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PhD Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

• CGPA- 8.7/10.0 (course work)

ME Design Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India

• CGPA- 8.74/10.0

PhD Research, Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

• Multi-scale modelling, simulation and experimental study of metal additive manufacturing..
  • The aim of this research is to manufacture crack-free single crystal Ni-based superalloy parts using additive manufacturing.
  • Developed a process model to simulate heat transfer and fluid flow for multi-layer deposition during AM process.
  • Developed a grand-potential and orientation-field-based phase-field model to simulate columnar to equiaxed transition (CET) and micro-segregation.
  • Developed a Monte-Carlo based model to simulate grain growth during AM process.
  • Conducted directed energy deposition (DED) based AM experiments to validate process and microstructure model.
  • Produced near single-crystal CMSX-4 superalloy rods

Junior Research Fellow, Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India

• Modelling and simulation of microstructure evolution in metal additive manufacturing (AM).
  • Wrote C++ codes to simulate heat transfer and solute diffusion using the finite difference method.
  • Obtained liquid steel to the austenite phase transformation with nucleation and grain growth model using cellular automata method; obtained dendrite formation and solute segregation patterns for multi-layered metal deposition in a 2-D lattice.
  • Simulated the solid-state transformation using the phase-field method to obtain austenite to pearlite and martensite transformations.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur

• Foundations and applications of modelling and simulation
  • Introduced a two-part certification course on foundations and applications of modelling and simulation for UG students. Part-1 consisted of 14-hours of lectures with 7 hours of theory lectures and 7 hours of hands-on Python coding tutorials.
  • 10 students were awarded the course completion certificate on clearing an evaluation exam.
  • In the applications part, conducting lectures on phase-field method and Monte-Carlo method and conducting tutorials on Python and OpenFOAM.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, YCCE, Nagpur

• Foundations of modelling and simulation for mechanical engineers
  • Conducted a 16-hour course for third year UG students. It contained 9 hours of theory lectures and 7 hours of hands-on Python tutorials.
  • 15 students earned academic credit points and certificates for attending and completing this course.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, VNIT, Nagpur

• Foundations of modelling and simulation
  • Introduced a short-term certification course on foundations of modelling and simulation for UG and PG students. This 16-hour lecture series consisted of 9 hours of theory lectures and 7 hours of hands-on Python coding tutorials.
  • 13 students were awarded the course completion certificate on clearing an evaluation exam.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, YCCE, Nagpur

• Computational modelling and simulation for mechanical engineers
  • Introduced a 15-hour lecture series cum certification course on computational modelling and simulation for third and fourth year UG students. It contained 9 hours of theory lectures and 6 hours of hands-on Python tutorials.
  • Conducted an additional 3 hours of career counselling session for mechanical engineering UG students.

Won Best Poster award in the Eighth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP-8)

• Presented work titled 'Toward DS/SX Ni-Based Superalloy Components Using L-DED- A Multi-scale Modeling and Experimental Approach.'

Convenor - 35th Annual Students’ Symposium, Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore

• Core member of the organizing committee for 2-day students’ symposium.
• Organized 4 invited talks, 19 platform presentations, 15 poster presentations and a materialography contest.

Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship

• Awarded by Ministry of Education, Government of India for conducting doctoral research for a period of four years.