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Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Proposed Curriculum
M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Cat. Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits Cat. Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
I Semester II Semester
C MT5XX Metallurgical
Thermodynamics and
Kinetics
3-1-0 4 C MT5XX Computational
Materials
Engineering
3-1-0 4
C MT5XX Characterization of
Minerals, Metals and
Materials
3-1-3 5 C MT5XX Phase
Transformations
in Solids
3-0-3 4
E Elective I 3-0-0 3 E Elective III 3-0-0 3
E Elective II or IV 3-0-0 3 E Elective V 3-0-0 3
C MT5XX Seminar 0-1-0 1
Total 15 Total 15
III Semester IV Semester
H MT6XX Thesis 15 H MT6XX Thesis 15
Total 15 Total 15
Distribution of Credits (M.Tech.)
S.No. Category Category Title Total
Courses
Total Credits
1 C COMPULSORY 5 18
2 E ELECTIVES 4 12
3 H THESIS 30
Total 60
List of Electives
Following is the list of courses that can be offered to M.Tech. Students
(A) ELECTIVE I: Materials Modeling and Simulation
Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
MT6XX Atomistic Simulations of Materials 3-1-0 4
MT6XX Modeling of Metallurgical Processes 3-1-0 4
ME618 Numerical Methods 3-0-0 3
CY513 Statistical Thermodynamics and Chemical
Kinetics
3-0-0 3
(B) ELECTIVE II: Extractive and Process Metallurgy
Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
MT6XX Mineral Engineering 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Iron and Steel Making 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Solidification Processing 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Industrial Waste: Control and Utilization 3-0-0 3
ME761 Renewable Energy Sources 3-0-0 3
(C) ELECTIVE III: Metallurgical Manufacturing
Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
MT6XX Light Metals and Alloys 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Near Net Forming 3-1-0 4
MT6XX Powder Metallurgy 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Thermo Mechanical Processing 3-0-0 3
ME757 Metallurgy of Joining Processes 3-0-0 3
ME752 Theory of Arc Welding Processes 3-0-0 3
ME657 Manufacturing of Plastics, Ceramics and Composites 3-0-0 3
(D) ELECTIVE IV: Physical Metallurgy
Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
MT6XX Corrosion Engineering 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Introduction to Dislocations 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Structure-Property-Correlation 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Plastic Deformation and Microstructure Evolution 3-0-0 3
PH764 Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic System 3-0-0 3
PH759 Principles of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 3-0-0 3
ME616 Mechanical Metallurgy 3-0-3 4
(E) ELECTIVE V: Functional Materials and Devices
Course
Number
Course Title L-T-P Credits
MT6XX Ceramics 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Composites 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Polymers and their composites 3-0-0 3
MT6XX Principles of Engineering Material Selection 3-1-0 4
MT6XX Cellular Materials 3-0-0 3
CY6XX Nanomaterials and Nanodevices 2-0-1 3
EE659 Biomedical Instrumentation 3-0-0 3
EE619 Sensors in Instrumentation 3-0-0 3
PH758 Semiconductor Device Technology 3-0-0 3
PH765 Vacuum Systems and Thin film Technology 3-0-0 3
DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE COMPULSORY COURSES
Title Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics Number MT5XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Compulsory
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Provide a basis for describing and understanding the stability of various forms of matter
2. Provide a basis for predicting the properties of an equilibrated system as a function of its
content and characteristics
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Establish the conditions for stability of a material and derive its properties
2. Control the evolution of microstructures with respect to different parameters
Contents
1. Introduction: Thermodynamic systems and variables
2. Laws of thermodynamics: First, second and third laws, statistical interpretation of entropy.
Free energy functions and criteria for equilibrium
3. Thermodynamics of solutions: Ideal and non-ideal solutions, partial and molar quantities,
quasi-chemical model and regular solutions
4. Chemical reactions: reaction equilibrium, equilibrium constant; applications to materials
and metallurgical systems
5. Electrochemistry: Electrochemical systems, cell reactions and electromotive force,
formation and concentrations cells
6. Phase diagrams: Phase rule and binary phase diagrams, free energy composition
diagrams, phase equilibrium calculations
7. Thermodynamics of interfaces: defects, surface tension and surface energy
8. Diffusion: concentration gradients, thermal gradients, Fick’s laws
Textbooks
1. Gaskell, D.R., Introduction to Metallurgical Thermodynamics, McGraw-Hill 1995
2. Swalin, R. A., Thermodynamics of Solids, reprint Edition, Wiley, 1962
3. Balluffi, R. W., Samuel, M. A., Carter, W. C., Kinetics of Materials, Wiley, 2005
4. DeHoff, R.T., Thermodynamics in Materials Science, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993
Online Course Materials
1. Murty, B.S., Advanced Metallurgical Thermodynamics, NPTEL Course Material, Department
of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/nptel_download.php?subjectid=113106031
2. Bawendi, M., Nelson, K., Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, MIT Open Courseware, https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemistry/5-60-
thermodynamics-kinetics-spring-2008/
Title Characterization of Minerals Metals and
Materials
Number MT5XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-3 [5]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Compulsory
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the principle of the instruments and methods for characterising different materials
and their properties
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Know the basic working principles of various instruments and use the same while
performing experiments
2. Choose the characterization methods based on their analysis and performance
Contents
Characterization Technologies:
1. Introduction: Importance of Characterization of Materials, Structural and Functional
Characterizations, Review of Crystallography
2. Light Optical Microscopy: Polarization microscopy for minerals, Phase contrast microscopy
for metals, DIC Microscopy and Confocal and other special techniques for polymers and
biomaterials
3. Electron Microscopies: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) & Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM)
4. Scanning Probe Microscopy: Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (SEM) & Atomic Force
Microscopy (AFM)
5. Spectroscopic characterization: UV-VIS-NIR, FTIR, Photoluminescence and Raman
Spectroscopy
6. Diffraction Techniques: X-Ray Diffraction, Electron Diffraction
7. Thermal Analysis: Thermometric Titration (TT), Thermal Mechanical Analysis (TMA),
Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential
Thermal Analysis (DTA)
8. Non-destructive testing of materials: Theory of mechanical waves, Application in Ultrasonic
testing, die penetration test, magnetic particle inspection, eddy current testing and
radiography
9. Applications of the characterization tools: For Ferrous Metals, Non-Ferrous Metals, Minerals
and Ceramics, Carbon and Soft Materials and Light Metals
Laboratory Experiments
1. Preparation of metallographic samples and quantitative analysis in ceramics, polymers and
composites
2. Microstructure of steels as a function of Carbon content
3. Optical microscopy of non-ferrous samples
4. Sample preparation of ceramics for SEM examination
5. Comparison of results from Rockwell, Vickers and Brinell hardness testing methods
6. Comparison of tensile and compressive properties of a range of aerospace materials (Al-
alloys, Ti-alloys, superalloys)
7. Determination of ductile-brittle transition temperature
Textbook
1. Zhang, S., Li, L. and Kumar, A., Materials Characterization Techniques, CRC Press, 2008
Reference Books
1. Evans, C., Brundle. R. and Wilson, Encyclopaedia of Materials Characterization: Surfaces,
Interfaces, Thin Films (Materials Characterization Series), Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992
2. Kaufmann, E.N., Characterization of Materials, 3 Volume Set, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2012
3. Egerton, R., Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to TEM, SEM and
AEM, Springer; 2nd ed. 2016
4. Hwang, J-Y, Monteiro, S.N., Bai C., Carpenter J.S., Cai, M., Firrao, D., Kim, B-G.,
Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials, Wiley, 2012
Online Course Materials
1. Shankaran, S., Materials Characterization, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113106034/
2. Alagarsamy, P., Characterization of Materials, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/115103030/
3. Biswas, K. and Gurao, N.P., NPTEL Course Material, Advanced Characterization
Techniques, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104004/
4. Barbastathis, G., Smith, H. and Berggren, K., 6.781J Submicrometer and Nanometer
Technology. Spring 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare,
https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Title Computational Materials Engineering Number MT5XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4] Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Compulsory
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the different modeling and simulation techniques for various materials and
processes
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the source of unusual in-use properties of materials by controlling the various
phenomena in meso-, micro- and nano-scale levels
2. Use the materials modeling techniques in various manufacturing sectors
Contents
1. Atomistic simulations: density functional theory, computational aspects, input and output,
electronic band structure, phonon band structure
2. Molecular dynamics simulations: models of interatomic potentials, equations of motion,
boundary conditions, applications in materials science
3. Monte Carlo simulations: random numbers, importance of sampling models
4. Phase field kinetics models: diffusional phase transformation, kinetics models, application
in materials science
Textbooks
1. Dove, M.T., Introduction to Lattice Dynamics, 1st Edition, Cambridge University Press,
1993
2. Parr, R.G., and Yang, W., Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules, 1st Edition,
Oxford Science Publications, 1994
3. Sholl, D. S., and Steckel, J. A., Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction, 1st
Edition, Wiley, 2009
4. Raabe, D., Computational Materials Science: The Simulation of Materials, Microstructures
and Properties, Wiley VCH, 1998
5. Porter, D.A., Easterling, K. E., and Sherif, M.Y., Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys,
3rd edition, CRC Press, 2009
Online Course Materials
1. Ceder, G. and Marzari, N., 3.320 Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials (SMA 5107).
Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare,
https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
2. Gururajan, M.P., Phase Field Modelling: The Materials Science, Mathematics and
Computational Aspects, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Metallurgical Engineering
and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113101072/
Title Phase Transformations in Solids Number MT5XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-3 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Compulsory
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the importance of phase transformations in solid state and their applications
through experimentation
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the microstructure evolution during the phase transformation
2. Understand the variation of properties with the microstructure evolution towards
developing heat treatment-microstructure-property relationship
Contents
1. Thermodynamics and kinetics: free energy, order of transformation, driving force,
homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, growth kinetics, coarsening, precipitation
2. Interfaces: atomic mechanisms of diffusion, activation energy, interfacial free energy,
types of interface (coherent, semi-coherent and incoherent interfaces), interface
migration
3. Phase transformations in steels: austenite, transformation of austenite, TTT diagram,
eutectoid transformation, pearlite and bainite transformation
4. Order-disorder transformation: common structures in ordered alloys, variation of order
with temperature; determination of degree of ordering, effect of ordering on properties,
applications
5. Precipitation hardening and spinodal decomposition: Solutionising and ageing, GP zones,
intermediate phases and structural changes, spinodal decomposition
6. Martensite transformation: characteristics and nature, morphology, crystallography,
theory of nucleation and growth, and pre-martensite phenomena, martensitic
transformation in steel
Laboratory Experiments
1. Effects of annealing, normalizing, and hardening heat treatments on microstructure and
hardness of steels
2. Effects of cold working and subsequent annealing on microstructure and mechanical
properties
3. Hardenability of steels using Jominy end quench test
4. Age hardening study of a range of aerospace materials (Al-alloys, Ti-alloys, superalloys)
5. Phase transformation in binary system
Textbooks
1. Raghavan, V., Solid State Phase Transformations, 1st edition, Prentice Hall India, 1987.
2. Porter, D.A., Easterling, K. E., and Sherif, M.Y., Phase Transformation in Metals and
Alloys, 3rd edition, CRC Press, 2009
3. Abbaschian, R., Abbaschian, L., and Reed-Hill, R. E., Physical Metallurgy Principles, 4th
edition, Cengate Learning, 2009
4. Rajan, T.V., Sharma, C. P., and Sharma, A., Heat Treatment: Principles and Techniques,
2nd edition, Prentice Hall India, 2011
Reference Books
1. Khachaturyan, A.G., Theory of Structural Transformations in Solids, 1st edition, Dover
publications, 2008.
