Anirudh Raju Natarajan

Expertise Computational materials science, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Phase transformations, Metallurgy, Statistical mechanics Anirudh received a B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, a M.S in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Ph.D. in Materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He set up the laboratory of materials design and simulation (MADES) at EPFL in 2022. His research interests are in the computational design and discovery of advanced engineering materials. Professionals experiences Postdoctoral researcher 2018–2022 University of California, Santa Barbara Education Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 2008 – 2012 Indian Institute of Technology Madras Materials science and engineering | 2012 – 2013 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Materials | 2013 – 2018 University of California, Santa Barbara Teaching & PhD PhD Students Yann Lorris Müller, Damien Khai Jie Lee, Lorenzo Piersante, Deepak Somani, Claire Alicia Paetsch Courses Advanced phase transformations MSE-483 This course provides an overview of the phenomenological concepts and mathematical tools that have been developed to study the thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanics of phase transformations. Thermodynamics and energetics II ME-351 This course will discuss advanced topics in thermodynamics with a focus on studying gasphases, mixtures, and phase transformations. The application of these principlesto various practical systems such as batteries, fuel cells etc. will be discussed.