Cambridge and India
Materials and Nanoscience
An expanding area of applied science is the study of how the arrangement of atoms and molecules (the basic units of all matter) affects the properties of materials. The aim of research projects is often to produce new or enhanced materials or products.
The Cambridge Nanoscience Centre is a multidisciplinary centre with over 300 researchers, whose work paves the way for a new generation of supercomputers and improved medical diagnosis and treatment.
Professor Harry Bhadeshia FREng, FRS, FNAE
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Professor Harry Bhadeshia is the Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy. His research is focused on the development of solid-state phase transformation theory, and its experimental validation, with the aim of inventing new alloys and processes.
India links: Distinguished Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Foreign Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering; collaboration with Tata Steel (Jamshedpur) who sponsor PhD students to conduct research in Cambridge; involvement in Centre of Excellence on Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Bengal.
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[News story: Tata Steel Group endows professorship in metallurgy]
Professor Tony Cheetham FRS
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Prof Cheetham is Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science and works in the general area of Materials Chemistry. His expertise lies in the synthesis of novel phases, their chemical and structural characterization, and the study of their properties. His current research is focused on three main areas: hybrid inorganic-organic framework structures, light conversion materials, and the materials chemistry of technetium oxides.
India links: collaboration with Professor CNR Rao, JNCASR, Bangalore. Foreign member of National Academy of Sciences of India and Honorary Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (INSA).
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[Visit to India, Dec 2008]
Dr Stuart Clarke
University of Cambridge BP Institute
Dr Clarke is a Senior Lecturer at the BP Institute and the Department of Chemistry. His research addresses the fundamental interactions that determine the structure and dynamics of polymer, colloidal and interfacial systems. Of particular interest is to study what happens at the surfaces between liquids and solids that underpin everyday activities from washing hands to lubricating your car.
India links: collaboration with Dr Balasubramanian Sundaram at Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore.
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Professor Lindsay Greer
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Expertise: microstructural kinetics; developing new microstructures, properties and functionalities.
India links: collaboration with IIT Delhi, Defence Metallurgical Research Labs (DMRL), Hyderabad, and Professor Kamanio Chattopadhyay, IISc Bangalore.
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Professor Colin Humphreys CBE FREng
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Colin Humphreys is Director of Research in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. His research covers three main areas: gallium nitride materials and devices; advanced electron microscopy; and high-temperature aerospace materials.
India links: in 2008 he gave an Invited talk at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Centenary Conference in Bangalore, the Golden Jubilee Oration at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Delhi, and the IEEE Distinguished Lecture at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. He has a research collaboration on semiconductor quantum dots with Professor Subhananda Chakrabarti, at IIT Bombay, and strong links with Professor Ranganathan at IISc Bangalore and with Professor V. S. Arunachalam, Director of the Centre for Study for Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore.
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[Visit to India, Dec 08]
[Conference in Delhi, Dec 09]
Dr R Vasant Kumar
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Dr Vasant Kumar is a Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry. His research is in three areas, namely Energy Devices, Sensors and Recycling.
India links: Director of a start-up company, Catalysis Hy Sensing specializing in instruments for safety and process control, which is part of Catalysts Group, based in Ghaziabad, Pune and Nagpur, providing solutions in bio-technology, electrochemistry and lifestyle products. Collaboration with Professor K Singh and Professor S Bhoga at the Physics Department in Nagpur University and with Professor S Subramanian in Department of Materials Engineering and Professor S Sampath in Department of Physical & Inorganic Chemistry at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Invited to present a talk on 'Micro- and Nano-Colloidal Materials' on 16 April 2009 at IISc Bangalore.
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[Visit to IISc, Apr 09]
Dr Ashwin Seshia
Nanoscience Centre
Dr Seshia is Lecturer in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, based at the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre.
India links: working with Professor G K Ananthasuresh at IISc Bangalore to develop novel mechanisms to enhance micro-scale precision sensing technology.
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Professor Mark Welland FRS
Nanoscience Centre
Professor Mark Welland is Head of the Nanoscience Group at the Nanoscience Centre, Professor of Nanotechnology at the Department of Engineering and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Ministry of Defence.
Expertise: nanotechnology.
India links: Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Working with Professor Ashok Misra, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, to develop joint research programme in nanomaterials and nanoelectronics.
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