Vamsi Krishna Balla - Research Associate

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Vamsi Krishna Balla - Research Associate

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Contact Information:

office Dana 239A
telephone 509 335 9135 or
509 335 5874
e-mail vamsi@wsu.edu
Postal mail Vamsi Krishna Balla
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Vamsi Krishna Balla

Joined MME in 2005
PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in 2005

Research Interests:

  • Rapid manufacturing of metals and ceramics
  • Laser processing of structural and biomaterials
  • Materials forming and joining
  • Surface engineering
  • Failure analysis

Recent Publications:

  • Weichang Xue, B. Vamsi Krishna, Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose, "Processing and biocompatibility evaluation of laser processed porous titanium," Acta Biomater., (2007), doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2007.2007.05.009.
  • Vamsi Krishna Balla, Partha P Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, "Compositionally Graded Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Coating on Stainless Steel Using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENSÔ)," in press, Scripta Mater., 2007.
  • B. Vamsi Krishna, Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, "Low Stiffness Porous Ti Structures for Load Bearing Implants," Acta Biomaterialia, (2007), doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2007.03.008.
  • B. Vamsi Krishna, Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, "Laser Processing of Net-Shape NiTi Shape Memory Alloy," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 38A (5), 1096-1103, 2007.
  • Partha P Bandyopadhyay Vamsi Krishna Balla, Susmita Bose and Amit Bandyopadhyay, "Compositionally Graded Aluminum Oxide Coatings on Stainless Steel Using Laser Processing," J American Ceramic Society, 90 (7) 1989-1991, 2007.

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