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U.
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Upadrasta Ramamurty
Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Ph.D (1994)
Brown
University.
M.E. (1991) Indian
Institute of Science.
B.E.
(1989) Andhra University.
Resume
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Staff
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Personnel
Assistant
Mrs. M. Kavitha
email:
kavitha_m@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
Postdocs
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Dr.
M.S.R.N.
Kiran
Year:
July 2009 onwards
Research Topic: Nanoindentation
studies on ferromagnetic shape memory alloys and organic crystals.
Ph.D.
:
University of Hyderabad
B.Sc. & M.Sc. : Andhra
University,
Visakhapatnam
email:
mkiran@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
Current
students
PhD
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Govind
(Jointly with Dr. Sivakumar of VSSC)
Year: August 2006 onwards
Thesis topic: Mechanical properties of some advanced Mg alloys
Present position: Group Head, Light Alloy Divison, VSSC Trivandrum. |
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Vyasa V.
Shastry
Year:
Janurary 2007 onwards
Thesis topic: Mechanical behavior of shape memory alloys.
B.Tech : NIT Surathkal
(2002-2006)
email:
vyasa@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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Soumya S Bhat
(Jointly
with Prof. Umesh Waghmare of JNCASR)
Year: August
2008 onwards
Thesis topic: DFT calculations of stacking fault energies in
Nanocystalline metals.
B.Sc (2005): Physics, MGM
College, Udipi
M.Sc (2007): Material Science,
Mangalore University
email:
soumya@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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R.Lakshminarayan
Year: August
2008 onwards
Thesis topic: Deformation and fracture studies in Bulk Metallic Glasses.
B.Tech. (2008): NIT Nagpur
email:
narayan@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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Gaurav Singh
Year: January
2009 onwards
Thesis topic: Hydrogen embrittlement of cast Ti-B alloys.
B.Tech. (2008): NIFFT Ranchi
email:
gaurav@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
M.E
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Zita Maria J Zachariah
Year: January 2011 onwards.
B.Tech. (2009) : Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara
College of Engineering, TN.
Thesis topic: Effect of triaxial state of stress on
deformation processing of magnesium alloys.
email:
zitamaria@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
Alumni
Visiting
Students
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Obodo Kingsley
Period of Visit: August 2009-May 2010.
B.Tech. - Physics and Electronics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
Nigeria.
M.Tech. - Materials Science, University of Science and
Technology, Abuja, Nigeria.
Research Area: Mechanical behavior of materials under compression at
high temperature.
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Amankwah Emmanuel
Period
of Visit: August 2009-May 2010.
B.Tech.
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &
Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
M.Sc - African University of Science & Technology, Abuja, Nigeria.
Research Area: Fatigue
crack
growth and fracture toughness of Super 304H austenitic Steels.
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Visiting
Scientist
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Dr. Kenneth Kanayo Alaneme
Lecturer-
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engg., Federal University
of Technology,
Nigeria.
Period of Visit : April-September 2009
B.Engg & M.Engg : Federal University of
Technology, Nigeria
Ph.D. : Federal
University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria (2003-08).
Research Area: Influence of
Cu nano precipitate on the fracture toughness and near threshold fatigue
crack
growth behavior of Super 304H austenitic steels.
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Dr.Vincent
Keryvin
Professor, Applied Mechanics
Lab, University of Rennes, Larmaur, France.
Period of Visit : January-March 2008
Research Interest : Deformation and
fracture mechanism of inorganic glasses, modelling of
plastic
deformation
of glass during Indentation.
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PhD
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K. Eswar
Prasad
Year: January
2008-May 2011
Thesis topic: Studies on plasticity during indentation.
B.Tech. : NIT Warangal
(1998-2002)
M.E :
IISc Bangalore (2002-2004)
Present position: Post doc
at Department of Mechanical engineering, John Hopkins University,
Baltimore, USA.
email:
eswar@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in
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Parag
U.
Tandaiya
(Jointly with Prof. R.
Narasimhan, Dept. of Mechanical Engg, IISc)
Ph.D. :
Department
of Mechanical engineering, IISc Bangalore.(2006-Aug 2009)
Thesis topic: Finite element simulation studies of fracture
in bulk
metallic glasses.
B.E : Nagpur Univerity
M.E : IISc Bangalore (2004-2006)
Present position:
Post doc at IHPC, Singapore.
email:
paragt@mecheng.iisc.ernet.in |
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Indrani Sen
Year:
Aug
2005-April
2010
Thesis topic: Mechanical properties of B-modified Ti alloys.
M. Tech.: IIT Kharagpur (2003-2005)
Ph.D.
:
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
(Aug 2005-March2010)
Present position: Post
doc at Department of Materials,
Chemnitz Technical University, Germany.
email:
indrani@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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P. Murali
Year:
2002-2007
Thesis topic: Multi-scale
approaches for understanding of deformation
and fracture mechanisms in
amorphous alloys.
M.
Tech.: IIT Madras
(2000-2002)
Present position: Post doc at
IHPC, Singapore. |
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Aditi Datta
Year:
2002-2007
Thesis topic: First principles
calculations of structure and stacking
fault energies of some metallic
systems.
M.
Tech : IIT Kanpur
(2000-2002)
Present position: Post doc at
University of Pittsburgh, USA
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Rejin Raghavan
Year:
2003-2008
Thesis topic: Effect of free-volume on the fracture and facigue of
amorphous alloys.
