Ongoing Projects

1. Design, development and microstructural engineering of ultra-strong maraging medium entropy alloys, Core Research Grant, DST, Govt. of India, 50 lakh, PI: Dr. Praveen Sathiyamoorthi, Co PI: Dr. Joysurya Basu.

2. Emergent Phases in 2D quantum Materials and Heterostructures, Thematic Nanomission, DST, Govt. of India, 4.98 crore, Lead PI IIT (BHU): Dr. Joysurya Basu, Lead PI IISc Bangalore: Prof. Avishek Kumar Singh, Lead PI IIT Kharagpur: Dr. Vidya Kochat, Dr. Prasana Kumar Sahoo and Dr. Basudev Lahiri.

3. Atomic Scale Electron Microscopy, FIST Program, DST, Govt. of India, 9.9 crore, PI: Dr. Joysurya Basu, Co PI: Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay, Prof. R. K. Mandal, Dr. Rampada Manna, Dr. Bratindranath Mukherjee and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mondal.

4. Microstructural characterization and mechanical behavior of additively manufactured alloys and composites, Raytheon Intelligence and Space, CA, USA, 20 lakh, PI: Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay, Co PI: Dr. Joysurya Basu, Dr. R Manna, Prof. N. C. Santhi Srinivas.

5. Development of mesoscale models to describe hot deformation and creep of low SFE materials, Indo-Austria Cooperation Program, DST, Govt. of India, 21.63 lakh, PI: Dr. S. D. Yadav, Co PI: Dr. Joysurya Basu, PI (Austria): Dr. Maria Cecilia Poletti, April 2020-March 2023.

6. In-situ microscopy study of age hardening in dispersion strengthened cast magnesium alloys and its ex-situ correlation with mechanical properties, DST-SERB, Govt. of India, 37.36 lakh, PI: Dr. A. K. Mondal, Co-PI: Dr. Joysurya Basu and Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay, April 2019-March 2022.

Completed Projects

1. Indentation study of quasicrystals, intermetallics and amorphous materials, Special Call, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 70 lakh, PI: N K Mukhopadhyay, Co-PI: R K Mandal, R Manna, Joysurya Basu.

2. Evaluation of SAILMA 550 HI grade steel against service life failure, Steel Authority of India Limited, 16.8 lakh, PI: R. Manna, Co-PI: S. N. Ojha, R. K. Mandal, N. K. Mukhopadhyay, N. C. Santhi Srinivas, B. N. Sarma, K. Chattopadhyay, J. Basu and S. K. Panda, May 2017-July 2017.

3. In-situ electron microscopy at atomic scale for understanding nucleation growth and interfaces of omega phase, Science & Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 81.5 lakh, PI: Joysurya Basu, Co-PI: Md. Imteyaz Ahmad, R. K. Mandal and N. K. Mukhopadhyay, May 2017-March 2021.

4. Development and structural characterization of Bi2-xMxO3+x(y-3)/2 (M=Fe, Cr, Mn) coating for protection against liquid coolant and sensors, UGC-DAE-CSR, 18 lakh, PI: Joysurya Basu, Co-PI: N. K. Prasad, February 2017-March 2020.

5. Structural optimization and band gap engineering of lead-free perovskite based photovoltaics, Center for Energy Research and Development, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 22 lakh, PI: R. K. Mandal, Co-PI: B. Mukherjee and Joysurya Basu, August 2017-July 2019 .

6. Alloy design, phase and microstructural stability of advanced amorphous, nanocrystalline alloys and composites, Seed Grant, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 10 lakh. PI: Joysurya Basu October 2016-September 2018.