Dr. A.K.Prasada Rao

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Email:ak.prasadarao@gmail.com 

       

Professional Skills:

Physical Metallurgy

Alloy Design and Development

Metallurgical aspects of WEAR (Tribology)

Microstructure-Property Correlations in Metallic systems

Solidification Processing of Metallic systems (Alloys/ Composites)

Advanced Structural Materials (Metal based)

Scanning Electron Microscopy

Mechanical behavior of Metallic systems (Alloys/ Composites)

Rapid Solidification Processing(Melt spinning)

Twin Roll Strip Casting

DC casting 

 

Research Interests: Solidification processing, Alloy design and Development, Al-Si alloys, WEAR of metallic systems, metal matrix composites, Cladding of Mg alloys, Advanced Materials (Nano-Materials, Bulk Metallic Glasses), DC casting of Al/ Mg alloys

 

Education:

 

PhD          (2007)     Metallurgical & Materials Engg., IIT Kharagpur, INDIA

 

M.Tech     (2001)    Industrial Engineering & Management, J.N.T.U-Hyderabad, INDIA

 

B.Tech      (1996)    Mechanical Engineering, Nagarjuna University, AP, INDIA

 

Awards & Acheivements:

 

  1. Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of INDIA, New-Delhi for the Year 2004- 2005.
  2. Research Associateship awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of INDIA, New-Delhi for the Year 2006- 2007.
  3. Best poster award in the International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, 2004(ICSSP2004), November 17-20, Bangalore, India.
  4. AshokLeyland’s Best Technical Presentation award presented at the International Symposium of Research Students on Materials Science and Engineering, December 20-22, 2004.(ISRS)
  5. Best poster award in the International Conference on Advanced Materials Design and Development, 2005 (ICAMDD2005), December 14-16, Goa, India. 
  6. Post Doctoral Research Fellowship awarded by Center for Advanced Aerospace Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology (www.postech.ac.kr) during 2006 to 2009.
  7. SAPA Research Fellowship awarded by BCAST, Brunel University, London, UK (March 2011 ~)
  8. Best material-microstructure photograph in 2011, awarded for the Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glassy foam  micrograph by Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIMM) - April 2011

 

Successfully Designed and Implemented a Productivity and Quality Improvement based Incentive Scheme at KRUPP Industries India Limited during 2000- 2001.

Took an active leading part in successfully organizing various conferences in International and National levels during 2002 to 2006 at IIT Kharagpur.


EXPERIENCE

 Research & Teaching Experience:

1.  Organization: BCAST, Brunel University ( U.K )

     Duration     :  since March/ 2011

     Designation : Sapa Research Fellow

     Research :     Advanced Solidification Processing

     


2.  Organization: Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology

     Duration     : since 08/ 2010 ( On-lien from March/ 2011)

     Designation :  Professor

     Research :  Solidification Processing, Structure-Property correlations, Advanced Materials 

                      (Nano-Materials, Bulk Metallic Glasses)

     Teaching: Metallurgical & Materials Science ( for BTech - Mechanical Engineering )




    Duration        : 05/ 2009 to 06/2010

    Designation :  Research Associate

    Research Interest :  Recycling of Aluminum alloys

 

4. Organization: Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea

    Duration        : 06/ 2006 to 04/ 2009 

    Designation :  Post Doctoral Research Associate

     Research: Development of Metallic Foams of Mg based alloys and Bulk Metallic Amorphous alloys by   melt casting technique. Cladding of Magnesium alloys with aluminum during twin-roll strip casting (New Technology developed).

 

5.  Organization: Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, INDIA

     Duration       : From 07/ 2001 to 05/ 2006

     Designation :  Senior Research Fellow (Doctoral Student)

     Job Profile    : Microstructural Engineering of Al-Si alloys and their Tribological characteristics, Microstructure-property correlations. Investigation of Solidification behaviour of modified Al-Si alloys.

