Several people in the Dept. of Materials Eng. and in associated departments work in the broad area of mechanical behavior of materials. Within the department, this includes the research groups of Prof. Atul Chokshi, Prof. Vikram Jayaram, Prof. U. Ramamurty, Prof. Subodh Kumar and Dr. Satyam Suwas

Profs K. Chattopadhyay, M. Surappa, and T.A. Abinandanan have interest in allied aspects of mechanical properties of materials. Faculty from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering also have considerable expertise in mechanical properties of materials.

There is considerable research interactions via collaborations between the different faculty members. To further foster dialogue and bonhomie between the different groups, a lunch seminar series has been put in place since Aug 2007. The idea is to increase awareness of new developments in the broad area of mechanical properties.  The general format is to review in an informal manner a recent (within 3 months) journal paper.  The Journal Club meets every alternate wednesday over lunch at the Brahm Prakash Committee Room (Dept. of Materials Engineering). A group of about 30 students and faculty members constitute the journal club

Here is a list of speakers hosted under the auspices of this series to date:

 

1) Atul Chokshi	5) S. Karthikeyan	9) Nilesh Gurao	13) Somjeet Biswas
2) Vikram Jayaram	6) Satyam Suwas	10) Parag Tandaiya	14) Indrani Sen
3) U. Ramamurty	7) M.J.N.V. Prasad	11) Nisha Verma	15) Prasath Babu
4) T.A. Abinandanan	8) Hindol Bandyopadhyay	12) Santonu Ghosh	16) Vyasa Shastry

The journal club has temporarily gone on break for the summer and will return with vengeance (and more greasy food) sometime in early August. For information on other upcoming talks within and outside this seminar series, click here

On a lighter note, this is what some people think of journal clubs.