People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Vikas Jindal

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering
IIT (BHU), Varanasi — 221005

B.Tech, IIT Kanpur • M.S., Singapore-MIT Alliance (NUS) • Ph.D., IIT (BHU)
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Utah, USA (2015–16)

vjindal.met@iitbhu.ac.in | Google Scholar | IIT(BHU) Profile

Current PhD Students

Murali Padiri

PhD (Reg. 2021)

Ti-TiB Composites and Functionally Graded Materials

HK

Harish Kumar

PhD (Reg. 2023)

Computational Thermodynamics & Ti Alloys

Ishu Yadav

PhD (Reg. 2020, Co-sup.)

Beta-Titanium Biomedical Alloys

RK

Roshan Kumar

PhD (Reg. 2024, Co-sup.)

Atomistic Simulations; Scientist, CSIR-NML Jamshedpur

PhD Alumni

Name	Year	Thesis Topic
Dr. Shanker Kumar	2024	Short-range order in high entropy alloys: Thermodynamic modeling and application to Nb-Ti-V-Zr system Asst. Professor (Gr-II), MME, NIT Warangal · Profile ↗
Dr. Ashwani Ranjan (Co-sup.)	2023	Reciprocating Wear of In-situ Synthesized Ti-TiB Composites R&D Project Manager, Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar (HJT & Perovskite solar cell technologies) · LinkedIn ↗
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Gorrey (Co-sup.)	2021	Analytical Approximations to Short Range Order in Binary Alloys using Cluster Variation Method Post-doc: University of Virginia, USA (2023–2024) · Asst. Professor, MME, NIT Andhra Pradesh · Profile ↗

M.Tech Alumni

Name	Year	Thesis Topic
Nitesh Kumar Sah	2024	Synthesis and Study of Creep and Mechanical Behavior of Low-Cost Fe-Based β-Ti-TiB Composite
Abhishek Sharma	2023	Effect of Heat Treatment on Micro-segregation of Refractory High Entropy Alloy
Akash Patle	2023	Experimental Investigation and Thermodynamic Assessment of the B-Fe-Mo-Ti Quaternary System
Shiv Shankar	2023	Diffusion Welding of Ti-6Al-4V and SS-316L Using Copper Interlayer
N. Pawan Subhash	2021	Thermodynamic Reassessment of W-Zr System using SQS
Shibjyoti Biswas	2021	Cluster Expansion of Nb-Ti-V-Zr High Entropy Alloys
Albert Linda	2020	CALPHAD-Assisted Designing of Al-Si Alloys for Thermal Energy Storage
Bidipta Dam	2020	Development of Ti-Fe-Sn Alloy as an Affordable Orthopedic Bioimplant Material
Anil Prasad	2020	First Principles Study of Mechanical Properties for Biomedical Applications
Ishu Yadav	2019	Thermodynamic Re-assessments of Ti-Zr and Nb-Zr Binary Sub-systems (Ab-initio)
Naveen Kumar	2019	Re-Assessments of Ta-Zr and Ta-Ti Binary Subsystems Assisted by Ab-Initio Calculations
Abhishek Kumar Thakur	2018	Thermodynamic Reassessment of Nb-Ti Alloy System Using Computational Methods
Baibhab Dev	2014	Computational Thermodynamics of Ta-Ti and Nb-Ti Binary Systems using CVM and M-CVM
Vasu Shreyasi	2013	Calculation of Optimized Mo-Ti Phase Diagram Using CVM
Vikas Sharma	2013	Computation of Optimized Ti-V Phase Diagram Using CE-CVM Method
Manikandan Mariyappan (Dual Degree)	2013	Computation of Optimized Phase Diagram of Cr-W System Using CVM Senior Product Development Engineer, KLA, Milpitas, CA, USA (optical wafer inspection & defect detection; 12+ yrs) · LinkedIn ↗
Vivek Kumar Pandey	2013	Computation of Optimized Nb-Ti Phase Diagram using CE-CVM Method
Shivam Upadhyay	2012	Computational Thermodynamics of Au-Pt and Pd-Pt Phase Diagrams using CVM
Abhinav Jain	2012	Computation of Optimized Hf-Ti and Y-Zr Phase Diagrams Using CVM PhD: Computational Materials Science, UIUC (2019) · Post-doc: EPFL, Switzerland (2019–2022) · Computational Materials Scientist, ASML, Netherlands · LinkedIn ↗
Ankur Verma	2011	—

B.Tech Alumni (Selected)

Name	Year	Project / Current Position
Abhas Deva	2015	CVM entropy functional using group theory PhD: Materials Engineering, Purdue University, USA (2021) · Post-doc: Argonne National Laboratory, USA (2021–2024) · Battery Modeling Scientist, Simlionics Pvt Ltd, Pune · LinkedIn ↗