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  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur and Indian Institute of Metals, Kanpur Chapter are jointly organizing an invited talk titled "Engineering Materials at the Atomic Scale for the development of 3D-printed complex architecture for sustainable Energy, Environment applications" by Prof. Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Metallurgical and materials engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal at 04:00 PM on April 19, 2024, in FB-421.
    (Poster link)

  • The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur cordially invites you to attend the 16th Professor E. C. Subbarao Lecture Series on Materials, Sustainability, and Prosperity, by Dr. R. Balamuralikrishnan, an Outstanding Scientist & Director of the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory in Hyderabad, India.
    Date: March 15, 2024
    Time: 5:00 PM
    Location: Lecture Hall 16
    (Poster link)

  • The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur warmly invites you to join the National Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy and Materials 2024.
    Engage in deep discussions on important topics such as Additive Manufacturing, AI & ML in Materials Science, Biomaterials, and more!
    This event is a great opportunity to connect with leading researchers and advance your professional path. Let's embark on this journey to present your innovation, research, skills, and knowledge. Let this symposium be a melting pot for all your varied ideas as we work together to expand the frontiers of knowledge. So mark your calendars for an exciting interactive session!
    Save the dates: March 9-10 at IIT Kanpur.
    Important Dates for abstracts of Oral/Poster Presentation
    Abstract Submission open till - 15 Feb
    Acceptance of Abstract - on or before 19 Feb
    Please register via the symposium website
    Symposium Brochure: click here

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur is organizing an invited talk on Investigating Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Systems Using Advanced Photon Source by Prof. E-Wen Huang, Prof. & Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University at 03:30 PM on February 14, 2024, in FB-421. (Poster link)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur is organizing an invited talk on New Generation of CALPHAD Simulation Tools for ICME Applications by Dr. Kamalnath Kadirvel, Materials Research Scientist, Computherm LLC, Middleton, Wisconsin, USA-53562 at 12:00 Noon on January 19, 2024, in FB-421. (Poster link)

  • The IIM Kanpur Chapter, in association with Material Advantage@IIT Kanpur, is organizing a talk by Nano-microscale testing of thermoplastically formed pillars and atomically smooth bulk metallic glasses by Dr. Amit Datye, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University at 11:00 AM on January 05, 2024, in FB-421. (Poster link)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur is organizing an invited talk on Kinetics of magnetron sputter deposition of aluminum doped zinc oxide thin films by Prof. James R. Doyle, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Macalester College, Minnesota at 11:30 AM on December 18, 2023, in FB-421. (Poster link)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur is organizing a talk on A Century Of Texture Research: Historical Perspective And A Personal Journey by Prof. Ranjit Kumar Ray, Fellow of INAE, IIM, IEI and ICOTOM, Former Professor, IIT Kanpur at 04:00 PM on December 14, 2023, in FB-421. (Poster link)

  • The 12th Annual Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series on Inorganic Materials is being organized by the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (Poster link)
    Speaker: Professor Jerzy A. Szpunar, D.Sci, Ph.D., E. Eng., Birks Chair in Metallurgy, Canada Research Chair Tier I Professor of Materials Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
    Title: Future Of Nuclear Energy And Needs For Accident Tolerant Fuels
    Date & Time: Dec. 04, 2023 at 04:00pm
    Venue: LH-17

  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur and Indian Institute of Metals, Kanpur Chapter are jointly organizing an invited talk titled "Next Gen, Global-level and Large-scale Device, Packaging and Systems R&D and Workforce development in India" by Prof. Rao Tummala, ISM Advisor at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2023, in FB-421.(Talk Poster)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur and SCDT-FlexE, IIT Kanpur are jointly organizing a talk titled "Organic Electronics: Molecules to Devices" by Prof. Praveen C Ramamurthy, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Chair, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru at 10:30 AM on November 08, 2023, in FlexE 101.(Talk Poster)

