The Team
The Team
Prafull Pandey
Assistant Professor
Prafull Pandey completed his B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Raipur, India in 2010 and received his M.E. in 2012 and PhD in 2019 in Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA as a postdoctoral associate in 2021. He joined the Department of Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar in December 2023 as an Assistant Professor.
Postdoctoral Associates
Roopchand Tandon
Education: B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, NIT Raipur (2013)
M.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, IITBHU Varanasi (2017)
Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, IITBHU Varanasi (2024)
E-mail: roopchand.tandon@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: Superalloys, Multicomponent Alloys, Alloy Design, Deformation Mechanism, Al Alloys for Textile Applications
Hitesh Patil
Education: B. E., Mechanical Engineering, RCPIT Shirpur, Maharashtra (2015)
M.Tech, Materials Science and Technology, DIAT Pune (2019)
Ph.D., Metallurgical and Materials Science, IIT Indore (2024)
E-mail: hitesh.patil8407@gmail.com
Research Interests: Hydrogen Embrittlement resistant steels and high entropy alloys, Short-range ordered alloys.
Ph. D. Students
Rishabh Dwivedi
Education: B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Galgotias university (2017)
M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, NIET Greater Noida (2021)
E-mail: rishabh.dwivedi@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: High-strength Advanced Fe alloys, Cast Al-based Alloys, Alloy Design, Phase Transformation, Mechanical Properties
Ajay Kumawat
Education: B. Sc., Rajasthan University (2022)
M.Sc, Physics, St. longowal Institute of Engg. and Technology (2024)
E-mail: ajay.kumawat@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: Light metal Alloys, Multi-component alloys, Alloy Design, Mechanical Properties.
Martin Kantibhai Parmar
Education: B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, GEC Patan (2018)
M. Tech., Materials Technology, Maharaja Sayajirao University (2021)
E-mail: martin.parmar@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: Hydrogen Embrittlement resistant alloys and coatings, Phase transformation.
Krishna Kant Sharma
Education: B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, AKTU, Lucknow (2022)
M. Tech., Materials Science, Aligarh Muslim University (2024)
E-mail: krishna.sharma@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: Irradiation resistant alloys, Phase transformation.
Masters Students
K. Vardharajan
Education: B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, SKIT, Jaipur (2020)
E-mail: k.vardhrajan@iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: High Temperature Al Alloys, Alloy Design, Phase Transformation, Mechanical Properties
Undergraduate and Project Students
Anang Bhagwati
Columbia University
Pawan Seth
IIT Gandhinagar
Devesh Dwivedi
IIT Gandhinagar
Kshitij Ingle
IIT Gandhinagar
Vishal
IIT Gandhinagar