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Vijayshankar Dandapani

Principal Investigator

Vijay landed at IIT Bombay in May 2019 after a postdoctoral stay at the Institute for Energy and Process Systems Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. He received his PhD in Materials Science (Electrochemistry) in 2017 from Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany with the research work being carried out in the Corrosion Group at the Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering Department, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany. He obtained his Masters in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. He had graduated with a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. He briefly worked as a  research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. 
 
Awards : His doctoral work was selected for presentation as one of the two best talks at the Gordon Conference on Aqueous Corrosion 2016
 
Other interests : Blogging, Violin, Basketball, Trekking    

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Amal Sibi

IITB-Monash PhD candidate (Co-supervised with Prof. MJNV Prasad and Prof. Raman Singh)

 

Amal joined our group in Fall 2021 and hails from Wayanad, Kerala. He is currently working on understanding the susceptibility of Magnesium alloys to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in a simulated body fluid environment. He was conferred his Master’s degree in Materials Science from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (2021), and his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala (2017).  After his Bachelor’s, he worked as a service engineer at Daikin Air conditioning India Private Limited. He is interested in developing cost-effective implant technologies and widening his scope toward cell culture studies.

 

Other Interests: Music, Dance, Movies, Anime, Basketball.

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Sudha Gautam

PhD candidate 

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Sudha hails from Basti, Uttar Pradesh and joined the group in December, 2021 as a PhD candidate. She received her M. Tech. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (Now NIAMT), Ranchi, Jharkhand. She is interested in the area of hydrogen embrittlement of advanced high strength steel and currently studying the hydrogen permeation in dual phase steel and how a tensile stress affects this transport. 

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Other interests: Listening music, crafting, reading books.

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Shriya Mahapatra


PhD candidate 

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Shriya, who is from the Odisha province's Nayagarh district, joined the team in December 2022. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering and Technology (now Odisha University of Technology and Research), Bhubaneswar, Odisha in 2019 and a Master's in Mechanical System Design from Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU, DRDO), Pune, Maharashtra, in 2022. She is currently working on how hydrogen permeation in pipeline steels affects the adhesion of protective coatings as part of the Indo-French collaborative project funded by the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) . Although the effects of hydrogen on pipeline steel can be reduced with the use of coatings, careful monitoring and maintenance are still required to guarantee the integrity and safety of the pipeline system.

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Other interests: She enjoys dancing greatly and shares her interest in learning different languages and culture.

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Priyam Roy


PhD candidate 

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Priyam comes from a town called Barpeta Road, Assam situated about 125 kms from Guwahati. He graduated with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from KIIT(Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) from Bhubaneswar, Odisha in 2020 and completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Tezpur University, Assam in 2023. He will be working on damage resistant coatings for hydrogen transport. He has a keen interest in traveling and believes that traveling new places, meeting new people and learning about their culture, lifestyle and cuisine gives him mental peace and makes him happy.


Other hobbies: - Swimming, Badminton.

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Alumni

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  1. Ashok (M.Tech Thesis, Currently in SAIL)

  2. Dr. Chiranjit Poddar (Institute Postdoctoral Fellow)

  3. Archit (M.Tech Thesis, Currently in ISRO)

  4. Akhil Dokhale (DDP Thesis)

  5. Aditya Singh (DDP Thesis)

  6. Dr. Vaibhav Kathavate (Institute Postdoctoral Fellow)

  7. Uday Sai Sajja ( M.Tech Thesis)

  8. Lavakumar Dasari (M.Tech Thesis)

  9. Vivek Kava (M.Tech Thesis)

  10. Aarushi Chaudhary (DDP Thesis)

  11. Dwij Kabra (DDP Thesis)

  12. Dr. G. Keerthiga (PhD Dissertation, Co-guide)

  13. Dr. C. Sundaresan (PhD Dissertation, Co-guide)

  14. Dr. Rasmi Ranjan Tripathy (PhD Dissertation)

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