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RÉSUMÉ
Dr. Kantesh Balani, FASM, FNAE, FNASc
Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair
Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty Building, Room #413
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email: kbalani@iitk.ac.in
Ph : +91-512-259-6194 (o)
SHORT BIOSKETCH
Dr. Kantesh Balani (
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0619-9164;
ResearcherID: A-
5325-2011;
Scopus Author ID: 8218235100) is currently a full Professor
(since Nov. 2018) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
(MSE) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He joined as an
Assistant Professor in July 2008, and then was promoted to Associate
Professor position (in Jun. 2014) in the Department of MSE. He earned his
doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University,
Miami, FL, in 2007. His research concentrated on the role of carbon nanotube dispersion in
enhancing the fracture toughness of Al2O3 nanocomposite. He has also worked on bio-ceramic
hydroxyapatite coatings for bio-medical applications. He pursued his post-doctoral research in the
Nanomechanics and Nanotribology Laboratory (NMNTL) and Plasma Forming Laboratory (PFL),
Florida International University, Miami, FL.
He has published 200+ articles in the peer-reviewed international journals and has delivered
200+ lectures in the international/national conferences and workshops. His
h-index of 49 (
i-10 index
of
160,
total
citations:
10,400+,
Source:
Google
Scholar,
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=i8cuAm4AAAAJ&hl=en July 2024, with 1000+ annual
citations since last four years 2020-2023) strongly endorses his high research productivity. He is co-
author of the books “
Fundamentals of Thermal Spraying” (CRC Press, 2022), “
Biosurfaces: From
the Perspective
of Materials Scientist and Engineer”
(
Wiley, 2015),
and “
Advanced
Structural
Ceramics”
(
Wiley, 2011).
Also, he has
adapted “
The
Science
and
Engineering of
Materials” (
Cengage Learning, 2012).
He is recipient of several fellowships and prestigious awards such as
Class of 2021 Fellow by
ASM International (FASM),
Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering (
FNAE)
2021,
Fellow
National Academy of Science India (
FNASc)
2021,
2018 ASM-IIM Visiting Lecturer award by ASM
International, USA, prestigious
Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2016-17 by Department of Science and
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Technology, Govt. of India,
Metallurgist of The Year 2016 (
Metal Science) by Ministry of Steels,
Govt. of India,
Young Scientist Award 2014 by Centre for Education Growth and Research,
IEI
Young Engineer Award (2013-14) by The Institution of Engineers (India) in
Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering discipline, 2013 P.K. Kelkar Research Fellowship, 2012 TMS
Young Leader
Professional Development Award (received during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting in Mar. 11-15, 2012,
Orlando, US) by Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division,
Materials Science and
Engineering C Young Researcher Award 2011 by Elsevier,
Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award
2010 by National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI),
Young Engineer Award 2010 by INAE,
Young
Metallurgist Award 2010 from Ministry of Steels and Mines, Govt. of India,
Young Scientist Award
in Materials Science division by Indian Science Congress Association 2009,
R.L. Thakur Memorial
Prize 2009 (Indian Ceramic Society),
David Merchant International Student Achievement Award
2007,
Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award 2004
, RCTF (
Research Challenge Trust Fund)
Fellowship 2002,
Sudharshan Bhat Memorial Prize and
S. Ananthramakrishnan Memorial Prize
2001, and
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship 2001.
Currently, he serves as the editor-in-chief of
Nanomaterials and Energy (Institution of Civil
Engineers (Jun. 2017-till date), Associate Editor of
Journal of Thermal Spray and Technology
(JTST, Springer, since Jan. 2022), a key reader for
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
(Springer) and serves as
Principal Editor of the
Journal of Materials Research (
MRS Publishing),
and is involved in the editorial board of
Defense Science Journal (DRDO). Also, he is reviewer of
over fifty technical journals from Elsevier, Blackwell Publishing Inc., Wiley, Springer, Hindawi,
Highwire, MRS India/INSA, ACS Publications, Institution of Civil Engineers and American Society
of Metals. His research interests include multi-functional biomaterials, nanomechanics and
nanotribology of bio/nano composites, coatings, synthesis and processing of polymeric/ceramic
nanocomposites, ultra-high temperature ceramics, and energy materials.
