A. O. Surendranathan retired as a professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India, in 2019. His research involves the study of materials with respect to their corrosion properties. He has also worked in the areas of powder metallurgy, superplasticity, and batteries. He has guided students in the areas of powder metallurgy, superplasticity, corrosion, electroplating, welding, heat treatment, polymers, composites, and nanotechnology. Prof. Surendranathan has authored approximately 160 papers in refereed professional journals and proceedings of conferences and 2 books.
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