
Sudarsanam Babu
UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair of Advanced Manufacturing; Director of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education; Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering; Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Bio
Dr. Suresh Babu holds a PhD in materials science and metallurgy from University of Cambridge and is currently director of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, as well as UT/ORNL Governor's Chair of Advanced Manufacturing. In this role, he bridges ORNL expertise, including DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, to develop a collaborative research ecosystem locally and employ engineering solutions to manufacturing industries. Dr. Babu has 21 years of experience in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, physical metallurgy, and computational materials modeling.
Publications
December 2005
In-Situ Observations of Lattice Parameter Fluctuations in Austenite and Transformation to Bainite...
Journal: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
March 2005
Journal: Scripta Materialia
January 2005
Multiscale characterization of deformation mechanisms in the weld joint of a nickel-based superalloy
Journal: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings