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
Research Interests
Advanced Materials Manufacturing Processes, Joining, Development and Characterization
Friction Stir Welding and Processing, Friction Stir Compaction.
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