2018.
Adhesion of gold based coatings on intermetallic films - Research based industrial consultancy, Titan Company Ltd, 2015-2016.
Ink jet printing of pure and doped luminescent metal oxide films, IIT Madras new faculty seed grant, 2014-2017.
Selected Journal Publications
Sharma Sonia, Pranith Ramesh and Swaminathan P.; Reduction in the band gap of manganese-doped zinc oxide: Role of the oxidation state; J. Electron. Mater. 12 (2015) 4710-4716.
Swaminathan P., Grapes M.D., Woll K., Barron S.C., LaVan D.A. and Weihs T.P.; Studying exothermic reactions in the Ni-Al system at rapid heating rates using a nanocalorimeter; J. Appl. Phys. 113 (2013)143509.
Swaminathan P., Palmer J.S. and Weaver J.H.; Competition between particle for mation and burrowing: Gold on bismuth; Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 115416.
Palmer J.S., Swaminathan P., Babar S. and Weaver J.H.; Solid-state dewetting-mediated aggregation of nanoparticles; Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008)195422.
Swaminathan P., Rosenberg R.A., Shenoy G.K., Palmer J.S. and Weaver J.H.; Induced magnetism in Cu nanoparticles embedded in Co; Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (2007) 202506.
Swaminathan P., Antonov V.N., Soares J.A.N.T., Palmer J.S. and Weaver J.H.; Cd-based II-VI semiconductor nanostructures produced by buffer-layer-assisted growth: Structural evolution and photoluminescence; Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 125430.
Undergraduate core courses - Materials characterisation and physics of materials.
Graduate elective (introduced) - Electronic materials, devices and fabrication.
NPTEL online course on Electronic materials, devices and fabrication. Video course with 40 hours of lectures. Hosted online in YouTube. More than 45,000 hits.
MOOC - 20 hour video course on Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices, in Jan-Apr 2016. 4500 registered students. Course administered by NPTEL.
Printed electronic devicesMetal oxide based conductorsThin film deposition and stability
Certificate for online course content creation for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) in 2015.
Intel Logic Technology Division (LTD) Award Q1 in 2013.
Mavis Memorial Fund scholarship for outstanding engineering graduate students in research and teaching in 2006.
Teaching Activities
Awards & Recognitions
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Selected Journal Publications
Abhijit Kalaskar, Tiju Thomas and Rajeev Ranjan; Electric field induced short range to long range structural ordering and its influence on the Eu photoluminescence in the lead-free ferroelectric Na Bi TiO ; +3
1/2 1/2 3
J. Appl. Phys. 117 (2015) 244106.
Niya Mary and Tiju Thomas; Nanorod to quantum dot conversion in ZnO dispersions with co-surfactants; RSC Adv. 5 (2015) 15154-15158.
Aakanksha Chaudhary, Poshit Nag, Tiju Thomas, Ravishankar N., Manish Jain and Srinivasan Raghavan; Synergistic effect of Mo+Cu co-doping on the photocatalytic behaviour of metastable TiO solid solutions; 2
J. Phys. Chem. C 118 (2014) 29788-29795.
Arun D Rao, Suresh Karalatti, Praveen C Ramamurthy and Tiju Thomas; Self-assembled, aligned ZnO nanorod buffer layers for high current density, inverted organic photovoltaics; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6 (2014) 16792-16799.
Monika D.L., Nagabhushana H., Hari Krishna R., Nagabhushana B.M., Sharma S.C. and Tiju Thomas; Synthesis and photoluminescence investigations on Li+ co-activator based Sr CeO :Dy nanophosphor 3+
2 4
- a viable potential white light phosphor; RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 38655-38662 .
Hari Krishna R., Nagabhushana B.M., Nagabhushana H., Monika D.L., Sivaramakrishna R., Shivakumara C.,Chakradhar R.P.S and Tiju Thomas; Photoluminescence, thermoluminescence and EPR studies of solvothermally derived Ni doped Y(OH) and Y O multi-particle-2+
Morphology transitions in nanostructures of transition/rare earth metal compounds and their applications, DST, 2016-2019.
