DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGY

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DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
SCIENCE
UGC Centre for Advanced Study
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HISTORICAL MILESTONES
1915 Conception 1945 Establishment 1947 DIISc Programme 1951 AIISc (First Research Conferment) 1957 B.E. Programme 1964 M.E. Programme 1971 Ph.D. Conferment 1972 Silver Jubilee 1983 UGC - SAP 1986 UGC COSIST 1987 M.E.(I) Programme 1990 UGC CAS (Phase-I) 1992 D.Sc. Conferment 1996 100th Doctoral Degree 1996-97 Golden Jubilee 1997 UGC CAS (Phase-II) 1998 M.E.(Mfg.) Programme
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PERSONNEL
Academic Staff Professors
10 Honorary Professor 1 AICTE Emeritus
Fellow 1 Associate Professors 5 Principal
Research Scientists 2 Assistant
Professor 1 Senior Scientific
Officer 1 Technical Officer Gr.
III 1 Scientific Officers 2 Technical
Officer Gr. I 1 Technical Staff 5 Administra
tive Staff 6 Workshop Staff 1 Lab
Helpers 3
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Prof. BRAHM PRAKASH Visiting Professors
Prof. P. Somasundaran Columbia
University, 1990 New York, USA Prof. M.A.
Dayananda Purdue University, 1992 Lafayette
, USA Prof. A.K. Mukherjee University of
California, 1994 Davis, USA Prof. S.
Ashok Penn State University, USA 1996 Prof.
R.R. Tummala Georgia Institute of
2000 Technology, Georgia, USA Prof. T.R.
Anantharaman National Physical Laboratory,
2000 New Delhi, India Prof. Brij M.
Moudgil University of Florida 2001 Gainesvil
le, FL, USA Prof. Subhash Chander Penn State
University, USA 2003 Prof. Subra Suresh MIT,
Cambridge, USA 2004 (Designate)
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
Program Duration On Roll M.E. (Met.) 2
Years 31 M.Sc. (Engg.) Research
17 Ph.D. Research 40 Total 88
Includes QIP Scholars, Foreign Students and
External registrants
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GRADUATES 1945-2003
Course Programmes D.I.I.Sc. B.E. 703 M.E.(I
) M.E. (Met.) M.E. (Mfg.) 522 Research
Programmes A.I.I.Sc.M.Sc. (Engg.)
128 Ph.D. 155 D.Sc.
1 TOTAL 1509 Programmes currently
offered
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DEPARTMENT RESEARCH PROFILE
Bio-Metallurgy Mineral Processing Surface
chemistry, Environmental Biotechnology and
Bio-Processing
Extractive Metallurgy Thermodynamics, Process
Modeling and Solid State Sensors
Metallurgy
Physical Metallurgy Metallic Glasses,
Quasicrystals, Nanostructured Materials,
Computational Modeling and Non-equilibrium
Processing
Mechanical Metallurgy Deformation Processing,
Impression Creep, Metal Joining Structure
Property Correlation
Advanced Materials Structural Ceramics,
Metal-Matrix, Ceramic-Matrix Polymer-Matrix
Composites
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MAJOR FACILITIES - I

• Transmission electron microscope
• Scanning electron microscope
• with EDAX attachment
• Metallographic facilities with image
• analyzer
• Impression creep testing unit
• Dartec hot compression testing unit
• Micro and Macro hardness testers

• Instron testing machines
• Instrumented impact testing unit
• Electro slag refining unit
• ICP analyzer
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

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MAJOR FACILITIES - II

• X-ray diffractometers
• Hot extrusion press
• EG G corrosion measurement
• console
• Computation facilities
• Thin film stress measurement system

• Heat treatment furnaces
• Ultra low load microhardness tester
• Particle size analyzer and zeta sizer
• Vacuum induction melting and casting unit
• Vacuum hot press
• Oxygen-nitrogen analyzer

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DIVISIONAL FACILITIES Housed at the Department
of Metallurgy

• Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter

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JOINT FACILITIES

• SEM with a FE tip (DST FIST)
• High resolution TEM (Institute facility)
• Nanoindenter (DRDO Project)
• 30 KW Induction furnace
• Cold isostatic press
• High stiffness electromechanical testing system
• Scanning probe microscope (Nano Centre)

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DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY
Total books 3000 Online Access since August
1999 CD-ROM reference library 5 cds
including 4 ASM (20 Volumes) Wootz File
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INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION

• Aerospace Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science and Automation
• Digital Information Services Centre
• Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
• Materials Research Center
• Mechanical Engineering
• Microbiology and Cell Biology
• Physics
• Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit

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MAJOR SPONSORED PROJECTS - I

• DRDO-IISc collaborative project
• Mechanical property characterisation of metallic
  foams (ARDB)
• Synthesis of oxide films by combustion pyrolysis
  
• of precursors (ARDB)
• Fatigue testing of Gr/Ep composite used in LCA
  aircraft (ADA)
• Development of Zr, Ti and Hf based bulk metallic
  glasses and bulk
• nano crystalline alloys (DAE)
• Mathematical and physical modelling of boron
  carbide manufacturing process (DAE)
• Development of newer materials for electrical
  applications (CPRI)
• Developing and characterising thermoplastic /
  thermoset-fly ash composites (CPRI)
• Environmental impact of metal mining (IFCP)

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MAJOR SPONSORED PROJECTS - II

