Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Ravi Sankar Kottada

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ravi.sankar [at] iitm [dot] ac [dot] in

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  • Head High-Temperature Structural Materials Lab
  • MSB 105-B
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  • Creep behaviour of light alloys, superalloys, high entropy alloys (HEA) and additively manufactured (AM) high-temperature structural materials
  • Understanding the deformation mechanisms in structural materials and welds at high temperature and their creep rupture life prediction
  • Synthesis of advanced alloys and nanocrystalline materials, understand their alloying and deformation behaviour over a wide range of temperatures (RT to 0.8 Tm)
  • Hot working mechanisms and development of processing maps for various structural materials

  • 2021 - Till date
  • 2016 - 2021
  • 2007 - 2016
  • Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor

  1. 2019, 2018-Top reviewers award in the field of Materials Science (Publons and Web of Science)
  2. 2017-Best presentation award for the paper titled “Microstructural characteristics and creep behaviour of T92/SUPER304H dissimilar welds subjected to 1000 hours of ageing at 650 °C authored by Nandha Kumar E, G D Janakiram, R. S. Kottada and Devakumaran during International congress - 2017 of the international institute of welding
  3. 2017-Sudharshan Bhat memorial prize award to G M Karthik for his PhD thesis titled “New possibilities with friction stir processing and friction deposition in the department of metallurgical and materials engineering by IIT madras for the year 2017
  4. 2016-Best presentation award for the paper titled “Creep properties of Mg-Ca-Sn alloys authored by Koundinya NTBN and R. S. Kottada during IMagcon-2016
  5. 2014-Best oral presentation award for the paper titled Processing maps of B2 intermetallics authored by Niraj M. Chawake, B.S. Murty and R.S. Kottada in the "Materials Processing" section during the International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec-11-13, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras
  6. 2014-Best oral presentation award for the paper titled Effect of alloying elements on deformation behaviour of magnesium alloys, authored by Koundinya NTBN, Prasant V and R.S. Kottada, in the "Materials Forming" section during the International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec-11-13, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras
  7. 2013-IIM Best oral presentation award for the paper titled Thermal stability studies of CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering authored by Praveen S, B S Murty and R. S. Kottada during NMD-2013, Varanasi
  8. 2012-Prof. Brahm Prakash's best thesis award to Chenna Krishna S. for his M.S. Thesis entitled "Processing and Characterization of Cu-3Ag-0.5Zr alloy for Thrust Chamber Application" Constituted by The Indian Institute of Metals, Trivandrum Chapter