AcSIR at CSIR-NML

ACSIR-NML-RM

Research Methodology

Credits 4

Course Content

Safety and Behavior at Workspace, Laboratory and Institutional Campus

General safety and accident prevention guidelines, Good personnel safety practices, Laboratory safety practices (Do’s and Don’ts), Fire safety principles and fire handling, Care in handling chemicals, Understanding materials safety data sheet (MSDS), Storing and indexing of materials & chemicals, Disposal of materials, chemicals and biological wastes, First aid, Reporting accidents and requisitioning help, Combating accidents. Awareness about members of the Institutional Safety Committee and emergency contact numbers. Lab bench co-operation with colleagues and co-workers, cultivating practice of collectivism, shared responsibilities and team-spirit among fellow researchers, Advancing culture of scientific sharing and discussion in campus and lab.

Research Problem Identification and Research Design/Plan

Scientific methods, Types of reasoning (Logics) - Induction – Deduction – Abduction, Identifying a topic/area of research, Reviewing literature, Identifying a question to be answered/solution of a problem to be sought, Critically weighing investment (time, money and efforts) to reward (size and scale of answer/solution), Finalizing the research question/problem to be worked on, Cross-disciplinary thoughts and inter-disciplinary research approaches of addressing the question. Design of experiment/research work process and its implementation, Serendipity research.

Good Experimental, Observational and Data Analysis including Computer Applications

Maintenance of laboratory records & e-Note books, Management of data and self-navigation of research project and academic program progress (objectives, milestone as well as timeline compliance), Data integrity & archiving of observational data for re-tracing, Basic mathematical and statistical treatments of data for appropriate/rational interpretation, Reporting data in inference perspectives, Common computational tools like Process flow diagram, Chemical structure drawing, statistical analyses, Data tabulation and figure presentation(graph, bar diagram,

Venn Diagram, heat maps etc.)

Intellectual Property, Patent Database Search and Patent Writing

Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Pre-IPR system of intellectuality/tradeprotection:Secrecy/Tradeguilds/Cartels,Basicforms of IPRs: ─ Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Designs, Evolution of IP statutes, Major patent databases/offices, CSIR-TKDL, Searching and indexing of patents from different databases, IPR for new technologies, Process patent versus product patent, Art of writing a patent/innovation and claims, Preliminary patent, White space mapping, CSIR &its patents strength.

Writing & Communication of Research Results and Inferences

Scientific writing (including Language proficiency), State-of-the-art scientific literature comprehension, Art and ethics of writing research report/paper, writing of an abstract for scientific community and general public, Skills of making PowerPoint presentations, Art of web-meeting interactions & presentations using latest video-meeting modes. Letter writing and official correspondence.

Analytical Tools and Techniques in Research

-A General Cross- disciplinary Exposure

Flexibilityofthecontentsbutitmustbewithintheframeworksofdifferent faculties of AcSIR (Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, and Mathematical & Information Sciences). Further, the course content should be of basic level to serve the purpose of learning and awareness in a balance of breadth and depth of topics for the students with different backgrounds/interests with respect to subjects and faculties.

(A brief of the tools and techniques to be covered by the Teaching Faculty shall be circulated to the students in advance and the same also shall be uploaded on AcSIR Website)

CSIR Guidelines (2020) for “Ethics in Research and in Governance” Adopted by AcSIR.

Full awareness about the guidelines (https://acsir.res.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/OM-Ethics-Guidelines.pdf) and their compliance and practice.

References:

• CSIR Guidelines for Ethics in Research and in Governance-CSIR(2019)
• EthicsinScienceEducation,ResearchandGovernance-KambadurMuralidhar,AmitGhosh, Ashok Kumar Singhvi -INSA (2019)
• Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by John W. Creswell and J. David Creswell
• The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb ,and Joseph M. Williams
• Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners by Ranjit Kumar
• Research Methodology: methods and techniques by C R Kothari & Gaurav Garg
• Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner′s Guide to Doing a Research Project by Uwe Flick

AcSIR-NML-RPE

Research and Publication Ethics

Credits 2

Course Content

Theory

Philosophy and ethics

1.      Introduction to philosophy: definition, nature and scope, concept, branches

2.      Ethics: definition, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgments and reactions

Scientific conduct

1.      Ethics with respect to science and research

2.      Intellectual honesty and research integrity

3.      Scientific misconducts: Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism (FFP)

4.      Redundant publications: duplicate and overlapping publications, salami slicing

5.      Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data

Publication  ethics

1.      Publication ethics: definition, introduction and importance

2.      Best practices / standards setting initiatives and guidelines: COPE, WAME, etc.

3.      Conflicts of interest

4.      Publication misconduct: definition, concept, problems that lead to unethical behavior and vice versa, types

5.      Violation of publication ethics, authorship and contributor ship

6.      Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals

7.      Predatory publishers and journals

Practice

Open access  publishing

1.      Open access publications and initiatives

2.      SHERPA/RoMEO online resource to check publisher copyright & self archiving policies

3.      Software tool to identify predatory publications developed by SPPU

4.      Journal finder / journal suggestion tools viz. JANE, Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester, etc.

