Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Cellphone: +91-9431760676, Landline: +91-5122596908

Email: sudhanss@iitk.ac.in

Webpage: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sudhanss/

EDUCATION

PhD , Materials Science & Engineering

2011-2015 (GPA 4.0/4.0)

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Bachelors of Technology, Metallurgical and Materials

Engineering

2004-2008 (GPA 9.02/10)

Department rank : 1

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Graduate Research Assistant

(Dec, 2015 - Present)

(Aug, 2015 - Dec, 2015)

(Aug, 2011 - Aug, 2015)

Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, India (July, 2008 - June, 2011)

Manager, Operation, Hot Strip Mill (HSM) (July, 2010 - June, 2011)

Total Quality Management (TQM) Executive (March, 2010 - June, 2010)

Safety Executive (Nov, 2009 - Feb, 2010)

Project Executive (July, 2009 - Oct, 2009)

Management Trainee Technical (July, 2008 - June, 2009)

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (May, 2007 - July 2007)

Undergraduate Research Student

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles: 79, Book Chapter: 3, Patent: 2, Conference Proceedings: 5, Industrial Reports: 2,

Conference Presentations: 85

Total citations: ~ 1108 (as per google scholar), h-index: 19, i10-index: 36

Journal Articles: Under review/submitted (10)

1. E-Wen Huang, Wen-Jay Lee, S. S. Singh, P. Kumar, Chih-Yu Lee, Tu-Ngoc Lam, Hsu-Hsuan Chin,

Bi-Hsuan Lin, P. K. Liaw, Machine-Learning and High-Throughput Studies for High-Entropy

Materials, Materials Science and Engineering R, (2021)

2. N. Ansari, Soo-Yeol Lee, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Effect of rolling routes on the microstructure, texture

and mechanical properties of Mg-5Y binary alloy, Metals and Materials International (2021)

3. P. Setia, T. Venkateswaran, K. T. Tharian, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, S. Shekhar, Influence of Si content on

the microstructure and mechanical properties of silicon stainless steel, Materials Science and

Engineering A (2021)

4. A. Kumar, J. Bhagyaraj, A. Prasad, J. Jain, S. Mukherjee, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Microstructural and

Mechanical Characterization of Tungsten Containing Lanthana Based Ferritic ODS Steel, Materials

Science and Engineering A (2021).

5. K. Kadali, R. Sarvesha, A. Gokhale, E-Wen Huang, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Effect of Aging on

Indentation-induced Creep and Scratch Behavior of Al7075 Aluminum Alloy, Transaction of the

Indian Institute of Metals (2021).

6. V. Nandal, B. Harun, R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, E-Wen Huang, Y-Jen Chang, A-Chou Yeh, S.

Neelakantan, J. Jain, Revealing the precipitation sequence with aging temperature in a non-

equiatomic AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, (2021).

7. V. Nandal, K. Hariharan, R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, E-Wen Huang, Y-Jen Chang, A-Chou Yeh, J.

Jain, S. Neelakantan, Aging temperature role on precipitation hardening in a non-equiatomic

AlCoCrFeNiTi high-entropy alloy, Materials Science and Technology, (2021).

8. N. Ansari, S. Y. Lee, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Unpinning the significance of {11-21} extension twinning

in recrystallization behavior of Mg-Y binary alloys, Journal of Materials Science, (2021).

9. A. Prasad, S. Y. Lee, S. S. Singh, N. N. Gosvami, J. Jain, Texture weakening and enhanced

recrystallization kinetics in a La containing Mg-Dy alloy, Materials Chemistry and Physics (2021)

10. N. Ireddy, Neetu, S. S. Panda, U. Reddy, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Effect of Aluminum

Content on the Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys, Metals and Materials International

(2021)

Journal Articles: Accepted/Published (69)

11. R. Sarvesha, D. Chalapathi, M. Yadava, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, In-situ studies on deformation and

fracture characteristics of AZ91 Mg alloy, Materialia, Accepted (2021)

12. U. Reddy, D. Dubey, S. Sanket Panda, N. Ireddy, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Effect of

Machining Parameters on the Surface Integrity and Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys,

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Accepted (2021).

13. V. Mandal, S. Sharma, S. S. Singh, J. Ramkumar, Laser Surface Texturing in Powder Bed Fusion

(PBF): Numerical Simulation and Experimental Characterization, Metals and Materials International,

Accepted (2021).

14. R. Sarvesha, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Ghori, G. Thirunavukkarasu, Y. L. Chiu, I. P. Jones, J. Jain, S. S.

Singh, A study on the phase transformation of γ2-Al8Mn5 to LT-Al11Mn4 during solutionizing in

AZ91 alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 873 (2021) 159836.

15. A. Prasad, Y. L. Chiu, I. P. Jones, S. S. Singh, N. N. Goswami, J. Jain, Role of La addition for

enhancing the corrosion resistance of Mg-Dy alloy, Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology,

Accepted (2021)

16. A. Gokhale, R. Sarvesha, T. S. Guruprasad, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Tailoring the surface microstructure

and texture in pure zinc, Materials Science and Engineering A, 816 (2021) 141258.

17. R. Sarvesha, J. Bhagyaraj, S. Bhagavath, S. Karagadde, J.Jain, S. S. Singh, 2D and 3D characteristics

of intermetallic particles and their role in fracture response of AZ91 magnesium alloy, Materials

Characterization, 171 (2021), 110733

18. V. Nandal, R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, E-Wen Huang, Y-J Chang, A-C Yeh, S. Neelakantan, J. Jain,

Influence of pre-deformation on the precipitation characteristics of aged non-equiatomic

Co1.5CrFeNi1.5 high entropy alloys with Ti and Al additions, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 855

(2021) 157521

19. C‐Chieh Huang, Tu‐Ngoc Lam, L. Amalia, K‐Hung Chen, K‐Yi Yang, M. R. Muslih, S. S. Singh,

P‐I. Tsai, Y‐Tzu Lee, J. Jain, S. Yeol Lee, H‐Jen Lai, W‐Chin Huang, S‐Yuan Chen, E‐Wen Huang,

Tailoring grain sizes of the biodegradable iron‐based alloys by pre‐additive manufacturing

microalloying, Tailoring grain sizes of the biodegradable iron‐based alloys by pre‐additive

manufacturing microalloying, Scientific Reports (2021)

20. A. Zindal, H. Vashishtha, S. S. Singh, R. Prasad, J. Jain, Effect of cooling rates from solution

treatment temperature on aging response and fracture behavior of a Mg-8Al-0.5Zn alloy, Metals and

Materials International (2021).

21. R. Sarvesha, A. Gokhale, K. Kumar, N. K. Sharma, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Effect of crystal orientation

on indentation-induced deformation behavior of zinc, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 776

(2020) 139064.

22. D. Dubey, K. Kadali, S. S. Panda, A. Kumar, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Comparative Study on

the Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of AZ80 and AZ31 Magnesium Alloys, Materials

Science and Engineering A, 792 (2020) 139793.

23. N. Ansari, R Sarvesha, S. Y. Lee, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Influence of yttrium addition on

recrystallization, texture and mechanical properties of binary Mg-Y alloys, Materials Science and

Engineering A, 793 (2020) 139856.

