About
Education:
Ph. D., Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (2006)
M. Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, INDIA (2002)
B. Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA (2000)
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Experience:
Professor – School of Engineering Sciences and Technology –University of Hyderabad (Feb.2020 onwards)
Associate Professor – School of Engineering Sciences and Technology – University of Hyderabad (Feb. 2017 – Feb.2020)
Assistant Professor – School of Engineering Sciences and Technology – University of Hyderabad (Jan. 2009 – Feb.2017)
Research Associate – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Dec.2007 – Jan. 2009)
Research Fellow – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Oct. 2006 – Dec. 2007)
Research Assistant – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (Aug. 2002 –Aug. 2006)
Junior Research Fellow-IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal, INDIA (Feb. 2002-Aug. 2002)
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Academic Honors/ Awards/ Fellowships:
Research Work Featured on the Journal Front Cover, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2026), Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 2805-3200. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c02181
Research Work Featured on the Journal Front Cover, ACS Applied Engineering Materials (2026), Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 2004-2725. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaenm.5c01234
Fellow, Telangana Academy of Sciences (2018).
Weldwell Specialty Award, Indian Institute of Welding (2018)
Chancellor’s Award (recognition for teaching and research), University of Hyderabad (2015).
The James Clerk Maxwell Writers Prize (highly commended article), The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, U. K. (2014). (http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/est/the-james-clerk-maxwell-writers-prize? utm_source=CPB&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JMK03113#21734)
“Most read article (ranked # 2/20)”, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 94 (2014) 582. (https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showMostReadArticles?journalCode=tphl20)
Research work recognition (Key Scientific Article) by Advances in Engineering, Canada (2014).
Young Associate of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2013)
Associate Engineers Award, Indian Institute of Welding (2012)
Member, National committee (Materials) on Defence Technology Vision – 2050, DRDO (2012)
Young Engineer Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2011)
“Excellent Reviewer” appreciation from the “Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Springer)” (2011)
Best poster award, NMD-ATM-2011, Hyderabad (2011).
Best poster award in “International conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue interaction (CF- 5)” at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India (2008).
Elected member of Alpha Sigma Mu (The International Professional Honor Society for Materials Science and Engineering) (2004).
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University of Hyderabad Professor2009 - Present
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Publications (76)
- Effect of Thermal Processing Routes on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Sustainability of an Automotive Spring Steel: A Green Engineering Approach Save
- On the microstructural evolution and indentation response of equiatomic NbWTi medium-entropy alloy Save
- Corrosion and Wear Properties of Low-Modulus TiZrNb-Based Complex Concentrated Alloys under Simulated Physiological Conditions Save
- Microstructure and mechanical properties of an aluminium composite with carbon-containing medium entropy alloy MoNbWTa0.5C0.5 reinforcement Save
- Assessment of stability of retained austenite during instrumented indentation of martempered SAE 9254 spring steel Save
- Multi-phase nanocrystalline MoNb (Fe) and MoNbTi (Fe) based multi-principal element alloys with superior “density-normalized” hardness Save
- High-temperature oxidation behavior of Nbx(MoTaW)(1-x) (x = 0.25, 0.4, 0.55, and 0.7) refractory multicomponent alloys Save
- Biocompatible Ti33Co33Cr33 and Ti50Co25Cr25 multi-principal element alloys for next generation applications Save
- Effect of Ti on the microstructure and mechanical properties of equiatomic NbTaTi medium-entropy alloy Save
- Influence of Mo Additions on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Al-Si Scrap Alloys with Extended Iron Tolerances Save