Faculty Name: Dr. Mayur Vaidya
Course Name: Phase Transformations
Course Period: 10 th Feb to 30 th Apr 2025 (Monday 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM; Wednesday 10:00 AM to 10:55 AM; Thursday 09:00 AM to 09:55 AM)
Number of Credits: 2 credits
Course Contents: Phase transformations and microstructure formation; different classifications: first order vs higher order, diffusion vs diffusion less, discontinuous vs continuous; free energy-composition diagrams; nature of interfaces in crystalline materials and their role in phase transformations; thermodynamics and kinetics of nucleation; solid state precipitation: phase diagram, stable and metastable/intermediate phases, solvus temperatures, growth forms and kinetics, discontinuous precipitation; spinodal decomposition and disorder-order transformations; eutectoid transformation; massive transformation; martensitic transformation and shape memory effect.
About the Instructor: Dr. Mayur Vaidya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. Her research interest is in Diffusion-deformation correlation in materials, Diffusion in multicomponent alloys, Nanoscience & Technology, Materials Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Diffusion in Materials, High Entropy Alloys, Oxidation.
Link for Research Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=PRXBf9wAAAAJ&hl=en
