Mehul A Bhatia

Mehul A. Bhatia is a Teaching Professor in the Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He holds a PhD from Arizona State University (2014) and completed a postdoc there focusing on nanocrystalline materials. His research centers on defects in advanced materials like magnesium and titanium alloys, exploring their structural-property relationships across scales. He emphasizes open classroom discussions and student empowerment.

• Education: BS (Sardar Patel University, 2007), MS (NJIT, 2008), PhD (ASU, 2014)
• Postdoc: ASU (2016)

Research interests include nanocrystalline alloys' mechanical stability, twinning mechanisms, and creep resistance. His work spans aerospace, automotive, and nuclear industries. Bhatia has received awards including the 2016 TMS LMD Young Leader Award and 2011 Best Fundamental Research Paper Award for magnesium alloy modeling. His articles focus on atomic-scale mechanisms in materials like Cu-Ta, β-tin, and Mg-Y alloys.

He has collaborated on studies of hydrogen embrittlement in iron, oxygen effects in titanium, and vacancy segregation at grain boundaries. His lab (Higgins Lab 107) supports experimental and computational material science investigations.