T.A.Abinandanan Professor	Aloke Paul Assistant Professor	Ashok M. Raichur Professor	K.Chattopadhyay Professor
A.H.Chokshi Professor	Govind S.Gupta Professor	V.Jayaram (Chairman)Professor	S.Karthikeyan Assistant Professor
Praveen C.R Assistant Professor	Rajeev Ranjan Assistant Professor	U.Ramamurty Associate Professor	Satyam Suwas Assistant Professor
Subodh Kumar Professor	S.Subramanian Professor	M.K.Surappa Professor
K.T.Jacob Honorary Professor	Kishore UGC Emeritus Fellow	K.A.Natarajan Honorary Professor	S.Ranganathan Honorary Professor
G.S.Avadhani Principal Research Scientist	V.Babu Technical Officer	R.J.Deshpande Scientific Officer	B.V.Narayana Principal Research Scientist
P.Padaikathan Scientific Officer	R.Ravi Principal Research Scientist	S.Sasidhara (Technical Consultant)	S.Shashidhara Pandit Scientific Officer

K. Chattopadhyay FASc, FNASc, FNAE, FNA, FIIM Professor Tatachem Chair +91-80-23601991/22932262 kamanio_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1978), Banaras Hindu Univ. M.E. (1973), Banaras Hindu Univ. B.E. (1971), Univ. of Burdhwan Personal Home Page	Awards: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award; National Metallurgists Day Award from Govt. of India; MRSI Medal, G.D. Birla Gold Medal, J.C. Bose National Fellow, Alumni award of excellence in research in engineering Research Interests: Non-equilibrium processing of materials, Synthesis and phase transformation behavior of nanocomposites, Joining of dissimilar metals, Quasi crystals Selected Recent Publications: S. Chatterjee, T.A. Abinandanan, K. Chattopadhyay ,Phase formation in Ti/Ni dissimilar welds, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 490 (2008) 7-15. Sangita Bose, Victoria Bhattacharya, K. Chattopadhyay, Pushan Ayyub, Proximity effect controlled superconducting behavior of novel biphasic Pb-Sn nanoparticles embedded in an Al matrix, Acta Materialia, 56 (2008) 4522-4528. K.Biswas and K. Chattopadhyay , Formation of omega-Al7Cu2Fe phase during laser processing of quasicrystal-forming Al-Cu-Fe alloy, Philosophical Magazine letters 88(2008) 219-230. Total Publications: 250 Teaching: Solidification processing
T.A. Abinandanan Professor +91-80-22932676 abinand_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1991), Carnegie Mellon, USA B.Tech. (1985), BHU Personal Home Page	Award: Young Metallurgist of the Year Award from Indian Institute of Metals Research Interests: Phase transformations, Microstructural evolution, Computational modelling Selected Recent Publications: F. Haider, R. Kozubski and T.A. Abinandanan, Simulation techniques, Chapter 12 in Alloy Physics edited by W. Pfeiler (John Wiley 2007). M.P. Gururajan and T.A. Abinandanan, Phase field study of precipitate rafting nderr a uniaxial stress, Acta Materialia, 55, 5015 (2007). Subhradeep Chatterjee, T. A. Abinandanan and K. Chattopadhyay, Phase-Field Simulation of Fusion Interface Events during Solidification of Dissimilar Welds: Effect of Composition Inhomogeneity, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 39 A, 1638 (2008) Total Publications: 47 Teaching: Phase transformations, Thermodynamics
Aloke Paul Assistant Professor +91-80-22933242 aloke_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2004), Eindhoven Univ. Tech., Netherland M.E. (1998), IISc, Bangalore B.Tech (1996), NIT, Durgapur Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Electronic Packaging, Diffusion in Solid State, Thin film interactions Selected Recent Publications: A.A. Kodentsov, A. Paul , M.J.H. van Dal , C. Cserhati , A.M. Gusak and F.J.J. van Loo, On the Spatial Stability and Bifurcation of the Kirkendall Plane during Solid-State Interdiffusion, Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, 33 (2008) 210. S. Prasad and A. Paul, Theoretical consideration on the formation of nanotube following the Kirkendall effect, Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007) 233114. C. Ghosh and A. Paul, A physico-chemical approach in binary solid-state interdiffusion, Acta Materialia, 55 (2007) 1927. Total Publications: 26 Teaching: Diffusion in solids
Ashok M. Raichur Professor +91-80-22933238 amr_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1995), Univ. of Nevada, USA M.S. (1992), Univ. of Kentucky, USA B.E. (1990), MREC, Jaipur Personal Home Page	Awards: Metallurgist of the Year Award, Ministry of Steel; Biotech Process Development Award, Dept. of Biotechnology; Humboldt Research Fellowship; Satish Dhawan Young Engineers Award; MRSI Medal Research Interests: Polyelectrolyte thin films and capsules for drug delivery and biosensors; Surface and colloid chemistry in nanoparticle processing. Selected Recent Publications: M. Biswas and A. M. Raichur, Electrokinetic and rheological properties of nano zirconia in the presence of rhamnolipid biosurfactant, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 (2008) 3197-3201. S. S. Tripathy and A. M. Raichur, Enhanced adsorption capacity of activated alumina by impregnation with alum for removal of As(V) from water, Chemical Engineering Journal, 138 (2008) 179-186. A. Tripathi, N. Chandrasekaran, A. M. Raichur, A. Mukherjee, Antibacterial applications of silver nanoparticles synthesized by aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 4(2008), 1-6. Total Publications: 70 Teaching: Biomaterial processing, Advanced surface chemistry.
