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    Prof. Kishore Babu Nagumothu

    Professor

    Department of Metallurgical & Material Engineering

    National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Telangana, INDIA

    : kishorebabu@nitw.ac.in : -

     

    Dr. Nagumothu Kishore Babu is currently working as a Professor and Head of the department since October 2023 in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. Prior to this role, from April 2018 to June 2023, he served as an Associate Professor in the same department. Additionally, from 2014 to 2016, he worked as a scientist at EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), Switzerland. From 2010 to 2014, he worked as a scientist in Joining Technology Group, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), Singapore.  He did post-doctoral research in the Safety of Joined Components division of the Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany in 2009.  He did his masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received a PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.  He has published 60+ peer-reviewed publications in Journals/conferences and a book chapter. In view of his valuable contributions in welding research, Dr. Kishore Babu has been bestowed with Adolf Martens Fellowship Award (2009) at the Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany. Each year, the prestigious Adolf Martens Fellowship will be offered to 10 selected fellows from all over the world for one year in the field of Material Science.

    His research interests are

    • Joining of materials -weldability evaluation, microstructural and mechanical property characterization of welds
    • Solid state joining- friction stir welding
    • Structure-property correlations between different titanium alloys, aluminum and magnesium alloys 
    • Grain Refinement of Titanium, Aluminium and Magnesium alloys
    • Nanocomposites
    • Metal additive manufacturing using fusion-based and solid-state technologies

     

    Course Taught Previously
    • Welding Processes
    • Welding Metallurgy
    • Additive Manufacturing
    • Physical Metallurgy
    • Heat Treament

    Publications

     

    Journals

    1. K. Vamsi Krishna,C. Gopi Krishna, Md. Jawed Quamar, Bharat Bandi, Mahesh Kumar, N.Kishore Babu, Microstructural characterization and grain refinement of Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn gas tungsten arc welds by Ni and Si-modified fillers, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (Submitted)
    2. Mahajan A.M, Krishna K.V, Quamar M.J, Rehman A.U, Bandi B, Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Structure–Property Correlation between Friction-Welded Work Hardenable Al-4.9 Mg Alloy Joints, Crystals. 2023; 13(7):1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071119
    3. K. Vamsi Krishna, C. Gopi Krishna, Polamarasetty Nagendra, M.K. Talari, Vijay N. Nadakuduru, Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Microstructural characterization and mechanical properties of metastable beta and α+β titanium alloy electron beam weldments, Fusion Science and Technology, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2200523
    4. Vamsi Krishna K, Gopi Krishna C, Ateekh Ur Rehman, Kishore Babu Nagumothu, M.K. Talari, Prakash Srirangam, Effect of welding speed and post-weld heat treatment on microstructural and mechanical properties of alpha+beta titanium alloy EB welds, Fusion Science and Technology,2023,  https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2211723
    5. N. Kishore Babu, C. Gopi Krishna, K. Vamsi Krishna, Ateekh Ur Rehman, and Prakash Srirangam, Influence of AZ61 filler composition on grain refinement of Mg-Al-Zn Alloy GTA welds, Fusion Science and Technology, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2232670
    6. Gopi Krishna C, M. J. Quamar, N. Kishore Babu, Sarath Kumar G V, Bharath Bandi & M. K. Talari, Investigations of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Post-Weld Heat-Treated DP780 Steel TIG Welds, Fusion Science and Technology,2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2219830
    7. Beeravolu, Akhil Reddy, Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Ateekh Ur Rehman, and Prakash Srirangam. 2023. "Influence of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Rotary Friction Welded Inconel to Stainless Steel Joints" Materials 16, no. 8: 3049, (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16083049
    8. Vamsi Krishna, K., Sriharitha Rowthu, Vijay N. Nadakuduru, Ganesh Pilla, and N. Kishore Babu, Effect of Welding Speed and Postweld Heat Treatment on Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties of Gas Tungsten Arc Welded Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn Joints." Fusion Science and Technology (2023): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2182119
    9. Vanam, J.P., Manjunadh, V., Kumar, A.S., Kumar, T.M. and Kishorebabu, N., 2023. Microstructure and mechanical properties of magnesium alloy reinforced with TiB2 and B4C processed through friction stir processing. Materials Today: Proceedings (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.05.393
    10. V. Ajay, M. Naveen Kumar, N. Kishore Babu, T. Mahesh Kumar, K. Vamshi Krishna & G. Madhusudan Reddy, Rotary friction welding of Inconel 718 – AISI 304 stainless steel dissimilar joint, Materials Science and Technology,2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2023.2187146
    11. Mahajan, Aditya M., Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Ateekh Ur Rehman, and Prakash Srirangam, Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Rotary Friction Welded AA7075 and AA5083 Dissimilar Joint, Materials, 2023, 16, no. 6: 2464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16062464
    12. Perumandla Pavan, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Ateekh Ur Rehman,and Prakash Srirangam, Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Rotary Friction Welded Dissimilar IN718 to SS304L Alloys, Applied Sciences, 2023, 13, 3584. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063584
    13. K. Vamsi Krishna, M. K. Talari, Bharath Bandi, Sriharitha Rowthu, M. I. Khan, P. Mastanaiah & N. Kishore Babu, Effect of welding speed on microstructural and mechanical properties of EB Ti-15V-3Al-3Cr-3Sn welds, Materials Science and Technology, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2023.2171765

