Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Materials development has always been the backbone of overall growth of any society. The most

obvious examples of this are: steels, ceramic & composite materials for space vehicles; electronic materials for high performance computers; optical fibers for communication technology. In order to fulfill the societal and national needs, the research activities of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science span the whole spectrum of materials such as iron and steel, advanced ceramics, electronic materials and polymers. Semiconductor thin films, magnetic materials, composites, advanced ceramics, polymers and blends, metal forming and joining, physical metallurgy are some of the areas where we have made significant contributions. A new dimension has been added to these activities with research on ‘Nanomaterials’ and ‘Biomaterials’. The department has several projects in all these areas sponsored both by national and international agencies. The department has been successful in attracting new funds to the extent of Rs.10 crores over the last 5 years. Additionally the faculty members are involved in giving consultancy to various industries which concern improvement in industrial processes and production. Technology transfer to the industry in different areas has also taken place over the years.

The department has a total of 30 faculty members with sufficient support staff to perform teaching and

research activities. The department runs both undergraduate (B.Tech.) and graduate (M.Tech. and Ph.D.) programs, including a Dual Degree program which gives B.Tech. & M.Tech. degrees after 5 years. Currently the department has a total of 66 graduate students (M.Tech. & Ph.D.) and 14 research staff working on various projects.

Execution of the research plans requires both personnel and facilities. The department has made

considerable progress in acquiring as well as developing state of the art facilities for both materials processing and characterization. Some of the materials processing facilities include;

1. Multichamber cluster tool unit for Semiconductor thin film processing 2. Electro-slag Refining 3. MOCVD 4. Microcompounder & extraction 5. Plasma spray 6. Tape casting 7. Horizontal continuous casting 8. Pulsed laser deposition

and some of the materials characterization facilities are

1. SEM/ EDAX 2. XRD with high temperature 3. DSC/ DTA 4. OIM/ SEM/ XRD (National facility) 5. Mechanical Testing systems 6. FTIR, UV-Visible, AAS 7. Surface area analyzer 8. Microscopes 9. Magnetic measurements unit

and various others. In addition to these access to institute facilities such as TEM, E-SEM, FTIR, NMR, ESCA is also available.

Cluster Tool for Thin Films Deposition Pilot Plant Facility at VSSC Trivandrum developed by MEMS, IITB

MOCVD unit for Semiconductor Material

Processing 5cc DSM Conical Microcompounder

(Model: DSM Micro 5)

DSM Mini Injection-Moulding machine Tape Casting Machine

Horizontal Concast Machine S.E.M. & E.D.X.

X-ray diffraction with hot stage SDT & DSC

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Magnetic properties- 10 K to 1000 K

The breadth of the expertise of the faculty is reflected from the specializations that are given below D. Bahadur : Magnetic materials, Electronic ceramics, Bioceramics. N.B. Ballal : Process Metallurgy, Mathematical modelling, Iron & steel making. P. Bhargava : Near net shape forming, Powder processing, ceramics, Rheology. A.R. Bhattacharyya : Polymer blends, Carbon nanotubes/ polymer composites. R.O. Dusane : Semiconductor & dielectric thin films, Devices & nanotechnology. B.P. Kashyap : Structure-property correlation during low and high temperature deformation. A.S. Khanna : High temperature corrosion, Coatings and organic paint coatings. N.K. Khosla : Mineral processing, Process control, Instrumentation, Process metallurgy. A.R. Kulkarni : Ionic conductors and devices, Sensors, Ferroelectric materials. S.N. Malhotra : Stress corrosion cracking, Corrosion in concrete, Thermodynamic. S. Mallick : Ferroelectrics, Ceramics, DSSC. S. Mishra : Computational materials science, Welding, Monte Carlo simulation. K. Narasimhan : Metal forming, Simulation and optimization. P. Pant : Mechanical behaviour, Dislocation dynamics, Thin films. A.S. Panwar : Computational materials science, Molecular simulations, Soft nano-structured materials. G.V. Prabhu Gaunkar : Alloy design, Nano-composites, Fracture & fatigue, Corrosion prevention, NDE. N. Prabhu : Phase transformations, Electron microscopy, Structure-property relationships. P. Gopalan : Solid electrolytes, Ferroelectrics, Materials for SOFC. M.P. Gururajan : Phase filed modeling of microstructural evolution, Materials mechanics. Om Prakash: Superconducting & magnetic ceramics, Nanopowders. R.C. Prasad : Fracture mechanics, Failure analysis, NDE, Corrosion, Composites. T.R.S. Prasanna : Solid electrolytes, Materials for SOFCs. V.S. Raja : Corrosion and surface engineering, Failure analysis. R. Raman : Welding metallurgy, Corrosion, Surface engineering, Chaos theory, Fractals. I. Samajdar : Thermomechanical processing, Crystographic texture, Microscopy. R.S. Srinivasa : Semiconductor heterostructures and devices, Sensors. A.N. Tiwari : Composites, Mechanical alloying, Wear, Heat treatment. N. Venkataramani : Electronics, Thin films, Nanocrystalline electroceramics. N.N. Viswanathan : Process modelling, Transport phenomena, Process metallurgy. S. Vitta : Nanomaterials, Bulk glasses, Magnetic materials. The department promotes inter-disciplinary research with faculty from various other departments. The department provides an ambience for carrying out good research in all advanced areas of materials. For further information, please see:- The Head Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 Ph. No.2576 7600, 2576 7633, Fax: 2572 6975, 2572 3480 http://www.met.iitb.ac.in or Email: head.met@iitb.ac.in