Atul H. Chokshi Professor FASc, FNASc, FNA, FNAE +91-80-22932684 achokshi_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1984 ), USC, USA M.S. (1981), USC, USA B.Tech. (1980), IIT, Madras Personal Home Page	Awards: Swarnajayanti Presidential Young Investigator Award; MRSI Medal; Metallurgist of the Year Award (Ministry of Steel & Mines); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM); Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras Research Interests: High temperature deformation and fracture of metals, ceramics, composites and nanocrystalline materials, Processing of nanomaterials, ceramics and composites, Creep and superplasticity Selected Recent Publications: S. Swaroop, M. Kilo, C. Argirusis, G. Borchardt and A.H. Chokshi, Analysis of Lattice and Grain Boundary Cation Diffusion in 3YTZ using SIMS, Acta Materialia, 53 (2005) 4975-4985. R.S. Kottada and A.H. Chokshi, Low Temperature Compressive Creep in Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Nickel, Scripta Materialia, 53 (2005) 887-892. A.H. Chokshi, Triple Junction Limited Grain Growth in Nanocrystals, Scripta Materialia, 59 (2008) 726-729. Total Publications: 135 Teaching: Deformation and Failure Mechanisms at Elevated Temperatures, Materials Design and Selection, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials.
G.S. Avadhani Principal Research Scientist +91-80-22933246 gsa_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D.(2002), IISc M.Sc.(Engg) (1997), IISc M.Phil. (1983), Nagpur University M.Sc. (1981), Nagpur University B.Sc. (1979), Poona University Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Processing Science, Electron Microscopy, Electronics Selected Recent Publications: G.S. Avadhani, Optimization of process parameters for the manufacturing of rocket casings: A study using processing maps, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 12 (6), (2003) 609-622 G.S.Avadhani, Dynamic materials modeling technique for optimization of warm workability of Armco iron and binary iron alloys, Proc. Third International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Materials Technologies (MMT-2004), Sept.6-10, 2004, Ariel, Israel; p.1.1-1.11 M.N.Kalsad, M.K.Rabinal, B.G.Mulimani and G.S.Avadhani, Temporal evolution of capped cadmium sulfide nanoparticles, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 23 (2008) 04500995. Total Publications: 16
V. Babu Technical Officer Gr-I +91-80-22933247 vbabu_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in AMIIM (1988), IIM, Calcutta B.Sc. (1974), Bangalore University Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Electroslag refining, Extractive metallurgy, Electronics, Vacuum hot press Selected Recent Publication: V. Babu and P. Padaikathan, Structure and hard magnetic properties of barium hexaferrite with and without La2O3 prepared by ball milling, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 241 (2002) 85-88 C. Divakar, L. Rangaraj, P.M. Jaman, S. Usha Devi, M.A. Venkataswamy, V. Babu, Reactive Hot Pressing of Ceramic-Ceramic composites, Materials Science & Technology, 2000 (2004) 174-180
R.J. Deshpande Scientific Officer +91-80-22933237 rjd_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in M.Sc.(Engg) (1988), IISc M.A.Sc. (1983), Gulbarga University B.Sc. (1980), Karnataka University Awards: German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD), 1991-92 Personal Home Page	Awards: German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD), 1991-92 Research Interests: Mineral Processing, Biomineral processing Selected Recent Publications: R.J. Deshpande and K.A. Natarajan, Studies on grinding media wear and its effect on flotation of ferrugenous phosphate ore, Minerals Engineering 12 (1999) 1119-1125 R.J. Deshpande, S. Subramanian and K.A. Natarajan, Effect of bacterial interaction with Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on the floatability of sphalerite and pyrite, Proc. Int. Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2001), February 15-17, (2001) Hyderabad, 159-161 R.J. Deshpande, S. Subramanian and K.A. Natarajan, Surface chemical studies on pyrite and arsenopyrite using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Proc. Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2004), Editors. G.V. Rao and V.N. Misra, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004, 668-675 Total Publications: 10
