Dr. Vaibhav S. Kathavate,
Post Doctoral Researcher,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
North Carolina State University,
Raleigh,
NC State, USA
Hello and Welcome.....
I am currently associated as a Post Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NC State University, Raleigh. I am passionate about my research and teaching. A self-motivated inquisitive with an aim to see myself as a solution finder researcher (or academician). My research, being inspired by "Nature", follows diverse research areas and attempts to solve challenging research problems that are of industrial and societal relevance.
My research addresses the fundamentals and advance open problems related to the mechanics of advanced materials/ceramics (including micro and nano) across various length scales. Besides this, my research interests also lie at the intersection of micro and nanoscale aspects of electrochemical and corrosion behaviour at the interfaces of crystalline materials and their applications in nuclear and other high-temperature devices/structures. Recently, I am trying to explore stimuli-responsive smart coatings for switchable surfaces and clinical translation applications.
To streamline the above research ideas, I use mechanistic and experimental approaches. The main emphasis is on understanding the role of microstructural aspects on the functional and engineering properties at various length scales to unravel the different stages of plasticity in the materials. On this front, I use different bulk as well as small scales deformation testing techniques, and various structural and metallurgical characterization tools. Furthermore, I also resort work on different electrochemical work stations (i.e., Gamry and Biological) for the electrochemical characterization.
Although experiments are my primary focus, I also resort to work on complimentary FE simulations using FEM software such as ANSYS, ABAQUS and modelling coupled environmental problem in COMSOL Multiphysics. In the same vein, my research also endow the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) approach coupled with MATLAB coding for stress-strain field measurements.
Current Updates
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Vaibhav delivered a talk on "Unravelling the role of intrinsic microstructural length scales on the corrosion and deformation behaviour of materials: Harness the power of materials characterization techniques" at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. This talk was jointly organized by the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering on 15th December 2022.
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Vaibhav has joined Editorial Board Member of the journal "Frontiers in Materials" (I.F. 3.985) as a "Review Editor" from November 2022. He will be handling submission related to "Ceramics and Glass" section.
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Our Article "Mechanical Characterization of Piezoelectric Materials: A Perspective on Deformation Behavior Across Different Microstructural Length Scales" from the "Journal of Applied Physics (JAP)" has been selected as the Editor's choice/pick article.
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The tutorial Article on "Mechanical Characterization of Piezoelectric Materials: A Perspective on Deformation Behavior Across Different Microstructural Length Scales" is accepted for publication in "Journal of Applied Physics (JAP)". Congratulations to all the authors!!! and Thanks to Prof. Eswar, IIT Indore, Prof. Kiran, SRMIST, Chennai and Prof. Yong Zhu, NCSU.
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A book on "Smart Coatings" with CRC Press is published at Boca Raton, Florida, USA on 2nd September 2022. Thanks to Prof. P.P. Deshpande, COEP Technological University, Pune (Formerly COEP). It was a pleasure working with you on this project.
