Snehanshu Pal

Associate Professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 (+91) 661 246 2573

 pals[at]nitrkl.ac.in

 Biosketch

93

Publications       

5

Sponsored Projects

2

Consultancy Projects

12

Doctoral Students

6

Continuing Education

14

PG Dissertation

 Personal Information

Prof. Snehanshu Pal

Associate Professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Joined in Feb 2014

 Room Number: MS-215

 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

 Education Qualification

  1. Ph.D.
    Atomistic Simulations of Methane Hydrates and Inhibitor Design
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
  2. B.Tech
    Metallurgical Engineering
    Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University), Shibpore

 Experience

Teaching Experience
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,  19 Feb 2014 - 10 Oct 2019
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Computer simulation of welding process between two dissimilar metals,  the Pennsylvania State University, United States of America(USA),  21 Sep 2013 - 12 Feb 2014
Industrial Experience
  • Steel Melting Shop of Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela, Odisha, India,  Steel Authority of India Limited, Government of India, India,  06 Mar 2006 - 21 Jul 2009
Laboratory Development
  • Computational Materials Engineering and Process Modeling Laboratory,  National Institute Technology Rourkela,  Research Laboratory for Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate Students

 Expertise Information

Research Group
Process Metallurgy , Computational Metallurgy
Areas of Interest
# Atomistic Modelling of Materials - Design and development of application specific new functional material based on outcome of simulation studies at atomic level. This includes Molecular Dynamics based study of deformation behaviour of material at nanoscale and Density Functional based study for designing application specific material. , # Microstructure modelling - Prediction and characterization of the evolution of microstructure at the mesoscale level. This includes: Digitization of Microstructures, Phase Transformation and Solidification modeling. , # Metallurgical Process modelling - Statistical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of a metallurgical process to optimise the process parameters. This includes: Computer Modelling of Welding Process ,Continuous casting process of steel and Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD) process. , # Materials Informatics - Development of models/tools to identify patterns in images and other data to identify the promising materials and processes. , # Artificial Intelligence and Data Science - Application of Artificial Intelligence for solving industrial problems

 Projects

Failure analysis and Cost estimation for AC submerged arc furnace.

 SARAF Agencies pvt. ltd.

 Co-Investigator

 12 months

 Completed

Sponsored

Digitization of steel microstructure images,modelling of plain carbon steel microstucture evolution during heat treatment using cellular automata & phase field modeling methods,& development of a software tool for providing guidance in designing heat treatment process using machine learning based cl

 SERB

 Co-Investigator

 36 months

 Completed

Sponsored

The effect of shock wave, moisture and sea on de-bonding of multilayer in FRP composite systems-experimental and multi-scale modeling based investigation

 DRDO

 Principal Investigator

 36 months

 Completed

Sponsored

Investigation of solidification process and prediction of microstructure during secondary cooling in continuous casting of plain carbon steel to estimate the the porosity fraction and carbon segregated by multi scale simulation cellular automata and phase field modeling techniques

 DST

 Principal Investigator

 24 months

 Completed

Sponsored

Characterisation and numerical Simulation of Brazed joint-ceramic ring of HVB (Hign Voltage Bushin)

 BRFST

 Co-Investigator

 24 months

 Completed

Sponsored

Optimizing minor constituents in blast furnace slag to operate 19-22 % slag Alumina

 TATA Steel. Ltd.

 Principal Investigator

 01 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2024

 Running

Consultancy

Hydrogen diffusion in High Entropy Alloy

 CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum

 Principal Investigator

 15 Feb 2023 - 15 Mar 2023

 Running

Consultancy

 Continuing Education

Smart Manufacturing Industrial Informatics and Internet of Things (IoT)

 Computer Science and Engineering

 Coordinator

 07 Sep 2022 - 12 Sep 2022

Short-term Course

Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (CPCM 2020)

 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Coordinator

 18 Dec 2020 - 20 Dec 2020

Conference

A Five Day Online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academic FDP Program On "Cultivating Excellence in Implementation of Computation-al Science for Scientific and Technological Innovations"