Govind S. Gupta Professor +91-80-22933240 govind_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1991), Wollongong, Australia M.Tech. (1987), IIT, Kanpur B.E. (1985 ), VRCE, Nagpur Personal Home Page	Awards: Metallurgist of the Year, Ministry of Steel & Mines, Govt. of India Research Interests: Process modeling/design of metallurgical and chemical processes (SiC & BC processes, Blast furnace, Induction furnace, carburizing, roasting), Transport phenomena and fluid particle interaction, Reaction kinetics and thermodynamics, Microwave heating and Iron and Steelmaking Selected Recent Publications: V. Singh, G.S. Gupta and S. Sarkar: Study of gas cavity size hysteresis in a packed bed using DEM, Chem Engg Sci, 62, (2007) 6102-6111. V. Singh, G.S. Gupta and S. Sarkar: Modeling of liquid flow in a packed bed in presence of gas flow, Mater. and Metall. Trans. B, 38B (2007), 401-411. S. Sarkar and G.S. Gupta: Two-Dimensional mathematical modelling of the pack carburising process, Mater. and Metall. Trans. A, 39A (2008), 2424-2434. Total Publications: 80 Teaching: Modelling and computational methods in metallurgy, Process metallurgy
K.T. Jacob FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM Professor +91-80-22932494 katob_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in D.Sc.(Engg) (1986), Univ. of London Ph.D. (1970), Univ. of London D.I.C. (1970), Imperial College B.E. (1967), IISc B.Sc. (1964), Univ. of Mysore Personal Home Page	Awards: International Hoffman Memorial Prize; National Metallurgists Day Award; MRSI Medal; Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Medal (INSA); Prof. Rustom Chokshi Award for Excellence in Research(IISc); Extraction and Processing Science Award(TMS); G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM), Materials Scientist of the Year Award(MRSI); Syed Husain Zaheer Medal(INSA). Research Interests: Classical, Statistical and Irreversible Thermodynamics of Materials, Solid State Sensors, High Temperature Corrosion, Phase Equilibria, Materials Processing, Nano Science & Technology, Fuel cells Selected Recent Publications: K.T. Jacob, C. Shekhar, X. Li and G.M. Kale, Gibbs energy of formation of CaCu3Ti4O12 and phase relations in the system CaO-CuO/Cu2O-TiO2, Acta Mater., 56 (2008) 4798-4803. Y. Waseda, H.S. Chen, K.T. Jacob and H. Shibata, On the glass forming ability of liquid alloys, Sci. Tech. Adv. Mater., 9 (2008) 023003. K.T. Jacob, S. Singh and Y. Waseda, Refinement of thermodynamic data on GaN, J. Mater. Res., 22 (2007) 3475-3483. Total Publications: 367 Teaching: Solid State Sensors, Advanced Thermodynamics of Materials
V. Jayaram Professor and Chairman FASc +91-80-22933243 qjayaram_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1984), Stanford B.A. (Natural Sc.) (1978), Cambridge Personal Home Page	Awards: National Metallurgists' Day Award, Alumni Award for Excellence in Engineering Research Interests: Mechanical properties of small scale systems, Processing of ceramic composites, Processing of non-equilibrium oxides and thin films Selected Recent Publications: Debdutt Patro and V. Jayaram, Kinetics of pressureless infiltration of Al-Mg melts into porous alumina performs, Metall. Mater. Trans. B 39(1), 108-115 (2008). L. Rangaraj, C. Divakar and V. Jayaram, In-situ synthesis and densification of ZrB2-ZrC composites by reactive hot pressing, Metall. Mater. Trans., A39, 1496-1505 (2008). S. Saravanan, G Hari Srinivas, V Jayaram, M Paulraj and S Asokan, Synthesis and Characterization of Y3Al5O12 and Y2O3 - ZrO2 Coatings by Combustion Spray Pyrolysis, Surf. Coat. Tech. 202, 4653-4659 (2008). Total Publications: 106 Teaching: Structure and Characterization of Materials, Mechanical properties of Thin films & Interfaces, Electron Microscopy