    14. Kishore Babu, N., Talari, M. K., Srirangam, P., AlFaify, A. Y., & Rehman, A. U. Characterization of Microstructure, Weld Heat Input, and Mechanical Properties of Mg–Al–Zn Alloy GTA Weldments. Applied Sciences, 2022, 12(9), 4417. 

    15. Rehman, A. U., Kishore Babu, N., Talari, M. K., Usmani, Y., & Alkhalefah, H. (2021). Characterisation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Linear Friction Welded α+ β Titanium Alloy to Nitinol. Applied Sciences, 11(22), 10680.
    16. Rehman, A. U., Kishore Babu, N., Talari, M. K., Anwar, S., Usmani, Y., & Al-Samhan, A. M. (2021). Dissimilar Rotary Friction Welding of Inconel 718 to F22 Using Inconel 625 Interlayer. Applied Sciences, 11(22), 10684.
    17. Rehman, A. U., Kishore Babu, N, Talari, M. K., Usmani, Y. S., & Al-Khalefah, H. (2021). Microstructure and Mechanical Property Correlation between Friction Welded Nitinol-Nitinol Joints. Frontiers in Materials, 8, 362.
    18. Rehman, A.U.; Kishore Babu, N.;Talari, M.K.; Usmani, Y.S.;Al-Khalefah, H. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Friction Welding Ti-6Al-4V Alloy to Nitinol. Metals 2021, 11, 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11010109
    19. N. Anitha, K. Jayanthi, M. Rakshita, Aachal A. Sharma, N. Jayarambabu, A. Akshaykranth,  Kishore Babu, T. Venkatappa Rao, D. Dinakar and  D. Haranath, Origin of the active luminescence from Sm3+-activated borate phosphors: a correlational study of trap states and decay kinetics. New J. Chem., 2023,47, 1472-1478
    20. Ajay, V., Babu, N. K., Ashfaq, M., Kumar, T. M., & Krishna, K. V. (2021). A Review on Rotary and Linear Friction Welding of Inconel Alloys. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 74(11), 2583-2598.
    21. Jilleh, A., Kishore Babu, N., Thota, V., Anis, A. L., Harun, M. K., & Talari, M. K. (2020). Microstructural and wear investigation of high chromium white cast iron hardfacing alloys deposited on carbon steel. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 157472. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157472 
    22. Ravindra S.Shekhawat, Vijay N.Nadakuduru, Kishore B.Nagumothu, Microstructures and mechanical properties of friction stir spot welded Al 6061 alloy lap joint welded in air and water,Materials Today: Proceedings,2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.06.065
    23. V.Jaya Prasad, K.Narasimha Rao, N.Kishore Babu, Mechanical and tribological characterization of aluminum metal matrix composite reinforced with micro ceramic particles (TiB2/SiC), Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 23, Part 3, 2020, Pages 637-641
    24. Marc Leparoux, Lauri Kollo, Hansang Kwon, Kaspar Kallip, Nagumothu Kishore Babu, Khaled AlOgab, and Mahesh Kumar Talari, Solid State Processing of Aluminum Matrix Composites Reinforced with Nanoparticulate Materials, Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201800401
    25. Ahmad Lutfi Anis, Mahesh Kumar Talari, N. Kishore Babu, Muhammad Hussain Ismail, G.D. Janaki Ram, Izzul Adli Mohd Arif, Grain refinement of Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al metastable β titanium alloy welds using boron-modified fillers, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 749, 15 June 2018, Pages 320-328.
    26. Izzul Adli Bin Mohd Arif, Mahesh Kumar Talari, N Kishore Babu, Ahmad Lutfi Bin Anis, Muhammad Hussain Ismail, Rosmamuhamadani Bin Ramli, Effects of Boron and Carbon Added Titanium Filler on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-15-3 Alloy Weldments International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.14) (2018) 538-543, DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.14.27786
    27. Kaspar Kallip, N. Kishore Babu, Khaled A AlOgab,Lauri Kollo,  Xavier Maeder, Yadira Arroyo, Marc Leparoux, Microstructure and mechanical properties of near net shaped aluminium/alumina nanocomposites fabricated by powder metallurgy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 714 (2017) 133-143
    28. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar Kallip, Marc Leparoux, Khaled A. AlOgab, M.K. Talari, Phase evolution during high energy cube milling of Ti-6Al-4V-0.5 vol%TiC powders using heptane and tin as process control agents (PCAs), Advanced Engineering Materials,2017, DOI: 10.1002/adem.201600662
