My research interests fall in the broad category of experimental and computational investigation of materials and manufacturing processes. These include to some extent, the experimental supervision and in great detail the formulating and application of computational frameworks and material constitutive models for metals, soft materials and their interfaces at different length scales. My interests in these models are broad, spanning a wide range of macro-, micro- and nano-scale phenomena. Main areas of my research in the recent past and present can be divided into two broad categories

1. Multiscale Materials characterization and modelling

2. Manufacturing process optimization using experimental and simulation techniques

Jul 2003 – Jul 2006

Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering

Max-Planck-Institute for Metal Research (MPI-MF) & Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials (IMWF), Uni­versity of Stuttgart,Germany

Adviser: Professor Dr. Siegfried Schmauder (IMWF), Professor Dr. Manfred Ruehle (MPI-MF)

Thesis: Modelling of Crystal Plasticity Effects in the Fracture of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces – Bridging the Length Scales