Publication Misconduct

A.    Group Discussions (2 hrs.)

1.      Subject specific ethical issues, FFP, authorship

2.      Conflicts of interest

3.      Complaints and appeals: examples and fraud from India and abroad

B.     Software tools (2 hrs.)

1.      Use of plagiarism software like Turnitin, Urkund and other open source software tools

Databases and Research Metrics

A.    Databases (4 hrs.)

1.      Indexing databases

2.      Citation databases: Web of Science, Scopus, etc.

B.     Research Metrics (3 hrs.)

1.      Impact Factor of journal as per Journal Citation Report, SNIP, SJR, IPP, Cite Score

2.      Metrics: h-index, g index, ilO index, altmetrics

AcSIR-31-ID-002

2. Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes

Introduction to Kinetics, Kinetics of homogenous and heterogeneous chemical reactions. Empirical and semi-empirical kinetics. Non-isothermal kinetics. Electrochemical kinetics. Mass transfer in solid, fluid and at interface. Application of mass transfer to reaction kinetics in heterogeneous systems, Nucleation and growth.

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-003

3. Advanced Manufacturing

Casting and solidification; Semi-solid processing, Welding and joining technology: Metal working processes; Forging, rolling, extrusion, wire drawing; Powder processing, Principles of metal forming; Deformation maps; Workability of materials; Sheet metal forming, Forming limit diagram; Thermomechanical processing.

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-004

4. Advanced Mineralogy

Introduction to Minerals, Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy, Atomic Substitution, Solid Solution, Polymorphism, Isomorphism, Silicate structures, Descriptive Mineralogy, Different Mineral Groups: Silicates (Olivine, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Mica, Feldspar, Garnet), Oxides, Sulfides, Mineral Associations, Mineral Genesis, Process Mineralogy

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-005

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis-1

Introduction to Mathematical Modeling, Introduction to basic mathematics and statistical

approach, Introduction to Differential Equations, Modeling with First-Order Differential

Equations, Modeling with Higher-Order Differential Equaiions, The Laplace Transform,

Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations and

Solution

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-006

6. Waste Processing & Recycling

Introduction to waste processing and environmental management, Waste generation, its recycling and management (Solid & Liquid): Wastes from mining and mineral industries, Wastes from iron and steel (including ferro-alloys) industries, Wastes from non-ferrous metal industries : such as Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Titanium and Chromium. Waste generation from power plants and their recycling status, Bulk utilisation of slag and other wastes using eco-friendly processes. Metallic wastes from non-metallurgical sectors : home appliances and others such as E-waste, Spent batteries, Spent catalysts , Toxicological characterization of liquid effluents, Toxicological characterization of solid wastes Values from wastes – High value materials synthesis

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-007

7. Advanced Mechanical Property Characterization

Multiaxial Fatigue, High strain rate material testing practices; Indentation creep; Dynamic Fracture toughness; Creep-fatigue interaction; Small specimen testing practices.

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-001

1.      Tools and Techniques of Materials Characterisation

Basics of materials Characterization Principles of optics & optical microscopy & stereology, Electron microscopy (SEM & TEM), X-ray Diffraction & crystallographic analysis, analytical electron microscopy, Advanced characterization techniques

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-002

2.      Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis -2

v  Multi-scale Simulation System.                        

v  Basic Concepts of  Length and Time Scales.

v   Intermolecular Interactions and Potential Energy Surfaces. 

v  Theory of Ensembles, Phase Transitions and Relaxation Phenomena.

v  Simulation Methodology:

Ø  Density Functional Theory (DFT),

Ø  Molecular Dynamics (MD),

Ø  Phase Field (PF),

Ø  Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Ø  Finite Element Method (FEM).

v  Introduction and application of QUANTUM ESPRESSO, LAMMPS, DLPOLY, MICRESS, OPEN-PHASE, ANSYS, MATLAB simulation software. 

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-003

3. Advanced Metallurgical Thermodynamics

Introduction to Thermodynamics, First Law of Thermodynamics and related thermodynamics laws, second law of thermodynamic and related properties.

