Material science researcher with expertise in advanced metallic materials, characterization, mechanical behavior, and thermo-mechanical processing.
Awarded Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) for pursuing a doctoral degree at IIT Delhi, 2020.
Secured an All-India Rank (AIR) of 284 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 examination in Metallurgical Engineering (MT) paper.
Brings a positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.
Higher Secondary (2015), Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School, Srinagar, India
B.Tech. (2019), Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
PhD (2025), Material Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Harun, B., Huang, E.-W., Chang, Y.-J., Yeh, A.-C., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. (2024). Elucidating the tensile work hardening behaviour of precipitate containing Al0.3Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.2 high entropy alloy. Materialia, 33, 102039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102039
Harun, B., Huang, E.-W., Chang, Y.-J., Yeh, A.-C., Jain, J., & Neelakantan, S. (2025). Influence of alloying and aging treatment on the strain hardening behavior of non-equiatomic CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy. Intermetallics, 181, 108752. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.INTERMET.2025.108752
Nandal, V., Harun, B., Sarvesha, R., Singh, S. S., Huang, E.-W., Chang, Y.-J., Yeh, A.-C., Jain, J., & Neelakantan, S. (2022). Revealing the Precipitation Sequence with Aging Temperature in a Non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 53(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-021-06528-7
Firdous, M., Bala, A.-A., Harun B., Mir, S., Shah, N.-H., and Rehman, A., (2018) Review on effect of thermo-mechanical treatment on low and medium carbon steel: microstructure, corrosion and hardness ", Journal of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering (JMSME), 5, 150-152.
Harun, B. Kumar, R., Jaiswal, S., Huang, E.-W., Chang, Y.-J., Yeh, A.-C., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Map Development of Al0.3Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.2 High-Entropy Alloy: Mechanisms and Microstructural Evolution. Intermetallics (under review)
Harun, B., Huang, E.-W., Chang, Y.-J., Yeh, A.-C., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. (Nov. 12 to Nov. 15, 2023). Effect of Al and Ti addition on the strain hardening behavior of non equiatomic CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy. Oral presentation, 3rd world congress on HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS (HEA 2023) held at Pittsburgh, USA.
Harun, B., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. (July. 9 to July. 11, 2024). Characterization of Precipitates and Dislocation Structures in CoCrFeNi-based High Entropy Alloys under Tensile Deformation. Poster presentation, Global conference for women leaders and emerging researchers in Materials science (GLOW 2024) held at NTU, Singapore
Harun, B., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. (Nov. 20 to Nov. 22, 2024). Atomic Harmony: The Coherent and Incoherent Dance of Phases in a High Entropy Alloy. Metallography presentation, 78th Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM-ATM, 2024) held at Bengaluru, India
Harun, B., Neelakantan, S., & Jain, J. (Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2024). Precipitation and Dislocation strengthening in non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNiTi High Entropy Alloys. Poster presentation, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Annual Convention, 2024 held at IITD, India
Firdous, M., Bala, A.-A., Harun B., Mir, S., Shah, N.-H., and Rehman, A., (20th - 21st October, 2018). Review on Effect of Thermo-mechanical Treatment on Low and Medium Carbon Steel: Microstructure, Corrosion and Hardness. Oral presentation, Recent Trends in “Engineering, Technology, Agriculture, Applied Sciences, Humanities and Business Management for Sustainable Development” 2018, held at NIT Srinagar
Hands-on training on HRTEM and its applications, SAATHI Foundation in collaboration with Central Research Facility (CRF) IIT Delhi
October 2023 - December 2023
Training workshop on Thermocalc with TCHEA5 database in Thermo-Calc 2022a software, Bharat Stars Services Private Limited (BSSPL, Hyderabad)
March 2023 - March 2023
Industrial Intern, RINL- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, India
January 2018 - February 2018
Industrial Training, Himalayan Rolling Steel Industries Pvt. Ltd. - Kashmir J&K
November 2016 - December 2016
Secured 1st place in Poster Presentation “Precipitation and Dislocation strengthening in non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNiTi High Entropy Alloys” at Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Annual Convention, 2024 held at IITD, India
Secured 2nd place in the Metallography Contest 2024, held by StudyMeta in collaboration with Struers and IIT Dhanbad
Awarded Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) for pursuing doctoral degree at IIT Delhi, 2020
Secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 284 in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2020 examination in Metallurgical Engineering (MT) paper
Contact details:
Mail ID:
msz198051@iitd.ac.in /bushraharun@gmail.com
Address:
Sahyadri hostel, IITD, Delhi, India, 110016
