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Dr. Aramanda Shanmukha Kiran
Assistant Professor
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
+91 491 209 1553
Research Area: Physical Metallurgy; Microstructures; Materials characterization
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  • Biosketch

    Education qualifications

    • B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering) at Andhra University College of Engineering.

    • M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

    • Ph.D. (Materials Engineering), at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
      (Gold Medal (Prof. K P Abraham Medal) for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis)

    Postdoctoral research experience:

    • Postdoctoral research fellow, at Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

    • ANRF National Postdoctoral Fellow at Beamline-4, Indus-2, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore

  • Research
    • Solidification science and phase transformations

    • Microstructure evolution and microstructure engineering

    • Advanced materials characterization techniques and analysis:

      • In-situ characterization of materials behavior

      • 3D/4D materials science 

      • Multi-modal correlative microscopy (Electron microscopy and X-ray based techniques)

      • Computational Imaging and Computed tomography

  • Additional Information
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    Selected Publications
    Description
    1. 1. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Ashwin J. Shahani, Arkajit Ghosh, Sabine Bottin-Rousseau, Bumedijen Raka, Amit Misra, Silvère Akamatsu. "In situ observation of faceted and branched eutectic growth patterns during directional solidification of thin Al–Si samples." Acta Materialia 317, 122572 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122572

    2. 2. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Paul Chao, Xianghui Xiao, Ashwin J. Shahani. "Emergence of complex-regular eutectic patterns in Al–Ge: Observations from correlative nano-imaging." Acta Materialia 310, 122072 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122072

    3. 3. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Metin K., Xianghui Xiao, Amit Mishra, Ashwin J. Shahani. "Nanolamellar pattern formation in a rapidly solidified peritectic alloy." Materials Research Letters 14, 493–500 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2026.2647980

    4. 4. Paul Chao, Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Xianghui Xiao, Sabine Bottin-Rousseau, Silvère Akamatsu, Ashwin J. Shahani. "From irregular to regular eutectic growth in the Al–Al₃Ni system: In-situ observations during directional solidification." Acta Materialia 280, 120314 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120314

    5. 5. Aaron Gladstein*, Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda*, Lingxia Shi, Jason Landini, Jon Goettsch, Caleb Reese, Bibhu Sahu, Xianghui Xiao, Allen Hunter, Katsuyo Thornton, Ashwin J. Shahani, Alan Taub. "Direct evidence of the formation mechanisms of TiC nanoparticles and Al₃Ti intermetallics during synthesis of an Al/TiC metal-matrix nanocomposite." Acta Materialia 277, 120189 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120189

    6. 6. George R. Lindemann*, Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda*, Ashwin J. Shahani. "Peritectic solidification patterns in the Zn–Ag system captured in three- and four-dimensions." Acta Materialia 274, 119992 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.119992

    7. 7. Shriparna Mukherjee*, Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda*, Surafel S. Legese, Alexander Riss, Gerda Rogl, Olu E. Femi, Ernst Bauer, Peter F. Rogl, Kamanio Chattopadhyay. "Anisotropy of microstructure and its influence on thermoelectricity: The case of Cu₂Te–Sb₂Te₃ eutectic." ACS Applied Energy Materials 4(10), 11867–11877 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02664

    8. 8. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Abhik Choudhury. "Exotic three-phase microstructures in the ternary Ag–Cu–Sb eutectic system." Acta Materialia 221, 117400 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117400

    9. 9. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Salapaka Sai Kiran, Sumeet Khanna, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Abhik Choudhury. "Exotic colony formation in Sn–Te eutectic system." Acta Materialia 197, 108–121 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.07.036

    10. 10. Shanmukha Kiran Aramanda, Sumeet Khanna, Salapaka Sai Kiran, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Abhik Choudhury. "Crystallographic and morphological evidence of solid–solid interfacial energy anisotropy in the Sn–Zn eutectic system." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 51, 6387–6405 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-06007-5

    *Equal contribution or co-first authors.

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