Third law of thermodynamics and related issues. Concept of free energy, standard state etc. Fugacity, activity, concept of standard state. Equilibrium constant involving gas and condensed phases. Dependence of equilibrium constant and free energy on temperature. Thermodynamics of solution partial molar quantities, Route's law, Henry's law, Alternative standard state, Sieverts law, Mixing, excess functions, Gibbs Duhem equation, and regular solution involving multi component systems. Ellingham diagram and its application in metallurgical system. Phase equilibria, Construction of binary and ternary phase diagram. Concept of computation thermodynamics. Application of Computational thermodynamics using thermocal.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-004

4. Mineral Processing

Mineral characterization, sampling, crushing and grinding, size classification, gravity concentration, magnetic and electrostatic separation and their application in mineral industries, surface chemistry and froth flotation principles, dewatering techniques, size enlargement processes, material balance and data reconciliation.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-005

5. Principles of Physical Metallurgy

Crystal structures and defects in solid; Diffusion; Thermodynamics and kinetics of transformations; Equilibrium phase diagram; Solidification; Solid state phase transformations; Strengthening mechanism; Engineering Alloys.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-006

6. Microstructural Engineering

Evolution of Microstructures, microstructural instability; recovery, recrystalization and grain growth, Thermo-mechanical treatment and evolution of textures. Grain Boundary Characterization; Heat treatment methodology; Structure-property processing correlations.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-007

7. Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

Introduction to simple concepts of stress and strain tensor; Elastic stress-strain relationship; Strain energy; Mohr’s circle; Plastic yielding of material; Yield point; Yield criteria; Yield locus; Flow curve, Concept of crystal geometry; Lattice defects; Modes of deformation: slip and twinning; Critical resolved shear stress for slip; Slip in a perfect lattice; Slip by dislocation movement; Stacking faults; Fundamentals of indentation hardness; Brinell, Meyer, Vicker, Rockwell hardness; Hardness conversion; Relationship between hardness and flow curve; Hardness at high temperature; Engineering stress-strain curve; True stress-strain curve; Strength and ductility measurement in a tension test; Effect of strain rate/temperature on tensile behaviour; Necking criteria; Notched bar and drop weight impact tests; Transition temperature curves; Instrumented impact testing; Introduction to fracture mechanics based design, creep and fatigue behavior of materials.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-008

8. Advances in Non-Ferrous Metal Extraction

Fundamental and applied aspects of pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy: Pyrometallurgy : Standard Free energy Diagram, Predominance area diagram and Ternary diagram with reference to non-ferrous metal extraction; Pre-treatment (drying, calcination, roasting, etc.), Halidation, Smelting, Metallothermic reduction.

Hydrometallurgy: Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrometallurgical processes, leaching (including pressure oxidation, bio-oxidation), cementation, precipitation, ion exchange and solvent extraction.

Electrometallurgy :

Principles of electrochemistry, Cells and thermodynamic relations, electrowining, electrorefining, Molten salt electrolysis.

Process selection for extraction of non-ferrous metals

Outline of major competing routes of metal extraction from their ores. Limitations and factors influencing the choice of extraction and refining process i.e. the scientific and technological analysis of extraction processes.

Metal Extraction and refining of metals viz.: Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Magnesium, Titanium, Uranium and Rare earth metals

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-009

9. Principles and Advances in Iron Making

 Principles of Iron making, Techniques of agglomeration (sintering and pelletization), Raw materials characterization (RI, RDI, Swelling index, Tumbler, shatter), BF iron making process and modeling, Sponge iron making (coal base, gas base). Alternative routes of iron making (COREX, HISMELT).

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-010

10. Principles and Advances in Steel Making

Principles of steel making, Different processes of steel making, Secondary steel making, Ingot casting and continuous casting, Electric processes (EAF and induction furnace), alloy steel making

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-011

11. Corrosion & Control

Interaction of metals with environments, formation  of electrical double layer at metals - environments interface, mixed potential theory of corrosion, Stearn-Geary and Tafel equations, stress assisted corrosion and cracking , principles involved in controlling corrosion, Development of corrosion resistant alloys and materials, protective coatings, cathodic andanodic protection, passivity, Pourbaix diagram for metals and alloys, Corrosion inhibitors.

(3 Credit)

AcSIR-31-ES-AD-012

12. Coating Technology

Thin Films: Definition, nucleation and growth of thin films, Application of thin films. Processing of thin films: PVD, PECVD, electron beam evaporation, RF and DC sputtering, Magnetron sputtering, laser ablation. Plasma diagnostics by langmuir probe and OES. Influence of thickness, power, pressure, substrate, temperature and substrate target distance on the growth and microstructure of thin films. Mechanical, adhesion behavior and measurement of thin films, magnetic, optical, texture properties of thin films, method of evaluation of thin films. Surface chemistry and evaluation of thin film; Advanced Patterning Techniques of thin films for devices: lithography, wet chemical, electron beam, laser; Problems and issues of thin films.

