REVIEW MEETING Centre of Excellence, TEQIP-II PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND PRODUCT CHARACTERISATION

1. REVIEW MEETINGCentre of Excellence, TEQIP-II PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND PRODUCT CHARACTERISATION 19 October 2016 Pravash Chandra Chakraborti Coordinator Faculty of Engineering and Technology JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA 700032

2. OBJECTIVE The primary objective of the CoE is to train and produce quality manpower who would be able to accept the challenges of present day industrial requirements. The training of the students and researchers would be aimed to attain research excellence in the area of phase transformation and mechanical, corrosion and tribological behaviour of the phase transformation products.

3. Details of GRANT Received • Sanction Letter: 21.06.2013 • Grant Received: Rs. 3,33,33,000.00 on 10.09.2013 Rs. 1,66,67,000.00 on 21.09.2015 • Total Grant Received:Rs. 500.00 lacs

4. Thematic Areas of Research • Solid state phase transformation • Microstructuralcharacterisation • Tribological behaviour • Mechanical Characterisation and Small Scale Length Deformation • Corrosion Behaviour • Melting and solidification • Welding

5. The CoE Team Details (Faculties) • Metallurgical and Material Engineering: • Prof. P.C.Chakraborti, Coordinator • Prof. Siddhartha Mukherjee , Prof. Gopes Chandra Das, Prof. P. K. Datta, • Prof. Dinabandhu Gosh, Prof. Subir Paul, • Dr. RajibDey, Dr. SathiBanerjee , Dr. Amrita Kundu. • Mechanical Engineering: • Prof. AsishBandyopadhyay, Prof. PrasantaSahoo, • Dr. HimadriChattopadhyay, Prof. GoutamSutradhar, • Sri. DiptenMisra, Prof. SanjibAcharyya, Prof. SankarDhar, Prof. Sudipto De • Chemical Engineering: Prof. ChandanGuha. • Production Engineering: Prof. SourenMitra, Prof. SoumyaSarkar. • Computer Science and Engineering: • Prof.Sanjoy Kumar Saha, Prof. ChandanMazumdar • Information Technology: Dr. Bivash Chandra Dhara.

6. Research Fellows of COE Date of Joining • Nikhil Kumar 12.12.2013 • Subhabrata Chakraborty 12.12.2013 • AritraGhosh 12.12.2013 • UtpalKumarMaity 20.12.2013 • Mrinmoy Jana 19.08.2014 • ParichayBasu 19.08.2014 • SuswagataParia 20.08.2014 • AmitSarkar 22.08.2014 • AbhijitBiswas 01.09.2014 • MrutiranjanPradhan 01.09.2014 • Sujit Kumar Guchait 02.09.2014 • Jayanta Kumar Mahato 16.09.2014 • TusharKanti Bhattacharya 22.09.2014 Contd ……….

7. Research Fellows of COE Date of Joining • Smita Pandey 02.08.2016 • Soumajit Roy 02.08.2016 • Manish Kumar Patel 02.08.2016 • SrinathRanjanGhosh02.08.2016 • RiddhiSarkar02.08.2016 • Arnab De 02.08.2016 • ArkaMondal02.08.2016 • AmitBarnwal02.08.2016 • Tamonash Jana 02.08.2016 • AyatreeSen02.08.2016 • Sudip Banerjee 03.08.2016 SUPPORT TO PG STUDENTS • Financial Assistance to 14 students has been provided for doing their PG Theses under Faculty of Engineering and Technology.

