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Congratulations! Mr. Nisar Ahamad Khan (PhD Student) has been selected by the TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division’s (MPMD) Nominations & Awards Committee to receive a TMS Student Travel Grant to attend the TMS Fall Meeting at MS&T25 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Mr. Nisar Ahamad Khan (PhD Student) has presented his work at MS&T25 in Columbus, Ohio, USA during 28 Sept- 1 Oct 2025.
Mr. Nisar Ahamad Khan (PhD Student) has presented his work at 4th ICFP Tirupati India and got the Best Poster Award by ASM International.
Dr. Ajay Kumar participated at 40th Technical Meeting of American Society of Composites (ASC) Dayton USA during 6-8 Oct 2025.

Materialworking Technology Initiative (MTI)

Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Tribology Reseach Lab

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati (A.P.) – 517619 India

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Advanced Materials Manufacturing Processes, Joining, Development and Characterization

Metal Forming, Foundry Technology, Solidification Processing
Light Weight Metals, Nano-Composites and its Processing
Tribology, Solid Lubricants, Self-Lubricating Polymer Composites
Mechanics and materials related reliability issues in microelectronics packages
Processing, manufacturing, and characterization of advanced materials including composites syntactic foams, self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning materials
Advanced Surface Alloying
Materials for Reducing Embodied Energy and Emissions
Predictive Analysis in Manufacturing
High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)
Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Medical Materials

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