(3 Credit)

1. Introduction to Materials

Basic concepts of crystallography, Bonding in atoms in a solid material, Design of nanomaterial and porous materials, Magnetic materials, Electronic materials, Different chemical and thin film techniques for materials synthesis. Properties analysis of materials, Application of materials: Sensor, Magnet, Energy generation and storage devices.

1 Credit

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis -2

Multi-scale Simulation System Basic Concepts of Length and Time Scales Intermolecular interactions and Potential Energy Surfaces Theory of Ensembles, Phase Transitions and Relaxation Phenomena. Simulation Methodology : Density Functional Theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics (MD), Phase Field (PF), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (FEM), Introduction and application of QUANTUM ESPRESSO, LAMMPS, DLPOLY, MICRESS, OPEN-PHASE, ANSYS, MATLAB simulation software

1 credit

Metallurgical Waste Processing and recycling

General introduction to waste processing and environmental management, Waste generation and chemistry behind its recycling and management (solid & Liquid), Wastes from mining and mineral industries.Wastes from iron and steel (including ferro-alloys) industries, Wastes from non-ferrous metal industries such as Aluminum, Copper, Lead,Zinc, Titanium and Chromium. Bulk utilization of slag and other wastes using eco-friendly processes. Metallic wastes from non-metallurgical sectors: home appliances and others such as E-waste, Spent batteries, Spent catalysts, Toxicological characterization of liquid effluents, Toxicological characterization of solid wastes, Values from wastes - High value materials synthesis

1 credit

Data Science and Analytics

Introduction to Data Science, Introduction to Big Data, Theories in Data Science, Big data technologies, Methods of Data Collection and Cleaning, Python Fundamentals, Programming with Python, Python for Data Science, Visualization in Python, Data Manipulation & Visualisation, Introduction of R fundamentals, Introduction to Machine Learning, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Models for Regression & Classification, Learning types, Support Vector Machine, Deep Learning.

1 credit

Catalysis of Chemical Process

Course will include fundamental aspects of catalysis. Types of catalysis like homogeneous, heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis & Photocatalysis. Different class of catalysts - Bulk catalysts, supported catalysts, phase transfer catalysts, mixed agglomerate catalysts. Importance of porous materials & characterization of catalyst. Established mechanism of catalytic process and their role in modern industrial process. Recent development and challenges in catalysis.

1 credit

Advanced Mechanical Property Characterisation

Multiaxial Fatigue, High strain rate material testing practices; Indentation creep; Dynamic Fracture toughness; Creep-fatigue interaction; Small specimen testing practices'

1 credit

Material Characterisation Tools and Techniques

Basics of materials Characterization Principles of optics & optical microscopy & stereology, Electron microscopy (SEM & TEM), X-ray Diffraction &; crystallographic analysis, analytica electron microscopy, Advanced characterization techniques Basic concept of Spectroscopy and its application , Basic principles of Advance analytical technique i.e. AAS, OES, XRF,UV-Vis Spectrocopy, IR & Raman Spectroscopy, ICP-MS

3 credit

Advanced Chemical Thermodynamics

Review of Classical Thermodynamics: Fundamental principles of thermodynamics, Concept of entropy, Properties of Gibbs free energy  Thermodynamic properties of pure substances and mixtures, their estimation and correlation; Stability and equilibrium criteria for homogeneous and heterogeneous systems  Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics: Statistical foundations, Molecular partition function, Boltzmann distribution  Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes

3 credits

3-0-0-3

Advanced Applied Electrochemistry Fundamental of electrochemical reactions - Thermodynamics and kinetics of electrochemical reactions - Aqueous corrosion, corrosion inhibitors and anticorrosion barrier coatings - Types of electrochemical methods of corrosion analysis: Potentiodynamic polarization & Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy - Basics of electroplating and electroless plating, electrolysis cells, and electrowinning. Introduction of various Electrochemical energy harvesters and associated harvesting mechanisms related to hydrogen energy, solar energy, energy from bio-waste, Piezoelectricity, and thermoelectric generators. Basics of energy storage systems - supercapacitors and batteries: types, components, charge

storage mechanisms, selection of electrodes and electrolytes, fabrication of electrodes and devices - Introduction to modern battery systems including sodium and potassium ion batteries, and magnesium ion batteries. Future prospects of energy storage systems.

