Personal Profile of Dr. Animesh Mandal
 Dr. Animesh Mandal |
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| Degree | Discipline | Year | School |
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| Ph.D. | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 2007 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
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Nov 2018 – present |
Associate Professor, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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Feb 2012 – Nov 2018 |
Assistant Professor, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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Aug 2014 – Aug 2016 |
Head of School, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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Jul 2010 – Feb 2012 |
Visiting Faculty, School of Mechanical Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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Sep 2009 – Jun 2010 |
Scientist (Fellow), Department of Advanced Materials Technology CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
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Apr 2007 – Jun 2009 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Metal Processing Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA |
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A. Current Projects
§ Aluminium-Cerium based alloys for high temperature applications | Mar 2019 - Mar 2021 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, SPARC PI - Dr. Animesh Mandal and Prof. Hari-Babu Nadendla (BCAST, UK), Co-PI – Prof. B.K. Dhindaw, Dr. P. S. De and Dr. Brian McKay (BCAST, UK)
§ Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium based alloys and composites | July 2019 – June 2020 National Project Implementation Unit, MHRD, Collaborative Research Scheme (TEQIP – III) PI - Dr. SVSK Deepak Kumar (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi), Co-PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal, Dr. Sanjay Kr Jha and Joyjeet Ghose (BIT Mesra), Ajit Behera (NIT Rourkela), Dr. Sagar HanumantNikam (Ulster University, UK)
§ Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured hierarchical micro-architected metamaterials and composites for structural and functional applications | Mar 2019 – Mar 2022 Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology PI – Dr. Kodanda Ram Mangipudi, Co-PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal
§ Improving damping capacity of cast Nickel Aluminium Bronze (NAB) alloys | May 2018 – May 2020 Naval Research Board, DRDO PI – Dr. P. S. De, Co-PI - Dr. Animesh Mandal, Dr. S. Dhandole
§ Development of stand-alone, cost-effective conversion coatings for Magnesium alloys | Dec 2017 – Dec 2020 Uchchattar Aviskar Yojana, MHRD PI – Dr. K.K. Sahu, Co-PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal, Prof. B.K. Dhindaw
§ Recycling of cast aluminium alloy scraps to produce alloys with comparable microstructure and properties as that of primary alloys | Dec 2016 – Nov 2019 Uchchattar Aviskar Yojana, MHRD PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal, Co-PI – Prof. B.K. Dhindaw
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B. Completed Projects
§ Optimization of HIP process conditions for 9Cr and 18Cr ODS steel powder | Sep 2014 - Aug 2017 UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kalpakkam PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal, Co-PI – Dr. Arup Dasgupta (IGCAR - Kalpakkam), Collaborators - CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar
§ Novel hypereutectic Al-Si-Mg alloys for automotive application | Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal
§ Re-engineering of walker type reaper-binder | Aug 2013 - Sep 2015 Department of Agriculture and Food Processing, Odisha PI - Dr. A.K. Pradhan and Dr. M.K. Pandit, Co-PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal
§ Design Modification of a Maize Sheller | 2012-2013 Department of Agriculture and Food Processing, Odisha PI - Dr. A.K. Pradhan and Dr. M.K. Pandit, Co-PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal
§ UKIERI Thematic Partnership in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, Innovation and Application | Apr 2012 - Mar 2015 UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) Member – Dr. Animesh Mandal, Collaborators - IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati and University of Warwick, UK
§ Semisolid Processing of Aluminium based alloys/composites by Cooling Slope Technique | 2011-13 Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar PI – Dr. Animesh Mandal |
· A high throughput industrially scalable process for production of porous silicon powder from metallurgical grade Metal-Silicon alloys
Name of inventors: Mr. Anil D. Pathak, Dr. Kisor K. Sahu, Dr. Soobhankar Pati, Dr. Animesh Mandal
Patent application no. 201631017873, Date of filling – 24.05.2016
· A vibrating inclined slope set-up for melt conditioning of alloys
Name of inventors: Dr. Brij Kumar Dhindaw, Mr. Nitin Gupta, Dr. Animesh Mandal
Patent application no 201831030977, Date of filling – 18.08.2018
1. S.V.S.K. Deepak Kumar (2016) | Microstructure-property correlation in thixoformed A356-5wt%TiB2 in-situ composite
2. Mihira Acharya (2014 – present) | Alternative refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
3. Silani Sahoo (2014 – present) | Steel based composites reinforced with titanium diboride
4. Manas Kumar Sahoo (2015 – present) – Low cost carbon foams
5. Rahul Gope (2016 – present) | Aluminium alloys for elevated temperature applications
§ MTech
1. Mihira Acharya (2014) | Effect of inoculants on low shear behaviour of aluminium alloys
2. Avanish Kumar (2015) | Synthesis of Copper based heat sink material by Powder Metallurgy (Co-supervisor – Dr. K. Jayasankar, CSIR-IMMT)
3. Sibani Mishra (2015) | Microstructure-property correlations in Magnesium-Aluminium-Neodymium alloys (Co-supervisor – Dr. A.K. Chaubey, CSIR-IMMT)
4. James Mathew (2016) | Studies on semisolid processed in-situ Al-4.5Cu-5TiB2 composite (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
5. Shristy Jha (2017) | Development of Al-Nb-B based refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
6. Susanta Kumar Nayak (2018) | Grain Refinement of Al-Si Alloys Using Al-5Nb-2B Master Alloy (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
7. Biswarupa Samantaray (2018) | Remelting studies of hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
8. G. Sree Lakshmi Aditya (2019) | Sustainable processing of Al based alloys for automotive applications with special reference to Vertical Twin roll Casting (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
9. Dheeraj Kumar Saini (2020)| Aluminium-Cerium based alloys for elevated temperature applications
10. Swati Singh (2020) | Vertical Twin roll casting and slope casting of aluminium alloys (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
§ BTech |Final Year Project
1. Likhit Kumar (2018) | Predicting the mechanical properties of Al-SiC composites using FEM
2. Pranjal Bangani (2019) | High temperature aluminium alloys
3. Sampurna Borah (2020) | Development of wear resistant aluminium alloys
4. Chinmay Amit Gupta (2020) | Ageing studies of commercial aluminium alloys
§ Treasurer| Workshop by Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), July 18-20, 2018, Mayfair, Bhubaneswar
§ Executive Council member and Treasurer | Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), 2017-2020
§ Convener | One Day Workshop on “Rare Earths Technology Development (RETD-2016)”, September 04, 2016, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Co-coordinator | Ishān Vikās program (initiative of MHRD, Government of India), December 7-18, 2015, IIT Bhubaneswar
§ Guest Editor | Fifth National Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (NCPCM – 2015), December 12-13, 2015, NIT Rourkela, India
§ Co-convener | Conference on Advances in Light Metal and its Composites (CALM2014) organized by SRM University Chennai, December 6-7, 2014,Chennai, India
§ Co-convener | International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP5) organized by IIT Bhubaneswar, November 19-22, 2012, Bhubaneswar, India
§ Guest Editor | The Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Springerlink for the special issue on Proceeding of International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP5) organized by IIT Bhubaneswar, November 19-22, 2012, Bhubaneswar, India
§ Life Member, Indian Society of Technical Education
§ Life Member, Aluminium Association of India
§ Life Member, Electron Microscope Society of India
3. James Mathew | PhD at Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, UK
