Faculty

Texture control in metals and alloys

Powder Metallurgy, Hot Isostatic Pressing

Functional Ceramics, Nanomaterials, Powder Metallurgy, Magnetic Materials, Chemical Mechanical Planarization

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

Mechanical behavior at all length scales, Nanostructured materials, High-entropy alloys, Friction stir welding/processing, Next generation superalloys, Advanced high strength steels, Additive manufacturing

Surface engineering for improving the corrosion and wear resistance of implant materials.

Mechanical behavior of bulk materials, thin films and thermal spray coatings, Mathematical modeling of physical systems and metallurgical phenomena, Nanoindentation testing, Small scale mechanical testing methodology development

Smart Materials and Thermoelectric materials (Thin Films ) for Energy applications, Functional Materials and Nanocomposites (Graphene and graphene-like 2D nanomaterials i.e Mxenes ), Wearable and flexible smart systems, sensors and electronic devices, MEMS, Micro/Nanofabrication, Biomedical devices ( Glucose sensor etc. )

Low-dimensional carbon materials, Nano lubrication, Field emission, Thermal interface materials, Phase change materials, Critical minerals, Polymer composites, Nano Science & Technology, Porous carbon, Graphite foam, Additive manufacturing, Electrochemical energy storage

Electrometallurgy, Extractive Metallurgy, Electrodeposition, Corrosion and Tribology, Surface Engineering

Structure process correlation in nano-structured PVD thin films

Computational Materials Thermodynamics, Calphad, Thermodynamic assessment, Alloy design, High-entropy alloys

Electroactive biomaterials for Tissue Regenerative application, Nanomaterials for therapeutic applications, Bioceramics and composites, Bioimaging, Thermal barrier coating

Welding and joining of advanced and dissimilar materials, Solid-state / low heat-input joining technologies, Microstructure–property–corrosion relationships in weld zones of structural/defence materials, Applications in aerospace and defence sectors (fabrication of critical components), Advanced manufacturing integration.

Fatigue and fracture mechanics of defence/aerospace structural materials, Development and evaluation of advanced materials for military & aerospace applications, Indo-French and international collaborative research programmes on advanced materials for aero-engines, Creation and deployment of application-software codes for testing analysis , Corrosion-mechanical performance interplay in structural materials under service and hostile environments, Real-time condition monitoring, non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring of critical defence systems.

Materials characterization, Study of microstructure–property relationships in advanced materials, Scanning Electron Microscopy and EBSD, Thermomechanical processing of refractory multicomponent alloys, Nanoindentation and small-scale mechanical testing, Characterization and study of coatings for tribological applications