The Department of Materials Engineering (formerly known as the Department of Metallurgy) was established in the

year 1945 and is dedicated to the advancement of education and research in metallurgy and materials engineering. It

had initiated teaching programs at the bachelor's degree level and master's degree level in 1947 and 1964

respectively. The first ever research conferment in metallurgy in India, A.I.I.Sc., was made in 1951. The first doctoral

degree was awarded in 1971 and the first D.Sc. degree was awarded in 1992.

The Silver Jubilee of the Department was celebrated in 1972 with twin International Symposia on "Defect Interactions

in Solids" and "Industrial Metallurgy". During 1997, the Golden Jubilee of the Department was marked by an

International Symposium on “Recent Advances in Metallurgical Processes”. The Diamond Jubilee of the Department

was celebrated during 2006-2007.

At present, the Department has faculty strength of 19 academic and 7 scientific staff. Presently 52 research students

are enrolled for the Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Engg.) programs and 36 students are pursuing the M.E. degree. To date the

Department has produced 1641 graduates including 185 Ph.D., 149 M.Sc. (Engg.) and 595 Master’s degree

students. The research interests of the Department encompass Advanced Materials including nano-and bio-

materials, ceramics, polymers, Structure-property relationship in metallic and non-metallic materials in both

crystalline and amorphous form and advanced composites, in addition to the core areas like Process Metallurgy,

Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical behavior of materials. The Department plays a major role

in the Institute Initiative on Nano-Science and Engineering.

Recently, the department has received the status of the Networking Resource Centre for Materials (NRC-M), from

the University Grants Commission, to promote interactions with academic institutions in materials science and

engineering. These interactions are aimed at collaborations between researchers at the centre and those at partner

institutions. The idea is to leverage the expertise and the research infrastructure available at the centre to help

augment the infrastructure, skills and research profile of the partner institutions.

The total publication per year from the department on an average is about 100 papers in national and international

journals. In addition, it has strong interaction with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Research collaborations exist

with universities and laboratories in Japan, China, Korea, Singapore, UK, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden,

Mexico and the USA. The Department is also active in the area of industrial consultancy. The Department gratefully

acknowledges the sense of direction and support provided by the successive Directors of the Institute and thanks

Prof. P. Balaram, Director, and Prof. J. Srinivasan, Chairman, Division of Mechanical Sciences, IISc for their keen

interest and inspired guidance.

Bangalore Prof K Chattopadhyay

November, 2008 Chairman

FOREWORD

RESEARCH PROFILE

The Department carries out cutting edge

research in many frontier areas of

Materials Science and Engineering. Active

research groups exist in the fields of Processing and Characterization of Materials,

Thermodynamics, Computational Materials Science and Advanced Materials such as

Bulk Metallic Glasses, Composites, Structural Ceramics, Intermetallics, Shape Memory

Alloys and Bio Materials. The Department is generously funded by various governmental

funding agencies such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Asian Office

of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) , Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of

Science and Technology (DST), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and

University Grants Commission (UGC). It also has strong partnership with several leading

industries like Alcoa, Cookson Electronics, General Motors, Rolls Royce, Tata Steel, The

Boeing Company, TVS Motors, and Volkswagen, to name a few. Some of the ongoing

research topics in the department include:

• Nanostructured materials.

• Bio-mineral processing of ores including beneficiation & leaching.

• Biological templates for materials synthesis.

• Environmental engineering, including heavy-metal ion & toxic element removal.

• Synthesis of thin films by laser ablation & decomposition of precursors.

• Mechanical characterization & interfacial fracture of thin films.

• Laser welding of dissimilar welds.

• High temperature creep & superplasticity.

• Mechanical characterization of bulk metallic glasses, foams & composites.

• Development of smart materials including shape memory alloys.

• Fabrication of new composites based on light metals, polymers & ceramics.

• Development of applications in low density structures, electronic packaging, brakes &

wear plates.

• Development of Mg, Al & Ti alloys for next generation aircraft & automobiles.

• Quasi-crystalline phases in novel systems.

• 3D Microscopy.

• Experimental measurements & development of models for thermodynamic data in

semiconductors & ceramics with applications in microelectronics, sensors & batteries.

• Nanometric dispersions of Fe-based compounds for use as soft & hard magnetic

materials.

• Numerical modeling of fluid flow through porous media & novel metal refining

processes.

• Monte Carlo & phase simulations of phase transformations & coarsening.

• Solidification, mass & heat transfer modeling of laser processing of materials.

• Crystallographic texture in structural & functional materials.

• Solid-state diffusion in materials.

• Computational materials science.

To date the department has produced 1587 graduates. The details are listed below: The Department offers courses in the areas of thermodynamics and kinetics, structure and characterization, phase transformations,

transport phenomena, mechanical behavior, materials processing, light metals, grain boundary engineering, high temperature

deformation, interfacial phenomena, water treatment, polymer science, crystal defects, thin films, solidification processing,

interdiffusion, etc.

The Department currently offers three degree programs. The Ph.D and M.Sc. (Engg) programs have a focus on research and

accept candidates with a B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech. or equivalent degree in Materials Science/Engineering, Metallurgical, Mineral,

Chemical, Ceramics or Mechanical Engineering, and candidates with a Master’s degree in Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Mineral

Processing, Materials Science or Applied Science. Short-listed candidates are admitted on the basis of an interview. The two year

M.E. program accepts candidates with a B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent degree in Materials Engineering and allied areas including

Metallurgy, Mechanical, Chemical and Ceramic Engineering. Selection for the M.E. program is based on the Graduate Aptitude Test

in Engineering (GATE). This program places a greater emphasis on coursework. Additionally, the department offers research

programs for teachers from engineering institutions and external sponsored candidates from R&D labs and the industry. Currently

60 research students are enrolled for the Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Engg.) programs and 25 students are pursuing the M.E. degree.

The following is the break-up of all degrees offered by the department to date:

Degree Courses Research Programs D.IISc. 109 A.IISc. 4

B.E. 598 Ph.D.* 185

M.E.* 452 M.Sc. (Engg.)* 149

M.E. (Int.) 115 D.Sc. 1

M.E. (Mfg. Engg.) 28

Grand Total 1641

*Programs currently offered

7%

36%28%

7%

11% 9% 0%0%

2%

D.IISc B.E M.E* M.E (Int.) M.E. (Mfg. Engg.) A.IISc Ph.D* M.Sc. Engg.* D.Sc.

COURSES AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OFFERED

In March 2008, the Department of Materials Engineering was selected by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to host the

Networking Resource Centre for Materials (NRC-M). The mandate is to promote interactions between the Centre and UGC-

recognized institutions with academic programmes in materials science and engineering and allied areas. Such interactions are

designed to leverage the expertise and research infrastructure available at NRC-M to help augment the infrastructure, skills and

research profile of the partner institutions. The Centre provides a unique opportunity for departments with academic programmes in

materials science and engineering to come together and chart the course of materials research in India.

The two flagship activities of the Centre are research collaborations and outreach programs:

Research Collaboration: NRC-M is intended to promote research collaboration among faculty members at the Centre and

counterparts (and their students) in partner institutions which have an academic program in materials science, materials

engineering, metallurgy, ceramics, minerals or polymers. Under this programme, the Centre supports faculty and student visits for

extended periods of time, use of research facilities at the Centre, and use of computing facilities, materials databases, IISc library,

and online journals and books. In some cases, the faculty members at the partner institution may wish to enter into collaboration

with a mentoring component such as help in developing research topics, writing research proposals to be submitted to funding

agencies and arranging for selected masters and doctoral students to execute a part of their project at the Centre.

The Centre solicits proposals for research collaborations. If you are a faculty member of an eligible academic department interested

in such a collaboration, you will first need to identify your host(s) at the Centre (kindly peruse through the faculty profile included in

this brochure) and establish a collaborative arrangement. We encourage a short visit to the Centre for discussions with your

potential host here, and for finalizing the topic of research and scope of collaboration. You may seek funding for such an exploratory

visit to the Centre (or for a visit by your host at the Centre to your institution). You and your host will be required to submit a one-

page technical proposal, along with details of the activities for which longer term funding is sought. It is expected that your host at

the Centre will pilot this application. The format of the proposal and other guidelines may be found at the NRC-M website:

http://materials.iisc.ernet.in/~ugc/

Outreach Activities: This is the second vital element of the Centre. Such activities include summer schools, winter workshops and

visits by researchers of the Centre to their partner institutions. Two summer schools will be held every year, each lasting 2 to 4

weeks. These will consist of didactic lectures, followed by hands-on exposure to experimental or modeling methods, as appropriate.

In addition, lectures on topics of broad interest to the materials community will be delivered. One winter workshop will be held every

year focused on subjects of contemporary research interest. Spread typically over 7-10 days, the talks will cover overviews as well

as presentations of cutting edge research. Typically, 25-40 people (research students, post doctoral fellows, faculty members) will

be enrolled for a school or workshop. All expenses, including board, lodging, and to-and-fro travel costs, will be covered. Other

outreach activities include visits by researchers of the Centre to partner institutions for delivering seminars with the aim of

stimulating interest in higher education and research in frontier areas of materials science and engineering.

Where are we now?

In September 2008, the Centre organized a one-day brainstorming meeting attended by the heads of over 25 materials science and

engineering departments from across the country. Subsequent to the meeting, the Centre has received several collaborative

proposals and a couple of them have been sanctioned. The Centre has also made progress towards creating office and residential

space for visiting scientists. The outreach activities have also begun in full earnest with several faculty members from the Centre

and from partner institutions exchanging visits. The first winter workshop and first two summer schools have been finalised:

“Microstructural Engineering”, “Structural & Microstructural Characterization Techniques” and “Particulate Technology”.

NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE FOR MATERIALS (NRC-M)

ACADEMIC STAFF Abinandanan T A

Chattopadhyay K

Chokshi A H

Gupta G S

Jayaram V

Karthikeyan S

Paul A

Raichur A M

Ramamurty U

Ramamurthy P C

Ranjan R

Satyam Suwas

Subodh Kumar

Subramanian S

Surappa M K

Jacob K T (Hon. Prof.) Natarajan K A (Hon. Prof.) Ranganathan S (Hon. Prof.)

Kishore (CSIR Emeritus Fellow)

SCIENTIFIC STAFF Avadhani G S

Babu V

Deshpande R J

Narayana B V

Padaikathan P

Ravi R

Shashidhara Pandit S

TECHNICAL STAFF Gurulinga Krishnamurthy A N Rajesh N

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF C N Muralidhar Sridharan C

Venkatalakshmi M

SUPPORTING STAFF Gangadharaiah G

Narasimharaju M Rajeev Raghu Raj T

Shiva J

PERSONNEL

Chattopadhyay, K.

FASc, FNASc, FNAE, FNA, FIIM

Professor

Tel: +91-80-23601991/22932262 e-mail: kamanio@materials.iisc.ernet.in

Ph.D. (1978), BHU M.E. (1973), BHU

B.E. (1971), Univ. of Burdhwan

Awards: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award; National Metallurgists’ Day Award from Govt. of India; MRSI Medal, G.D. Birla Gold Medal, J.C. Bose National Fellow, Alumni award of excellence in research in engineering Research Interests: Non-equilibrium processing of materials, Synthesis and phase transformation behaviour of nano-composites, Joining of dissimilar metals, Quasi-crystals Selected Recent Publications: • S. Chatterjee, T.A. Abinandanan, K. Chattopadhyay ,Phase formation in Ti/Ni dissimilar welds, Materials Science

and Engineering: A, 490 (2008) 7-15.

• Sangita Bose, Victoria Bhattacharya, K. Chattopadhyay, Pushan Ayyub, Proximity effect controlled superconducting behavior of novel biphasic Pb–Sn nanoparticles embedded in an Al matrix, Acta Materialia, 56 (2008) 4522-4528.

• K.Biswas and K. Chattopadhyay , Formation of omega-Al7Cu2Fe phase during laser processing of quasicrystal-forming Al-Cu-Fe alloy, Philosophical Magazine letters 88 (2008) 219-230.

Total Publications: >250 Teaching: Solidification processing Major R&D Projects: • Aluminum based Nanoeutectics: Synthesis and Microstructure (AOARD). • Intermetallic (TM-Si) coating by laser ablation for high temperature applications (ARDB) • Development of high temperature aluminium alloys (Boeing)

CHAIRMAN

Abinandanan, T. A. Associate Professor

Tel: +91-80-22932676 e-mail:abinand@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1991), Carnegie Mellon, USA B.Tech. (1985), BHU

Research Interests: Phase transformations, Sintering, Void growth and failure, Thin films, Microstructural evolution, Computational modeling and simulations Selected Recent Publications:

• F. Haider, R. Kozubski and T.A. Abinandanan, Simulation techniques, Chapter 12 in

Alloy Physics edited by W. Pfeiler (John Wiley 2007).

• M.P. Gururajan and T.A. Abinandanan, Phase field study of precipitate rafting nderr a uniaxial stress, Acta Materialia, 55, 5015 (2007).

• Subhradeep Chatterjee, T. A. Abinandanan and K. Chattopadhyay, Phase-Field Simulation of Fusion Interface Events during Solidification of Dissimilar Welds: Effect of Composition Inhomogeneity, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 39 A, 1638 (2008)

Total Publications: 47 Teaching: Phase transformations, Thermodynamics Major R&D Projects: • Modelling of nucleation and diffusional growth of cavities during high temperature

deformation (General Motors, USA).