2. Avner, S.H., Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill Education, 2017
Online Course Materials
1. Gururajan, M.P., Phase Transformations and Heat Treatment, NPTEL Course Material,
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113101003/
SYLLABUS FOR ELECTIVES OFFERED BY
DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Title Atomistic Simulations of Materials Number MT5XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce the capabilities of state-of-the-art first-principles calculations
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the principles of density functional theory based methods and predict the
structures and properties of materials without needing the empirical parameters
2. Calculate electronic band structure and phonon band structure
Contents
1. Introduction: Schrodinger equation, density functional theory, Kohn-Sham method
2. Computational aspects: Bloch’s theorem and periodic boundary conditions, k-point mesh,
minimization algorithms, Pseudo potential method, iterative method for self-consistent
charge density
3. Output: Total energy, electronic band structure, interatomic force constants
4. Electronic band structure: feature of electronic band structure, electrical properties
5. Phonon band structure: Evaluation within harmonic approximation, normal mode analysis,
vibrational thermodynamics
Tutorial and hands on practice
1. Build structure from the published experimental data
2. Optimize the structure to get theoretical cell parameters
3. Optimize technical parameters
4. Calculate electronic band structure
5. Calculate phonon band structure
Textbooks
1. Dove, M.T., Introduction to Lattice Dynamics, 1st Edition, Cambridge University Press,
1993
2. Parr, R.G., and Yang, W., Density-Functional Theory of Atoms and Molecules, 1st Edition,
Oxford Science Publications, 1994
3. Sholl, D. S., and Steckel, J. A., Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction, 1st
Edition, Wiley, 2009
Online Course Materials
1. Ceder, G. and Marzari, N., 3.320 Atomistic Computer Modeling of Materials (SMA 5107).
Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare,
https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Title Modeling of Metallurgical Processes Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce methods for developing simple models of metallurgical processes considering
important process variables
2. The models will be evaluated for their industrial adoptability
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Apply the principles of thermodynamics and transport phenomena to understand and
control metallurgical processes
2. Relate the basic phenomena and process output through modelling
Contents
1. Thermodynamic aspects: laws of thermochemistry, Ellingham diagram, solution
thermochemistry
2. Process metallurgy: transport phenomena, reaction kinetics, rate phenomena, chemical
reaction kinetics, fluid flow, heat and mass transfer
3. Metal-slag interactions: Thermo-physical properties of metals and slags, slag-metal
equilibrium calculations, application of slag capacity during metal refining
4. Process phenomena: bubble formation, foaming, gas-liquid reactions, reactions between
liquid phases
5. Process control in metallurgical processes: iron making, converter steel making, electric
arc furnace, secondary steel making
Textbooks
1. Sano N., Lu W., Riboud P., Advanced Physical Chemistry for Process Metallurgy, Academic
Press, 1997
2. Shamsuddin M., Physical Chemistry of Metallurgical Processes, John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
3. Seetharaman S.S., Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 1: Process Fundamentals,
Elsevier Ltd., 2014
4. Seetharaman S.S., Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 2: Process Phenomena,
Elsevier Ltd., 2014
5. Seetharaman S.S., Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 3: Industrial Processes,
Elsevier Ltd., 2014
Online Course Materials
1. Voorhees, P.W., Phase Field methods: From fundamentals to applications, Department of
Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTiBq1o-8e4
2. Gururajan, M.P., Phase field modeling: the materials science, mathematics and
computational aspects, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=wXCra9_bGSU
3. Muzumdar, D., and Koria, S.C., Steel Making, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Material Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104013/
Title Mineral Engineering Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3–0–0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce the principles of physical separation methods, simulation, and instrumentation
related to mineral processing
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Ability to engineer selective mineral processing based on material and environment
conditions
Contents
1. Introduction to Mineral Geology: Geological formation of minerals. Classification and
identification of minerals
2. Introduction to Mineral Engineering: Various ore dressing methods, their principles and
applications. Role of cavitation, Gravity separation, Heap bioleaching, Fundamentals and
Plant practices of beneficiation, Surface properties and selective flotation, Mineral
Liberation: Random and non-random breakage
3. Mineral Processing: Solid Liquid and Liquid-Liquid processing methods, gas phase
extraction
4. Metal Recovery: Phase extraction in metal recovery, Recovery of metals from slag waste,
Heavy metal removal mechanism
5. Mineral Processing of special materials (from brine and mineral resources), rare earths,
vanadium, etc
6. Characterization techniques in mineral processing: Rheology studies for flotation slurries.
7. Simulation and control of column flotation
Textbooks
1. Wills, B.A. and Napier-Munn, T.J., Mineral Processing Technology, Elsevier Science &
Technology Books, 7th Edition, 2006
2. Subbarao, D.V., Mineral Beneficiation: A Concise Basic Course, CRC Press, 2011
3. Flemings, M.C., Solidification Processing, McGraw Hill, 1974
4. German, R. M., Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials Processing, Metal Powder
Industry, 2005
Online Course Materials
1. Majmuder, A., Introduction to Mineral Processing, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/105105171/
Title Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce methods for improving the quality of fuel
2. Emphasize the role of refractories for efficient utilization of heat in furnaces employed in
various metallurgical processing units
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Select suitable fuels, furnaces, and refractories according to requirement
Contents
1. Fuels: classification; coal- properties and testing, coke making, material balance; liquid
and gaseous fuels; combustion; combustion calculations
2. Furnaces: classification, basic design principles, instruments, accessories
3. Refractories: properties and testing, raw materials, manufacturing, commonly used
refractories, phase equilibrium in refractory materials
4. Heat transfer and energy management: Modes of heat transfer, furnace heat balance
calculations, thermal efficiency, waste heat recovery, atmosphere control and
environmental issues
Textbooks
1. Gupta, O. P., Elements of Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories. Khanna Publishers, 2008
2. Gilchrist, J. D., Fuels, furnaces, and refractories, Elsevier, 2013
3. Suryanarayana, A. V. K., Fuels, Furnaces, Refractories and Pyrometry, B. S. Publication,
2005
4. Gupta, R. C., Fuels, furnaces and refractories, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2016
Online Course Materials 1. Koria, S.C., Fuels Refractory and Furnaces, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Material
Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104008/
Title Iron and Steel Making Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce principles of iron and steel making and the field of special steels
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the basics of metallurgy involved in iron and steel making