8. EXPENDITURE DETAILS GRANT RECEIVED: Rs. 5,00,00,000.00 INTEREST EARNED: Rs. 26,73,502.00 TOTAL PROJECT FUND : Rs. 5,26,73,502.00 ACTUAL EXPENDITURE AS ON 30.09.2016: Rs. 4,54,53,721.00 BALANCE AS ON 30.09.2016 : Rs. 72,19,781.00 PROJECTED EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD 01.10.2016 TO 31.03.2017 : Rs. 1,30,00,000.00 REQUIREMENT OF FUND FOR THE PERIOD 01.10.2016 TO 31.03.2017 : Rs. 57,80,219.00

9. Deliverables targeted during the Period October 2016 to March 2017 and Requirement of Additional Grant Trainingof research fellows, PG Students, Technical Rs. 3.00 lacs Staff on MATLAB at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology: On an average at least one publication per research Rs. 80.00 lacs fellow (Continuation of Research Fellowships and PG Assistantship, associated research expenses, and participation in seminars/conference/workshop by research fellows, students and faculties etc.): Organisation of Seminar/Workshop and Continuing Rs. 80.00 lacs Education Programme and Expert Lectures: Formulation of Joint research project proposals with Rs. 2.00 lacs R&D organisation and Industry; related travel, meetings etc.): Incremental Operating Cost:Rs. 15.00 lacs TOTAL: Rs.130.00 lacs Less Balance Available (Rs. 72,19,721.00) as on 30.09.2016: Additional Grant Required : Rs.57,80,219.00

10. EQUIPMENTS PROCURED • Air Induction Melting Furnace : 1 no. • Dilatometer : 1 no. • Tribometer : 1 no. • Microhardness Tester : 1 no. • Corrosion Test Facility : 1 no. • Thermal Imaging Camera : 1 no. • Ansys Fluent Software • ThermoCalc Software (TCCS AND TCFE7 Steel database) • Desktop Computers : 8 nos. • Workstation based computer : 2 nos. Contd ……….

11. EQUIPMENTS PROCURED • Vacuum Tube Furnace : 1 no. • Single Disc Grinder/Polisher : 1 no. • Upright Metallurgical Microscope : 1 no. • Travelling Microscope : 1 no. • Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge - Cum - Elastic Modulus Measurement Equipment : 1 no. • Precision Balance : 2 nos. • GPU based Workstation: 1 no. • Laptop : 1 no. • Note Book : 3 nos. • Spares for existing SEM • Room Air Conditioner : 6 nos. • Xerox – cum – Printer : 1 no.

12. Relevance of Equipments • Air Induction Furnace: For Melting purpose. Prior to this there was no high temperature melting facility, a requirement for melting of ferrous systems. • Dilatometer: For studying phase transformation during both heating and cooling. Prior to this there was no such facility. • Tribometer: For tribological studies at high temperature. Prior to this there was no facility for investigating tribological behaviour at high temperatures. • Microhardness Tester: For characterising phase transormation products. • Corrosion Test Facility: For investigation of electrochemical corrosion behaviour of different materials constituting of different phases developed due to solid-solid phase transformation and also of cold deformed materials. Contd ……….

13. Relevance of Equipments • Thermal Imaging Camera: For video recording of time dependent temperature variation during phase transformation and deformation processes. • Vacuum Tube Furnace: For environment controlled heattreatment purpose. Prior to this there was no such facility. • Ansys Fluent Software: For theoretical prediction of thermal and flow dynamics of phase change process. • ThermoCalc Software: For deriving phase diagrams from thermodynamic database. Prior to this there was no such software. • Desktop Computers: For general purpose. • Workstation Based Computers: For working with Ansys Fluent Software. Contd ……….

14. Relevance of Equipments • Grinder/Polisher: For micron level polishing of metallographic specimens. • Upright Metallurgical Microscope : For studying the microstructural evolution due to phase transformation. • Travelling Microscope: For monitoring the initiation and growth of cracks during loading of sheet specimens. • Ultrasonic Elastic Modulus Measurement Equipment: For use in case of very small ceramic based materials. Prior to this there was no such facility. • Precision Balance: For studying wear and corrosion resistance behaviour using weight loss method. Contd ……….

