Invited talks & Guest lectures

  Invited talks

• 1. Invited lecture on In-situ mechanical characterization of materials at the student symposium, IIT Indore, February 28, 2023 

  2. Invited talk on High strain rate deformation and failure of additively manufactured and Boron modified Ti6Al4V alloys at Advances in Structural Alloys and their Manufacturing (ASATM-2023) NTU Singapore, January 11-13, 2023.

  3. Invited talk on the Deformation behavior of Mg and Mg alloys at the 4th Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition held at IIT Hyderabad during December 14-16, 2022.

  4. Invited talk on the Deformation behavior of binary metallic and nanoglasses at Workshop on Recent Advances in Materials and Mechanics (RAMM), November 2022, IIT Bhubaneswar

  5. Invited talk on “Novel approach to characterize the plastic flow under Berkovich and spherical indenters” June 29, 2022 at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU Singapore

  6. Invited talk on "Understanding deformation twinning in Magnesium using In-situ experiments" at the symposium on Mechanical testing at small length scales organized by Bruckers and IIT Delhi, October 20-21, 2020

  7. In-situ deformation studies on Mg, Invited talk at the Institute of Nanotechnologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, June 17, 2019

  8. Insights about deformation and failure from In-situ experiments, Invited talk at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) Pune, India, March 15, 2019 

  9. Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical response of silicon carbide, International Workshop on Mechanics of Energy Materials (IWMEM 2018), November 19-22, 2018, Chennai, India

  10. Understanding Deformation of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys, 1st Indo-French workshop held at IIT Indore, August 29-31, 2018, IIT Indore India

  11. Crystal size and Orientation effects on the deformation behavior of Magnesium single crystals, 11th International Workshop on Materials Behavior at the Micro- and Nano-scale, June 7-10, 2018, Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

  12. Full field strain measurements in single crystal Magnesium using digital image correlation, Invited talk at NMD-ATM, November 11-14, 2017, BITS Goa, India 

  13. Role of specimen size and orientation on the deformation characteristics of single crystal Magnesium, NMD – ATM, November 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur, India (Best oral presentation award)

  14. Evaluation of twin boundary velocity in pure magnesium, Mach conference, April 9-11, 2014, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

  15. Dynamic deformation behavior of equal channel angular extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy, TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, February 16-20, 2014, San Diego, California, USA

  16. High strain rate characterization of Mg alloys: Texture evolution and in-situ failure assessment, MEDE Fall meeting, October 16-18, 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA

  17. Direct observation of Twin boundary migration in polycrystalline Mg, Society for Experimental Mechanics, June 3-5, 2013, Lombard, IL, USA

  18. In-situ observation of twin boundary migration in a polycrystalline Magnesium, Mach conference, April 10-12, 2013, Annapolis, USA

  19. In-situ characterization of twin boundary migration in a polycrystalline Magnesium, Materials Research Society Fall meeting, November 26-30, 2012, Boston, USA  

  20. Pressure sensitive plastic flow in amorphous materials below the glass transition temperature, International Conference on Mechanical Properties of Materials (ICMPM) May 24-28, 2010, Hangzhou, P.R. China 

  21. Nanoindentation studies on polymer nanocomposites reinforced with nanocarbons, 23rd Annual Student Symposium on Metallurgical and Materials Research, March 2010, IISc Bangalore, India 

  22. Pressure sensitivity in amorphous materials: Effect of temperature, 22nd annual student symposium on Metallurgical and Materials research, March 2009, IISc Bangalore, India (Best presentation award) 

  23. Pressure sensitive plastic flow behavior of a bulk metallic glass: effect of temperature, COSMET, March 2007, AU college of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India (Best presentation award) 

Guest Lectures

• 24. Lecture on Processing, microstructure, and properties of AM metallic alloys for the course on Additive manufacturing jointly organized by IITI and RRCAT Indore, December 2022

  25. Lecture on Microstructural aspects of AM alloys and their mechanical properties, ATAL FDP organized by Bellary Institute of Technology and Management, September 19, 2022

  26. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM: Points to ponder, Karyashaala, organized by IIT Indore August 23, 2022

  27. Lecture on High strain rate deformation and failure mechanisms, Accelerated Vigyan, Karyashaala, Advances in Mechanical testing of Materials and Failure Analysis of Materials, April 20, 2022, IIT Indore

  28. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM: Points to ponder, ATAL FDP, organized by IIT Indore December 6-9, 2022

  29. Lectures on “Deformation principles: Bulk to Nano and Experimental techniques for nanomechanical characterization of materials” ATAL FDP workshop, June 2021, IIT Hyderabad 

  30. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM, TEQIP FDP workshop on 3D printing & Design, June 2021, IIT Hyderabad 

