About Vaibhav | Vaibhav S. Kathavate

Academics

Post Doc: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC State, USA (Advisor: Prof. Yong Zhu) (May 2022 Onwards)
PhD: Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore (Supervisor(s): Profs. Eswara Prasad Korimilli and Indrasen Singh) (Dec. 2017 to Aug. 2021)
M.Tech.: Metallurgical Engineering (Process Metallurgy), COEP Technological University Pune (Formerly College of Engg. Pune), (Advisor: Prof. P.P. Deshpande) (Aug. 2014 to June 2016) Gold Medalist
B.E.: Department of Mechanical Engg., Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (Aug. 2010 to Aug. 2014) Topper from the Department

Professional Experience

Institute Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076 (India) (Advisor: Prof. Vijayshankar Dandapani) (Oct. 2021 to May 2022)
Project Scientist-I (Mechanical), National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai, Pallikaranai, Chennai 600100 (India) (Apr. 2016 to Dec. 2017)

Awards/Fellowships/Honours

Future Talent Research Guest Stay Fellowship (July 2021): This award/scholarship has been conferred by Technical University Darmstadt Germany for conducting the pre-post-doctoral research.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SRF) Fellowship (2021): This fellowship is awarded by CSIR, a premier R&D institute of the Government of India to bright men and women for training in methods of research.
Best Oral Presentation Award (58th NMD-ATM-2020, IIT-Bombay): This award is presented for the best oral presentation in the category “Advances in Materials Science and Engineering” at 58th National Metallurgist Day Conference held at IIT-Bombay during 23-26 February, 2021.
Late Prof. R.D. Chaudhary Memorial Gold Medal Award (2016): This award is awarded to the M.Tech. students with first rank in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science by Alumni Association, College of Engineering Pune.

Professional Service

As a reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals since 2020

Ceramics International (5) J. of the Asian Ceramics Society (3) J. Mech. Sci. & Tech. (1)

Mechanics of Materials (1) Part C: J. of Mechanical Engg. Science (13) Analytical Sciences (1)

Thin solid films (1) Model. and Simul. in Mater. Sci and Engg. (1) Mechanics of Adv. Mater. and Struct. (2)

Surface and Coatings Techn. (1) Int. J. Adv. Engg. Sci. and Appl. Math. (Springer) (1) The Journal of Physical Chemistry-C (1)

Frontiers in Materials (1) Part L: J. of Materials: Design and Applications (1) MDPI Materials (6)

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