Chokshi, A. H. Professor FASc, FNASc, FNA, FNAE

Tel: +91-80-22932684 e-mail: achokshi@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1984), USC, USA M.S. (1981), USC, USA B.Tech. (1980), IIT Madras

Awards: Swarnajayanti Presidential Young Investigator Award; MRSI Medal; Metallurgist of the Year Award (Ministry of Steel & Mines); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM); Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras Research Interests: High temperature deformation and fracture of metals, ceramics, composites and nanocrystalline materials, Processing of nanomaterials, ceramics and composites, Creep and superplasticity Selected Recent Publications:

• S. Swaroop, M. Kilo, C. Argirusis, G. Borchardt and A.H. Chokshi, Analysis of Lattice and Grain Boundary Cation Diffusion in 3YTZ using SIMS, Acta Materialia, 53 (2005) 4975-4985.

• R.S. Kottada and A.H. Chokshi, Low Temperature Compressive Creep in Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Nickel, Scripta Materialia, 53 (2005) 887-892.

• A.H. Chokshi, Triple Junction Limited Grain Growth in Nanocrystals, Scripta Materialia, 59 (2008) 726-729.

Total Publications: 135 Teaching: Deformation and Failure Mechanisms at Elevated Temperatures, Materials Design and Selection, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials Major R&D Projects: • Superplastic Mg Alloys (GM) • Superplasticity in Ceramics (CSIR)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Gupta, G. S. Associate Professor

Tel: +91-80-22933240 e-mail: govind@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1991), Wollongong, Australia M.Tech. (1987), IIT Kanpur B.E. (1985), VRCE, Nagpur

Awards: National Metallurgists’ Day Award from Ministry of Steel & Mines Research Interests: Process modeling/design of metallurgical and chemical processes (SiC & BC processes, Blast furnace, Induction furnace, carburizing, roasting), Transport phenomena and fluid particle interaction, Reaction kinetics and thermodynamics, Microwave heating and Iron and Steelmaking Selected Recent Publications:

• V. Singh, G.S. Gupta and S. Sarkar: Study of gas cavity size hysteresis in a packed bed using DEM, Chem Engg Sci, 62, (2007) 6102-6111.

• V. Singh, G.S. Gupta and S. Sarkar: Modeling of liquid flow in a packed bed in presence of gas flow, Mater. and Metall. Trans. B, 38B (2007), 401-411.

• S. Sarkar and G.S. Gupta: Two-Dimensional mathematical modelling of the pack carburising process, Mater. and Metall. Trans. A, 39A (2008), 2424-2434.

Total Publications: 80 Teaching: Modelling and computational methods in metallurgy, Process metallurgy Major R&D Projects: • Development of Discrete Liquid Flow Model in a Structured Bed in Presence of

Gas Flow (CSIR) • Optimization of boron carbide process using physical and mathematical modelling

(IGCAR)

Jayaram, V. Professor FASc, FNASc, FNAE

Tel: +91-80-22933243 e-mail: qjayaram@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1984), Stanford, USA B.A.(Natural Sc.)(1978), Cambridge, UK

Awards: National Metallurgists’ Day Award from Ministry of Steel & Mines, Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering Research Interests: Mechanical properties of small scale systems, Processing of ceramic composites, Processing of non-equilibrium oxides and thin films Selected Recent Publications:

• Debdutt Patro and V. Jayaram, Kinetics of pressureless infiltration of Al-Mg melts into porous alumina performs, Metall. Mater. Trans. B 39(1), 108-115 (2008).

• L. Rangaraj, C. Divakar and V. Jayaram, In-situ synthesis and densification of ZrB2-ZrC composites by reactive hot pressing, Metall. Mater. Trans., A39, 1496-1505 (2008).

• S. Saravanan, G Hari Srinivas, V Jayaram, M Paulraj and S Asokan, Synthesis and Characterization of Y3Al5O12 and Y2O3 - ZrO2 Coatings by Combustion Spray Pyrolysis, Surf. Coat. Tech. 202, 4653-4659 (2008).

Total Publications: 106 Teaching: Structure and Characterization of Materials, Mechanical properties of Thin films & Interfaces, Electron Microscopy Major R&D Projects: • Mechanical properties of coatings (DRDO) • Processing of ultra high temperature ceramics (DST)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Karthikeyan, S. Assistant Professor

Tel: +91-80-22932513 e-mail: karthik@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2003), Ohio State Univ., USA B.Tech. (1996), BHU Paul, A. Assistant Professor

Tel: +91-80-22933242 e-mail: aloke@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2004), Eindhoven Univ. Tech., Netherland M.E. (1998), IISc B.Tech (1996), NIT, Durgapur

Research Interests: Kinetics of plasticity: creep and high-strain rate deformation, dislocation theory, electron microscopy, tribology of dry contacts, computational materials science. Selected Recent Publications:

• R.R. Unocic, G.B. Viswanathan, P.M. Sarosi, S. Karthikeyan, J. Li and M.J. Mills, Mechanisms of creep deformation in polycrystalline Ni-base disk superalloys, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 483 (2008) 25-32

• S. Karthikeyan, M. Kolluri and U. Ramamurty, “Effect of Lateral Constraint on the Mechanical Properties of a Closed-Cell Al Foam: II. Strain-hardening Models”, Met. Mater. Trans. A. , 38A (2007) , 2014-2023

• H.J. Kim, S. Karthikeyan and D. Rigney, The structure and composition of aluminum wear debris generated by unlubricated sliding in different environments, Wear, 263 (2007), 849-857

Total Publications: 27 Teaching: Defects in Materials, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials Major R&D Projects: • Effect of B on deformation of Ti-6Al-4Al (Boeing) • Strain-rate and grain-size effects on the deformation behavior of Tantalum (IISc) • Effect of strain rate on mechanical properties of AHSS (Tata Steel) • Effect of Ce on the high-strain rate behavior of Mg alloys (General Motors) • Creep behavior of Cu-strengthened austenitic stainless steels (KIST) Research Interests: Diffusion in Solids, Materials interactions in electronic Packaging, Thin film interactions Selected Recent Publications: • A.A. Kodentsov, A. Paul , M.J.H. van Dal , C. Cserháti , A.M. Gusak and F.J.J.

van Loo, On the Spatial Stability and Bifurcation of the Kirkendall Plane during Solid-State Interdiffusion, Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 33 (2008) 210.

• S. Prasad and A. Paul, Theoretical consideration on the formation of nanotube following the Kirkendall effect, Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007) 233114.

• C. Ghosh and A. Paul, A physico-chemical approach in binary solid-state interdiffusion, Acta Materialia, 55 (2007) 1927.