  • The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'An Experimental and Computational Approach to Decipher the Mechanical Properties of Gradient Nanostructured Copper' by Mr. Deepak Paliwal at 4:00 PM on November 06, 2023, in FB-421.(Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'Natural Polymer Based Hemostatic Dressings' by Mr. Kaushal R Shakya at 4:00 PM IST on 23 October 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'Earth-Abundant Mg2+ Doping in NASICON-type Ceramic Electrolyte for Rechargeable Solid-State Na-ion Batteries' by Mr. R. Thirupathi at 4:00 PM IST on October 16, 2023, in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'Oxides for High Temperature Thermoelectric Power Generation' by Mr. Subhra Sourav Jana at 4:00 PM IST on 09 October 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Advantage Kanpur Chapter is jointly organizing an talk on "Investigation of Additively Manufactured and Non-additively Manufactured Materials" by Dr. Sudipta Pramanik (Institute of Materials Engineering, Kassel University, Sophie-Henschel-Haus, Mönchebergstr. 334125 Kassel, Germany) at 11:00 AM IST on 19 September 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter is jointly organizing an invited talk on "Nanomaterials based Products for Naval Applications" by Dr. Debdatta Ratna (DRDO Scientist 'G', Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Ambernath) at 4:00 PM IST on 06 September 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'Constrained Constant Radius Pressing (CCRP) process to improve mechanical properties and microstructural homogeneity of pure copper sheet' by Mr. Nikhil Tripathi at 4:00 PM IST on 04 September 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled 'Effect of harmonic structure on the electrochemical behavior of high entropy Cantor alloy in NaCl solution' by Mr. Debdipta Banik at 4:00 PM IST on 28 August 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled ' Enhancing Insights into Material Deformation through Atomistic Simulations' by Mr. Albert Linda at 4:00 PM IST on 21 August 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing the Faculty-Students Seminar Series talk titled ' Thermomigration: Thermal Gradient Driven Microstructructure Evolution' by Mr. Sandip Guin at 4:00 PM IST on 14 August 2023 in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • The department of Materials Science and Engineering revived the Faculty-Students Seminar Series with an inaugural talk on 'Let's talk some Diffusion' by Prof. Kaustubh Kulkarni. This event is scheduled at 4 PM IST on 07 August in FB-421. (Talk Poster)

  • Materials Science and Engineering organized a seminar by Dr. Surender Maddela (Sr. Tech. Spec., AutoE Tech Forum Chair, United States) on "Charting A Career Path: A glance at Research Highlights" at FB-421 on Jul 28, 2023 (Friday) at 11:00 am. (Seminar Poster)

  • The Department of MSE (IIT Kanpur), Indian Institute of Metals (Kanpur Chapter), Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), Material Advantage (IIT Kanpur Chapter) in Association with Anton Paar are organizing one day workshop on "Characterization of Coating Materials" at FB-421 on May 09, 2023.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing 15th Professor E C Subbarao Lecture Series . (Event Brochure)
    Speaker: Prof. Akshaya Kumar Jena, Former Professor and Head Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur
    Title: Fascinating Challenges of Health Care for Engineering
    Date & Time: Mar. 10, 2023 at 04:00pm
    Venue: Lecture Hall Complex L-17

  • The Materials Science and Engineering Department at IIT Kanpur is organizing a two-day symposium entitled Research Scholar Day (RSD 2023) from February 18-19, 2023. Please go through the links below to learn more about the event.
    Click here for more details: http://www.iitk.ac.in/mse/rsd-2023/
    Event Schedule: https://iitk.ac.in/mse/rsd-2023/RSD%202023%20Schedule.pdf

  • 11th Annual Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series on Inorganic Materials is being organized by the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (read more)
    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sergiy Divinski, Institute of Materials Physics, University of Münster, Germany
    Title: 10 years of research on diffusion in high-entropy alloys: recent advances, remaining challenges and perspectives
    Date & Time: Feb. 14, 2023 at 04:00pm
    Venue: Zoom Online Lecture

  • Dr. Anuj Bisht (postdoctoral researcher, Loughborough University, UK) delivered a talk on "Material phenomenon under load near theoretical stress" at FB-421 on Feb 13, 2023 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Gaurav Vats (postdoctoral researcher, NREL, USA) delivered a talk on "Current Modulation by Optoelectric Control of Ferroelectric Domains" at FB-421 on Feb 07, 2023 (Tuesday) at 10:30 am.

  • Dr. Shivam Tripathi (postdoctoral fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology Genova, Italy) will deliver a talk on "Exploring the Tunability of Martensitic Transformation in Shape Memory Alloys via Coherent Second Phase" at FB-421 on Jan 31, 2023 (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm.

  • Dr. Jayasree Biswas (Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University) delivered a talk on "Kinetic Studies of Pyrometallurgical Processes" at FB-421 on Jan 24, 2023 (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm.

  • Dr. N. S. Harsha Gunda (Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University, United States) delivered a talk on "Integrating first-principles and machine learning for materials modeling" at FB-421 on Jan 20, 2023 (Friday) at 4:00 pm.

  • International Conference on Physical and Mathematical Modelling in Iron and Steelmaking (PMMIS-2022) in Honour of Prof. Dipak Mazumdar organized by Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur from December 18-19, 2022. (know more...)

  • Dr. Lichchhavi (IPDF) delivered a talk on "Energy Storage Applications of Sulphide Based Nanomaterial" at FB-421 on Dec 09, 2022 (Friday) at 4:00 pm.

  • Dr. Alok Bhadauria (IPDF) delivered a talk on "Effect of bimodal microstructure and phase transformation on fracture toughness of plasma sprayed Al2O3-YSZ-CNT composite coating" at FB-421 on Dec 01, 2022 (Thursday) at 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm.