3 credits

Surface Chemistry

Fundamentals of surface science: Surface tension, contact angle, super-hydrophobicity, surfactants (basics, micelles), emulsions and microemulsions, Adsorption, Isotherms & porosity. Surface functionalisation Conventional surface modifications; Role and estimate of surface roughness; hot dipping, Electrodeposition/ plating; Surface modification of metalic surface (Passivation, conversion coatings, corrosion inhibitors); Surface modification using liquid bath (phosphating, chromating); Surface modification using gaseous medium (Nitriding, carbonitriding). Surface coating techniques: Polymeric coatings, Paints (types, application methods); Thin Film Coatings (Thermal evaporation, PVD and CVD, Sputter coating, Thin film for wear application). Characterization of surfaces: Measurement of coatings thickness; porosity, adhesion & chemicalenvironment by XPS. Functional Coatings & Applications: Functional and nano-structured coatings and their application (self-healing, self-cleaning, ice-phobic coatings).

3 credits

Materials for Energy

Basic principleand design of materials for energy application,Synthesis techniques of energy materials (chemical, hydrothermal, solvo-thermal, sol-gel, microwave, sonochemical, sputtering, CVD), Methodology for surface modification of energy materials, Materials for energy generation systems: solar cells, fuel cells. Materials for hydrogen technology (production and storage), Piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials, Materials for energy storage: battery, capacitor and supercapacitor, Smart materials for

improved energy generation and storage systems.

3 credits

Computational Chemistry

Basic concepts and Postulates of Quantum mechanics, Quantization of Angular Momentum, Perturbation

theory, Molecular orbital and Valence bond theories, Hamiltonian operator, Schrodinger equation, Born-

Oppenheimer approximation, Hohenberg-Kohn theorem, Hubbard Model, Local Density Approximation,

Plan wave, Pseudopotentials, Density functional theory, ab initio calculations on molecular systems Self-

consistent field, Density of State, Fermi energy, Band structures, Charge equilibrations, Bond order

dependent force field, Nose-hoover thermostat, Berendsen thermostat, Reactive Molecular Dynamics

Simulations.

3 credits

AcSIR-31- ID-003

Introduction to Materials

Inter-atomic Interactions in materials; Atomic bonding in materials; basic concepts of basic crystallography, concept of reciprocal lattice in structure determination; packing of atoms in 3d- space. Defects in solids. Concepts of band structure, Metals, semiconductors and insulators, dielectrics, paraelectric, ferroelectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric materials, Concept of phase and concept of solid solute on and alloys ; Phase diagrams and Gibbs phase rule, example of binary and ternary phase diagrams; Diffusion

and phase transformation in solids, diffusional and diffusionless phase transformations; Mechanical and magnetic behavior of Materials.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-ID-008

Mathematical Physics

Matrix and Tensors, Eigenvalue and Eigenfunction problems. Vector analysis and vector calculus fundamentals, linear and curvilinear coordinates, surface and volume integrals, complex variables basics, complex integrals, Z transform Ordinary Differential Equations: First order, second order (linear and nonlinear) differential equations and high order linear differential equations Partial Differential Equations: Separation of variables method, Laplace equation, solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations. Numerical Methods: Solution of a system of linear equations by L-U decomposition, Gauss-Jordan and Gauss-Seidal Methods. Newton's interpolation formulae, Newton- Raphson method, numerical integration by trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule and Gaussian quadrature, numerical solutions of first order differential equation by Euler&  method and Runge-Kutta method. Introduction to finite difference (FDM) and Finite element (FEM) methods. Solving mathematical problems using MATLAB & MATHEMATICA

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-ID-009

Physics of deformation in materials

Introduction to simple concepts of stress and strain tensor; Elastic stress-strain relationship; Basics of elastic and plastic deformation in materials, Modes of deformation: slip and twinning; Dislocations slip and various slip systems in materials, relations with crystallography, Stacking faults and dislocations; Critical resolved shear stress for slip; Strain energy; Mohr’s circle; Plastic yielding of material; Yield point; Yield criteria; Yield locus; Flow curve, Concept of crystal geometry; Fundamentals of indentation hardness; Brinell, Meyer, Vicker, Rockwell hardness; Hardness conversion; Relationship between hardness and flow curve; Hardness at high temperature; Engineering stress-strain curve; True stress- strain curve; Strength and ductility measurement in a tension test; Effect of strain rate/temperature on tensile behaviour; Necking criteria; Notched bar and drop weight impact tests; Transition temperature curves; Instrumented impact testing; Introduction to fracture mechanics based design, creep and fatigue behaviour of materials.

