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I work in the field of materials engineering as a researcher. My recent experience lies in understanding the mechanical response in multi-phase materials. I have gained skills in both experimental (mechanical testing and characterisation) and computational (crystal plasticity modelling) aspects of the field.

Research Interests: microstructure and crystallographic texture evolution during thermo-mechanical processing, additive manufacturing, crystal plasticity modelling, interphase characteristics, ferrous alloys, hexagonal close-packed materials


📚 Education

Degree Branch Timeline Institute Grade
Doctoral PhD Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 2016 - 2022 Indian Institute of Technology Madras 9.25
Master’s M.Tech Materials Engineering 2014 - 2016 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur 9.94
Bachelor’s B.Tech Mechanical Engineering 2010 - 2014 Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad 84.25%

📊 Research experience

Research and Development Professional (2024 - present)

Alleima, Sandviken, Sweden

High temperature deformation of modern alloys (2023 - 2024)

Advisors: Prof. Hamidreza Abdolvand (Western University)

Funding: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canada

Study the deformation and fracture behaviour of Ni-based super alloys for small modular nuclear reactors using in-situ testing combined with crystal plasticity simulations.

Crystal plasticity modelling of tensile behaviour of alloy 625 at different temperatures (2023 - 2023)

Advisors: Prof. Anand K Kanjarla (IIT Madras)

Funding: Alleima, Sweden

Study the deformation behaviour and texture evolution during uniaxial tension at cryogenic temperatures. The goal of the project is to predict the temperature dependent plastic behaviour of alloy 625 in relation to stacking fault energy and deformation twinning using DAMASK software

Micromechanics of duplex stainless steels: Experiments and crystal plasticity modelling (2016 - 2022)

Advisors: Prof. Anand K Kanjarla (IIT Madras), Dr. P V Sivaprasad (Swerim AB, Sweden)