Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
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👩🎓Education & Qualification:
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
- Technical University Dresden, Germany
- Awarded: May 2014
- Focus: Selective Laser Melting – Mechanical, Tribological, and Corrosion properties of Al-12Si alloy
Master of Technology (M. Tech.)
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, India
- Specialization: Materials Joining
- Graduated: May 2008
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
- Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Anna University, India
- Graduated: May 2006
Professional Experience:
Full Professor and Head of Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia (Aug. 2018 – Present)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India (July 2019 – Present)
Guest Scientist, Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Oct. 2017 – Present)
SPARC Adjunct Professor in Additive Manufacturing, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli, India (Jul. 2019 – Mar. 2022)
Renowned Overseas Professor – Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences, China (Oct. 2019)
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany (Sep. 2019)
Associate Professor, Additive Manufacturing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (Mar. 2017 – Sep. 2018)
Senior Scientist, Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences (May 2016 – Mar. 2017)
R&D Engineer, Additive Manufacturing Center, Sandvik AB, Sweden (Mar. 2015 – May 2016)
Scientific Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research – IFW, Germany (Jan. 2014 – Feb. 2015)
Awards and Honors:
S.K. Tamotia Award for research in Aluminum Metallurgy (Indian Institute of Metals, 2020)
Distinguished Scientist in Additive Manufacturing (International Research Leadership Award, 2020)
Young Scientist Award (ISMANAM 2018)
IAAM Scientist Medal 2017 (International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal 2017)
University Rank Holder – Anna University – Bachelor’s Degree – Rank 2
Awarded as a member of the consultation committee of International Development Strategies for College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2018)
Research Areas:
Metal Matrix Composites, Powder Metallurgy, Additive Manufacturing, Tribology and Welding, Light metals, Nano-Crystalline Materials, Solidification, Meta-Stable Materials, Bulk Metallic Glasses, High-Pressure Torsion, etc.
Areas of Interest:
Sustainability, Manufacturing and Production Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical testing of Materials, Heat Treatment of Materials, Composites, Welding Metallurgy, Solidification, etc.
Title: Aluminum matrix composites reinforced with metallic glass particles with core-shell structure
- Authors: HD Guan, CJ Li, P Gao, KG Prashanth, J Tan, J Eckert, JM Tao, JH Yi
- Journal: Materials Science and Engineering: A
- Year: 2020
- Volume: 771
- Pages: 138630
- Citations: 39
Title: Creep and high temperature fatigue performance of as build selective laser melted Ti-based 6Al-4V titanium alloy
- Authors: LM Viespoli, S Bressan, T Itoh, N Hiyoshi, KG Prashanth, F Berto
- Journal: Engineering Failure Analysis
- Year: 2020
- Volume: 111
- Pages: 104477
- Citations: 38
Title: Design of next‐generation alloys for additive manufacturing
- Author: PK Gokuldoss
- Journal: Materials Design and Processing Communications
- Year: 2019
- Volume: 1 (4)
- Pages: e50
- Citations: 38
Title: Interfacial structure and wear properties of selective laser melted Ti/(TiC+ TiN) composites with high content of reinforcements
- Authors: L Xi, K Ding, D Gu, S Guo, M Cao, J Zhuang, K Lin, I Okulov, B Sarac, …
- Journal: Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Year: 2021
- Volume: 870
- Pages: 159436
- Citations: 37
Title: Selective Laser Melting: Materials and Applications
- Author: KG Prashanth
- Journal: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
- Year: 2020
- Volume: 4 (1)
- Pages: 13
- Citations: 37