Dr. Amit Arora – Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar

Professional Overview

Dr. Amit Arora is an Associate Professor of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). He leads the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group at IIT Gandhinagar, focusing on numerical modeling of welding and joining processes, additive manufacturing, and friction stir welding (FSW), including tool wear during FSW, numerical modeling of dissimilar FSW, and the mechanical and electrochemical characterization of friction stir surface composites. His recent work has been published in prestigious journals such as Wear, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, and International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

Research Interests

• Numerical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing
• Modeling of Joining Processes
• Friction Stir Welding and Processing
• Corrosion Studies of Surface Composites
• Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites

Education

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, 2011 – The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering, 2005 – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 2004 – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India