  • Dr. Kirtiratan Godbole (IPDF) delivered a talk on "Influence of salinity, conductivity, and total dissolved solids on corrosion behaviour of high-carbon pearlitic rail steel in freely aerated 3.5% NaCl" at FB-421 on Dec 01, 2022 (Thursday) at 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm.

  • Dr. Biswajit Barman (IPDF) delivered a talk on "Thin Film Semiconductors for Photovoltaic Devices" at FB-421 on Dec 01, 2022 (Thursday) at 2:30 pm - 3:10 pm.

  • Dr. Nikhil Gupta (Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University, NY, USA) delivered a lecture on "Composite Materials in the Age of 3D Printing, Machine Learning and Cybersecurity" at FB-421 on Jul 25, 2022 (Monday) at 4:00 PM.

  • MSES IITK, was organized an Interactive Session with Prof. Rajesh Prasad of IIT Delhi at FB-421 on May 13, 2022 (Friday) at 4:00pm.

  • Dr. Jitendra Kumar (Alumnus, MSE Department), Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, delivered a talk on "Bismuth (Bi) alloyed antimony selenide thin films for short wavelength infrared region solar cell applications" at FB-421 on May 13, 2022 (Friday) at 9:45am.

  • Prof. Rajiv Singh, University of Florida, USA, will deliver a talk on "Enhanced Chemical Mechanical Polishing of super hard materials" at FB-421 on May 05, 2022 (Thursday) at 11:00am.

  • Dr. Saurabh Basu,Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA, delivered a talk on "Eradicating Defects in Additively Manufactured Parts via Shear Based Post Processing" on Apr. 21, 2022 (Thursday) at 04:00pm.

  • Dr. Adarsh S. H., Assistant Professor, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, Karnataka, delivered a talk on "Synthesis, Characterization and Thermomechanical Processing of Fe-28Ni-17Co-115Al-2.5Ta-0.05B (at.%) Shape Memory Alloy" on Feb. 17, 2022 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Virkeshwar Kumar, C V Raman PostDoc Fellow, IISc, delivered a talk on "Transport Phenomena during Solidification" on Feb. 14, 2022 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Balakrishnan Munirathinam, Institute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering at TU Braunschweig Germany, delivered a talk on "Water and corrosive ion transport along metal/polymer interfaces in microelectronics and LED packages" on Feb. 09, 2022 (Wednesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Srinu Gangolu, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Calicut, delivered a talk on "High temperature deformation behaviour in Al and Ti alloys" on Feb. 08, 2022 (Tuesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Nicky Kisku, Assistant Professor, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, delivered a talk on "Effect of thermomechanical processing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe-Mn-Al-Si-C steels " on Feb. 03, 2022 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Arnab Sarkar, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, IIT Bombay, delivered a talk on "Al added low-density medium Mn steel: a prospect for automotive application" on Feb. 02, 2022 (Wednesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing 14th Professor E C Subbarao Lecture Series (Event Brochure)
    Speaker: Dr. Clive A Randall, Director, Materials Research Institute Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
    Title: Utilizing Cold Sintering in the Design and Integration of New Functional Composite Materials
    Date & Time: 31st January 2022, at 07:00pm
    Venue: online

  • Dr. Vimal Edachery, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, delivered a talk on "How surface topography and roughness influence wetting, lubrication, friction, and scuffing in steels" on Jan. 28, 2022 (Friday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Akher Ali, Department of Ceramic Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi,India, delivered a talk on "CuO assisted borate 1393B3 glass scaffold with enhanced mechanical performance and cytocompatibility: An In vitro study" on Jan. 27, 2022 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Prof. Rajesh Prasad, IIT Delhi, delivered a talk on "15 vs. 21 vs. 45: A journey into the world of anisotropic elastic properties" on Jan. 26, 2022 (wednesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Milli Suchita Kujur, Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, delivered a talk on "Magnesium Nanocomposites for Engineering and Biomedical Applications" on Jan. 24, 2022 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Y. Raghupathy, Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials engineering, NIT Warangal, delivered a talk on "Nanomaterials for prevention of biofouling and corrosion in marine environment" on Jan. 21, 2022 (Friday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. E. Hemaprabha, Dept of Materials Engg and Solid-State Institute, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, delivered a talk on " Atomic to device-scale outlook of electronic materials" on Jan. 17, 2022 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. S. K. Ajmani, Tata Steel, delivered a talk on " Improvement in Steelmaking and Casting Technologies in an Integrated Steel Plant" on Nov. 12, 2021 (Friday) at 05:00 pm.

