Dr. Rubia Hassan is Project Scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. She pursued her bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and her master’s and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur). During her Ph.D., in 2018, she received Prime Minister Research Fellowship, to continue her work under the joint supervision of Prof. Kantesh Balani and Prof. Shobit Omar at IIT Kanpur. Her doctoral research was based on the study of Zirconium di-boride based ultra-high temperature ceramic composites for thermal protection system in hypersonic re-entry vehicles. Dr. Hassan has published several research articles in reputed international journals and has co-edited one book.
The ongoing search for new materials for desired future capabilities related to hypersonic re-entry flight, rocket propulsion, and lightweight armor has led to considerable attention to ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) for their potential use in extreme environments based on their superior properties. In this context, during her Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research fellowship, Dr. Hassan is focusing on the development of boride and carbide based high entropy ultra-high temperature ceramics.