Biography: Anish Kumar graduated in metallurgical engineering from Bihar Institute of Technology, India, in 1996. He joined Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam as a scientific officer in 1997 after completing a one-year orientation course in nuclear engineering and metallurgy at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. His Ph.D. thesis entitled “Correlation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties with Ultrasonic Parameters in Metallic Materials” will be submitted by the end of 2003 to the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

His research has included the microstructuremechanical property correlation and nondestructive microstructural characterization using ultrasonic technique in a wide range of alloy systems. He has established a new correlation between two independent elastic properties, ultrasonic shear wave velocity and Poisson’s ration, which may lead to the reduction in independent elastic constants for isotropic solid from two to one. His field of work also includes testing of concrete structures using impact-echo technique. He has more than 35 publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings.

Quote: “The TMS Shri Ram Arora Award will provide me an opportunity to attend the TMS meeting and establish fruitful contacts with distinguished scientists, technologists, professors, peers, and experts in the fields of my current research work and that of the future. The interaction will allow me to discuss my views and thoughts with them and will give me an opportunity to reap benefits from their experience. These contacts and discussions will also help me in advancing my research career on sound scientific footing and enable me to get acquainted with state-of-the-art material characterization techniques in physical metallurgy, materials testing, and analysis.”