  • Dr. Piyush Jagtap, Institute for nanoscience and microelectronic materials, CNRS, France, delivered a talk on "Origin of thin film stress and stress related reliability issues" on Oct. 28, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Parthiban Ramasamy, Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, delivered a talk on "Development of Soft Ferromagnetic Bulk Metallic Glasses with Enhanced Mechanical Properties" on Oct. 25, 2021 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Sree Harsha Nandam, IIT-BHU, delivered a talk on "Structure and Mechanical properties of metallic nanoglasses" on Oct. 21, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Deepak Kamble, IFW Dresden, Germany, will deliver a talk on "Magnetocaloric Materials and Devices for Thermomagnetic Energy Harvesting" on Oct. 07, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Soumitra Kumar Dinda, University of Toronto, Canada, delivered a talk on "Demystifying Complex Issues in Steel Processing and Manufacturing: Contribution of a Process Metallurgist " on Oct. 04, 2021 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Arunabh Meshram, (National Institute of Technology Raipur), delivered a talk on "Utilization of aluminium dross to recover valuable products" on Sep. 30, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Shikhar Misra, (Intel, Hillsboro, Oregon (USA)), delivered a talk on "Metal-Oxide nanocomposites for tunable physical properties" on Sep. 27, 2021 (Monday) at 05:00 pm.

  • 10th Annual Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series on Inorganic Materials is being organized by the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (read more)
    Speaker: Dr. Anil K. Sachdev, Principal Technical Fellow and Lab Group Manager, GM Global R&D Center, Warren, Michigan
    Title: Research Challenges For Vehicle Lightweighting
    Date & Time: Sep. 24, 2021 at 05:30pm
    Venue: Zoom Online Lecture

  • Dr. Mohd Nadeem Bhat, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Synthesis, Characterization and Cooling Curve Analysis of High Entropy Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron (HESGCI)" on Sep. 07, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:40 pm

  • Dr. Kirtiratan Godbole, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Influence of salinity, conductivity, total dissolved solids on corrosion behaviour of high-carbon pearlitic rail steel in freely aerated 3.5% NaCl" on Sep. 07, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Manoj, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Cenosphere filled compounds/alloys for hydrogen storage and energy absorption" on Sep. 06, 2021 (Monday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Sailaja Sharma, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Effect of annealing treatment on the microstructure and mechanical property of additive manufactured 316L stainless steel" on Sep. 06, 2021 (Monday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Biswajit Barman, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Preparation and Characterization of Mixed Metal Sulfide thin films for Opto-electronic Applications" on Aug. 31, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Kushal Singh, (IPDF at MSE, IIT Kanpur), deliver a talk on "Process-Structure-Property Correlations in Lanthana and Zirconia Doped Ceria Nanoparticles" on Aug. 31, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Material Advantage @ IIT Kanpur jointly present the talk on "Nanoimprinting Atomically Smooth Surfaces for Nanoscale Measurements of Bulk Metallic Glasses" by Dr. Amit Datye, Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. & Materials Science, Yale University on Aug. 26, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm)
    (click here for more details..)

  • Online Symposium on In-situ Electron Microscopy on 08-09 July 2021. Hope to bring experts from various parts of the world and discuss the scientific and technological challenges and remedies. Interesting field for all materials and biological sciences. Organized jointly by IITK and IIT KGP in association of Electron Microscopy Society of India. Students and early career researchers will have unique opportunity to present their research and discuss with experts.
    (visit website for more details click here..)

  • 6-days online QIP Course titled "Mechanical Behaviour of Materials" on Mar. 15-20, 2021. The course is coordinated by Dr. Nilesh Prakash Gurao, Dr. Shashank Shekhar and Dr. Sudhanshu S. Singh Department of Materials Science and Engineering (for more details click here..)

  • 6-days online QIP Course titled "Theoretical and Practical Perspective on Material Manufacturing Technology" on Mar. 08-13, 2021. The course is coordinated by Prof. Anish Upadhyaya and Dr. Asit Prakash Bajpai, Department of Materials Science and Engineering. (for more details click here..)

  • 6-days online QIP Course titled "Corrosion Failure and Protection of Engineering Materials" on Mar. 01-06, 2021. The course is coordinated by Dr. Sudhanshu S. Singh and Dr. Kallol Mondal, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (for more details click here..)

  • 6-days online QIP Course titled "Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Multifunctional Applications" on Mar. 01-06, 2021 The course is coordinated by Prof. Shobit Omar, Prof. Shikhar Jha and Prof. Tanmoy Maiti, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur (for more details click here..)