2. Overview of processing of iron and range of steels for varying application sectors
Contents
1. Iron making: sequence of operations, raw materials preparation, thermodynamics and
kinetics
2. Blast furnace: design, internal zones and gas flow, productivity, fuel efficiency, products.
3. Sponge Iron making and smelting reduction
4. Reactions in steel making: removal of C, Si, Mn, P and S
5. Design and selection of steel making slags and refractories
6. Steel making: basic oxygen furnace processes, electric arc furnace and induction furnace
steel making
7. Secondary steel making processes, alloy steel making
8. Special steels and their applications
Textbooks
1. Ghosh, A., and Chatterji, A., Ironmaking and Steelmaking : Theory and Practice, Prentice-
Hall (India), 2008
2. Chatterjee, A., Beyond the Blast Furnace, CRC Press, 1994
3. Peacey, J.C. and W. G. Davenport, The Iron Blast Furnace: Theory and Practice,
Pergamon, 1979
4. Chatterjee, A., Sponge Iron Production by Direct Reduction of Iron Oxide, PHI learning Pvt.
Ltd., 2012
Reference Book
1. Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, Vol.1: Iron Making, 11th Ed., AISE Steel
Foundation, 1999
Online Course Materials
1. Muzumdar, D., and Koria, S.C., Steel Making, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Material Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104013/
2. Gupta, G.S., Iron Making, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Material Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113108079/
Title Solidification Processing Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Treat the fundamentals of liquid to solid transformation and implication to practice
2. Analysis of a Range of common and specific processes with particular emphasis on
fundamentals of mass transport, heat flow and interface kinetics
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Build up knowledge on fundamentals of solidification of metals and alloys and correlating
with various casting processes
Contents
1. Casting and related phenomena: Thermodynamics of nucleation and growth phenomena,
crystal growth, grain refinement
2. Solidification process: heat flow, plain front solidification, cellular solidification,
constitutional supercooling, Mullins and Sekerka interface stability theory, formation of
dendrites, eutectic solidification, monotectic solidification, effect of pressure on
solidification, interface kinetics, effect of vibration
3. Gating system: fluid flow, gating and riser design, Adams’ and Caine’s riser design, fluidity
4. Casting defects: classification, remedial measures, quality assessment
5. Recent developments: interface dynamics, phase selection, microstructure selection,
peritectic growth, convection effects, multicomponent alloys, and numerical techniques
Textbooks
1. Flemings, M.C., Solidification Processing, Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1974
2. Campbell, J., Complete casting Handbook: Metal Casting Processes, Metallurgy,
Techniques and Design, Butterworth-Heinmann, 2015
Reference Books
1. Chalmers, B., Principles of Solidification, Wiley, 1967
2. Davies, G. J., Solidification and Casting, Wiley, 1973
3. Kurz, W., Fisher, D. J., Fundamentals of Solidification, Trans Tech, 1986
4. Stefanescu, D. M., Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification, 3rd edition, Springer,
2015
5. Minkoff, I., Solidification and Cast Structure, Wiley, 1986
Online Course Materials
1. Karunakar, D.B., Metal Casting, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/
112107083/
Title Industrial Waste: Control and Utilization Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Classification of waste products and technological management for their environmental
sustainability
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Differentiate among the different kinds of waste
2. Find optimum method for waste management
Contents
1. Types of waste: Solid, Liquid and gaseous
2. Sources of waste: Industrial: Metallurgical, Pharma & Chemical, Electronic, Biological
3. Recycling of waste: Metal Scrap remelting, Extraction of precious and harmful metals from
electronic waste
4. Waste to wealth: Waste for energy, Production of commercial nano particles from waste
5. Treatment Storage and Disposal of waste: Long term storage Land filling, incineration;
Short term storage and container materials
6. Case Studies: Nuclear industry, Biomedical industry, Steel industry
Textbooks
1. Pichtel, J., Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, 2nd edition,
CRC Press, 2014
2. Choudhary, C. K., Waste management and bioremediation, Oxford Book Company, 2012
Reference Books
1. Wong, J. W. C, Surampalli, R. Y., Zhang, T. C., Tyagi, R. D., Selvan, A., Sustainable Solid
Waste Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016
2. Ojovan, M. I., Handbook of Advanced Radioactive Waste Conditioning Technologies,
Woodhead Publishing, 2011
Online Course Materials
1. Dubey, B. K., Electronic Waste Management - Issues and Challenges, NPTEL Course
Material, Division of Environmental Engineering and Management at Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, , https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_ce07/preview
2. Dubey, B. K., Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City, NPTEL Course Material,
Division of Environmental Engineering and Management at Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ce20/preview
3. Ramachandra, T. V., Municipal Solid Waste Management, NPTEL Course Material, Centre
for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/120108005/2#
Title Light Metals and Alloys Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce the prospect of competitive structural materials with high specific strength and
designing composition for specific purpose
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Appreciate the role of light metals for energy savings in different applications/sectors and
gain the ability to select suitable processing technique
Contents
1. Introduction: Importance of light metals, overview of light metals production
2. Techniques for melting and solidification: solidification, grain refinement, casting processes
3. Heat treatment: grain refinement, strengthening by solid solution, precipitation hardening,
dispersion of second phase particles
4. Alloy designations and properties: specific alloy systems ((a) Al-alloys, (b) Mg-alloys, (c)
Ti-alloys)
5. Manufacturing and applications: aerospace, biomedical, automobile, domestic appliances
6. Novel processing methods: composites, metallic foams, rapid solidification, Quasi crystals,
amorphous alloys, mechanical alloying, physical vapor deposition, additive manufacturing