Total Publications: 26 Teaching: Diffusion in solids Major R&D Projects: • The Kirkendall effect in Solid-State Interdiffusion (DST) • Effect of alloying elements on physical and mechanical properties of Nb-based

silicides (DRDO)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Praveen C. R. Assistant Professor

Tel: +91-80-22932627 e-mail: praveen@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2004), Clemson Univ., USA M.Sc. (1995), Univ. of Mysore Raichur, A. M. Associate Professor Associate Chairman, Center for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy

Tel: +91-80-22933238 e-mail: amr@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1995), Univ. of Nevada, USA M.S. (1992), Univ. of Kentucky, USA B.E. (1990), MREC, Jaipur

Research Interests: Electroactive polymers, Nanocomposite, Organic nanoelectronics, and sensors. Area of polymer electronics like Schottkey diode, FET, OPVD, sensors, with current focus on elucidation of structure property relationship of polymers to the performance of the devices and functionalization of nanocomposites. Selected Recent Publications:

• Ramamurthy, P.C., Harrell, W.R., and Gregory, R.V. (2007), Synthesis and characterization of high molecular weight polyaniline for organic electronic application, in communication, Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

• Ramamurthy, P.C., Harrell, W.R., Gregory, R.V., Rao, A.M., (2007), Integration and Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes in Solution Processed Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 154 (6), H495-H499.

• Ramamurthy, P.C., Malshe, A.M., Harrell, W.R., Gregory, R.V., McGuire, K., and Rao, A.M. (2004), Polyaniline / single-walled carbon nanotube composite electronic device, Solid-State Electronics, 48, 2019 - 2024.

Total Publications: 12 Patents: 9 Teaching: Polymer Engineering & Science Major R&D Project: • Nano-composites for photovoltaic devices (IISc) Awards: Metallurgist of the Year Award; Biotech Process Development Award; Humboldt Research Fellowship; Satish Dhawan Young Engineers Award; MRSI Medal Research Interests: Polyelectrolyte thin films and capsules for drug delivery and biosensors; Surface and colloid chemistry in nano-particle processing. Selected Recent Publications:

• M. Biswas and A. M. Raichur, Electrokinetic and rheological properties of nano zirconia in the presence of rhamnolipid biosurfactant, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 (2008) 3197-3201.

• S. S. Tripathy and A. M. Raichur, Enhanced adsorption capacity of activated alumina by impregnation with alum for removal of As(V) from water, Chemical Engineering Journal, 138 (2008) 179-186.

• A. Tripathi, N. Chandrasekaran, A. M. Raichur, A. Mukherjee, Antibacterial applications of silver nanoparticles synthesized by aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 4(2008), 1-6.

Total Publications: 70 Teaching: Biomaterial processing, Advanced surface chemistry Major R&D Projects: • Polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules as drug delivery systems (DBT) • Novel nanostructured polyelectrolyte multilayer films (DST)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Ramamurty, U. Associate Professor

Tel: +91-80-2293 3241 e-mail: ramu@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1994), Brown Univ., USA M.E. (1991), IISc B.E. (1989), Andhra University Ranjan, R. Assistant Professor

Tel: +91-80-2293 2989 e-mail: rajeev@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2000), BHU M.Tech. (1994), IIT Kanpur M. Sc. Physics (1992), BHU

Awards: Swarnajayanti Fellowship; Metallurgist of the Year Award; Scopus Young Scientist Award Research Interests: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, with current focus on bulk metallic glasses, shape memory alloys, Ti-B alloys, nano-composites, and metal foams. Additional emphasis on (i) testing small volume materials using indentation techniques and (ii) stochastic aspects of mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials Selected Recent Publications:

• Indrani Sen, S. Tamirasakandala, D. Miracle, and U. Ramamurty, Microstructural effects on the mechanical behavior of B modified Ti-6Al-4V alloys, Acta Materialia, vol. 55, pp. 4983–4993, 2007.

• Aditi Datta, U.V. Waghmare, and U. Ramamurty, Structure and Stacking Faults in Layered Mg-Zn-Y Alloys: A First-Principles Study, Acta Materialia, vol. 56, pp. 2531-2539, 2008.

• M. F.-X. Wagner, Niraj Nayan, and U. Ramamurty, Healing of Fatigue Damage in Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloys, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 41, art. No. 185408, pp. 1-4, 2008.

Total Publications: 83 Teaching: Mechanical behaviour of materials, Fatigue and fracture Major R&D Projects: • Boron-Modified Ti Alloys (The Boeing Co.) • Mechanical properties at the nano-scale (DST) • Smart Materials: Development of high temperature shape memory alloys for

environmentally friendly aero-engines (UKIERI and Rolls-Royce Plc.) • Fracture and fatigue in amorphous alloys(Swarnajayanti fellowship, DST) Award: Humboldt Research Fellowship 2006-07

Research Interests: Dielectrics, Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectric materials, Multiferroics, First principles technique, X-ray and neutron powder diffraction.

Selected Recent Publications:

• Rajeev Ranjan, Rohini Garg, Rudi Hackl, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Elmar Schmidbauer, Dmytro Trots, and Hans Boysen, Onset of spontaneous electrostrictive strain below 520 K Pr-doped SrTiO3, Phys. Rev. B 78 (2008) 092102.

• Rajeev Ranjan, Rudi Hackl, Amreesh Chandra, Elmar Schmidbauer, Dmytro Trots, and Hans Boysen, High temperature relaxor ferroelectric behaviour in Pr doped SrTiO3, Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 224109.

• Rajeev Ranjan, Hasan Sadat Nabi and Rossitza Pentcheva, Electronic structure and magnetism of EuTiO3: a first principles study, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 (2007) 406217.

Total Publications: 37 Teaching: Structure and characterization of materials. Major R&D Project: • Preparation and characterization of functional electronic materials (IISc)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Satyam Suwas Assistant Professor

Tel: +91-80-22933245 email: satyamsuwas@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1999), IIT Kanpur M.Tech. (1994), IIT Kanpur M.Sc. (1991), BHU

Subodh Kumar Associate Professor

Tel: +91-80-22933239 e-mail: skumar@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1993), Univ. of London, UK M.Tech. (1986), IIT Kanpur B.Tech. (1983), IIT Kanpur

Research Interests: Processing - texture relationship in structural and functional materials, Deformation and thermo-mechanical processing, Ultra-fine grain / nano-structured materials by Severe Plastic Deformation, High temperature structural materials for aerospace and other applications

Selected Recent Publications:

• B. Beausir, Satyam Suwas, L.S. Tóth, K.W. Neale and J.-J. Fundenberger (2008), Analysis of texture evolution in magnesium during equal channel angular extrusion, Acta Materialia, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp.200-214.