EDUCATION
• 2007,
Ph.D., Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Florida International University (FIU),
Miami, Florida (CGPA
3.975/ 4.0).
Best Ph.D. Student, Deans Award, Dissertation Year
Fellowship.
• 2002,
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (CGPA
3.57/ 4.0).
Research Challenge Trust Fund Fellowship.
• 2001,
M.Tech., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India (CGPA:
9.86/ 10.0).
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer
Austausch Dienst) Scholarship and
Sudharshan Bhat and S. Ananthramakrishnan Memorial
Prize.
• 1999,
B. E., Metallurgical Engineering,
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu,
India (
83.5 %).
Best Outgoing Student.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Nov. 2018 – till date:
Full Professor,
Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Dean, Resources and Alumni (Mar. 2022 – June 2024)
Head of Department, Materials Science and Engineering (July 01, 2024-till date)
•
Jun. 2014 – Nov. 2018:
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Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
•
Jul. 2008 – Jun. 2014:
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
•
July 2007- June 2008:
Post Doctoral Researcher, Plasma Forming Laboratory (PFL) and Nanomechanical and
Nanotribology Lab (NMNTL),
Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA.
•
August 2003-June 2007:
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, FIU, Miami, FL, USA.
•
August 2001-August 2002:
Graduate Research Assistant,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
•
May 2000-Feb 2001:
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Exchange scholar,
University of
Stuttgart, Germany.
•
Jul 1999-May 2000:
Half-Time Teaching Assistant,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
PATENTS GRANTED/FILED (12 granted, 5 filed):
1. I. Singh, S. Gour, N. Dhandia, Kantesh Balani, “
A Bio-Ceramic for Bone Tissue
Engineering and Method of Fabricating Thereof”, Indian patent filed on May 09, 2023,
Application Number: 202311032623
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number:
545613), Govt. of India, on July 23, 2024.
2. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, Kantesh Balani, “
A Fixture for Shear Strength of Joined Ceramics-
Based Composites”, patent filed on Mar. 13, 2023 (after provision patent on March 08, 2022),
Application number: 202211015701
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number:
536468), Govt. of India, on May 01, 2024.
3. A. Bhaudauria, A. Tiwari, S, Baipai, A. Nisar, A.K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, “
Bimodal
Microstructure Toughens Plasma Sprayed Al2O3-YSZ-CNT Coatings” (Application number:
202111039562),(Filing Date: 01/09/2021).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent
Number: 529270), Govt. of India, on Mar. 20, 2024.
4. A. Dubey, Vimal C, J. Ramkumar, B.P. Singh, Kantesh Balani, S. Kant, “
System, Method
and Device for Responsive Advancement of Mandible”, (Provisional patent filed on Mar. 14,
2018, Application number 201811009344)
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent
Number: 507554), Govt. of India, on Feb. 06, 2024.
5. Abirami S, J.H. Prajapati, K. Dixit, M. S. Rana, R.M. Bhanderi, S. Mehta, S. Das, V.
Kannojiya, H.P. Sharma, M. Sharma, P.C. Gond, K. Muralidhar, P. Joshi, N. Sinha, Kantesh
Balani, J.G. Rao, A. Bandopadhyay, S.K. Mishra, “
VAD Demonstrator System with Mock
Circulatory Loop for Testing, Demonstrating Functions and Performance of VAD” (Filing
Date: 03/01/2023).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number: 501166), Govt. of
India, on Jan. 19, 2024.
6. I. Singh, N. Sinha, K. Dixut, Kantesh Balani, “
A 3D Printed Scaffold and a Process for
Fabrication Thereof”, (Filing Date: 17/03/2023).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent
Number: 496309), Govt. of India, on Jan. 09, 2024.