  • Dr. Kanwar Singh Nalwa (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur) and others are organizing the Energy Sustainability and Water - SUNRISE conference from Monday 22nd to Tuesday 23rd February 2021. This conference is the 7th of the twice-yearly SUNRISE symposia uniting academics, students, and industry professionals from the UK and Global South in the field of solar and other renewable energy technologies designed for sustainable rural development.
    Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 restrictions the conference could not be hosted at IIT Kanpur as initially planned. However, SUNRISE conference hosted by IIT Kanpur will be virtually held in partnership with nanoGe. For more on the exciting schedule of presentations for the benefit of all Sunrise network partners, go to the following link: https://www.nanoge.org/SUNRISEVII/home

  • QIP 6-day short term course titled "Mastering Advanced Techniques of Characterization for High-end Research (MATCH-2021)" on 25-31 January (Mon-Sun). The course coordinators are Prof. Kantesh Balani and Prof. Gouthama of Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur (for more details click here..)

  • Dr. Alok Bhadauria, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Al bimodal nanocomposite " on Jan. 07, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Kadambinee Sa, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene and its application" on Jan. 07, 2021 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Vikram Verma, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Synthesis, Characterization and Multifunctional Applications of Fluorescent Carbon Nanomaterials Obtained from Waste Biomass" on Jan. 06, 2021 (Wednesday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Nidhi Sharma, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Alumina-Aluminium Cermets" on Jan. 06, 2021 (Wednesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Chaitanyakrishna Kamaja, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Investigation of MXene and graphene for supercapacitor applications" on Jan. 05, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:40 pm.

  • Dr. Sailaja Sharma, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Structure property relationship of additive manufactured 316L after heat treatment" on Jan. 05, 2021 (Tuesday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh and others organized a national workshop on "New Horizons in Metallurgy, Materials, and Manufacturing" from Dec 14-16 under the banner of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). click here for more details

  • Dr. Sankha Mukherjee, University of Toronto delivered a talk on "Computational design of nanostructured materials for structural applications" on Nov. 02, 2020 (Monday) at 10:00 am.

  • Dr. Badari Narayana Rao, SCT. Inc. Tokyo, Japan delivered a talk on "Redox-Based Multilevel Resistive Switching in AlFeO3 Thin-Film Heterostructures" on Oct. 29, 2020 (Thursday) at 04:00pm.

  • Dr. Saroj Kumar Sahoo, Tata Steel Ltd. India delivered a talk on "Agglomeration studies of different iron bearing fines using stiff vacuum extrusion techniques" on Oct. 15, 2020 (Thursday) at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Supriyo Ghosh, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA delivered a talk on "Integrated computational microstructure engineering for interdisciplinary research on advanced materials and manufacturing" on Oct. 09, 2020 (Friday) at 10:00 am.

  • Dr. Poorwa Gore, IISc Bangalore delivered a talk on "Origins of the negative difference effect on magnesium" on Oct. 05, 2020 (Monday) at 04:00 pm.

  • IIM Kanpur Chapter and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur conduct Prof. N K Batra Metals and Materials Quiz every year in memory of Late Prof. N. K. Batra who was a Distinguished Professor in the field of Extractive Metallurgy at IIT Kanpur. Due to COVID, the Quiz is cancelled this year. On the occasion of Prof. N K Batra Metals and Materials Quiz, we have a tradition to invite a distinguished speaker to address the students. IIM Kanpur and Department of MSE, IIT Kanpur would like to go for the online lecture to commemorate the occasion this year. Dr S. C. Sharma, Outstanding Scientist and Associate Director (R&D), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO will deliver this year's lecture as per the following schedule:

    Speaker: Dr. S. C. Sharma, Outstanding Scientist, Associate Director, VSSC, ISRO
    Title: Indian Space Programmes and the Role of Materials
    Time: Oct. 04, 2020 (Sunday), 04:00 pm
    Link: https://iitkanpur.webex.com/iitkanpur/j.php?MTID=m969cf7a0483897d9a6a33840d812caf5

  • Dr. Rahul Sarkar, University of Warwick, UK, delivered a talk on "Interactions of Alumina and Magnesia-Carbon Refractory with FeO and Fe under Flash Ironmaking Conditions" on Sep. 30, 2020 (Wednesday), at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Shikhar Misra, an alumnus of our department (BT-MT Dual Degree, 2016), delivered a talk on "Metal-Oxide nanocomposites for tunable physical properties" on Sep. 29, 2020 (Tuesday), at 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Chandan Halder, Manager in the Department of Research and Development in Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), delivered a talk on "Development of phase transformation model using cellular automaton and its experimental Validation" on Aug. 26, 2020 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am.

  • Dr. Nitin P. Wasekar, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, (ARCI), Hyderabad, delivered a talk on "Corrosion Mechanism in Electrodeposited Coatings and MMCs:Influence of Grain size, Composition and SiC particles" on Aug. 24, 2020 (Monday), at 11:00 am.

  • Dr. Sukla Mondol, Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Warangal, delivered a talk on "Developing Coarsening Resistant High-Temperature High Strength Aluminium Alloys" on Aug. 21, 2020 (Friday), at 11:00 am.