Self-assembled and nitrided transition metal compound nanostructures for charge transfer (in energy harvesting, sensing platforms) and remediation related applications, IIT Madras, 2015-2018.
Complex nitrides and oxynitrides, IIT Madras, 2015-2018.
Full solar spectrum absorbers for photo functional applications and liquid crystal nanoscience: new directions in hybrid materials research, DST, 2012.
Applied nanostructures and nanochemistryDevice materials (including functional ceramics)- electronic and optical properties Nitrides and oxynitrides & hybrid materialsMorphology transitions in nanostructures (theory and experiment)
Chimie douce approach to functional devices
Detecting unhealthy ions in water, separating and then making them useful
Effect of pyrite and olivine minerals as source of MgO in hematite pellet on improvement of metallurgical properties; Journal of Central South University 22 (2015) 3302-3310.
Development of iron ore pelletisation using calcined lime and MgO combined flux replacing lime stone and bentonite; ISIJ Int. 54 (2014) 10.
Improvement of drawability of titanium stabilised IF steel by optimisation of process parameters and texture; Metall. Mater. Trans. A 39 (2010) 1410-1425.
Metal forming GalvanisingIronmaking / steelmaking / continuous castingPhysical metallurgy of steels
Patents
Development of hypereutectoid graphitic steel with enhanced drawability, patent no: 266385 / 08-05-2015.
Fellow of Indian Institute of Metals in 2015.Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2014.National Metallurgist (industry) award in NMD 2010.ESSAR gold medal in NMD 2004.
Selected Journal Publications
Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) coating on high speed steel tools for metal forming applications; NANO 2012.
Weldment characterisation of TIG welded stainless steel tubes: An insight into application relevance; Pipe & Tube Mumbai 2012.
Effect of material characteristics on formability of solenoid casings; International Conference on Advances in Materials and Product Design 2015.
Residual stress assessment in chain plates due to ball drifting; EnginSoft International Conference 2009 and ANSYS Italian Conference 2009.
Kartik Prasad, Amrithapandian S., Panigrahi B.K., Vikas Kumar, Bhanu Sankara Rao K. and Sundararaman M.; Experimental evidence for segregation of interstitial impurities to defects in a near α titanium alloy during dynamic strain aging using energy filtered transmission electron microscopy; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 638 (2015) 90-96.
Kartik Prasad, Phani S. Karamched, Bhattacharjee A., Vikas Kumar, Bhanu Sankara Rao K. and Sundararaman M.; Electron back scattered diffraction characterisation of thermomechanical fatigue crack propagation of a near titanium alloy Timetal 834;α Mater. Design 65 (2015) 297-311.
Fellow of the Electron Microscope Society of India (FEMSI)
Selected Journal Publications
Ashutosh Pratap Singh, Rajagopalan C., Rakesh V., Rajendran S., Venugopal S., Kasiviswanathan K.V. and Jayakumar T.; Evolution in the design and development of the in-service inspection device for the Indian 500 MWe fast breeder reactor; Nucl. Eng. Des. 241 (2011) 3719-3728.
Sumantra Mondal, Rakesh V., Sivaprasad P.V., Venugopal S. and Kasiviswanathan K.V.; Constitutive equations to predict high temperature flow stress in a Ti-modified austenitic stainless steel; Mater. Sci. Eng. A 500 (2009) 114-121.
Patents
Optimisation and control of microstructure development during hot metal working, US Air Force Patent No. 6, 233,500, May 15, 2001.
Awards & Recognitions
DAE Group Achievement award 2010 for establishing “In-Sodium Materials Testing Facility.”United States National Research Council-United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research Resident Research Associateship award, Washington, USA, 1995.