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7. Md. Faisal, Anshul Gupta, Suboohi Shervani, Anandh Subramaniam, Kantesh Balani, Indian
Patent filed (No. 119/DEL/2014), Jan. 15, 2014, titled “
Hydrogen Storage in Magnesium
Based Hybrids Using Accumulative Roll Bonding”. (Publication Date: 06/05/2016).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number: 413242), Govt. of India, on Nov. 30,
2022.
8. C. Nayak, Ariharan S., S. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
A Process For Sterilisation Of Ultra-High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene And Its Nanocomposites” (Application no. 202111003442)
Complete patent filed with the Indian Patent Office on Dec. 08, 2021, Patent filed on January
25, 2021.
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number: 410559), Govt. of India, on
Oct. 31, 2022.
9. Surya P. Singh, S. Dubey, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic effect of Carbon
Nanotube and Graphene Nanoplatelets in Developing Porous and Thermal Damage
Tolerant Polypropylene-SiC nanocomposites” (Application Number: 202011056116), patent
filed with Indian Patent Office on Dec. 23, 2020.
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent
Number: 373838), Govt. of India, on Aug. 04, 2021.
10. S. Karumanchi, S.V.S. Devarakonda, K.K. Sahoo, B. Deo, I. Shukla, D. Philip, Kantesh
Balani, M. Malathi Indian patent (No. 949/CHE/2015), 27/02/2015, titled, “
Control Signal
Processing Device for Raising and Lowering of Lance and a Process Thereof”.
GRANTED
by The Patent Office, Govt. of India (Patent Number: 366467), on May 11, 2021.
11. Raja Choudhary, Vandana Singh, Neelima Mahato, Kantesh Balani, titled “
Suspension
Agitator” Indian patent filed (Application No. 923/DEL/2014, filed on Mar. 31, 2014).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number: 338895), Govt. of India, on Jun. 19, 2020.
12. Abdul Rahim Siddiqui, Kantesh Balani, Indian patent under filing, titled, “
Process For
Preparation Of Super Hydrophobic Coating” (Application Number: 201611020049, Filed on
Jun. 11, 2016).
GRANTED by The Patent Office (Patent Number: 337294), Govt. of India,
on May 26, 2020.
13. V.C. Dave, S. Bajpai, Saranyamol VS, Md Ibrahim Sugarno, Kantesh Balani, “
Device For
Mounting A Sample In Hypersonic Impact Testing Apparatus And Method Thereof”,
Indian patent filed on Nov. 14, 2023, Application Number: 202311077319.
14. I. Singh, N. Sinha, K. Dixit, Kantesh Balani, “
A 3D-Printed Scaffold and a Process for
Fabrication Thereof”, Indian patent filed on March 17, 2023, Application Number:
202311018148.
15. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, S.S. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Method of Joining
Hafnium-And Zirconium-Diborides Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Using Nickel
Interlayer”. patent filed with the Indian Patent Office on Sept. 09, 2021, Application number:
202111041006.
16. A. R. Siddiqui, R. Maurya, Kantesh Balani, “
Process for Synthesis of Aligned
Superhydrophobic (Antiwetting) Carbon Nanofiber Coating and its Applications”, Indian
patent filed on May 18, 2020 (Published on Jun. 26, 2020), Application Number:
202011020924.
17. Aditi Pandey, Swati Midha, Sourabh Ghosh, Vinod Kumar Nigam, Kantesh Balani, “
HA-
CeO2-Ag composite for Bone Tissue Implant” (Provisional patent filed. Nov. 2016,
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Application Number: 201611038479). Published by Indian patent office on May 11, 2018 in
Journal No. 19/2018.
First Examination response (FER) submitted Aug. 2021.
BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTER:
1. Ariharan S., Rubia Hassan, Alok Bhadauria, Ashutosh Tiwari, Ritik Tandon, Anup K. Keshri,
Kantesh Balani, “
Fundamentals of Thermal Spraying”, Nov. 2022,
CRC Press (Taylor &
Francis), ISBN 9781032344003 (
Book).
