Dr. A.K. Prasada Rao (Prasadd Ayyagari) is one of the few eminent Indian researchers, specialized in casting and solidification processing of light-weight alloys. Some of his earlier contributions include the development of technology for producing an Al-clad Mg-alloy strip through twin-roll casting, which inspired and attracted the attention of many other researchers. With his team at Brunel University, UK, he significantly contributed to the development of melt-conditioning and successfully upscaled to SAPA aluminium (Sweden). As a part of this work, he had an opportunity to work with the University of Oxford, UK. He has authored around 60 articles, in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings with nearly 1300 citations and holds two patents. His research interests include solidification processing of metallic systems and sustainable manufacturing of metallic systems; 3D-printing of metallic materials. Dr. Rao also serves as a reviewer for several research funding bodies of Malaysia, Czech Science Foundation, and many reputed journals in his domain.
His research group is the first one in India to integrate High Entropy Alloys with Artificial Intelligence.
Many of the BTech students who worked under his supervision are in world’s top Universities for Master’s.