Area of Work:

Fracture Toughness and Fatigue Crack Growth study of Thermo-Mechanically Rolled Direct Quenched and Partitioned(TMR-DQP) Steels

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My Academic Background :

1. Ph.D. Research Scholar : Department of Mechanical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay( 2019-2025)

2. B.Tech : Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur( 2015-2019)

B.Tech Thesis :

Supervisor: Prof. Manas .K. Mondal, Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , NIT Durgapur

Title: Effect of Mg and Sn addition on the microstructure morphology and mechanical properties of Al-12.6Si alloy

Summer Internship Thesis(during B.Tech):

[May 2018]  - [July 2018]

University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Summer Research Internship

Supervisor: Prof. Emanuela Cerri ,Associate Professor of Metallurgy, Dept. of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma ,Italy

Thesis title: Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Innovative Al-Si alloys produced via the Additive Manufacturing Route of SELECTIVE LASER MELTING 

Industrial Training

[11th December 2017]  - [22nd December 2017]

Durgapur Steel Plant ( Integrated Iron & Steel plant under the Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL)) 

Publication(s):

1. Gaurav Kumar ,Sumit Ghosh  , Sakari Pallaspuro , Mahesh Somani ,Jukka Kömi ,Sushil K. Mishra , Amol A. Gokhale " Fracture toughness characteristics of thermo-mechanically rolled direct quenched and partitioned steels" in Material Science and Engineering A (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.142788 ).

Oral Presentation(s):

1. Gaurav Kumar , Jeet Patil , Sakari Pallaspuro , Sumit Ghosh , Mahesh Somani , Sushil K. Mishra , Amol A. Gokhale "Tensile and Fracture Toughness behavior of Thermo-Mechanically Rolled  cum Direct Quenched (TMR-DQ) Martensitic Steel", 58th National Metallurgist Day & 74th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM 2020),23rd -26th February 2021. (Won the “Best Oral Presentation Award” in the domain of Advances in Ferrous Metallurgy ) 

2. Gaurav Kumar , Jeet Patil , Sakari Pallaspuro , Sumit Ghosh , Mahesh Somani , Sushil K. Mishra , Amol A. Gokhale "Tensile and Fracture Toughness Behaviour of Thermo-mechanically Rolled Direct Quenched & Partitioned (TMR-DQP) Steels" , ASIA STEEL 2021 

Poster Presentation(s):

1. Gaurav Kumar, Hitarth Maharaja ,Amol A. Gokhale, Sushil K. Mishra, "Structure-Property relationship of aerospace-grade Aluminium-7075 under Monotonic and Fatigue loading",4th International Symposium on Fatigue Design and Material Defects, 26-28 May 2020, Web-Conference, Germany 

Invited Talks(s):

1. POLARIS, Invited Talk organised by IEEE Student Branch NIT Durgapur on 25th October 2021 (view Talk poster)

2. Invited Talk organised by IIM Student branch NIT Durgapur on 12th June 2021(view Talk poster)

Technical article in Magazines

1.  Kumar G ,Industry 4.0: from the Steel Perspective, IIM METAL NEWS Vol. 23 No. 10 October 2020 

Awards and Recognition 

1.  Received the top grade of " Recommended with Commendation" in the May-2023 PMRF review

2. Ph.D. Research work got featured in the Alumni and Corporate Relations website of IIT Bombay. (https://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/en/newsletter-article/2021-06/fatigue-and-fracture-behaviour-thermomechanically-rolled-direct-quenched)

3. Won the “Best Oral Presentation Award” in the domain of Advances in Ferrous Metallurgy at the 58th National Metallurgist Day & 74th Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM 2020) organised by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) and IIT Bombay, held during 23rd -26th February 2021 (view award certificate).

Membership in Professional Bodies:

1. Associate Member, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)

2. Member, European Structural Integrity Society

3. Member, The German Materials Society(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde)

Technical Committee Membership

1. Technical Committee Member, Material Fatigue, The German Material Society

2. Technical Committee Member, Mechanical Material Behavior at High Temperature, The German Materials Society.

(view certificate of the technical committee membership)

Research Interests:

1. Fatigue and Fracture of Materials

2. Phase Transformation in Metallic Alloys

3. Material Characterization

4. Additive Manufacturing

5. Data analysis of the of Integrated Iron & Steel Plant

Courses Completed till date during PhD:

Year/Semester: 2020-21/Autumn

MM 748-Fatigue of Materials

Year/Semester: 2019-20/Spring

ME 616 -Fracture Mechanics 

ME 765 -Micro-forming 

ME 772 -Processing of Aerospace Materials-I 

MES801 -Seminar 

Year/Semester: 2019-20/Autumn

HS 791-Communication Skills -I

ME 792 -Communication Skills -II 

ME 673-Mathematical Methods in Engineering

ME 785 -Machining Processes 

ME 786 -Welding Processes 

ME 787 -Deformation Processes 

ME 788 -Liquid Material Processing 

Teaching Assistance Duty:

Year/Semester: 2021-22/Autumn

ME221: Structural Materials

Year/Semester: 2020-21/Spring

ME772: Processing of Aerospace Materials-I

Year/Semester: 2020-21/Autumn

ME221: Structural Materials 

Certified courses completed

1. Lightweight Materials for Transportation (IIM-21-102) Professional Educational Course offered by the Indian Institute of Metals (26-27 July 2021)

2. Basics of Data Science for Metallurgy and Manufacturing(IIM-21-101) Professional Educational Course offered by the Indian Institute of Metals (19-21 July 2021).

3. APP01012-Automotive, Courses of offered by the Steel University and World Steel Association (Certificate issued on 14.07.2020)(view certificate)

4.  APP30372-Ultra High Strength Steels, Courses of offered by the Steel University and World Steel Association(Certificate issued on 14.07.2020)(view certificate)

5.  Material Processing, an online non-credit course authorized by Georgia Institute of Technology and of offered through Coursera( Certificate issued on 20.04.2020)(view certificate)

6. MAN-0104-Basic Oxygen Steelmaking, Courses of offered by the Steel University and World Steel Association (Certificate issued on 19-04-2020)(view certificate)

7.  Ferrous Technology-II, an online non-credit course authorized by Pohang University of Science and Technology Technology and of offered through Coursera(Certificate issued on 10-04-2020)(view certificate)

Seminars and workshops attended

1. A cracking approach to inventing tough new materials: fracture stranger than friction, Online Discussion meeting organised by The Royal Society, 20-21st September 2021

2. Indo-German Seminar on the Recent advances in sheet metal forming for Automotive applications at IIT Delhi (Jointly conducted by IIT Delhi and FAU Erlangen Nuremberg ),4th -5th February 2020

3.  Structural Integrity of Ships and Submarines at IIT Bombay (organized by Indian Structural Integrity Society(InSIS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL),DRDO, Ambernath,24th-25th January 2020

4. Workshop-cum-Training Programme on “Advanced Materials Processing&  Characterization (WAMPC-2017)” organized by the Central Mechanical Research  Institute (CSIR-CMERI) Durgapur during September 7-8,2017

5. TEQIP-II Sponsored one week workshop on “Advances in Mechatronics,  Rehabilitation and embedded system (AIMRES-2016)” Organized by the Department  of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur from 12th August to 17th August 2016.

Contact info

 email id(s) :

gauravkumar.studenta[at]gmail.com

194104002[at]iitb.ac.in