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ICME and Materials Genome Lab
IMaGen

Intelligent Material Design
with
Multiscale Computational Mechanics


This is the research group of Prof. Alankar Alankar at Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay. Alankar graduated with a B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering) degree at IIT Roorkee, India, MASc (Materials Engineering) degree at The University of British Columbia, Canada and PhD (Mechanical Engineering) at Washington State University, USA under the supervision of Prof. David Field. After doctoral degree, he did postdoctoral research at Max-Planck Institut fur Eisenforshung GmbH, Germany under mentorship of Prof. Dierk Raabe and Prof. Philip Eisenlohr. His second post-doc stint was at Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA under the mentorship of Dr. Ricardo Lebensohn, Dr. Carlos Tome and Dr. Alfredo Caro. Subsequently he joined Modumetal, Inc. in Seattle, USA where he was responsible for design and architecture of metal nanolayered coatings. His area of research consists of dislocation theory, crystal plasticity modeling, multiscale modeling of deformation, creep, irradiation damage and degradation of materials and other regime of structure-property relationship.

Acknowledgement

We thank all the funding agencies and collaborators for their support.

Opportunities

Immediate Opening for two Postdocs: Fracture, Fatigue and Crystal Plasticity of Heterogneous Crystalline Media. Recent PhD graduates in the area of Computational Solid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics or Computational Materials Science may contact.

PhD Positions: Recent MTech graduates in the area of Solid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics or Computational Materials Science may contact. The projects are focused on Crystal Plasticity of multiphase metals for applications in the area of fracture, fatigue and creep of Ti-6Al-4V, Ni and Co based Superalloys. There is a good possibility of application of data science and machine learning. Please refer to our recent publications.

I will be very happy to have a discussion about the projects and admission procedure.

Latest News

Jan, 2024 - Ritam Chatterjee successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis on Crystal Plasticity modeling of DRX in Ti-6Al-4V. Congratulations!
Dec, 2023 - Our collaborative work on a novel framework for experimentally informed continuum description of grain boundaries is accepted for publication in Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. Congratulations to Syed Ansari!
Dec, 2023 - Our work on crystal plasticity modeling using a newly developed finite element-discrete dislocation dynamics code is accepted for publication in J. of Multiscale Modeling. Congratulations to Dr. Ashish Mishra and Dr. Dinachandra Moirangthem!
Dec, 2023 - Our work on understanding deformation behavior of Al-Mg alloys has been accepted for publication in Metals and Materials International. Congratulations to Shahin!
Sep, 2023 - Our work about data-driven workflows for predicting fatigue life of additively manufactured complex shapes has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Fatigue. Congratulations to Prateek Kishore!
Jul, 2023 - Our work on Bayesian approach for inferable ML models of Process-Structure-Property linkages in complex concentrated alloys has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Congratulations to George!
July, 2023 - Our article about ML for Accelerated Material Design and Manufacturing in Economic Times - Auto: https://tinyurl.com/alankaretauto
May, 2023 - Our work about atomistic calculations of critical strain energy release rates during fracture of dual phase Ti alloys is accepted for publication in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Congratulations to Dr. Sunil Rawat!
Apr, 2023 - Ritam Chatterjee to join a CRNS lab in France for post-doctoral research. Congratulations!
Mar, 2023 - Collaborative work about fracture in Ni is accepted for publication in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Mar, 2023 - Work about Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Dynamics Recrystallization is accepted for publication in Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering journal.
Nov, 2022 - Congratulations to Sumit Maurya for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Sumit joined TRDDC in July this year.
Oct, 2022 - BVSS Bhardwaja's work about Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Uncertainty Quantification for Heterogeneous Solids is accepted for publication in Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation. Congratulations!
Oct, 2022 - George Thoppil's work about Machine Learning based Structure-Property Correlations for HEAs is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science. Congratulations!
Sep, 2022 - Sumit Maurya's work about MD simulations of fracture in Al/Ti nanocomposites has been accepted for publication in Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering! Congratulations!
Aug, 2022 - Our work on understanding fracture toughness anisotropy and elastic anisotropy is accepted for publication in Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
May, 2022 - Our work on the application of Machine Learning for discovery of novel perovskites is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science. Congratulations to PhD candidate George Thoppil !
May, 2022 - Our work on development of a Spectral Solver for Crystal Plasticity has been accepted for publication in International Journal of Plasticity. Congratulations to PhD candidate Ritesh Dadhich !
Jan, 2022 - Read our recent work about An Experimentally Informed Continuum Grain Boundary Model at https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10946
Dec, 2021 - Dr. Dinachandra's work about Phase-field fracture mechanics driven by hydrogen embrittlement with adaptive meshing has been accepted for publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Congratulations !
Oct, 2021 - Dr. Dinachandra's work about modeling of strain gradient elasticity using IGA is accepted for publication in journal Composite Structures. Congratulations !
Oct, 2021 - Collaborative work about atomistic analyses of deformation of a bicrystal is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science !
Aug, 2021 - Collaborative work about fatigue life of cold spray repairs is published in MDPI journal Materials !
Jul, 2021 - Akshay Bhutada's work about Machine learning based microstructure-thermal stress correlations is accepted for publication in Metals. Congratulations !
Jun, 2021 - MTech Student Vivek Revi's work about Machine Learning Elasticity Constants of Multicomponent Alloys is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science Journal. The work was performed in collaboration with LANL, USA - Congratulations !
May, 2021 - PhD Candidate Ashish Mishra is placed with Micron Inc. - Congratulations !
Apr, 2021 - See our work on application of Physics Informed Neural Networks for deformation of heterogeneous media at GTC 2021 (online).
Feb, 2021 - Collaborative work about dislocation climb is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science.
Jan, 2021 - Sumit Maurya's work about atomistics of deformation initiated phase transformation is accepted for publication in Computational Materials Science.
Oct, 2020 - CEP Course on Multiscale Crystal Plasticity Modeling, IIT Bombay.
Oct, 2020 - CEP Course on Materials Informatics, IIT Bombay.
June, 2020 - Dr. Dinachandra's work on Explicit Dynamics is accepted for Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics.
May 24 - June 9, 2020 - Workshop on AI for Materials Design (https://www.me.iitb.ac.in/~aimaterialdesign/).
May, 2020 - Ashish and Ritam's work on Dynamic Recrystallization modeling using CA is published in Materials Today Communications.
Dec, 2019 - MTech students Saurabh Kasodariya and Subhanshu Tiwari are placed with Micron Inc.
Aug, 2019 - PhD student Sumit Maurya is awarded TCS PhD Fellowship.
Jul, 2019 - R. Chatterjee's work on Deformation of Ti Alloys is published in ASTM Journal of MPC.
May, 2019 - Prof. Alankar is elected to serve on the Editorial Board of Springer Journal Materials Theory.
Mar, 2019 - S. Dhala's work on NiTi SMA is published in Mechanics of Materials.
Feb, 2019 - Chandrashekhar Pilgar (MTech) joins IMDEA Lab, Spain for PhD in Computational Mechanics.
Feb, 2019 - S. Dhala's work on NiTi SMA is published in International Journal of Plasticity.
Jan, 2019 - A. MIshra's work on Dislocation Dynamics is published in MSMSE.

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Alankar Alankar, Ph.D.
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
IIT Bombay, Mumbai 
Email: alankar.alankar@iitb.ac.in 

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