Textbooks
1. Polmear, I. J., St. John, D., Nie, J. F., Qian, M, Light Alloys, 5th edition, Elsevier 2016
2. Brandes E. A. and Brook G. B., Smithells Light Metals Handbook, Elsevier, 1998
3. Totten G.E. and Mackenzie D.S., Handbook of Aluminum Vol. 1: Physical Metallurgy and
Processes, CRC Press 2003
4. Friedrich H.E., and Mordike B.L., Magnesium Technology, Springer, 2004
5. Lu tjering G., Williams J.C., Titanium, 2nd edition, Springer, 2007
Online Course Materials
1. Bhadeshia, H., Titanium and its Alloys, Professor of Metallurgy, TATA Steel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck5SQYEInoA
2. Bhadeshia, H., Aluminium and its Alloys, Professor of Metallurgy, TATA Steel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR3rsPautR8
3. Murthy, B.S., Advanced Materials and Processes, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/ 113105057/
Title Near Net Forming Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Industrial processing technique of near net forming for their applications
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Development of methods used by forging industry
2. Ability to translate the theory of emerging technology to indigenous industries
Contents
1. Introduction and Application of Near net forming
2. Manufacturing:
a. Casting: Robo-casting, additive manufacturing by 3D printing, investment casting, near
net casting, direct coagulation casting, low pressure injection molding, state of the art
casting & foam casting
b. Pressure less spark plasma sintering, miniature components sintering near net rolling
of soft parts, cross wedge rolling process
c. Spray forming: electric arc spray forming, spraying-conform process & thermal spray
forming
d. Extrusion, infiltration, compound forming, precise shape forming, isothermal and near
isothermal processing, friction stir forming & micro forming
e. Thixo Methods: semi-solid processing, thixo-forming, thixo extrusion, shape forming
from colloidal processing, polymer impregnation and pyrolysis
f. Powder methods: Powder technology & die pressing powders
g. Other methods: Net shaped heaping, laser metal deposition, warm spinning of cast
iron, diffusion bonding, explosive welding, micro-forming, micro deep drawing, thermo
hydrogen processing, spinning, shear forming and flow forming & bulge forming
3. Materials: Bimetal, Ti and its composites, Al alloys (Al-Mg, Al-Ti, Al-Si), Ni super alloys,
intermetallic porous materials, SiC, etc for different applications
4. Biological applications: Clinical Therapeutics and Health Monitoring
5. Engineering applications: Turbine Blade, Thermal coatings and Hollow turbine blades
Textbooks
1. Near Net Shape Manufacturing of Metal: A Review of Approaches and Their Evolutions,
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering
Manufacture, 2017
2. Grant, P. S., Spray forming, Progress in Materials Science, 39, 497-545, 1995
3. Waterman, N. A., The Selection of Materials, Engineering Design, 1982
Reference Book
1. G Giuliano, G., Superplastic Forming of Advanced Metallic Materials, Woodhead, 2011
Online Course Materials
1. Singh, I., Manufacturing Processes-1, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112107145/
Title Powder Metallurgy Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Understand recent concepts in powder metallurgy and product design parameters
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Conceptualize the powerful tool of powder metallurgy and directly apply to contemporary
products
Contents
1. Introduction and application of powder metallurgy
2. Powder production:
a. Different production methods namely physical, chemical, mechanical methods
b. Single fluid atomization: Rotating electrode atomization, roller atomization, rotating
disc atomization
c. Two fluid atomization: Gas atomization, water atomization, oil atomization
d. Reduction methods: Carbonyl process, hydride-dehydride process & electrolytic
method
3. Powder characterization: Particle size and Size distribution using sieving, sedimentation
method, Andreasen pipette method, size distribution functions like normal distribution,
log-normal distribution, Rosin-Rammler distribution, particle shape, shape factors, specific
surface area of powder, flow rate, tap density, apparent density, compressibility,
pyrophoricity, explosivity and toxicity of powder
4. Powder compaction: Die compaction, isostatic pressing, single level and multi-level part
compaction, repressing, plane strain compression, powder forging, powder roll compaction
and powder extrusion
5. Sintering: Theory of sintering practice, types of furnaces and atmosphere control,
activated sintering techniques, post-sintering treatments; industrial sintering practice for
ferrous and non-ferrous products
6. Applications of powder metallurgy: Self-lubricating bearing, magnetic materials, tungsten
carbide tool bits, bearing materials, dispersion strengthen materials for high temperature
applications and manufacture of diamond based cutting tools, brake pads
Textbooks
1. German, R.M., Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Processing, MPIF, 2005
2. Masuda, H., Powder Technology Handbook, Taylor & Francis 2006
3. Sands, R.L. and Shakespeare C.R., Powder Metallurgy Practice and Applications, Newness
Publications, 1970
4. Powder Metal Technologies and Applications, Metals Handbook, Vol.7, 9th edition, ASM,
1989
5. Upadhyaya, G.S., Powder Metallurgy Technology, Cambridge Press 1996
Online Course Materials
1. Schuh, C., 3.044 Materials Processing. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative commons BY-
NC-SA
Title Thermo Mechanical Processing Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the methodology for developing varying microstructures to meet a range of
properties for industrial applications
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Develop the different processes using mechanical working and heat treatment effectively
Contents
1. Introduction: microstructure control, application of heat treatment
2. Effect of mechanical working: low temperature and dislocation structure, high temperature
deformation and sub-structure evolution, concurrent relationship between flow properties
and microstructure evolution
3. Principles of thermo mechanical processing (TMP): single phase versus multi-phase
materials, sequencing of mechanical working and heat treatment, concurrent manipulation
of microstructure
4. Application of TMP: deformation induced phase transformation, steel for car body, dual
phase and TRIP steel, controlled rolling of HSLA steel, electrical steel, patented steel wire,
aerospace applications (Aluminium, Special alloys)
