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

Soudip Basu
Ph.D student, 2017-present
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Soudip_Basu2
Microstructural engineering for improved hole expansion ratio in Dual Phase steels

Deepesh Yadav
PhD student, 2019-present
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepesh_Yadav4
Designing damage resistant porous microstructures

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

Deepshree Awale
Institute Post-doc, 2023-present
Linkedin ID: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepshri-awale-Phd/
Research Gate ID: www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepshree_Awale

Kumari Shubham Chaudhary
M.Tech student, 2022-present
Fatigue Behaviour of Additively Manufactured Superalloys
Intrinsic and extrinsic size effects on mechanical behavior of metallic alloys

Chayan Kosambia
PhD student, 2022-present
Fracture behavior of 3D printed Composites

Liza Doifode
M.Tech student, 2022-present
Effect of cold rolling on mechanical behavior of maraging steels
PAST TEAM MEMBERS

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