  • Prof. Nilesh Gurao, organized a SPARC Webex Seminar on "Adding Value To Additive Manufacturing-Advanced Characterization Of The Structure-Properties-Performance Of Ti6Al4V" in collaboration with IIT Roorkee and Imperial College London. please click here for details

  • Prof. Krishanu Biswas, delivered a webinar on "High Entropy Materials: Unlimited Opportunities for Materials Development" on May 27, 2020, at 03:00 PM

  • 3rd International Workshop on "High Entropy Materials" is being organized by Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur, In association with Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter on Mar. 7-8, 2020 (read more...)

  • 9th Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series is being organized by the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (read more)
    Speaker: Dr. Amol A. Gokhale, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai
    Title: Rare Earth Permanent Magnets: Where Do We Go from Here?
    Date & Time: March 04, 2020 at 05:30pm
    Venue: Lecture Hall Complex L-16

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur organized "Research Scholar's Day - Padarth 2020" on March 01, 2020

  • Prof. Kinnor Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor University of Toronto and Visiting Associate Professor, MSE, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on "Metals to Money: How process-metallurgy adds value to this journey" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Feb. 26, 2020 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am.

  • Dr. Wayne Chen, Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operation, DTS, delivered a talk on "Why Gleeble is so popular?" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Feb. 05, 2020 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering is organizing 13th Professor E C Subbarao Lecture Series (read more...)
    Speaker: Prof. Vijay B. Shenoy, Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore
    Title: Amorphous Topological Insulators
    Date & Time: 17th January 2020, at 05:00pm
    Venue: L-2

  • Mr. Arun Dongrey, alumnus of IIT Kanpur Metallurgical engineering, delivered a talk on "Case studies in various foundries involving the basic Metallurgical and Mechanical engineering principles" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Jan. 06, 2020 (Monday), at 05:15 pm.

  • Mr. Nitin Kapoor, Technologist & Entrepreneur, delivered a talk on "Engineer's in Today's World: The More Things Change, The More They Remain Same" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Dec. 19, 2019 (Thursday), at 11:00 am.

  • Dr. Chaitanyakrishna Kamaja, IPDF, MSE, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on "Investigation of MXene and graphene for energy storage applications" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 29, 2019 (friday), at 5 pm.

  • Prof. David R Johnson, Dept. of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, delivered a talk on "Investigation of the metatectic reaction in the Fe-B system" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 28, 2019 (Thursday), at 11 am.

  • Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, delivered webinar on "3D Printing of Metals and Ceramics for Structural and Biomedical Applications" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 27, 2019 (Wednesday), at 12 pm (Noon).

  • Dr. Manoj, IPDF, MSE, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on " Zn-Al Hybrid Foam Made Through Stir Casting Technique" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 25, 2019 (Monday), at 5 pm.

  • Dr. Amitesh Kumar, IPDF, MSE, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on " Fabrication, Characterization, and Modelling of resistive switching devices for high-end applications" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 21, 2019 (Thursday), at 5 pm.

  • Dr. Nikhil Kumar, IPDF, MSE, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on " Study of Laser Welding on AISI 304 Stainless Steel" at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 20, 2019 (Wednesday), at 5 pm.

  • Dr. Ritesh Sachan, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, delivered a talk on " Materials nanofabrication via non-equilibrium laser/ion irradiations " at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 19, 2019 (Tuesday), at 5 pm.

  • Prof. J. Ramkumar, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, delivered a talk on "The role of topology optimization and numerical Simulation in building digital framework for additive manufacturing " at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Nov. 13, 2019 (Wednesday), at 5 pm.

  • QIP 5-day short term course titled "Electroceramics For Energy Applications" was held between Nov. 04-08, 2019 (Mon-Fri). The course coordinators are Dr. Tanmoy Maiti and Dr. Shobit Omar of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. (more details...)

  • Dr. Siddhartha Omar, post-doctorate research fellow at the University of Groningen, delivered a talk on "Analog spin-electronics with Graphene/hBN heterostructures " at FB421(Seminar Room) on Nov. 01, 2019 (Friday), at 4 pm.

  • Uttam Kumar Ghorai, Dept. Industrial Chemistry & Applied Chemistry, Swami Vivekananda Research Center, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, delivered a talk on "Next Generation Transition Metal Doped Phthalocyanine Nanotubes for Multifunctional Applications " at FB421 (Seminar Room) on Oct. 31, 2019 (Thursday), at 4 pm.

  • Dr. Vikram Singh, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Fluorescent Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Derived from Pyrolysis of Chickpea Peel for Bio-Imaging and Dye Removal Application" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Oct. 16, 2019 (Wednesday), at 5 pm.