 

 

Research Projects Handled Successfully:

a)   “Grain refinement and Modification of some Al-Si alloys”, Sponsored by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of INDIA, (Sponsored Research Project, during 2001- 2004) - at IIT Kharagpur

b) “Development of Suitable Master Alloy for Grain Refinement of LM25 Alloy and Proving the Same With Relevant Tests on a Limited Casting Mould” (Phase-I and II) (A Consultancy Project of Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, DRDO, INDIA, During 2003-2005).- at IIT Kharagpur

  

Service as Reviewer (International Journals):

 

 1)  Materials Letters

 2)  Journal of Alloys and Compounds

 3)  Wear

5)   Materials Science and Engineering-A

6)   Scripta Materialia

7)   Intermetallics

8)   Journal of Crystal Growth



Industrial Experience:

 

6. Organization: ThyssenKrupp Industries India Limited, Hyderabad, INDIA

     Duration            : From 08/ 1999 to 06/ 2001

    Designation      :  Engineer

    Job Profile : Supervision of machining operations in the shop floor. Execution of various projects. In process and final inspection of the machined components and documentation. Conducting Productivity improvement studies and work group training. Design and Implementation of Productivity and quality improvement based Incentive scheme successfully.

 

7. Organization: Bambino Agro Industries Ltd, Hyderabad, INDIA

    Duration            : From 01/1997 to 08/ 1999

    Designation      :  Engineer

    Job Profile : Responsible for Production of pasta, vermicelli etc., by heading Production department. Control of the Plant containing Extrusion Presses, Oil Fired Boilers, Pneumatic conveyors, Packing machines and Chiller Plants

 

    Professional Association

1.            Professional Member of Materials Advantage (ASM, TMS, ACerS, AIST)

2.    Associate Member of Indian Institute of Metals, IIT Kharagpur Chapter

3.          Member of The Institute of Indian Foundrymen

4.         Member of Materials Research Society of India


Countries Visited:   Singapore, South Korea, China, Qatar, United Kingdom


Research Publications


Peer Reviewed JOURNALS: (Two more papers accepted recently)

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  1. J. H. Bae,A.K. Prasada Rao, K.H. Kim and Nack J. Kim, "Cladding of Mg alloy with Al by Twin-Roll Casting", Scripta Materialia, Vol.64(9), (May 2011), pp.836-839(doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.01.013)
  2. D.Emadi, A.K.Prasada Rao and M. Mahfoud, " Influence of Scandium on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A319 alloy",  Mater. Sci. Engg.A, Vol. 527(23), (2010), pp. 6123-6132, (DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.06.042)
  3. A.K.Prasada Rao and M.Mahfoud, "Effect of Cd on the microstructure of Al-7Si alloy" Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol.491(1-2) (2010), pp. L8-L10
  4. M.Mahfoud, A.K.Prasada Rao and D. Emadi, "The Role of Thermal Analysis in Detecting Impurity Levels During Aluminum Recycling" Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol.100(3),         (2010), pp. 847-851(DOI:10.1007/s10973-010-0742-8 )
  5. A.K. Prasada Rao, K.H. Kim, J. H. Bae, G.T. Bae, D. H. Shin and Nack J. Kim, " Twin-Roll Cast Al- Clad Magnesium Alloy", Materials Science Forum, Vols. 618-619, (2009), pp.467-470( DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.618-619.467 )
  6. A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Al-Ti-C-Sr master alloy - A melt inoculant for simultaneous grain refinement and modification of hypoeutectic Al-Si alloys”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 480(2) (2009), pp. L49-51
  7. A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Microstructure and the Wear Mechanism of grain refined Aluminum during Dry-sliding against steel disc”, WEAR, Vol.264(2008) pp.638-44
  8. A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “On the modification and segregation behavior of Sb in Al-7Si alloy during solidification”, Mater. Lett., Vol.62(12-13)(2008) pp.2013-2016
  9. A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Microstructural Features of as-cast A356 alloy inoculated with Sr, Sb modifiers and Al-Ti-C grain refiner simultaneously”, Mater. Lett. Vol.62(2), (2008) pp. 273-275

