EDUCATION
Master of Technology, Materials Engineering Aug 2021- Jul 2023
SEST, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Aug 2016- Aug 2020
THDC-IHET, Uttarakhand Technical University, Uttarakhand, India
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PROJECTS
MTech. Project Aug 2022- Jul 2023
Thesis: “Calphad and Experimental studies on Co-Cu-Fe-Ni Immiscible High Entropy Alloys”
Advisor: Dr. K. Guruvidyathri, School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, University of Hyderabad
• Alloys designed using binary G-x and Calphad method.
• Alloys synthesized using vacuum arc melting and homogenized.
• Characterization using XRD, FESEM, EDS and Vicker’s hardness.
Created a POP file for thermodynamic assessment of Sc-Ti system by collecting experimental data from literature.
Summer Research Intern Jun 2022-Jul 2022
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad
Project: “Spark Plasma Sintering of Tungsten Samples”
Advisor: Dr. Dibyendu Chakravarty
• Spark plasma sintering of tungsten and functionally graded material samples.
• Metallographic sample preparation
• Characterization by optical microscopy and FESEM
B. Tech final year project on Plastic Pyrolysis plant (plastic waste disposal). Jan 2020-Jul 2020
• We intended to develop a viable and economic plastic pyrolysis plant on a village/society level such that household plastic waste can be dealt with right at the source.
6 weeks summer training from TATA MOTORS LTD., LUCKNOW Jun 2019-Aug 2019
• Worked in Productivity and Service Department (Industrial Engineering)
• Projects undertaken: Bottleneck Detection, Activity Validation and Manpower Revision
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Selected for 11th cycle of PMRF direct entry .
• 96.17 percentile in GATE mechanical engineering 2021.
• 95.93 percentile in GATE engineering science 2021 with thermodynamics and solid mechanics subjects.
• Availed AICTE PG GATE Scholarship. (2021 to 2023)
• AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver seat in BTech was awarded based on JEE mains merit on 5% of seats. (2016-2020)
• 93.91 percentile in JEE mains 2016.
• Coursera Online Certification: Completed Python for Everybody (getting started with python) by University of Michigan. (2022)
PUBLICATIONS
Bisht, S.S., Guruvidyathri, K. Phase Stability of Al-containing High-Entropy Alloys: A Comparison Study Using Computational Thermodynamics. Trans Indian Natl. Acad. Eng. 9, 635–644 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41403-024-00457-8
SKILLS
Experimental: Vacuum Arc Melting, Heat treatment studies, Metallography, Optical Microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Vickers Micro Hardness testing and Spark Plasma Sintering
Software: Thermo-Calc, Origin, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Adobe Illustrator, Xpert Highscore and MS Office.
Languages: C, CUDA, Python