Metal working Irradiation experiments Tribology Post irradiation examinationIn-service inspection of nuclear plant components
(a) Primary α (α ) in transformed β (β ) matrix and (b) α colony of βP T T
matrix in microstructure of near α titanium alloy 834 without Si
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VISITING FACULTY
Structure property correlationDiffraction and imagingPhase transformations, order disorder transformation
Defects in materials
Selected Journal Publications
Harish S., Sivaprahasam D., Manjusha Battabyal and Gopalan R.; Phase stability and thermoelectric properties of nanocrystalline Cu Zn Sb S 10.5 1.5 4 13
tetrahedrite; J. Alloys Compd. 667 (2016) 323.
Patents
Nanocomposite magnet and process for producing the same. J. Zhang, Y Takahashi, R Gopalan and K Hono (Patent no WO/2006/064937). A process for in-situ carbon coating on alkali transition metal oxides. Dr. M. B. Sahana, S. Vasu, M. Sathiya and R. Gopalan, 2016 (11007461).
An in-situ synthesis of sodium insertion material-sacrificial salt composite for sodium ion batteries and the material produced thereof. M. Sathiya, Joy Thomas and R. Gopalan, 2016.
Awards & Recognitions
Best PhD thesis award at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 1996.National Science Day (Sir CV Raman day) Medal award (2006) at DMRL (DRDO).“Metallurgist of the Year”award by Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India, 2013.
Selected Journal Publications
Magnetic trapping of bacteria at low magnetic fields; Sci. Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 6 (2016) 26945.
Bioinspired pH- and magnetic-responsive catechol-functionalised chitosan hydrogels with tunable elastic properties; Chem. Comm. 52 (2015) 697-700.
Magnetic field triggered multicycle damage sensing and self healing; Sci. Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 5 (2015) 13773.
Patents
NTU Ref: TD/078/16. Self-pumping energy harvesting system with Mn-Fe-P-Ge magnetic field.
NTU Ref: TD/079/16. Self-pumping magnetic cooling.
Awards & Recognitions
Fellow, American Society for Materials, USANanyang Award for Excellence in teaching, NTUChair, Magnetic Materials Committee, TMS, USA
Nanotechnology Magnetic nanosystemsExtreme materials Multifunctional systems
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
Li-ion battery High T superconductorsc
Selected Journal Publications
Ray S.K.; Influence of intrinsic solidification behaviour on quality of cast and rolled products of stainless steels; Adv. Mat. Res.794 (2013) 63.
Ray S.K. and Dutta T.K.; Improved collector for wind trippers in raw material handling plant; Steel Times Int. 37 (2013) 16.
Sengupta M.S. and Ray S.K; Coal preparation: The role of selective crushing vis-à-vis coke quality; JPC Bulletin on Iron and Steel 14 (2014) 29.
Patents
Ten patents granted in the areas of continuous casting and subsequent processing of different special steels, alloy steels and stainless steels. Out of these ten, three have been granted in foreign countries, viz. Austria, Italy and China.
Awards & Recognitions
Best Metallurgist award, conferred by Ministry of steel, Govt. of India
Secondary refining and continuous casting of steelQuality of cast and rolled steel products
Chandrasekhar is known as an entrepreneur with the Midas touch. He began as a first-generation
entrepreneur with zero capital in the small-scale sector in 1974 and made a success of many
companies in different areas of engineering: machine-building, aluminium foundry, electro-less nickel
coating and light chemicals. He has won Engineering Export Promotion Council Award in the years
1991-93 and 1993-94. Equally active in the community service, Chandrasekhar has been the founder
and current President of Madras Dyslexia Association and founder and current Secretary of IIT Madras
Alumni Charitable Trust.
Chandrasekhar D. (B.Tech – 1970; DAA – 2008)
Krishnadas Nair got his PhD from University of Sask, Canada. As Chairman, he transformed HAL into a globally competent aerospace industry with 10 fold increase in business and substantial profits. He has led design and development of Advanced Light Helicopter and many advanced aerospace equipment. He served as President of the Indian Institute of Metals. He is a Fellow of INAE and Aero Society. He has received numerous honours including Padma Shri (2001), National Metallurgist Award, INAE Lifetime Achievement Award, Centenary Aviation Award and Best Chief Executive Award.
