Ravikumar N V

EmployeeID: 008275
Department: MM
Designation: ASP
Phone: 4777
email: nvrk@iitm.ac.in

Research Interests

• Biofouling & Marine Biomaterials (Understanding Adhesion Mechanisms, Understanding the Structural Hierarchy, Mechanical Behavior)
• Object Oriented Finite Element Programming to Predict Macroscopic Properties from 2D Microstructures
• Processing and Characterization of Ultra-High Temperature Structural Ceramics (Eg., Polymer Derived Ceramics in the Si-(B)-C-N system, Silicon Carbide & Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics)
• Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Creep, Thermal Shock, Fracture Mechanics)
• Role of Interfaces in Crystalline/Nano-crystalline Materials (Theory & Experimental Techniques)

Publications

Office Location: Materials Processing Section (former Metallurgy Workshop)

Personal Homepage: http://mme.iitm.ac.in/nvrk