    29. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar Kallip, Marc Leparoux, Khaled A. AlOgab, M.K. Talari, High strength Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated by high energy cube milling using calcium as process control agent (PCA) and spark plasma sintering, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 93, 2017, 445–453
    30. Ahmad Lutfi Anis, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Izzul Adli Mohd Arif, N. Kishore Babu, Muhammad Hussain Ismail, G.D. Janaki Ram, Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-15-3 gas tungsten arc welds prepared using CP-titanium filler, Trans Indian Inst Met, Volume 70, 2017, 685–690
    31. Widyani Darham, Ahmad Lutfi Anis, Izzul Adli Mohd Arif, N. Kishore Babu, Mohamad Kamal Harun,  Mahesh Kumar Talari, Microstructure and High Temperature Impression Creep Properties of Mg–3Ca–xZr (x 5 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 wt%) Alloys, Trans Indian Inst Met, Volume 70, 2017, 649–654
    32. Izzul Adli Mohd Arif, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Ahmad Lutfi Anis, Muhammad Hussain Ismail, N. Kishore Babu, Grain refinement, microstructural and hardness investigation of C added Ti-15-3 alloys prepared by argon arc melting, Trans Indian Inst Met, Volume 70, 2017, 861–865
    33. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar Kallip, Marc Leparoux, Khaled A. AlOgab, Xavier Maeder,Yadira Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, Influence of microstructure and strengthening mechanism of AlMg5-Al2O3 nanocomposites prepared via spark plasma sintering, Materials and Design, 95 (2016) 534–544.
    34. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar  Kallip, Marc  Leparoux,  Khaled A. AlOgab, G.M. Reddy, M.K. Talari, Characterization of microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded AlMg5-Al2O3 nanocomposites, Materials Science and Engineering: A 658 (2016) 109–122.
    35. Ahmad Lutfi Anis, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Widyani Darham, N. Kishore Babu, Muhammad Hussain Ismail, Microstructure and hardness improvement of Ti-6Al-4V alloys VIA Boron addition, Journal of engineering and applied sciences, 11 (12), (2016), 2577-2582.
    36.  Widyani Darham, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Ahmad Lutfi Anis, N. Kishore Babu,  Impression creep of Mg-1.5Ca and Mg-3.0Ca Alloys, Journal of engineering and applied sciences, 11 (12), (2016), 2573-2576.
    37. M.K. Talari, N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar  Kallip, Marc  Leparoux, Roland E. Koller, Khaled A. AlOgab, Xavier Maeder, Microstructure, mechanical and impression creep properties of AlMg5-0.5 vol% Al2O3 nanocomposites, Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 18, Issue 11(2016) 1958–1966.
    38. M. Siva Prasad, M. Ashfaq, N. Kishore Babu, A. Sreekanth, K. Sivaprasad, V.Muthupandi,Improving corrosion properties of magnesium AZ31 alloy GTA weld metal using micro arc oxidation process, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, May 2017, Volume 24, Issue 5, 566–573
    39. T. Arunnellaiappan, N. Kishore babu, L. Ramakrishna, N. Rameshbabu, Influence of frequency and duty cycle on microstructure of plasma electrolytic oxidized AA7075 and the correlation to its corrosion behavior, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol 280, 2015, 136-147.  
    40. N.T.B.N. Koundinya, C. Sajith Babu, K. Sivaprasad, P. Susila, N. Kishore Babu, and J. Baburao, Phase Evolution and Thermal Analysis of Nanocrystalline AlCrCuFeNiZn High Entropy Alloy Produced by Mechanical Alloying, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 22 (10), 2013, 3077-3084.
    41. Afzalleh Jilleh, N. Kishore Babu, Venugopal Thota, M. K. Harun, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Microstructural and Mechanical Properties Investigation of TiC Reinforced Hardface Alloy Deposited on Mild Steel Substrate, Trans Indian Inst Met, Vol 66 (4), 2013, 433-436.
    42. B. Srinivas, K. Sivaprasad, N. Kishore Babu, V. Muthupandi, P.Susila, Studies on Dissimilar Welding of AA5083 and AA6061 Alloys by Laser Beam Welding, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 626 (2013) pp 701-705.
