OPPORTUNITIES IN METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING - A presentation for school students

1. OPPORTUNITIES IN METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING- A presentation for school students Prof. S. Raman Sankaranarayanan & team Dept. MME NIT Tiruchirappalli Aug. 24, 2008 Pictures provided here collated from multiple sources. Released in NITT website, for academic purpose. This source may pl be acknowledged, if propogated further. NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

2. OUTLINE • Aperitif: Path breaking research in MME • Appetizer: Engineering Education • Starter: MME Education • Main Course: What do we do? • Dessert: What is happening in the industry? • Caffe latte: What is happening in research? • Sayonara: Concluding Remarks (32) NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

3. Opening Question • Name the branch of engineering, in which Govt. of India has sanctioned four attractive scholarships, per batch, per Institute (selected Institutes) – where the student could walk away with a (money wise) free degree. • Rupees Four Thousand per month per selected student, for the entire four year period! • PLUS: Professorial Chair/s being established with improved emoluments (wrt conventional pay scales)!! • Letter from Min. Steel: No.11(23)/2005-TW, dt 2.7.2008 NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

4. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • MICRO BATTERIES: with size of few microns! layers made with self assembling viruses!! Faculty from Chem. Engg. & MSE, MIT NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

5. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • Nano coated textiles: Durable Breathable Wrinkle resistant Stain resistant Efforts at RM nano tech, Georgia Tech Univ. NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

6. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • Radomes: Special enclosures for antennae; Protect from atmosphere! without attenuating signals!! @ Many space / related research centres NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

7. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • FSV1 • Future Steel Vehicle 1 • ULSAB project • Consortium of companies • Very High Strength Steel • Reduce weight of vehicle • Sources such as worldautosteel NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

8. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • Electric Arc Furnace • Utilization of steel scrap • 12% reduction in energy consumption by novel oxy-fuel burners • Centre for Metals Production & steel companies NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

9. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS • Old is Gold! OR, is it Iron? • Tech. Insight into Iron Pillar • More than 1000 years old • Withstood CORROSION • Passive film at iron – rust interface • Prof. Balasubramaniam, IIT Kanpur NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

10. ENGINEERING EDUCATION • Very appealing, indeed • Trends in engineering education • All said and done, 50% of curriculum is common for all engineering students • MME student also studies a few courses (subjects) on other branches of engineering • Students of other departments also study a couple of courses related to MME NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

11. ENGINEERING EDUCATION • First year – typically common for all branches - Maths, Physics, Chemistry - Basic Engineering - Engineering Drawing and / or Graphics - Programming - Workshop Practice - Energy & Environment - English NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

12. ENGINEERING EDUCATION • Next three years: • Mathematics, Statistics, Programming • Information Technology • Engineering Sciences • Humanities • Departmental Core Courses • Core Courses from other departments • Electives from various departments NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

13. MME EDUCATION • Basics of MME: Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Metallurgical Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena / Kinetics • Courses such as / in alloy design, metal forming, foundry, joining of materials, process metallurgy, special experimental techniques, corrosion • Electives such as NDT, modeling, emerging materials • Non – MME core such as applied mechanics, instrumentation, management, mechanical design • Non – MME electives such as automobile engineering, financial management, electronic materials NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

14. MME EDUCATION • Do we need any special skills to study MME? • None at all; an interest in engineering education will be sufficient • Helpful: • Interest in physics and chemistry (say, XRD; thermodynamics) • Interest in mathematics (say, process modeling) • Interest in research career (say, nano-materials) • Interest in manufacturing (any hard core industry) NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

15. WHAT DO WE DO? • A few points to be emphasized: • As good as any other branch of engineering • Employment avenues as wide a canvas as for any other branch of engineering • Opportunities in IT / ITES – definitely salable in today’s market • Opportunities in core sector – good and improving by the day • Opportunities for higher studies – very good, as many Institutions are not getting sufficient MME graduates • Opportunities in research – FAR better than many other branches NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

16. WHAT DO WE DO? • Where have the MME graduates of NIT Trichy gone in recent years? • Top notch engineering companies: Tata Motors, Larsen & Toubro, Sundaram Fasteners, Essar Steel, Carborundum Universal • Defence Research and Development • IT sector: Infosys, TCS, CTS • Higher studies in India: IIT’s, IISc, IIM’s • Higher Studies overseas: Ohio State University, University of Florida, University of Texas – Austin, University of New South Wales NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

17. What is happening in the industry? • Manufacturing in impressive growth mode • Advantages of Globalization; BRIC economy • Interesting overseas acquisitions • Entry of prominent MNC’s into India • Salaries in manufacturing – entry level – exceed those in the IT sector – trends, recent placement, NIT Trichy • Enormous challenges in materials NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

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20. What is happening in the industry? • Picture of aircraft – labelling the body and the engine • Related comments NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

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25. What is happening in research? • Barriers between departments – increasingly broken • Physicist working on atomistic modeling of materials • Metallurgist working on fuel cells • Metallurgist working on nuclear fuels • Materials scientist working on biomaterials • Materials Scientist working on electronic materials • A graduate of MME has sufficient background to learn about any kind of materials NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

26. Special Needs NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

27. What is happening in research? • Nano materials NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

28. What is happening in research? • Prosthesis NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

29. What is happening in research? • Interaction with biology • Picture of Cancer cell or malarial parasite; related info from Prof Suresh’s group at MIT, USA NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

30. MME in NIT Trichy • B.Tech. (MME), M.Tech. (Materials Science), M.Tech. (Welding Engg.), M.S., Ph.D. • Accreditation Status: UG & PG programmes • Benefitted by extensive interaction with BHEL & WRI • Academic, Research and Consulting activities • Research projects sponsored by MHRD, DRDO, DST, NRB, Tata Steel, Vizag Steel • Advanced materials, welding, process metallurgy • Recently started providing stipendiary research opportunities for BTech student/s also NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

31. CONCLUDING REMARKS • MME and other fields of engineering • MME: curriculum, as well as opportunities • MME: Growth in manufacturing • MME: Exciting challenges in research; need to become inter-disciplinary • MME: Entrepreneurial Opportunities • We have it all! Ambrosia? NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008

32. CONCLUDING REMARKS • MME: multi – faceted and challenging • MME: relatively small class and the associated opportunity for close interaction • MME: excellent funding from the Government • MME of NIT Trichy is happy to welcome you all into the “world of materials” • THANK YOU ONE AND ALL • Thanks to NITT, TEQIP, IIM T & BHEL NITT TEQIP MME SRS 2008