24. A. Prasad, S. Si, U-ur-Rehman Ghori, G. Thirunavukkarasu, Y. L. Chiu, I. P. Jones, S. Y. Lee, S. S.

Singh, N. N. Gosvami, J. Jain, Effect of La addition on precipitation hardening in Mg-10Dy alloy,

Materialia (2020), 14 (2020) 100898.

25. R. Sarvesha, Y. L. Chiu, I. P. Jones, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Mechanical property evaluation of second

phase particles in a Mg–8Al-0.5 Zn alloy using micropillar compression, Materials Science and

Engineering: A, 775 (2020) 138973.

26. N. Ansari, B. Tran, W. J. Poole, S. S. Singh, K. Hariharan, J. Jain, High temperature deformation

behavior of Mg-5wt.% Y binary alloy: Constitutive analysis and processing maps, Materials Science

and Engineering: A, 777 (2020) 139051.

27. P. Setia, A. Anand, T. Venkateswaran, T. Tharrian, S. S. Singh, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar, Effect of

heat-treatment on the microstructure evolution and sensitization behavior of high-silicon stainless

steel, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 29 (2020) 6014-6024.

28. V. Nandal, R Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, E-Wen Huang, Y-Jen Chang, An-Chou Yeh, S. Neelakantan, J.

Jain, Enhanced age hardening effects in FCC based Co1.5CrFeNi1.5 high entropy alloys with varying

Ti and Al contents, Materialia (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100823.

29. D. Dubey, K. Kadali, H. Kancharla, A. Zindal, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Effect of Precipitate

Characteristics on the Corrosion Behavior of a AZ80 Magnesium Alloy, Metals and Materials

International (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00764-z.

30. R. Yuan, S. S. Singh, J. Oswald, N. Chawla, Fracture Analysis of Particulate Metal Matrix

Composite using X-ray Tomography and Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM), Journal of

Composites Science 4(2) 62 (2020).

31. A. S. S. Singaravelu, J. J. Williams, H. D. Goyal, S. Niverty, S. S. Singh, T. J. Stannard, X. Xiao, N.

Chawla, 3D time-resolved observations of fatigue crack initiation and growth from corrosion pits in

Al 7XXX alloys using in situ synchrotron x-ray tomography, Metallurgical and Materials

Transactions A 51 (1) (2020) 28-41.

32. K. Kadali, D. Dubey, Sarvesha R, H. Kancharla, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Dissolution kinetics

of Mg17Al12 eutectic phase and its effect on corrosion behavior of as-cast AZ80 magnesium alloy,

JOM, 71 (2019) 2209-2218.

33. Sarvesha R, W. Alam, A. Gokhale, Guruprasad, S. Bhagavath, S. Karagadde, J. Jain, S. S. Singh,

Quantitative assessment of second phase particles characteristics and its role on the deformation

response of a Mg-8Al-0.5Zn alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 759 (2019) 368-379.

34. A. Gokhale, Sarvesha R, E-W Huang, S. Y. Lee, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Quantitative

evaluation of grain boundary sliding and its dependence on orientation and temperature in pure Zn,

Materials Letters, 246 (2019) 24-27.

35. A. Gokhale, Sarvesha R, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, A novel approach to refine surface grains in

pure Zinc using indentation scratch, Materials Letters, 247 (2019) 151-154.

36. R. Sonkusare, A. Swain, M. R. Rahul, S. Samal, N. P. Gurao, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, N. Nayan,

Establishing processing-microstructure-property paradigm in complex concentrated equiatomic

CoCuFeMnNi alloy, MSEA, 759 (2019) 415-429.

37. S. Singh, H. Li, S. S. Singh, J. Williams, T. Stannard, X. Xiao, Y. Jiao, N. Chawla, Microstructural

characterization and mechanical property prediction of a polymer matrix composite by X-ray

synchrotron tomography and spatial correlation functions, SN Applied Sciences, 1 (10) (2019) 1302.

38. Gaurav, Sarvesha R, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, R. Prasad, Study of static recrystallization behavior of a Mg-

6Al-3Sn alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 28 (2019) 3468-3477.

39. A. Gokhale, Sarvesha R, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Effect of grain orientation on indentation

induced creep in pure zinc, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 141(4) (2019) 041014-

1:6.

40. T. J. Stannard, J. J. Williams, S. S. Singh, A. S. S. Singaravelu, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, 3D time-

resolved observations of corrosion and corrosion-fatigue crack initiation and growth in peak-aged Al

7075 using synchrotron X-ray tomography, Corrosion Science, 138 (2018) 340-352.

41. A. Zindal, J. Jain, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, R. Sarvesha, P. Cizek, M. R. Barnett, Effect of heat

treatment variables on the formation of precipitate free zones (PFZs) in Mg-8Al-0.5 Zn alloy,

Materials Characterization, 136 (2018) 175-182.

42. C. S. Kaira, V. De Andrade, S. S. Singh, C. Kantzos, A. Kirubanandham, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla,

Probing novel microstructural evolution mechanisms in aluminum alloys using four-dimensional

nanoscale characterization, Advanced Materials, 29 (41) (2017) 1703482.

43. S. S. Singh, T. J. Stannard, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, In Situ X-ray microtomography of stress corrosion

cracking and corrosion-fatigue in aluminum alloys, JOM, 69 (2017) 1404-1414.

44. A. Zindal, J. Jain, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, P. Cizek, Correlation of grain boundary precipitate

characteristics with fracture and fracture toughness in an Mg-8Al-0.5Zn alloy, Materials Science and

Engineering A, 706 (2017) 192-200.

45. C. S. Kaira, V. De Andrade, S. S. Singh, C. Kantzos, A. Kirubanandham, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla,

Understanding nanoscale 4D microstructural evolution in aluminum alloys using transmission X-ray

microscopy (TXM), Microscopy and Microanalysis, 23 (2017) 2220-2221.

46. R. Vallabhaneni, E. Ezadi, C. R. Mayer, C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, J. Rajagopalan, N. Chawla, In situ

tensile testing of tin (Sn) whiskers in a Focused Ion Beam (FIB)/Scanning Electron Microscope

(SEM), Microelectronics Realibility, 79 (2017) 314-320.

47. X. Wang, S. S. Singh, T. Ma, C. Lv, N. Chawla, H. Jiang, Quantifying electrochemistry reactions

and properties of amorphous silicon in a conventional lithium-ion battery configuration, Chemistry of

Materials, 29 (2017) 5831-5840.

48. S. Chakravarty, K. Sikdar, S. S. Singh, D. Roy, C. C. Koch, Grain size stabilization and

strengthening of cryomilled nanostructured Cu-12at. % Al alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,

716 (2017) 197-203.

49. A. Zindal, J. Jain, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, Effect of pre-strain and grain size on the evolution of

precipitate free zones (PFZs) in a Mg-8Al-0.5Zn alloy, Materials Letters, 201 (2017) 207-210.

50. E. Guo, S. S. Singh, C. Mayer, X. Meng, Y. Xu, L. Luo, M. Wang, N. Chawla, Effect of Gallium

addition on the microstructure and micromechanical properties of constituents in Nb-Si based alloys,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 704 (2017) 89-100.

