Advanced Materials Processing Research Group - AMPRG

25/09/2026

🔬 RESEARCH INTERNSHIP & PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES | AMPRG, IIT GANDHINAGAR
Are you interested in computational modeling, simulation, and advanced manufacturing research?
The Advanced Materials Processing Research Group (AMPRG), IIT Gandhinagar welcomes motivated students who are interested in undertaking research internships, academic projects, or research projects in the areas of CFD, FEA, multiphysics modeling, heat transfer, and thermo-mechanical analysis. Our research involves developing and applying computational methods to understand complex thermal, mechanical, and material-processing phenomena in advanced manufacturing processes.
📍 Research Location: IIT Gandhinagar
💻 Mode: Hybrid, depending on the project
📚 Opportunities: Research Internship | Academic Project | Research Project
🔧 WHAT YOU WILL GAIN
• Work on research-oriented engineering problems
• Gain exposure to multiphysics and thermo-mechanical modeling
• Analyze and interpret simulation results
• Simulate and optimize residual stresses
• Contribute to ongoing research projects and publications, where appropriate
• Explore computational approaches for welding and advanced manufacturing processes
🎓 Who Can Apply
B.Tech / M.Tech / M.S. in Mechanical | Materials | Aerospace | Manufacturing Engineering or related disciplines.
💻 REQUIRED SKILLS
• Basics of CFD / FEA / Numerical Simulation
• Heat Transfer & Fluid Mechanics
• Structural Mechanics
• Any Simulation tools
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
⭐ PREFERRED SKILLS
• Thermal Simulation
• Multiphysics Structural Analysis
• ANSYS Workbench
• Inventor/ CAD software
• Result Interpretaion & Analysis
📩 Apply with your CV + relevant details in the following link: https://forms.gle/M7W3cch8fp8vVRqz6
For any Queries, feel free to drop an email at [email protected].
If you are curious about how computational modeling can be used to understand and solve challenging engineering and materials-processing problems, we invite you to explore research opportunities with AMPRG, IIT Gandhinagar.
Advanced Materials Processing Research Group (AMPRG) | IIT Gandhinagar

23/09/2026

🚀 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY | AMPRG, IIT Gandhinagar
Internship opportunities are available with the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group (AMPRG), IIT Gandhinagar for motivated students and graduates. You can join our team and work on exciting challenges at the interdisciplinary level combining Mechanical, Thermal, Manufacturing, and Materials Engineering domains.
🔹 Position: Technical Intern
🔹 No. of Positions: Multiple
🔹 Work Mode: Hybrid
🔹 Stipend: Depending on the performance and availability
🔹 Location: IIT Gandhinagar
🔹 Immediately available.
🔹 Domain: Mechanical | Thermal | Manufacturing | Materials Engineering
🛠️ What You’ll Work On
As an intern, you will get hands-on exposure to product development, advanced manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Thermal Simulation, and Experimental validation, including:
• Aluminum sheet plate machining/fabrication and thermal simulation
• Technical literature review and evaluation of emerging technologies
• Prototype fabrication, assembly, and testing, including CNC machining, additive manufacturing, leak testing, pressure testing, thermal performance testing, and NDT
• Development of 3D CAD models and engineering drawings, with consideration of GD&T, machining constraints, and assembly requirements
• Thermal-fluid analysis and CFD simulations using ANSYS/Fluent, COMSOL, or equivalent tools
• Design and ex*****on of experiments involving heat-load, temperature, flow-rate, and pressure measurements
• Correlation of experimental results with analytical/CFD predictions
• Analysis of engineering data and preparation of technical reports, SOPs, and presentations
🎯 Who Should Apply?
If you are an engineering student or graduate, and are curious, hands-on, technically strong, and eager to work on real engineering problems from design and simulation to fabrication and testing. You may also use this opportunity to complete your thesis requirements. Suitable certificate may be provided for thesis credits.
🎓 Qualifications:
Diploma/B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline
🎯 We Are Looking For
Essential Skills:
Strong engineering fundamentals, problem-solving ability, analytical skills, and a genuine interest in hands-on technology development.
Preferable Skills:
💻 CAD — AutoCAD / Inventor / CATIA
🌡️ ANSYS / COMSOL / CFD
🐍 Python / MATLAB
📐 GD&T & Metrology
🔬 NDT & Experimental Testing
🏭 Additive Manufacturing & CNC Programming
💧 Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
⚙️ Related engineering design, manufacturing, or testing experience
📩 Interested candidates are encouraged to apply/share using this link: https://forms.gle/aQQzYfBuxsVR6VHW9
For any query, please feel free to email us: [email protected]
Come work with AMPRG and turn engineering concepts into real-world solutions!
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16/09/2026

