I joined IIT Madras as Assistant Professor in December 2010 in the Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Before this, I was a post-doctoral researcher in the Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University (FIU). I completed PhD from FIU in August 2009. My PhD Advisor was Prof. Arvind Agarwal. I obtained a B. E. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, in 2001 and completed a Masters (M.E.) in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, in 2003. I worked as Scientific Officer at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (2003-2005), where my main work was on the thermo-physical properties of nuclear reactor materials.
I have worked on synthesising and characterising CNT reinforced aluminium composites prepared by thermal spraying, viz. plasma and cold spraying. My research focused on efficient dispersion of CNTs using spray drying, the quantification of CNT dispersion, thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of the interfacial reaction between CNT and matrix, macro and nano-mechanical, nano-tribological and thermo-physical property measurement of the composites. My current research focus is on Spark Plasma Sintering of Metal- and Ceramic-CNT (TaC-CNT and B4C-CNT) composite, Object Oriented Finite Element method for obtaining properties from microstructure and nano-mechanical characterization of CNT composites.
Reactive & spark plasma sintering of in-situ composites
Ultra high temperature ceramic composites
Dissimilar metal joining and adhesive bonding
Nanomechanical and nano-tribological property evaluation
Radiation effects on materials
2021 - Till date
2016 - 2021
2010 - 2016
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
2014-Outstanding Contribution Award by ASM International Chennai Chapter
2014-MPMD Young Leader Professional Development Award of TMS, USA
2014-Travel Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to attend 2014 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition held in San Diego, USA
2013-Young Professional Award by ASM International Chennai Chapter
2012-Certificate of Merit for International Activities by Division of Materials and Processing of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2012-Session Chair for Advances in Surface Engineering: Alloyed and Composite Coatings organized in 2012 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, USA
2010-Session Chair/Judge for the Processing of Metals (PMX) organized in ISRS-2010, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 20-22
2009-Dissertation Year Fellowship: University Graduate School, Florida International University
2009-Outstanding Student Award (Ph.D) from Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University
2008-Presidential Enhanced Assistantship: University Graduate School, Florida International University