Textbooks
1. Krauss G., Steels: Processing, Structure and Performance, ASM Int'l Materials Park, 2005.
2. Sherby, O.D., Wadsworth, J., and Nieh, T. G., Superplasticity in Metals and Ceramics,
Cambridge University Press, 2005
3. Verlinden, B., Driver, J., Samajdar, I. and Doherty, R. D., Thermo-Mechanical Processing
of Metallic Materials, Elsevier, 2007
4. Krauss G., Principles of Heat Treatment of Steel, ASM Intl, 1989
Reference Book
1. Sakaia, T., Belyakov, A., Kaibyshev, R., Miura, H. and Jonas, J.J., Dynamic and Post-
Dynamic Recrystallization Under Hot, Cold and Severe Plastic Deformation Conditions,
Progress in Materials Science 60, 130-207 (2014)
Online Course Materials
1. Shekhar, S., Fundamentals of Materials Processing (Part–1), NPTEL Course Material,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104073/
2. Shekhar, S., and Gaur, A. Fundamentals of Materials Processing (Part- II), NPTEL Course
Material, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104075/
3. Gururajan, M.P., Phase Transformations and Heat Treatment, NPTEL Course Material,
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113101003/
4. Schuh, C., 3.044 Materials Processing, Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: MIT Open Course Ware, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-
NC-SA
Title Corrosion Engineering Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the principles of different types of corrosion and the methods for their prevention
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the reasons for different types of material degradation processes under
various environmental conditions
2. Know the various processes to minimize or prevent the losses due to corrosion
Contents
1. Thermodynamics and Kinetics: Causes of corrosion, electrochemical mechanisms,
corrosion tendency and electrode potentials, The Nernst Equation, Pourbaix Diagrams,
Polarization and Passivation
2. Forms of corrosion: Galvanic corrosion, crevice corrosion, pitting corrosion, intergranular
corrosion, selective leaching, erosion corrosion, stress corrosion, hydrogen damage
3. Prevention methods: Materials selection, alteration of environment, design, cathodic and
anodic protection, coatings
4. Corrosion in common metals and alloys: Iron and steel, Copper and Copper alloys,
Aluminum and Aluminum alloys, Magnesium and Magnesium alloys, Titanium and Titanium
alloys
5. High temperature oxidation: Electrochemical and morphological aspects, oxide defect
structure, kinetics, effects of alloying, high temperature materials
Textbooks
1. Fontana, M.G., Corrosion Engineering, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 2017
2. Revie, W.R. and Uhlig, H.H., Corrosion and Corrosion Control, 4th edition, Wiley, 2008
Online Course Materials
1. Natarajan, K.A., Advances in Corrosion Engineering, NPTEL Course Material, Indian
Institue of Science Bangalore, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113108051/
Title Introduction to Dislocations Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Give a broad overview of dislocations and their interactions in crystals to explain the
different material properties
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand the role of dislocations on properties of materials for process design
Contents
1. Defects in crystals: types of defects, types of dislocations, methods for observation of
dislocations
2. Movement of dislocations: slip and slip plane, cross-slip and climb
3. Elastic properties of dislocations: forces on dislocations, stress field and strain energy of a
dislocation
4. Dislocations in different crystals: dislocations in FCC, HCP and BCC metals, and other
periodic systems
5. Intersection of dislocations: Jogs, movement of dislocations containing elementary jog,
superjogs, intersection of extended dislocations and extended jogs
6. Multiplication of dislocations: nucleation, Frank-Reed sources, multiple cross-glide, climb &
grain boundary
7. Dislocation arrays and crystal boundaries: dislocation boundaries, low-angle boundaries &
steps in interfaces
Textbooks
1. Hull, D. and Bacon, D. J., Introduction to Dislocations, 4th edition, Butterworth-
Heinemann, 2001
2. Hirth, J. P., and Lothe, J. L., Theory of Dislocations, 2nd edition, Krieger, 1982
Online Course Materials
1. Ghosh, R.N., Principles of Physical Metallurgy, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113105024/
2. Sundararaman, M., Defects in Materials, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113106075
Title Structure-Property-Correlation Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Explain the range of structures and their evaluation to govern the material properties
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Design the materials by controlling the structure and properties for meeting the need of
various applications
Contents
1. Structure sensitive properties: classification, dimensional range of various structural
features, interrelationship between different structural parameters, effect of structure on
properties
2. Dynamics of microstructure evolution: evolution at different length scales and its effect
on properties, factors influencing the properties, concurrent microstructure evolution and
properties
3. Application of structure-property correlation: influence of different service conditions,
effect of alloys systems
4. Computational approaches: constitutive relationship under dynamic conditions, evolution
of concurrent structure and properties
Textbooks
1. Meyers, M. A., Chawla, K. K., Mechanical Metallurgy: Principles and Application, Prentice-
Hall, 1983
2. Mugharabi, H., Plastic Deformation and Fracture of Materials, VCH Weinheim, 1993
3. Krauss, G., Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, 2nd Edition, ASM
International, 2005
Reference Books
1. Krauss, G., Deformation, Processing, and Structure, ASM Materials Science Seminar,
American Society for Metals, 1984
Title Plastic Deformation and Microstructure Evolution Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Provide background to assess the properties and mechanisms for deformation which, in
turn, will help in optimizing the processing and application needs of metals
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Understand and design the microstructure and properties to attain varying ductility and
strength for metal forming and subsequent applications
Contents
1. Deformation behaviour: single crystal vs polycrystalline material, stress-strain curves,
geometrically necessary dislocations
2. Effect of microstructure on flow properties: Hall-Petch relationship, role of grain-
boundaries
3. Strengthening mechanisms: solid solution strengthening, precipitation hardening, and