B. Tech : NIT Rourkela
(1997-2001)
M.Sc Engg : IISc Bangalore
(2001-2003)
Present position: Post doc at EMPA, Switzerland. |
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K.
Gopinath
(Jointly
with Dr. S.
Kamath
and Dr. A. Gogia of DMRL)
Year: August 2004-2009
Thesis topic: High temperature fatigue
crack growth
in a low
interstitial high strength
Ni-Based Superalloy
Present position: Scientist 'F' at DMRL |
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V.D. Divya
(Jointly with Prof. Aloke
Paul)
Year:
Januray
2007- July 2011.
Thesis topic: Combinotorial
materials synthesis and mechanical property characterization of SMAs
B.Sc (2002): D.V.S. College
of Arts
and Science, Shimoga
M.Sc (2004): Physics,
Mangalore
University
email:
divya@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
MSc
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S. Jana
Year: 2000-2002
Thesis topic: Subsurface deformation during indentation of Bulk
Metallic Glasses.
Ph.D. : University of Missouri-Rolla, USA |
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N. Suresh
Year: 2002-2004
Thesis topic: Mechanical behavior of Cu-Al-Ni single crystal SMAs.
Present position: Pursuing Ph.D at TU-Delft University, Netherlands. |
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R. Bhowmick
Year:
2002-2004
Thesis topic: Zr-based BMG:
A study of processing, welding and
subsurface deformation mechanisms.
Present position: Pursuing
Ph.D at Standford University, USA. |
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Sandip Kamble
Year: 2003-2005
Thesis topic: Indentation of piezoelectric solids: Experiments and
Simulations.
Present position: Working in GE, Bangalore. |
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Azim Mohammed
Year: 2004-2006
Thesis topic: Mechanical behavior of Ultralight materials.
Present position: Pursuing Ph.D at Imperial College, London, UK.
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ME
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Abir Bhattacharyya
Year: August 2009-June 2011.
B.Tech (2009): Jadavpur University
Thesis topic: Indentation behavior of copper.
Present
Position: Pursuing Ph.D from University of Florida, USA
email:
abir@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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Prince Shaival Singh
Year: August 2009-June 2011.
B.Tech (2009): HBTI Kanpur
Thesis
topic: Mechanical properties of BMG composites.
Present
Position: Working for TATA Telcon, Jamshedpur, India.
email:
prince_hbti@yahoo.co.in |
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N. Ravi Kumar
Year: 2000-2002
Thesis topic: Mechanical behavior of Mg-SiC composites.
Present position: Working for Carborundum Universal Ltd, Chennai |
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P. Sudheer Kumar
Year: 2000-2002
Thesis topic: Impact resistance of Al foams.
Present position: Working for software company in Hyderabad. |
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S. Galgalikar
Year: 2000-2002
Thesis topic: Effect of Ag on mechanical properties of AZ91.
Present position: |
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Neeraj Nayan
Year: 2001-2003
Thesis topic: Mechanical fatigue in Ni-Ti SMAs.
Present position: Scientist 'E' at VSSC, Trivendram. |
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M.C. Kumaran
Year:
2001-2003
Thesis topic: Energy absorption
characteristics of Al foam during
conical indentation.
Present position: Pursuing Ph.D at
University of Florida, USA. |
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G. Srikant
Thesis topic:
Characteistic strain underneath a sharp indenter.
M.E: Department
of Materials, IISc Bangalore. (2002-2004)
Ph.D. : NCSU,
USA
Present
position: Post doc at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT USA.
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Sushil Kumar Giri
Year: 2002-2004
Thesis topic: Fatigue in a Ni-Ti SMA.
Present position: Working in TATA Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur. |
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Lav Masheswari
Year: 2003-2005
Thesis topic: Micromechanisms of deformation and fracture in Ti-B
alloys.
Present position: Working for a company in Netherlands. |
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Debadutta Roy
Year: 2004-2006
Thesis topic: Fatigure in Ni-Ti SMA wires.
Present position: Pursuing Ph.D at CMU, USA. |
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K.V.V. Ramana murthy
Year: 2004-2006
Thesis topic: Fatigue of metal foams.
Present position: Pursuing Ph.D at Eindoven university, Netherlands. |
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Kaushik Das
Year:
2005-2007
Thesis topic: Mechanical
properties of nanowire-reinforced polymer
matrix composites.
Present position: Pursuing
Ph.D at McGill University, Canada.
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go to kaushik's home page |
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T. Ramprabhu
Year: 2006-2008
Thesis topic: Processing and mechanical properties of P/M processed
steels..
Present position: Working for Cemilac.
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K.
Boopathy
Year: 2007-2009
B.Tech. : PSG Tech coimbatore.
M.E. : Department of Materials, IISc Bangalore.
Thesis topic : Effect of Ion implantation on the mechanical behavior
BMGs.
Present
position : Pursuing Ph.D at North Carolina State University, USA.
email : boopak@gmail.com |
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Ashwin Jayaraman
Year: August 2008- July 2011.
Thesis topic: Indentation behavior of NiMnGa shape memory alloy .
B.Tech. : Metallurgical & Materials engineering , VNIT Nagpur.
M.E.
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Department of Materials, IISc Bangalore.
Present
position : Pursuing Ph.D at Harvard University, USA.
email:
ashwin@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in |
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