Satyam Suwas

Prof. Satyam Suwas is a faculty member in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. His research focuses on deformation micro-mechanisms and crystallographic texture evolution in face-centred cubic (FCC) materials, particularly examining the influence of stacking fault energy (SFE) and initial grain size on grain boundary sliding, twinning, and dislocation slip.

Research Interests:

• Microstructure evolution under severe plastic deformation
• Texture analysis in FCC metals
• Role of stacking fault energy in deformation mechanisms
• Nanocrystalline vs. microcrystalline material behavior
• Grain refinement and saturation phenomena

Publication Trends: His work emphasizes the interplay between SFE and deformation processing (e.g., high-pressure torsion), revealing mechanisms like twinning in low-SFE nanocrystalline materials versus dislocation slip in high-SFE microcrystalline variants. Textures remain weak but correlate with microstructural changes, and deformation-induced grain growth is observed in nanocrystalline cases.