15. Relevance of Equipments • GPU based Workstation: To support computation intensive image/video processing. • Laptop: For recording images from thermal imaging camera. • Note Book: For general purpose. • Spares for existing FESEM: For grabbing secondary electron images. • Xerox Machine-cum-Printer: For general purpose. • Room Air Conditioner: For different laboratories.

16. Specific Areas of Research(Being pursued by COE Research Fellows and Faculties) • Tribological characterisation of electroless Ni-P coatings under high temperature. • Phase transformation of electroless nickel coatings through heat treatment and its effect on tribological behavior. • Study of tribological behaviour of Al-TiB2 metal matrix composites. • Tribological behavior of Al-SiC metal matrix composite in corrosive environment. Contd ……….

17. Specific Areas of Research(Being pursued by COE Research Fellows and Faculties) • Study of laser welding of AISI 304 stainless steel. • Study of laser welding of 2205 duplex stainless steel . • Effect of Welding Parameters and Post Weld Heat Treatment of Semi-automatic GMA Welded ASS Joints for Higher Joint Integrity at Room and Cryogenic Temperatures. • A correlation study between micro-structure and mechanical properties of multi-phase steel 20MnMoNi55 using experimental and FE simulated results and optimization of phase parameter. • Modelling of viscoplastic material behaviour of 20MnMoNi55 at the temperature ranges from RT to 550˚C. • Effect of grain size and stacking fault energy on monotonic and cyclic deformation behaviour of two different single-phase FCC metals. Contd ……….

18. Specific Areas of Research(Being pursued by COE Research Fellows and Faculties) • Low temperature sintering of ultra fine grained alumina by high energy ball mill. • Wear behaviour of ferrite-martensite dual-phase steel. • Ductile tearing resistance behaviour of automotive grade steel sheets. • Asymmetric stress cycling behaviour of interstitial-free steel sheets. • Low cycle fatigue and ratcheting behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. • Melting and solidification process in different cavities.

19. IMPROVEMENT OF RESEARCH IN THE AREA AND SURGE IN RESEARCH • Our self assessment speaks for improvement of research; the areas which could not be explored before are now being discussed and investigated; Research Fellows and PG Students are finding the CoE a place for fulfilment of their dream for taking research as a career. • There has been a definite surge; two projects, one from UGC on “Mechanical and corrosion behaviour of LASER welded dual phase steel (Sole Investigator: Dr.A.Kundu) and another from DST on “Cyclic plastic deformation behaviour of 304LN at temperatures up to 550oC (P.I: Dr.A.Kundu), have been sanctioned. The facilities of CoE will be used in these projects. UG and PG students will also find opportunity to carry out their thesis work. • Project specific to the research focus of the CoE has been approved under IMPRINT programme. Partnered Institutes: IIT–Roorkee (P.I), IIT-Kharagpur (C.I) and Jadavpur University (C.I).

20. COLLABORATIVE R&D ACTIVITIES (UNDER MoU) • With Industries: TATA Steel, The Netherlands. Research Area: Fatigue and Fracture of Ultra high strength BainiticSteel. Fund Inflow: 43,015 Euro • With Other Institutions: Gas Turbine Research Establishment (DRDO), Bangalore. Research Area: Low Cycle Fatigue and Ratchetingbehaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Collaborative Research with Institutions Outside MoU NML, CGCRI, RDCIS, BARC, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Roorkee, BIT-Mesraand NIT Rourkela

21. Training and Development • Seminars, Conferences and FDPs organized in thematic areas: Two Seminars and Five Workshops. • Seminars: 1. Processing Microstructure and Properties of Steel on 25 March 2014; Attended by Two International Speakers: University of Birmingham, UK. 2. Automotive Steels on 20-21 September 2014; Attended by Two International Speakers: Delft University, The Netherlands, and Wayne State University, USA. • Workshop: 1. Pipe Welding in Power, Oil and Gas Industries on 20-21 February 2014. 2. Mini Workshop on Application of EBSD Technique in Materials Science on 9-10 November 2014; Workshop conducted by Prof. D.P.Field, Washington State University, USA. 3. Solidification and Phase Transformation on 26 – 27 August 2016. 4. Recent Advances in Joining Processes on 22 – 23 September 2016. 5. Materials Characterisation Techniques on 4-5 October 2016; Inaugurated by Dr. Srikmar Banerjee, Chancellor, HomiBhabha National Institute, Mumbai, and Former Director of BARC, and Chairman Atomic Energy Commission , Govt. of India.