  31. Lecture on Materials Characterization using Nanoindentation, QIP Faculty development program, March 2021, IIT Indore

  32. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM, TEQIP FDP workshop on 3D printing & Design, December 2020, IIT Hyderabad 

  33. Lecture on Introduction to continuum mechanics as a part of TEQIP FDP course on Finite element methods and Introduction to Materials Modeling, December 2020, IIT Indore 

  34. Lecture on High strain rate deformation and failure mechanisms TEQIP course on advances in Fatigue, fracture, creep and failure analysis, December 2020, IIT Indore

  35. Lecture on Role of microstructural features on corrosion behavior of engineering materials TEQIP course on Corrosion, November 2020, IIT Indore

  36. Lecture on "Material mechanics under extreme conditions" as a part of the QIP course on Micro and Precision Manufacturing on October 7, 2020

  37. Lecture on "Advanced ceramics for armor applications" QIP course on advanced materials for structural applications: Processing and Characterization, on October 1, 2020

  38. Lecture on "Metallurgical/microstructural aspect of welding and failure analysis" as a part of the online QIP course held at IIT Indore on September 19, 2020

  39. Lecture on "Microstructural factors effecting corrosion" as a part of the online QIP course held at IIT Indore on September 13, 2020

  40. Lecture (webinar) on “In-situ characterization of materials across the length scales” as a part of one week Faculty Development program “Recent advances in Materials Characterization” May 23-28, 2020

  41. Lectures on “Introduction to dislocations” as a part of the GIAN course on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) held at IIT Hyderabad, India July 8-13, 2019

  42. Lectures on “Deformation principles: Bulk to Nano and Experimental techniques for nanomechanical characterization of materials” ATAL FDP workshop, June 2020, IIT Hyderabad

  43. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM, TEQIP FDP workshop on 3D printing & Design, June 2020, IIT Hyderabad

  44. Lecture on Materials Characterization using Nanoindentation, QIP Faculty development program, March 2021, IIT Indore

  45. Lecture on Metals and alloys for AM, TEQIP FDP workshop on 3D printing & Design, December 2020, IIT Hyderabad

  46. Lecture on Introduction to continuum mechanics as a part of TEQIP FDP course on Finite element methods and Introduction to Materials Modeling, December 2020, IIT Indore

  47. Lecture on High strain rate deformation and failure mechanisms TEQIP course on advances in Fatigue, fracture, creep and failure analysis, December 2020, IIT Indore

  48. Lecture on Role of microstructural features on corrosion behavior of engineering materials TEQIP course on Corrosion, November 2020, IIT Indore

  49. Lectures on Introduction to dislocations as a part of the GIAN course on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) held at IIT Hyderabad, India July 8-13, 2019

  50. In-situ deformation studies on Mg, Group talk at the Institute of Nanotechnologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, June 17, 2019

  51. Understanding deformation behavior of Magnesium using In-situ experiments, Invited lecture on May 29, 2018 at Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, China

  52. Pressure sensitive plastic flow in bulk metallic glasses below glass transition temperature, École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA), June 21, 2016, Paris, France

  53. Role of specimen size and orientation on the plastic flow characteristics of Magnesium single crystals, MSSMat Laboratory, June 17, 2016, Centrale Supelec, Paris, France

  54. The dynamic strength of SiC: dynamic mechanisms and microstructure, Mach conference, April 9-11, 2014, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

  55. High strain rate deformation behavior of Equal channel angular processed magnesium alloy: AZ31, Mach conference, April 10-12, 2013, Annapolis, USA

  56. Guest lecture on ‘Plastic deformation during indentation of metals and metallic glasses’ at National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand

Poster presentations

• • Tribological behavior of Boron modified Ti-6Al-4V alloys, NMD-ATM, November 11-14, 2017, BITS Goa, India

  • Orientation dependent nanoindentation response of single crystal Magnesium, NMD-ATM, November 11-14, 2017, BITS Goa, India

  • Room and elevated temperature tribological behavior of Boron modified Ti-6Al-4V alloys, NMD – ATM, November 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur, India

  • Surviving impact: A novel approach to armor ceramic design, Mechanical Engineering, 100th year celebrations, April 19, 2013, Johns Hopkins University, USA

  • Anisotropy in hardness in hexagonal SiC single crystals, Mach conference, April 10-12, 2013, Annapolis, USA

  • Extraordinary synergy in mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites reinforced with two nanocarbons, JSPS-DST Asia Academic Seminar, December 2009, Yokohoma, Japan

  • Pressure sensitivity of amorphous materials: Effect of temperature, JSPS-DST Asia Academic Seminar, December 2009, Yokohoma, Japan

  • Temperature dependence of pressure sensitivity in a Zr-based bulk metallic glass, International workshop on Bulk Metallic Glasses: Science & technology, January 2007, IISc Bangalore, India