Prof. M P Gururajan
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
Academic Background B.Sc (Physics), Madras University, 1994 M.Sc (Materials Science), Anna University, Madras, 1996 M.Sc. (By research), IISC Banglore, 1999 Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2006. Research Projects Twinning and dislocation mediated deformation: multiscale modeling and experimental validation. Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Stability of microstructure and dislocation formation during the deformation of eutectic microstructures, Funded by Tata Steel. Development and implementation of phase field model for dry snow metamorphism. Funded by Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Phase field modelling of microstructural evolution in magnetic thin films. Funded by Directorate of Extramural Research and Intellectucal Property Rights, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Development of Life Prediction methodologies for transversely loaded DS Nickel based superalloys for gas-turbine application. Imprint project proposal (at Phase III approval) in collaboration with GE global research JFWTC India Technology Centre, Bengaluru. Indigeneous software development for ICME: Focus on the meso-scopic length scale. Imprint project proposal (at Phase III approval) in collaboration with TCS, Pune. Investigations into the mechanisms of deformation in medium Mn steel, which will lead to the development of a microstructure informed model for deformation, To be funded by Tata Steel.
Research Interest
Modelling of microstructural evolution Atomistic (Monte Carlo and Molecular dynamics) and continuum (phase field modelling) models Phase transformations Deformation and phase transformation induced microstructural changes
Publications
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Precipitate growth kinetics in systems with interfacial energy and mobility anisotropy: a phase-field study, Arijit Roy and M P Gururajan, Proceedings of international conference on solid-solid phase transformations in inorganic materials 2015, Edited by Matthias Militzer, Gianluigi Botton, Long-Qing Chen, James Howe, Chadwick Sinclair, and Hatem Zurob, pp. 325-332, 2015.
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Modified Young’s equation for equilibrium dihedral angles of grain boundary grooves in thin films at the nanoscale, Shang-Chun Lin, Ming-Wei Liu, M P Gururajan, and Kuo-An Wu, Acta Materialia, 102, pp. 364-372, 2016.
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Elastic stress effects on microstructural instabilities, M P Gururajan and A Lahiri, IISc journal, 93, 3, 199-234.