• S.R. Dey, Satyam Suwas, J.-J. Fundenberger, J.X. Hou, T. Grosdidier and R. K. Ray (2008), Evolution of hot rolling texture in β(B2) phase of a two-phase (O+B2) titanium aluminide alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 483-484, pp. 551-554.

• Satyam Suwas, G. Gottstein and R. Kumar (2007), Evolution of crystallographic texture during Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) and its effect on secondary processing of Magnesium, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 471, No. 1-2, pp. 1-14.

Total Publications: 70 Teaching: Texture and Grain Boundary Engineering, Science of Materials Processing, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Major R&D Projects:

• Processing – texture- property relationship in bulk nano-structured / ultra-fine

grained materials produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding (DST) • Development of high temperature aluminium alloys (Boeing) • Steels for high temperature applications (KIST) Awards: Binani Gold Medal award, Overseas Research Scholar Award Research Interests: Processing, characterization and properties of light metals and composites Selected Recent Publications:

• S. Kumar, H. Dieringa and K. U. Kainer, Thermal cycling behaviour of the magnesium alloy based hybrid composites in the transverse direction, Materials Science and Engineering A, 454-455 (2007) 367-370.

• A. K. Mondal, S. Kumar, C. Blawert and N. B. Dahotre, Effect of laser surface treatment on corrosion and wear resistance of ACM720 Mg alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology, 202 (2008) 3187-3198.

• A. K. Mondal and S. Kumar, Impression creep behaviour of magnesium alloy based hybrid composites in the longitudinal direction, Composites Science and Technology, in press, 2008.

Total Publications: 75 Teaching: Mechanical behaviour of materials; Light metals, alloys and composites Major R&D Projects: • Development of high temperature aluminium alloys (Boeing) • Deformation of aluminium-silicon alloys (General Motors) • Creep and wear behaviour of magnesium based hybrid metal matrix composites

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Subramanian, S. Professor

Tel: +91-80-22932261 e-mail: ssmani@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1987), Univ. of Mysore M.Sc. (1976), Univ. of Roorkee B.Sc. (1974), Univ. of Madras Surappa, M. K. FNAE KSIIDC Professor Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology President, Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi Karnataka.

Tel: +91-80-22932697 e-mail: mirle@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1980), IISc M.Sc.(Engg.) (1976), IISc B.E. (1973), IISc B.Sc. (1970), Mysore University

Awards: Mineral Beneficiation Award from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers; Kamani Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Metals Research Interests: Surface and colloid chemistry, Mineral processing, Extractive metallurgy, Bio-processing and environmental control Selected Recent Publications:

• L. Saravanan and S. Subramanian, Surface chemical studies on the competitive adsorption of poly (ethylene glycol) and ammonium poly (methacrylate) onto zirconia, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng.Aspects 252 (2005) 175-185.

• Evvie Chockalingam and S. Subramanian, Studies on removal of metal ions and sulphate reduction using rice husk and Desulfotomaculum nigrificans with reference to remediation of acid mine drainage, Chemosphere 62 (2006) 699-708.

• K. Hanumantha Rao and S. Subramanian, Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals bioprocessing Invited Chapter in Microbial processing of metal sulphides, (Eds.) E. Donati and W. Sand, Springer Verlag, Germany (2007) 267-286.

Total Publications: 115 Teaching: Interfacial phenomena in materials processing Major R&D Projects:

• Surface chemical and biogeochemical aspects of heavy metal dissolution and transportation with particular reference to mining and its effect on water quality, (Institute for Research and Development (IRD), France

• Environmental impact on metal mining (CEFIPRA-Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research)

Awards: Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering for the year 2007; MRSI-ICSC Super Conductivity and Materials Science Annual Prize; Suvarna Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, Government of Karnataka; National Metallurgists Day Award from Govt. of India; MRSI Medal Research Interests: Solidification, Processing and Characterization of Metal-Matrix Composites, Nano Composites, Tribology Selected Recent Publications:

• Sudarshan, M. K. Surappa, Dongjoon ahn, and Rishi Raj (2008), Nanoceramic Metal Matrix Composites by in-situ pyrolysis of organic precursors in a liquid melt, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.

• M. K. Surappa, R. K. Uyyuru and S.Brusethaug, Tribological behavior of Al-Si-SiCp composites / automobile brake pad system under dry sliding conditions, Tribology International, 40(2007) 365.

• M. K. Surappa, Aluminium Matrix Composites: Challenges and Opportunities, Sadhana, 28 (2003) 319.

Total Publications: 120 Teaching: Inorganic Matrix Composites Major R&D Project:

Processing of Nano-particle dispersed Al MMCs (Nano MMCs) via melt route, Aluminium Company of America (ALCOA), USA

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Jacob, K. T. FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM Honorary Professor INAE Distinguished Professor

Tel: +91-80-22932494 e-mail: katob@materials.iisc.ernet.in D.Sc.(Engg) (1986), Univ. of London Ph.D. (1970), Univ. of London D.I.C. (1970), Imperial College B.E. (1967), IISc B.Sc. (1964), Univ. of Mysore

Natarajan, K. A. FASc, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM Honorary Professor & Raja Ramanna Fellow

Tel: +91-80-22932679/23600120 e-mail: kan@materials.iisc.ernet.in D.Sc. (1992), IISc Ph.D. (1971 ), Minnesota, USA M.S. (1969), Minnesota, USA B.E. (1964), IISc B.Sc. (1962), University of Kerala

Awards: International Hoffman Memorial Prize; National Metallurgists’ Day Award; MRSI Medal; Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Medal (INSA); Prof. Rustom Chokshi Award for Excellence in Research(IISc); Extraction and Processing Science Award(TMS); G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM), Materials Scientist of the Year Award(MRSI); Syed Husain Zaheer Medal(INSA).. Research Interests: Classical, Statistical and Irreversible Thermodynamics of Materials, Solid State Sensors, High Temperature Corrosion, Phase Equilibria, Materials Processing, Nano Science & Technology, Fuel cells Selected Recent Publications: • K.T. Jacob, C. Shekhar, X. Li and G.M. Kale, Gibbs energy of formation of

CaCu3Ti4O12 and phase relations in the system CaO-CuO/Cu2O-TiO2, Acta Mater., 56 (2008) 4798-4803.

• Y. Waseda, H.S. Chen, K.T. Jacob and H. Shibata, On the glass forming ability of liquid alloys, Sci. Tech. Adv. Mater., 9 (2008) 023003.

• K.T. Jacob, S. Singh and Y. Waseda, Refinement of thermodynamic data on GaN, J. Mater. Res., 22 (2007) 3475-3483.

