Dr. Sreeram K. Kalpathy
Associate Professor
Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engg.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
+91-44-2257-4761
sreeram[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Room no: 246, 2nd floor
Krishna Chivukula Block (Formerly NAC-1)
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai - 600036, TN, INDIA.
ABOUT ME
I work in the area of Soft Condensed Matter, i.e., Materials that show interesting physical behavior at energy scales comparable to room temperature thermal energy. These include Polymers, Colloidal Suspensions, Emulsions, Gels, Complex fluids with non-Newtonian rheology etc.
Within soft matter, I work broadly in three verticals:
1. Polymers & plastics - Functional properties and Recycling
2. Colloidal matter - Emulsions and Suspensions
3. Hydrodynamics of complex fluids and thin liquid films.
Research in my group employs a mix of computational and experimental techniques.
Prior to joining IIT Madras I was a faculty member at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
# Polymers - Functional properties, Recycling
# Colloids - Emulsions and Suspensions
# Hydrodynamics of thin liquid films
# Liquid phase coating processes
EDUCATION
2007 - 2012
University of Minnesota
Ph.D in Materials Science
2002- 2007
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
B.Tech and M.Tech (Dual Degree)
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering