Catalyzing US-India Collaboration: Mechanics of Materials in Extreme Environments

此次计划访问将启动普渡大学航空航天学院Vikas Tomar教授和印度马德拉斯理工学院（IITM）工程设计系Srikanth Vedantam教授在机械工程方面的合作研究。研究的重点是开发一种基于模型的方法来预测高温环境下高温材料（HTM）的微观结构演变及其对材料强度的影响。PI和研究生将在印度金奈的IITM进行为期两周的访问，在印度的设施中完成初步计算，准备向CMMI的材料和表面工程项目或DMR的材料世界网络项目提交研究提案。高温材料的微观结构发展是材料科学中的一个具有挑战性和根本性的问题，可能对材料科学的许多领域产生广泛的影响。该研究的成功完成有可能导致在高温环境中具有持续强度的新型HTMs。除此之外，目标是开发一个预测框架和形成科学原理，将改变材料微观结构预测科学，以在极端环境中保持HTM强度。此次计划访问的一名美国研究生提供了一个与国际研究人员进行研究的独特机会，并有助于普渡大学与印度理工学院（IITM）之间合作的可持续性。

Vikas Tomar OISE- 1132455 U.S.-India Planning Visit: Catalyzing Collaboration on the Mechanics of Materials in Extreme Environments This planning visit will initiate collaborative research in mechanical engineering between Purdue University Professor Vikas Tomar, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Professor Srikanth Vedantam, Department of Engineering Design. The focus of the research is to develop a modeling based approach to predicting high temperature material (HTM) microstructure evolution and its effect on material strength in high temperature environments. The PI and graduate student will undertake a two-week visit to India's premier IITM in Chennai to finalize preliminary calculations at the Indian facility in preparation for submitting a research proposal to either CMMI's Materials and Surface Engineering Program or DMR's Materials World Network Program. The proposed research- microstructural development in high temperature materials- is a challenging and fundamental problem in materials science that could have broad impact on many areas in the materials sciences. Successful completion of the research has potential to lead to new HTMs with sustained strength in high temperature environments. Beyond this, the goal is to develop a predictive framework and formation of scientific principles that will transform the science of material microstructure prediction for sustained HTM strength in extreme environments. The inclusion of a US graduate student in this planning visit offers a unique opportunity to conduct research with international investigators and contributes to the sustainability of collaboration between Purdue and the IITM in Chennai, India.