S. Karthikeyan Assistant Professor +91-80-22932513 karthik_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2003), The Ohio State University, USA B.Tech. (1996), Banaras Hindu University Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Kinetics of plasticity: creep and high-strain rate deformation, dislocation theory, electron microscopy, tribology of dry contacts, computational materials science. Selected Recent Publications: R.R. Unocic, G.B. Viswanathan, P.M. Sarosi, S. Karthikeyan, J. Li and M.J. Mills, Mechanisms of creep deformation in polycrystalline Ni-base disk superalloys, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 483 (2008) 25-32 S. Karthikeyan, M. Kolluri and U. Ramamurty, Effect of Lateral Constraint on the Mechanical Properties of a Closed-Cell Al Foam: II. Strain-hardening Models, Met. Mater. Trans. A. , 38A (2007) , 2014-2023 H.J. Kim, S. Karthikeyan and D. Rigney, The structure and composition of aluminum wear debris generated by unlubricated sliding in different environments, Wear, 263 (2007), 849-857 Total Publications: 27 Teaching: Defects in Materials, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Kishore UGC Emeritus Fellow +91-80-22932683 balkis_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1974), IISc M.E. (1967), IISc B.E. (1965), IISc B.Sc. (1963), Mysore University Personal Home Page	Awards: National Metallurgists' Day Award Research Interests: Polymer composites, Wear and friction in materials, Structure property correlations Selected Recent Publications: K. Ravi Sekhar, Kishore, S. Sankaran, Cure behavior of epoxy-cyanate ester blend in composite systems: Evaluation studies in neat resin cast by thermal and FTIR techniques, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 109 (3) (2008) 2023 P.Sampathkumaran, C.Ranganathiah, S. Seetharamu and Kishore The Effects of Manganese content and mould size on abrasion and slurry erosion behaviour of Chromium - Manganese iron systems investigated by positron lifetime spectroscopy Wear, 267, (2009) (9-10)1558 -1565 Pradeep L. Menezes, Kishore and Satish V. Kailas Study of friction and transfer layer formation in copper-steel tribo-system - Role of Surface Texture and Roughness Parameters Tribology Transactions 52 (5), (2009) 611 - 622 Total Publications: 201 Teaching: Polymer composites, Polymeric materials and products
B.V. Narayana Principal Research Scientist +91-80-22933236 bvn_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D.(1982), Sri Venkateswara Univ. M.Sc.(1972), Sri Venkateswara Univ. B.Sc.(1970), Sri Venkateswara Univ. Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Metallurgical Analysis, Corrosion of metals Selected Recent Publications: B.V. Narayana, S. Subramanian and K.S. Raman, Analysis of Al and Al-base alloys with emphasis on the application of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry- A review, Aluminium India 2 (2002) 3-14. J R Mudakavi, S M Annigeri, B V Narayana and E S Dwarakadasa, Development of evaluation of Air purifying respirators "Parisara 2002" Symposium, HAL, Bangalore, May 2-3, 2002 J R Mudakavi, S M Annigeri, B V Narayana and E S Dwarakadasa, Development and evaluation of activated carbon fiber: a new engineering Millenium : A Satellite image on various applications, Bangalore November 2002 pp 58-63 Total Publications: 19
K.A. Natarajan FASc, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM Honorary Professor Raja Ramanna Fellow +91-80-22932679/23600120 kan_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in D.Sc. (1992), IISc Ph.D. (1971 ), Minnesota, USA M.S. (1969), Minnesota, USA B.E. (1964), IISc B.Sc. (1962), University of Kerala Personal Home Page	Awards: National Metallurgists' Day Award; Hindustan Zinc Gold Medal; National Mineral Award (Ministry of Mines); Alumni Award for Excellence in Research (IISc); Mineral Beneficiation Award (IIME); Biotech Product and Process Development & Commercialisation Award (DBT), Raja Ramanna Fellow (DAE), National Metallurgist Award. Research Interests: Biometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Mineral Processing, Corrosion, Environmental Control Selected Recent Publications: Judy