1 Credit

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-001

Advanced X-Ray Crystallography

Symmetry and periodicity of crystals, Bravais lattices, Point groups and space groups, crystal classes and crystal system, Miller indices, Reciprocal lattice, Scattering factor, Stereographic projection, Basics of X-rays, Production and detection of X-rays, basics of X-ray diffraction, Diffractometer measurements, Diffracted intensity from crystals,Determination of crystal structure, Precise lattice parameter determination, structural simulation by Rietveld refinement, Qualitative and Quantitative phase analysis, Diffraction line broadening analysis, Crystallite size, lattice defects and determination of lattice strain, X-ray diffraction analysis of residual stress and crystallographic texture.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-002

Physics of Thin Films

Introduction to thin films, Basics of thin films depositions, Thin film nucleation and growth, growth models, Epitaxial growth, Crystalline and amorphous films, Vacuum thin film deposition, Physical and chemical vapour deposition, Sputter deposition, DC and RF sputtering, Plasma diagnostics by langmuir probe and OES. Magnetron sputtering, Ion beam sputtering, Electron-beam evaporation,  Pulsed laser deposition, Plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, Vacuum arc, Chemical vapour deposition (CVD), Relationships between deposition parameters and film microstructure, Stress and texture in thin films, Various applications of thin films. Advanced Patterning Techniques of thin films for devices: lithography, wet chemical, electron beam, laser; Problems and issues of thin films.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-003

Fundamentals of nanostructure and amorphous materials

Material science in reduced dimensions, Consequences of size reduction, concept of nanoscale microstructure, examples of various nanostructured materials, method Thermodynamics of nanomaterial, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, physical properties of nanomaterials, Applications of Nanomaterials.

Introduction to amorphous materials, thermodynamics and kinetics of amorphous material, synthesis (experiments and simulation-based) and characterization of amorphous materials, Application of amorphous materials.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-004

Magnetism and Magnetic Materials and their various Applications

Magnetic properties & Measurement: Causes of Magnetism in Materials, Basic properties like permeability, remanance, coercivity, Hysteresis and core loss, Curie temperature, domain structure, magnetostriction. Different types of exchange interactions, Effect of external physical conditions like stress and temperature on Magnetic properties.

Characterisation of soft and hard magnetic materials: Domain observation, magnetic transport property, magnetic /atomic force microscopy (MFM), SQUID Magnetometer.

Advanced Magnetic Materials:

Amorphous and nanostructured soft magnetic alloys: Introduction, processing, characterisation and their applications.

Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy.

Magnetocaloric materials

Sensor materials and applications.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-005

Advanced Structural Characterization of Materials

Basics of materials Characterization Principles of optics & optical microscopy & stereology, Electron microscopy (SEM & TEM), X-ray Diffraction & Neutron diffraction, analysis of crystal structure, lattice defects, Electron Spectroscopy for chemical analysis (XPS, AES and SIMS); Scanning probe microscopy (AFM & STM); Positron annihilation spectroscopy and coincidence Doppler broadening spectroscopy; MÖssbauer spectroscopy; magnetic characterization by vibrating sample magnetometer and ‘Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer’.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-006

Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics

Laws of Thermodynamics, Concept of Entropy and its statistical interpretation, Some useful thermodynamic relations; chemical potential and free energy, Thermodynamics of solids and solid solutions, partial molar quantities, Route's law, Henry's law, excess functions, Gibbs Duhem equation, regular solution involving multi component systems. Concept of thermodynamic equilibrium, State variables; phase rule, phase equilibria and phase diagrams, Free energy of binary and ternary systems; construction of binary and ternary phase diagrams, Thermodynamics of defects and interfaces; Concept of computation thermodynamics. Application of computational thermodynamics using thermocalc. Basics of classical and quantum statistical mechanics (MB, BE and FD statistics) and their applications to simple systems.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-007

Basics of Quantum Mechanics and Density Functional Theory

Basic quantum mechanics: Modern Quantum Theory, Schrӧdinger Equation, Operator Algebra, Perturbation Theory, Variational Method, Angular Momentum.

Density functional theory: Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem, Kohn-Sham Theorem, Pseudopotential, Ground State Calculations.

Density Functional Perturbation Theory I: Hellman-Feynman Theorem, Calculation of phonon dispersion, Hands on calculation: Calculation of phonon dispersion for Cu, Ni, Fe.

Density Functional Perturbation Theory II: Introduction to Time dependent density functional perturbation theory and application.

