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Krishna Chaitanya Solasa

Assistant Professor

Institute of Engineering & Technology

Biography

Krishna Chaitanya Solasa received his PhD from the École Centrale School of Engineering at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India, where he investigated the tribological behaviour of wear-resistant metal nitride coatings. His earlier research during his master’s studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the University at Buffalo focused on energy materials, smart and functional materials, and biomaterials. His research interests include tribology, spectroscopy, materials science and materials characterization, with an emphasis on establishing structure-property-performance relationships of materials for mechanical, manufacturing, functional, and energy-related applications.

Education

  • École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India

    PhD, 2026

    Thesis title: Tribology of Wear-Resistant Metal Nitride Coatings: A Micro-Raman Spectroscopic Study

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

    Master of Science, 2021

    Major: Mechanical Engineering

  • State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

    Master of Science, 2014

    Major: Mechanical Engineering

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India

    BTech, 2012

    Major: Mechanical Engineering

  • Tribology
  • Materials Science
  • Spectroscopy
  • Material Characterization

  • Solasa, K.C., Venkataraman, N.V., Choudhury, P.R., Schueller J.K., Bhattacharyya A. : On the Use of Alternative Measurement Methods in the Estimation of Wear Rates in Rotary-Pin-on-Disk Tribometry. Tribology Letters, 72:45 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-024-01841-9
  • Patil A.R., Solasa, K.C., Kumar, S., Rane, S., and Choudhury, P.R. : Hydrothermal synthesis of VO2(B) and its phase transformation to VO2(M): Investigating metal-insulator transition behaviour. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society, (2026). https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC251101022P
  • Solasa K.C., Bhattacharyya A., Choudhury P.R., Venkataraman N.V. : Micro-Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Tribology of AlCrN Coated Cemented Tungsten Carbide Pins Dry Sliding on Hardened Steel Discs. Solid State Phenomena 2025; 370 : 51-60. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-097xof
  • Lee, P.C., Hyun, J. E., Jeoung, S.K., Nam, J.D., Hwang, T., Kim, K.J., Solasa, K.C. : Ionic polymer-metal composites for use as an organic electrolyte supercapacitor. Smart Materials and Structures, 28 (2019) 054003 (9pp) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab1182
  • Verma, L., Solasa, K.C., Kumar, S., Dutta, G. : Development of a numerical thermal-hydraulic model to simulate forced and natural circulation reactor loop and nonlinear analysis of parallel channel instabilities. International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, 2014, Vol. 8, No. 4 and pg.: 310-332 https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2014.064941

  • Solasa, K.C., Venkataraman, N.V., Choudhury, P.R., Bhattacharyya, A. : Friction Coefficient of the PVD-AlCrN Coated Cemented Carbide and Hardened Steel Tribo-Pair Under Dry Sliding. In: Ciulli, E., Ruggiero, A. (eds) Proceedings of ITS-IFToMM 2024. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 160. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62616-6_13

  • Solasa K.C., Patil A.R., Venkataraman N.V., Bhattacharyya A., Choudhury P.R. (2026). Tribochemical analysis of metal nitride coatings sliding against hardened steel for cutting tool applications. The 11th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP), July 22 to 24, 2026, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Solasa, K.C., Patil, A.R., Bhattacharyya, A., Choudhury, P.R., Venkataraman, N.V. (2025). Use of Micro-Raman spectroscopy in Tribological Studies: The Case of Metal Nitride Coated Tungsten Carbide Pins Dry Sliding on Steel Discs. ECOTRIB 25, July 28th to 30th 2025, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Solasa, K.C., Bhattacharyya, A., Choudhury, P.R., Venkataraman, N.V. (2024). Evolution of Wear in Binary Titanium Aluminium Nitride Coatings Applied to Cemented Tungsten Carbide Pins Dry Sliding on Hardened Steel Discs. Fifth International Conference on Material Science and Engineering, June 10th to 12th 2024, San Francisco, California, USA.
  • Solasa, K.C., Kim, K.J. : Sulfonated silica-based IPMC as actuators in soft robotics application, Proc. SPIE 10966, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, 109662L, 3-7th March 2019, Denver, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2512009
  • Washington, A., Neubauer, J., Solasa, K.C., Kim, K.J. : A soft-robotic snake platform using Electroactive-polymer; Poster Session, 5 March 2019, SPIE Smart structures + Non-destructive evaluation, 3-7th March 2019, Denver, Colorado.
  • Solasa, K.C., Bansal, S. : A Review—Metastability, Potential Induced, and Damp Heat Degradation and Recovery in CIGS Solar Cells; Poster presentation, Symposium ES14.9.16: Thin Film Chalcogenide Semiconductor Photovoltaics, MRS spring meeting, April 17-21, 2017, Phoenix, Arizona.

  • Applied Physics

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Engineering Tribology
  • Smart and Functional Materials
  • Surface Science and Engineering

  • Assistant Professor, JK Lakshmipat University. (July 2026 - Present).
  • Teaching Assistant, Mahindra University. (August 2020 - June 2026).
  • Graduate Assistant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (August 2016 - October 2019).
  • Research Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo. (October 2014 - October 2015).
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  • Bachelor of Technology B.Tech

  • Bachelor of Design B.Des

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA (Fintech)

  • Bachelor of Business Administration BBA (Honours)

  • Bachelor of Business Administration

  • Master of Design M.Des

  • Master of Technology M.Tech

  • Master of Business Administration MBA

  • Doctor of Philosophy PhD

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