2. C. Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Frontiers in Multi-functional Biomaterials for Hip-Joint
Application”,
New Horizons in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing, 2022,
A. Arora, A.
Shrivastava, C. Srivastava, N. Dhawan, S. S. Singh (Eds),
Springer (Book Chapter).
3. Kantesh Balani, Vivek Verma, Arvind Agarwal, Roger Narayan, Ed., “
Biosurfaces: From the
Perspective of Materials Scientist and Engineer”,
John
Wiley and Sons Inc. &
The
American Ceramics Society, Jan. 2015, ISBN: 978111829997-5 (
Book).
4. Bikramjit Basu and Kantesh Balani,
“Advanced Structural Ceramics”, John Wiley and Sons
Inc. &
The American Ceramics Society, Aug. 2011, ISBN 9780470497111 (
Book).
5. Kantesh Balani, “
The Science and Engineering of Materials”, by Donald R. Askeland, Pradeep
P. Fulay, and Wendelin Wright
Cengage Learning, Jan. 2012, ISBN-13: 9788131516416.
(
Book Adaptation).
~ over 2200 copies sold.
6. Ashutosh K. Dubey, Kantesh Balani and Bikramjit Basu, “
Electrically active biocomposites as
smart scaffold for bone tissue engineering” in book
Nanomedicine: Technologies and
Applications.
Woodhead Publishing Ltd, October 2012, Pages 537-570 (Book Chapter).
NATIONAL SERVICES:
1. Sectional Committee member of “
Orthopedics Instruments, Implants and Accessories”
(MHD02) of
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Feb. 2021 – till date. Have attended 5+ ISO
(International Organization for Standardization) meetings and over 3 BIS meetings.
2. Committee member, Sectional Committee–VIII (Mining, Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Feb. 2023-till date.
3. Member of
Domain Expert Group for Fast Track Translational (FTT) and Fast Track
Commercialization (FTC) research projects of Counsil of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR), Jan. 2024.
4.
Monitoring Committee member of New Millennium Industry Technology Leadership
Initiative (NMITLI), Counsil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), for the project,
“Development of Dental Implants for Advanced and Critical Applications” since Sep. 2021.
5. Member, “
Defence Materials and Stores R&D Establishment Lab Research Council
(LRC)” constituted by Director General (Naval Systems & Materials), DRDO, since June
2023 -till date.
6. Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PMRC) member of project ‘Multi-centric clinical
trials of the indigenous total knee prosthesis 2.4 (TKP2.4) and its pilot production’ funded by
Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India (since May 2019).
7. Project Review and Monitoring Committee (PMRC) member of project on SiC Fiber
Technology being developed by DMSRDE, Kanpur, Since May 2018.
8. Expert panel member of Material Standardization Sub-committee, Ministry of Defence, 2017-
18.
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9. Expert panel member of designing Arjun Armor Recovery and Repair Vehicle (ARRV),
DRDO, GoI Aug. 2014-Feb. 2015.
10. Virtual Lab initiative of MHRD, GoI, (Coordinator at IIT Kanpur), 2014-17. Have developed
two virtual Labs:
a. Virtual Lab on “
Material Response to Microstructural-, Mechanical-, Thermal- and
Biological Stimuli”
Over 200k+ views online (till Jan. 2024).
Link: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbalani/vl-kb/home%20page.html
b. Virtual Lab on “
Electron Microscopy for Beginners”:
Over 55k+ views online (till
Jan. 2024).
Link: https://emb-iitk.vlabs.ac.in/
11. Have developed two courses (as co-instructor) on
NPTEL (National Programme on
Technology Enhanced Learning) portal:
a.
Introduction to Biomaterials (with Prof. Bikramjit Basu, IISc, Bangalore):
Over 60k+
views online (till Jan. 2024).
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKdFVAJcrE&list=PLF051FCC12CB73A
DC)
b.
Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Characterization and Properties (with Prof.
Anandh Subramaniam, IIT Kanpur)
Over 515k + views online (till Jan. 2024).