Ramanathan obtained his PhD from John Cass College of Science and Engineering, London. He has been with the Materials Science and Technology Centre of The Energy and Nuclear Research Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, for almost 40 years and is presently a Senior Scientist, having been the Centre’s Director for almost a decade. He is a consultant to UNO’s IAEA in Austria. In 1988 he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Materials and Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion. He has authored the book ‘Corrosion and its Control’, co-authored 3 other books, contributed 23 chapters in books and published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.
Muthuraman joined Tata Steel in 1966 and has held various positions at the Company including Vice President (Marketing & Sales), Vice President (Cold Rolling Mill Projects) and Managing Director, Tata Steel. Muthuraman was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during the year 2011-2012. Muthuraman had held board positions in a large number of organisations and presently is a board member of Sundaram Fasteners Ltd and Narayana Health Group. Muthuraman has been conferred with the prestigious “Padma Bhushan” award in 2012, from Government of India for his significant contribution to Indian Trade & Industry.
Muthuraman B. (B.Tech – 1966; DAA – 1997)
Lalgudi V. Ramanathan (B.Tech – 1969; DAA – 2014)
Jalaiah got his Master's & PhD in Materials Engineering from Virginia Tech., USA. He is the founder and President of Analytical Services & Materials, Inc. (AS&M), located in Hampton, VA. He is the author of over 65 technical publications and is the recipient of several NASA Tech Brief awards and a U.S. Patent. AS&M was recognised by US SBA as the National Small Business Prime Contractor of the year in 2006.
Jalaiah Unnam (B.Tech – 1970; DAA – 1997)
Srinivas Rao got his PhD degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. He is currently the Vice
President, Corporate Technology at Flextronics. He was the Vice President of technology at Solectron
Corporation, served as CEO and CTO of Molecular Nanosystems Inc. and worked as a senior Scientist
at Raychem Corporation. He is Fellow of the Institute of Metal Finishing (UK), Chair of the Editorial
Committee of Surface Mount Technology and chair of Technical Committee-22, “Electronic
Manufacturing Services’ of IEEE’s CPMT. He has been recipient of many prestigious awards including
Electronic Packaging and Production’s “Engineer of the Year” award in 2000.
Srinivas T.R. Rao (B.Tech – 1973; DAA – 2007)
Banerjee received his PhD from IISc Bangalore. He joined DMRL, Hyderabad in 1979 and became its
Director from 1996 to 2003. He was Chief Controller, R&D of DRDO during 2003-2010. Currently, he is
a Professor in Department of Materials Engineering at IISc Bangalore. Banerjee also serves on the
board of governors of IIT Madras and chairs the GTMAP program of ARDB, Govt. of India. He is a Fellow
of INAE, INSA, IAS and NAS. He has received many prestigious honours including Padma Shri (2005),
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1993), National Metallurgists award (1987) and DRDO’s Lifetime
Achievement award (2014).
Dipankar Banerjee (B.Tech –1974; DAA – 2003)
Sekhar Vasan founded a world-class manufacturing company, Sansera Engineering in 1986. Started in
1986 from a small workshop, Sansera Engineering has become a Rs 700 crores company today, with 9
plants located all across the country and more than 3,000 employees. Its major clients include Maruti
Suzuki, General Motors, Yamaha, Honda Motors and Ducati. All of Sansera's forgings are produced in-
house in one of the best facilities for high-precision small forgings in the country. Sansera has won
many awards from its customers both in India and abroad, including Best Practices Recognition from
General Motors.