🎓 PhD Opportunities at IIT Gandhinagar!

The Advanced Materials Processing Research Group (AMPRG), Department of Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, is looking for motivated students interested in pursuing research in advanced materials processing and sustainable technologies.

🔬 Research Areas:

• Modeling & simulation of Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing
• Solid Stir Extrusion process modeling
• Failure mechanisms of liquid-reinforced composite materials
• Aluminum recycling using friction stir processing
• Development of advanced cooling systems using Friction Stir Channeling (FSC)

These projects offer opportunities to work on a combination of computational modeling, experimental research, materials characterization, process development, and real-world engineering applications.

If you are interested in advanced manufacturing, materials processing, recycling, additive manufacturing, composites, or thermal management, consider joining our research team at IIT Gandhinagar.

📩 Interested candidates can share their CV and research interests with the research group or apply directly at the admissions portal: https://iitgn.ac.in/admissions/phd

Join us in developing advanced materials and sustainable technologies for the future!

05/09/2026

To all the teachers who guide our minds and shape our paths: Happy Teachers' Day from all of us at the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group, IIT Gandhinagar!

28/08/2026

We are pleased to share our latest publication, “Heat transfer and material flow modeling of dissimilar consumable tool-additive friction stir deposition (CT-AFSD)” in Progress in Additive Manufacturing.

Consumable Tool-Additive Friction Stir Deposition (CT-AFSD) is a variant of the trending AFSD process that enables solid-state material deposition for surface coatings and repair, while offering significant potential for advanced additive manufacturing applications. In this study, we developed and experimentally validated a Finite Volume Method (FVM)-based Heat Transfer and Material Flow model to capture the underlying process physics during the dissimilar deposition of AA 6061 aluminium on CR01 steel. By resolving the coupled heat generation, thermal behaviour, material flow, torque, and viscosity, the model provided a detailed understanding of how process conditions govern material deposition and deposit formation, with excellent agreement with experimental data.

Going beyond the process-level understanding, the computationally predicted thermal and flow fields were correlated with the experimentally observed microstructure and micro-indentation hardness evolution, providing deeper insights into deposit formation and the material behaviour during the deposition. Overall, this integrated computational-experimental approach establishes a strong process-structure-property relationship for the dissimilar CT-AFSD process, offering a pathway towards its optimization and broader application.

We would like to also acknowledge our collaborators from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Prof. Vivek Kalyankar and Dr. Dr. Gautam Chudasama Chudasama for their valuable inputs, research ideation, and experimental support that made this work possible.

Congratulations to all the authors on this work! Looking forward to many more such exciting ideas, and research endeavours in the future.

Read the full paper here: https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s40964-026-01919-x

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26/08/2026

Registration is still open! Hurry up!

https://events.iitgn.ac.in/2026/wmtom/

AMPRG at IIT Gandhinagar, is hosting a comprehensive 5-day Workshop on Mechanical Testing of Materials!

​Whether you are a researcher, student, or industry professional, this workshop is designed to bridge the gap between theoretical modeling and real-world material behavior.

We will be diving deep into:

​Fundamentals & Hands On: From specimen preparation to data analysis.
​Advanced Methods: DIC, in-situ, and multiaxial testing.
​Simulations: Modeling, predicting, and validating material behavior.
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Dates: September 9–13, 2026
Location: IIT Gandhinagar
Registration Deadline:August 25, 2026
Register here: https://events.iitgn.ac.in/2026/wmtom/

​Registration includes a kit bag, networking lunches, and a certificate of completion.