grain refinement
4. High Temperature deformation: creep, super-plasticity, dynamic recovery, recrystallization
and grain growth
5. Deformation behaviour of ceramics and polymeric materials: ductile ceramics, plasticity in
specific ceramics, dislocation activity in ceramics, non-crystalline polymer, crystalline
polymer, structure-property relationship in polymers
Textbooks
1. Dieter, G. E., Mechanical Metallurgy, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1986
2. Courtney, T. H., Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, 2nd Edition, Waveland Pr. Inc., 2005
3. Shetty, M.N., Dislocations and Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Prentice Hall India
Learning Private Limited, 2013
Reference Books
1. McClintock, F.A. and Argon, A.S., Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Addison-Wesley, 1966
2. Honeycombe, R.W.K., The Plastic Deformation of Metals, 2nd Edition, ASM, 1984
3. Meyers, M. A. and Chawla, K. K., Mechanical Metallurgy, Principles and Applications,
Prentice-Hall, Inc 1984
4. Bradt, R.C., Brookes, C.A. and Routbort, J.L., Plastic Deformation of Ceramics, Springer,
1995
Online Course Materials
1. Bauri, R., Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, NPTEL Course Material,
Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113106032/
2. Sundararaman, M., Defects in Materials, NPTEL Course Material, Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113106075/
3. Krystyn van Vliet. 3.22 Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Spring 2008. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative
Commons BY-NC-SA
Title Ceramics Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Give exposure to range of ceramics and their properties based on their structure and
composition
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Select different types of ceramics and their processes for meeting the various properties
and applications
Contents
1. Introduction to ceramics: oxide and non-oxide ceramics, their chemical formulae, crystal
and defect structures, non-stoichiometry and typical properties
2. Ceramics with special properties: ductile ceramics, transparent ceramics, single crystal,
thick and thin film ceramics, porous ceramics and ceramic membrane
3. Properties of ceramics: physical, chemical, mechanical, electrical and optical
4. Application of different types of ceramics in various industries
5. Exotic ceramics: functionally graded, smart/intelligent, bio-mimetic and nano-ceramics
Textbooks
1. Norton, F.H., Elements of Ceramics, Addison-Wesley Press, 1952
2. Barsoum, M. and Barsoum, M.W., Fundamentals of Ceramics, CRC Press, 2002
3. Kingery, W.D., Bowen, H.K., and Uhlmann, D.R., Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Ed., 1976
4. Richerson, D.W., Modern Ceramic Engineering, Marcel Dekker Inc. 1982
5. Ichinose, N., Introduction to fine Ceramics: Applications in Engineering., John Wiley & sons
Ltd, 1987
Online Course Materials
1. Maiti, H.S., Advanced Ceramics for Strategic Applications, NPTEL Course Material,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/ 113105015/
2. Singh, I., Processing of Non-metals, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/
112107086/
Title Composites Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce the world of composites and the methods for manufacturing various components
2. Principles of constituent selection and relation with properties
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Design and select the composites for specific applications
Contents
1. Introduction: Composites, matrix, reinforcements
2. Classification of Composites: Metal Matrix Composites, Polymer Matrix Composites,
Ceramic matrix composites
3. Properties of Composites: Physical, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical and Optical
4. Designing with Composites: Selection of matrix and reinforcement, Wettability and role of
interface
5. Applications of different types of composites in various industries
6. Emerging trends in development of composites: Innovative processing technologies,
green composites, computer aided design
Textbooks
1. Barbero, E.J., Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition, CRC Press,
2011
2. Kar, K. K., Composite Materials: Processing, Applications, Characterizations, Springer,
2017
Online Course Materials
1. Bhattacharya, B., Nature and Properties of Materials, NPTEL Course Material, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/ 112104203/
2. Singh, I., Processing of Non-metals, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, http://nptel.ac.in/courses/
112107086/
Title Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3–0–0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce and design the opto-electro-mechanical systems
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Implement the principle towards designing and fabricating the contemporary sensors using
electromechanical and opto-electro-mechanical systems
Contents
1. Introduction to basics: optics: reflection, refraction and diffraction, mechanics: elasticity,
structures, electronics: capacitors, AC circuits, sensors and actuators
2. Fabrication: substrates and doping, resists, thin films deposition methods: CVD, PVD, self-
assembly etc. lithography: E-beam, soft lithography contact lithography, thermal
lithography, interference lithography, etching: wet and dry, wafer bonding and integration.
3. Materials and Processes: difference in material properties and their effects, determination
of material properties and biomaterial processing
4. Design Trade-offs: analog designs, mechanical packing and optical arrangement
5. Case Studies: working and applications:
a. Commercial accelerometers, pedometers: capacitive
b. Bio N/M-OEMS
c. Optical-MEMS
Textbooks
1. Baltes, H., Brand, O., Fedder, G.K., Hierold, C., Korvink, J. G. and Tabata, O., Enabling
technology for MEMS and Nanodevices, Wiley-VCH, 2008
2. Zant, P.V., Microchip Fabrication, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2004
Reference Books
1. Kumar, C. S., Microfluidic Devices in Nanotechnology, Wiley, 2010
2. Zhang, S., Nanostructured Thin Films and Coatings: Mechanical Properties, CRC Press,
2010
3. Xi, N. and Lai, K., Nano Optoelectronic Sensors and Devices: Nanophotonics from Design
to Manufacturing, Elsevier Inc., 2011
4. Borenstein, J.T. , Microfluidic Cell Culture Systems, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2012
Online Course Materials
1. Hover, F., and Chin, H, 2.017J Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems, Fall 2009.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu.
