High Temperature Structural Materials Group

Best oral presentation for paper titled "Thermal cyclic oxidation studies of AlCoCr0.5Ni bond coat alloy with a minor addition of Y and Hf single dopants" authored by Vinay Polimetla , Ameey Anupam, Andrew S M Ang, C C Berndt, R.S. Kottada during National Thermal Spray Conference and Expo 2025, Feb 21-23, 2025, Bhubaneswar, organized by CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.

Best poster award for paper titled “Cyclic oxidation behavior of AlCoCr0.5Ni bond coat alloy with a minor addition of Y and Hf single dopants” authored by Vinay Polimetla , Ameey Anupam, Andrew S M Ang, C C Berndt, R.S. Kottada during Asian Thermal Spray Conference and Expo 2023, Nov 02-04, 2023, Chennai, organized by by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

Best presentation award for paper titled "Microstructural characteristics and creep behavior of T92/SUPER304H dissimilar welds subjected to 1000 hours of aging at 650 C" authored by Nandha Kumar E, G. D. Janakiram, R. S. Kottada and Devakumaran during International congress - 2017 of the international institute of welding, Dec 7-9, 2017, Chennai.

Weldwell speciality award is awarded to G M Karthik  for his Ph.D thesis titled “New possibilities with friction stir processing and friction deposition” in the field of welding by the indian instititute of welding for the year 2017.

Sudharshan bhat memorial prize is awarded to G M Karthik  for his Ph.D thesis titled “New possibilities with friction stir processing and friction deposition” in department of metallurgical and materials engineering by IIT madras for the year 2017.

Best presentation award for paper titled "Friction Stir Processing as a Technique for Improving Heat-Affected Zone Liquation cracking Resistance in Magnesium Alloys" authored by G M Karthik, G D Janakiram and R. S. Kottada during IMagcon-2016, Feb 4-6, 2016 Chennai.

Best presentation award for paper titled “Creep properties of Mg-Ca-Sn alloys” authored by Koundinya NTBN and R. S. Kottada during IMagcon-2016, Feb 4-6, 2016, Chennai.

Best presentation award for paper titled “On formation of grain boundary amorphous alumina during sintering of nanocrystalline B2 aluminides powder” authored by Niraj Chawake and R. S. Kottada during In-house symposium, Jan 27-28, 2016 organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

Best presentation award for paper titled “Use of friction deposition for improved Heat affected zone liquidation cracking resistance in Nickel base superalloy” authored by G M Karthik, G D Janakiram and R. S. Kottada during In-house symposium, Jan 27-28, 2016 organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai.

IIM Best oral presentation award for paper titled “Exceptional resistance to grain growth, and remarkable creep resistance in nanocrystalline CoCrFeNi alloy” authored by Praveen S, B S Murty and R. S. Kottada during NMD-2015, Nov 13-16, 2015, Coimbatore,.

Insititute (IIT Madras) Best Research Scholar award to Praveen S for the academic period 2014-2015.

Best oral presentation award for paper titled “Friction Deposition Technique to Produce Ti-particle Reinforced Al-matrix Composites” authored by   G M Karthik, G D Janakiram and R.S. Kottada, in "Composites" section during Iternational Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec-11-13, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

Best oral presentation award  for paper titled “Processing maps of B2 Intermetallics” authored by Niraj M. Chawake, B.S. Murty and R.S. Kottada, in "Materials Processing" section during International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec-11-13, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

Best oral presentation award for paper titled “Effect of alloying elements on deformation behavior of magnesium alloys” authored by Koundinya NTBN, Prasant V and R.S. Kottada, in "Materials Forming" section during International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014), IIT Madras, Chennai, Dec-11-13, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

IIM Best oral presentation award for paper titled “Thermal stability studies of CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering” authored by Praveen S, B S Murty and R. S. Kottada during NMD-2013, Varanasi, Nov 12-15, 2013.

Prof. Brahm Prakash Best Thesis Award to Chenna Krishna S. for his M.S. Thesis entitled "Processing and Characterization of Cu-3Ag-0.5Zr alloy for Thrust Chamber Application" Constituted by The Indian Institute of Metals, Trivandrum Chapter for the year 2012.

Best poster award for paper titled “Alloying and Creep Behavior of Mechanically Alloyed NiCoCrFe High Entropy Alloy” authored by S. Praveen, B.S. Murty and R.S. Kottada in Structural Materials Section during National Conference on Advances in Naval Materials (ADNAM-2013), Feb 22-23, 2013, Chennai, organized by Materials Panel, Naval Research Board, DRDO .

Best poster award for paper titled “Synthesis and characterization of spark plasma sintered FeAl and in-situ FeAl-Al2O3 composite” authored by Niraj Chawake, Paleti Sri Harish Kumar, B.S. Murty and R.S. Kottada in Powder Metallurgy Section during International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2012), IIT Madras, Chennai, India organized by Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras.

IIM Best poster prize for paper titled “Phase Formation and Mechanical Properties of AlxCoCrCuFeNi (x= 1, 2, 3 moles) High Entropy Alloys Processed by Mechanical Alloying” authored by R. Sriharitha, B S Murty and R.S. Kottada in Physical Metallurgy Section during NMD – 2010, Bangalore, Nov. 14-16, 2010.