Sekhar Vasan (B.Tech – 1975; DAA – 2015)
Sundararajan received his PhD from Ohio State University. He is currently a Professor at Department of
MME, IIT Madras. He has been the Director of ARCI, Hyderabad for more than a decade. During his
tenure, Sundararajan has made notable contributions to the development, demonstration and
commercialization of materials-based technologies. Over the last 10 years, over 35 technologies have
been transferred to private industries located all over India. Sundararajan has been a recipient of many
prestigious awards which include Padma Shri (2013) and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award (1994).
Sundararajan G. (B.Tech – 1976; DAA – 2006)
Sudarshan obtained his PhD from Virginia Tech., USA. He is the President of Materials Modification, Inc. He is a passionate entrepreneur in the area of nanotechnology and surface engineering, co-author of 175 papers, delivered over 50 keynote and plenary lectures, holder of 23 patents, Co-Editor of Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Editor of Surface Engineering and has edited 36 books on Surface Modification Technologies and other topics. He is a Fellow of ASM International, Fellow of International Federation on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering and Fellow of Institute of Mining, Metals and Materials, U.K. He also serves on the Board of ASM International.
Sudarshan T.S. (B.Tech – 1976; DAA – 2014)
Chokshi received his PhD from University of South California, USA. He is currently a Professor in Department of Materials Engineering at IISc Bangalore. He has served as faculty at University of California, San Diego for five years and held visiting faculty positions in more than six Universities in USA, Europe and Japan. Chokshi is ranked among the top 100 most cited materials scientists in the world. He is a Fellow of the IAS, INAE, INSA and NAS. He has received many prestigious awards which include Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award (2003) and Metallurgist of the year award (2001).
Atul H. Chokshi (B.Tech – 1980; DAA – 2008)
Distinguished Alumni
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Visitors
Visitors in 2015 - 2016
Visitors Name Designation & Affiliation Title of Lecture
Arunansu Haldar
Dipankar Banerjee
Eun Soo Park
Georgia Gascoyne
John Hald
John Norrish
Karl Ulrich Kainer
Krishnan K. N.
Lijun Wang
Maharana J.
Manoj Gupta
Michel Outrequi
Sergey Aksenov
Shashank Priya
Shravana Katakam
Stefan Schreiber
Suryanarayana C.
Vasudevan A. K.
Vijay K. Vasudevan
Dy. Manager R&D, Tata Steel in Europe
Professor, IISc Bangalore
Associate Professor, Seoul National University, Korea
CEO, HFT, UK
Professor, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Denmark
Emeritus Professor of materials welding and joining, University of Wollongong, Australia
Head, Magnesium Innovation Center, Germany
Professor, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Associate professor, UST Beijing, China
Raja Ramanna Fellow, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
Associate Professor, NUS, Singapore
Product Manager, CAMECA, France
Associate Professor, Moscow Institute of Elec. & Maths (MIEM HSE)
Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Process development Engineer, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
Professor, German Welding Institute, SLV, Duisburg, Germany
Professor, Univ. of Central Florida, USA
Retired Scientific Officer, Office of Naval Research, USA
Professor, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA
Ultra-high strength bainitic-austenitic hot rolled steel
Materials in flight (Prof. E. G. Ramachandran distinguished lecture)
Super-elastic bulk metallic glass composite
Innovations in weld-purging systems
Microstructure stability of martensitic creep resistant 9-12% Cr steels
Can quality be inspected into a weld? The case for online monitoring and control
Magnesium alloys for the transport sector: challenges, potential and opportunities
Corrosion research at Charles Darwin University
Thermophysical & thermo-chemical properties of slags
String theory (SN Bose Medal Lecture)
Magnesium and magnesium nano composite technology for multiple engineering and bio-medical application
SX five EPMA basics and applications in materials and other fields
Some tasks of mathematical simulation in metal forming studied in Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE)
High power density energy harvesting materials and systems
Laser surface treatment of amorphous materials
Current trends in resistance welding in automotive sector
Nanostructured steel : New technology for an old metal
Physics of fatigue and fatigue damage analysis: Issues of challenges
Microstructure and property changes in metallic alloys induced by advanced mechanical surface treatments
Testimonials
Abhik N. Choudhury (Professor, IISc, Bangalore)
The atmosphere of very bright students and all the encouraging professors has contributed in shaping my future. I will always remain indebted to my alma-mater for providing me with the fertile environment where I could develop both my academic and professional competence, making those five years an unforgettable part of my journey.