  • Dr. Kanwar S. Nalwa, Intel Inc., USA, delivered a talk on "Route towards realization of higher efficiency organic solar cells by incorporation of ferroelectric diploes" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Oct. 04, 2019(Friday), 03:30 pm.

  • Dr. Joydeep Sengupta, ArcelorMittal Global R&D Hamilton (Canada), delivered a talk on "A New Mechanism of Hook Formation during Continuous Casting of Ultra-low Carbon Steel Slabs" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Oct. 01, 2019(Tuesday), 03:30 pm.

  • Dr. Sujit Das, Department of MSE, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, delivered a research talk on "Emergence of complex polar topologies in oxide heterostructures" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 28, 2019(Saturday), 09:00 am.

  • Dr. Niraj Chawake, Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austria, delivered a research talk on "Synthesis of B2 aluminides (FeAl and NiAl) using spark plasma sintering and their high temperature deformation" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 28, 2019(Saturday), 11:00 am.

  • Dr. Anshu Gaur, Assistant Professor in the Department of MSE, delivered a research talk on "Electronic Properties of Multi-Component Amorphous Semiconductors" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 24, 2019(Tuesday), 05:00 pm.

  • Dr. Sriram Goverapet Srinivasan, Scientist at the Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC), delivered a research talk on "Atomic Scale Simulations of Chemical Reactions" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 23, 2019(Monday), 03:30 pm.

  • Dr. Rajdip Mukherjee, Assistant Professor in the Department of MSE, delivered a research talk on "Phase-field Modelling of microstructure evolution during diffusive transformations" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 20, 2019(Friday), 04:00 pm.

  • Dr. Somnath Bhowmick, Assistant Professor in the Department of MSE, delivered a research talk on "Study of surfaces and interfaces using atomistic simulations" at FB421(Seminar Room) on Sep 19, 2019(Thursday), 04:00 pm.

  • TEQIP 3-day short term course titled "Pedagogical Approach Towards Teaching Materials Processing" was held on 12-14 September (Thu-Sat). The course coordinators are Dr. Anish Upadhyaya and Dr. A.P. Bajpai of Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur (for more details click here..)

  • Department of MSE and IIM Kanpur Chapter were jointly organized a talk on "New opportunities with friction stir processing of transformative high entropy alloys" by Dr. Rajiv Mishra, Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas (UNT), USA at L5 on Sep 13, 2019 (Friday), 05:15pm.

  • Five-day QIP short term course entitled "TEM and HRTEM Analysis of Materials" from September 02-06, 2019. The course coordinators are Prof. Gouthama & Dr. J. Bhagyaraj of Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur. About 30 delegates including faculty participants from academic institutions and research scholars from academia attending the course.

  • Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra, Assistant Professor from Worcester polytechnic institute, delivered a talk through skype on the topic "Microstructure and Porosity Control in Fusion-Based Direct Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes" at MSE Department, FB421 on August 28th (Wednesday), 05:30pm. (click here)

  • Mr. Ashok H Verma, entrepreneur 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing, delivered a talk on "Metal Additive Manufacturing" at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, FB421 (seminar room) on August 26th (Monday), 11:00 am.

  • Material Advantage at IIT Kanpur organized a talk on "Develop a Leader in YOU" by Dr. Kantesh Balani at 5 PM on Aug 6 in L9. (for more details click here)

  • Dr. Kadambinee Sa (IPDF IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Electrical, mechanical and thermal properties of graphene-carbon nanotubes/PMMA hybrid nanocomposite" on 01st August 2019, 3:30pm at FB421. (for more details click here)

  • Dr. Nidhi Sharma (IPDF IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Graphene/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Alumina and Silica Based Nanocomposites: Development, Characterization and Mechanical Behaviour Study" on 30th July 2019, 3:30pm at FB421. (for more details click here)

  • Dr. Sailaja Sharma (IPDF IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Effect of Thermal Cycling Process on Structure and Tensile Flow Properties of Austenitic Stainless Steel" on 29th July 2019, 3:30pm at FB421. (for more details click here)

  • Dr. Selvakumar Murugesan, Postdoctoral Fellow at Chair of Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth, Germany, delivered a talk on the title "Advanced Functional Biomaterials" in the MSE department, IIT Kanpur on July 26, 2019

  • Professor SeonHyo Kim, from Postech Korea, visited MSE department, IIT Kanpur and gave a presentation on the title "Identity of Materials Science and Engineering, and Entropy" on 24th July. (for more details click here)

  • Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Kanpur Chapter, organized a talk by Dr. Pratik K. Ray, assistant professor at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Ropar on July 23, 2019.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur organized a QIP course on "Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Corrosion" from June 22-26, 2019.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur organized a QIP Short Term "Course on Fundamentals of Materials Manufacturing Processes and their Applications" from May 6-10, 2019.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur organized "Research Scholar's Day - Padarth 2019" on April 6, 2019

  • Dr. Chaitanya Krishna Kamaja, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Nanostructured Metal Sulfides for Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell and Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting" on 04th April 2019.

