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Research Interests

Computational Materials Engineering, Alloy designing, Microstructure prediction, Calphad (calculation of phase diagram), thermodynamic assessment, alloy design, microstructure prediction, phase evolution/stability/transformation/oxidation studies, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Phase Stability & Transformations, high entropy alloys and shape memory alloys 

Qualification

• Dual PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Madras and NTHU Taiwan, 2013-19

• MTech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Madras, India 2008-10

• BE in Metallurgical Engineering from GCE Salem, Anna University, India 2003-07

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Sciences & Technology, University of Hyderabad, India. 2020 - till date

• Ad-hoc faculty member, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradesh, India. 2019

• Project Associate, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, India. 2018-2019

• Researcher in process optimization and failure analysis at TII Ltd, Murugappa Group, India. 2011-2013

• Researcher in blast furnace at Essar (ArcelorMittal Nippon) Steels Ltd, India. 2010-11

• Trainee engineer at TVS-Breaks India Ltd, India. 2007-08 

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Journal Reviewer

• Nature - Scientific Reports

• Intermetallics

• Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion

• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

• Vacuum

• Bulletin of Materials Science

• Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering

• Frontiers in Materials

• Materials Today Communications

• Journal of Metallurgy & Materials Science

• Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Design

Fellowships and Awards

• MHRD - MoE GoI Half Time Teaching Assistantship for MTech, 2008-10

• Tube Investments of India Ltd (Murugappa Group) Cash award for performance, 2012

• MHRD - MoE GoI Half Time Reaching Assistantship for PhD, 2013-18

• IIT Madras Institute grant for Intermetallics conference, 2017

• First prize in oral presentation at In-House Symposium, 2018, IIT Madras

• Second prize in the Metallography contest in NMD-ATM 2010, Bangalore

Administrative responsibilities

• Coordinator for Academic Audit at SEST, UoH

• Coordinator for ISTEM at SEST, UoH

• Coordinator for activities of SEST, UoH on United Nation Sustainable Development Goals

• School board member at SEST, UoH

• Purchase committee member at SEST, UoH (2021-24)

Professional bodies

• Member of American Society of Metals, Chennai chapter

• Member of Powder Metallurgy Association of India

2025-26

BTech Major Project

B Komal Kiran

T Varsha Reddy

K Navya Sree and 

S Shiva Kumar 

(Computer Science and Engineering Department, ICFAI, Hyderabad)

2024-25

BTech Major Project

Telgamsetty Dheeraj Hanuma

Dama Himakiran

Moturi Teja

Hari Chandana M

(Machine Learning & Data Science Department, ICFAI, Hyderabad)

Summer Internship

Chandhini S

Yashoda C

(Metallurgy and Material Science Department, RGUKT, Nuzvidu)

BTech Minor Project

Raparthi Harisai, Devalla Bhargavi, K Srikanth, Gangula Vamshi

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, JNTU, Hyderabad)

Internship 

Ravipati Rishitha

(Computer Science and Engineering Department, Gokaraju Lailavathi Womens Enginnering College, Hyderabad)

Aariya Mishra

(Computer Science and Engineering Department, BITS, Mesra)

Lakshmi Reddy

(Physics Department, Osmania University, Hyderabad)

Sreekar Kanchinadham

Vignesh Swaminathan

Sandeep Chandrakar

Mohammed Suhaim ur

(IMTech Materials Engineering, SEST, UoH)

2023-24 

BTech Major project

Anurag Daniel

(Metallurgy and Material Science Department, RGUKT Basar)

J. Prabhas

M.A. Moheet

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, MGIT, Hyderabad)

Summer Internship

Hema S

Shalini N

(Metallurgical Engineering Department, GCE Salem)

Priyanka Pawar

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, IIT Ropar)

Mini Project

V. Raghupathi

K. Zephanya

S. Sairaj

R. Uday Kiran

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, JNTU, Hyderabad)

Summer 2022-23

Pullela Venkata Sai Anirudh

(School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, University of Hyderabad)

Bala Venkata Sai Prakash Gorrepati 

(Computer Sicence and Engineering Department, VIT-AP)

Winter 2022-2023 

Marif Manzoor

Fida Fayaz 

(Metallurgical Engineering Department, NIT Srinagar)

Summer 2021-2022

M Rajkumar 

P Sai Sreevasta

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, JNTU, Hyderabad)

Summer 2020-2021 

Akshay Kumar Prasad

P. Bala Kameshwar

P. Srinivas Gunaditya

Malladi Venkata Sai Srinivas

(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, JNTU, Hyderabad)