 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Coordinator

 14 Jun 2021 - 18 Jun 2021

Workshop

Molecular Modelling of Materials and Biological Macro Molecules

 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Coordinator

 22 Sep 2020 - 26 Sep 2020

Workshop

Molecular Modeling of Materials and Biological Macromolecules

 Chemistry

 Coordinator

 22 Sep 2020 - 26 Sep 2020

Workshop

5 Day Workshop on Computational Techniques and Mathematical Modelling (CTMM-17) for Academia and Industry

 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Coordinator

 01 Nov 2017 - 05 Nov 2017

Workshop

 Publications

17

Google Scholar h-index

46

Google Scholar i10-index

13

Scopus h-index

Total Publications: 93
A. Panda, R. Naskar, and S. Pal, "Generative Adversarial Networks for Noise removal in Plain Carbon Steel Microstructure images", IEEE Sensors Letters, IEEE, February 2022, 10.1109/LSENS.2022.3150776 Article
K., T., and S. Pal, "Amorphous Intergranular Film Effect on the Texture and Structural Evolution During Cold-Rolling of Nanocrystalline Ni–Zr Alloys", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.53, Springer, January 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-021-06574-1 Article
K. and S. Pal, "Atomistic Insight into the Texture Weakening and Shear-Shuffle Twinning Mechanism During Cold-Rolling of Magnesium", JOM, Springer, January 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-05092-0 Article
A. and S. Pal, "Ab-initio investigation of structural, mechanical, thermodynamic, electronic, magnetic and thermoelectric properties of half-metallic d0 half-Heusler alloys LiXSi (X=Ca, Sr)", Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol.304, Elsevier, December 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122610 Article
D. Roy, S. Pal, C., A., P. N. Babu, and R. Mitra, "Stable nanocrystalline structure attainment and strength enhancement of Cu base alloy using bi-modal distributed tungsten dispersoids", Philosophical Magazine, pp.189-209, Taylor & Francis Online, October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2021.1988173 Article

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S. Mishra, K., and S. Pal, "Impact of crystalline–amorphous interface on shock response of metallic glass Al90Sm10crystalline Al nanolaminates", Applied Physics A, vol.127, Springer, September 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04929-4 Article
A., J., P., and S. Pal, "Investigation of structural evolution in the Cu–Zr metallic glass at cryogenic temperatures by using molecular dynamics simulations", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.27, Springer, September 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-021-04886-y Article
P. N. Babu, S. Dixit, and S. Pal, "Atomistic simulation of crack propagation in CNT reinforced nanocrystalline aluminum under uniaxial tensile loading", Philosophical Magazine, Springer, July 2021, 10.1080/14786435.2021.1948132 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Cold-rolling induced residual stress effect on the shock response of crystalline-metallic glass (Cu–CuZr) nanolaminates by molecular dynamics simulation", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol.272, no.125010, Elsevier, July 2021, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125010 Article
M. K. Singh, C. Halder, S. Dixit, and S. Pal, "Correlation and Optimization of Phosphorus Content in Liquid Steel with Turndown Temperature and FeO Content in Slag for Steel Making by LD Converter by Implementing Multi-Objective Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms", IIM Transactions, vol.74, Springer, July 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-021-02341-3 Article
A. Pati, A. Bhattacharyya, P. Pujari, S. Pal, and T., "Investigation of lanthanide complexation with acetohydroxamic acid in nitrate medium: experimental and DFT studies", Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol.133, Springer, July 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01948-9 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Recreating the shear band evolution in nanoscale metallic glass by mimicking the atomistic rolling deformation: a molecular dynamics study", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.27, Springer, July 2021, 10.1007/s00894-021-04841-x Article
A. R. Mishra and S. Pal, "First-principles calculations to investigate electronic structure and magnetic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of d0 half-Heusler LiXN (X= Na, K, Rb) alloys", Solid State Sciences, vol.118, Elsevier, May 2021, j.solidstatesciences.2021.106633 Article
T. S. Konnur, K. V. Reddy, and S. Pal, "Effect of variation in inclination angle of ?5 tilt grain boundary on the shock response of Ni bicrystals", Applied Physics A, vol.127, no.358, Springer, April 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04502-z Article
S. Pal, K. V. Reddy, T. Yu, J. Xiao, and C. Deng, "The spectrum of atomic excess free volume in grain boundaries", Journal of Materials Science, vol.56, pp.11511–11528, Springer, March 2021, 10.1007/s10853-021-06028-4 Article
B S. K. Gargeya, P. N. Babu, and S. Pal, "Constant twist rate response of symmetric and asymmetric S5 aluminium tilt grain boundaries: molecular dynamics study of deformation processes", Journal of Materials Science, vol.56, pp.8544–8562, Springer, February 2021, 10.1007/s10853-021-05826-0 Article
S. Gupta, R. K. Prusty, B. C. Ray, and S. Pal, "Strength degradation and fractographic analysis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates with square / circular hole using scanning electron microscope micrographs", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.138, no.8, pp.49878, Wiley 2021, 10.1002/app.49878 Article
S. Gupta, R. K. Prusty, B. C. Ray, and S. Pal, "Strength degradation and fractographic analysis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates with square / circular hole using scanning electron microscope micrographs", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.138, no.8, pp.49878 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/app.49878 Article
S. Pal and B. C. Ray, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanostructured Materials An Understanding of Mechanical Behavior", CRC Press, May 2020 Book
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Accumulative roll bonding of Cu–Zr nanolaminate: Atomistic-scale investigation of structural evolution and grain orientation scatter dependence on rolling parameters", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.127, American Institute of Physics, April 2020, 10.1063/5.0004320 Article
P. Bhuyan, K. V. Reddy, S. Pradhan, S. Pal, R. Mitra, and S. Mandal, "A potential insight into the serration behaviour of S3n (n=3) boundaries in Alloy 617", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol.248, Elsevier, March 2020, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.122919 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Shock velocity-dependent elastic-plastic collapse of pre-existing stacking fault tetrahedron in single crystal Cu", Computational Materials Science, vol.172, Elsevier, February 2020, 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109390 Article
S. Pal, K. V. Reddy, and D. Spearot, "Zr segregation in Ni–Zr alloy: implication on deformation mechanism during shear loading and bending creep", Journal of Materials Science volume, vol.55, pp.6172–6186, Springer, February 2020, 10.1007/s10853-020-04411-1 Article
N. Damanapeta, S., S. Pal, G. Padmanabham, and A. Basu, "Influence of joint configuration on mechanical properties of laser weld-brazed aluminum to steel joint", in Processing and Characterization of Materials, Materials Science Forum, vol.978, pp.174-180, Trans Tech Publications 2020, 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.978.174 Inproceedings
S. Pal, P. N. Babu, B S. K. Gargeya, and C. Becquart, "Molecular Dynamics simulation based investigation of possible enhancement in strength and ductility of nanocrystalline aluminum by CNT reinforcement", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol.243, Elsevier 2020, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122593 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Atomistic study of fracture behavior of metallic glass fiber reinforced metal-matrix nanocomposite during bending creep deformation process", International Journal of Materials Research, vol.110, no.12, pp.1142-1149, Hanser Journals, December 2019, 10.3139/146.111841 Article