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
2. Livermore, C., and Voldman, J., 6.777J Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical
Devices, Spring 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare,
https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Title Polymers and Their Composites Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Introduce to students the wide range of polymers and their possible combinations with
other materials for achieving the desired properties
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Apply the properties of polymers and their composites to construction, transport and
storage industries
Contents
1. Introduction: Classification and synthesis of polymers Basic definitions and nomenclature,
molar mass and degree of polymerization, synthesis, glass transition temperature and
crystallinity in polymers, structure and its relation to thermal, chemical, electrical and
optical properties
2. Mechanical and thermo mechanical characteristics: General characteristics, viscoelasticity,
deformation behavior of elastomers, deformation mechanisms, fractures, and toughened
polymers
3. Polymer processing, characterization and applications: Introduction, plastics, elastomers
and fibers, compounding and processing techniques, practical aspects of polymer blending,
standards and engineering applications of polymers
4. Polymer composites and their applications
5. Carbon nanomaterials and synthesis: C-C bonding, types of carbon fullerenes, crystal
structure of selected carbon nanomaterials: CNT, graphene, nano crystalline diamond,
synthesis by arc discharge, thermal CVD, microwave plasma CVD, Laser ablation; growth
mechanism; special synthesis techniques- vertical aligned growth of CNT, selective area
growth of CNT, single walled CNT growth, large area graphene synthesis, nano-patterning
on graphene
Textbooks
1. Young, R.J., and Peter A. Lovell, Introduction to Polymers, 3rd revised edition, CRC Press,
2011
2. Rudin, A., The Elements of Polymer Science and Engineering, 3rd edition, Academic Press,
2012
3. Koo, J.H., Polymer Nanocomposites: Processing, Characterization, and Applications,
McGraw-Hill, 2010
Online Course Materials
1. Adhikari, B., Science and Technology of Polymers, NPTEL Course Material, Materials
Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113105028/
2. Garg, A., Electro Ceramics, NPTEL Course Material, Department of Materials science and
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104005/
Title Principles of Engineering Material Selection Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-1-0 [4]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Develop comprehensive knowledge on the procedure for selection of materials for a wide
range of products in engineering applications
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Relationship between material properties with product and component design
2. The methodology of materials selection, use of computer-aided selection and material data
and knowledge sources and their usefulness in industry
Contents
1. Importance of materials: Crystal structure, bonding, processes, and mechanical factors in
construction/design. Diffusion in materials and interpretation of phase diagrams
2. Characterization of materials: A glimpse into XRD, SEM, TEM, AFM, Raman, FTIR
3. Selection of materials for a specific application depending on the property and
performance using CES Selector for materials selection: A generalized material selection
strategy will be introduced together with use of material property charts, computer-aided
selection, and case studies
4. Finding and understanding structured information on materials and processes for material
selection: methods of screening the information on materials and arrive at a conclusion,
create hybrid materials with combined properties of two or three materials
5. Component/structural failures: Fracture, fatigue, creep, embrittlement, corrosion, etc.
Detailed survey of typical real life examples of failures from different applications –
lectures and videos
6. Applications in technological sectors: Bio-medical, building, high temperature, industrial
applications, micro-electronics, packaging, transportation
Textbooks
1. Ashby, M.F., Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 4th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann,
2010
2. Callister, W. D., Materials Science and Engineering- An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons,
1985
Reference Books
1. Budynas, R.G., Nisbett, J.K., (2014), Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, 10th Edition
McGraw-Hill Education
Online Course Materials
1. Granta Design, CES EduPack Software, 2016
Title Cellular Materials Number MT6XX
Department Metallurgical and Materials Engineering L-T-P [C] 3-0-0 [3]
Offered for M.Tech. (MT) Program Type Elective
Prerequisite None
Objectives
The Instructor will:
1. Essentially introduce the synthesis, characterization, properties and application of metal
foams
Learning Outcomes
The students are expected to have the ability to:
1. Acquire the knowledge on synthesis techniques of metallic foams and design them for a
wide range of applications
Contents
1. Introduction: Definition and types of cellular materials, applications
2. Processing techniques of metal foams: Liquid state processing, Solid state processing,
Electro deposition technique, vapor deposition
3. Characterization methods: Structural characterization, mechanical properties testing,
Quantitative 3D Characterization (Segmentation and Morphology), crashworthiness
evolution
4. Design aspects: Analysis for materials selection, constitutive equations, Elastic deflection,
and buckling, vibration and sound absorption capability, thermal management
5. Sandwich structures: Stiffness and strength, collapse mechanisms
6. Selection criteria for different applications: light-weight structures, biomedical implants,
filters, electrodes, catalysts, heat exchangers. Packaging and blast protection
Textbooks
1. Ashby, M. F., Evans, A.G., Fleck, N.A., Gibson, L.J., Hutchinson, J.W., Wadley, H.N.G.,
Metal Foams: A Design Guide, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000
2. Weaire, D. L., Hutzler, S., The Physics of Foams, Clarendon Press, 2001
3. Clyne, T. W., Simancik, F., Metal Matrix Composites and Metallic Foams, Euromat 99,
Volume 5, Wiley VCH, 2000
Reference Books
1. Gibson, L. J., M. Ashby, M. F., Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties, 2nd edition,
Cambridge University Press, 1999
2. Banhart, J., Ashby, M.F., Fleck, N.A. (editors), Cellular Metals and Metal Foaming
Technology
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference (MetFoam 2001), 18-20 June 2001, MIT-
Verlag Bremen 2001
2. Banhart, J., Ashby, M.F., Fleck, N.A. (editors), Metal Foams and Porous Metal Structures,
Proceedings of the International Conference (MetFoam '99), 14-16 June 1999, MIT-Verlag
Bremen 1999
Online Course Materials
1. Tuncer, N., Structure Property relationship in Titanium foams, Anadolu University School
of Natural Sciences, Turkey, https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-
engineering/3-054-cellular-solids-structure-properties-and-applications-spring-
2015/lecture-notes/MIT3_054S15_L13_Cellular.pdf
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