Research & Projects

Research Areas

Our research interest lies in various aspects of Computational Thermodynamics: 

• Experimental and DFT-based thermochemical data.
• Cluster Variation Method and Cluster Expansion based Gibbs energy models.
• Developing algorithms and software for the phase diagram assessment optimization.
• Development of CALPHAD databases and their applications in designing novel materials and processes

More specifically, we are interested in:

• Titanium based systems
• Binary, ternary and multicomponent transition metal systems
• Compositionally complex alloys (CCA and HEA)

On-going Projects

1. Development of Functionally Graded Armor Composites (FGACs) Materials (2019-2022).  This project is funded by  DRDO Under Grant-in-Aid Scheme of ARMREB.
2. Role of Short Range Ordering in designing High Entropy Alloys (2019-2022). This project is funded by  Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Core Research Grant.
3. Development of low-cost β-Ti alloy for biomedical applications (2020-2023).  This project is funded by  Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Core Research Grant. The role is Co-Principal Investigator

Completed Projects

1. ​Phase-diagrams and thermodynamic investigations of Ti-Hf-Zr system using cluster variation method (CVM) (2018-2020). This project was funded by  IIT(BHU), Varanasi. 
2. Free energy minimization in binary alloy via genetic algorithms (2012). This project was funded by  XI-Plan - Research Grant for New Faculty, University Grant Commission, India.
3. Development of e-content on ancient Indian metallurgy and modern process metallurgy (2011-12). This project was funded by  National Mission on Education through Information & Communication Technology (NMEICT), New Delhi.