Total Publications: 367 Teaching: Solid State Sensors, Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials Major R&D Projects: • Sensors for liquid metals: new materials and concepts (AICTE) • New materials and designs for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) • Engineering nano-dispersion of Pt-group metal catalysts on ceramic substrates Awards: National Metallurgists' Day Award; Hindustan Zinc Gold Medal; National Mineral Award (Ministry of Mines); Alumni Award for Excellence in Research (IISc); Mineral Beneficiation Award (IIME); Biotech Product and Process Development & Commercialisation Award (DBT), Raja Ramanna Fellow (DAE), National Metallurgist Award. Research Interests: Biometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Mineral Processing, Corrosion, Environmental Control Selected Recent Publications: • Judy Gopal, P. Muraleedharan, H. Sarvamangala, R.P. George, R.K. Dayal. B.V.R.

Tata, H.S. Khatak and K.A. Natarajan, Biomeneralisation of manganese on titanium surfaces exposed to seawater, Journal of Biofouling, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2008, pp 275-282.

• Partha Patra and K.A. Natarajan, Role of mineral specific bacterial proteins in selective flocculation and flotation, Int. J. Miner. Process, 88 (2008) pp 53-58.

• K.A. Natarajan and S.N. Ambika, Biological aspects of arsenic speciation and remediation, Hydrometallurgy 2008.Proceedings SME, Littleton, Colorado, Eds: C.A. Young, P.R. Taylor, C.G. Anderson and Y. Choi, pp 108-116.

Total Publications: 350 Teaching: Biomaterials Processing, Biocorrosion Major R&D Projects: • Environmental Biotechnology of Heavy metal speciation and Bioremediation of mine

wastes (DST) • Microbial aspects of Arsenic speciation and its bioremediation with respect to ore

mining and abandoned mine wastes (DBT) • Bioextraction of Nickel from Sukhinda Overburden (TATA STEEL) • Bioreagents for Mineral processing (CSIR) • Mineral Biotechnology for Mineral Beneficiation, Metal Extraction and Mining Environmental Control (DST-Ramanna)

ACADEMIC STAFF

Ranganathan, S. FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM, FTWAS INAE Distinguished Professor & Visiting Professor, NIAS & Honorary Professor, JNCASR

Tel: +91-80-22932558, 23601198 e-mail: rangu@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1965), Cambridge, UK B.E. (1962), IISc B.Sc. (Hons.) (1960)Univ. of Madras Kishore CSIR Emeritus Fellow

Tel: +91-80-22932683 e-mail: balkis@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1974), IISc M.E. (1967), IISc B.E. (1965), IISc B.Sc. (1963), Mysore University

Awards: National Metallurgists’ Day Award, Govt. of India,2001; Distinguished Material Scientist of the Year , MRSI, 2001;Platinum Medal, IIM, 2005;.INAE Professor Jai Krishna Memorial Award, 2006 Research Interests: Nanostructured materials, Mesoporous materials, Metallic glasses, Quasicrystals, Metallurgical heritage of India Selected Recent Publications: • E A Lord, A L Mackay and S Ranganathan, New Geometries for New Materials,

Cambridge University Press, 2006.

• J Basu B S Murthy and S Ranganathan, Glass forming ability: Miedema approach to (Zr, Ti, Hf)–(Cu, Ni) binary and ternary alloys, J Alloys and Compounds, 54, 3637 (2006)

• S. Ranganathan and E.A. Lord, Parallelohedra and topological transitions in cellular structures, Phil Mag Lett 88, 703-713, 2008.

Total Publications: 300 Teaching: Engineering Materials, Design of Materials , Imaging Nanomaterials Major R&D Project: • Three dimensional microstructures and Materials Informatics, Boeing (USA) Awards: National Metallurgists’ Day Award Research Interests: Polymer composites, Wear and friction in materials, Structure property correlations Selected Recent Publications: • C. S. Karthikeyan, S. Sankaran, Kishore, Investigation of bending modulus of fiber-

reinforced syntactic foams for sandwich and structural applications, Polymer for Advanced Technologies, 18 (3) (2007) 254 -257

• K. Ravi Sekhar, Kishore, S. Sankaran, Cure behavior of epoxy-cyanate ester blend in composite systems: Evaluation studies in neat resin cast by thermal and FTIR techniques, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 109 (3) (2008) 2023

• Pradeep L. Menezes, Kishore and S.V. Kailas, Role of surface texture of harder surface on subsurface deformation Wear 266 (1-2), (2009) 103 -109

Total Publications: 192 Teaching: Polymer composites, Polymeric materials and products Major R&D Projects:

• Carbon-carbon composites • Composites for electrical applications

ACADEMIC STAFF

Avadhani, G. S. Principal Research Scientist

Tel: +91-80-22933246 e-mail: gsa@ materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D.(2002), IISc M.Sc.(Engg) (1997), IISc M.Phil. (1983), Nagpur University M.Sc. (1981), Nagpur University B.Sc.(1979) Poona University

Research Interests: Processing Science, Electron Microscopy, Electronics Selected Recent Publications: • G.S. Avadhani, Optimization of process parameters for the manufacturing of

rocket casings: A study using processing maps, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 12 (6), (2003) 609-622

• G.S.Avadhani, Dynamic materials modeling technique for optimization of warm workability of Armco iron and binary iron alloys, Proc. Third International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Materials Technologies (MMT-2004), Sept.6-10, 2004, Ariel, Israel; p.1.1-1.11

• M.N.Kalsad, M.K.Rabinal, B.G.Mulimani and G.S.Avadhani, Temporal evolution of capped cadmium sulfide nanoparticles, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 23 (2008) 04500995.

Total publications: 16

Babu, V. Technical Officer Gr-I

Tel: +91-80-22933247 e-mail: vbabu@materials.iisc.ernet.in AMIIM (1988), IIM, Calcutta B.Sc. (1974), Bangalore University

Research Interests: Electroslag refining, Extractive metallurgy, Electronics, Vacuum hot pressing Selected Recent Publication:

• V. Babu and P. Padaikathan, Structure and hard magnetic properties of barium hexaferrite with and without La2O3 prepared by ball milling, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 241 (2002) 85-88

• C. Divakar, L. Rangaraj, P.M. Jaman, S. Usha Devi, M.A. Venkataswamy, V. Babu, Reactive Hot Pressing of Ceramic-Ceramic composites, Materials Science & Technology, 2000 (2004) 174-180

SCIENTIFIC STAFF

Deshpande, R. J. Scientific Officer

Tel: +91-80-22933237 e-mail: rjd@ materials.iisc.ernet.in M.Sc.(Engg) (1988), IISc M.A.Sc. (1983), Gulbarga University B.Sc. (1980), Karnataka University

Awards: German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD), 1991-92 Research Interests: Mineral Processing, Biomineral processing Selected Recent Publications:

• R.J. Deshpande and K.A. Natarajan, Studies on grinding media wear and its effect on flotation of ferrugenous phosphate ore, Minerals Engineering, 12 (1999) 1119-1125

• R.J. Deshpande, S. Subramanian and K.A. Natarajan, Effect of bacterial interaction with Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on the floatability of sphalerite and pyrite, Proc. Int. Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2001), February 15-17, (2001) Hyderabad, 159-161

• R.J. Deshpande, S. Subramanian and K.A. Natarajan, Surface chemical studies on pyrite and arsenopyrite using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Proc. Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2004), Editors. G.V. Rao and V.N. Misra, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004, 668-675

Total Publications: 10

Narayana, B. V. Principal Research Scientist

Tel: +91-80-22933236 e-mail: bvn@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D.(1982), Sri Venkateswara Univ. M.Sc.(1972), Sri Venkateswara Univ. B.Sc.(1970), Sri Venkateswara Univ.

