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Message from HOD

Welcome to the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. We are one of the oldest departments of IIT Madras, established in the same year as the Institute in 1959. In the first few decades of its existence, then known as the Department of Metallurgy, the focus was more on industrial metallurgy. However, over the past few decades, the department changed to the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering to adapt to the transformations and expectations worldwide in diverse materials science and engineering areas. Several faculty members of the department in recent times have taken the lead in establishing prospective centres of excellence in the areas of advanced/correlative microscopy, materials and manufacturing for futuristic mobility that includes additive manufacturing, ceramic technologies and surface engineering along with pyrometallurgy. The department hosts state-of-the-art processing and characterization facilities, including excellent computational infrastructure. If you are interested in pursuing a career in metallurgy, materials science and engineering and excel, this is the department that you should be in.

 

Prof. Subramanya Sarma Vadlamani

Head, Dept of Metallurgical & Materials Engg., & Professor In charge of Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory

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News

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Our research scholar has won the best poster award at the Material Science and Engineering Congress MSE 2024 held in Darmstadt, Germany.

We are happy to share that Mr. Jibi K K, Research Scholar working with Prof. Gandham Phanikumar has won the best poster award at the Material Science and Engineering Congress MSE 2024 held in Darmstadt, Germany from 24- 26 of September 2024 in the Processing and Synthesis stream of the event. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Congratulatates to Mr. Jibi. and Wish him more success in his future endeavours.
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One of our Professor has been elected as International Fellow of Royal Society of Engineering (FREng).

We are happy to share that, Prof. Debhashish Bhattacharjee has been elected as International Fellow of Royal Society of Engineering (FREng). Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee is a renowned industry leader in Indian manufacturing engineering. He has built new businesses and led major research initiatives in India’s largest steel company, Tata Steel, delivering new products and process technologies with commercial profit. His key achievements are in developing materials technologies for sustainability, healthcare, transportation, and energy-related applications, ranging from primary steel decarbonisation to developing sprayable ceramics for orthopaedic implants. He holds many distinctions, including fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and government-awarded honour of National Metallurgist. He is currently Professor of Practice at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates him to his honour. For more details use these URL: 1. https://raeng.org.uk/news/royal-academy-of-engineering-welcomes-71-new-fellows 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_fellows_of_the_Royal_Academy_of_Engineering  See More
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One more Indian Patent granted to Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan and his team

We are delighted to share the news about the grant of an Indian patent, “BISMTUH FERRITE-BASED FLEXIBLE DEVICE FOR ROOM TEMPERATURE GAS SENSING” to Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan along with his scholars PhD student, Sanjeev Patil (MM18D700) and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Sudha Arumugam. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is congratulates to Prof. Parasuraman and his students Sanjeev Patil (MM18D700) and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Sudha Arumugam for the grant of an Indian Patent. Indian patent  See More
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Our doctoral scholar has been granted an Indian Patent along with their supervisor.

We are happy to share that an Indian patent, titled “SYSTEM FOR OPTOELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID-STATE PHOTODETECTORS” has been granted to our regular PhD student, Swati Suman (MM21D050) and her supervisor Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan. The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates to Swati Suman and Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan.   See More

Events

30 August

2024

Cordially invite you for a technical talk on Materials Engineering Enabled Futuristic Technologies by Dr. R. Gopi Chandran

Abstract: Semiconductor Industry is booming with potential to grow to one trillion-dollar economy by 2030. Realizing the importance of Semiconductors, India is getting ready to participate in this segment with government’s push through India Semiconductor Mission. In this talk, various coatings technologies from atomic scale to thick coatings will be highlighted with special focus on Quantum and Semiconductor technologies. Importance of emerging materials and process technologies for realizing the needs of futuristic technologies by manipulating materials at atomic scale and 3D architectures would be highlighted.
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4:00 PM
KCB-222, Hybrid Mode

A Talk on Multifunctional Coatings and Composite Materials for Lunar and Space Missions by Prof. Arvind Agarwal.

Abstract: There is a global race to reach the Lunar surface. Spacecraft landings and takeoffs on the lunar surface, along with extreme temperature variations between day and night, cause wear and erosion by highly abrasive lunar regolith, resulting in the premature failure of structures. This talk is focused on novel multi-functional Ti-hBN composite coatings that were developed using atmospheric and vacuum plasma spray techniques to protect aerospace structures.  See More

4:00 PM
KCB-222, Hybrid Mode

A talk on The High-Temperature Strength of Single Crystal Ni-Bases Superalloys: Constant Strain-rate, Creep and Out-of-Phase Thermomechanical Fatigue Testing

Abstract : He present work takes a new look at the high temperature strength of single crystal (SX) Ni-base superalloys, comparing high temperature constant strain rate (CSR) testing, creep testing and out-of-phase thermomechanical fatigue (OP-TMF) testing. These high temperature tests represent key characterization methods supporting alloy development and component. The three types of tests are compared using the same SX alloy, working with precisely oriented 001-specimens and considering the same temperature range between 1023 and 1223 K, where climb-controlled micro-creep processes need to be considered. It is shown that the three types of tests provide different types of information. Mechanical results are discussed on a microstructural basis, using results from scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Biography of the Speaker : Professor Dr.-Ing. Gunther Eggeler completed his Dr.-Ing. Degree from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen (FAU), Germany in 1985 and received habilitation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 1992. He was Senior Principal Metallurgist at ERA Technology in England, UK from 1987 to 1990, and Research Associate at EPFL from 1990 to 1995. Since 1995, he has served as a Professor of Materials Science at Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB).  See More

11:00 AM
NAC-1, 222, Hybrid Mode

MME D3P (Departmental Degree Distribution) function

We are glad to host the Departmental Degree Distribution (D3P) function of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The event will be hosted online using the following link. YouTube Livestream URL: https://youtube.com/live/2j2GuUGhn0I?feature=share  See More

2:30 PM
NAC2 (New Academic Complex), Online