The department had its inception in 1956. Over the years, the department has developed excellent expertise in the areas of Extractive and Physical Metallurgy, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Nano-Science and Technology, Modelling and Simulation, Surface Engineering, Powder Metallurgy and Environmental Degradation of Materials. One of the very important dimensions of this department is its well equipped laboratory with sophisticated machines like High Resolution X-ray Diffractometers, Thermal Analyzers, Particle Size Analyzers, Digital Hardness Testers, Nano-indenter, Atomic Force Microscope, Universal Testing Machine, High Temperature Tensile and Compressive Creep Testing Machines, Rotating Bending Fatigue Testing Machine, Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace, High Energy Ball Mills, Plasma Ion Implanter, Erosion Rig, Potentiostats, Slow Strain Rate Testing Machine, Programmable Furnaces, Optical microscopes with Image Analyzer, Scanning Electron Microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope, and High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope.
The sponsored projects undertaken by the department are in the areas of Nanostructured materials, Interstitial-free and Micro Alloyed Steels, Composites, Intermetallics, Biomaterials, Lithium Ion Battery, Ultrahigh temperature ceramics, Fatigue, Creep and Fracture Mechanics, Structural Integrity Analysis of Irradiated Nuclear Material, Surface Engineering of Metals and Alloys, Oxidation and Environmental Degradation, Solidification Processing, Genetic Algorithm, Process Simulation and Modelling, and Evaluation of Ternary Alloy Phase Diagrams.
Looking back at some past events ……
ICAMMP Conference
An International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering once in every five years. Organized in 2002, 2006, 2011 and to be held in November, 2016
Courtesy: Prof. M. Roy, Prof. S. Mandal and the UG students of Dept. of MME. Taken from COMPOSIT Website. Website: http://composit.in
Congress of Metallurgical Professionals involving Students, Industry and Teachers (COMPOSIT) is a National meet conducted annually by the Society of Metallurgical Engineers (SME), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The idea of COMPOSIT was conceived in 1994 to provide a common platform for fostering interactions and invoking innovations among those involved in the field of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. At COMPOSIT we aim to encourage the young and enthusiastic metallurgists from all over the country to showcase their talent. It also gives them an opportunity of a lifetime to interact with the stalwarts in the field who share their expertise. This year, the event spans three days (4th to 6th of March) of intense contests, spectacular presentations and nerve-breaking quizzes. Following the great success of COMPOSIT '15 , IIT Kharagpur is all set to witness yet another edition of COMPOSIT which guarantees all its trademark features and events on a much larger scale
