VJ CV

2002-Present

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

1996-2002

Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

1990-1996

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

1987-1989

Assistant Research Engineer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Research in the fields of Rapid solidification of Ceramics, Fabrication of Ceramic Composites, Fracture of Interfaces

1984-1986

Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Research in the field of Ceramic metal adhesion, Fracture Toughness of Interfaces, Phase transformations and precipitations in Alumina

1978-1984

Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University
Ph.D Dissertation on "Crack Initiation and Deformation in WC-Co"
Teaching of Laboratory Courses and Problem Sessions on the Application of Crystallography and Diffraction in Materials Science

	Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Engineering, Indian Institute of Science - 2006
	Fellow, Indian Academy of Engineering - 2005
	Fellow, National Academy of Sciences - 2004
	Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences - 2003
	National Metallurgist Day Award, Indian Institute of Metals - 2000
	Materials Research Society of India Medal Lecture - 1997
	Presidential Scholar, Electron Microscopy Society of America - 1983
	Commonwealth Scholarship to study for the Advanced Level in the UK - 1972

	Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
	Chairman, Placement Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
	Associate Faculty, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
	Faculty Advisor, TMS Student Chapter [1995-1999]
	Editorial Board - Bulletin of Materials Science - Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society
	Member, Material Science Committee - Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences [1995-1997] - Aeronautical R & D Board [2004-Present] - Department of Science and Technology [2004-Present]
	Member - American Ceramic Society - Materials Research Society of India - Indian Institute of Metals

	A Process for Producing Wear Resistant Ceramics No.860/Mas/94, Inventors: V. Jayaram, R. Manna, M. G. Kshetrapal and S. K. Biswas
	A Method of Making Aluminum Matrix Composites by Pressureless infiltration of Liquid Metal No.2359/Mas/97, Inventors: B. Srinivasa Rao and V. Jayaram
	A Method of Making Al rich and AlN rich Matrix Composites by Pressureless infiltration of molten Aluminum Alloys using an Exteranl Getter No.365/Mas/2000, Inventors: B. Srinivasa Rao and V. Jayaram