  • Dr. Vikram Singh, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "One-pot Green Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots and their Multifunctional Applications" on 04th April 2019.

  • Dr. Avanendra Singh, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Study of electron-phonon interaction in inorganic perovskite thin films and their nonlinear optical characteristics" on 02nd April 2019.

  • Dr. Maneesh Kumar, (IPDF at IIT Kanpur), delivered a talk on "Electronic properties of Twisted Bilayers of blue phosphorus (β-P) and grey arsenene (β-As)" on 02nd April 2019.

  • Dr. Ranjit Kumar Ray, (former faculty of MSE IIT Kanpur and currently Visiting Professor at IIEST Shibpur), delivered a talk on "Low density and high modulus steels" on 1st April 2019.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur and Mumbai chapter conducted a conference "Microstructural Engineering 2018-19" on 30th and 31st March at IIT Kanpur.

  • Dr. K. G. Pradeep, (Assistant professor at IIT Madras), delivered a talk on "Planar defect assisted acceleration in self-healing behaviour of MAX phase materials" on 29th March 2019.

  • Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter celebrated IIM Foundation Day on March 14, 2019.

  • A two day "Internal Workshop for Staff's Skill Up-gradation" in the area of Manufacturing Processes and Metallography was conducted by Department of Materials Science and Engineering during March 8-9, 2019.

  • Eighth Annual Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series on Diamond-Metal/Alloy Sintered Composites and their properties by Prof. (Dr.) Janusz S. Konstanty from AGH-University of Science & Technology, Krakow, Poland on February 26th, 2019 at L-17 organised by MSE department IIT Kanpur

  • Dr. Nilesh Badwe, (Packaging R&D Engineer at Intel Corporation), delivered a talk on "Decoupling the Role of Stress and Corrosion in the Intergranular Cracking of AgAu Alloy" on 22nd Feb 2019.

  • An in-house workshop on Modelling of Steel Making processes on February 16th, 2019 at FB421 organised by MSE department IIT Kanpur

  • Dr. Bhagwati Prasad, (Principal Research Scientist at Western Digital, San Jose, USA), delivered a talk on "Beyond-CMOS computing devices: Spintronics and Iontronics" on 08th Jan 2019.

  • Dr. Deepoo Kumar, (Dev. Specialist at the R&D, Metals division of Praxair in Tonawanda, Buffalo), delivered a talk on "Calcium Solubility in Aluminum Killed Steel: Measurement and Implications" on 09th Jan 2019.

  • Dr. Shikhar K. Jha, (Postdoctoral research fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh), delivered a talk on "Effect of Externally Applied Fields on Materials Synthesis and Sintering" on 07th Jan 2019.

  • Seventh Samsonov Memorial Lecture 2018

  • QIP Short Term Course on "Mechanical Behavior of Materials" October 30 to November 03, 2018, Conducted by Centre for Development of Technical Education (CDTE), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

  • MSE department organized 12th Professor E C Subbarao lecture on 31st October 2018. Speaker for the lecture was Dr. A.K.Sinha, Scientific Officer- H,Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore and Associate Professor, Homi Bhabha National University, Mumbai.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering successfully conducted a QIP course on "3D and 4D Microscopy in Materials Science" Oct 1 - Oct 6, 2018. Course coordinators were Prof. Krishanu Biswas and Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh.

  • Prof. Dipak Mazumdar, Department of MSE, IIT Kanpur is organizing a short course on "Steelmaking, Refractories and Plant practices" from Aug 23-Aug 25, 2018.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur and Indian Institute of Metals (Kanpur Chapter) organized Prof. N. K. Batra Metal and Materials Quiz 2018 on Aug 12.

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering organized the 3rd International Conference on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking (STIS-2017) between 11-13 December 2017 at IIT Kanpur. For more information visit www.stis17.org

  • Research Scholar's Day 2017, Venue:L-11, Lecture Hall Complex, Date: 14th October,2017, Inauguration by Prof. I. Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur, Poster, Detailed Program, Abstracts.

  • Indian Institute of Metals (Kanpur Chapter), Department of Materials Science and Engineering and IIT Kanpur are organizing the first International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME 2017) during June 2-4, 2017 at IIT Kanpur. For more information, please visit www.iim-icme2017.org

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering organized the 54th National Metallurgist Day & 70th Annual Technical Meeting from 11-14 November 2016 at IIT Kanpur. For more information visit http://iimnmdatm2016.org/

  • Samsonov Lecture by Prof. Herbert Danninger on Feb 10th, 2016