Professor
Ashutosh Suresh Gandhi
Email: agandhi[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone: (+91) (022) 2576 7614
Education:
- Phd Metallurgy, IISc Bangalore, 2001
- ME Metallurgy, IISc Bangalore, 1994
Teaching
- Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award, IIT Bombay 2021 Structural Characterisation of Materials (MM732), M.Tech. Core High Temperature Corrosion (MM 695), M.Tech. Core
- Physical Metallurgy (MM737), M.Tech. Core
- Mechanical Characterisation of Materials (MM733), M.Tech. Restricted Elective Topics in Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (MM730), M.Tech. Restricted Elective Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy (MM357), B.Tech. Core
- Manufacturing Processes Laboratory (MM323), B.Tech. Core
Research profile
- High temperature protective coatings: a) Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) i) New thermal barrier materials based on 'high entropy' ceramics. Indian Patent #381163 (Nov 2021), Application No. 201921032434 (Aug 2019). ii) Condition monitoring of TBC system by spectroscopic sensing iii) Phase transformations and property evolution in zirconia TBCs. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 556, 927935 (2012). b)Environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) i) Thermodynamic explanation of multiple phase formation in rare earth silicate EBCs ii) Slurry spray deposited, insitu reaction sintered, multilayered EBCs
- Multicomponent equimolar 'high entropy' oxides a) Spinel, perovskite, pyrochlore/fluorite structured 'high entropy' oxides. Materialia (20) 101259 (2021) b) Advanced structural characterisation of 'high entropy' oxides c) Interesting properties: Thermal, optical, dielectric, and mechanical
- Alumina based glasses a) Rareearth and transition metal oxide additives to stabilise glassy phase b) Low temperature sintering of alumina glasses c) Advanced structural characterisation of alumina glasses
Research interest
- Science of Ceramics,
- High Temperature Protective Coatings (TBCs and EBCs),
- Multicomponent Equimolar (High Entropy) Ceramics,
- Phase Transformations,
- Metastable and Amorphous Materials
Residual stress in thermal barrier coating measured by Raman spectroscopy.
Thermally stable multicomponent equimolar 'high entropy' spinel.
Enhanced thermal stability of alumina glasses by composition design.