Potential Research Topics for July Admissions


Prof. Ranjith Ramadurai

  • Nitride Ferroelectric Tunnel junctions
  • Functionally graded high temperature Pyroelectrics

Dr. Amit Barnwal

  • Rare earth recovery from secondary sources
  • Sustainable Direct recycling of waste Lithium phosphate battery

Dr. Suresh Perumal

  • Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Power Generation
  • Rare-earth free Heusler alloys for Magnetic Refrigeration

Prof. Atul Suresh Deshpande

  • Development of High-performance supercapacitors
  • Development of high entropy oxide based high strength fibers for Aerospace applications

Prof. Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee

  • Understanding Mechanical Behavior of High Entropy Alloys using Experimentation and Crystal Plasticity Modelling
  • Development of High Entropy Intermetallic Phases for High Temperature Applications

Dr. Chandrasekhar Murapaka

  • Growth of topological insulators for spintronic device applications
  • Skyrmions in rare-earth transition metal ferrimagnetic alloys and multilayers

Prof. Mudrika Khandelwal

  • Semiconducting polymer based devices
  • Multifunctional nanofibrous beads

Dr. Subhradeep Chatterjee

  • Microstructural evolution in metallic thin films
  • Process-microstructure-property relations in structural metallic materials

Dr. Rama Srinivas Varanasi

  • Development of sensors for hydrogen detection (with Dr. Shourya Dutta Gupta)
  • Defect segregation engineering in advanced thermoelectric materials (with Dr. Suresh Perumal)

Dr. Hemam Rachna Devi

  • Advanced Catalyst Design & Materials Innovation, Electro- and Photoelectrocatalysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Prof. Bharat Panigrahi

  • Application of AI/ANN in design of steels and processes for powder metallurgy (P/M) based automotive components
  • Development of Rare-earth added, multicomponent alloys based Magnets through P/M route, for EVs and other applications

Dr. Ashok Kamaraj

  • Sustainable metal extraction & recycling (Green steelmaking/e-waste (PCB, LiB, permanent magnet) recycling/molten Si refining/molten oxide electrolysis/RE extraction)
  • Physical modeling & simulation of metallurgical processes

Prof. Suhash Ranjan Dey

  • Aerospace Composite Making-Ceramic Matrix and Carbon Fiber Reinforce
  • Green Steel via Electrochemical Ironmaking

Dr. Suresh Kumar Garlapati

  • Semiconductor Materials and Devices

Dr. Anuj Goyal

  • Computational Modeling of Complex Concentrated Alloys using Machine learning Interatomic Potentials
  • Developing Neurosymbolic framework for Interatomic Potentials

Prof. Saswata Bhattacharya

  • Computational multiscale modeling of metals and alloys
  • Computational materials design for functional (microelectronics, quantum technologies) and structural (superalloys) applications

Dr. Mayur Vaidya

  • Oxidation behaviour of additively manufactured alloys
  • Phase transformations in nanocrystalline high entropy alloys