Faculty
Full-time, Chair & VisitingProfessors
Dibakar Das, Ph.D. (IIT Bombay) (Dean)
Research Interests: Functional Ceramics, Nanomaterials, Powder Metallurgy, Magnetic Materials, Chemical Mechanical Planarization
Jai Prakash Gautam , Ph.D. – (TU-Delft, the Netherlands)
Research Interests: Texture control in metals and alloys
Vadali V. S. S. Srikanth, Dr.-Ing. (Universität Siegen, Germany)
Research Interests: Nano Science and Technology, Surface and Interface Engineering, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Thin Films and Nano Materials, Non-Destructive Testing, Modeling and Simulation, Synthesis of Diamond, Si-C-B-N, and Nanocarbon Material Systems
Koteswararao V. Rajulapati Ph.D. (North Carolina State University, USA)
Research Interests: Mechanical behavior at all length scales, Nanostructured materials, High-entropy alloys, Friction stir welding/processing, Next generation superalloys, Advanced high strength steels, Additive manufacturing
Associate Professors
Raj Kishora Dash, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Research Interests: Smart Materials, Carbon based Hybrid & Nanocomposite, Functional Materials, 1D, 2D Nanostructure, Structure-properties correlation at micro and nanoscale, Nanostructured Thermoelectric materials, Advanced Processing of Nanostructured Materials, Advanced Materials,Advanced Characterization of Materials at Nano/Micro Scale, MEMS, NEMS, Sensors, Bio-MEMS, Microfluidic devices and Nano/Micro fabrication.
Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Ph.D. (Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India)
Research Interests: Surface engineering for improving the corrosion and wear resistance of implant materials.
Assistant Professors
Venkata Girish Kotnur, Ph.D. (TU-Delft, the Netherlands)
Research Interests: Structure process correlation in nano-structured PVD thin films
K. Guruvidyathri, Ph.D. (IIT Madras and NTHU Taiwan)
Research Interests: Computational Materials Thermodynamics, Calphad, Thermodynamic assessment, Alloy design, High-entropy alloys
Pratt and Whitney Chair Professor
Prof. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao, Ph.D. (University of Madras)
Research Interests: Mechanical Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Welding Science and Technology and Powder Metallurgy
Visiting Professor
M Durga Prasad, Ph.D. (IACS, Calcutta University), School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad
Research Interests: Many-Body Theory, Coupled Cluster Method