Faculty

Nilesh Badwe (PhD, Arizona State University, USA) Specialization : Mechanical properties of materials, Microelectronics packaging Areas of Interest : Nanoporous metals, Electrodeposition of nanocrystalline alloys, Interconnect materials Email: nbadwe@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~nbadwe Office: Faculty Building 412 B | Phone: +91 512 679 2205 Lab 1: Western Labs 214 | Phone: +91 512 679 7934

Kantesh Balani (PhD, Florida International University, Miami, USA) Specialization : Biomaterials, Computational Modeling, CNT Reinforced Nanocomposites, Nanomechanics & Tribology Areas of Interest : Bone Implant Materials, Molecular Modeling of Interfaces, Nano-composites, Multi Length Scale Abridgment Email: kbalani@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbalani Office: Laboratory of Biomaterials | Phone: +91 512 679 6194 Lab 1: Biomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratory | Phone: +91 512 679 7920

Somnath Bhowmick (PhD, IISc. Bangalore) Specialization : Computational Materials Science Areas of Interest : Size dependent properties of nanomaterials, Ab-initiophase stability, Electronic structure calculations, Multiscale modeling Email: bsomnath@iitk.ac.in Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cmslabmseiitk/home Office: Faculty Building, 410 | Phone: +91 512 679 7161 Lab 1: Western Labs- 312A | Phone: +91 512 679 6703

Krishanu Biswas (PhD, IISc. Bangalore) Specialization : Nanomaterials, Phase Transformation, Electron microscopy, Alloy Design Areas of Interest : Alloy Nanoparticles, Multicomponent Alloys, Deformation Behavior of High Entropy Alloys Email: kbiswas@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbiswas Office: Western Labs 210 | Phone: +91 512 679 6184 Lab 1: Western Labs 210 | Phone: +91 512 679 7720

Niraj Mohan Chawake (PhD, IIT Madras) Specialization : Creep, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Solid-State Sintering Areas of Interest : High-temperature alloys, Severe plastic deformation, Alloy design, in-situ deformation, structure-property correlation Email: nchawake@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~nchawake Office: Faculty Building 417 | Phone: +91 512 679 2181 Lab 1: Western Labs 214 | Phone: +91 512 679 7934

Anshu Gaur (PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Specialization : Electronic Materials, Nano-Materials, Device Physics and Device Characterization Areas of Interest : Materials for electronic devices, carbon based nanostructures, Device physics and simulation, computational materials science Email: agaur@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~agaur Office: Faculty Building 405 | Phone: +91 512 679 7600 Lab 1: Western Labs 312 | Phone: +91 512 679 6771

Srinu Gangolu (PhD, IIT Bombay, India) Specialization : Structure-property correlation and High temperature deformation Areas of Interest : Grain refinement, Severe plastic deformation, Thermo-Mechanical Processing, Mechanical behaviour of Materials i.e. Creep and Superplasticity Email: srinu@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~srinu Office: WL306A | Phone: +91 512 679 2317 Lab 1: Deformation Processing Laboratory (Old MSE Workshop 101) | Phone: +91 512 679 6129

Nilesh Prakash Gurao (PhD, IISc. Bangalore) Specialization : Crystallographic Texture, Thermomechanical Processing and Mechanical Behaviour of Materials Areas of Interest : Length and time scale effects in plasticity, in-situ deformation studies, Micro-Laue diffraction using synchrotron, crystal plasticity simulations Email: npgurao@iitk.ac.in Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~npgurao/ Office: Western Labs 204A | Phone: +91 512 679 6688 Lab 1: Western Labs 209 A | Phone: +91 512 679 7757

Sarang Ingole (PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA) Specialization : Semiconductor materials, Micro and Nano-fabrication, Electrical Characterization of Materials Areas of Interest : Materials for photovoltaic applications and energy storage, Self and directed assembly of nanomaterials, Electrochemical synthesis and deposition of materials Email: sarang@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sarang Office: Western Labs 210B | Phone: +91 512 679 7089 Lab 1: Western Labs 204 | Phone: +91 512 679 7974

Shikhar Krishn Jha (Ph.D, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) Specialization: Advance material processing under externally applied fields and its effect on electrical, optical, and chemical properties of the materials Areas of Interest : Thermodynamics of phase transformations, Structure of material, Interfaces, and Solid state physics Email: skjha@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~skjha Office: WL-303D | Phone: +91 512 679 2094 Lab 1: CeramicWorks Laboratory (Western Lab 303 C) | Phone: +91 512 679

