Materialworking Technology Initiative (MTI)

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati (A.P.) – 517506 India

Email: drajaykumarp@iittp.ac.in

Contact: +918772503414 ; Fax: +918772503004

https://iittp.ac.in/dr-ajay-kumar

https://www.drakp.com/

Research Interests

  1. Advanced Materials Manufacturing Processes, Joining, Development and Characterization

  • Friction Stir Welding and Processing, Friction Stir Compaction.

  1. Metal Forming, Foundry Technology, Solidification Processing

  2. Light Weight Metals, Nano-Composites and its Processing

  3. Tribology, Solid Lubricants, Self-Lubricating Polymer Composites

  4. Mechanics and materials related reliability issues in microelectronics packages

  5. Processing, manufacturing, and characterization of advanced materials including composites syntactic foams, self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning materials

  6. Advanced Surface Alloying

  7. Materials for Reducing Embodied Energy and Emissions

  8. Predictive Analysis in Manufacturing

  9. High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)

  10. Additive Manufacturing (AM)

  11. Medical Materials