A. Pati, T. K. Kundu, and S. Pal, "Quantum chemical calculation based investigation of synergistic chelating between multiple Hydroxyamide ligands and La3+ ion", Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, vol.1170, Elsevier, December 2019, 10.1016/j.comptc.2019.112643 Article
K. V. Reddy, C. Deng, and S. Pal, "Intensification of shock damage through heterogeneous phase transition and dislocation loop formation due to presence of pre-existing line defects in single crystal Cu", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.126, American Institute of Physics, November 2019, 10.1063/1.5121841 Article
K. V. Reddy, Md. Meraj, and S. Pal, "Molecular dynamics simulation based investigation of strain induced crystallization of nickel metallic glasss", Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol.237, no.121831, Elsevier, November 2019, 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.121831 Article
S. Pal, K. V. Reddy, and C. Deng, "On the role of Cu-Zr amorphous intergranular films on crack growth retardation in nanocrystalline Cu during monotonic and cyclic loading conditions", Computational Materials Science, vol.169, no.109122, Elsevier, November 2019, 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109122 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Nano-rolling: roller speed-dependent morphological evolution and mechanical properties enhancement in nanoscale Mg", JOM, vol.71, no.10, pp.3407–3416, Springer, October 2019, 10.1007/s11837-019-03699-y Article
A. Choudhury, T. S. Konnur, P. Chattopadhyay, and S. Pal, "Structure prediction of multi-principal element alloys using ensemble learning", Engineering Computations, vol.37, no.3, Emrald, October 2019, 10.1108/EC-04-2019-0151 Article
A. H. Neelav, S. Pal, and C. Deng, "Atomistic investigation of the deformation mechanisms in nanocrystalline Cu with amorphous intergranular films", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.126, no.12, pp.125101, AIP, September 2019, 10.1063/1.5119150 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Dynamic formation and destruction process of stacking fault tetrahedra in single-crystal Ni during nanoscale cryo-rolling", Philosophical Magazine Letters, vol.99, pp.253-1, Taylor and Francis, September 2019, 10.1080/09500839.2019.1667545 Article
S. Pal and Md. Meraj, "Investigation of reorganization of a nanocrystalline grain boundary network during biaxial creep deformation of nanocrystalline Ni using molecular dynamics simulation", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.25, pp.282-1, Springer, August 2019, 10.1007/s00894-019-4177-2 Article
S. Pal, K. Gururaj, Md. Meraj, and R., "Molecular dynamics simulation study of uniaxial ratcheting behaviors for ultrafine-grained nanocrystalline nickel", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol.28, no.8, pp.4918–4930, Springer, August 2019, 10.1007/s11665-019-04256-z Article
A. Choudhury, S. Pal, R. Naskar, and A. Basumallick, "Computer vision approach for phase identification from steel microstructure", Engineering Computations, Emerald, June 2019, 10.1108/EC-11-2018-0498 Article
S. Pal, Md. Meraj, S. Mishra, and B. C. Ray, "Influence of stress on creep behavior of Ni60Zr40 glass-reinforced Ni nanocomposite investigated by atomistic simulations", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, pp.1-9, Springer, June 2019, 10.1007/s12666-019-01755-4 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Dynamic probing of structural evolution of single crystal Fe during rolling process using atomistic simulation", Steel Research International, vol.90, no.7, Wiley, March 2019, 10.1002/srin.201800636 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Structural evolution and dislocation behaviour during nano-rolling process of FCC metals: A molecular dynamics simulation based investigation", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.125, no.9, American Institute of Physics, March 2019, 10.1063/1.5085750 Article
K. V. Reddy, C. Deng, and S. Pal, "Dynamic characterization of shock response in crystalline-metallic glass nanolaminates", Acta Materialia, vol.164, pp.347-361, Elsevier, February 2019, 10.1016/j.actamat.2018.10.062 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Evaluation of glass forming ability of Zr–Nb alloy systems through liquid fragility and Voronoi cluster analysis", Computational Materials Science, vol.158, pp.324-332, Elsevier, February 2019, 10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.11.045 Article
D. K. Mishra, Md. Meraj, S., and S. Pal, "Dislocation interaction and V-Shaped growth of the distorted structure during Nanoindentation of Cu20Ni20Al20Co20Fe20 (high-entropy alloy)-coated Copper: A Molecular dynamics simulation-based study", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.72, no.1, pp.167-180, Spinger, January 2019, 10.1007/s12666-018-1471-0 Article
S. Pal, K. K. Behera, P. Padhee, S. Sarkar, and C. Halder, "Optimization between tundish temperature and slab exit temperature to eliminate “strand stuck-up” phenomenon in continuous casting process of steel by implementation of multi-objective evolutionary and genetic algorithm", Steel Research International, vol.90, no.5, Wiley, January 2019, 10.1002/srin.201800506 Article
D. K. Mishra, Md. Meraj, S., and S. Pal, "Structural evolution and dislocation behaviour study during nanoindentation of Mo20W20Co20Ta20Zr20 high entropy alloy coated Ni single crystal using molecular dynamic simulation", Molecular Simulation, vol.45, no.7, pp.572-584, Taylor & Francis, January 2019, 10.1080/08927022.2019.1566606 Article
A. Panda, R. Naskar, and S. Pal, "A deep learning approach for segmentation of plain carbon steel microstructure images", IET Image Processing, vol.13, pp.1516, IET Digital Library 2019, 10.1049/iet-ipr.2019.0404 Article
S. Mishra and S. Pal, "Restriction of grain growth of nano-crystalline Ni-Zr alloy by Zr atoms segregated at grain boundary under high temperature intermittent stressing", Molecular Simulation, vol.45, no.17, pp.1465, Taylor and Francis 2019, 10.1080/08927022.2019.1659506 Article
S. Mishra and S. Pal, "Variation of glass transition temperature of Al90Sm10 metallic glass under pressurized cooling", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol.500, pp.249-259, Elsevier, November 2018, 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2018.08.006 Article
