Research Interests and Keywords: Interfaces in Materials (central theme); Alloy Design, Microstructure Evolution, Oxidation behavior, Materials Processing and Phase Transformations; High Temperature Alloys and Ceramics, Disordered Solids (High-Entropy Alloys and Metallic Glasses), Nanomaterials, in-situ measurements, Materials Theory and Modeling.
Pratik K. Ray
Head of the Department, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Contact Info - pratik [at] iitrpr.ac.in; Tel: + 91 1881-23-2409;
HOD contact - hodmme [at] iitrpr.ac.in; Tel: + 91 1881-23-2401.
Office - 424 Satish Dhawan Block
Professional Timeline
2022 - till date Head of the Department, Metallurgical & Materials Engg.,
IIT Ropar, INDIA
2019 - till date Assistant Professor, IIT Ropar, INDIA
2017 - 2019 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA
2015 - 2019 Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory, US-DOE, USA
2011 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Ames Laboratory, US-DOE, USA
Education
PhD (2011) Iowa State University, USA
MTech (2006) Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA
BTech (2004) National Institute of Technology Rourkela, INDIA
Brief Bio: Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. I joined IIT Ropar in June 2019. Prior to joining IIT Ropar, I worked as an Associate Scientist (2015-2019) at Ames Laboratory (US Department of Energy) and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University.
I obtained my BTech degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Rourkela in 2004 and MTech degree from IIT Madras in 2006, working under the supervision of Prof. B.S. Murty and Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhyay in the area of Thermodynamic modeling of metallic glasses. Following my MTech, I went to Iowa State University for his doctoral research, working on High Temperature Materials, with Prof. Mufit Akinc and Prof. Matthew J. Kramer, and graduated in 2011. I did my post-doc research on high temperature ceramics and high-entropy alloys in Ames Lab (2011-2015).
Membership and Affiliations
Life Member, Materials Research Society of India
Awards and Honors
Reviewer Appreciation Certificate (Transactions of IIM), 2022
University Research Excellence Award (Iowa State University), 2011
Sudarshan Bhat Gold Medal (MTech thesis and academic performance, IIT Madras), 2006
Institute Gold Medal (BTech project, NIT Rourkela), 2004
Institute Silver Medal (NIT Rourkela), 2004
Metallurgical Engineering Association Gold Medal (NIT Rourkela), 2004
Summer Research Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 2003 and 2005
15th Rank in Regional Mathematics Olympiad (Odisha), 1998