Micro-Mechanics of Materials Group
Nagamani Jaya Balila
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
CURRENT TEAM
Chayan Kosambia
PhD student, 2022-present
Fracture behavior of 3D printed Composites
Saim Abbas
PhD student, 2019-present
Interface fracture energy measurements of thermal spray coatings
Kartikey Sharma
PhD student, 2023-present
Linkedin ID: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kartikeysharma12
Research Gate ID: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kartikey-Sharma-8
Fatigue and fracture behavior of additively manufactured alloys
Ratnesh K Yadav
PhD student, 2023-present
Effect of reverted austenite stability on deformation and fracture bevhavior of maraging steels
Adya Charan Arohi
IPDF, 2024-present
Microstructural and mechanical characterization of EBPVD thermal barrier coating
Banamali Kar
M.Tech student, 2024-present
Accelerated fatigue testing to predict fatigue properties of metallic alloys
Banty Kumar
M.Tech student, 2024-present
Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of EBM Inconel 718
Tanwesh Kumar
M.Tech student, 2024-present
Hydrogen embrittlement in maraging steel and ASS 316L
PAST TEAM MEMBERS
Deepesh Yadav
PhD student, 2019-2025
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepesh_Yadav4
Designing Fracture Resistance of PMMA and PLA Through Architecturing
Deepshree Awale
Institute Post-doc, 2023-2025
Linkedin ID: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepshri-awale-Phd/
Research Gate ID: www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepshree_Awale
Soudip Basu
Ph.D student, 2017-2024
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Soudip_Basu2
Microstructural engineering for improved hole expansion ratio in Dual Phase steels
Intrinsic and extrinsic size effects on mechanical behavior of metallic alloys
Kumari Shubham Chaudhary
M.Tech student, 2022-2024
Fatigue Behaviour of Additively Manufactured IN939 Ni based Superalloy
Liza Doifode
M.Tech student, 2022-2024
Effect of cold rolling on mechanical behavior of maraging steels
Rohit Kumar Yadav
DD, 2019-2023
(graduated)
Deformation and fracture mechanisms of Additively Manufactured Co based superalloy Mar-M 509
Akshaye Prasad
M.Tech, 2021-2023
(graduated)
Extrinsic size effects in metallic materials
Ravi Shankar Verma
M.Tech, 2021-2023
(graduated)
Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Particle Based Composite using Finite Element Analysis and Machine Learning
Pragyesh Bajpai
M.Tech, 2021-2023
(graduated)
Mechanical Behaviour of Interface-Dominated 3D printed Polymers
Sachin Sangode
M.Tech, 2021-2023
(graduated)
Optimization of Process Parameters of Liquid Fuel HVOF Sprayed WC-10Co-4Cr Coating
Aditya Viswanath
M.Tech, 2021-2023
(graduated)
Strain Partitioning Studies under Triaxial Stress States of
Dual Phase Steels
Vivek Pendharkar
Dual Degree, 2019-2023
(graduated)
Micromechanics of Fracture in Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel
Apoorv Verma
Dual Degree, 2020-2025
(BTP-1)
Role of crack offset and loading condition on fracture behavior of wire specimen
Shardul Kher
B.Tech, 2020-2024
(BTP-1)
Design and Finite Element Modelling of Stochastically Generated Composite Microstructures
Dr. Bikash Kumar
Institute Post-Doctoral fellow 2021-22
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OF78POYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Coupled thermo-mechanical modeling of additive manufacturing
Dr. Tushar Dandekar
Institute Post-Doc, 2022-2023
Mechanical and electrochemical behavior of Additively Manufactured SS316L
Maheesh Baijal
B.Tech, 2020-2023
(graduated -BTP-I, II)
Mechanical behavior of Additively Manufactured CM247LC
Dr. Nidhin George Mathews
Ph.D, 2016-2022
(graduated)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nidhin_Mathews
Damage tolerance studies on ferroelectric thin films and structures
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Mishra
M.Tech-PhD Dual Degree, 2016-2022
(graduated)
Institute Post-Doc, 2022-2023
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashwini_Mishra3
Failure in interface dominated multilayer coatings and thin films
Dr. Kevin Jacob
Ph.D student, 2017-2022
(graduated)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_Jacob3
Effect of deformation processing on precipitation and mechanical behaviour of maraging steels
Madapala Govind
M.Tech, 2020-2022
(graduated)
Thermomechanical behavior of HPT processed DP steels
Dr. Sujith Kumar
Institute Post-Doctoral fellow 2021-22
Nanoindentation and Micro-mechanics of thin films and coatings
Anilkumar Manapuram
M.Tech 2019-2021 (graduated)
Interface fracture energy measurements on coatings
Neha Kumari
B.Tech 2015-2019 (graduated)
Pre-cracking strategies for fracture toughness determination in brittle systems
V Sudheer Kumar
M.Tech 2016-2017 (graduated)
Role of the interface on deformation and fracture behavior of dual phase steels
Siba Sundar Sahoo
M.Tech, 2020-2022
(graduated)
Mechanical characterisation of Additively Manufactured Superalloys
Hrushikesh Sahasrabuddhe
DD 2016-2021 (graduated)
Extrinsic Size Effects on Fracture Behavior of Materials
Tejas Shailesh Chaudhari
DD 2021
(graduated)
Formulation and Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Glass based Composites using Stochastic FEM and Machine Learning
Kriti Pragya
DD 2013-2017
(graduated)
Indentation methods to evaluate mechanical behavior of poly-Si
Suprit P Bhusare
M.Tech 2016-2017 (graduated)
Micro-mechanical behavior of heavily cold drawn pearlitic steel wires
Siddharth Pradhan
Dual Degree, 2017-2022
(graduated)
Design of damage tolerant architectures in brittle systems
Shreehard Sahu
Project Research Assistant
2021-22
Advanced characterisation of AM superalloys
Tanmayee More
Project Research Assistant (2019-21)
Design of damage tolerant architectures in brittle systems
Dileep Hari Kendre
M.Tech 2016-2017 (graduated)
Finite element simulations of micromechanical behavior of multilayered structures
Aloshious Lambai
M.Tech 2016-2017 (graduated)
Fracture mechanics of composites using clamped beam geometry