MAE PhD student - Dr Punit Kumar nominated for ACTA Student Award

Acta student award is a yearly prestigious award given to graduate students for their major contribution in the work published in the journal of Acta materialia. A team of judges consisting of Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia and Materialia editors evaluate and select the nominees for this award. Several factors are considered in the evaluation of each nominee: the quality of paper, or papers, for which he or she was nominated, recommendation letters, and leadership potential. 

Dr. Punit Kumar, Nanyang Technological University, was selected for the Acta student award 2019 for his work published in the journal of Acta materialia titled "Microstructural optimization through heat treatment for enhancing the fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth resistance of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Acta Materialia 169 (2019) 45-59”. This work is part of a project under the guidance of MAE presidential chair Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty, to optimize the micro-meso-structure of additively manufactured (AM) Ti-6Al-4V for improved mechanical properties.