Gopal, P. Muraleedharan, H. Sarvamangala, R.P. George, R.K. Dayal. B.V.R. Tata, H.S. Khatak and K.A. Natarajan, Biomeneralisation of manganese on titanium surfaces exposed to seawater, Journal of Biofouling, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2008, pp 275-282. Partha Patra and K.A. Natarajan, Role of mineral specific bacterial proteins in selective flocculation and flotation, Int. J. Miner. Process, 88 (2008) pp 53-58. K.A. Natarajan and S.N. Ambika, Biological aspects of arsenic speciation and remediation, Hydrometallurgy 2008.Proceedings SME, Littleton, Colorado, Eds: C.A. Young, P.R. Taylor, C.G. Anderson and Y. Choi, pp 108-116. Total Publications: 350 Teaching: Biomaterials Processing, Biocorrosion
P. Padaikathan Scientific Officer +91-80-2293 2677 padai_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in M.Sc.(Engg.) (2005), Bangalore AMIIM (1995), IIM, Kolkatta DME (1984), Chennai Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Rapid (Far-of from equilibrium) solidification processing, Thermal Analysis, Electron Microscopy, Mechanical behavior of Materials Selected Recent Publications: Synthesis of High temperature Aluminum alloys for aerospace applications (In progress) Microstructural evolution and impression-creep properties of laser welded dissimilar metals welding of Fe-Ni (in preparation) V. Babu and P. Padaikathan, Structure and hard magnetic properties of barium hexaferrite with and without La2O3 prepared by ball milling, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 241 (2002) 85-88 Total Publications: 5
Praveen C Ramamurthy Assistant Professor +91-80-2293 2627 praveen_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2004), Clemson University, USA M.Sc. (1995), University of Mysore Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Electroactive polymers, Nanocomposite, Organic nanoelectronics, and sensors. Area of polymer electronics like Schottkey diode, FET, OPVD, sensors, with current focus on elucidation of structure property relationship of polymers to the performance of the devices and functionalization of nanocomposites. Selected Recent Publications: Ramamurthy, P.C., Harrell, W.R., and Gregory, R.V. (2007). Synthesis and characterization of high molecular weight polyaniline for organic electronic application, in communication, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Ramamurthy, P.C., Harrell, W.R., Gregory, R.V., Rao, A.M., (2007) Integration and Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes in Solution Processed Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotube Composites, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 154 (6), H495-H499. Ramamurthy, P.C., Malshe, A.M., Harrell, W.R., Gregory, R.V., McGuire, K., and Rao, A.M. (2004). Polyaniline / single-walled carbon nanotube composite electronic device. Solid-State Electronics, 48, 2019 - 2024. Total Publications: 12 Patents: 9 Teaching: Polymer Engineering & Science
Rajeev Ranjan Assistant Professor +91-80-2293 2989 rajeev_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (2000), BHU, Varanasi M.Tech (1994), IIT, Kanpur M.Sc. (1992), BHU, Varanasi Personal Home Page	Awards: Humboldt Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany Research Interests: Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, Relaxor ferroelectrics, Magnetic materials, Multiferroic materials, Powder diffraction (x-ray and neutron), Structural phase transition, , Ab-initio calculation of material properties. Selected Recent Publications: Ajay Kumar Kalyani, Rohini Garg and Rajeev Ranjan Competing A-site and B-site driven ferroelectric instabilities in the (1-x)PbTiO3- (x)BiAlO3 system, Appl. Phys. Lett. (2009) in Press Rohini Garg, Anatoliy Senyshyn, Hans Boysen, and Rajeev Ranjan Structure of the noncubic phase in the ferroelectric state of Pr-substituted SrTiO3. Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 144122 Rajeev Ranjan, Hasan Sadat Nabi and Rossitza Pentcheva, First principles study of magnetism in divalent Eu perovskites. J. Appl. Phys. 105 (2009) 053905 Total Publications: 40 Teaching: Structure and characterization of materials.
U. Ramamurty Associate Professor +91-80-2293 3241 ramu_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1994), Brown Univ., USA M.E. (1991), IISc B.E. (1989), Andhra University Personal Home Page	Awards: Swarnajayanti Fellowship; Metallurgist of the Year Award; Scopus Young Scientist Award. Research Interests: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, with current focus on bulk metallic glasses, shape memory alloys, Ti-B alloys, nano-composites, and metal foams. Additional emphasis on (i) testing small volume materials using indentation techniques and (ii) stochastic aspects of mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials Selected Recent Publications: Indrani Sen, S. Tamirasakandala, D. Miracle, and U. Ramamurty, Microstructural effects on the mechanical behavior of B modified Ti-6Al-4V alloys, Acta Materialia, vol. 55, pp. 4983-4993, 2007. Aditi Datta, U.V. Waghmare, and U. Ramamurty, Structure and Stacking Faults in Layered Mg-Zn-Y Alloys: A First-Principles Study, Acta Materialia, vol. 56, pp. 2531-2539, 2008. M. F.-X. Wagner, Niraj Nayan, and U. Ramamurty, Healing of Fatigue Damage in Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloys, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 41, art. No. 185408, pp. 1-4, 2008. Total Publications: 83 Teaching: Mechanical behaviour of materials, Fatigue and fracture
S. Ranganathan FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, FIIM Honorary Professor & Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow +91-80-22932558, 23601198 rangu_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1965), Cambridge, UK B.E. (1962), IISc B.Sc. (Hons) (1960) Univ. of Madras Personal Home Page	Awards: National Metallurgists' Day Award, Govt. of India; Distinguished Material Scientist of the Year 2001, MRSI; Platinum Medal, IIM, 2005;.INAE Professor Jai Krishna Memorial Award, 2006 Research Interests: Nanostructured materials, Mesoporous materials, Metallic glasses, Quasicrystals, Metallurgical heritage of India Selected Recent Publications: E A Lord, A L Mackay and S Ranganathan, New Geometries for New Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2006. J Basu B S Murthy and S Ranganathan, Glass forming ability: Miedema approach to (Zr, Ti, Hf)(Cu, Ni) binary and ternary alloys, J Alloys and Compounds, 54, 3637 (2006) S. Ranganathan and E.A. Lord, Parallelohedra and topological transitions in cellular structures, Phil Mag Lett 88, 703-713, 2008. Total Publications: 300 Teaching: Engineering Materials, Design of Materials , Imaging Nanomaterials
R. Ravi Principal Research Scientist +91-80-22932260, 22933244 rravi_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D.(2005), IISc M.A. (1997), Annamalai Univ. M.E. (1994), Anna Univ. B.E. (1992), T.N.A. Univ. Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Expert Systems, Knowledge Based System, Meta heuristics, Genetic Algorithms, Material Informatics, Bioinformatics Publications: R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad, V.V.S.Sarma and R.S.Raidu, Artificial Neural Network Model for predicting stable and unstable regions in Cu-Zn alloys, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol.21, No.8, November-December 2006, pp.756-760. R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad and V.V.S.Sarma, An Artificial Neural Network(ANN) Model for predicting Instability Regimes in Copper-Aluminum Alloys, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol.22, No.7, 2007, pp 846-850. R.Ravi, Y.V.R.K.Prasad and V.V.S.Sarma, A Hybrid Intelligent Systems approach for Hot Forging Process Design, The Journal of the Computer Society of India, Vol.37, No.2, April-June 2007
Satyam Suwas Assistant Professor +91-80-2293 3245 satyamsuwas_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1999), IIT Kanpur M.Tech. (1994), IIT Kanpur M.Sc. (1991), B.H.U, Varanasi Personal Home Page	Research Interests: Processing - texture relationship in structural and functional materials, Deformation and thermo-mechanical processing, Ultra-fine grain / nano-structured materials by Severe Plastic Deformation, High temperature structural materials for aerospace and other applications. Selected Recent Publications: B. Beausir, Satyam Suwas, L.S. Toth, K.W. Neale and J.-J. Fundenberger (2008), Analysis of texture evolution in magnesium during equal channel angular extrusion, Acta Materialia, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp.200-214. S.R. Dey, Satyam Suwas, J.-J. Fundenberger, J.X. Hou, T. Grosdidier and R. K. Ray (2008), Evolution of hot rolling texture in ?(B2) phase of a two-phase (O+B2) titanium aluminide alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 483-484, pp. 551-554. Satyam Suwas, G. Gottstein and R. Kumar (2007), Evolution of crystallographic texture during Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) and its effect on secondary processing of Magnesium, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 471, No. 1-2, pp. 1-14. Total Publications: 70 Teaching: Texture and Grain Boundary Engineering, Science of Materials Processing, Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Materials.