A. Panda, R. Naskar, and S. Pal, "Exponential linear unit dilated residual network for digital image denoising", Journal Electronic Imaging, vol.27, no.5, pp.053024, SPIE, October 2018, 10.1117/1.JEI.27.5.053024 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Influence of dislocations, twins, and stacking faults on the fracture behavior of nanocrystalline Ni nanowire under constant bending load: a molecular dynamics study", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.24, no.277, Springer, October 2018, 10.1007/s00894-018-3813-6 Article
S. Pal, S. Mishra, Md. Meraj, A. Mondal, and B. C. Ray, "On the comparison of interrupted and continuous creep behaviour of nanocrystalline copper: a molecular dynamics approach", Materials Letters, vol.229, pp.256-260, Elsevier, October 2018, 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.07.032 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Analysis of deformation behaviour of Al–Ni–Co thin film coated aluminium during nano-indentation: a molecular dynamics study", Molecular Simulation, vol.44, no.17, pp.1393-1401, Taylor & Francis, September 2018, 10.1080/08927022.2018.1511904 Article
D. Bhattacharyya, P. R. Padhee, P. K. Das, C. Halder, and S. Pal, "Data-driven bi-objective genetic algorithms EvoNN applied to optimize dephosphorization process during secondary steel making operation for producing LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas Cylinder) grade of steel", Steel Research International, vol.89, no.8, pp.1800095, Wiley, August 2018, 10.1002/srin.201800095 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Influence of grain boundary complexion on deformation mechanism of high temperature bending creep process of Cu Bicrystal", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.71, no.7, pp.1721-1734, Springer, July 2018, 10.1007/s12666-018-1312-1 Article
S. Mishra, Md. Meraj, and S. Pal, "Atomistic simulation study of influence of Al2O3–Al interface on dislocation interaction and prismatic loop formation during nano-indentation on Al2O3-coated aluminum", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.24, no.7, Springer, June 2018, 10.1007/s00894-018-3706-8 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Effect of grain boundary complexions on the deformation behavior of Ni bicrystal during bending creep", Journal of Molecular Modeling, Springer, April 2018, 10.1007/s00894-018-3616-9 Article
Md. Meraj, C. Deng, and S. Pal, "Stress-induced solid-state amorphization of nanocrystalline Ni and NiZr investigated by atomistic simulations", Journal of Applied Physics, vol.123, no.4, American Institute of Physics (AIP), January 2018, 10.1063/1.5012960 Article
S. Pal, A. Patra, and P. R. Padhee, "Process Modeling for Steel Industry", vol.1, no.-, IK International Publishing House, -, 4435-36/7, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi - 110002, Delhi, India 2018 Book
K. V. Reddy, Md. Meraj, and S. Pal, "Presence of retained crystalline seed necessary for bicrystal-liquid-bicrystal phase transformation", Journal of Crystal Growth, vol.475, pp.307-315, Elsevier, October 2017, 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.07.008 Article
N. Damanapeta, S. Pal, S., G. Padmanabham, and A. Basu, "AA6082 to DX56-steel laser vrazing: process parameter–intermetallic formation correlation", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol.26, no.9, pp.4274-4281, Springer, September 2017, 10.1007/s11665-017-2902-5 Article
K. V. Reddy and S. Pal, "Contribution of Nb towards enhancement of glass forming ability and plasticity of Ni-Nb binary metallic glass", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol.471, pp.243-250, Elsevier, September 2017, 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2017.06.007 Article
K. V. Reddy, Md. Meraj, and S. Pal, "Mechanistic study of bending creep behaviour of bicrystal nanobeam", Computational Materials Science, vol.136, pp.36–43, Elsevier, August 2017, 10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.04.028 Article
T. Talapaneni, N. Yedla, S. Pal, and S. Sarkar, "Experimental and theoretical studies on the viscosity–structure correlation for high alumina-silicate melts", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol.48, no.3, pp.1450–1462, Springer, June 2017, 10.1007/s11663-017-0963-3 Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "Effect of temperature and stress on creep behavior of ultrafine grained nanocrystalline Ni-3 at% Zr alloy", Metals and Materials International, vol.23, no.2, pp.272–282, Springer, March 2017, 10.1007/s12540-017-6144-8 Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "Healing mechanism of nanocrack in nanocrystalline metals during creep process", Applied Physics A, vol.123, pp.138, Springer, February 2017, 10.1007/s00339-017-0760-5 Article
S. Pal, Md. Meraj, and C. Deng, "Effect of Zr addition on creep properties of ultra-fine grained nanocrystalline Ni studied by molecular dynamics simulations", Computational Materials Science, vol.126, pp.382–392, Elsevier, January 2017, 10.1016/j.commatsci.2016.10.013 Article
Md. Meraj, K. Dutta, B. R. Giriraj, N. Yedla, V. Karthik, and S. Pal, "Influence of asymmetric cyclic loading on structural evolution and deformation behavior of Cu-5 at.% Zr alloy: An atomistic simulation-based study", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol.26, no.11, pp.5197–5205, Springer 2017, 10.1007/s11665-017-3003-1 Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "Nano-scale simulation based study of creep behavior of bimodal nanocrystalline face centered cubic metal", Journal of Molecular Modeling, vol.23, no.309, Springer 2017, 10.1007/s00894-017-3481-y Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "Comparative creep behaviour study between single crystal Nickel and ultra-fine grained nano crystalline Nickel in presence of porosity at 1120 K temperature", Metallurgical Research and Technology, vol.114, no.1, pp.11, EDP Sciences, November 2016, 10.1051/metal/2016061 Article
S. Patra, J. Nayak, L. K. Singhal, and S. Pal, "Prediction of nitrogen content of steel melt during stainless steel making using AOD converter", Steel Research International, John Wiley & Sons, November 2016, 10.1002/srin.201600271 Article
S. Pal and Md. Meraj, "Structural evaluation and deformation features of interface of joint between nano-crystalline Fe-Ni-Cr alloy and nano-crystalline Ni during creep process", Materials and Design, vol.108, pp.168-182, Elsevier, October 2016, 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.06.086 Article
