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Definition
The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy. ~ Joe Harris Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. Metallurgy is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to the production of metals, and the engineering of metal components for usage in products for consumers and manufacturers. Metallurgical engineers produce materials that power our bodies and our world, forging advances in materials development that impact nearly every aspect of modern life. They transform the earth’s mineral resources into advanced alloys used in surgical implants, computer chips, superconductors, automobiles, and aircraft.Career Path
Colleges
- Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam
- College of Engineering, Pune, Pune
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, Shibpur
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Chennai
- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Hyderabad
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Jaipur
- Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Bhopal
- National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi, Ranchi
- PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
- PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Coimbatore
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Nagpur
Top Colleges
Key Skills
Career Prospect
- Material Engineer
- Metallurgical Engineer
- Material and Process Engineer
- Senior Scientist
- Metallurgist/Field Metallurgist
- Metals Tooling Engineer
- Material Development Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Assistant Engineer
- Sub Divisional Engineer
- Safety Engineer
- Quality Planning Engineer
- Welding Engineer
- Plant Equipment Engineer
- Aluminum Casting Metallurgist
- Ballistics Engineer
Scope
- Heat Treatment Shops
- Ore Treatment Plants
- Mining Company
- Foundries
- Mineral Industry
- Rolling Mills
- Refineries
- Iron and Steel Company
- Steel Plants
Pay Package
- Like in any other field the remuneration in this field depends on qualification, experience, and area in which one works. One could get an initial pay of ₹15,000 to ₹40,000 per month.
Role Models
Rustum Roy
Rustum Roy- was a physicist, born in India, who became a professor at Pennsylvania State University and was a leader in materials research. As an advocate for interdisciplinarity, he initiated a movement of materials research societies and wrote about the need for a fusion of religion and science. Later in life he held visiting professorships in materials science at Arizona State University, and in medicine at the University of Arizona. Roy was born in Ranchi, Bihar Province, India, the son of Narenda Kumar and Rajkumari Roy. Rustum took a Cambridge School Certificate from Saint Paul’s School Darjeeling. Rustum studied physical chemistry at Patna University, gaining his bachelor's degree in 1942 and master's degree in 1944. The following year he began study at Pennsylvania State University and earned his Ph.D. in engineering ceramics in 1948.
Alan Hardwick Windle
Alan Hardwick Windle- FRS is a British material scientist, and Chair of Materials Science at Cambridge University. He earned a BSc from Imperial College London, and a PhD from University of Cambridge. He was a lecturer in materials science from 1975 to 1992, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. A First Course in Crystallography 1978. Liquid Crystalline Polymers with Prof A M Donald, 1992; with Dr S Hanna and Prof A M Donald, 2006.