Indranath Dutta - Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Indranath Dutta - Professor

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Contact Information:

office Dana 149B
telephone 509 335 8354
e-mail idutta@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Indranath Dutta
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Indranath Dutta

Joined MME in 2008
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1988.

Research Interests:

  • Multi-physics phenomena in multi-component material systems, with emphasis on near-interface effects in materials for microelectronics
  • Hyper-velocity railguns
  • Alternative power generation devices

Recent Publications:

  • M. Burkhard, S. Kuwano, T. Fujita, I. Dutta and M.W. Chen, “Correlation between Whisker Growth, Dissolution Pitting and Si Precipitation in an Al Thin Film on Si During Heat Treatment”, in review (Thin Solid Films).
  • I. Dutta and P. Kumar, “Coating of Micro-Patterned Structures by Electric Current Induced Liquid Metal Flow”, in review (Science).
  • X. Long, D. Pan and I. Dutta, "A Numerical Study of the Correlation between Impression and Uniaxial Creep Tests: Application to Sn-based solders", in review (Mater. Sci. Eng. A).
  • X. Long, R. Guduru, I. Dutta, V. Sarihan, D.R. Frear, “Deformation Behavior of Sn3.8Ag0.7Cu Solders at Intermediate Strain Rates: Effect of Microstructure and Test Conditions”, J. Electronic Mater., 37, 2008, pp. 189-200.
  • T. Chen and I. Dutta, "Effect of Ag and Cu content on the creep behavior of Sn based lead-free solders", J. Electronic Mater., 37, 2008, pp. 347-354.
  • B. Ye, B.S. Majumdar and I. Dutta, “Texture memory and strain-texture mapping in a NiTi shape memory alloy”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 2007, pp. 061918-1 to 061918-3.
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