P. Gupta, S. Pal, and N. Yedla, "Molecular dynamics based cohesive zone modeling of Al (metal)-Cu50Zr50 (metallic glass) interfacial mechanical behavior and investigation of dissipative mechanisms", Materials and Design, vol.105, pp.41-50, Elsevier, September 2016, 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.05.054 Article
A. Patra, Md. Meraj, S. Pal, N. Yedla, and S. K. Karak, "Experimental and atomistic simulation based study of W based alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying", International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, vol.58, pp.57-67, Elsevier, August 2016, 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2016.04.002 Article
S. Pal and C. Haldar, "Optimization of Phosphorous in Steel Produced by Basic Oxygen Steel Making Process Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms", Steel Research International, John Wiley & sons, July 2016, 10.1002/srin.201600193 Article
T. Talapaneni, N. Yedla, S. Sarkar, and S. Pal, "Effect of Basicity, Al2O3 and MgO content on the softening and melting properties of the CaO-MgO-SiO 2-Al2O3 high alumina quaternary slag system", Metallurgical Research and Technology, vol.113, no.5, pp.11, EDP Sciences, June 2016, 10.1051/metal/2016015 Article
K. Reddy, C. Halder, and S. Pal, "Influence of carbon equivalent content on phase transformation during inter-critical heating of dual phase steels using discrete micro-scale cellular automata model", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, pp.1-7, Springer, May 2016, 10.1007/s12666-016-0882-z Article
Md. Meraj, N. Yedla, and S. Pal, "Role of W on the dislocation evolution in Ni-W alloy during tension followed by compression loading", Metals and Materials International, vol.22, no.3, pp.373-382, Springer, April 2016, 10.1007/s12540-016-5551-6 Article
Md. Meraj, N. Yedla, and S. Pal, "The effect of porosity and void on creep behavior of ultra-fine grained nano crystalline nickel", Materials Letters, vol.169, pp.265-268, Elsevier, April 2016, 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.01.128 Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "Deformation of Ni20W20Cu20Fe20Mo20 high entropy alloy for tensile followed by compressive and compressive followed by tensile loading: A molecular dynamics simulation based study", in 5th National Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials, vol.115, no.1, IOP Publishing, iop conference : materials science and engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India., March 2016, 10.1088/1757-899X/115/1/012019 Inproceedings
A. Patra, S. K. Karak, and S. Pal, "Effect of mechanical alloying on solid solubility", Advanced Engineering Forum, vol.15, pp.17-24, Trans Tech Publications, February 2016, 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.15.17 Article
H. Maharana, S. Lakra, S. Pal, and A. Basu, "Electrophoretic deposition of Cu-SiO2 coatings by DC and pulsed DC for enhanced surface-mechanical properties", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol.25, no.1, pp.327-337, Springer, January 2016, 10.1007/s11665-015-1834-1 Article
H. Maharana, A. Ashok, S. Pal, and A. Basu, "Surface-mechanical properties of electrodeposited Cu-Al2O3 composite coating and effects of processing parameters", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol.47, no.1, pp.388-399, Springer, January 2016, 10.1007/s11661-015-3238-0 Article
H. L. Wei, S. Pal, V. Manvatkar, T. Lienert, and T. Debroy, "Asymmetry in steel welds with dissimilar amounts of sulfur", Scripta Materialia, vol.108, pp.88-91, Elsevier, November 2015, 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.06.024 Article
N. Yedla, Md. Meraj, P. Gupta, V. Sarat, A. J. Kabi, and S. Pal, "The effect of nano-void on deformation behaviour of Al-Cu intermetallic thin film compounds", Metallurgical Research and Technology, vol.112, no.5, pp.13, EDP Sciences, October 2015, 10.1051/metal/2015033 Article
N. Yedla, S. Pal, and A. Kumar, "Mechanical behaviour of Cu–Zr–Al glassy nano-wires", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, vol.12, no.9, pp.2332-2338, American Scientific Publishers, September 2015, 10.1166/jctn.2015.4029 Article
S. Pal, . Divya, Z. Kamal, N. Yedla, and K. Dutta, "Racheting behaviour of copper nano-wire by classical molecular dynamics simulations", Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, vol.12, no.9, pp.2264-2267, American Scientific Publishers, September 2015, 10.1166/jctn.2015.4017 Article
S. Pal and T. Kundu, "Design of methane hydrate inhibitor molecule using density functional theory", Journal of Cluster Science, vol.26, no.2, pp.551-563, Springer, March 2015, 10.1007/s10876-014-0826-x Article
Md. Meraj and S. Pal, "The effect of temperature on creep behaviour of porous (1 at.%) nano crystalline nickel", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol.69, no.2, pp.277-282, Springer, March 2015, 10.1007/s12666-015-0763-x Article
A. Patra, S. K. Karak, and S. Pal, "Synthesis and characterization of W80Ni10Mo10 alloy produced by mechanical alloying", in 4th National Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials, NCPCM 2014, vol.75, no.1, IOP Publishing, materials science and engineering, NIT, Rourkela, February 2015, 10.1088/1757-899X/75/1/012032 Inproceedings
S. Pal and T. Kundu, "Theoretical study of methanol as inhibitor and cyclopentane as stabilizer of dodecahedron methane hydrate cage", in International Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMST 2012), vol.73, no.1, IOP Publishing, iop conf. : materials science and engineering, St. Thomas College Pala, Kerala, February 2015, 10.1088/1757-899X/73/1/012081 Inproceedings
S. Pal and T. K. Kundu, "DFT-based inhibitor and promoter selection criteria for pentagonal dodecahedron methane hydrate cage", Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol.125, no.5, pp.1259–1266, Springer, September 2013, 10.1007/s12039-013-0470-2 Article
S. Pal and T. K. Kundu, "Pentagonal dodecahedron methane hydrate cage and methanol system — An ab initio study", Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol.125, no.2, pp.379–385, Springer, March 2013, 10.1007/s12039-013-0392-z Article
S. Pal and T. K. Kundu, "CFD modeling of fluid flow behaviour and bath surface deformation in lD converter", CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing, ch.38, pp.319-326, John Wiley & Sons, March 2012 Inbook