Monica Katiyar (PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Specialization : Opto-Electronic Materials and Devices Areas of Interest : Electronic Materials and Devices, Organic Electronics, Thin Film Transistors, Memory Devices, Solid State Lighting, Sensors, Printable Electronics, Spintronic Materials Email: mk@iitk.ac.in Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~mk/ Office: Western Labs 113B | Phone: +91 512 679 7941 Lab 1: Western Labs 105 | Phone: +91 512 679 7935 Lab 2: Western Labs 204E | Phone: +91 512 679 7915

Heena Khanchandani (PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research, Dusseldorf, Germany) Specialization : Physical Metallurgy, Advanced high strength steels Areas of Interest : Hydrogen embrittlement, Mechanical behavior of materials, Atom probe tomography, correlative microscopy Email: heenak@iitk.ac.in Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~heenak/ Office: Old SAC building, 107 | Phone: +91 512 679 2610 Lab 1: Mezzanine floor (Workshop 06) | Phone: +91 512 679

Kaustubh Kulkarni (PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA) Specialization : Multicomponent Diffusion, Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy Areas of Interest : Diffusional & Thermodynamic Interaction in Multi Component Systems & their Applications for Alloy Design, Light Weight Alloys for Automobile & Aerospace Applications, Joining of Dissimilar Metals Email: kkaustub@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kkaustub/ Office: Western Labs-302A | Phone: +91 512 679 6102 Lab 1: Western Labs-209A | Phone: +91 512 679 6060

Tanmoy Maiti (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, USA) Specialization : Electronic Materials & Devices Nanophotonics Areas of Interest : Clean Energy, Thermoelectrics, Perovskite Solar Cell, Plasmonics, Oxide Electronics, Pyroelectronics, Ferroelectrics, Semiconductors, Memory Devices Email: tmaiti@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~tmaiti/ Office: Western Labs 302B | Phone: +91 512 679 6599 / 6994 Lab 1: Western Labs 204A | Phone: +91 512 679 6802

Arunabh Meshram (PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India) Specialization : Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy Areas of Interest : Recovery of valuable products, Industrial Waste Management, Electronic waste recycling Email: arunabhm@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~arunabhm Office: Faculty Building 409 | Phone: +91 512 679 2268 Lab 1: Materials Recycling Laboratory: Western Labs 101 | Phone: +91 512 679

Shikhar Misra (PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA) Specialization : Functional thin films, epitaxy, ceramic nanocomposites, optical metamaterials Areas of Interest : Ceramic Nanocomposite Designs, Processing and Characterizations for Microelectronics, Optics, and Energy applications, Machine learning for Materials Database Mining and Structural Refinin Email: shikharm@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shikharm Office: Faculty Building 411 | Phone: +91 512 679 2257 Lab 1: NA | Phone: +91 512 679

Kallol Mondal (PhD, IIT Kharagpur) Specialization : Physical Metallurgy, Glassy Alloys Areas of Interest : Glassy Alloys, Nanocrystalline Alloys, Coating Email: kallol@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kallol/ Office: Western Labs 113A | Phone: +91 512 679 6156 Lab 1: Western Labs 205 | Phone: +91 512 679 7648

Rajdip Mukherjee (PhD, I.I.Sc. Bangalore) Specialization : Microstructure Modelling and Simulation Areas of Interest : Phase-field Modelling, Multiscale Modelling, Phase Transformations Email: rajdipm@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~rajdipm Office: Faculty Building 407 | Phone: +91 512 679 6449 Lab 1: Western Labs-312B | Phone: +91 512 679 6903

Shobit Omar (PhD, University of Florida) Specialization : Ionic Conductors, Ceramic Processing, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Thermal Barrier Coatings Areas of Interest : Electroceramics, Oxide and Protonic Ceramic Conductors, Structural Ceramics Email: somar@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~somar Office: ACMS 203E | Phone: +91 512 679 7427 Lab 1: Western Labs 109 | Phone: +91 512 679 6750 Lab 2: | Phone: +91 512 679 6752

Sandeep Sangal (PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada) Specialization : Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy Areas of Interest : Structure-Property Correlations, Microstructural Characterization, Stereology, Image Processing, Development of Web-Based Educational Aids Email: sangals@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sangals Office: Western Lab Extension 114 | Phone: +91 512 679 7167 Lab 1: Western Lab Extension 116 | Phone: +91 512 679 7975

Rahul Sarkar (PhD, Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Utah, USA) Specialization : Process Metallurgy, Iron and Steelmaking, Process Modelling Areas of Interest : H2-based Sustainable Ironmaking, Mould Fluxes in Continuous Catsing of Steel, Refractory Interactions, Oxygen Steelmaking Email: rsarkar@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~rsarkar Office: Faculty Building FB-403 | Phone: +91 512 679 2242 Lab 1: Western Lab 101C | Phone: +91 512 679 7977

Shashank Shekhar (PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA) Specialization : Severe Plastic Deformation Grain Boundaries, Triple Junctions Areas of Interest : Thermomechanical Processing, Grain Boundary Engineering, Machining, Surface Engineering Email: shashank@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shashank Office: Western Labs-304 A | Phone: +91 512 679 6528 Lab 1: Western Labs-104 D | Phone: +91 512 679 7278 Lab 2: Western Labs-304 B | Phone: +91 512 679 6479

Amarendra Kumar Singh (PhD, IIT Kanpur) Specialization : Process Modelling & Simulations Areas of Interest : Steel Refining and Casting, Extractive Metallurgy, Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, Solidification Processing, Sustainable Manufacturing Email: amarendra@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~amarendra Office: Western Labs-101 | Phone: +91 512 679 6810 Lab 1: Western Labs-101 C | Phone: +91 512 679 6277

Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh (PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA) Specialization : 3D/4D Materials Science, Mechanical Metallurgy Areas of Interest : Nanoindentation, Micro-mechanical testing, Lightweight alloys, Deformation behavior of alloys, Laser processing of materials Email: sudhanss@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sudhanss Office: Western Labs-303 A | Phone: +91 512 679 6908 Lab 1: Western Labs-303 B | Phone: +91 512 679 6480

Soumya Sridar (PhD, IIT Madras) Specialization : Computational materials thermodynamics and kinetics, Materials design and process optimization Areas of Interest : CALPHAD database development for phase diagrams and thermophysical properties, Thermodynamic property prediction using ab initio techniques, CALPHAD-based ICME framework with key experiments for alloy and post-processing design for additive manufacturing. Email: ssridar@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ssridar Office: ESB-3 510 | Phone: +91 512 679 6796 Lab 1: BPCL #3 | Phone: +91 512 679 6772

Shivam Tripathi (PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA) Specialization : Atomistic Simulations, Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy Areas of Interest : Shape memory alloys, High entropy alloys, Thermal transport, Optical Materials, Catalysis Email: shivamt@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shivamt Office: Faculty Building 412 A | Phone: +91 512 679 2426 Lab 1: N.A | Phone: +91 512 679

Anish Upadhyaya (PhD, Penn State, USA) Specialization : Powder Metallurgy, Sintering of Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Alloys & Composites Areas of Interest : Materials Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Sintered Particulate Alloys & Composites, Microwave Processing Email: anishu@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~anishu Office: Faculty Building 419 | Phone: +91 512 679 7672 Lab 1: Western Labs 208 | Phone: +91 512 679 7342

Vivek Verma (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, USA) Specialization : Biomaterials, Biodegradable Polymers Areas of Interest : Protein Patterning, Wound Dressing Material , Drug Delivery, biodegradable Plastics, Water Remediation Email: vverma@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vverma Office: Faculty Building 418 | Phone: +91 512 679 6527 Lab 1: Western Labs-206 | Phone: +91 512 679 6949 Lab 2: CESE-201 | Phone: +91 512 679 6261

Raghupathy Yuvaraj (PhD, IISc Bengaluru, India) Specialization : Microbially Induced Corrosion, Corrosion Engineering, Nanomaterials and Surface Coatings, Material-Microbe Interactions Areas of Interest : Structure-electrochemical property relationships in metastable and nanocrystalline materials, development of materials for extreme corrosive environments, coatings for corrosion control, material-microbe interactions leading to bio-fouling and microbially induced corrosion, and biohydrometallurgy for recycling industrial wastes Email: raghu@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~raghu Office: WL306B | Phone: +91 512 679 2316 Lab: Nano Surface Modification and Corrosion Laboratory (Old MSE Workshop) | Phone:+91 512 679 6228

Professor Emeritus

Dipak Mazumdar (PhD, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) Specialization : Steelmaking, Modeling Areas of Interest : Process Metallurgy Email: dipak@iitk.ac.in Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~dipak Office: Western Labs 101 | Phone: +91 512 679 7328 Lab 1: Western Labs 101A | Phone: +91 512 679 7977