Prof. Vikram Jayaram - Curriculum Vitae

Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Education

1984
Ph. D. Materials Science & Engineering
Stanford University
1978
B.A. Natural Sciences
Cambridge University

Experience

2022-present
Honorary Professor
Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2015-2021
Chairman (Dean)
Division of Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2009-2015
Chairman
Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2002-2009
Professor
Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1996-2002
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1990-1996
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1987-1989
Assistant Research Engineer
University of California, Santa Barbara

Research in the fields of Rapid solidification of Ceramics, Fabrication of Ceramic Composites, Fracture of Interfaces

1984-1986
Staff Scientist
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Research in the field of Ceramic metal adhesion, Fracture Toughness of Interfaces, Phase transformations and precipitations in Alumina

1978-1984
Research Assistant
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University

Ph.D Dissertation on "Crack Initiation and Deformation in WC-Co"

Teaching of Laboratory Courses and Problem Sessions on the Application of Crystallography and Diffraction in Materials Science

Honours

2020
Lifetime Achievement Award, Electron Microscopy Society of India
2017
JC Bose Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
2013
GD Birla Gold Medal, Indian Institute of Metals
2012
JC Bose Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
2010
Fellow, American Ceramic Society
2009
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Institute of Metals
2008
Satish Dhawan Professor, Indian National Academy of Engineering
2006
Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
2005
Fellow, Indian Academy of Engineering
2004
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
2003
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
2000
National Metallurgist Day Award, Indian Institute of Metals
1997
Materials Research Society of India Medal Lecture
1983
Presidential Scholar, Electron Microscopy Society of America
1972
Commonwealth Scholarship to study for the Advanced Level in the UK

Professional Activities

President
  • Indian Structural Integrity Society (*at present)
Research Council
  • Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
  • Advanced Research Centre International (Chairman, Technical Advisory Board) (*at present)
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science & Technology
  • Board of School of Engg. Sciences & Tech., Univ. of Hyderabad
  • National Institute of Engineering (Mysore)
  • Kongu Engineering College, Erode (*at present)
Chairman
  • Materials, Metallurgy and Minerals Programme Advisory Committee, DST
  • Project Assessment and Review Committee (Coatings-GTMAP- Aeronautical R&D Board)
Associate Editor
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society (*at present)
  • Materials Science & Engineering-B (*at present)
  • Bulletin of Materials Science
  • Trans. IIM
  • Trans. ICerS
Member
  • Empowered Committee (SERB) (*at present)
  • Research Council-AMPRI Bhopal
  • American Ceramic Society
  • Materials Research Society of India
  • Indian Institute of Metals
Reviewer
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Journal of Materials Research
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • J Materials Science, etc.

Patents

No.860/Mas/94
A Process for Producing Wear Resistant Ceramics
Inventors: V. Jayaram, R. Manna, M. G. Kshetrapal and S. K. Biswas
No.2359/Mas/97
A Method of Making Aluminum Matrix Composites by Pressureless infiltration of Liquid Metal
Inventors: B. Srinivasa Rao and V. Jayaram
No.365/Mas/2000
A Method of Making Al rich and AlN rich Matrix Composites by Pressureless infiltration of molten Aluminum Alloys using an Exteranl Getter
Inventors: B. Srinivasa Rao and V. Jayaram
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An improved anode composition for internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell and a process for fabrication thereof
S Senthil Kumar, S T Aruna and B Shri Prakash (National Aerospace Laboratories) and Vikram Jayaram (IISc)
IN Patent App. 201,941,028,031
A system and method for determination of power law creep parameters from a single bending test
Syed Idrees Afzal Jalali, Praveen Kumar, Vikram Jayaram