Christopher Berndt (Professor, Swinburne University of Tech. Australia)
The primary strength of the department lies in their core attribute of using excellent infrastructure to perform the mission of serving the academic community in undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship. The department is preparing engineers, scientists and scholars for the enduring demands and challenges of the 21st century.
Dheepa Srinivasan (Principal Engineer, GE, India Technology Centre, Bangalore)
The faculties are enthusiastic and energetic for discussion on a wide range of topics including both fundamental and industrial research. Looking forward to our continued collaboration, which has been in place since 2013.
Horst Hahn (Executive Director, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
It has excellent balance between modern materials science i.e. nanomaterials and established areas of high importance for Indian industry i.e. steels. It has been generating excellent students on all levels for Indian society/industry and with high competence for international careers.
Kamat S. V. (Director, DMRL, Hyderabad)
This is one of the few departments in the country that has found the right balance between traditional metallurgical engineering and the emerging areas of materials science and engineering. They have been a valuable partner for DMRL in several of our key projects and we expect the partnership to grow in the future.
Ravi Ravindran (Professor, Ryerson University, Canada)
The MME department stands out due to distinctly high quality students, distinguished faculty, state-of the-art research facilities and global outreach through personal rapport and collaborative partnerships. It enables innovative publications of high impact and professional friendships.
The strength of the department largely derives from the youth of its faculty and the diversity of its interests. Personally I would like a greater importance given to the technology of engineering metals.
Ramachandran E. G. (First Professor & HoD, MME, IIT Madras)
Pradip P (VP, Chief Scientist and Head, TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC, Pune)
Sharma S. C.(Director, Materials & Metallurgy Group, VSSC, Trivandrum)
Under the Space Technology Cell of ISRO at IIT Madras, there is an intense collaboration on materials development related activities between Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering of IIT Madras and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). Findings of research at the Dept. under the collaborative projects complement and supplement the R&D efforts at VSSC. Department has kept pace with the emerging international trends in research on materials as well as in employing latest experimental techniques and tools.
We at TCS Research, are involved in an ambitious program of developing a domain-rich IT platform to facilitate ICME based automated methodology for the design, development and deployment of engineered products and thus reduce the time (and efforts). We value the strength and collaboration with MME, IITM in this endeavour.
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This department boasts of excellent professors who are exceptional teachers and high quality researchers. A lot of emphasis was laid on traditional topics like Iron and Steel in the coursework which was essential to grasp the basics.
Naga Sruti Avasarala (Research Scholar, KU Leuven, Belgium)
The department is full of energetic and young faculties with world class reputation and expertise on areas covering the fundamental to industrial applied research and well equipped with advanced experimental and characterisation facilities. Further research activities can be tailored towards developing advanced technologies and entrepreneurs to strengthen local manufacturing businesses.
Kumar Sundaram (Post doc., University of Oxford, UK)
Student Academic Activities
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MetSA: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Student Association (MetSA) is a student body which
handles the various departmental activities for the students of MME. The main aim of the MetSA team is
to promote a departmental connection within the students through different activities; some of them
include Industrial Visits, Fresher’s Night, Farewell, Informal Games etc. A major event which comes
under MetSA includes annual technical festival of the department Amalgam.
ETCH: ETCH is a departmental magazine which projects the departmental activities from faculties,
students and alumni. Etching is a process in metallurgy, which opens up the microstructure of
materials to us. Inspired from that, ETCH opens up to the students and alumni the fascinating research
that is going on in our department and around the globe. Comprising the interesting stories of alumni
and scientists, it inspires toddlers to take their first steps in research. It is also a career guide for current
students. The first issue of Etch was brought out in 2013 (July-Nov semester) and has been bringing
out an issue in the beginning of every semester.