S. Shashidhara Pandit Scientific Officer +91-80-22933247 pandit_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in M.E. (1984), Mysore University M.Sc. (1981), Bangalore University B.Sc. (1979), Bangalore University Personal Home Page	Awards: German Academic Exchange Fellowship (DAAD), 1990-91 Research Interests: Extractive metallurgy, Thermodynamics, Solid state sensors, Electroslag refining Selected Recent Publications: S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Phase relations in the system CaO-SiO2-ZrO2 at 1573 K, Steel Research 65 (1994) 410-413 S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Thermodynamic properties of magnesium phosphate (Mg3P2O8) - Correction of data in recent compilations, Metall. Mater. Trans. 26A (1995) 225-227 S.S. Pandit and K.T. Jacob, Phase relations in the system MgO-SiO2-ZrO2 at 1700 K, Metall. Mater. Trans. 26B (1995) 397-399 Total Publications: 15
Subodh Kumar Professor +91-80-22933239 skumar_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1993), Univ. of London, UK M.Tech. (1986), IIT, Kanpur B.Tech. (1983), IIT, Kanpur Personal Home Page	Awards: Binani Gold Medal award, Overseas Research Scholar Award. Research Interests: Processing, characterization and properties of light metals and composites Selected Recent Publications: S. Kumar, H. Dieringa and K. U. Kainer, Thermal cycling behaviour of the magnesium alloy based hybrid composites in the transverse direction, Materials Science and Engineering A, 454-455 (2007) 367-370. A. K. Mondal, S. Kumar, C. Blawert and N. B. Dahotre, Effect of laser surface treatment on corrosion and wear resistance of ACM720 Mg alloy, Surface and Coatings Technology, 202 (2008) 3187-3198. A. K. Mondal and S. Kumar, Impression creep behaviour of magnesium alloy based hybrid composites in the longitudinal direction, Composites Science and Technology, in press, 2008. Total Publications: 75 Teaching: Mechanical behaviour of materials; Light metals, alloys and composites
S. Subramanian Professor +91-80-22932261 ssmani_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1987), Univ. of Mysore M.Sc. (1976), Univ. of Roorkee B.Sc. (1974), Univ. of Madras Personal Home Page	Awards: Mineral Beneficiation Award from Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers; Kamani Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Metals. Research Interests: Surface and colloid chemistry, Mineral processing, Extractive metallurgy, Bio-processing and environmental control Selected Recent Publications: L. Saravanan and S. Subramanian, Surface chemical studies on the competitive adsorption of poly (ethylene glycol) and ammonium poly (methacrylate) onto zirconia, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng.Aspects 252 (2005) 175-185. Evvie Chockalingam and S. Subramanian, Studies on removal of metal ions and sulphate reduction using rice husk and Desulfotomaculum nigrificans with reference to remediation of acid mine drainage, Chemosphere 62 (2006) 699-708. K. Hanumantha Rao and S. Subramanian, Bioflotation and bioflocculation of relevance to minerals bioprocessing Invited Chapter in Microbial processing of metal sulphides, (Eds.) E. Donati and W. Sand, Springer Verlag, Germany (2007) 267-286. Total Publications : 115 Teaching : Interfacial phenomena in materials processing.
M.K. Surappa Professor Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology President, Bharath Gyan Vigyan Samithi +91-80-22932697 mirle_at_materials.iisc.ernet.in Ph.D. (1980), IISc M.Sc.(Engg.) (1976), IISc B.E. (1973), IISc B.Sc. (1970), Mysore University Research Group	Awards: Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering for the year 2007; MRSI-ICSC Super Conductivity and Materials Science Annual Prize; Suvarna Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, Government of Karnataka; National Metallurgists Day Award from Govt. of India; MRSI Medal Research Interests: Solidification, Processing and characterization of metal-matrix composites, Tribology Selected Recent Publications: Sudarshan, M. K. Surappa, Dongjoon ahn, and Rishi Raj (2008), Nanoceramic Metal Matrix Composites by in-situ pyrolysis of organic precursors in a liquid melt, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. M. K. Surappa, R. K. Uyyuru and S.Brusethaug, Tribological behavior of Al-Si-SiCp composites / automobile brake pad system under dry sliding conditions, Tribology International, 40(2007) 365. M. K. Surappa, Aluminium Matrix Composites: Challenges and Opportunities, Sadhana, 28 (2003) 319. Total Publications: 120 Teaching: Inorganic Matrix Composites

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