22. Training and Development • One-Week Training of Research Fellows at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur arranged during 8-12 August 2016. • One-Week Training on MATLAB for Research Fellows, P.G Students and Technical Staff at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Jadavpur University campus, has been scheduled in December 2016. • One one-week Refresher Course on Plasticity, Fatigue and Fracture has been scheduled in January 2017. • Conference on Fatigue, Fracture and Integrity Assessment has been scheduled in February 2017 (jointly with National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur). Participation in Seminar/Conference/ Workshop by CoE Research Fellows and Faculties Research Fellows : 16 nos; Faculties: 14 nos.

23. Expert (Visiting) Lectures • Dr. KinnorChattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, and  Director, Process Metallurgy and Modeling Group, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, on “Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Metallurgical Processes: the synergy between Experiments, Modeling and Industrial practice”on 23 August 2016. • Dr.ArunansuHaldarof Research and Development, TATA Steel, Swinden Technology Centre, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK, on “Ultra high strength bainitic-austenitic hot rolled steel” on 04 March, 2016. • Dr. G. Sasikala, Professor and Dean-Academic (IGCAR-ENGG Sci), HomiBhabhaNational Institute, Head Materials Mechanics Section, Materials Technology Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, on “Materials Mechanics Studies at IGCAR”on22 February, 2016. • Prof. John Bouchard of The Open University, UK on “Materials Engineering for Nuclear Plant Life Extension” on 03 February 2014.

24. Academic Outcome • New Courses: Following new elective papers have been introduced in 2014-2015. Heattreatment technology, Electronic materials, Polymeric Materials, Production of Ferroalloys, Theory of Metallurgical Processes, Nanophase Materials. • Upgradation of Teaching Laboratories: The equipments procured though do not meant for upgradation of teaching laboratories, all the equipments are extensively used by PG/UG students for their thesis work and these equipments were not available in the university. • Curriculum Enhancement: Curriculum for Four-Year Degree Course in Engineering and Technology has been changed in 2014-2015 to enhance the knowledge base of CoE. • Increase in graduate strength: The student strength has already been increased and considering the available infrastructure it is difficult to increase further. • Increased interaction with domain experts: YES. With scientists/academicians of NML, CGCRI, IIEST, RDCIS, BARC, IIT-Kharagpur and NIT, Rourkela and TATA Steel.

25. Research Outcomes • Establishment of Research Groups: • Phase Transformation • Tribology • Corrosion and Fuel Cell • Material Synthesis • Materials Modeling and Characterisation • Welding • Fatigue, Fracture and Small length scale (Grain • level) deformation

