Research Interests

Prof. Chawla’s research is in the area Four-Dimensional (4D) materials science with a particular emphasis on the deformation behavior of advanced materials at bulk and small length scales. He has co-authored close to 260 refereed journal publications (Web of Science h-index of 46; Scopus h-index of 50; Google Scholar h-index of 57) and over 500 presentations in these areas. He has over 12,000 citations to his work. He is the author of the textbook Metal Matrix Composites (co-authored with K.K. Chawla), published by Springer. The 2nd edition of this book was published in 2013. Prof. Chawla is editor of Materials Science and Engineering A published by Elsevier (2019 Impact Factor of 4.7). He also serves on the Editorial Boards of Materials Characterization and Materials Chemistry and Physics.