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