Department of Material Science and Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur strives to preparetechnologists/engineers for developing new materials and processes forapplications in variety of industries in metal and mining, automotive,chemical, aviation, plastic, biotechnology, semiconductor solar andenergy sector.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), earlierknown as Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Kanpur wasestablished in 1960. From its inception, it has had strong impact inproviding knowledgeable manpower to meet the nation’s demand intraditional metallurgy.

The department has reinvented constantly to keep the IIT curriculum inpace with the state-of-the-art technologies. The field of study in thedepartment now encompasses the entire spectrum of extractivemetallurgy, physical metallurgy, manufacturing processing, electronicand semiconductor materials, biomaterials, ceramics and composites.

This department has pioneered a unified approach to teaching andresearch, which has enabled us to evolve into an interdisciplinary fieldcatering to diverse applications.

Bio and Nanomaterials

• Introduction to Biomaterials• Materials Science Technologies

for Applications in Life Sciences• Transmission Electron Microscopy

and Nano Analysis of Materials• Nanostructures and

Nanomaterials: Characterization and Properties

Materials in Manufacturing

• Materials Processing• Selection & Design of

Engineering Materials• Manufacturing processes• Solidification Processing• Heat Treatment and Surface

Hardening• Powder Metallurgy

Metallurgical Engineering

• Iron and Steel Making• Principles of metal extraction and

refining• Phase Transformations• Thermodynamics & Phase

Equilibria• Mechanical Behavior of Materials• Materials Failure: Analysis and

Prevention• Structure and Characterization of

Materials

Electronic Materials

• Science and Technology of Thin Films and Device Fabrication

• Electronic Devices and Characterization

• Energy Materials and Technologies

• Electro ceramic Materials and Applications

• Computer Simulations in Materials Science

• Materials For Semiconductor Industry

Microstructural Characterization Facility: SEM,

TEM, EPMA, XRD, BET, XPS, Thermal Analysis

Material Testing Lab:UTM, Fatigue Tester, Creep Frame,

Impact Tester, Hardness Tester, Microhardness Tester,

Nanoindentation

Electronic Materials & Thin Film Processing Lab:

Pulsed Laser Deposition, Electron Beam Evaporation, Sputtering,

Photolithography facility, Electrical and Optical Characterization

Physical Metallurgy and Engineering Metallurgy Lab:

Optical Microscopes, Furnaces, Sample mounting press, Polishing Machines, Rolling Mill, Welding,

Brazing, Microwave Sintering

Tata SteelExplored the feasibility of organic solar celland light

GM Global R&D, Warren, USAExplored development of next generationof aluminium alloy for engine applications

Ministry of steel, Govt. of IndiaSetting up of a comprehensive watermodelling laboratory for steelmaking processanalysis and design

ISROLaser Assisted Fabrication of Functionallyand Microstructurally Graded ThermalProtection Systems for Launch Vehicles

DRDO, INDIADevelopment of corrosion and wearresistant Ni and Al-based metallic glass andnano-crystalline coatings

Sahasra Electronics Ltd.Development of solid state lightingprototype using white organic light emittingdiodes

(This is not complete list of collaborations)

Dr. Anish UpadhyayaHead, MSE Department

anishu@iitk.ac.in+91-512-2597672 (Office)

Dr. Rajiv ShekharStudent Placement Advisor

vidtan@iik.ac.in+91-5122597016 (Office)

Ashish Kumar GuptaDepartment Placement Coordinatorashigup@iitk.ac.inPost graduate+91-8004968993

Dr. Shashank ShekharStudent Placement Advisor

shashank@iitk.ac.in+91-512-2596528 (Office)