26. PUBLICATION STATUS (44 NoS.) • N. Kumar, M. Mukherjee, A. Bandyopadhyay: Comparative Study of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Welding of AISI 304 and AISI 316 Stainless Steels; Optics & Laser Technology, 2017. • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: Simulation of the Effects of Input Process on Weld Quality in Laser Transmission Welding Using Response Surface Methodology-FEM Combined Approach; Laser in Engineering (accepted). • N. Kumar, S. Mondal, A. Bandyopadhyay, B.K. Bhattacharyya: Effects of Process Parameters on Circular Contour Laser Transmission Welding Process; Laser in Engineering (accepted). • Amrita Kundu, David P Field: Influence of plastic deformation heterogeneity on development of geometrically necessary dislocation density in dual phase steel; Materials Science and Engineering – A (2016). • S. Banerjee, T. Dasgupta, S. Mukherjee, M. Shome, P.C. Chakraborti, S. K. Saha: Digital image correlation for grain scale strain measurement in interstitial free high strength steel; Materials Science and Technology (2016). • S. Chakraborty, S.K. Ghosh, G.C. Das and S. Mukherjee: Optimization of Synthesis Conditions of Monoclinic Potassium Niobate (KNbO3) and its Effect on Morphology; Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol. (2016). • S. Chakraborty, B.K. Sarkar, S.K. Ghosh, G.C. Das and S. Mukherjee: Phase Evolution, Morphology and Photodegradation Kinetics of Hydrothermally Synthesized Tetragonal Sodium Niobate; J. Am. Ceram. Soc. (2016). • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar and P. Sahoo: Wear performance optimization of stir cast Al-TiB2 metal matrix composites using Taguchi design of experiments; Materials Science and Engineering (IOP)(2016). • T. Jana, A. Mitra, P. Sahoo: Dynamic contact interactions of fractal surfaces; Applied Surface Science (2016). • S. Sinha, P.S.De, S. Mukherjee, A. Kundu, P.C.Chakraborti, B.Bhattacharya, M. Shome, D. Bhattacharjee: Local deformation heterogeneity in cyclically deformed interstitial-free steel; Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (2016) Contd ……….

27. PUBLICATION STATUS (44 NoS.) • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar and P. Sahoo: Tribological performance optimization of stir-cast Al-TiB2metal matrix composites using Taguchi based grey relation analysis; Journal of Manufacturing Technology Research (2016). • S. Kundu, S.K. Das and P. Sahoo: Tribological Behaviour of Electroless Ni-P Deposits under Elevated Temperature; Silicon (2016). • S. Pradhan, T.K. Barman, P. Sahoo, G. Sutradhar, S. Ghosh: Tribological Behavior of Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composite in Acidic Medium; International Journal of Engineering and Technologies (2016). • S. Kundu, S.K. Das and P. Sahoo: Influence of load and temperature on tribologicalbehaviour of electroless Ni-P deposits; Materials Science and Engineering (IOP)(2016). • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar and P. Sahoo: Tribological Characterization of Stir-cast Aluminium-TiB2Metal Matrix Composites; Silicon (2016). • S. Kundu,S.K. Das and P. Sahoo: Tribological performance of electroless Ni-(high) P coatings under elevated testing temperature; Materials Today Proceedings (2016). • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar and P. Sahoo: Design of Experiments Analysis of Friction Behavior of Al-TiB2 Composite; Materials Today Proceedings (2016). • Saikat Kumar Kuila, RitayanChatterjee, DinabandhuGhosh: Kinetics of Hydrogen Reduction of Magnetite Ore Fines; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2016). • Rahul Sarkar, Ushasi Roy and DinabandhuGhosh: A Model for Dissolution of Lime in Steelmaking Slags; Metall. Mater. Trans. B (2016). • A.Biswas, S.K. Das, and P. Sahoo: Effect of heat treatment duration on tribological behavior of electroless Ni-(high)P coatings; Materials Science and Engineering (IOP) (2016). • S. Pradhan, T.K. Barman, P. Sahoo, G. Sutradhar: Wear behavior of Al-SiC metal matrix composite under various corrosive environments; Materials Science and Engineering (IOP) (2016). Contd ……….

