Role of microstructure on the deformation behaviour of CoCrFeNi based high entropy alloys with Ti and Al additions (Doctorate thesis)

• Studied the deformation and work hardening behaviour of non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNiTi HEA during tensile loading and their behaviour influenced by varying Al and Ti contents (Intermetallics).

• Studied different types of precipitates formed in Al0.3Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.2 HEA system, and their influence on the work hardening behavior of the alloy (Materialia).

• Developed processing map for Al0.3Co1.5CrFeNi1.5Ti0.2 HEA system for hot working of this material and understand the mechanisms involved at different temperatures and strain rates (under review in Intermetallics).

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

Dec 2024 - March 2025
Advisor: Dr. S. Neelakantan and Dr. J. Jain

Investigations on the carbon steel tube oxidation in feedwater heaters in large capacity supercritical power plant (Industry collaboration)

• Conducted comprehensive degradation analysis via microscopy and hardness assessments, elucidated oxidation pathways, and devised effective countermeasures.
  
  Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
  Dec 2024 - March 2025
  Advisor: Dr. J. Jain and Dr. N.N. Goswami
  Collaborator: Toshiba (Japanese-based Industry)

Effect of thermo-mechanical treatment on mechanical and corrosion behaviour of Low and Medium Carbon Steel (Undergraduate thesis)

• Assessed corrosion performance of low- and medium-carbon steels before and after thermo-mechanical treatment using potentiostatic polarization and optical microscopy; measured hardness via Vickers testing to correlate microstructural changes with corrosion resistance. 

National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
August 2018 - April 2019
Advisor: Dr. Atikur Rehman

Comparative evaluation of corrosion behavior in core versus surface regions of thermo‑mechanically treated (TMT) steel rebars (Research internship)

• Investigated corrosion behavior of thermo‑mechanically treated steel rebars using polarization, ICP‑AES, microstructure analysis, and Tafel extrapolation; compared core vs. surface samples and quantified their corrosion rates.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
Advisor: Dr. V. S. Raja