Materials Engineering Division

Overview

The main research perused by this division is developing an understanding of the material and alloy’s properties, which includes room temperature as well as high-temperature behaviour. Iron-, aluminium- and nickel-based alloys are most studied alloys by this research division. State of the art research facilities for microstructure and structure characterisation, Creep, fatigue and high strain rate deformation properties and advanced facilities for alloy processing are used by this group as a means to their research.

Areas of Research

Research activities are sub-grouped into Three major research groups;

  • Materials Processing,
  • Microstructural Engineering,
  • Materials Mechanics and Non-Destructive Evaluation

Materials Processing

Materials_Processing

Scientists of this group are engaged in Designing of new alloys and their subsequent advanced processing to enhance/optimise the properties. Research focuses on the development of Al-based foam, wear resistant steels and Al composites. This group is also contributing to nations societal mission e.g. Artisan brass melting, efficient ruler melting furnace etc.

Microstructural Engineering

Microstructural_Engineering

The research focus of this group is structural characterisation of materials at various length scales. Scientists of this group are pursuing research in the quest of developing ultra-high-strength steels, e.g. Nano pearlitic steels, nano-bainite steels, Dual/complex multiphase steels etc. as well as futuristic materials like High Entropy Alloys and processes like Dissimilar metal joining. Several State-of-the-art characterisation facilities are available with this group.

Materials Mechanics & Non-Destructive Evaluation

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Fatigue & Fracture and Creep behaviour studies of super alloys and super critical boiler materials are being looked at by this research group. Component integrity evaluation and remaining life assessment of structure component have been the main research activity for the scientist of this group. The research activities of this group is focused on development of methodologies for damage assessment of industrial components, sensors and devices for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). Scientists of this group have expertise in developing NDE protocols and sensors for diverse applications from aerospace to defence, power and steel sectors.

Scientists

Name

Designation

Expertise

Dr. S.  Sivaprasad

Dr. S. Sivaprasad

+91-6572345192

shiva@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist & Head

Dr. Kanai Lal Sahoo

Dr. Kanai Lal Sahoo

+91-7488192403, 2340323

klsah@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist

  • Metallic glasses and Nanocrystalline materials
  • Casting Semi-solid processing and Forming process
  • Foams
  • Alloy development

Dr. Sarmistha Palit sagar

Dr. Sarmistha Palit sagar

+91-9431521144

sarmi@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist

  • Ultrasonic and advanced ultrasonic NDE
  • Sensors and Devices for NDE
  • Signal processing
  • IIOT
  • NDE protocols for process control using embedded sensor
Dr. Dr. V. C.  Srivastava

Dr. Dr. V. C. Srivastava

+91-6572345041

Chief Scientist

  • Alloy development
  • Materials Processing
  • High Entropy alloys
  • Advanced high strength steels
  • Metal foams

Dr. Jitendra Kumar  Sahu

Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sahu

jksahu@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist

  • High temperature deformation
  • Microstructure-mechanical property correlation
  • Metallurgical failure analysis

Dr. K.  Gopala Krishna

Dr. K. Gopala Krishna

+91-9110706571

kgk@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist

  • Physical Metallurgy
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Coatings & Corrosion

Dr. Mainak  Ghosh

Dr. Mainak Ghosh

+91-8210262976

mainakg@nml.res.in

Chief Scientist

  • Structure-property correlation of alloys
  • Electron optics system
  • Material's joining
  • Failure investigation of engineering components

Dr. Ashit Kumar  Pramanik

Dr. Ashit Kumar Pramanik

pramanick@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • XRD
  • TEM
  • SEM
  • AFM

Dr. Tarun Kumar Das

Dr. Tarun Kumar Das

+91-9955465980

tkdas@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Advanced NDE protocols for process control
  • Embedded sensors
  • Eddy current
  • Sensors & devices
  • IIoT

Dr. Himadri Nandan Bar

Dr. Himadri Nandan Bar

+91-9430373061

hnbar@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

Mr. Krishna   Guguloth

Mr. Krishna Guguloth

Sr. Principal Scientist

krishna@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • High temperature deformation behavior of materials

Dr. V.  Rajinikanth

Dr. V. Rajinikanth

+91-8092876875

rajni@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Microstructural Characterization
  • Stereology
  • Thermomechanical Simulation
  • Failure Investigation
  • Physical Metallurgy of Steel

Dr. (Mrs.) Arpita Ghosh  (Sinha)

Dr. (Mrs.) Arpita Ghosh (Sinha)

+91-8986883192

arpita@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Nondestructive Evaluation
  • Infrared Thermography
  • Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Image processing
  • ANN prediction

Dr. Avijit  Kumar Metya

Dr. Avijit Kumar Metya

+91-6572345159

avijit@nml.res.in

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Ultrasonic NDE
  • Acoustic wave propagation
  • Mechanical evaluation of materials

Dr. Sumanta  Bugui

Dr. Sumanta Bugui

+91-6572345189

Sr. Principal Scientist

  • Creep
  • Fatigue
  • Fracture
  • Materials deformation
  • Micro-structural characterization

Dr. Krishnendu   Mukherjee

Dr. Krishnendu Mukherjee

+91-6572345268

krishnendu@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Physical Metallurgy of Steel

Mr. Parikshit   Munda

Mr. Parikshit Munda

pmunda@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Cavitation Erosion
  • Failure Analysis
  • Material design and characterization.

