Group Head
Dr. Saurabh S. Nene
Dr. Saurabh S. Nene is currently working as an Associate Professor at Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Jodhpur from June 2023. His academic journey started at College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) where he finished his Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering in 2010 followed by completing Masters of Technology in Materials Science from IIT Bombay in 2012. He started his PhD immediately in 2012 under a joint venture of IIT Bombay, India and Monash University, Australia and finished it in 3.5 years (2016). He joined his Alma matter COEP as Adjunct Professor in Dept. Metallurgy and Materials for a semester from July 2016 till Jan 2017 and moved to Centre for Friction Stir Processing, University of North Texas as Post-Doctoral Research Associate in March 2017 till August 2020. After successful stay at UNT foir 3.5 years, he joined Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Jodhpur as Assistant Professor from August 2020.
Dr. Saurabh has got interest in materials research while perusing his B.Tech project at COEP and then worked in a variety of areas like Polymers and composites, High Temperature Deformation Behavior, Mg alloy design for bio-implants and High Entropy Alloy Design. His work on ultralight Mg-4Li-1Ca alloy design work was noted by most reputed Materials Science Magazine “Materials Today” and he received best PhD thesis award from IIT Bombay and Monash University in 2016.
His recent work on High Entropy Alloy Design at CFSP, UNT, USA has been noted by reputed news channels as a significant scientific contribution in the field. He as published more than 30 international research papers in the HEA field in the span of 3.5 years and has more than 600 citations to his credit.
He has published more than 60 International research papers in all reputed materials science journals which are having more than 1200+ citations till date. For more info refer to the Google scholar link.
Dr. Saurabh is listed in the top 2% scientists list released by "Elsevier" based on Stanford University Database for the years 2021-22, 2022-23.
Ph.D. Scholars
Ms. Deeksha Mishra
Background
Ms. Deeksha pursued B.Tech in Industrial and Production Engineering from SGSITS Indore (2017), and completed M.Tech in Manufacturing Engineering from National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology Ranchi (2020). With an ardent interest in research, she joined Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, IIT Jodhpur, and became a part of Advanced Materials Design and Processing group in the year 2021. Her current interests lie in High Entropy Alloy Design, Severe Plastic Deformation, and Friction Stir Processing/Welding. She has been supervised by Dr. Saurabh S. Nene and Dr. Jaiveer Singh.
Thesis Topic: Design and processing of Cu-based medium entropy alloy by compositional variation and severe plastic deformation
Mr. Aditya Balpande
Background
Mr. Aditya completed his B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from College of Engineering, Pune in the year 2019. Due to his developed interest in the field of Metallurgy and Materials, he continued his study and received his Masters in Materials Science from IIT Bombay in July 2021. Subsequently he joined IIT Jodhpur as a Ph.D. candidate in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department and became a part of Advanced Materials Design and Processing group in the year 2022. His current interests lie in Alloy Designing, Lightweight High Entropy alloys, Composites, Coatings, etc. He has been supervised by Dr. Saurabh S. Nene at IIT Jodhpur
Thesis Topic: Design of lightweight, cost-effective high entropy alloys by complex alloy design
M.Tech-PhD Dual Degree Students
Mr. Akshit Dutta
Background
Mr. Akshit has obtained B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar in the year 2020 and subsequently joined IIT Jodhpur as M.Tech-Ph.D. dual degree candidate in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, IIT Jodhpur and became a part of Advanced Materials Design and Processing group in the year of 2021. His current interests lie in High Entropy Alloy design, Thermo-mechanical processing, Material characterization, and Mechanical behaviour of materials. He has been supervised by Dr. Saurabh S. Nene, IIT Jodhpur, and Prof. M.H. Tsai, NCHU Taiwan under an official collaboration.
Thesis Topic: Design of Multifunctional High Entropy Alloys by Metastability Engineering
M.Sc - M.Tech. Student
Ph.D. Scholars
Mr. Ananya Chatree
Background
Mr. Ananya obtained his B. Tech in Production and Industrial Engineering from the University College of Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University-Kota in the year 2012. Afterward, he has completed his M.Tech in Production and Industrial System Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in the year 2015. After completing his master’s degree, he has done teaching in various engineering colleges. He has worked as Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra under TEQIP-III before, joining Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. His current interests lie in Alloy Designing, Creep, and Superplastic Behavior of High Entropy alloys. He is currently being supervised by Dr. Jaiveer Singh and Dr. Saurabh S. Nene at IIT Jodhpur
Thesis Topic: Creep behavior and superplastic deformation of novel high entropy superalloy
Ms. Debasmita Pani
Background
Ms. Debasmita has done her B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha. Then she got admitted into the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, and completed her M. Tech. in 2014. Afterward, she has done teaching as a lecturer at various private and government engineering colleges. She enrolled in the Ph.D. program of the Mechanical Department at IIT Jodhpur in September 2020 to pursue her research interests in designing novel materials and advanced production processes under the supervision of Dr. Jaiveer Singh and Dr. Saurabh S. Nene.
Thesis Topic: Design and thermo-mechanical processing of complex concentrated alloys (CCAs) for biomedical applications
