Dr. Aparna Singh

Academic Background:

• B.Tech in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 2007, IIT Kanpur 

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2011, MIT 

Professional Experience

• Process Integration Engineer at Portland Technology Development, 2011-2013, Intel, Hillsboro, USA

• Postdoctoral Scientist, 2013-2014, EPFL, Switzerland

Awards and Recognitions

• INSA Young Associate Fellowship 2023.

• INAE Young Engineer Award 2022 for contributions towards development of nano-structured steels.

• DST Power Research Grant 2021 to carry out work on nano-structured steels.

• Asian Universities Alliance Scholars Award in 2020 for carrying out collaborative work on steels.

• Young Metallurgist of the Year Award 2018 by Steel Ministry, India for work on nanostructured steels.

•  Logic Technology Development (Intel) Organization Award in 2012 for outstanding contribution to the development of minimum dimension interconnect process for 14 nm chip technology.

• H.F Taylor Graduate Fellowship at MIT in 2007.

• Director’s Gold Medal at IIT Kanpur for Outstanding All Round Achievement, Organizational skills and Leadership Among Students Graduating in B.Tech./M.Sc. (Int.) Programmes in the 39th Convocation- 2007. 

• Mars G. Fontana Prize for Best Performance in the Subject of Corrosion in the B.Tech. Programme in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in the 39th Convocation-2007.

• General Proficiency Medal for best performance in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in the 39th Convocation-2007.

• Batra Gold Medal for best performance in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in the 39th Convocation-2007.

• Gargi prize for academic excellence at IIT Kanpur in 2007.

• Academic Excellence awards at IIT Kanpur in 2005 and 2006.

•  Macfair Mathematics Wizard Award in 2001.

• National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Awardee in 2001.