51. S. Jain, A. Gokhale, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, K. Hariharan, Fatigue behavior of aged and solution treated

AZ61 Mg alloy at small length scale using nanoindentation, Materials Science and Engineering: A,

684 (2017) 652-659.

52. E. Guo, S. S. Singh, C. S. Kaira, X. Meng, Y. Xu, L. Luo, M. Wang, N. Chawla, Mechanical

properties of microconstitents in Nb-Si-Ti alloy by micropillar compression and nanoindentation,

Materials Science and Engineering A, 687 (2017) 99-106.

53. R. Yuan, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, J. Oswald, Geometry segmentation of voxelized representations of

heterogeneous microstructures using betweenness centrality, Materials Characterization, 118 (2016)

553-559.

54. C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, A. Kirubanandham, N. Chawla, Microscale behavior behavior of bicrystal

boundaries in pure tin (Sn) using micropillar compression, Acta Materialia, 120 (2016) 56-67.

55. S. S. Singh, J. J. Loza, A. P. Merkle, N. Chawla, Three dimensional microstructural characterization

of nanoscale precipitates in AA7075-T651 by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Tomography, Materials

Characterization, 118 (2016) 102-111.

56. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, T. Stannard, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Measurement of localized

corrosion rates at inclusion particles in AA7075 by in situ three dimensional (3D) X-ray synchrotron

tomography, Corrosion Science, 104 (2016) 330-335.

57. S. S. Singh, M. A. Jansen, N. M. Franz, N. Chawla, Microstructure and nanoindentation of the

rostrum of Curculio longinasus Chittenden, 1927 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Materials

Characterization, 118 (2016) 206-211.

58. T. Lai, S. S. Singh, A. S. S. Singaravelu, K. S. Vadari, N. Chawla, M. L. Lind, Hydrogen

permeability and mechanical properties of NiNb-X(X=Sn,Ti and Zr) amorphous metallic membranes,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 684 (2016) 359-365.

59. C. Mayer, Y, Lingwei, S. S. Singh, J. Molina-Aldareguia, Y. L. Shen, N. Chawla, Anisotropy, size

and aspect ratio effects in micropillar compression of Al-SiC nanolaminate composites, Acta

Materialia, 168 (2016) 129-133.

60. M. A. Jansen, S. S. Singh, N.M. Franz, N. Chawla, A multilayer micromechanical model of the

cuticle of Curculio longinasus Chittenden, 1927 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Journal of Structural

Biology, 195 (2016) 139-158.

61. S. Das, A. Maroli, S. S. Singh, T. Stannard, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, N. Neithalath, A microstructure-

guided constitutive modeling approach for random heterogeneous materials: application to structural

binders, Computational Materials Science, 119 (2016) 52-64.

62. C. Mayer, Y. Lingwei, S. S. Singh, H. Xie, Y.L. Shen, J. Llorca, J. Molina-Aldareguia, N. Chawla.

Orientation Dependence of Indentation Behavior in Al-SiC Nanolaminate Composites, Materials

Letters, 168 (2016) 129-133.

63. S. S. Singh, E. Guo, H. Xie, N. Chawla, Mechanical properties of intermetallic inclusions in Al 7075

alloys by micropillar compression, Intermetallics, 62 (2015) 69-75.

64. B. M. Patterson, N. L. Cordes, K. Henderson, J. J. Williams, T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, A. Rodriguez

Ovejero, X. Xiao, M. Robinson, N. Chawla, In situ X-ray Synchrotron Tomographic Imaging during

the Compression of Hyperelastic Polymeric Materials, Journal of Materials Science, 51 (2016) 171-

187. (cover image) (50th Anniversary Issue; also finalist for 2016 Cahn Prize).

65. S. Das, P. Yang, S. S. Singh, J. Mertens, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, N. Neithalath, Effective properties of a

fly ash geopolymer: synergistic application of x-ray synchrotron tomography, nanoindentation, and

homogenization models, Cement and Concrete Research, 78 (2015) 252-262.

66. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, M. Lin, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In Situ investigation of high

humidity stress corrosion cracking of 7075 aluminum alloy by three-dimensional (3D) X-ray

synchrotron tomography, Materials Research Letters, 2 (4) (2014) 217-220.

67. S. S. Singh, C. Schwartztein, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, 3D microstructural

characterization and mechanical properties of constituents particles in Al7075 alloys using x-ray

synchrotron tomography and nanoindentation, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 602(2014)163-174.

68. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, P. Hruby, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In situ experimental

techniques to study the mechanical behavior of materials using x-ray synchrotron tomography,

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, (2014) 3-9.

69. S. S. Singh, R. Sarkar, H. Xie, C. Mayer, J. Rajagopalan, N. Chawla, Tensile behavior of single

crystal tin whiskers, Journal of Electronic Materials, 43 (2014) 978-982.

70. P. Hruby, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Fatigue crack growth in SiC

particle reinforced Al alloy matrix composites at high and low R-ratios by in situ x-ray synchrotron

tomography, International Journal of Fatigue, 68 (2014) 136-143.

71. R. Yuan, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, J. Oswald, Efficient methods for implicit geometrical

representation of complex material microstructures, International Journal for Numerical Methods in

Engineering, 98 (2014) 79-91.

72. E. Guo, H. Xie, S. S. Singh, A. Kirubanandham, T. Jing, N. Chawla, Mechanical characterization of

microconstituents in a cast duplex stainless steel by micropillar compression, Materials Science and

Engineering A, 598 (2014) 98-105.

73. E. Guo, S. S. Singh, H. Xie, J. J. Williams, T. Jing, N. Chawla, Microstructure-based modeling of

deformation in steels based on constitutive relationships from micropillar compression, Steel

Research International, 85 (2014) 946-953.

74. A. P. Merkle, L. Lechner, A. Steinbach, J. Gelb, M. Kienle, M. W. Phaneuf, D. Unrau, S. S. Singh,

N. Chawla, Automated correlative tomography using XRM and FIB-SEM to span length scales and

modalities in 3D materials, Microscopy and Analysis, 28 (7) (2014) S10-S13.

75. T. D. Prichard, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, B. D. Vogt, Flocculated carbon nanotube composites for

solvent resistant soft templated microfeatures, Polymer, 54 (2013) 1130-1135.

76. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, Y. Jiao, N. Chawla, Modeling anisotropic multiphase heterogeneous

materials via directional correlation functions: Simulations and experimental verification,

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 43 (2012) 4470-4474.

77. D. Roy, R. Mitra, O. A. Ojo, S. S. Singh, D. Kolesnikov, W. Lojkowski, R. O. Scattergood, C. C.

Koch, I. Manna, Evaluation of mechanical properties of partially amorphous and nanocrystalline

Al50Ti40Si10 composites prepared by mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing, Materials

Science and Engineering A, 555 (2012) 21-27.

78. S. S. Singh, D. Roy, R. Mitra, R. V. Subba Rao, R. K. Dayal, Baldev Raj, I. Manna, Studies on laser

sintering of mechanically alloyed Al50Ti40Si10 composite, Materials Science and Engineering A,

501 (2009) 242-247.

