Research Interests

·              Surface engineering, thermal spray coatings and weld cladding

·              Reactive sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering of in-situ composites

·              Ultra high temperature ceramic composites

·              Carbon nanotube reinforced metal-matrix and ceramic matrix composites

·              Dissimilar metal joining and Adhesive Bonding.

·              Nanomechanical and nano-tribological property evaluation

·              Radiation effects on materials