Dr Hari Babu-Nadendla

Co-Investigator
Reader in BCAST, Brunel University London

Address: BCAST, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK
Email: Hari-Babu.Nadendla@brunel.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)1895 265466
Website: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/bcast

Dr N. Hari Babu is a Reader at Brunel University London. Prior to this he held various research fellowships and EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. His expertise is in processing of ceramic and metallic superconducting materials; solidification of light alloys and composites; grain refinement in Al and Mg alloys, metallurgical aspects of recycling of Al and Mg alloys and physical/mechanical property characterisation. He has published over 200 papers. He holds 6 patents (two of them licensed to industry). Over the last 5 years, he has been extensively involved in industrial scale trials at UK, Germany, Italy, Japan and China foundries using newly developed grain refiners. He was awarded the PASREG award of excellence in 2007 for his outstanding contribution to the development and characterisation of bulk high temperatures superconductors. His work on grain refinement received Innovation Award from Cast Metals Federation (2015) and Charles Hatchett Award (2016) of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He has delivered a number of invited and keynote lectures at worldwide Universities, Institutes and International conferences organised in Europe, USA, Japan, China and India.

Research Interests: Solidification process, grain refinement & crystal growth. High temperature superconducting materials. Magnetic properties of superconductors. Nano-structured materials. High temperature ceramics. Metal-matrix and ceramic-matrix composite. Electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells.