Dr. Ramana's research expertise is towards ?developing and/or engineering advanced structural materials for application in energy production, storage and conversion, utilization, and management.? Dr. Ramana?s extensive contributions are towards a deeper understanding of the multifunctional materials? physical/chemical/electronic behavior, manufacturing and associated mechanics at the reduced (micro/nano) dimensionality. Materials/device fabrication, characterization and performance evaluation plays a significant role in his research. His research also focuses on the thin-films/surfaces/interfaces growth and plasma-based advanced manufacturing of next-generation advanced materials, which will have direct applications in power generation system, batteries, fuel cells, and photovoltaics. He has been involved with various research projects related to nanomaterials, ceramic coatings, and surface/interface engineering of advanced materials.