Directory Record for:

Dinesh K. Agrawal

Title(s):

Professor of Materials

Director of Microwave Processing and Engineering Center

Department:

Materials Research Institute

College/Admin. Unit:

Senior Vice President for Research

Office Address:

207 Materials Research Laboratory Building

University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone:

(814) 863-8034

Office Fax:

(814) 863-3617

E-Mail Address:

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Web Page(s):

http://www.mri.psu.edu/centers/mpec/

http://www.mri.psu.edu/faculty/da.asp

Research Synopsis:

Microwave processing of Ceramics,Composites, and metallic materials; Synthesis, characterization & fabrication of ceramic materials; Sintering phenomena; Low thermal expansion materials, Chemically bonded ceramics, Sonochemistry, Phase equilibria studies of ceramic oxides, Phosphor chemistry, Novel synthesis methods, Rad-waste management.

Technologies Impacted by Research:

Ceramic and metal sintered products,Cemented Carbides, Electroceramics, Powder Metallurgy, Nuclear Waste Immobilization, Thermal shock resistance based products, Phosphors of lighting applications, etc.

Selected Publications:

Dinesh Agrawal, "Microwave Sintering of Ceramics, Composites, Metals, and Transparent Materials," J Mater. Edu. 19 (4,5,6), 49-58 (1999).
R. Roy, D. Agrawal, j. Cheng, and S. Gedevanishvili, "Full Sintering of Powdered-Metal Bodies in a Microwave Field," Nature, 399, 668 (1999).
B. Vaidhyanathan, D.K. Agrawal and R. Roy, "Microwave Synthesis and Sintering of [NZP] Compounds", J. Amer. Cera. Soc. 87[5] 834-839 (2004).