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUEbxTkPIWI&list=PLbMVogVj5nJSl_2X
mFjuRmvuAgCOZXUjv
THEME-WISE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS):
Biomaterials:
1. I. Singh, K. Shakya, P. Gupta, P. Rani, I. Kong, V. Verma, Kantesh Balani, “The
Multifunctional 58S bioactive glass/silver/ceria Biocomposites with Effective Antibacterial,
Cytocompatibility, and Mechanical Properties”,
accepted in ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces, Mar. 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c17400.
2. I. Singh, K. Dixit, P. Gupta, S.M. George, N. Sinha, Kantesh Balani, “
3D-Printed
Multifunctional Ag/CeO2/ZnO Reinforced Hydroxyapatite-based Scaffolds for Bone Tissue
Engineering”,
ACS Applied Bio Materials, Vol. 6 (12) (2023), pp. 5210-5223,
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00457.
3. C. Nayak, P. Kushram, M.A.A. Zaidi, I. Singh, J. Sen, Kantesh Balani, “
Multi-Length Scale
Strengthening of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Bio-Composites with
Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Hydroxyapatite Reinforcement”,
Journal of the
Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 140 (2023) 105694 (16 pp),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105694.
4. H. T. Trinh, T.K.A. Tran, S. Arora, S.M. George, J. Sheri, J.H. Yang, P. Naruphontjirakul,
Kantesh Balani, A. Karakoti, and A. Vinu, “
Zn-loaded SBA-1 and SBA-15 molecular sieves for
combined antimicrobial and osteogenic activity”,
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023,
2201169 (15 pp) https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201169.
5. D. Mishra, R. Maurya, V. Verma, Kantesh Balani, K.V. M. Krishna, D. Srivastava, G. N.
Ganesha, U. Singha, A. Mukhopadhyay, “
Understanding the Influence of Graphene-Based
Lubricant/Coating During Fretting Wear of Zircaloy”,
Wear, Vol. 512-513 (2023), 204527 (8
pp).
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6. C. Nayak, P. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Contact Stress and Tribological Damage Tolerance of
Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyethylene Cup Liner Against Zirconia
Femoral Head”,
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 136
(2022), 105435 (13 pp).
7. S.M. George, C. Nayak, I. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Multifunctional Hydroxyapatite
Composites for Orthopedic Applications: A Review”,
ACS Biomaterials Science and
Engineering, Vol. 8 (8) (2022), pp.3162–3186, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00140.
8. C. Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Effects of reinforcements and gamma-irradiation on ultra-high
molecular weight polyethylene for hip arthroplasty: A review”,
Journal of Applied Polymer
Science, e51275 (2021) (29 pp).
9. I. Singh, S.M. George, A. Tiwari, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Influence of Laser Surface
Texturing on the Wettability and Antibacterial properties of Metallic, Ceramic, and Polymeric
Surfaces”,
Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 36 (2021), pp. 3985–3999.
10. C. Nayak, Ariharan S, B. Kundu, V.K. Balla, Kantesh Balani, “
Radiation-Induced Effects on
Micro-Scratch of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Based Nanocomposites”,
Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Vol. 11 (2021) pp. 2277-2293.
11. A. Ganvir, S. Nagar, N. Markocsan, Kantesh Balani, “
Deposition of hydroxyapatite coatings
by axial plasma spraying: influence of feedstock characteristics on coating microstructure,
phase and mechanical properties”,
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Vol. 41 (8)
(2021), pp. 4637-4649.
12. C. Nayak, R. Kundu, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological properties of SS 304 and Ti6Al4V using
four reciprocating geometries under dry and lubricated conditions”, in
Nanomaterials and
Energy, Vol. 10 (1) (2021) pp 1-12.
13. A. Raj, N. Dhandia, Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesin Protein Interaction of Staphylococcus Aureus
Bacteria with Various Biomaterial Surfaces”,
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Vol.
6 (2020)
, Issue 11, 6161–6172
. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01285.