• Computational study of phase transformations in
  ternary alloys (DST)
• Densification characteristics of nanocrystalline
  ceramic composites (DST)
• Swarnajayanthi project (DST)
• Studies on bioprocessing of Indian ocean nodules
  with reference to extraction of valuable
  metals (DST)
• Enhanced dewatering of fine coal using
  microorganisms and their by-products as
  surface modifying agents (DST)
• Friction and wear behaviour of aluminium MMC
  brake disc/brake pad during sliding wear
  (DST)
• Mathematical modelling of the Acheson process
  (DST)
• Synthesis and properties of nanomaterials (DST)

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Scientific and Industrial Consultancy
Biohydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing Hutti
Gold Mines Ltd. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company
Ltd. Process Modelling RDCIS, SAIL, Tata
Steel Characterization of processed carbon DRDL
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SID PROJECTS
Indo-Norwegian ALTECH Programme Hydro
Aluminium, Norway Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, Trondheim Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore COREX Process
Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd., Hospet GM-IISc
Labs General Motors, Warren, Mi, USA
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INTERNATIONAL SPONSORED PROJECTS

• US Airforce, Washington (DC), USA
• (Titanium Composites and Structural Modelling)
• Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
• (Ceramic Composites)
• Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
  (IRD) France
• (Indo-French Water Science Cell)
• (Environmental Impact of Mining on water
  quality)
• University of Mexico, Mexico (Composites)
• University of Augsburg, Germany (Modeling of
  phase transformations)
• Columbia University, USA (Bio-Mineral Processing)

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RESEARCH CONFERMENTS
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PUBLICATIONS
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AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS - I
Swarnajayanthi Fellowship 1 S.S. Bhatnagar
Award 2 National Mineral Award 1 H.J
Bhabha Award (UGC) 1 National Metallurgist
Award 1 Metallurgist of the Year Award
10 Young Metallurgist of the Year Award
1 G.D. Birla Award (IIM) 3 Hindustan Zinc
Medal (IIM) 2 Kamani Medal 3 Binani
Medal 2 Distinguished Materials Scientist
(MRSI) 1 MRSI Medal 6 Indranil Award
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AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS - II
Fellows of IIM 5 Fellow of TWAS 1 Fellows
of INSA 5 Fellows of IASc 8 Fellows
INAE 5 Fellows of NASc 5 Materials Science
Prize (INSA) 1 Brahm Prakash Medal
(INSA) 1 KSIIDC/Tata Chem Chairs 4 D.Sc. 2
Alumni Award for Excellence in Engineering
Research 5 TMS Extraction and
Processing Science Award 1
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NEW INITIATIVES IN MATERIALS AT IISc

• Nano materials
• Acquisition of state-of-the- art TEM,
  lithography, AFM
• New clean laboratory for electron and ion beam
  characterisation, AFM/STM, Squid magnetometer
• Micro-electromechanical Systems Smart materials
• Coordinating institution for nation-wide effort
  on Smart materials
• New laboratory for design of MEMS

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RESEARCH PROFILE - I

• BIO-MATERIALS PROCESSING
• Bio-mineral processing including beneficiation
  and leaching
• Biological templates for materials synthesis
• Environmental Engineering, including heavy metal
  ion and toxic element removal
• THIN FILMS AND JOINING
• Synthesis by laser ablation, decomposition of
  precursors
• Mechanical characterisation and interfacial
  fracture
• Laser welding/alloying of dissimilar materials
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
• High temperature creep and superplasticity
• Bulk metallic glasses, foams and composites
• Smart materials including shape memory alloys
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND LIGHT ALLOYS
• Fabrication of new composites based on light
  metals, polymers and ceramics
• Development of applications in low density
  structures, electronic packaging, brakes, wear
  plates
• Al and Mg based alloys for automotive
  applications

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RESEARCH PROFILE - II

• METASTABLE MATERIALS
• Quasicrystalline phases in novel systems
• Metastable ceramics from precursors by templating
  pyrolysis
• Mechano-chemical routes to metastability in
  metallic alloys
• Synthesis of bulk Fe and Al based bulk metallic
  glasses
• THERMODYNAMICS
• Experimental measurements, Development of models
  for thermodynamic data in semi-conductors and
  ceramics with applications in microelectronics,
  sensors and batteries
• NANOSCALE SYSTEMS
• Nanometric dispersions of Fe-based compounds for
  use as soft and hard magnetic materials
• Wear properties of embedded soft metals
• Consolidation and high temperature deformation of
  metastable ultrafine grained ceramics
• Biological and organic template route to the
  synthesis of nano and meso porous materials
• Combustion synthesis of nano particles
• MODELLING
• Numerical modelling of fluid flow through porous
  media, novel metal refining processes
• Monte Carlo simulations of phase transformations
  and coarsening

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GOALS / SPIN-OFFS

• CROSS-DISCIPLINARY INITIATIVE ON ADVANCED
  MATERIALS AT IISc

Multi-disciplinary programmes spanning newly
emerging fields that are interdisciplinary among
Materials, Chemistry, Engineering, Biology and
Physics
OUR VISION OF THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
METALLURGY

• To take the lead in identifying materials
  systems for the future (processing,
  properties, technology development)
• To develop State-of-the-Art characterisation
  facilities (Microstructural, mechanical,
  thermal, analytical)
• To develop new methods for computer modelling
  of complex behaviour
• To train post-graduates who can initiate
  materials activities at the cutting edge
  in industries and research laboratories