➼ Thermomechanical Processing
➼ Alloy addition (V, Fe, Ge) to Ti-6Al-4V
➼ Effect of prior deformation on martensite generation
➼ Structure-Texture-Properties correlation
➼ Reduction in anisotropy of mechanical properties through martensite decomposition
➼ In-situ cyclic uniaxial deformation of Ni rich NiTi shape memory alloy - synchrotron diffraction
➼ Microstructural analysis of rolled and annealed NiTiCu SMA
➼ Production, characterization and mechanical properties of AA6061 - TiB2/ZrB2 in-situ MMC
➼ Effects of build orientation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al10SiMg alloy by LPBF.
➼ Hot deformation behavior of Mg–Zn–Zr–Nd–Gd alloy
➼ Hot compression studies with microstructure, texture, and mechanical properties
➼ Characterization of the surface texture of Cu-Ni alloys during electrodeposition, rolling, and annealing
➼ Influences twinning tendency, twinning variants, and grain boundary plane distributions.
➼ Texture evolution during rolling and annealing of Ni foil
Doctoral Research
Thesis: Effect of thermomechanical processing and alloy additions on the evolution of microstructure in two phase titanium alloys
⚫ Effect of prior deformation and alloying elements on the formation of martensite.
⚫ Role of alloying elements on the slip activity of α and αʹ phases.
Post Graduate research
Thesis Title: In-situ deformation studies of NiTi shape memory alloy using synchrotron diffraction.
⚫ The changes in the texture of austenite and martensite phases as a function of applied stress, correlation between large elastic stresses, and the stress induced martensitic transformation.
Graduate Research
Thesis Title: Production, characterization, and mechanical properties of AA6061 - TiB2/ZrB2 in-situ metal matrix composites.
⚫ Characterization of the mechanical properties of AA6061 MMC as a function of volume fractions of TiB2/ZrB2 synthesized by mixed salt reactions process.