Ceramics and Composite Materials

Biography

Dinesh Agrawal obtained his master degrees in Physics and Materials Science from Banaras Hindu University and Indian Institute of Technology, India, respectively; and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He has been recently appointed as HIR (High Research Impact) ICON, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Appointed Member of De Tao Academy, Shanghai, China in 2013, Guest Professor at Tianjin University of Technology, China in 2012. Visiting Professor at University Malaya, Malaysia in 2011, Guest Professor at Kunming University of Science & Technology, China. He was elected Fellow of American Ceramic Society in 2008. He was also elected Professional member (academics) of World Academy of Ceramics in 2006. Dr. Agrawal was honored by the International Union of Materials Research Societies by “Innovations in Real Materials Award” on his research in microwave processing area and by National Association of Science, Technology and Society (NASTS) for his research on “New Zero Expansion Ceramic Family NZP-CTP”

Research Interest

Microwave processing of materials, Sintering phenomena, Synthesis, characterization & fabrication of materials, Low thermal expansion materials