For accomodation, reach out to [email protected]

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15/08/2026

Freedom to imagine. Courage to innovate. Pride to build.

Lets build a self reliant India - where curiosity drives discovery and innovation shapes a stronger future.

Happy Independence Day!

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01/08/2026

AMPRG is delighted to share that our group member, Prachi Sharma, has successfully defended her PhD thesis and is now officially Dr. Prachi Sharma! She is the 7th PhD graduate of the Advanced Materials Processing Research Group (AMPRG), IIT Gandhinagar.

Prachi joined AMPRG at IIT Gandhinagar as a PhD scholar in 2021 and has been a recipient of the esteemed Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF).

Her doctoral research focused on developing advanced numerical models to investigate heat transfer, material flow, and microstructural evolution in Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD), an emerging solid-state additive manufacturing process. Her work contributes to a better understanding and optimization of friction stir-based solid-state manufacturing technologies.

Prachi successfully defended her PhD thesis on 15th July 2026, marking an important milestone in her academic journey.

We congratulate Dr. Prachi Sharma and Prof. Amit Arora on this outstanding achievement and wish Dr. Prachi Sharma continued success in all her future academic and professional endeavors.

24/07/2026

AMPRG at IIT Gandhinagar, is hosting a comprehensive 5-day Workshop on Mechanical Testing of Materials!

​Whether you are a researcher, student, or industry professional, this workshop is designed to bridge the gap between theoretical modeling and real-world material behavior.

We will be diving deep into:

​Fundamentals & Hands On: From specimen preparation to data analysis.
​Advanced Methods: DIC, in-situ, and multiaxial testing.
​Simulations: Modeling, predicting, and validating material behavior.
​
Dates: September 9–13, 2026
Location: IIT Gandhinagar
Registration Deadline:August 25, 2026
Register here: https://events.iitgn.ac.in/2026/wmtom/

​Registration includes a kit bag, networking lunches, and a certificate of completion.

For accomodation, reach out to [email protected]

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02/07/2026

A major milestone for AMPRG!

We are thrilled to share that our startup, Advanced Chill Tech, has been awarded a ₹20 lakh Seed Grant at the IIM MATRIx 2026 Start-up Hackathon held at IIT Hyderabad.

At Advanced Chill Tech, we are developing Liquid Cold Plates using Friction Stir Channelling (FSC)—a novel solid-state manufacturing process that creates embedded cooling channels without melting the material. Our technology enables high-performance, leak-proof liquid cold plates with superior thermal efficiency, structural integrity, and sustainability for applications in battery thermal management, AI data centres, high-performance computing, and power electronics.

We sincerely thank the organizers and jury of IIM MATRIx 2026 for this opportunity. We also gratefully acknowledge the pioneering contributions of our former AMPRG members—Dr. Sheetal Pandya, Mr. Sooraj Patel, and Mr. Sambit Sahoo—whose efforts laid the foundation for this technology. A special thanks to Epsilon Engineering Pvt. Ltd. for their unwavering support in translating this research towards commercialization, and to our entire team for making this achievement possible.

This seed grant is an important step towards accelerating product development, strengthening industry collaborations, and bringing our technology closer to market.

The journey has just begun!

The success story has been featured across various media platforms:

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/science-technology/iit-gandhinagar-team-wins-rs-20-lakh-seed-grant-to-develop-indigenous-liquid-cooling-plates

https://www.millenniumpost.in/k-reers/iit-gandhinagar-to-develop-indias-first-indigenous-cooling-tech-for-evs-666452

https://newswav.com/article/iit-gandhinagar-team-wins-rs-20-lakh-seed-grant-to-develop-indigenous-liqui-A2607_6tzlBU

https://sandesh.com/gujarat/news/gandhinagar/iit-gandhinagar-develops-indias-first-indigenous-liquid-cooling-tech