    43. Mahesh Kumar Talari, N. Kishore Babu, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties Investigation of Al-6%Cu Alloy Laser and GTA welds, Practical Metallography,  50 (2013) 10, 657-675.
    44. N. Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Pan Dayou, Wei Jun, Microstructural Characterization and Grain Refinement of AA6082 Gas Tungsten Arc Welds by Scandium Modified Fillers, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 137, Issue 2, 2012, 543–551.
    45. N. Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Pan Dayou, Wei Jun, High temperature Mechanical Properties Investigation of Al-6.5%Cu Gas Tungsten Arc Welds Made with Scandium Modified 2319 filler, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 65, Issue 9, 2013, Page 1757-1767.
    46. N. Kishore Babu, S. Brauser, M. Rethmeier, and C.E. Cross,  Characterization of Microstructure and Deformation Behaviour of Resistance Spot Welded AZ31 Magnesium Alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, volume 549, 2012, 149–156.
    47. H. Khalid Rafi, N. Kishore Babu, G. Phanikumar, K. Prasad Rao, Microstructural evolution during friction surfacing of austenitic stainless steel AISI 304 on low carbon steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol 44, 2012, 345-350.
    48. K. Venkateswarlu, N.Rameshbabu, D.Sreekanth, A.C.Bose,V. Muthupandi, N. Kishore Babu, S. Subramanian, Role of electrolyte additives on in-vitro electrochemical behavior of micro arc oxidized titania films on Cp Ti, Applied Surface Science, Volume 258, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6853–6863.
    49. N. Kishore Babu, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Pan Dayou, Sun Zheng, Wei Jun, K. Siva Prasad, Influence of titanium–boron additions on grain refinement of AA6082 gas tungsten arc welds, Materials & Design, Volume 40, September 2012, Pages 467-475.
    50. N. Kishore Babu, Pan Dayou, Sun Zheng, Wei Jun, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Effect of Titanium-Boron Additions on Grain Refinement of AA 2219 Gas Tungsten Arc Welds, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 2012,  Vol 17,No 5, 386-393.
    51. N. Kishore Babu, C.E. Cross, Grain Refinement of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Weldments by AC Pulsing Technique, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Volume 43, Issue 11 (2012), 4145-4154.
    52. N. Kishore Babu, M. Ashfaq, Influence of welding speed on microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ31 magnesium laser weldments, Practical Metallography, 47 (2010) 8, 426-442.
    53. N. Kishore Babu, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, C. V. Srinivasa Murthy, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Effect of beam oscillation on fatigue life of Ti–6Al–4V electron beam weldments, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Volume 471, Issues 1-2, 15 December 2007, Pages 113-119.
    54. N. Kishore Babu, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, C. V. Srinivasa Murthy and G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Influence of beam oscillation patterns on the structure and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V weldments, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol 10, No 5, 583-590, 2005.
    55. N. Kishore Babu, M. R. Suresh, P. P. Sinha and D. S. Sarma, Effect of austenitising temperature and cooling rate on the structure and properties of a ultra high strength low alloy steel, Journal of Material Science, Volume 41, Number 10 / May, 2006, 2971-2980.
    56. N. Kishore Babu, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, Influence of current pulsing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V TIG weldments, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol 11, No 4, 442-447 , 2006.
    57. N. Kishore Babu, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, Correlation of microstructure with mechanical properties of TIG weldments of Ti-6Al-4V made with and without current pulsing, Materials Characterization, Volume 58, Issue 7, July 2007, Pages 581-587

    Conferences

    1. Gopi Krishna, C., Mahesh Kumar, T., Kishore Babu, N., Phani Prabhakar, P., & Sarath Kumar, G. V. (2022). Influence of PWHT on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Similar TRIP-TRIP and Dissimilar DP-TRIP Laser Welds for Automobile Applications. In International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science (pp. 47-61). Springer, Singapore.
    2. V Jaya Prasad, R Santosh Kumar, R Chiranjeevi, N Kishore Babu, Development and Characterization of Magnesium(AZ31) Metal Matrix Composite Processed by Friction Stir Processing, International                conference on Contemporary Design and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering systems, 18-20 January 2018, NIT Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India
    3. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar Kallip, Marc Leparoux, Khaled A. AlOgab, M.K. Talari, Influence of calcium process control agent (PCA) on Ti-6Al-4V alloy fabricated by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering, MSE congress 2016,September 27 - 29, 2016,Darmstadt, Germany. 
    4. N. Kishore Babu, Kaspar  Kallip, Marc  Leparoux,  Khaled A. AlOgab, G.M. Reddy, M.K. Talari, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties Investigation of Friction Stir Welded AlMg5-Al2O3 Nanocomposites, TMS2016 Annual Meeting Supplemental Proceedings, TMS 2016, 2016, 729-736.
    5. M. Siva Prasad , M. Ashfaq, N. Kishore Babu, A. Sreekanth, K. Sivaprasad and V. Muthupandi , Effect of Micro Arc Oxidation on Corrosion Behaviour of Magnesium AZ31 Alloy GTA Welds, International Conference on Advances in Design and Manufacturing (ICAD&M'14), 2014, 670-674.
    6. N. Kishore Babu, Pan Dayou, Sun Zheng, Wei Jun, Mahesh Kumar Talari, Effect of Titanium-Boron Additions and Pulsed Current Welding Techniques on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al-Si-Mg Gas Tungsten Arc Welds, 7th Asia Pacific IIW International Congress,  Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 8th - 10th July, Singapore, 2013, 564-567.
    7. R. Smith and N. Kishore Babu, Active Solder Joining In Electronics, Lighting and Alternative Energy Applications, 7th Asia Pacific IIW International Congress,  Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 8th - 10th July, Singapore, 2013, 568-572
    8. N. Kishore Babu, C.E. Cross, Influence of Aluminium Content on Grain Refinement and Tensile Strength of AZ31 Magnesium Gas Tungsten Arc Welds, Trends in Welding Research, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, June 4-8, 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Page 91-97.
    9. N. Kishore Babu, C.E. Cross, Influence of variable polarity current pulsing technique on grain refinement of AZ31 weldments, 8th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications, Weimar, Germany, October 26-29, 2009, pages 996-1003.
    10. N. Kishore Babu, S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, C. V. Srinivasa Murthy and G. Madhusudhan Reddy, Effect of beam oscillation on fatigue life of Ti-6Al-4V electron beam weldments, 9th International Fatigue Congress 2006, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 14-19, 2006.

      BookChapter

      1. N. Kishore Babu, Z. Sun, D. Y. Pan, M. K. Talari, S. Jerome and V. Muthupandi "Handbook of Manufacturing Engineering and Technology", Arc Welding, A.Y.C. Nee (ed.), Springer-Verlag London 2015, P. 593-615.


       

    PHDs Supervised

     

    Ph.D., Completed

      1. Afzalleh Bin Jilleh, Studies on Microstructural and Wear behaviour of Fe based Hardfacing material deposited on Mild Steel base metal, 12-12-2018
      2. Ahmad Lutfi Bin Anis, GTAW welding of Ti-15-3 beta titanium alloy using modified fillers, 05-12-2017
      3. Widyani Binti Darham, Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium alloys for high-temperature applications, 05-07-2019
      4. Izzul Adli Bin Mohd Arif, Gas Metal Arc Welding of Beta Titanium alloys by Filler Modifications, 05-01-2021
      5. Vamsi Krishna, Studies on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Ti-15-3-3 GTA and EB welds, Thesis submitted on 20-0-2023

    Ph.D., Ongoing

    1. Pramod Kumar, Study of various coatings on tool steels for minting applications, July 2020 onwards
    2. Lukka Venkata Hanuma Kumar, Recycling of Li-ion battery through hydrometallurgical route, August 2021 onwards
    3. Palani Muthu, Fabrication of Nanocomposites with epoxy resins, July 2022 onwards

     

     

    Workshops/Conferences

      Workshop/Conference Organized

    1. Organizing committee member:WDA Grad Dip in Adv Welding Technologies, 27-08-2013 to 06-01-2014, SIMTech, Singapore
    2. Organizing committee member:CIP: Capability Development of Welding/Cladding for Aerospace Applications,19-11-2012 to 04-10-2013, SIMTech, Singapore
    3.  Organizing committee member, 7th Asia Pacific IIW International Congress, Singapore Management University, Administration Building, 8th - 10th July, 2013, Singapore
    4. Organizing committee member, National Conference on Frontiers in Corrosion Control of Materials (FCCM-2018) (under TEQIP III), June 28 - 29, 2018, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.
    5. Program Coordinator, International Conferencedvances in Minerals, Metals, Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICAM5-2019), NIT Warangal, 25 -27 September 2019
    6. Chairman, Two-Day 2nd International Conference on "Advances in Minerals, Metals, Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICAM5-2023), NIT Warangal,22nd-23rd September 2023
       

    Projects

    Sponsored Research Projects

    Ongoing research projects (Title, Sponsor, Grant, Start Date)

    1. Principal Investigator, Understanding the role of hydrogen in Titanium alloy weldments, ARDB, Rs. 48.23 lakhs, 31-05-2021.
    2. Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Mahesh Kumar Talari), Development of novel B and C modified fillers for the gas tungsten arc welding of titanium alloys, ARDB, Rs. 48.07 lakhs, 31-05-2021.
    3. Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Ravi Shanker Vidyarthy), Development of Ti-6Al-4V alloy structure using wire arc additive manufacturing process for aerospace application, DST-TARE, Rs. 18.30 lakhs, 13-12-2021.

    Completed research projects (Title, Sponsor, Grant, End Date)

    1. Friction stir welding of Al2024- Al2O3 nanocomposite, RSM Grant NIT-Warangal, Rs. 5 lakhs, 30-07-2020.
    2. Lightweight improved metal composites reinforced with nanoparticulate materials, KACST, 1,745,820 CHF, 28-08-2016.
    3. Improvements in Weldability of Ni-base alloys, SIMTech, Singapore, 283,500 SGD, 31-05-2015.   
    4. Industrial Additive Manufacturing  Programme: work packake 3 (Electron Beam Melting), Agency for Science, Technology and Research Science and Research Council grant, Singapore, 2,777,000 SGD, 13-11-2016.
    5. WDA graduate diploma in advanced welding technologies, SIMTech, Singapore, 50,000 SGD, 29-07-2014.
    6. Studies on Enclosures for Hermetically Sealing Hard Disk Drives with Helium, Data Storage Institute (DSI), Singapore, 885,000 SGD, 22-03-2013.
    7. Distortion Simulation of Al-alloy Arc Welding Process, IHPC, Singapore, 119,000 SGD, 31-01-2013.
    8. Friction Stir Welding for Salvaging Applications, Agency for Science, Technology, And Research Science and Engineering Research Council, 812,990 SGD, 11-09-2014.
    9. Repair of compressor airfoil with controllable grain size, Science and Engineering Research Council grant (SERC), Singapore, 283,500 SGD, 31-07-2013.
    10. Aluminium Weldability Improvements through Grain Refinement, SIMTech, Singapore, 94,500 SGD, 31-07-2011.

     

    Awards and Honors

     Awards and Honors

    Adolf Martens Research Fellowship Award from 05-01-2009 to 04-01-2010 to carry out post doctoral research at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany.

     

    Additional Responsibility

     

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    1 Head of the Department July 2023 Till Date  

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    Faculty Advisor: II B Tech (MME)

    July 2018

    July 2019

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    Faculty Advisor: M.Tech IM (MME)

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    Faculty-in-charge: Welding Lab

    July 2018

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    5

    Faculty-in-charge: XRD

    Jan 2022

    Till Date

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    6

    Furniture Committee member (MME)

    July 2018

    Dec 2021

    7
    7

    DAAC Member (MME)

    Feb 2022

    Till Date

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    8

    M.Tech IM and MT Curriculum revision

    May 2021

    Aug 2021

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    9 Late Professor A.V. Ramana Rao Gold Medal Organiser  March 2019 April 2022 -

    Reviewer of International Journals:

    Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Material science and Engineering A, Journal of Material Processing Technology, Materials and Design, Welding Journal, Materials Letters, Journal of Engineering Manufacture , International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Engineering Materials, jurnal Teknologi, Materials-Open Access Materials Science Journal, Material science and Technology, Engineering Science and Technology, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals

    Membership in Professional Bodies

    • Life member in Indian Institute of Metals,2021 (LM01 58381)
    • Life member of Indian Welding Society, 2005 (L00171)
    • Life member Indian Institute of Welding, 2023 (IIW-INDIA) HYD/M/R-13611/L