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Satish V. Kailas is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. His main fields of interest includes Tribology (the science of Friction, Wear and Lubrication) and Friction Stir Welding/Processing. He completed his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the year 1994. Before this he did his Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in 1989 and his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Trichur in 1987.

Design

He has a passion for designing equipment and his involvement has led to the design of several equipment that include 1) High Temperature (773 K) vacuum based Pin-on-Disc machine 2) High temperature (1873 K) micro-hardness tester 3) High temperature (873K) fretting wear machine 4) 2-axis friction stir welding machine (with ETA Technologies Bangalore) 5) 5-axis friction stir welding machine (with BiSS Bangalore) 6) Sliding wear tester under lubricated environment (with BiSS Bangalore)

'''Teaching and Lectures '''

At the Indian Institute of Science he teaches the Course on Materials Structure Property Correlation at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials, Manufacturing and Design at the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing. He has also given more than 100 invited lectures.

'''Publications '''

He has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal papers and given talks at more than 100 conferences. He has also authored the NPTEL course on Materials Science and also written the book "Liberation Through Education".