14. Kantesh Balani, “
An Opinion on Hydroxyapatite Based Bio-composites as Bone Scaffolds”,
Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 62 (2020), No. 3-4, pp. 17-26.
15. M. Mistri, S. Joshi, K.K. Kar, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribomechanical insight into carbide-laden
hybrid suspension-powder plasma-sprayed Tribaloy T400 composite coatings”,
Surface &
Coatings Technology, Vol. 396 (2020), p. 125957 (15 pp).
16. S. Ariharan, R. Maurya, RK. Sharma, V.K. Sharma, S. Lohia, Kantesh Balani, “
Damage
Mechanics of Polypropylene Based Composites During Progressive- and Constant-load-
Scratching”,
Polymer Composites, Vol. 41 (2020) pp. 3830-3841.
17. A. Bhattacharjee, R. Hassan, A. Gupta, M. Verma, M,.P. Anand, P. Sengupta, M. Saravanan, I.
Manna, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Zn and Co Doping on Antibacterial Efficacy and
Cytocompatibility of Spark Plasma Sintered Hydroxyapatite”
Journal of American Ceramic
Society, Vol. 103 (2020), pp. 4090–4100.
18. F. Alam, A. Kumar, V.R. Shukla, A. Nisar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Multi-length Scale Wear
Damage Mechanisms of Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites”,
Polymer Testing, Vol. 81 (2020), pp. 106210 (11pp).
19. A. Bhattacharjee, A. Gupta, P.A. Murugan, P. Sengupta, M. Verma, S. Matheshwaran,
I. Manna, and Kantesh Balani, “
Antibacterial and Magnetic Response of Site-Specific Cobalt
Incorporated Hydroxyapatite”
Ceramics International, Vol. 46 (1) (2020) pp. 513-522.
20. A. Bhattacharjee, A. Gupta, P.A. Murugan, P. Sengupta, M. Verma, S. Matheshwaran, I.
Manna, Kantesh Balani, “
Site-Specific Antibacterial Efficacy and Cyto/Hemocompatibility of
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Zinc Substituted Hydroxyapatite”,
Ceramics International, Vol. 45 (9) (2019), pp. 12225-
12233.
21. A. Bhattacharjee, Y. Fang, T. Hooper, N. Kelly, D. Gupta, Kantesh Balani, I. Manna, T.
Baikie, P. Bishop, T. White, J. Hanna, “
Crystal Chemistry and Antibacterial Properties of
Cuperiferous Hydroxyapatite”,
Materials, Vol. 12 (11) (2019), pp. 1814 (17pp).
22. A. Singh, D.S. Patel, Kantesh Balani, J, Ramkumar, “
Single step laser surface texturing for
enhancing contact angle and tribological properties”,
The International Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 100 (5-8) (2019) pp 1253-1267.
23. C. Nayak, S. Ariharan, P. Kushram, Kantesh Balani, “
Fretting of Aluminum Oxide,
Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight
Polyethylene”,
Journal of Mineral, Metal and Material Engineering, Vol. 4 (2018), pp 22-
34.
24. S. Kanhed, S. Awasthi, S. Midha, J. Nair, A. Nisar, A.K. Patel, A. Pandey, R. Sharma, S. Goel,
A. Upadhyaya, S. Ghosh, Kantesh Balani, “
Microporous Hydroxyapatite Ceramic Composites
as Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: An Experimental and Computational Study”,
Advanced
Engineering Materials, Vol. 20 (2018), 1701062 pp. 11.
25. A. Pandey, A.K. Patel, S. Ariharan, V. Kumar, R.K. Sharma, S. Kanhed, V.K. Nigam, A.
Keshri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Enhanced Tribological and Bacterial Resistance of
Carbon Nanotube, Ceria and Silver Incorporated Hydroxyapatite Biocoating”,
Nanomaterials
Vol. 8(6) (2018), 363 pp20.
26. A. Pandey, V.K. Nigam, Kantesh Balani, “
Multi-length Scale Tribology of Hydroxyapatite
Reinforced with Ceria and Silver”.
