Mk Surappa
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Mirle Krishne Gowda Surappa received his B.Sc degree from Mysore University in 1970 and joined the Indian Institute of Science ( IISc), Bangalore. From where he obtained B.E in Metallurgy, M.Sc and Ph. D degrees from the Mechanical Engineering in the years,1973, 1976 and 1980 respectively. He worked at then Regional Research Laboratory in Trivandrum for two years. Thereafter he worked at Drexel University (USA), Cavendish Laboratory (UK), and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Luassane during the period 1981-87. He joined the department of Metallurgy at IISc in the year 1987 as an Assistant professor and became full Professor in 1998. He was also Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology ( 2004-2009). He is the founding Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar ( Punjab)
Research Interest
Material Processing, Solidification Processing of Metal Matrix Composites, Tribology of MMCs
