Design and development of lightweight steels for structural applications:
Funded by: Seed grant, IIT Jodhpur (Total cost: 25 Lakh)
Nitin Kumar Sharma (PI), IIT Jodhpur (2022-2025)
Grain boundary engineering for improvement of high-temperature strength and ductility in FCC alloys for structural applications:
Funded by: SERB-SRG (Total cost: 33 Lakh)
Nitin Kumar Sharma (PI), IIT Jodhpur (2022-2024)
Physical metallurgy and Phase transformationsÂ
Grain boundary engineering, Thermo-mechanical processing, and Severe plastic deformation
Welding and joining of similar and dissimilar materials
Electron microscopy and Atom probe tomography (SEM, EDS, WDS, EBSD, TKD, TEM, 3D-APT)
Computational thermodynamics (ThermoCalc, DICTRA, PRISMA)
Finite element simulation (ABAQUS, COMSOL, ANSYS)
Microstructural Characterization of ERW X70 pipeline steel & service-exposed Mo and Cr-Mo steels
University of Alberta, Canada (2019-2021)
Brazing Metallurgies and Processes for Attaching Sintered Carbide Tiles
University of Alberta, Canada (2020-2021)
Microstructural and Tribological Characterization of SS 316L obtained by Modulated Machining
IIT Kanpur, India (2018)
Grain Boundary structure changes during thermo-mechanical processing of FCC alloys:
Ph.D. Thesis, IIT Kanpur, India (2013-2017)
Characterization of ultra-fine grained interstitial free steel:
B.Tech. Project, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India (2011-2012)
Damage measurement using IRT and application in designing of Aero-Engines:
DMRL Hyderabad, India (2011)
Characterization techniques of advanced material processing methods:
NML Jamshedpur, India (2010)