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Biography

VITA

Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering  (December 1997)
  The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
  Thesis Topic : Structural and Phase Transformations in Sputter Deposited
  Titanium-Aluminum  Multilayers and Alloy Thin Films
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (March 1996)
  The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering (July 1993)
  The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
  Institute Silver Medal for First rank in Metallurgical Engg.

Experience
Aug. 2011 to Present Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., University of North Texas
Sep. 2004 to Aug. 2011 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., University of North Texas
July 2003 to Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., The Ohio State University
Aug. 2000 to Dec. 2004 Research Scientist, Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1999 - 2000   Fellow, Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
1998 - 1999  Post-doctoral Research Associate - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1994 - 1997  Graduate Research Associate - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Honors
Best Poster Award, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego (2003)
Nominated for Best Paper Award of Scripta Materialia  for 1998
Vidya Bharati Award, Indian Institute of Metals (1994)
Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (1993)
Summer Research Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Scientific Research,
      Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India (1992)

Member, Materials Research Society (MRS),  The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), and Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)