  10. A.K. Prasada Rao, Yoon S. Oh, and Nack J. Kim, “Synthesis of Zr-based Glassy Alloy Foams”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol.26-28 (2007) pp. 739-742

  11. A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Role of combined addition of Sr and Sb on the microstructure and mechanical properties of cast A356 alloy”, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, Vol.60(2007) pp.257-261

  12.  A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty,“ Microstructural and wear behavior of hypoeutectic Al–Si alloy (LM25) grain refined and modified with Al–Ti–C–Sr master alloy ” WEAR, Vol.261 (2006) 2, pp. 133-139

  13. A.K. Prasada Rao, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Improvement of load bearing capacity of Al-7Si alloy by combined grain refinement and modification”.  Mater. Sci. and Engg., Vol.395A (2005), pp. 323-326

  14. N.S. Reddy, A.K. Prasada Rao, M. Chakraborty and B. S. Murty “Prediction of Grain Size of Al-7Si Alloy by Neural Networks”, Mater. Sci. and Engg, Vol.391A (2005), 1-2, pp. 131-140

  15. A.K. Prasada Rao, Karabi Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty: “Effect of grain refinement on wear properties of Aluminium and Al-7Si alloy”, WEAR, Vol.257(2004), 1-2, pp. 148-153
  16. A.K. Prasada Rao, “Magnesium base Metal Matrix Composites”, Indian Foundry Journal, July 2003, pp. 34-42
  17. M. Chakraborty, A.K. Prasada Rao, G.S. Vinod Kumar and B.S. Murty: “Trends in melt treatment of Al and its alloys” – Indian Foundry Journal, Nov 2002


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & REFEREED PROCEEDINGS:

18. A.K. Prasada Rao, Karabi Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty: “Effect of Cu on the grain-refinement and modification of Al-7Si alloy”. Indian Foundry Congress – 2003, Jaipur, India, pp. 191-196.

19.  A.K. Prasada Rao: “Improvement of Load bearing capacity of Al-7Si alloy by grain refinement. COMPOSIT 2002, I.I.T Kharagpur, India.

20. A.K. Prasada Rao: “Effect of grain size on wear properties of Aluminium and Al-7Si alloy”, NMD-ATM, 2002, Baroda, India.

21.  A.K. Prasada Rao, Karabi Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, "Effect of Sb, Bi, Cd and Sr Additions on the Microstructure and Wear Properties of Al-7Si alloy", 57th ATM-NMD of the Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, (India) 14-16 Nov. 2003.

22.N.S. Reddy, A. K. Prasada Rao, M. Chakraborty and B. S. Murty “A neural network approach to grain refinement in Al-7Si alloys by Al-3B and Al-3Ti Binary Master Alloys”, 57th ATM-NMD of the Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, (India) 14-16 Nov. 2003.

23.  A.K. Prasada Rao, Karabi Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty: “On the Mechanical behavior of Sr and Sb treated Al-7Si alloy”, National Conference on Advance in Materials and their Processing – 22th –23rd Dec 2003, Bagalkot (India).

24. A.K. Prasada Rao, B.S. Murty, K. Das and M. Chakraborty, “Effect of Grain Refinement and Modification on the dry sliding Load Carrying Capacity of Al-7Si alloy”, 1st International Conference on Advanced Tribology 2004 (iCAT2004), December 1-3, Singapore.