28. PUBLICATION STATUS (44 NoS.) • ShamikChaudhuri, RitayanChatterjee, DinabandhuGhosh: Study of the variables in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes by the spray pyrolysis of benzene-ferrocene mixtures; Trans.Indian Inst. of Metals (2016). • Subir Paul: Materials and Electrochemistry: Present and Future Battery; J. Electrochem. Sci. Technol. (2016). • J. K. Mahato, P.S.De. A. Sarkar, A.Kundu, P.C.Chakraborti: Effect of deformation mode and grain size on Bauschinger Behaviour of Annealed Copper; International J fatigue (2015). • M. Dhar, N. Barman, S. Mandal and H. Chattopadhyay: HeatlineVisualisation During Solidification of an Eutectic Solution in a Rectangular Cavity; Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals (2015). • A.Biswas, S.K.Das, and P. Sahoo: Hardness and phase transformation trends of electroless Ni-(high) P coating; BLB International Journal of Science and Technology (2015). • S. Pradhan, T.K. Barman, P. Sahoo, G. Sutradhar: Tribological Behavior of Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composite in Brine Environment; BLB International Journal of Science and Technology (2015). • S. Kundu,S.K. Das, and P. Sahoo: Friction and wear trends of electroless Ni-P coatings under high temperature test conditions; BLB International Journal of Science and Technology (2015). • S. Poria, G.Sutradhar and P. Sahoo:Preparation and Characterization of Aluminum-TiB2 Metal Matrix Composite; BLB International Journal of Science and Technology (2015). • S. Chakraborty, D. Debnath, A. R. Mallick, R.K Gupta, A. Ranjan, P. K. Das, D Ghosh: Microscopic, mechanical and thermal properties of spark plasma sintered ZrB2 based composite containing polycarbosilane derived SiC; International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials (2015). • N. Kumar, R. Rudrapati, S. Mondal, A. Bandyopadhyay: Parametric Optimization of Circular Laser Transmission Welding Process Using Grey-Based Taguchi Method; IJEMR (2015). • Subir Paul:Electrodeposition Techniques to Synthesize Nano Materials for High Energetic Fuel Cell Electrodes; Electrodeposition Techniques to Synthesize Nano Materials for High Energetic Fuel Cell Electrodes (2015) Contd ……….

29. PUBLICATION STATUS (44 NoS.) • Sujit Kumar Guchhait, SubirPaul: Synthesis and characterization of ZnO-Al2O3 oxides as energetic electro-catalytic material for glucose fuel cell; , Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, Volume (2015). • SubirPaul , AnjanPattanayak, Sujit K Guchhait: Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Steel in Synthetically Produced Oilfield Seawater; Int. Journal of Metals (2014). • S.Kundu, S.K. Das and P.Sahoo: Optimization Studies on Electroless Nickel Coatings: A. Review; International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering (2014). • A. Sarkar, P.S. De, J. K. Mahato, A. Kundu, P. C. Chakraborti: Effect of mean stress and solution annealing temperature on ratcheting behaviour of AISI 304 Stainless Steel;. ProcediaEngineering( 2014 ). • P.S.De, A. Kundu and P.C.Chakraborti: Effect of Prestrain on Tensile Properties and Ratcheting Behaviour of Ti-stabilised Interstitial-Free Steel; Materials and Design (2014). • M. Dhar,N. Barman, S. Mandal and H.Chattopadhyay: Remelting and interface dynamics during solidification of a eutectic solution in a top-cooled rectangular cavity: A numerical study; International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2014). • M.Dhar, N.Barman, S. Mandal and H.Chattopadhyay: Effect of Prandtl Number on Solidification Behavior of Eutectic Solutions; Procedia Materials Science (2014). • J. K. Mahato, P.S.De. A. Sarkar, A.Kundu, P.C.Chakraborti:Effect of Prestrain and Stress Rate on Bauschinger Effect of Monotonically and Cyclically Deformed OFHC Copper; Procedia Engineering (2014). • S. Kundu,S.K. Das, and P. Sahoo: Properties of electroless nickel at elevated temperature-a review; ProcediaEngineering (2014). • S. Kundu,S.K. Das, and P. Sahoo: Optimization studies on electroless nickel coatings – A Review; International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering (2014). • Subir Paul and Sujit K. Guchhait: An Artificial Neural Network Modeling to Study Unpredictable Degradation of Carbon Steel Marine Structure with environmental variables: Chloride, Sulphate, Bicarbonates, pH; Innovations in Corrosion and Materials Science (2014). • SaikatSamanta, Siddhartha Mukherjee, RajibDey: Oxidation behaviour and phase characterization of titaniferous magnetite ore of Eastern India; Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (2014).

30. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Experimental Analysis of Nd:YAG Laser Welding on Butt Joint AISI 304 stainless steel”, COPEN9, IIT-Bombay, (2015). • N. Kumar, P. Sahoo, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Comparative Study of Weld Quality of Robotic Control Nd:YAG Laser Welding on AISI 304 and AISI 316 stainless steel”, COPEN9, IIT-Bombay, (2015). • N. Kumar, B. Sing, A. Bandyopadhyay, B.K. Bhattacharyya: “Optimization of Process Parameters on Laser Engraving Using Nd:YVO4 Laser Process Using RSM”, COPEN9, IIT-Bombay, (2015). • “Empirical Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Laser welding of AISI 316 Stainless Steel”, N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay. AIMTDR (2016) (Accepted). • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Effect of Process Parameters on Bead Geometry, Microstructure and Hardness of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Welded AISI 316 Stainless Steel”, AIMTDR (2016) (Accepted). • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Empirical Modeling of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Welding of AISI 304 Stainless Steel”,. MCM 2016, Materials Characterization and Manufacturing, (2016) (Accepted). • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Effect of Process Parameters on Weld Seam of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet”, MCM 2016, Materials Characterization and Manufacturing,(2016), (Accepted). • N. Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay: “Optimization of Nd:YAG Laser Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet Using TLBO Approach”, 1st International Conference on Emerging Trends In Mechanical Engineering (Accepted). • AbhijitBiswas, SumanKalyan Das and PrasantaSahoo: “Effect of heat treatment duration on tribologicalbehavior of electroless Ni - (high) P coatings”, International conference on Advances in materials and Manufacturing Applications, Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham University, Bengaluru Campus, (July 14th -16th , 2016). • SmrutiranjanPradhan, Tapan Kr. Barman, PrasantaSahoo, GoutamSutradhar: “Wear Behavior of Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composite under Various Corrosive Environments”, International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, Amrita VishwaVidyapeethamUniversity, Bengaluru Campus ,(July 14th -16th, 2016). Contd ……….

31. Subhabrata Chakraborty and Siddhartha Mukherjee: Synthesis and characterizations of monoclinic potassium niobate (KNbO3)”,, Recent Trends in Functional Materials in relation to Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (RTFMNN), St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, India,(4 - 5 February, 2016) (National Conference) • Subhabrata Chakraborty and Siddhartha Mukherjee Sodium Niobate (NaNbO3): Perspective on Phase Transformation through Hydrothermal Route”,, National Conference on Nanotechnology: Materials and Applications (NCoN:M&A),Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (16 - 17 June, 2016 )(National Conference) • Sujit Kumar Guchhait, Subir Paul : Development of Ni-Cu and Ni-Cu-CeO2 as high energetic material to electro-oxidation of glucose to produce clean renewable energy” ,, IEEE International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS’16), Nagercoil, TN, India, (7- 8th April, 2016) • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar, P. Sahoo Characterization of Aluminum Alloy Matrix TiB2 Composite Fabricated by Stir Casting Method”,, NCPDM, NIT-Allahabad, (2015). • S. Poria, G. Sutradhar, P. Sahoo: “Design of Experiments Analysis of Friction Behavior of Al- TiB2 Composite”,. ICMPC, GRIET, (2016). • S. Poria, P. Sahoo, G. Sutradhar: “Wear performance optimization of stir cast Al- TiB2 metal matrix composites using Taguchi design of experiments”,, IconAMMA, AMRITA University, (2016). • A. Sarkar, C.Mondal, A.Podder, D.Gandhi, S. Mazumder: “Effect of cyclic deformation on corrosion behavior of metastable Austenitic Stainless steel”,, BTTD, NML, Jamshedpur ,(2015). • Kundu, S., Das, S.K. and Sahoo, P., Tribological performance of electroless Ni-(high) P coatings under elevated testing temperature, 5th International Conference of Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC 2016), Hyderabad (Accepted and presented). • Kundu, S., Das, S.K. and Sahoo, P., Influence of load and temperature on tribological behaviour of electroless Ni-P deposits, International conference on Advances in materials and Manufacturing Applications (IConAMMA 2016), Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham University, Bengaluru Campus (Accepted and presented). • Das, S.K., Kundu, S. and Sahoo, P., A parametric investigation of high temperature friction performance of electroless Ni-P deposits, 40th Solid Mechanics Conference (SOLMECH 2016), Warsaw, Poland (Accepted).

32. STUDENT RESEARCH INITIATIVES • 14 PG students have been supported for carrying out their PG Thesis. • PG students also work with the faculties associated with CoE in relevant research areas of the CoE. • UG Students also participated in National Conference (BTTD: Behind the Teachers’ Desk) organised by National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, and presented oral and poster papers. They also own awards. • PG and UG students extensively use the CoE Research Facilities for their Project Work.

33. REACH OUT EFFECT • Establishment of the CoE helped the institute not only to maintain the high academic and research standards, but it also helped to retain the students for research. • Helped to get funding from industries. • Helped towards increased interaction among faculties for interdisciplinary research. • Enhanced the mobility of students/researchers and faculties. • Helped the institute to transform from pure academic to research driven university. • Helped towards increased global interaction.

34. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT • Enormous in every step. • Helped in creating new space in Metallurgical and Material engineering department with an expenditure of Rs. 75.00 lacs (approx.)from internal fund in spite of very limited resources. • Procurement and All kinds of Administrative & Financial activities are being carried out with no hindrance.

35. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF CoE Transforming the Centre of Excellence to NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN ADVANCED MATERIALS (See: Remarks of the Reviewer – Prof. C.S.Upadhyay, IIT Kanpur) Roadmap: • Establishment of Research Facilities with addition of new state-of-the-art equipments. • Appointment of Visiting Research Professors/Scientists, Research Fellows. • Research with more participation of industries and other academic/R&D organisations. • Holding Regular Workshops, Continuing Education Programmes. • Providing service to researchers and to industries. Grants to the tune of Rs. 25 crore required for a period of five years.

36. Sustainability Plan after the Closure of the Project • Independent research by faculties of different departments associated with COE by utilising research facilities of CoE; • Extramural Research Grants by Govt. agencies, like DST, CSIR, BRNS, Ministry of Steel etc.; • Collaborative Research Work with Fund Flow from Industries; • Testing and Consultancy Work; • Continuing Education and Training Programme.

37. Key Issues/ Concerns • The research Fellows working in the CoE will require to continue at least 18 to 36 months after completion of the project to finish all the work components required for submission of PhD Thesis. At this moment it is completely uncertain how these research fellows would continue their work once their fellowships are closed after March 2017. • It is uncertain about the source of fund for spares/consumables and research contingencies that would be required for the continuation of research activities of the CoE after completion of the programme in March 2017. • Necessary Fund is required for annual maintenance and Spares Maintenance of the equipments of the COE. • There is no permanent Technical Staff for the CoE. At least three permanent technical staff with proper background and one permanent office staff is necessary for the centre.

38. PHOTOS of EQUIPMENTS IN LABORATORIES OF CoE • LABORATORIES ESTABLISHED • Phase Transformation and CharacterisationLaboboratory • Melting and Solidification Laboratory • Tribology Laboratory • Computer laboratory

39. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY

40. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY

41. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY VACUUM TUBE FURNACE

42. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY LEICA OPTICAL MICROSCOPE

43. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY

44. PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND CHARACTERISATION LABORATORY Electrochemical Corrosion Test Facility

45. MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION LABORATORY AIR INDUCTION FURNACE

46. TRIBOLOGY LABORATORY

47. COMPUTERR LABORATORY