Srinivasa Kartik Nemani

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in Materials for Extremes, Layered Ceramics and Polymer Derived Ceramics, their applications to Nuclear, Aerospace, & Energy.

My long-term research goal is to integrate atomistic design of layered ceramic materials with polymer‑derived precursors to create next‑generation structural systems, enabled by state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing approaches.

Current Research Thrusts

• Functionally Graded Materials: Developing compositionally and microstructurally graded ceramic architectures that enable tailored thermal, mechanical, and oxidation‑resistant responses for extreme‑environment applications, with emphasis on integrating high‑entropy phases and engineered interfaces.
• Materials for Nuclear Extremes: Designing and evaluating radiation‑tolerant ceramics and ceramic‑matrix composites through controlled defect engineering, high‑temperature stability studies, and microstructure‑by‑design frameworks to support next‑generation fission and fusion systems.
• 2D layered Ceramics and Polymer Derived Hard Materials: Advancing synthesis and integration of MXenes, layered carbides, and high‑entropy 2D systems into polymer‑derived ceramic platforms to create ultrahigh‑temperature, oxidation‑resistant, and mechanically robust hybrid materials with tunable interfacial chemistry.

Selected Publications

For a complete list, please see Google Scholar.

Recent Papers

• Order‑to‑disorder transition due to entropy in layered and 2D carbides
  BC Wyatt, Y Yang, PP Michałowski,... (10) S.K.Nemani, et al. Science, 2025. [PDF]
• MXene‑derived TiB₂ formation in B₄C at high temperatures
  N Chandran BS, A Thakur, SK Nemani, N Moharana, CPH Scott, et al. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2025. [PDF]
• Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene–Zirconium Diboride Based Ultra‑High Temperature Ceramics
  SK Nemani, N Gilli, S Goldy, A Kumar, Y Im, AJ Vorhees, BC Wyatt, et al. Advanced Science, 2025. [PDF]

Teaching

Courses

• MIME 3440 Heat Transfer (Fall 2017, Summer 2018)
• MIME 341 Thermodynamics II (Spring 2018)
• ME 482 Introduction to Nanotechnology (Fall 2023)

Tutorials & Workshops

• ME 523 Nanosystems Principles-Scanning Electron Microscopy - Indianapolis, Spring 2024

Selected Awards and Honors

Recent and Upcoming Talks

Invited Speaker and presentation I will be presenting at the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Spring Meeting 2026 at Bellevue, Washington in April. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Invited Speaker Young Investigator Forum, ICACC (International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites), January 2025.
Invited Speaker National Science Day Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering Visakhapatnam, India, February 2024.
Invited Speaker Andhra University, College of Mechanical Engineering, February 2024.

News & Updates

Service

Professional Service

• Guest Editor: Ceramics
• Reviewer: Nature, ACerS, ECerS, Elsevier, ACS (Please see CV for complete list)
• Committee Member: Education and Professional Development Committee (ACerS) 2022-Present
• Session Chair: ICACC 2025, Young Investigator Forum
  
  MXenes Symposium MRS Spring 2022, Fall 2022
  
  Advanced Materials for harsh environments MS&T Fall 2021
• Organiser: IGNITE MSE 2023, 2024

Software

MAX Calculator (Password: MAX)

Contact

Email: nemanis@uab.edu

Office: Gorrie hall GH5201, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Address:
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL, 35210

Links:
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