As Principal Investigator (PI):
Understanding the deformation mechanisms under in-plane shear and role of pre-twinning on formability behavior of AZ31-xCa Mg alloy sheets, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2020-2022.
Design of damage tolerant high entropy alloys (HEAs) for structural applications, Institute Seed Grant - IIT Jodhpur, 2021-2024.
Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
Advanced/Conventional Manufacturing Processes
Microstructural/textural characterizations
Thermo-mechanical processing of materials
Structure-property-processing correlations
Mechanical behavior of materials
Design and development of alloys
Biomaterials
Optical microscope (OM) and Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD)
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
Hardness testing
Mechanical testing (tension/compression)
Sheet/bulk metal forming
Cold/hot deformation (rolling)
TSL-OIMTM (Orientation Imaging Microscopy)
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) from ARAMIS-5M (GOM)
Thermo-Calc (TCMG6/TCHEA5)
LaboTex® (Bulk Texture)
PanAlyticalTM X’Pert Stress plus (Residual Stress Analysis)