Molecular Dynamics (MD), Phase Field (PF), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (FEM),

Introduction and application of QUANTUM ESPRESSO, LAMMPS, DLPOLY,

MICRESS, OPEN-PHASE, ANSYS, MATLAB simulation software

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-008

Sensors & system for industrial applications

Introduction to sensors, transducers, and actuators. Transduction principles and classification.

Sensor technologies: Physical principles & basic mechanisms in sensor systems, Static and dynamic characteristics of sensors.

Sensors design, simulation and modelling: Principles of design, simulation and modelling, Parameters governing the performance, and virtual realisation of the sensors’ performance. 

Sensors & systems in process industries: applications and hands-on session:

Introduction, basic principles, fabrication, characterization techniques, applications, and case studies for Acoustic, Electromagnetic, Fibre Optic and IR sensors.

Processing of sensor data through signal processing, image processing and AI techniques.

3 Credits

AcSIR-31-PS-AD-009

Energy harvesting : Thermoelectric and Photovoltaic materials

Basic principle and design of materials for energy application, Synthesis techniques of energy materials (chemical, hydrothermal, solvo-thermal, sol-gel, microwave, sonochemical, sputtering, CVD), Methodologyfor surface modification of energy materials, Materials for energy generation systems;

Solar to electrical energy conversion: Photovoltaic cell basics, Efficiency and stability limitations of PVs.
Solar to chemical fuel conversion: Photosynthesis basics, Solar fuel generation pathways, Photocatalysts design aspects.
Thermoelectric Materials, Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, Thomson effect, Transport properties, Electron and phonon transport, Scattering mechanisms, Thermal conductivity, Thermoelecric transport parameters and energy conversion efficiency, Enhancing the Figure of merit, Overview of thermoelectric devices and applications, Materials for hydrogen technology (production and storage).

3 Credits

1.        

Dr. Sandip Ghosh Chowdhury

Outstanding Professor

Engineering Sciences

sgc@nml.res.in

2.        

Dr. Gopi Kishor Mandal

 Professor

Engineering Sciences

gopi@nml.res.in

3.        

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sahu

Professor

Engineering Sciences

jksahu@nml.res.in

4.        

Dr. Kamala Kanta Sahu

Professor

Engineering Sciences

kksahu@nml.res.in

5.        

Dr. Kanai Lal Sahoo

Professor

Engineering Sciences

klsah@nml.res.in

6.        

Dr. M M Humane

Professor

Engineering Sciences

mmh@nml.res.in

7.        

Dr. Raghuvir  Singh

Professor

Engineering Sciences

rsr@nml.res.in

8.        

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Rath

Professor

Engineering Sciences

rkrath@nml.res.in

9.        

Dr. Sanjay  Kumar

Professor

Engineering Sciences

sunju@nml.res.in

10.     

Dr. Sivaprasad  Seetharaman

Professor

Engineering Sciences

shiva@nml.res.in

11.     

Dr. Trilochan Mishra

Professor

Engineering Sciences

tmishra@nml.res.in

12.     

Dr. Vikas Chandra Srivastava

Professor

Engineering Sciences

vcsrivas@nml.res.in

13.     

Dr.(Ms.) Ansu J Kailath

Professor

Engineering Sciences

ansu@nml.res.in

14.     

Dr.(Ms.) Sanchita  Chakravarty

Professor

Chemical Sciences

sanchita@nml.res.in

15.     

Dr.(Ms.) Sarmishtha Palit Sagar

Professor

Engineering Sciences

sarmi@nml.res.in

16.     

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Professor

Engineering Sciences

mk@nml.res.in

17.     

Dr. Sushanta Kumar Sahu

Professor

Engineering Sciences

sushanta@nml.res.in

18.     

Dr. Shobhana Dey

Professor

Engineering Sciences

sd@nml.res.in

19.     

Dr. T V Vijaya Kumar

Professor

Engineering Sciences

tvvk65@yahoo.com

20.     

Dr. Jagannath Pal

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

jp@nml.res.in

21.     

Dr. Jay Chakraborty

Associate Professor

Physical Sciences

jay@nml.res.in

22.     

Dr. Manis Kumar Jha

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

mkjha@nml.res.in

23.     

Dr. Sital Kumar Pal

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

skp@nml.res.in

24.     

Dr. Jhumki Hait

Associate Professor

Physical Sciences

jhumki@nml.res.in

25.     

Dr. Jhumki Hait

Associate Professor

Physical Sciences

jhumki@nml.res.in

26.     

Dr. Abhilash

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

abhilash@nml.res.in

27.     

Dr. K. Gopala Krishna

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

kgk@nml.res.in

28.     

Dr. Krishnendu Mukherjee

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

krishnendu@nml.res.in

29.     