Wear, Vol. 404-405 (2018), pp 12-21.
27. A. Pandey, S. Midha; R.K. Sharma; R. Maurya; V. K. Nigam; S. Ghosh, Kantesh Balani,
“
Antioxidant and Antibacterial Hydroxyapatite-based Biocomposite for Orthopedic
Applications”,
Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 88 (2018), pp. 13-24.
28. P. Nautiyal, F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, “
The Role of Nanomechanics in
Healthcare".
Advanced Healthcare Materials, Vol. 7 (3), (2018) 1700793 pp (28), DOI:
10.1002/adhm.201700793.
29. R. Maurya, A.R. Siddiqui, Kantesh Balani, “
In vitro Degradation and Biomineralization
Ability of Hydroxyapatite Coated Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-1Zn Alloys”.
Surface
& Coatings Technology, Vol. 325, (2017), pp. 65-74.
30. S. Kanhed, S. Awasthi, S. Goel, A. Pandey, R. Sharma, A. Upadhyaya, Kantesh Balani,
“
Porosity Distribution Affecting Mechanical and Biological Behaviour of Hydroxyapatite
Bioceramic Composites”,
Ceramics International, Vol. 43 (Issue 13), (2017), pp. 10442-
10449.
31. R. K. Sharma, A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
Mechanics of ZnO Morphological Dependence on
Wear Resistance of Ultra High Molecular Weigh Polyethylene”.
European Journal of
Mechanics- A/Solids, Vol. 65, (2017), pp. 149-158.
32. F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of silver/zinc oxide in affecting de-adhesion strength of
Staphylococcus aureus on polymer biocomposites”.
Materials Science and Engineering C,
Vol. 75 (2017), pp. 1106-1114.
33. F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Force of Staphylococcus aureus on Various Biomaterial
Surfaces”.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 65 (2017) pp. 872-
880.
Page 9 of 63
34. R. Hassan, A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, F. Alam, A. Kumar, Kantesh Balani, “Multi-functionality of
Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced 3 mol.% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Biocomposites”,
Materials
Science and Engineering A, Vol. 704C (2017), pp. 329-343.
35. P. Trivedi, K.C. Nune, R.D.K. Misra, A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, R. Jayaganthan, “
Cellular
response of Escherichia coli to Mg-2Zn-2Gd alloy with different grain structure: mechanism
of disruption of colonization”.
Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials,
Vol. 31 (13) (2016), pp. 836-844.
36. A.K. Patel, P. Trivedi, Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanotube Functionalization Decreases
Osteogenic Differentiation in Aluminum Oxide Reinforced Ultrahigh Molecular Weight
Polyethylene”.
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering Vol. 2 (8), (2016), 1242-1256.
37. R.K. Sharma, M. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of ZnO Morphology on Affecting
Bactericidal Property of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”.
Materials
Science and Engineering C, Vol. 62 (2016), pp 843-851.
38. F. Carneiro, B.P.T. Kruithof, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, V. Gaussin, L. Kos
, “Relationships
Between Melanocytes, Mechanical Properties and Extracellular Matrix Composition in Mouse
Heart Valves”. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, Vol. 25 (1-2) (2015), pp.
17-26.
39. F. Alam, A. Kumar, A.K. Patel, R.K. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, “
Processing, Characterization
and Fretting Wear of Zinc Oxide and Silver Nanoparticles Reinforced Ultra High Molecular
Weight Polyethylene Biopolymer Nanocomposite”
. Journal of Minerals, Metals, and
Materials (JOM), Vol. 67 (4) (2015) pp 688-701.
40. P. Trivedi, A.K. Patel, R. Maurya, R. Jayaganthan, Kantesh Balani, “
Nanomechanical
Characterization and Protein Adsorption of Cold Rolled Zirconium Alloy”.
Journal of
Minerals, Metals, and Materials (JOM), Vol. 67 (4) (2015), pp 726-732.
41. D. Kumar, S.N. Akhtar, A.K. Patel, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological Performance
of Laser Peened Ti-6Al-4V”,
Wear, Vol. 322-323 (2015), pp 203–217.
