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ProfessorAreas of Interest: Nanogenerators; Advanced Nanofabrics; Energy Materials; Polymer Nanocomposites; Polymer Blends; Waste Management -
Associate Professor and HeadAreas of Interest: Advanced Materials Processing & TechnologiesProtective & Functional Coatings:Thermal Barrier Coatings (Bond coat & Top Coat)Oxidation, Corrosion, ErosionTribological CoatingsSOFC metallic interconnects & PEMFC bipolar platesFunctional Coatings – Thermal & Electrically Conductive Coatings Thermal Spray & Cold Spray Coatings Technology (APS, HVOF/HVAF, Detonation Spray)Surface Engineering & Tribology Materials Testing: Tensile, FatigueAdditive Manufacturing: Bulk-near net shape & Repair Laser and Solid-State Additive Manufacturing -
ProfessorAreas of Interest: Heat treatment; Corrosion of MMCs; Ceramics; Materials Characterization -
Professor (HAG)Areas of Interest: Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing with special interest in solidification and quenching, Heat transfer during welding and additive manufacturing; Lead-free solders – Wettability and Solder Joint Reliability; Nanofluids; Thermal interface and Energy Storage materials; Melt treatment of Al-Si alloys -
ProfessorAreas of Interest: Thermo-mechanical Processing of Metals; Joining of Metals; Materials Characterization; Microstructure-Property Correlation; Corrosion and Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metals; Crystallographic Texture in Metals; Recrystallization and Precipitation Kinetics; Product Development in Steel; Failure analysis; Electropulsing; Additive Manufacturing -
Assistant ProfessorAreas of Interest: Extractive Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Multiphase Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics -
ProfessorAreas of Interest: Crystal growth; Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Semiconductors; Carbon Nanotube and Graphene -
Associate ProfessorAreas of Interest: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Correlation, Mechanical Testing of Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation -
ProfessorAreas of Interest: Mechanical behaviour of materials; Phase transformation; Composite materials -
Associate ProfessorAreas of Interest: Thin film & Coating; Printing; Gas sensors; Dielectrics; Optoelectronics; Oxide and non-oxide advanced ceramics; High entropy oxides; Marine bio ceramics; Antibiofouling coatings; UV protective coatings.Patents:Lakkimsetti Lakshmi Praveen, Bhumika Upadhyay, Saumen Mandal, “Fabrication of low temperature phase-stabilized high-entropy spinel oxide for gas sensing application”, Indian Patent 581707, 25 February 2026. (Granted) Lakkimsetti Lakshmi Praveen, Harsha Satija, Shagun Kumar, Saumen Mandal, “A method of formulating colloidal boron quantum dots dispersion in glycerol for gas-sensing application”, “Indian Patent”, Application Number 202541004383 dated 20/01/2025. (Filed) Lakkimsetti Lakshmi Praveen, Juvva Srinithya, Soorya G, Saumen Mandal, “A method of preparing low temperature processed Ni-Ti-TiC eutectic cermet”, Indian Patent 580925,18 February 2026. (Granted)Mahin Saif Nowl, Ambili V, Santhra Krishnan P, Harshitha N Anchan, Saikat Dutta, Saumen Mandal, “A process of preparing an ultraviolet (UV) protective coating from marine food bio-waste materials”, Indian Patent 566530, 22 May 2025. (Granted)Ashritha Salian, Saumen Mandal, “A method of preparing low temperature stabilized high entropy high-k oxides”, “Indian Patent”, Application Number 202141035822 dated 09/08/2021.(Filed)Saumen Mandal, Dipti Gupta, Komalakrushna Hadagalli, Pavan Pujar, Shakya Kaushal Rajendraprasad,“Method and system for fabricating a porous ceramic structure using combustible pore former”, Indian Patent 436150, 26 June 2023. (Granted)Saumen Mandal, Bikesh Gupta, Pavan Pujar, Komala Krishna Hadagalli, Robbi Vivek Vardhan, “Fabrication of high conductive metallic films at low temperature”,Indian Patent 347677, 24 September 2020. (Granted)S Mandal, M Katiyar, “Organic thin film transistors and methods for their manufacturing and use”, US Patent 9680097 B2, June 13, 2017. (Granted)Saumen Mandal, Rahul Sharma and Monica Katiyar, “A hybrid ink formulation and a method for preparing the same”,Indian patent 317139, Application Number 1161/DEL/2012 dated 16th April, 2012.(Granted) -
Assistant ProfessorAreas of Interest: Functional Materials for Tissue Regeneration; Hydrogels; Silk Proteins; Biopolymers -
Associate ProfessorAreas of Interest: Thermal barrier coating: Oxidation, Hot corrosion, High Temperature Erosion, Pipeline Corrosion in Oilfield Environment, Li-ion Battery Degradations, Anti-corrosion and Antimicrobial Nano-composite coatings, Metallic Biomaterials, Corrosion of Metallic Artifact, Utilization of Industry Waste -
ProfessorAreas of Interest: High Temperature Materials; Directional Solidification; Thermomechanical Processing; Failure Analysis -
Assistant ProfessorAreas of Interest: Degradation and failures of engineering components; Surface engineering; Material characterization; -
Professor (HAG)Areas of Interest: Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Metallurgy, Welding, Surface Engineering, Antimicrobial Surfaces, Electron Microscopy.
- Sundara Shettigar (Senior Attendant)
- Lokesh Naik (Attendant)
- Yogish (Attendant)
- Vinaya D Shettigar (Temporary Staff)
- Sharmila Dinesh (Temporary Staff)
- Yashvanth K S (Temporary Staff)
- Dinesha (Temporary Staff)
- Satish (Mechanic)
- Sachin (Temporary Staff)
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