79. D. Roy, S. S. Singh, B. Basu, W. Lojkowski, R. Mitra, I. Manna, Studies on wear behavior of nano-

intermetallic reinforced Al-base amorphous/nanocrystalline matrix in-situ composite, Wear, 266

(2009) 1113-1118.

80. D. Roy, S. S. Singh, R. Mitra, M. Rosiński, A. Michalski, W. Łojkowski, I. Manna, Synthesis and

characterization of precipitation hardened amorphous matrix composite by mechanical alloying and

pulse plasma sintering of Al65Cu20Ti15, Philosophical Magazine, 89 (2009) 1051-1061.

Book Chapter (3)

1. S. S. Singh and N. Chawla, 3D/4D X-ray Tomography: Probing the mechanical properties of

materials, Handbook of Mechanics of Materials (Springer), 1-21 (2018).

2. R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, In-situ micromechanical testing in scanning electron microscopy, IITK

Directions, Springer (accepted) (2021)

3. S. S. Singh and N. Chawla, Fatigue deformation mechanisms in metals elucidated by in situ X-ray

microtomography, in Cyclic Loading & Fatigue, Comprehensive Structural Materials, Elsevier,

(2022), under preparation

Patent (1)

1. K. Vishwanath, S. S. Singh, K. Mondal, Simulated Marine Environment Device for Corrosion

Testing, IPA: 201911033731, Date of filing: 21/08/2019

2. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, K. Balani, Joining of HfB 2 -ZrB 2 based

UHTCs using Ni-Interlayer, Filed

Conference Proceedings (5)

1. R. Sarvesha, W. Alam, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Role of second phase particles on in-situ deformation of

an AZ80 Mg alloy, Application of Microscopy in Materials and Life Sciences-Proceedings of 12th

Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference (AMPC12), Hyderabad, India (2020).

2. S. S. Singh, R. Yuan, J. Oswald, N. Chawla, Damage evolution in Al-SiC composites by X-ray

synchrotron tomography and extended finite element modeling (X-FEM), 20th International

Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM20), Copenhagen, Denmark, (2015).

3. S. Das, P. Yang, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, and N. Neithalath, Microstructure-based modeling of

effective properties of fly ash-based geopolymeric systems, Proceedings of the 2nd International ACI

India Chapter conference on Advances in Concrete, Mumbai, (2015).

4. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, P. Hruby, J. C. E. Mertens, A. Kirubanandham, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, F. De

Carlo, Image analysis of time-evolved x-ray microtomography data sets using Avizo Fire, Americas

Amira-Avizo user group Meeting (AAAUGM), (2014).

5. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In situ three dimensional (3D) x-ray

synchrotron tomography of corrosion fatigue in Al7075 alloy, Fatigue of Materials II: Advances and

Emergences in Understanding, (2012) 17-25.

Industrial Reports (2)

1. S. S. Singh, T. K. Roy, P. K. Pandey, J. Chakraborty, V. V. Mahashabe and T. Venugopalan, A study

on establishing centerline porosity index and effect of casting parameters in continuously cast billets,

Tata Search, 2 (2010) 269-272.

2. J. Chakraborty, P. N. Choubey, D. K. Singh, S. S. Singh, T. Venugopalan, Studies on correlation of

rim thickness of TMT re-bars with mechanical properties, Tata Search, 2 (2010) 333-336.

Conference Presentations (86)

1. P. Setia, K. Thomas Tharian, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, S. Shekhar, Tribological

characterization of silicon stainless steel alloys, MS&T 2021.

2. S. S. Singh, Microstructure property correlation in magnesium alloys, 2nd Golden Jubilee Webinar of

ARP of AR&DB, Advances in Aeronautical Materials, Systems & Technologies, Organized by AR &

DB, ASM International and DMSRDE (2021)

3. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, K. Balani, Spark plasma joining of HfB2-

ZrB2-SiC composites using Ni as a filler, MS&T 2021.

4. P. Setia, T. Tharrian, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, S. Shekhar Micromechanical behavior of silicon

stainless steel alloys using in-situ EBSD, Euromat – 2021

5. S. Panda, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Deformation behavior of Ti-Ni-Fe based ternary B2 Pseudo Binary

intermetallic, MS&T 2021.

6. A. Kumar, J. Bhagyaraj, S. Mukherjee, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Development of nano (yttria and

lanthana) dispersed duplex stainless steel, Euromat – 2021

7. V. Nandal, R Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, S. Neelakantan, Precipitation coarsening behavior of γʹ

precipitates in non-equiatomic AlCoCrFeNiTi high entropy alloy subjected to different aging

temperatures” Metals 2021, Brno Czech Republic, Europe (2021)

8. G. Shit, S. S. Singh, Mariyappan K, S. Ningshen, Role of grain size and grain boundary

microstructure in controlling sensitization and intergranular corrosion of AISI type 304L stainless

steel, ASIA STEEL 2021

9. A. Kumar, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Processing and characterization of oxide dispersion strengthened

CoFeMnNiV high-entropy alloy, IWHEM 2020

10. P. Setia, R Sarvesha, A. Gokhale, T. Tharrian, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, S. Shekhar,

Microstructural and mechanical characterization of cast austenitic stainless steel alloyed with Si TMS,

San Diego (2020)

11. S. Bajpai, S. S. Singh, K. Balani, Effect of B4C addition on (Hf,Zr)B2 based Ultra high temperature

ceramics, TMS, San Diego (2020)

12. A. Sundar, J. Williams, H. Goyal, S. Niverty, S. S. Singh, T. Stannard, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, In-situ

X-ray microtomography to elucidate corrosion-fatigue mechanisms in aluminum alloys, TMS, San

Diego (2020)

13. H. Kancharla, G. K. Mandal, S. S. Singh, K. Mondal, Effect of strip entry temperature on the

development of interfacial layer and its correlation with corrosion properties of galvanized steel,

NMD-ATM, IIT Bombay, India (2020).

14. R. Sarvesha, Ubaid-Ur-Rehman Ghori, Yu Lung Chiu, Ian P. Jones, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Al8Mn5 and

Mg17Al12 intermetallic particles in AZ80 (Mg-8wt.%Al-0.5wt.%Zn), Proceeding of 12th Asia-Pacific

Microscopy Conference, India (2020).

15. S. Bajpai, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, K. Balani, Study on sintering and oxidation resistance

of HfB2-ZrB2-B4C based Ultra High-Temperature Ceramics, NMD ATM, IIT Bombay, India (2020).

16. R Sarvesha, W. Alam, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Role of second phase particles on in-situ deformation of an

AZ80 Mg alloy, Proceeding of 12th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference, India (2020) (Poster)

17. Sarvesha R, W. Alam, A. Gokhale, Guruprasad T, S. Bhagavath, S. Karagadde, J. Jain, S. S. Singh,

Effect of second phase particles on the mechanical behavior of AZ80 magnesium alloy, MRSI,

Bangalore, India (2019) (Invited)

18. S. S. Singh, Quantitative assessment of second phase particles characteristics and its role on the

deformation response of a Mg-8Al-0.5Zn alloy, National Conference on the Advancement in

Materials Processing Technology (AMPT), (2019) (Invited)

19. V. Nandal, R Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, S. Neelakantan, Effect of pre-strain on the aging response

of non-equimolar AlCoCrFeNiTi high entropy alloy, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

(TMS) World Congress on High Entropy Alloys (HEA 2019), Seattle, Washington, USA (2019).

