Additive Manufacturing and Solidification
Additive Manufacturing and Solidification
The main focus of the lab is on solid-liquid phase change (melting/solidification) involving theoretical work, multiscale computational heat transfer and fluid flow modelling (CFD), microstructure modelling, stress modelling, and experiments. The various research activities are in the area of metal additive manufacturing, welding, casting, coating and thermal energy storage.
The comprehensive approach of our group, that includes development and implementation of benchmarks, validations with controlled laboratory and actual industrial-scale quantitative experiments, and process qualification, has helped to acquire advanced scientific understanding, and predictive and control capability for defects and microstructure in solidification processes. The advanced robust models have been successfully applied to various melting/solidification related manufacturing processes (additive manufacturing, welding, surface coating, casting). Further, the multi-scale physical models, engineering thermal predictors and process selection guidelines have been applied to the area of thermal energy storage (waste heat and renewable energy).
Research Areas
Metal additive manufacturing — AM process, product and application development, DfAM; Heat transfer, CFD, DPM; Multiphysics, multiscale modelling of manufacturing processes (additive manufacturing, casting, welding, surface coating), Process, defects, microstructure and properties predictions; Machine learning tools for manufacturing; Droplet interaction with surfaces; Thermal storage, Waste heat recover.
Research Laboratories:
Solidification and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
Associated Faculty
Dr. Arvind Kumar, PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Northern Laboratories, Manufacturing Science Lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur 208016
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Success Stories
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Distinguished Alumni
Our alumni find themselves in all areas of engineering and academia. Whether they have been part of our undergraduate or postgraduate programs (or both), our students are prepared to enter the world as practiced professionals.
| Illustrious Alumni Names | |
| Year | Awardees |
| 1991 | Mr. Anil Agrawal (BT/ME/70) |
| 1994 | Dr. U. N. Sinha (PhD/ME/70) |
| 1999 | Mr. Saurabh Srivastava (BT/ME/68) |
| 2000 | Mr. Rakesh Gangwal (BT/ME/75) |
| 2005 | Mr. Pawan Kumar Goenka (BT/ME/75) |
| 2006 | Mr. Pradeep Jotwani (BT/ME/75) |
| 2007 | Dr. Rajiv Desai (BT/ME/82) |
| 2008 | Dr. Ravi seth (BT/ME/68) |
| 2008 | Mr. Harish Manglik (BT/ME/70) |
| 2009 | Dr. Arun Shukla (BT/ME/76) |
| 2010 | Mr. David B. K. Thomas (BT/ME/77) |
| 2011 | Mr. B. V. R. Mohan Reddy (MT/ME/74) |
| 2011 | Mr. Mahesh Gupta (BT/ME/75) |
| 2011 | Dr. Yogendra Kumar Joshi (BT/ME/79) |
| 2012 | Dr. Jayathi Y. Murthy (BT/ME/79) |
| 2013 | Mr. Naveen Tiwari (BT/ME/2000) |
| 2014 | Prof. Vijay Kumar (BT/ME/83) |
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