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Prof. Varam Sreedevi

PhD (School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Room No: MM221   +91-870-2462513
sreedeviv@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Development of Al based alloys/composites for H2 generation 

 Machine learning for phase/property prediction of materials 

 Mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline materials 

 Synthesis of bulk nanocrystalline materials 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Physical Metallurgy and Metallography Laboratory(MM205)
  • Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering(MM101)
  • Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering(MM1103)
  • Physical Metallurgy(MM201)
  • Computational Materials Engineering Laboratory(MM355)
  • Machine Learning for Materials Engineering(MM366)
  • Structure and Properties of Materials(MMM01)
  • Smart Materials(MM5264)
  • Advanced Powder Processing(MM5102)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-0966-2049
  • SCOPUS ID: 55908753800
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=FJCx1TYAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Novel nanocomposite constituted by Al-Bi alloy and MoS2 for hydrogen generation through hydrolysis, By Abhyuday Patel Kolupula, Harita Pant, Sreedevi Varam, Vadali Venkata Satya Siva Srikanth, Elsevier, Materials Letters, vol.337, pp.133946, 2023
  • An overview of hydrogen generation by hydrolysis of Al and its alloys with the addition of carbon-based materials, By Mohammed Rafi, Abhyuday Patel Kolupula, Srikanth Vadali V.S.S., Sreedevi Varam, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.48, pp.21345, 2023
  • Ensemble-based machine learning models for phase prediction in high entropy alloys, By Aayesha Mishra, Lakshminarayana Kompella, Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu, Sreedevi Varam, Elsevier, Computational Materials Science, vol.210, pp.111025, 2022
  • On the Hardness and Strain Rate Sensitivity of Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Ni–18 wt% Co Alloy Studied by Nanoindentation, By Supriya Patibanda, Sreedevi Varam, Srikant Gollapudi, K Bhanu Sankara Rao, Koteswararao V Rajulapati, Springer India, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.73, pp.457, 2020
  • Mechanical properties of in situ consolidated nanocrystalline multi-phase Al–Pb–W alloy studied by nanoindentation, By Sreedevi Varam, Muvva D Prasad, K Bhanu Sankara Rao, Koteswararao V Rajulapati, Taylor & Francis, Philosophical Magazine, vol.96, pp.3671, 2016
  • Loading rate-dependent mechanical properties of bulk two-phase nanocrystalline Al-Pb alloys studied by nanoindentation, By Sreedevi Varam, Koteswararao V Rajulapati, K Bhanu Sankara Rao, Ronald O Scattergood, Korukonda L Murty, Carl C Koch, Springer US, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.45, pp.5249, 2014
  • Strain rate sensitivity of bulk multi-phase nanocrystalline Al–W-based alloy, By Sreedevi Varam, PVSL Narayana, Muvva D Prasad, D Chakravarty, Koteswararao V Rajulapati, K Bhanu Sankara Rao, Taylor & Francis, Philosophical magazine letters, vol.94, pp.582, 2014
  • Strain rate sensitivity studies on bulk nanocrystalline aluminium by nanoindentation, By Sreedevi Varam, Koteswararao V Rajulapati, K Bhanu Sankara Rao, Elsevier, Journal of alloys and compounds, vol.585, pp.795, 2014

Hydrogen Production through Water Splitting by Novel Nanocrystalline Al-based Alloys

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Core Research Grant - Science and Engineering Research Board
  • Duration 48 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3400000
  • Status Completed

Processing and Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Nanocrystalline Cu-based Alloys

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Research Seed-grant Money, NITW
  • Duration 23 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed


A Ashok Kumar

  • Area of Research: Friction welding of similar and dissimilar Titanium alloys

K. Abhyuday Patel

  • Area of Research: Hydrogen generation by hydrolysis of Al-Bi alloys/composites

Mohammed Rafi

  • Area of Research: Hydrogen generation by Al based alloys with carbon materials
  • James Clerk Maxwell Writers Prize
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from August, 2022)