25.  A.K. Prasada Rao, B.S. Murty, K. Das and M. Chakraborty, “Effect of MODIFINER on the cast Al-7Si alloy”, International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, 2004 (ICSSP2004), December 17-20, Bangalore. (Won Second Best Technical Presentation award)

26. A.K. Prasada Rao, B.S. Murty, K. Das and M. Chakraborty, “Modifiner – A Novel Master alloy for Combined Grain Refinement and Modification of Al-7Si alloy”, International Symposium of Research Students (ISRS 2004), December 20th  -22nd , 2004, IIT Madras. (Won Best Technical Presentation award)


27.A.K. Prasada Rao, K. Das, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, “Role of combined addition of Sr and Sb on the microstructure and mechanical properties of cast A356 alloy” International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, 2006(ICSSP2006), November 19-23, Jaipur, INDIA


28. K. G. Basvakumar, P. G. Mukunda, A. K Prasada Rao and M. Chakraborty, "Effect of Grain Refinement, Modification and Cutting Tool Inserts on the Machinability and Surface Characteristics of Eutectic Al-Si Alloys", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2006), IIT Kharagpur, India, 3-5 Feb 2006, (EDs: U.K.Chatterjee and B.K. Dhindaw) (2006) pp. 325-337


29. K. G. Basvakumar, P. G. Mukunda, A. K Prasada Rao and M. Chakraborty, "Influence of Grain Refiners and Modifiers on the Tribological Properties of Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloys", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing (ICAMMP-2006), IIT Kharagpur, India, 3-5 Feb 2006, (EDs: U.K.Chatterjee and B.K. Dhindaw) (2006) pp. 338-350


30. A.K.Prasada Rao, G.T. Bae, K.H. Kim, J.H. Bae and N.J. Kim, " Cladding of Al on Mg Alloy during Twin Roll Casting " MRS- IMRC 2008, Chongqing, China, 9-12  June 2008.


31.A.K. Prasada Rao, K.H. Kim, G.T. Bae, J.H. Bae and N.J. Kim, “ Al clad Mg alloy fabricated by Twin-roll casting”, Asian Forum on Light Metals, Nov 4-7th 2008, Jeju, Korea


32.A.K. Prasada Rao, K.H. Kim, J. H. Bae, G.T. Bae, D. H. Shin and Nack J. Kim, " Twin-Roll Cast Al-Clad Magnesium Alloy ", 4th  International Light Metals Technology Conference,  Edited by M.S. Dargusch, Australia - 2009.


33.M. Mahfoud, A.K. Prasada Rao and D. Emadi, “ Taking Advantage of Thermal Analysis in Aluminium Recycling “ 19th CTAS Annual Workshop and Exhibition, 12-13th May 2009, Ottawa, Canada

 

 Patents:   

1. A.K. Prasada Rao, B.S. Murty and M. Chakraborty, INDIAN Patent No: 222043 (please click  here for details), Date: 19/ Oct/ 2004. (Mail to " ak.prasadarao@gmail.com "  for queries on Technology Transfer/ Commercialization of this invention)

2. A.K. Prasada Rao, G.T. Bae, K.H. Kim, J.H. Bae and Nack J Kim, Korean Patent, Application No:10-2008-0016927(25/Feb/2008)

3. A.K. Prasada Rao, G.T. Bae, K.H. Kim, J.H. Bae and Nack J Kim, International Patent,(WO2009/107928) more

 

Academic Referees:

 

1. Dr. M. Chakraborty

    (Professor at Met & Mat Engg., IIT Kharagpur )

    Director Indian Institute of Technology-Bhubaneswar, 

    Bhubaneswar-751 013  , INDIA

    E-mail: madhu@metal.iitkgp.ernet.in, director@iitbbs.ac.in

 

2. Dr. B.S. Murty

    Professor

    Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering,

    IIT Madras, CHENNAI - 600 036, INDIA

    E-mail: murty@iitm.ac.in

 

3. Dr. K. Das

    Professor

    Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering,

    IIT Kharagpur, KHARAGPUR - 721 302, INDIA

    E-mail: karabi@metal.iitkgp.ernet.in


4. Dr. Nack J Kim

    Professor, 

    Dean-Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology,

    Pohang University of Science and Technology, 

    POHANG- 790-784, SOUTH KOREA

    E-mail: njkim@postech.ac.kr

 

Long Live The Metals 

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