Research Interests: Metallurgical Analysis, Corrosion of metals Selected Recent Publications: • B.V. Narayana, S. Subramanian and K.S. Raman, Analysis of Al and Al-base

alloys with emphasis on the application of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry- A review, Aluminium India 2 (2002) 3-14.

• J R Mudakavi, S M Annigeri, B V Narayana and E S Dwarakadasa, Development of evaluation of Air purifying respirators “Parisara 2002” Symposium, HAL, Bangalore, May 2-3, 2002

• J R Mudakavi, S M Annigeri, B V Narayana and E S Dwarakadasa, “Development and evaluation of activated carbon fiber:: a new engineering Millenium : A Satellite image on various applications” Bangalore November 2002 pp 58-63

Total Publications: 19

SCIENTIFIC STAFF

Padaikathan P. Scientific Officer

Tel:+91-80-22932677 E-mail:padai@materials.iisc.ernet.in M.Sc.(Engg.)(2005),Bangalore AMIIM(1995),IIM,Kolkata DME (1984), Chennai

Research Interests: Rapid (Far from equilibrium) solidification processing, Thermal Analysis, Electron Microscopy, Mechanical behaviour of Materials. Selected Recent Publication: • V. Babu and P. Padaikathan, Structure and hard magnetic properties of barium

hexaferrite with and without La2O3 prepared by ball milling, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 241 (2002) 85-88

Total publications: 5

Ravi, R. Principal Research Scientist

Tel: +91-80-22933244 e-mail: rravi@materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2006), I ISc. M.E. (1994), Anna Univ. B.E. (1992), T.N.A. Univ.

Research Interests: Intelligent System Design. Selected Recent Publications:

• R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad, V.V.S.Sarma and R.S.Raidu, Artificial Neural Network Model for predicting stable and unstable regions in Cu-Zn alloys, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol.21, No.8, November-December 2006, pp.756-760.

• R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad and V.V.S.Sarma, An Artificial Neural Network(ANN) Model for predicting Instability Regimes in Copper-Aluminum Alloys, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol.22, No.7, 2007, pp 846-850.

• R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad and V.V.S.Sarma, A Hybrid Intelligent Systems approach for Hot Forging Process Design, The Journal of the Computer Society of India, Vol.37, No.2, April-June 2007

Total Publications: 6

Shashidhara Pandit, S. Scientific Officer

Tel: +91-80-22933247 e-mail: pandit@ materials.iisc.ernet.in M.E. (1984), Mysore University M.Sc. (1981), Bangalore University B.Sc. (1979), Bangalore University

Awards: German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD), 1990-91 Research Interests: Extractive metallurgy, Thermodynamics, Solid state sensors, Electroslag refining Selected Recent Publications:

• S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Phase relations in the system CaO-SiO2-ZrO2 at 1573 K, Steel Research, 65 (1994) 410-413

• S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Thermodynamic properties of magnesium phosphate (Mg3P2O8) - Correction of data in recent compilations, Metall. Mater. Trans., 26 (1995) 225-227

• S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Phase relations in the system MgO-SiO2-ZrO2 at 1700 K, Metall. Mater. Trans., 26 (1995) 397-399

Total Publications: 15

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REGULAR STUDENTS Doctoral Program

1. Alex Joseph

2. Anandhakumar S. 3. Anil Chandra A R 4. Arindam Paul 5. B Nagamani Jaya 6. Bharathi R 7. Chander Shekhar 8. Chiranthan Ghosh 9. Divya V D 10. Eswar Prasad Korimilli 11. Geetha Devi M 12. George Rapheal 13. Gurao Nilesh Prakash 14. Hindol Bandopadhyay 15. Indrani Sen 16. Kirtiman Deo Malviya 17. Kothai V 18. Nisha Verma 19. Pradipta Ghosh 20. Prasad M J N V 21. Prasath Babu R 22. Rajdip Mukherjee 23. Rajendra Kurapati 24. Rajesh G

25. Rajesh Korla 26. Ranjith K 27. Rohini Garg 28. Sanjay Kashyap 29. Santonu Ghosh 30. Shailesh Kumar Singh 31. Shibayan Roy 32. D R K Sidharadha 33. Shivaprasad H B 34. Shyam Kanta Sinha 35. Soma Prasad 36. Somjeet Biswas 37. Soumitra Roy 38. Soumya S Bhat 39. Soupitak Pal 40. Sudarshan 41. Sudha J 42. Suman Sarkar 43. Suresh K S 44. Swathi S K 45. Tamoghna Chakrabarti 46. Vasanthakumar Balasubramanian 47. Vimalnath S 48. Vyasa Vikas Shastry

Staff Registrants, External Registrants, QIP Registrants

1. Ashish Jain (IGCAR) 2. Bhaskar Prasad Saha (ARCI)

3. Chandan Mondal (DMRL) 4. Dibyendu Chakravarty (ARCI)

5. Dulal Chandra Jana (ARCI) 6. Duraisamy Sivaprahasam (ARCI)

7. Govind (VSSC) 8. Manu Mathai (GE)

9. Mithun Palit (DMRL) 10. P. Padaikathan (IISc)

11. Veerababu R (DMRL)

CURRENT STUDENTS

M.E. Program 1st Year

1. Agraval Priyanaka Kantibhai 2. Lakshminarayan R

3. Agnish Ghosh 4. Madhavan R

5. Appala Raju 6. Mageshwari K

7. Anindya Roy 8. Nondo Doka

9. Aravindha Raja A 10. Pankaj Kumar

11. Arun Dinesh P 12. Praveen G

13. Ashwin N K Jayaraman 14. Proloy Nandi

15. Bidhan Chandra Mondal 16. Rama Krishnan R

17. Deepa J 18. Sangeeta Santra

19. Gaurav Singh 20. Somnath Oraon

21. Hariprasad G 22. Vilas Vishnu Gunjal

23. Kannan G

2nd Year

1. Ajay Kumar K 2. Ambresha

3. Apparao Chintha 4. Ashutosh Jangade

5. Boopathy K 6. Ganesh Kumar K

7. Lakshmikanth K 8. Maya Kini K

9. Nachiappan C 10. Somasurendra Kumar Balam

11. Subhasis Sinha 12. Vamsi K V

13. Vetrivendan E

CURRENT STUDENTS

Prof. P. Somasundaran 1990 Columbia University, USA

Prof. M. A. Dayananda 1992 Purdue University, USA

Prof. A. K. Mukherjee 1994 University of California, Davis, USA

Prof. S. Ashok 1996 Pennsylvania University, PA, USA

Prof. R. R. Tummala 2000 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Prof. T. R. Anantharaman 2000 Ashram Atmadeep, Gurgaon