20. A. Kumar, N. Kumar, Sarvesha R, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Processing and characterization of

lanthana based ODS steel for nuclear reactor applications, ISMANAM 2019, Chennai, India (2019)

(Poster)

21. A. Gokhale, R. Sarvesha, R. Prasad, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, Grain scale creep response in Zinc through

nanoindentation, 27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials (METAL 2018), Brno,

Czechia (2018)

22. V. Nandal, R. Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, J. Jain, S. Neelakantan, Precipitation hardening of non-

equiatomic CoCrFeNiTi high entropy alloy, Graduate Program for Mechanical Systems Innovation

and Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management, University of Tokyo (2018)

23. A. Kumar, N. Kumar, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Processing and characterization of 14YWT ODS

steel, ICAMPS 2018, Trivandram, India (2018) (Poster)

24. K. Kadali, D. Dubey, Sarvesha R, K. Harikrishna, J. Jain, K. Mondal, S. S. Singh, Effect of

solutionization on corrosion behaviour of as-cast AZ80 Mg alloy, NMD-ATM 2018, Kolkata, India

(2018) (Poster)

25. D. Dubey, K. Kadali, S. S. Singh, K. Mondal, J. Jain, Effect of aging on the corrosion behaviour of

AZ80 Magnesium alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution’ NMD-ATM 2018, Kolkata, India (2018) (Poster)

26. A. Kumar, N. Kumar, Sarvesha R, K. Biswas, S. S. Singh, Processing and characterization of

14YWT and 14LWT ODS steel: A Comparative Study, NMD-ATM 2018, Kolkata, India (2018)

(Poster)

27. P. Setia, A. Anand, A. Kumar, S. S. Singh, S. Shekhar, K. Mondal, T. Venkateswaran, S. T.

Tharrian, Effect of heat-treatment on the microstructure evolution of high-silicon stainless

steel, ICAMPS 2018, Trivandrum, India (2018) (Poster)

28. P. Setia, S. Shekhar, S. S. Singh, T. Venkateswaran, S. T. Tharrian, Microstructural evolution of high

silicon stainless steel, NMD-ATM 2018, Kolkata, India (2018) (Poster)

29. S. S. Panda, D. Dubey, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Effect of aging treatment on the fatigue behavior of as

cast AZ80 magnesium alloy, NMD-ATM 2018, Kolkata, India (2018) (Poster)

30. R Sarvesha, S. S. Singh, Understanding the effect of second-phase particles on the mechanical

behavior of AZ80 magnesium alloy, Research Scholar Day (RSD), IIT Kanpur, India (2018)

31. P. Setia, A. Anand, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar, S. S. Singh, T. Venkateswaran, K. T. Tharian, Effect of

precipitates on mechanical and sensitization behavior of FeSi alloy, Microstructural engineering, IIT

Kanpur, India (2018).

32. A. Gokhale, Sarvesha R, S. S Singh, R. Prasad, J. Jain, Investigating grain scale creep response in

zinc through nano-indentation, 55th National Metallurgists’ Day and 71st Annual Technical Meeting,

BITS Goa, India (2017) (Best Poster).

33. A. K. Gupta, Sarvesha R, A. Kumar, G. Telasang, G. Padmanabham, I. Manna, S. S. Singh, Laser

processing of Ni-Cr alloys, NMD-ATM 2017, Goa, India (2017) (Short Presentation)

34. Sarvesha R, A. Gokhale, J. Jain, S. S. Singh, Microscale study of magnesium alloy AZ80, NMD-

ATM 2017, Goa, India (2017) (Poster)

35. S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, Understanding deformation behavior of materials by in situ X-ray

synchrotron tomography, IUMRS International Conference in Asia, Taipei, Taiwan (2017) (Invited)

36. S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, In situ synchrotron tomography to understand deformation behavior

of materials, Theme meeting on X-ray micro-imaging using synchrotron radiation and its application,

RRCAT, Indore, India (2017) (Invited)

37. C. S. Kaira, V. De Andrade, S. S. Singh, C. Kantzos, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Probing 4D

microstructural evolution in aluminum alloys using transmission X-ray microscopy (TXM), 3rd

International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS2017), Lund, Sweden

38. S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, 4D materials science: understanding deformation behavior using in

situ X-ray tomography, International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials

(ICYRAM), Banglore, India, (2016) (Invited)

39. C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, C. Kantzos, A. Kirubanandham, V. De Andrade, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, 3D

microstructural characterization of aluminum alloys using transmission X-ray

microscopy (TXM), MRS Spring Meeting, PHX, AZ, (2017).

40. C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, C. Kantzos, A. Kirubanandham, V. De Andrade, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla,

Nanoscale 4D microstructural evolution of precipitates in aluminium alloys using transmission X-ray

microscopy (TXM), TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA (2017).

41. T. J. Stannard, S. Niverty, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, P. Kenesei, J. Almer, F.

De Carlo, Microstructural and Environmental Effects on Stress Corrosion and Corrosion-Fatigue of

7075 Aluminum Alloy, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – International Mechanical

Engineering Conference and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, (2016).

42. S. S. Singh, T. Stannard, S. Niverty, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Microstructural

and environmental effects on stress corrosion and corrosion fatigue of 7075 aluminum alloy,

Environmental Damage in Structural Materials, Cork, Ireland, (2016).

43. X. Wang, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, H. Jiang, Direct measurements of Li-Si composition, volume

expansion and modulus variation of amorphous Si after electrochemical lithiation, ASME IMECE,

PHX, AZ, (2016).

44. T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, A. S. S. Sundar, J.J. Williams, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, In situ

synchrotron x-ray tomography investigation of corrosion-fatigue crack behavior of 7075 aluminium

alloys, International conference on fatigue damage of structural materials XI, Hyannis, MA, (2016).

45. T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, A. S. S. Singaravelu, C. Mayer, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N.

Chawla, 4D in situ study of fatigue crack initiation and growth from corrosion pits in 7075 aluminum

alloys, International Materials Research Congress XXV, Cancun, MX, (2016).

46. T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, A. S. S. Sundar, S. Niverty, J.J. Williams, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, F. De

Carlo, In situ three dimensional study of corrosion fatigue crack initiation and growth of corroded

7075 aluminum alloys, Environmental Damage in Structural Materials, Cork, Ireland, (2016) (poster).

47. T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, A. S. S. Singaravelu, C. Mayer, X. Xiao, D. De Carlo, N.

Chawla, 4D in situ study of fatigue crack initiation and growth from corrosion pits in 7075 aluminum

alloys, MRS Spring Meeting, PHX, AZ, (2016). (Best Poster Award)

48. C. S. Kaira, V. De Andrade, S. S. Singh, A. Kirubanandham, C. Kantzos, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla,

Nanoscale 3D microstructural characterization of aluminium alloys using transmission x-ray

microscopy (TXM), MRS Spring Meeting, PHX, AZ, (2016).

