Prof. Satish Vasu Kailas

Professor Kailas obtained his B.Tech. from the Government Engineering College, Thrissur in 1987, M.E. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science in 1989 and 1994, respectively.  He then carried out postdoctoral research at IISc till 1996 and was a Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA during 1996-97.  He is at IISc since 1997 and is today a Professor at IISc. He is carrying out research in tribology, friction stir welding/processing and metal forming.  Other interests include development of eco-friendly lubricants and eco-friendly processing. He has published over 150 peer reviewed Journal articles and chapters in books and 110 Conference Papers.  He also authored the course on Materials Science for the NPTEL program.  He is on the editorial board of Wear (Elsevier), ASME Journal of Tribology, STLE Tribology Transactions, Friction (Springer) and Tribology Online of JAST