Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Department of Metallurgical
Engineering & Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Materials development has always been the backbone of overall growth of any society. The most
obvious examples of this are: steels, ceramic & composite materials for space vehicles; electronic materials for
high performance computers; optical fibers for communication technology. In order to fulfill the societal and
national needs, the research activities of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
span the whole spectrum of materials such as iron and steel, advanced ceramics, electronic materials and
polymers. Semiconductor thin films, magnetic materials, composites, advanced ceramics, polymers and blends,
metal forming and joining, physical metallurgy are some of the areas where we have made significant
contributions. A new dimension has been added to these activities with research on ‘Nanomaterials’ and
‘Biomaterials’. The department has several projects in all these areas sponsored both by national and
international agencies. The department has been successful in attracting new funds to the extent of Rs.10 crores
over the last 5 years. Additionally the faculty members are involved in giving consultancy to various industries
which concern improvement in industrial processes and production. Technology transfer to the industry in
different areas has also taken place over the years.
The department has a total of 30 faculty members with sufficient support staff to perform teaching and
research activities. The department runs both undergraduate (B.Tech.) and graduate (M.Tech. and Ph.D.)
programs, including a Dual Degree program which gives B.Tech. & M.Tech. degrees after 5 years. Currently
the department has a total of 66 graduate students (M.Tech. & Ph.D.) and 14 research staff working on various
projects.
Execution of the research plans requires both personnel and facilities. The department has made
considerable progress in acquiring as well as developing state of the art facilities for both materials processing
and characterization. Some of the materials processing facilities include;
1. Multichamber cluster tool unit for Semiconductor thin film processing
2. Electro-slag Refining
3. MOCVD
4. Microcompounder & extraction
5. Plasma spray
6. Tape casting
7. Horizontal continuous casting
8. Pulsed laser deposition
and some of the materials characterization facilities are
1. SEM/ EDAX
2. XRD with high temperature
3. DSC/ DTA
4. OIM/ SEM/ XRD (National facility)
5. Mechanical Testing systems
6. FTIR, UV-Visible, AAS
7. Surface area analyzer
8. Microscopes
9. Magnetic measurements unit
and various others.
In addition to these access to institute facilities such as TEM, E-SEM, FTIR, NMR, ESCA is also available.

Cluster Tool for Thin Films Deposition
Pilot Plant Facility at VSSC Trivandrum
developed by MEMS, IITB
MOCVD unit for Semiconductor Material
Processing
5cc DSM Conical Microcompounder
(Model: DSM Micro 5)
DSM Mini Injection-Moulding machine
Tape Casting Machine
Horizontal Concast Machine
S.E.M. & E.D.X.
X-ray diffraction with hot stage
SDT & DSC

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
Magnetic properties- 10 K to 1000 K
The breadth of the expertise of the faculty is reflected from the specializations that are given below
D. Bahadur : Magnetic materials, Electronic ceramics, Bioceramics.
N.B. Ballal : Process Metallurgy, Mathematical modelling, Iron & steel making.
P. Bhargava : Near net shape forming, Powder processing, ceramics, Rheology.
A.R. Bhattacharyya : Polymer blends, Carbon nanotubes/ polymer composites.
R.O. Dusane : Semiconductor & dielectric thin films, Devices & nanotechnology.
B.P. Kashyap : Structure-property correlation during low and high temperature deformation.
A.S. Khanna : High temperature corrosion, Coatings and organic paint coatings.
N.K. Khosla : Mineral processing, Process control, Instrumentation, Process metallurgy.
A.R. Kulkarni : Ionic conductors and devices, Sensors, Ferroelectric materials.
S.N. Malhotra : Stress corrosion cracking, Corrosion in concrete, Thermodynamic.
S. Mallick : Ferroelectrics, Ceramics, DSSC.
S. Mishra : Computational materials science, Welding, Monte Carlo simulation.
K. Narasimhan : Metal forming, Simulation and optimization.
P. Pant : Mechanical behaviour, Dislocation dynamics, Thin films.
A.S. Panwar : Computational materials science, Molecular simulations, Soft nano-structured materials.
G.V. Prabhu Gaunkar : Alloy design, Nano-composites, Fracture & fatigue, Corrosion prevention, NDE.
N. Prabhu : Phase transformations, Electron microscopy, Structure-property relationships.
P. Gopalan : Solid electrolytes, Ferroelectrics, Materials for SOFC.
M.P. Gururajan : Phase filed modeling of microstructural evolution, Materials mechanics.
Om Prakash: Superconducting & magnetic ceramics, Nanopowders.
R.C. Prasad : Fracture mechanics, Failure analysis, NDE, Corrosion, Composites.
T.R.S. Prasanna : Solid electrolytes, Materials for SOFCs.
V.S. Raja : Corrosion and surface engineering, Failure analysis.
R. Raman : Welding metallurgy, Corrosion, Surface engineering, Chaos theory, Fractals.
I. Samajdar : Thermomechanical processing, Crystographic texture, Microscopy.
R.S. Srinivasa : Semiconductor heterostructures and devices, Sensors.
A.N. Tiwari : Composites, Mechanical alloying, Wear, Heat treatment.
N. Venkataramani : Electronics, Thin films, Nanocrystalline electroceramics.
N.N. Viswanathan : Process modelling, Transport phenomena, Process metallurgy.
S. Vitta : Nanomaterials, Bulk glasses, Magnetic materials.
The department promotes inter-disciplinary research with faculty from various other departments.
The department provides an ambience for carrying out good research in all advanced areas of materials.
For further information, please see:-
The Head
Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Ph. No.2576 7600, 2576 7633, Fax: 2572 6975, 2572 3480
http://www.met.iitb.ac.in or Email: head.met@iitb.ac.in