AMALGAM: Amalgam, popularly called as “Material Festival” is an annual technical event organised by
Department of MME, IIT Madras. Amalgam consists of a variety of events, workshops, demonstrations
and lectures designed to give you a flavour of the happenings in the depar tment. The events include
Industry Defined Problem (IDP), paper and poster presentation, The Ultimate Metallurgist, Project X and
many more. In addition, an initiative “Jaagruthi” has been taken to create awareness among the school
children about the fascinating aspects of metallurgical and materials science.
International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS): The Department of Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering (MME), IIT Madras in association with IIM Chennai Chapter, has been organising
the biennial symposia, National Symposium for Research Scholars (NSRS), on Materials Science and
Engineering, since 1996, at the national level. This was later transformed into International Symposium
for Research Scholars (ISRS) since 2004. This year’s symposium, ISRS-2016, is the seventh in the
series of international symposia and will be held from 21-23 Dec 2016 at IIT Madras. ISRS is devoted
solely to research scholars (MS & PhD students) so that they can interact with their peers from all over
the world and exchange research ideas, which can help in improving their quality of research, analytical
and presentation skills.
In-House Symposium (IHS-2016): The first in-house symposium of the department was held from
January 27-28, 2016. The event was organised by an active team of students with active support from
faculty members. About 25 oral papers and about 30 posters were presented by the students of the
department in various sessions in IHS-2016, which were chaired by the faculty of the department. IHS
gives a platform to the students of the department to showcase their research work in front of their
colleagues and faculties and gain useful insights to progress ahead. A cultural night was also organised
which included performances from students and faculties. There is a plan to make this a regular event
of the department.
Materials Advantage: Materials Advantage (MA) is a combination of four professional bodies
American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
ASM International
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
MATERIALADVANTAGE
The Student program for Materilas science and engineering
TM
MA Chapter of IIT Madras started in November 2002 as Students Chapter of ASM International. It is being managed entirely by students with
enthusiastic office bearers. It has been very active in arranging lectures by eminent personalities, organising industrial visits, conducting
conferences, Materials Quiz and motivating the school students to take career in the field of materials science and engineering through outreach
activities. Since July 2005, this ASM student's chapter was converted to Materials Advantage Chapter in its present form.
M. Rashad
Best Oral Presentation Award
ISRS 2014, IITM, Chennai 11-13 Dec 2014
Deepu Mathew John
Best Poster Award
HT&SE-2016, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai12-14 May 2016
Student Awards
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S. Praveen
Best Oral Presentation Award
S. G. K. Manikandan
Best Oral Presentation Award
NMD-ATM 2015, Coimbatore13-16 Nov 2015
NMD-ATM 2015, Coimbatore13-16 Nov 2015
E. Nandha Kumar
Best Poster Award
Best Poster Award
ARRMA-2016, BARC, Mumbai27-29 Jan 2016
N. S. Karthiselva G. M. Karthik
IMag Con 2016, VIT, Vellore4-6 Feb 2016
Best Oral Presentation Award
IMag Con 2016, VIT, Vellore4-6 Feb 2016
Ashok Vayyala
Best Oral Presentation Award
MR15, IITB, Mumbai 20-22 May 2015
Best Paper Award
T. Hanas
N. S. Karthiselva
MRSI Young Scientists Oral Award
YSC 2015, Kolkata 11 Sep 2015
G.M. Karthik
Best Poster Award
NDM-ATM 2015, Coimbatore13-16 Nov 2015
Jojibabu Panta
Second Prize For Oral Presentation Award
NMD-ATM 2014, Pune 12-15 Nov 2014
G. M. Karthik
Best Oral Presentation Award
ISRS 2014, IITM, Chennai11-13 Dec 2014
G.P. Rajeev
Best Poster Award
Chaitanya Paramatmuni
Best Poster Award
TMS2016, Nashville, Tennessee, USA14-18 Feb 2016
R. Jayasree Best Scientific Paper Award
27 Annual Conf of the Indian Society for th
Dental Research Chennai 31 Oct - 2 Nov 2014
S. Madhavan
IWS 2014, Mumbai
28-30 Oct 2014
Best Paper Award
N. Srinivasan
Best Posters Award
NMD- ATM 2014, Pune12-15 Nov 2014
HT&SE-2016, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai12-14 May 2016
ISRS 2014, IITM, Chennai 11-13 Dec 2014
Conferences & Workshops
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Chakkingal Uday
Murty B. S.