49. T. L. Burnett, S. S. Singh, S.A. McDonald, N. J. H. Holroyd, P. J. Withers, N. Chawla, Competition

of stress corrosion crack branches observed in-situ using time-lapse 3D synchrotron computed

tomography, Environmental Damage in Structural Materials 2016, Cork, Ireland, (2016).

50. S. Das, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, N. Neithalath, Nanoindentation to extract phase properties of fly ash

geopolymers for macroscale predictions, ACI Fall convention, Philadelphia, (2016).

51. P. Hruby, S. S. Singh, R. Yuan, J. Williams, J. Oswald, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, Characterization of

damage evolution in SiC particle reinforced Al matrix composites by x-ray tomography and extended

finite element modeling, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

52. C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, V. De Andrade, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In situ characterization of

nanoscale precipitate nucleation and growth in aluminum alloys using transmission x-ray microscopy

(TXM), 3D Materials Science, St. Charles, IL, (2016).

53. A. Merkle, N. Chawla, S. S. Singh, L. Lechner, Multi-scale 3D Experimental Workflow of an

Aluminum 7075 Alloy, 3D Materials Science, St. Charles, IL, (2016).

54. J. Mertens, A. Kirubanandham, S. S. Singh, A. Merkle, X. Xiao, Y. Jiao, N. Chawla, Multi-scale,

multi-model analysis of deformation behavior in metallic materials by x-ray microtomography, FIB,

and EBSD, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

55. A. P. Merkle, L. Lechner, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, Automated correlative tomography of an

aluminum 7075 alloy spanning length scales and modalities, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN,

(2016).

56. C. S. Kaira, S. S. Singh, V. De Andrade, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In situ characterization of

nanoscale precipitate nucleation and growth in aluminum alloys using transmission x-ray microscopy

(TXM), TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016). (Poster)

57. C. Mayer, Y. Lingwei, S. S. Singh, Y-L Shen, J. Molina-Aldareguia, J. LLorca, N. Chawla,

Anisotropy, size, and aspect ratio effects in micropillar compression of Al-SiC nanolaminate

composites, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

58. T. Stannard, J. Williams, S. S. Singh, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, In situ corrosion-fatigue of 7075

aluminum in 3.5 wt% NaCl, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

59. I. Lujan-Regalado, A. Kirubanandham, C. Mayer, S. S. Singh, J. Williams, N. Chawla, Effect of

crystal orientation and microstructure on the nucleation and growth of Tin (Sn) hillocks by in situ

nanoindentation and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville,

TN, (2016).

60. R. Vallabhaneni, E. Izadi, C. Mayer, S. S. Singh, C. S. Kaira, J. Rajagopalan, N. Chawla, In situ

FIB/SEM tensile testing of Tin (Sn) whiskers, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

61. S. Singh, J. C. E. Mertens, C. Shashank Kaira, H. Li, S. S. Singh, Y. Jiao, N. Chawla, Effect of

spatial distribution of borosilicate particles in polypropylene matrix composites using X-ray

microtomography, TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, (2016).

62. C. Mayer, Y. Lingwei, S. S Singh, J. Molina-Aldareguia, Y.L. Shen, N. Li, N. Mara, N.

Chawla, Mechanical characterization of Al-SiC Nanolaminate composites using micromechanical

testing methods, SES, TX (2015).

63. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, T. Stannard, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, In situ materials science:

microstructural evolution of materials with time, ASME, Seattle, WA, (2015).

64. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, P. Kenesei, F. De Carlo, J. Almer, N. Chawla, Quantification of

fatigue crack closure using 3D synchrotorn x-ray tomography, ASME, Seattle, WA, (2015).

65. T. Lai, S. S. Singh, A. Sundaram, N. Chawla, M-L Lind, The hydrogen permeability of amorphous

NiNb-M (M=Sn,Ti and Zr) metallic membrane, North American Membrane Society (NAMS),

Boston, MA, (2015).

66. S. S. Singh, J. C. E. Mertens, J. J. Williams, P. Hruby, A. Kirubanandham, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N.

Chawla, Advanced noise-reduction and segmentation methods in x-ray computed micro-

tomography, 2nd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS),

Quebec, Canada, (2015).

67. B. M. Patterson, N. Chawla, A. R. Ovejero, T. Stannard, S. S. Singh, X. Xiao, A. Ionita, D. Dalvit, D.

S. Moore, K. Henderson, N. Cordes, Understanding material structure and performance with 3D x‐ray

imaging, 64th Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis - Denver X-ray Conference,

Westminster, CO, (2015).

68. S. S. Singh, T. Stannard, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, N. Chawla, In situ investigation of stress corrosion

cracking of aluminum alloys by x-ray synchrotron tomography, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL,

(2015).

69. R. Yuan, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, J. Oswald, An extended finite element algorithm for the fracture

analysis of metal matrix composites with realistic SiC particle gerometeris obtaind from x-ray

synchrotron tomography data, 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego,

CA, (2015).

70. X. Wang, S. S. Singh, T. Ma, N. Chawla, H. Jiang, Direct measurements of Li-Si composition,

volume expansion and modulus variation of amorphous Si after electrochemical lithiation, IMECE,

Houston, TX, (2015).

71. A. P. Merkle, L. Lechner, L. Hunter, J. Gelb, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, Automated correlative

tomography of an aluminum 7075 alloy spanning length scales and modalities, Microscopy and

Microanalysis (M&M), Portland, OR, (2015).

72. I. Lujan-Regalado, S. S. Singh, A. Kirubanandham, J. J. Williams, N. Chawla, Characterization of tin

whiskering and influence of microstructure on its formation, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL,

(2015). (Poster)

73. P. Hruby, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Four dimensional synchrotron

tomography of fatigue crack growth and damage in metal matrix composites, International

Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), Copenhagen, Denmark, (2015).

74. R. Vallabhaneni, E. Izadi, S. S. Singh, C. Mayer, J. Rajagopalan, N. Chawla, In-situ tensile behavior

of tin whiskers, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, (2015).

75. J. J. Williams, S. S. Singh, P. Kenesei, J. Almer, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Investigating the

plastic zone at the tip of a crack: A 3D diffraction and imaging study using synchrotron x-rays, TMS

Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, (2015).

76. B. M. Patterson, N. Chawla, S. S. Singh, M. F. Lin, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, M. Robinson, Z. Smith,

K. Henderson, N. Cordes, Dynamic in-situ compression with synchrotron 3D tomographic imaging of

cellular materials, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, (2015).

77. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, P. Hruby, J. C. E. Mertens, A. Kirubanandham, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, F. De

Carlo, Image analysis of time-evolved x-ray microtomography data sets using Avizo Fire, Americas

Amira-Avizo user group Meeting (AAAUGM), Boston, MA, (2014).

78. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, N. Chawla, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, Microstructural and environmental

effects on FCG in 7075 Al alloy, Environmental Effects on Damage in Materials, Bergamo, Italy,

(2014).

79. S. S. Singh, C. Schwartztein, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, 3D microstructural

characterization and mechanical properties of constituents particles in Al 7075 alloys using x-ray

synchrotron tomography and nanoindentation, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, (2014).

