Madurai S. Bharathi

Biography: Madurai Bharathi has been a student at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, expecting to receive her Ph.D. in Materials Science late in 2002.

Mrs. Bharathi’s current areas of research include modeling and analysis of dynamic phenomena in materials science, nonlinear dissipative dynamical systems, chaos and fractals, and application of concepts of nonlinear dynamics in interdisciplinary areas of research. She is now involved in modeling instabilities in plastic flow using mechanisms of dislocation dynamics.

Quote: “I am very honored to receive this prestigious award. This award brings support and recognition for my research work and encouragement for my future work in materials science.”

Anish Upadhyaya

Biography: Anish Upadhyaya is an assistant professor and in-charge of the P/M Lab, Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institue of Technology, Kanpur. Dr. Upadhyaya earned his Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. Dr. Upadhyaya has studied materials processing of varied nonferrous systems, metal-metal composites, and metal-ceramic composites. His research specialization is powder metallurgy processing of materials, and current research includes transient and supersolidus sintering of premixed and prealloyed bronze.

Dr. Upadhyaya has been a research consultant for several companies. Recently, he was visiting faculty at the Institute for Nano-Technology, Karlsruhe & Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University as a part of a collaborative research program.

Quote: “The TMS Foundation Shri Ram Arora Award offers me an opportunity to interact with the worldwide community of scientists, researchers, and other academicians. The TMS Annual Meeting provides a forum to exchange ideas and share my research findings and experience with peers.”