Murty B. S.
13 - 16 Nov 2015, NMD-ATM, Coimbatore
11 - 13 Dec 2014,IIT Madras, Chennai
13 - 15 Nov 2014, Pune
13 - 15 Oct 2014, Pittsburgh, USA
A.C. Wadhawan memorial symposium, NMD-ATM 2015
6th International symposium for research scholars in metallurgy, materials science and engineering (ISRS 2014)
Symposium on casting and solidification, NMD-ATM-2014
International symposium on innovation in processing of light metals for transportation industries in MS&T 2014
Subramanya Sarma V.Murugaiyan Amirthalingam
Murty B. S.Bhattacharyya Somnath
Chakkingal Uday
Balasubramanian M. Kamaraj M.
Murty B. S.Sankaran S.
Sankaran S.Krishanu Biswas
Murty B. S.
Sampath Kumar T. S.
Murty B. S.
Haridoss Prathap
Use of Gleeble in materials processing
Certificate course on materials characterisation
International conference and expo on Magnesium (iMagCon 2016)
Course on powder metallurgy
Certificate course on material characterisation
A session on materials for high temperature applications in the international conference - EMSI
Certificate course on practical metallography
Indo-Australian conference on biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery systems and regenerative medicine (BiTERM 2015)
Conference on advances in light metals and composites
Corrosion prevention and control (CPC 2014)
15 - 16 Jul 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai
12 - 15 Jul 2016, IIT Madras, Chennai
4 - 6 Feb 2016, VIT University, Vellore
7 - 8 Aug 2015,IIT Madras, Chennai
15 - 18 Jul 2015,IIT Madras, Chennai
8 - 10 Jul 2015, Mumbai
29 Jun - 2 Jul 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai
5 - 7 Feb 2015, Anna University, Chennai
6 - 7 Dec 2014, SRM University, Chennai
12 - 13 Sep 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai
Shukla Ajay Kumar
Ravi Kumar N. V.
Shukla Ajay Kumar
Murty B. S.Kottada Ravi Shankar
Ranjit Bauri
Ravi Kumar N. V.
Kottada Ravi Sankar Srinivasa Rao Bakshi
Chakkingal Uday Bhattacharya S. S.
Murty B. S.
Jun - Sep 2016, Sterlite Copper Ltd., Tuticorin
17 - 19 Dec 2015,New Delhi
10 - 12 Aug 2015,JSW Steel Ltd., Bellary
28 - 29 Mar 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai
5 Mar 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai
27 Feb - 2 Mar 2015, IIT Madras, Chennai
1 - 2 Dec 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai
21 Jun 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai
4 - 5 Apr 2014, IIT Madras, Chennai
Workshop on copper extraction by pyrometallurgy route for practising engineers and scientists
Advanced materials challenges for alternative energy solutions(AMAES III)
Workshop for practising scientist and engineers at JSW Steel
National workshop on high entropy alloys
NRB Research dissemination workshop on friction stir processing of aluminium alloys and composites
International workshop on stress assisted environmental damage in structural materials
Workshop on surface coatings technologies
Workshop on metal forming technology
Workshop on nano science and technology
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