80. S. S. Singh, R. Sarkar, H. Xie, C. Mayer, J. Rajagopalan, N. Chawla, Tensile behavior of Sn whiskers

by FIB lift-out and MEMS testing in SEM,” TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, (2014).

81. P. Hruby, S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, H. Xie, R. Xu, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Quantitative

measurement of plastic zone size in Al 7075 using a combination of x-ray synchrotron laue

microdiffraction and microtomography, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, (2014). (Poster)

82. S. Safarkhani, R.Yuan, S. S. Singh, J. Oswald, N. Chawla, Numerical modeling of damage in Al-SiC

composites by Extended Finite Element (XFEM), TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, (2014).

83. P. Hruby, S. S. Singh, J.J. Williams, X. Xiao, R. Xu, P. Kenesei, F. Decarlo, J. Almer, N. Chawla,

Investigating the plastic zone at the tip of a crack: A 3D diffraction and imaging study using

synchrotron x-rays, International Congress on 3D Materials Science 2014, Annecy, France, (2014).

84. B. M. Patterson, Z. Smith, K. Henderson, N. Cordes, N. Chawla, J. J. Williams, S. S. Singh, E. Guo,

X. Xiao, Dynamic compression imaging of syntactic foams using synchrotron x-ray computed

tomography, Syntactic and Composite Foams IV, Santa Fe, NM, (2013).

85. J. J. Williams, S. S. Singh, X. Xiao, P. Kenesei, F. Decarlo, J. Almer, N. Chawla, Investigating the

plastic zone at the tip of a crack: A 3D diffraction and imaging study using synchrotron x-

rays, Developments in X-Ray Tomography IX, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2014, San Diego, CA,

(2014).

86. R. Yuan, S. S. Singh, N. Chawla, J. Oswald, Efficient methods for implicit geometrical

representation of complex material microstructures, 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, (2013).

87. J.J. Williams, S.S. Singh, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Understanding fatigue and corrosion-

fatigue behavior by in situ 3D x-ray synchrotron tomography, PRICM-08, Waikaloa, HI, (2013).

88. S. S. Singh, J. J. Williams, X. Xiao, F. De Carlo, N. Chawla, Fatigue crack closure and corrosion

fatigue in Al 7075 alloy using in situ x-ray synchrotron tomography, TMS Annual Meeting, San

Antonio, TX, (2013).

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Creep Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys at Small Length Scale Using Nanoindentation, IIT Kanpur,

PI, (2016-2019) Completed

2. Laser Assisted Fabrication of Functionally and Microstructurally Graded Thermal Protection Systems

(TPS) for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV), ISRO, PI, (2016-2019) Completed

3. Development of Lanthana (La2O3) Based ODS Steels for Nuclear Reactor Application, SERB, PI,

(2017-2020)

4. Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of High-Silicon Stainless Steel, ISRO, Co-PI (2017-

2021)

5. Synthesis and Characterization Al-B and Al-B4C alloys as Fuel in Solid Propellant, ISRO, PI (2020 –

2022)

6. Development of process map for additive manufacturing of Inconel alloys, DST-AMT, Co-PI (2018 –

2020)

7. Insitu Formed Metal Oxide Coated Inert Anode For Impressed Current Cathodic Protection of Steel

Structures, SERB, Co-PI (2020-2022)

TEACHING

TA201A: Introduction to Manufacturing (UG): Instructor (Once)

MSE302A: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (UG): Instructor (Twice)

MSE313A: Mechanical Behaviour Laboratory (UG): Instructor (Thrice)

MSE661A: Fracture, Fatigue and Creep: Materials and Models (UG + PG): Instructor (Twice) – This

course was designed by me

TA201A: Introduction to Manufacturing (UG): Tutor (Twice)

MSE315A: Manufacturing Process Laboratory (UG): Instructor (Once)

MSE690A/MSE691A: Seminar Participation (PG): Instructor (Once)

MSE617A: Mathematic and Computational Methods (PG): Instructor (Once)

MSE671A: Heat Treatment and Surface Hardening (UG + PG): Instructor (Twice), summer (once)

ESO205A: Nature and Properties of Materials (UG): Tutor (Once)

MSE676A: Materials Failure: Analysis and Prevention (UG + PG): Instructor (Once)

THESIS SUPERVISION

M. Tech/Dual Degree: 10 completed (as per year of registration)

1. Ashish Kumar Gupta, Laser aided continuous alloying for metallic materials, Co-supervisor:

Prof. I. Manna (2016)

2. Aditya Narayan Shiv Shankar Swain, High Temperature Deformation Behaviour & Processing

Map of Equiatomic CuCoFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy, Co-supervisor: Prof. K. Biswas (2016)

3. Animesh Dutta, Development of Multilayered Steel Composite and the Effect of Heat Treatment

on Mechanical Properties, Co-Supervisor: Prof. K. Mondal (2016)

4. Kislay Kumar, Orientation dependent deformation in zinc using nanoindentation (2017)

5. Ayush Anand, Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of

High-Silicon Stainless Steel, Co-supervisor: Prof. S. Shekhar (2017)

6. Ireddy Nikhila, Effect of Aluminum Content on the Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium

Alloys (2018)

7. Lingareddygari Uttam Reddy, Effect of Milling Parameters on the Surface Integrity and

Corrosion Behavior of Magnesium Alloys (2018)

8. Saloni Rastogi, Modeling the Nanoindentation Response of Zinc Quasi Single Crystal using

Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Method, Co-supervisor: Prof. P. Chakraborty (2018)

9. Kotte Vamshi Krishna, Laser Processing of SS316L Metal Matrix Composites, Co-supervisor:

Dr. Subrata Mukherjee (Tata Steel) (2019)

10. Mahesh Birle, Processing and characterization of TiC-reinforced Inconel 718 metal matrix

composites synthesized via spark plasma sintering (2019)

Note: Five students are currently pursuing M. Tech thesis. One of them will be graduating in

Aug/Sep 2021 and other four will be graduating in June 2022.

PhD: 10 Ongoing (as per year of registration)

1. Sarvesha R. (2016)

2. Ashwani Kumar, Co-supervisor: Prof. K. Biswas (2017)

3. Subha Sanket Panda (2017)

4. Prince Setia, Supervisor: Prof. S. Shekhar (2017)

5. Shipra Bajpai, Supervisor: Prof. K. Balani (2017)

6. Kancharla Harikrishna, Supervisor: Prof. K. Mondal (2016)

7. K. Vishwanath, Co-supervisor: Prof. K. Mondal (2017)

8. Gaurav Gupta (2019)

9. Poresh Kumar (2020)

10. Vikas Tiwari (2020)

Others who worked in our lab

1. B. Tech Students (UGP): Avi Gupta, Wasim Alam, Nikhil Bansal, Ved Prakash Mishra

2. Surge student: Rajesh Layek, NIT Jamshedpur (2019), Aditya Sharma, VNIT Bhopal (2021)

3. TEQIP Summer Visiting Researcher: Abshishek Kumar, Assistant Professor, Jabalpur

Engineering College (2018)

4. Dhananjay Dubey, Kadali Kondababu

KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION

Talk on “Materials for Additive Manufacturing” in ATAL online course on Advances in Metal and

Multimaterial 3D Printing (July 2021)

