Laboratories
The Department of Materials Engineering has the following laboratories for teaching and research purposes:
1. Computational Materials Engineering Laboratory
The Computational Materials Engineering laboratory supports teaching and research activities in the domain of computational materials engineering. Tutorials based on first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics of the MTL7030 Computational Materials Engineering course are carried in this laboratory. It also provides Mathematica support for the MTL7010 Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics course. Our research focuses on understanding the mechanical behavior, thermoelectric transport, and lattice dynamics in materials. We also support the experimentalists by calculating the Infra-Red and Raman spectra, simulated scanning tunneling microscopic images employing ab initio characterization methods. This lab also supports computational resources for Finite Element modeling and Materials selection for teaching and research purposes.
The Computational Materials Engineering laboratory is equipped with ten workstations (eight-core) operating on Ubuntu. Firstprinciples calculations based codes (Quantum Espresso, VASP), molecular dynamic codes (LAMMPS, xmd), and Mathematica are installed in these workstations. Engineering and Multiphysics simulation softwares (ANSYS, COMSOL Multiphysics), Thermocalc Software with TCFE9 database and Materials selection softwares (CES Selector and CES Edupack) are also installed in Windows based operating systems.
2. Metallography Laboratory
The characterization of various materials is done in the metallography Laboratory for teaching and research activities. The laboratory currently has the following equipment.- Optical microscopes
- Grinding and polishing machine
- Metallographic specimen cutoff machine
- High speed grinder and polisher
- Stereo-zoom microscopes
- Pedestal grinder
- Electronic weigh balance
- Density measurement system for solids
- Specimen leveling press
Hot Mounting Press
Optical Microscope
Precision Cutting Machine
Optical Microscope
3. Mechanical Testing Laboratory
- Universal Testing Machines
- Charpy/Izod impact testing machines for metals and plastics
- Microhardness testing machine
- Superficial Rockwell hardness tester
- Brinell hardness tester
- Vickers hardness tester
- Pin on disc wear tester
- Polarimeter
- Photo-elasticity Unit
Universal Testing Machines
Charpy/lzod Impact Testing Machine
Micro-Hardness Testing Machine
Vickers Hardness Testing Machine
Brinell Hardness Testing Machine
Superficial Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine
4. Phase Transformation Laboratory
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