Dr. Buchibabu Vicharapu is currently working as Assistant Professor in the stream of mechanical engineering at IIT Palakkad, Kerala, India. Prior to his joining at IIT Palakkad, he carried out post-doctoral research work at the Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI), Osaka University, Japan and Physical Metallurgical Laboratory (LAMEF), Brazil. He holds a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with a research specialization broadly in the area of manufacturing. He feels fortunate enough to become a part of Prof. Amitava De's research group for conducting his doctoral research at IIT Bombay. He also got to work with metal joining group (MJG), Defence Metallurgical Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad for both doctoral and masters' research work under the supervision of 'Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy.

His research interests include theoretical modeling of welding, 3D printing and metal forming processes. Analyses of heat transfer and material flow, residual stresses and thermal distortion in welded structures and additively manufactured 3D metallic builds, and microstructure and mechanical property correlations through coupled experimental and numerical approaches.

He is also serving as a reviewer for the following manufacturing and materials science based international journals

[1] Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, [2] Metallurgical and Materials Transactions-B,

[3] Materials Characterization, [4] Materials Science and Engineering: A

[5] Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, [6] SADHANA