 Courses Taught

  • MM2302 : Transport Phenomena {Theory}
  • MM305 : Steel Making {Theory}
  • MM3202 : Mechanical Properties of Materials {Theory}
  • MM426 : Secondary Steelmaking {Theory}
  • MM611 : Process Modeling for Steel Industry {Theory}
  • MM6311 : Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics {Theory}
  • MM274 : Atomistic Modelling of Materials Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM3421 : Computational Metallurgy Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM4424 : Thermodynamic Modelling of Metallic Systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM472 : Thermodynamic Modeling of Metallic systems Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM475 : Computational Modeling of Process Metallurgy Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM789 : Product Development Laboratory {Practical}

 Research Scholars

Ph.D. Students [12]
Fabrication Of Nano-Y2o3 Dispersed Tungsten Alloys By Mechanical Alloying Followed By Conventional And Spark Plasma Sintering

 Anshuman Patra

Enrolled: Jun 2014

 Graduated : Dec 2017

 Co-Supervisor

Laser Weld-Brazing Of Aluminum Alloy (Aa6082/Aa5083) And Galvanized Interstitial Free Steel With An Emphasis On Fatigue And Corrosion Study

 Damanapeta Narsimhachary

Enrolled: Jul 2014

 Graduated : Mar 2020

 Co-Supervisor

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Based Study For Creep Deformation Behaviour Of Nanocrystalline Nickel And Nickel-Zirconium Alloys

 Md. Meraj

Enrolled: Jul 2014

 Graduated : Jul 2019

 Supervisor

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Deformation Behaviour During Nanoscale Rolling

 K Vijay Reddy

Enrolled: Jul 2016

 Graduated : Dec 2021

 Supervisor

Refinement And Processing Of Steel Microstructure Images Facilitating Automated Heat Treatment Process Prediction

 Aditi Panda

Enrolled: Jan 2017

 Graduated : Jul 2022

 Co-Supervisor

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Deformation Behavior Of Nanocrystalline Al And Cnt Reinforced Nanocrystalline Al Nanocomposites

 Pokula Narendra Babu

Enrolled: Jan 2018

 Graduated : May 2023

 Supervisor

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Of Deformation Behavior Of Al90sm10 Metallic Glass And Al-Al90sm10 Crystalline-Amorphous Nanolaminate

 Srishti Mishra

Enrolled: Aug 2015

 Thesis Submitted : Feb 2023

 Supervisor

Loading Response Of Laminated Cfrp Composites With Hole/Cutout: Geometrical Design Effect On Material Strength And Failure Mechanism

 Savita Gupta

Enrolled: Jul 2016

 Thesis Submitted : Dec 2022

 Supervisor

Electroplating Of Photovoltaic Thin Films

 Priti Singh

Enrolled: Jul 2018

 Continuing

 Co-Supervisor

Process Metallurgy & Steel Making Process

 Manish Kumar Singh

Enrolled: Jul 2018

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Computational Materials Science

 Mouparna Manna

Enrolled: Jul 2019

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Computational Materials Engineering

 Sankhasubhra Mukhopadhyay

Enrolled: Jul 2022

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Executive Ph.D. Students [4]
Mechanical Behavior Of Material And Computational Metallurgy

 Sachin Sahoo

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Steel Technology

 Brijesh Chandra

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Physical Metallurgy, Computational Metallurgy