Guest lecturer for short professional course on Lightweight Materials for Transportation by Indian

Institute of Metals (IIM) (July 2021)

Co-organizer, QIP short term course on Mechanical Behavior of Materials (March, 2021)

Organizer, QIP short term course on Corrosion Failure and Protection of Engineering Materials

(March, 2021)

Organizer, IIM National Workshop on New Horizons in Metallurgy, Materials, and Manufacturing,

Indian Institute of Metals (Dec 2020)

Talk on “Materials aspects in additive manufacturing” in KIT online FDP on Introduction to Additive

Manufacturing (Dec 2020)

Talk on “Understanding Deformation Behavior of Particulate Reinforced MMCs using X-ray

Tomography” in TEQIP sponsored short term course on Research and Development in composite

materials at J. C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YCMA, Faridabad (July 2020)

Talk on 3D/4D Characterization of Aluminum Alloys Using X-ray Tomography in High-temperature

performance of Al-alloys (HTPAA-2020) workshop at MANIT Bhopal (Dec 2020)

Talk on “Continuous stiffness measurement and micromechanical testing” in Nanomechanics and

Biotribology Workshop, ACMS, IIT Kanpur (Sep 2019)

Co-organizer, QIP short term course on Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Corrosion (June, 2019)

Co-organizer, QIP short term course on 3D and 4D Microscopy in Materials Science (Oct, 2018)

Co-organizer, QIP short term course on Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Oct, 2018)

Talk on “Microstructure and grain size analysis” in QIP short term course on Mastering Advanced

Techniques of Characterization for High-end Research (Aug 2018)

Talk on “Materials in additive manufacturing” in QIP short term course on Fundamental of Laser

Material Processing (Feb 2018)

Talk on (a) X-ray micro-tomography: fundamentals and applications, (b) Rolling contact fatigue, and

(c) Additive manufacturing at Eaton Technologies Private Limited (2018)

Talk on “Materials aspects in additive manufacturing” in QIP short term course on Additive

Manufacturing (March 2017)

Talk on “Continuous stiffness measurement and micromechanical testing” in Instrumented

Indentation Workshop, ACMS, IIT Kanpur (Jan 2016)

AWARDS/HONORS

NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Awards 2020 by The National Academy of Sciences,

India

Reviewer Appreciation Certificate, Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, Aug 2020, April

2021, June 2021

2018 SMD JOM Best Paper Award by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

Young Metallurgist of the Year Award 2017 in metal science division by IIM (Indian Institute of

Metals)

IEI Young Engineers Award 2017-2018 in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Discipline by

The Institution of Engineers (India)

Council Member, Indian Institute of Metals (2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020)

Teaching Excellence Certificates for the following courses at IIT Kanpur

MSE302A: Mechanical Behavior of Materials (SEM I, 2016-2017 and SEM I, 2017-2018)

MSE661A: Fracture, Fatigue and Creep: Materials and Models (SEM II, 2016-2017)

MSE313A: Mechanical Behavior Laboratory (SEM I, 2017-2018)

MSE617A: Mathematic and Computational Methods (SEM II, 2018-2019)

MSE671A: Heat Treatment and Surface Hardening (SEM I, 2019-2020 and SEM I, 2020-

2021)

Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Dissertation in Materials Science and Engineering

Department, Arizona State University (2016)

ASU Student Travel Award (2014, 2015)

Award for Best Contribution in “Study and Suggest Measures to Improve Billet Internal Quality for

36-40 mm Rebars”, Flat Product Technology Group (FPTG), Tata Steel, India (2011).

Institute Silver Medal, IIT Kharagpur, India (2008).

Best B. Tech Project Work, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur,

India (2008)

Indranil Award for Metallurgy, The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India, India

(2008).

Ramneek Sodhi Memorial Award, IIT Kharagpur, India (2008)

1st place in metallography and 2nd place in paper presentation in Congress of Metallurgical

Professionals involving Students, Industry and Teachers (COMPOSIT), IIT Kharagpur (2008).

J. B. Ghosh Memorial Award, IIT Kharagpur, India (2007)

Pradeep Kumar Chakraborty Award, IIT Kharagpur, India (2007)

Smt. Ava Sanyal Memorial award, IIT Kharagpur, India (2007)

Tata Scholarship by Tata Steel, India (2006-2008).

Tata Steel Millennium Scholarship by Tata Steel, India (2004-2006).

Certificate of Honour, Mrs. K. M. P. M. Inter College, India (2003)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editor, IIM Metal News (since 2020)

Member of Diamond Core and Waterwell Drilling Sectional Committee, Bureau of Indian

Standards (BIS), 2019 onwards

Warden In-charge, Hall 2, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Feb 2020 – To date)

Secretary, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM-Kanpur Chapter: 2016-2017, 2018-2019, 2019-2020,

2020-2021)

Convener/Secretary, Chapter Relationship Committee (CRC) (2019-2021)

Faculty In-charge, Materials Testing Lab and Workshop, Dept. of MSE, IIT Kanpur (Aug 2019 –

to date)

Convener, Mechanical Testing and Sample Preparation Lab, ACMS, IIT Kanpur (Oct 2020 – To

date)

Committee Member, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Software labs + Departmental Website/Social Media committee (Aug 2019 – Aug 2020)

Awards committee (Aug 2019 – Aug 2020)

Students Placement Committee (Aug 2018 – Aug 2019, Aug 2020 – To date)

Website committee (Content Management) (Aug 2017 – Aug 2019)

Department Post Graduate Committee (Oct 2020 – To date)

MSES Adviser (UG and PG) (2016-2017)

Core committee member, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, UBA (Sep 2017 – To date)

Member, Animal welfare committee (AWC), IIT Kanpur (Jan 2020 – To date)

Warden In-charge, Hall 4, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Sep 2018 – Aug 2019)

Warden, Hall 4, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (May 2016 – Aug 2018)

Faculty Advisory committee, UDGHOSH, IIT Kanpur, (2018 - 2019), (2019 - 2020)

Subject Expert in Interview Panel, PhD admissions in Centre for Advanced Studies AKTU

Lucknow (Sep 2019)

Institute Representative for JEE and GATE on several occasions

Co-Convener: International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME 2017)

Chairman: Exhibition and Co-Chairman: Publicity and Communication (NMD-ATM 2016)

Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)

Life Member, Electron Microscopy Society of India (EMSI)

Life Member, Society of Failure Analysis (SFA)

Member, ASM International

Member, TMS

Member, Tau Beta Pi (USA)

Member, Phi Kappa Phi (USA) (May 2015 – April 2018)

Reviewer: Materials Science and Engineering A (outstanding reviewer), Acta Materialia, Materials

and Design, Materials Characterization, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Philosophical

Magazine, Corrosion Science, Scientific Reports, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A,

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Scripta Materialia, Advanced Engineering Materials, Kirk-

Othmer Encyclopedia, Vacuum, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Materials Research,

Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Chemical Engineering Communication, Sadhana, Proceedings of

the National Academy of Sciences

Session Chair at ASME, Seattle (2015), Session Convener in Advances in Non-ferrous Metallurgy:

Applications in Defense and Aerospace, NMD-ATM 2017, Goa (2017)