Prof. Brij M. Moudgil 2001 University of Florida, USA

Prof. Subash Chander 2003 The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

Prof. Subra Suresh 2004 MIT, Cambridge, USA

Prof. R. Ramesh 2005 University of California, USA

Prof. Subhash Mahajan 2007 Arizona State University, USA

PROF BRAHM PRAKASH VISITING CHAIR (Established in 1989)

* As per ISI web of Science + As on date

Govt. R&D 55

Industry 6

Faculty (India) 39

Faculty (Abroad) 15

Industrial R&D (India) 10

R&D (Abroad) 28

PUBLICATIONS AND PLACEMENT OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Industry4%

R&D (Abroad)18%

Industrial R&D (India)7%

Faculty (Abroad)10%

Faculty (India)25%

Govt. R&D36%

Placements

RESEARCH CONFERMENTS

+As on date M. E. students graduated

35

9 9

17 1713

1612 13

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

RESEARCH CONFERMENTS and MASTER STUDENTS GRADUATED

Major Funding Agencies Government Indian Department of Science & Technology (DST) Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Aeronautics Research & Development Board (AR&DB) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

International UK-India Education & Research Initiative and Rolls Royce Plc (UKERI), UK Korean Institute of Science & Technology (KIST), Korea Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD), USA Institute for Research and Development (IRD), France CEFIPRA-Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research, France Private Boeing Inc. (USA) General Motors (USA) Aluminium Company of America (USA)

TATA Steel (India)

Distribution of Research Funding

49%2%

27%

22%

RESEARCH FUNDING

Indian-Govt. Indian-Private

International-Government

International- Private

Over the past few years, the department has developed several international collaborative

projects with various countries across the globe. A few noted examples are

(i) Partnership with Imperial College, London and Rolls Royce Plc, UK through UKERI

program: This program is on “Development of high temperature shape memory

alloys for environmentally-friendly aero-engines,” where the investigators envisage

to develop high temperature (600 K) SMAs, which would be of great benefit for gas

turbines, e.g. lightweight passive actuators for variable stator vanes leading to a

reduction in engine weight, which will, in turn help to reduce aerospace-related CO2

emissions.

(ii) Partnership with Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea: This

program has two components: (1) the development of high temperature steels,

where the investigators intend to develop next generation steels for power plant

applications and, (2) thin films for functional applications, which aims at

understanding the correlation between multi-layer periodicity and interfacial structure

/ composition gradient in the deformation / fracture response to indentation.

(iii) Partnership with GKSS Research Centre, Germany: This program is on surface

engineering of advanced magnesium alloys to improve the corrosion and wear

behaviour of these alloys.

(iv) Partnerships with (1) Institute for Research and Development (IRD), France on

Surface chemical and biogeochemical aspects of heavy metal dissolution and

transportation with particular reference to mining and its effect on water quality, and

(2) (CEFIPRA-Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research) on

Environmental impact on metal mining. Under this program, an Indo-French Cell for

Water Sciences has been set up at IISc jointly with IRD, France. A unique feature of

this program is the deputation of scientists from IRD on a long term basis to IISc.

In addition to these major partnership activities, the faculty members of the department have

collaborations with various universities and research institutions in Japan, Korea, Germany,

France, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Russia, Kazakhstan, Australia, U.K. and

U.S.A., which are funded through various agencies.

MAJOR EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

The Department has state-of-the-art laboratories for materials processing and characterization. Some of the major in-house

experimental facilities include:

JEOL Scanning Electron Microscope with EDAX

JEOL Transmission Electron Microscope

PanAnalytical X-Ray Diffractometer

JEOL X-ray Diffractometer

Atomic Force Microscope

Hot Cold Rolling Mill

Metallographic facilities with image analyzer

Differential Scanning Calorimeter

Dartec Hot Compression testing unit

Impression Creep testing unit

Instron testing machines

Instrumented Impact testing unit

Eplexor 500N Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer

Nanoindentor

Thin-film Residual Stress Measurement system

Ultra-low Load Microhardness Testers

EG&G Corrosion Measurement Console

Jobin Yvon Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Analyzer

Leco Oxygen Nitrogen Analyzer

Malvern Particle Size Analyzer

FTIR Spectrophotometer

Shimadzu UV-Visible Spectrophotometer

Thermo Jarrel-Ash Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

Zeta-meter

Cold Isostatic Press

Electroslag Refining unit

Hot Extrusion Press

Vacuum Arc Remelting unit

Vacuum Hot Press

Vacuum Induction Melting and Casting unit

Besides, the Department also has access to some of the most sophisticated equipment available for Materials Characterization at

the Institute Nanoscience Initiative. These include:

• TECNAI FEG Transmission Electron Microscope

• Sirion FEG Scanning Electron Microscope with EBSD

• Quanta Scanning Electron Microscope with Lithography Facility

• Focussed Ion Beam Machining System

• Atomic Force Microscope

• Facilities for sample preparation like the GATAN Plasma Cleaning System

MAJOR FACILITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT

Transmission Electron Microscope (JSM 840A, JEOL)

High Temperature High Strain Rate Servo-hydraulic Mechanical Tester

(DARTEC)

Scanning Electron Microscope (JEM FX2000 II, JEOL)

High Temperature High Vacuum Furnace

Constant Stress Lever Arm Tester (ATS2330)

Room Temperature Servo-hydraulic Mechanical Tester (INSTRON 8502)

Vacuum Arc Melting Furnace High Temperature Hot Press (MRF)

X-ray Diffractometer (X’Pert PRO, PANalytical)

Nanoindentor (Hysitron)

Buhler Rolling Mill Diffusion bonding press

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MAJOR FACILITIES AT NANOCENTER (INI)

Focussed Ion Beam Machining System

(FIB200 Stage Type 50X50)

Atomic Force Microscope

(Vieco System CP2)

FEG Transmission Electron Microscope

(TECNAI F30)

Scanning Electron Microscope with Lithography Facility (Quanta200, FEI)

FEG Scanning Electron Microscope with EBSD (Sirion XL-40, FEI)

SEM, Quanta - LV / ESEM

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