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METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE (MM)

A) M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Areas of Specialization

1. Materials Science MM 1
2. Process Engineering MM 2
3. Steel Technology MM 3

Eligibility for Admission

Materials Science (MM1)

Candidates having First class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in Bachelor's Degree in Ceramic, Chemical, Electrical, Electronics, Electrochemical, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering, Engineering Physics with valid

GATE score or First class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in M.Sc. degree in Chemistry, Materials science, Physics with valid GATE score in any discipline are eligible for admission. AMIE/AMIIM are also eligible.

Process Engineering (MM2)

Candidates having first class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) in Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrochemical, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering with valid GATE score OR First class or 60% marks (55% for SC/ST) in M.Sc. in Chemistry (General or Specialization in Physical or Inorganic Chemistry), Materials Science with valid GATE score in any discipline are eligible for admission. AMIE/AMIIM are also eligible.

For above specializations, the applicants with M.Sc. qualifying degree, Mathematics as a subject at his / her B.Sc. degree level is an essential requirement.

Faculty in the Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Dept. carry out research on a range of materials:

Metals:Process analysis, instrumentation and control, Iron and Steel making, deformation behavior and microstructure evolution during creep and superplasticity, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, metal forming, mechanical behavior, welding, physical metallurgy, phase transformation, structure property relationship, thermomechanical processing and texture analysis.

Ceramics: Electronic ceramics, bio-ceramics, glass ceramics, ceramic foams, industrial ceramics, IR transmitting glasses, near net shape forming, gel casting, rheology of suspensions.

Semiconductors and magnetic materials: Devices of thin film elemental semiconductors and alloy systems, surface treatment and surface engineering, chemical vapor deposition, structure property correlation in nano-crystalline magnetic materials, magneto-resistor materials.

In addition, research into materials for sensors and batteries, superconductors, synthesis and processing of ion conductors, materials for energy generation and storage is going on in the Dept.

Polymers and Composites: Polymer blends, Polymer-carbon nanotube composites, metal-matrix composites, structure property relations.

Wear and Corrosion: Fracture and failure, non-destructive evaluation, aqueous corrosion, metallurgy of corrosion, oil and gas corrosion, and protective coatings (paints, high temperature coatings etc.).

Modeling and Simulations: Modeling of metallurgical processes, heat and mass transport, modeling of metal forming, Optimization, Monte Carlo simulations, Dislocation dynamics simulations.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE

Various facilities are available for research in the department:
Basic XRD with X- celerator and thin film attachment
1600 Degree Horizontal Single Sample Dilatometer with Accessories
Image Intensifier System and Ex-Ray Source
High Temp. Attachment and Texture and Stress Attachment Unit
Air Vacuum Induction Melting System
Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope
Simultaneous Thermal Analysis System
R/S SST Plus with Coaxial Cylinder Rheometer
Atomic Absorption Unit AVANTAP
Carbon Sulphur Analyser
High Temp. Furnaces 1700 Deg.C.
UV Visible Spectrophotometer
Thin film processing units
MTS machines
Vibrating sample magnetometer
National facility on OIM and stress determination by XRD

Steel Technology (MM3)-(Industry sponsored)

Eligibility for admission

Candidates having First class or 60% marks (55% marks or SC/ST) in Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Metallurgical Engg. With valid GATE score are eligible for admission.

Eligibility Criteria as mentioned for sponsored candidates in 5.8 of M.Tech. Information Brochure 2010.