Dr. Chetan Singh completed his B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2018. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, under the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) in 2022. He was among the top 0.7 % of research scholars selected across India in 2018 under the PMRF fellowship.
He is currently working on ultra-low temperature (15 K) fracture and fatigue behavior of metals fro liquid hydrogen storage as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Chungnam National University, South Korea. His research interests are mechanical behavior, microstructure-property correlation, and microstructural modification through thermomechanical processing.
Academic Background
Jun'2018-Oct'22
Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institue of Technology Delhi, India
Thesis: Development of novel Mg-Ca-Sc alloys as potential biodegradable implant material
Jun'14-May'18
B.Tech., Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Thesis: Nanofluid spray for heat transfer enhancement of high-temperature steel surface and its effect on microstructural properties
Achievements
American Society of Metals International, acknowledged advanced microscopy skills and featured in Microstructure-MicroArt in Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis (MMA) issue of 2023.
JEOL USA, "Image of the day" award for "Heart of Magnesium" microscopic image revealing a pit formed on Magnesium alloy surface due to preferential reaction in localized regions because of rare earth rich precipitate formation, 2021.
Amongst the top 0.7% of research scholars selected for Ph.D. candidates selected all across India among all the departments for Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) directly after completing B. Tech. 2018.
Awarded a scholarship of ₹ 100,000 under the Merit cum Means Scholarship scheme from IIT Roorkee 2015.
Amongst the top 0.5 % of students (AIR 5463) in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), around 12 lakh candidates appeared in 2014.