Dr. Rachit Ghosh

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

rg@nml.res.in

30.     

Dr. Deepak Chandra Sau

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

dcsau@nml.res.in

31.     

Dr. Ashis Kumar Panda

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

akpanda@nml.res.in

32.     

Dr. Rajat Kumar Roy

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

rajat@nml.res.in

33.     

Dr. Sanjay Agarwal

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

sanjay@nml.res.in

34.     

Dr. Madan M

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

madan@nml.res.in

35.     

Dr. Pratima Meshram

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

pratima@nml.res.in

36.     

Dr. Purushottam Kumar

Associate Professor

Mathematical & Information Sciences

pkumar@nml.res.in

37.     

Dr. Sumanta Bagui

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

sbagui@nml.res.in

38.     

Dr. Krishna Guguloth

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

krishna@nml.res.in

39.     

Dr. Sharma Paswan

Associate Professor

Engineering Sciences

sharma@nml.res.in

40.     

Dr. Avijit Kumar Metya

Associate Professor

Physical Sciences

avijit@nml.res.in

41.     

Dr. Arpita Ghosh

Assistant Professor

Mathematical & Information Sciences

arpita@nml.res.in

42.     

Dr. Asit Kumar Pramanick

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

pramanick@nml.res.in

43.     

Dr. Ashok Kumar Mohanty

Assistant Professor

Chemical Sciences

akm@nml.res.in

44.     

Dr. Devabrata Mishra

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

dmishra@nml.res.in

45.     

Dr. Mainak Ghosh

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

mainakg@nml.res.in

46.     

Dr. Arvind Kumar Upadhyay

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

aku@nml.res.in

47.     

Dr. S. Prasad

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

sprasad@nml.res.in

48.     

Dr. Vinod Kumar

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

vk@nml.res.in

49.     

Mr. M Ananda Rao

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

anandm04@gmail.com

50.     

Mr. Rajinikanth V

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

rajni@nml.res.in

51.     

Mr. Prabir Kumar Roy

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

prabir@nml.res.in

52.     

Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

kranjeet@nml.res.in

53.     

Md. Murtuja Hussain

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

murtuja@nml.res.in

54.     

Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Gupta

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

rkgupta@nml.res.in

55.     

Ms. Beena Kumari

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

beena@nml.res.in

56.     

Dr. Dayanand Paswan

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

dnpaswan@nml.res.in

57.     

Dr. (Mrs.) M. Malathi

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

malathi@nml.res.in

58.     

Dr. Sunil Kumar

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

sunil@nml.res.in

59.     

Dr. Ganesh Chalavadi

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

gc@nml.res.in

60.     

Mr. Snehashish Tripathy

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

snehashish@nml.res.in

61.     

Dr. Paritosh Dubey

Assistant Professor

Physical Sciences

paritosh.dubey@nml.res.in

62.     

Dr. Sumanta Kumar Pradhan

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

sumanta.pradhan@nml.res.in

63.     

Mr. Lalit Kumar Meena

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

lalit@nml.res.in

64.     

Mr. Walunj Mahesh Gulab

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

mgwalunj@nml.res.in

65.     

Dr. Pallab Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

pallab.b@nml.res.in

66.     

Dr. Ammasi A

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

masi@nml.res.in

67.     

Dr. Atanu Das

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

das.atanu@nml.res.in

68.     

Dr. G. Sudhakar Rao

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

srao.gorja@nml.res.in

69.     

Dr. Shailendra Kumar Jha

Assistant Professor

Chemical Sciences

skjha.chem@gmail.com

70.     

Dr. Suman Tewary

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

suman.tewary@nml.res.in

71.     

Dr. Alok Kumar Meher

Assistant Professor

Chemical Sciences

alok.kumarmeher@nml.res.in

72.     

Dr. Avanish Kumar Chandan

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

avanish@nml.res.in

73.     

Dr. Biraj Kumar Sahoo

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

biraj@nml.res.in

74.     

Dr. Nikhil Kumar

Assistant Professor

Chemical Sciences

kumar.nikhil@nml.res.in

75.     

Dr. Sreeda P

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

sreeda.p@nml.res.in

76.     

Dr. Susanta Kumar Nath

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

snath@nml.res.in

77.     

Dr. Kuldeep Singh Gour

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

gour.ks@nml.res.in

78.     

Dr. Navneet Singh Randhawa

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

nsr@nml.res.in

79.     

Dr. Vinod Belawanshi

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

vinod.belwanshi@nml.res.in

80.     

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal

Assistant Professor

Engineering Sciences

bansal.gk@nml.res.in