This Laboratory plans to significantly increase the scope and range of its work which will have an impact on the aerospace manufacturing, automotive, biomedical implant, defence, and heavy industries. It is proposed to have a building infrastructure of 6000 sq.m housing the current and proposed state-of-the-art facilities.
Research Impact
This vertical will enable development of capabilities and technologies to produce and characterise precision components for cutting edge technologies, establish freeform manufacturing technology for metallic components at shorter lead times, create smart manufacturing technology options for the future, extend the limitations on sizes and shapes of CFRP and GFRP components for aerospace and facilitate development of low-cost concrete housing components.
Facilities and capabilities will also be established for the microstructural, microchemical and mechanical characterisation of advanced materials at finer scale. They will serve defence, space, atomic energy, electronics and robotics, infrastructure, biomedical, mobility sectors.
Together, the WCRL will be utilised by about 150 faculty members, 2000 research scholars and as many undergraduate students at IITB to implement their academic and research projects and, in addition, professionals from research establishments and industry at the national level will use these facilities which will help them enhance their global competitiveness.
Details of Convenor/Co-Convenor:
- Convenor: Prof. Amol Gokhale, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Co-Convenor: Prof. Ramesh Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering