Rate My Professor Ramesh Babu

Dr. N. Ramesh Babu serves as Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He joined the institution as Assistant Professor in April 2006, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, and elevated to Professor in September 2022. His academic background includes a PhD in Biomaterials from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2007, for which he received the Sudharsan Bhat Memorial Prize for the Best PhD Thesis in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. He also holds an M.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2001 and an AMIIM in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, in 1997.

Dr. Ramesh Babu's research specializations encompass biomaterials, plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings, and surface engineering of titanium, magnesium, aluminum, and their alloys for orthopaedic, dental, aerospace, and textile wastewater treatment applications. He has authored over 100 research papers in SCI/SCIE/Scopus-indexed journals, accumulating more than 4200 citations and achieving an h-index of 35. He was recognized in the world's top 2% scientists list by Stanford University for 2022. Notable awards include best paper awards at the International Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment (ASTRA-2003), International Conference on Future Bioengineering (ICFB 2012), two at International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM 28, 2020), International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Allied Technologies (ICAMAT 2022), and a best poster award at the International Conference on Advanced Thermo-structural Materials and Thermal Protection Systems (2020). He has earned certificates of appreciation from NIT Trichy for contributions to sponsored research projects in 2017 and 2018, consultancy projects in 2018, and research citations in 2019. Key publications feature 'Development of biocompatible and corrosion-resistant plasma electrolytic oxidation coating over zinc for orthopedic implant applications' (Surface and Coatings Technology, 2022), 'Surface characteristics of AC PEO coatings fabricated on commercial Al alloys' (Surface and Coatings Technology, 2022), 'Development of surface-modified galvanised steel as an immobilised photocatalyst for textile wastewater treatment' (Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2022), and 'Development of immobilised sunlight active W-Mo/Mo-V/VW co-doped TiO2 photocatalyst by plasma electrolytic oxidation' (Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022). His contributions significantly advance biocompatible and corrosion-resistant coatings for biomedical and environmental applications.