 Sidharth Patel

 Continuing

 Supervisor

Atomistic Modeling Of Materials

 Chandni

 Continuing

 Supervisor

 Dissertations

PG Dissertation
  • Rahul Kumar (213MM1471), "Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation for continuous casting process of steels" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2014-15 Spring
  • Vinita Kumari (213MM2485), "MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF BASIC OXYGEN STEEL MAKING PROCESS" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2014-15 Spring
  • Bhardwaj Ravindra Giriraj (214MM2351), "Numerical Study of Post Welds Residual Stress and Creep Behavior of Inconel 718 and 316 Stainless Steel Joints" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Jagadish Nayak (214MM2503), "Dynamic process modeling of stainless steel making through AOD converter" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • K Vijay Reddy (214MM1438), "Prediction of microstructure for heat treatment process in dual phase steels using Cellular Automata" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Bansal Darji Vinaykumar (215MM1431), "Finite Element Analysis for adhesive bonding strength of steel and FRP composite joint" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Yogesh Shamsundar Mhetre (215MM2459), "Mechanical performance evaluation of woven and unidirectional GFRP composite through numerical simulation" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Biplab Behera (216MM2441), "SELECTION OF VACUUM PRESSURE AND VACUUM IMPLICATION POSITION DURING STEEL MAKING THROUGH RH DEGASSER FOR MAXIMIZING RECIRCULATION PROCESS" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Kishore Kumar Behera (216MM1427), "Optimisation of Ferrochrome Addition Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms for Stainless Steel Making via AOD Converter" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Sandeep Kumar Singh (216MM2455), "Enhancement of recirculation process for RH degasser steel making through bottom purging inert gas: A CFD based investigation" - M.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Prabhash Kumar (217MM1261), "MODELLING OF TRAJECTORY OF STEEL DROPLET AND DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE TIME IN SLAG DURING STEEL REFINING PROCESS USING CFD" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Roshan Kumar Jha (218MM1476), "Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Nano Scale Friction Stir Welding" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Garwa Sunny Tarachand (220MM1484), "The effects of minor constituents on the viscosity and fusion temperatures of high alumina blast furnace slag" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Pragyan Goswami (220MM1111), "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Mechanical Behavior of Magnesium during Nanoindentation and Ballistic Penetration" - M.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
UG Dissertation
  • Satyam Choudhury (111MM0094), "Density functional theory based investigation of 1-butyl-3-methylidazolium as a potential methane hydrate inhibitor." - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2014-15 Spring
  • Anurag Mishra (112MM0408), "PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION OF TITANIUM OXIDE FROM ILMENITE ORE BY APPLICATION OF COKE" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Ayush Poddar (113MM0458), "Microstructure Prediction during Inter Critical Heating and subsequent Cooling of Low Carbon Steel" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Kumar Krishanjeet (113MM0449), "The influence of void and porosity on deformation behaviour of nanocrystalline Ni under tensile followed by compressive loading" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2016-17 Spring
  • Ankit Surana (113MM0568), "Attempt to identify strategy for micro structure modelling of low carbon steel for austenite decomposition." - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017 Summer
  • B S K Gargeya (114MM0499), "Influence of specimen size and strain rate on tensile deformation and fracture behavior of single-layer Silicene" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Karanam Gururaj (114MM0641), "Influence of Dislocation density and grain size on precipitation kinetics in P92 grade steel" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • B Anjali (115MM0378), "Study of Creep behaviour of Nickel Niobium Metallic Glass" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Priyansha Nikita (115MM0081), "Evolution of dislocation density in the Ni(metal) - NiTi(metallic glass) interface with the variation in interfacial area and size of the sample" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Sushrita Dash (115MM0614), "Creep-ratcheting interaction study of nanocrystalline nickel using atomistic simulation" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2018-19 Spring
  • Dibya Ranjan Sahoo (116MM0541), "Study of Fluid Flow Behaviour in Secondary Steel making using computational fluid dynamics." - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2019-20 Spring
  • Adesh Rohan Mishra (117MM0625), "Ab-initio prediction and analysis of novel d0 Heusler alloys" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Nichenametla Jai Sai (117MM0777), "Study of Dislocation Precipitate Interaction in Ni-Al System Through Molecular Dynamic Simulation" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Suraj Hansdah (117MM0607), "Implementation of machine Learning for coordinating among process variable, composition and turn down Temperature for Basic Oxygen Steel making process." - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2020-21 Spring
  • Abhinav Roy (118MM0543), "Effect of Grain Boundary and Interfacial Energy Anisotropy on Ternary Phase Separation: A Phase-Field Study" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Tapashree Pradhan (118MM0755), "Dynamic assessment of grain boundary, solute and dislocation interaction in FCC metal" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Ashwani Kumar Singh (117MM0724), "Fabrication of MWCNTs reinforced Cu-1 wt. % Ti alloy Composite by Powder Metallurgy" - B.Tech.    Co-supervisor     2022 Summer
  • Aayush Dinesh Kandpal (119MM0392), "Financial Spectrum of Boeing 737 and its Dependence on Component-wise Material Selection" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Neeraj Kumar (119MM0394), "Machine learning based phase prediction model for multi-principal element alloys and web based application development." - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Shantanu Khawas (119MM0939), "A Molecular Dynamics Study of Shock Induced Viscosity of Fe-Cr Alloys using Green Kubo relation and its Dependence on Temperature" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Sudeeksha Vandrangi (119MM0765), "Interfacial diffusion behaviour bimetallic system" - B.Tech.    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring
  • Ritesh Kumar Padhi (711MM1086), "The Influence of Chromium Amount, Casting Speed and Superheat on The Columnar to Equiaxed Transition and Metallurgical Length for Continuously Cast Ferritic Stainless Steels." - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2015-16 Spring
  • Gaddam Vishal (713MM1143), "Modelling of solidification process and estimation of carbon segregation occurred during secondary cooling stage of continuous casting process of Plain Carbon Steel." - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2017-18 Spring
  • Ginnarapu Shivakrishna (717MM1041), "Evaluation of structural properties and thermoelectric properties of quaternary oxides" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Saurav Singh (717MM1042), "Investigation of molecular interaction of protein with hydroxyapatite surface using atomistic scale computational modelling technique." - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2021-22 Spring
  • Devi Dutta Biswajeet (718MM1013), "OPTIMIZING MINOR CONSTITUENTS IN BLAST SLAG TO OPERATE 19-22% ALUMINA SLAG" - B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree    Supervisor     2022-23 Spring

 Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours
  • I received an award from the Governor of West Bengal for securing the third prize in a state level essay competition,    1992
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life member in The Indian Institute of Metals (Membership No. LM55478),    2017
  • Life member in Institution of Engineers (Membership No. AM1707232),    2017