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Faculty details Prasad M.J.N.V.

Jindal Stainless Steel Chair Professor

Prasad M.J.N.V.

Email: mjnvprasad[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in

Phone: (+91) (022) 2576 7642

Education: 

  • PhD ­ Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, 2010 
  • ME ­ Metallurgy, IISc, Bangalore, 2004 
  • BTech ­ Met. Engg. REC (now, NIT Warangal) 2002
Research areas

Manufacturing, Processing & JoiningMechanical Behaviour & Computational Mechanics

Teaching

In teaching, Prof. Prasad focuses on fundamental aspects of relating the microstructure­mechanical properties­ thermomechanical processing of materials. 

Some courses taught are: 

Thermomechanical Processing and Forming of Steel; Mechanical Characterization of Materials; Plastic Deformation and Microstructure Evolution; Fatigue, Creep and Superplasticity; Protective Coatings; Advanced Composites; Heat Treatment Laboratory.

Research profile

The traditional paradigm of the materials science tetrahedron illustrates the structure­processing­ properties­ performance correlations for a material. Along similar lines, Prof. Prasad has defined the focus of his research majorly on ‘Microstructural Engineering and Mechanical Performance (MEMP)’ of various metallic alloys (both ferrous and non­ ferrous metals & alloys) and metal matrix/metal particles reinforced composites. One of the current thrust areas is to develop novel coatings and materials as a strategic approach to improve resistance against mechanical and chemical degradation of materials. The second one is on developing advanced high­ strength steels and advanced light alloys (Al alloys, Mg alloys, Ti alloys) for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications by adopting proper alloy design and thermo­mechanical controlled processing. And, the third one is on developing novel and advanced similar and dissimilar metal joints by solid­state diffusion bonding and friction­stir welding. The group has been working on understanding the deformation behaviour, oxidation, and corrosion performance of metallic materials at different microstructural length scales.

Research interest
  • Mechanical Behaviour of Metallic Materials 
  • Thermo­Mechanical Processing 
  • Metallic Coatings and Alloy Development Material Joining

Electrodeposition of Ni­W multilayer coatings [1].

The role of secondary B2 phase on tensile behaviour of Fe­Mn­Al­C­(Ni) based low­density steels [2].

Solid­state diffusion bonding to produce dissimilar metal joints between stainless steel and titanium alloy [3].

References
  1. Lavakumar Bathini, M.J.N.V. Prasad and Nitin P. Wasekar, “Compositionally modulated Ni­W multilayer coatings: A facile approach to enhance the tribological performance,” Tribology International 179 (2023) 108145 (1­10). 
  2. Bidyapati Mishra, R. Sarkar, Vajinder Singh, A. Mukhopadhyay, Rohit T. Mathew, V. Madhu, M.J.N.V. Prasad, “Microstructure and deformation behaviour of austenitic low­density steels: The defining role of B2 intermetallic phase,” Materialia 20 (2021) 101198 (1­13). 
  3. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Rohit Kumar Gupta, Aditya Sarkar and M.J.N.V. Prasad, “Vacuum diffusion bonding of α titanium alloy to stainless steel for aerospace applications: Interfacial microstructure and mechanical characteristics,” Materials Characterization 183 (2022) 111607 (1­15).