Students
B.Tech/M.Tech/Ph.D students: If you are interested in understanding the mechanical behaviour of metals through applications of metal forming and looking for an opportunity, please write to me at hariharan@iitm.ac.in
Ph.D Scholars
- Mr.Achyut Deshmukh (External- Mahindra) (Jul 2019 to present)
- Mr.Vikram Balaji (PMRF scholar), since 2018
- Mr.Shashank Tiwari (jointly with Prof.Uday Chakkingal)
- Mr.Rajesh (jointly with Prof.Ratna Kumar Annabattula
- Mr.Devendre (jointly with Prof.Murugaiyan)
- Mr.Sherin (QIP- jointly with Prof.Murugaiyan
- Mr.Eldho Paul (QIP- jointly with Prof.Riby Abraham
- Mr.Santosh Kumar (jointly with Prof.Saravana Kumar
- Dr.Sunil Kumar (Jointly with Prof. D. Ravikumar), `Numerical simulation of constrained groove pressing and die design optimization', IIT Delhi, Ph.D- Dec 2019 (current affiliation-Asst Professor- NIT Surat)
- Dr.Kandarp Changela (Jointly with Prof. D. Ravikumar), `Mechanical Behaviour and Deformation Kinetics of Ultra-fine grained Aluminium alloys Developed by Cryorolling and Constrained Groove Pressing', IIT Delhi, Ph.D - Feb 2020 (Current Affiliation: Saint Gobain Ltd, Chennai)
- Dr.Anand Varma, `Experimental and Microstructural Investigation on the Mechanism and Phenomenological Modelling of Stress Relaxation Behaviour for Ductility Improvement in SS316L Stainless Steel and Pure Magnesium' (Joint advising, Primary advisor: Prof.Jayant Jain) IIT Delhi,Ph.D - July 2022 (Current Affiliation: NETRA-NTPC Ltd, New Delhi)
- Dr.KaliPrasad, `Theoretical and experimental investigations on the stress relaxation behaviour of metallic materials' IIT Madras, Ph.D - Mar 2023 (Current Affiliation:Assistant Professor, IIT Palakkad) Winner Institute Research award, 2021, Prof. M S Shanmugam endowment prize, IIT Madras for Ph.D thesis)
- Dr.Jai Tiwari, (jointly with Prof.Murugaiyan) `Investigations on the mechanism of electroplastic behaviour in high strength alloys by experimental and numerical approaches' IIT Madras, Ph.D - Oct 2023 (Current Affiliation:Post doc at Seoul National University) Winner Institute Research award, 2023, IIT Madras)
- Dr.Sahil Bharti, (jointly with Sushanta Panigrahi) `Fundamental studies on toolpath and heat-assisted methods for formability analysis and development of the Roboforming proces' IIT Madras, Ph.D - Dec 2024
- Dr.Smruti Parimita, (jointly with Prof.Pijush Ghosh) `Design and fabrication of soft intelligent structures by additive manufacturing- A 4D Printing approach' IIT Madras, Ph.D - Feb 2025
- Dr.Seekala Harita, (jointly with Dr.Sudarshan Phani, ARCI Hyderabad) `Measuring the size and rate effects of strength at small scale' IIT Madras, Ph.D - June 2025
- Dr.Ranjith Kumar Ilangovan, \Understanding the processing and deformation behaviour of laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy" IIT Madras, Ph.D - Dec 2025 (Joint guidance Prof. Ravi Sankar Kottada, MME department)
- Mr.Mohd.Firoz Alam,\Implementation of Uncoupled ductile damage model for damage assessment in Hole Expansion test"(Joint guidance, Primary advisor:Prof.Uday Chakkingal) IIT Madras, M.S - Oct 2025
- Mr.Srivardhan Reddy Palwai,\Development of a novel frequency based filtering approach for preform design in Roboforming"(Joint guidance, Co advisor:Prof.Anuj Tiwari) IIT Madras, M.S -2022- Oct 2025
- Mr.K.Dinesh,\Study of low cycle fatigue and creep-fatigue interaction of superni-263 nickel- based superalloy"(Joint guidance, Primary advisor:Prof.Sankaran) IIT Madras, M.S -May 2025