Principal Investigator: Prof. Krishanu Biswas

  Professional Experience

• Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur
  2016 – Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur
  2012 – 2016
• Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur
  2008 – 2012

  Education

• PhD in Metallurgical Engineering - July 2006, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• Master of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering - January 2001, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering - July 1997, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

  Awards and Achievements

• Member, Indian National Young Academy of Science (under aegis of INSA), 2016–21
• Key Reader, Materials and Metallurgical Transactions A, 2015 onward
• J S Bindra Faculty Research Fellow, IIT Kanpur, 2015–2018
• DAAD Fellowship to visit RWTH, Aachen and DLR, Cologne, Germany, 2013
• BOYSCAST Fellowship, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2011
• Young Engineer Award, IEI, 2011
• Young Scientist Medal, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2010
• Young Metallurgist of the Year, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, 2008
• Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS), 2006
• Shri Ram Arora Award for Materials Science & Engg., by TMS, USA, 2006
• Best Student Speaker, Intl. Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP), Bangalore, Nov. 2004
• Second Best Poster Prize, Intl. Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment, Hyderabad, Nov. 2003
• IIM Student Prize for highest marks in Masters degree, 2001
• Merit Certificates, Indian Institute of Metals, for highest marks (3rd–8th semester), Bachelor degree
• Highest Marks in thesis work, Bachelor of Engineering, 1997
• Gold Medal, Bachelor of Engineering, 1997