Mr. A.P.   Murugesan

Mr. A.P. Murugesan

+91-9973391905

murugesan@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Thermo mechanical processing of Aluminum, Magnesium and steels.
  • Texture-microstructure, mechanical properties relationship of Al-Cu-Li alloys

Dr. Md. Murtuja   Husain

Dr. Md. Murtuja Husain

+91-8102738321

murtuja@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Welding and Joining
  • Structure-Property Correlations
  • Microstructure Engineering
  • Light alloy and their composites
  • Failure analysis

Dr. Biraj  Kumar  Sahoo

Dr. Biraj Kumar Sahoo

+91-8252119498

biraj@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Steel design and development
  • Thermo-mechanical processing
  • Heat treatment
  • Materials characterization
  • Metallurgical failure analysis
  • Automotive steel
  • High strength steels
  • Strategic materials

Dr. Nehashish   Tripathy

Dr. Nehashish Tripathy

snehashish@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Thermodynamic & kinetic modelling of phase transformation in steels
  • alloy development
  • materials characterization
  • heat treatment design for steels & other alloys
  • melting & solidification
  • microtexture analysis

Dr. Naveena  .

Dr. Naveena .

+91-9663515455

naveena.dr@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Mechanical properties characterization at small length scale
  • Impression creep
  • Small punch creep
  • Automated ball indentation
  • Creep and Fatigue crack growth

Dr. Atanu  Das

Dr. Atanu Das

+91-9769508791

das.atanu@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Welding
  • Numerical modelling
  • Dissimilar joining
  • Additive manufacturing

Dr. Sunil   Kumar

Dr. Sunil Kumar

+91-7541810554

sunil@nml.res.in

Principal Scientist

  • Physical Metallurgy of Metals and Alloy
  • Computational Chemistry and Physics
  • Atomistic Simulations
  • Reactive Molecular Dynamic
  • Density Functional Theory

Dr. Sudhakar Rao  Gorja

Dr. Sudhakar Rao Gorja

+91-6572345072

srao.gorja@nml.res.in

Sr. Scientist

  • Environmental assisted cracking
  • Stress corrosion cracking
  • hydrogen embrittlement
  • corrosion fatigue
  • fatigue and fracture
  • High temperature materials
  • microstructure property correlations of materials

Dr. Suman  Tewary

Dr. Suman Tewary

+91-9501461454

suman.tewary@nml.res.in

Sr. Scientist

  • Image Processing
  • Signal Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Non-destructive Testing data analysis

Dr. Chandra Veer  Singh

Dr. Chandra Veer Singh

cvsingh@nml.res.in

Sr. Scientist

  • Mechanical behaviour of metals
  • Creep deformation
  • Creep Crack Growth
  • Finite Element Analysis of plastic deformation

Dr. Avanish Kumar   Chandan

Dr. Avanish Kumar Chandan

+91-8102723400

avanish@nml.res.in

Sr. Scientist

  • Materials Characterization (TEM, SEM, XRD)
  • Alloy Design (Advanced High-Strength and Ultra High-Strength Steels High-Entropy Alloys)
  • Thermomechanical Processing
  • Severe Plastic Deformation

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Bansal

+91-8935915550

bansal.gk@nml.res.in

Sr. Scientist

  • Novel Steel Development
  • Thermodynamic-Kinetic simulation
  • Microstructural Engineering
  • Physical Metallurgy
  • Tribology

Mr. Vankadoth  Shiva

Mr. Vankadoth Shiva

+91-7373318900

v.shiva@nml.res.in

Scientist

  • Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

Dr. Vinod  Belwanshi

Dr. Vinod Belwanshi

Scientist

Technical/Support Staffs

Name

Designation

Expertise

Dr. Bhupeshwar Mahato's picture

Dr. Bhupeshwar Mahato

+91-6204810769

bm@nml.res.in

Sr. Technical Officer (3)

  • XRD
  • Microstructural characterization using TEM
  • Micro-diffraction
  • EDAX
  • STEM
  • EELS

Mr. Amit Prakash's picture

Mr. Amit Prakash

+91-9334619150

amit@nml.res.in

Sr. Technical Officer (3)

  • NDE
  • Failure Analysis
  • Lean Six Sigma

Mr. C. Soupramanien's picture

Mr. Soupramanien C

+91-6572345073

csmanien@nml.res.in

Sr. Technical Officer (2)

  • Machine Design

Tipu kumar's picture

Mr. Tipu Kumar

+91-6572345107

tipukumar@nml.res.in

Sr. Technical Officer (2)

  • Material Processing

Contact

Dr. S. Sivaprasad
Head, MTE Division
shiva@nml.res.in
+91-06572345192