42. A. K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Dispersion Fraction Enhances Cellular Growth of Carbon
Nanotube and Aluminum Oxide Reinforced Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Biocomposites”.
Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 46 (1) (2015), pp 504–513.
43. A.K. Patel, P. Trivedi, Kantesh Balani, “
Processing and mechanical characterization of
compression-molded ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene biocomposite reinforced with
aluminum oxide”,
Journal of NanoScience, NanoEngineering and Applications, Vol. 4 (3)
(2014), pp 1-11.
44. S. Bajpai, A. Gupta, S.K. Pradhan, T. Mandal, Kantesh Balani, “
Crack Propagation
Resistance of Pulsed Laser Deposited Alumina-Hydroxyapatite Coating”.
Journal of
Minerals, Metals, and Materials (JOM), Vol. 66 (10) (2014), pp 2095-2107.
45. R.K. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, “
Mechanics of ZnO Micro-rod and ZnO Nanoparticle
Reinforcement in Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”.
Journal of
Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 47 (34) (2014) 345301 11pp.
46. K. Herkendell, V.R. Shukla, A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Domination of Volumetric
Toughening by Silver Nanoparticles over Interfacial strengthening of Carbon Nanotubes in
Bactericidal Hydroxyapatite Biocomposite”.
Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol. 34
(1) (2014) pp. 455-467.
47. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, “
Synergistic Effect of Static Magnetic Field and HA-Fe3O4
Magnetic Composites on Viability of S.aureus and E.coli Bacteria”,
J. Biomed. Mater. Res. B
– Appl. Biomater. 102 (3) (2014), pp. 524-532
48. A.K. Dubey, A. Ea, Kantesh Balani, and B. Basu, “
Multifunctional properties and in vitro
cytocompatibility of multi-stage spark plasma sintered HA-BaTiO3 based piezobiocomposites
for bone replacement applications”.
J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 96 (12) (2013) 3753-3759.
Page 10 of 63
49. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, “
Spark Plasma Sintered HA-Fe3O4 Based Multifunctional
Magnetic Biocomposites”.
J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 96 (7) (2013) pp 2100-2108.
50. Md A.F. Afzal, S. Kalmodia, P. Kesarwani, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, "
Bactericidal effect of
silver reinforced carbon-nanotube and hydroxyapatite composites".
Journal of Biomaterials
Applications, Vol. 27 (8) (2013) pp 967-978.
51. A. Gupta, G. Tripathi, D. Lahiri, and Kantesh Balani, “
Compression Molded Ultra High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Hydroxyapatite-Aluminum Oxide- Carbon nanotube Hybrid
Composites for Hard Tissue Replacement”.
Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 29 (6)
(2013), pp 514-522.
52. P. Jain, T. Mandal, P. Prakash, A. Garg, Kantesh Balani, “
Electrophoretic Deposition of
Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V/TiO2
Substrate”.
Journal of Coatings
Technology and Research, Vol. 10 (2) (2013), pp 263-275.
53. Md. A.F. Afzal, P. Kesarwani, K.M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani,
“Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Alumina-Zirconia Biocomposite: Synergy of Toughness
and Biocompatibility”. Mater. Sci. Engg. C, Vol. 32 (2012), pp. 1164-1173.
Cited 115+
times.
54. A. Gupta, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Dependence of Protein Adsorption on
Wetting Behavior of UHMWPE-HA-Al2O3-CNT Hybrid Biocomposites”.
Journal of Minerals,
Metals, and Materials (JOM), Vol. 64 (4) (2012) pp 506- 513.
55. A. K. Dubey, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, R. Guo & A. S. Bhalla, “
Multifunctionality of
Perovskites BaTiO3 and CaTiO3 in a Composite with Hydroxyapatite as Orthopedic Implant
Materials”.
Integrated Ferroelectrics Vol. 131 (1) (2011) pp 119-126.
56. A. K. Dubey, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, R. Guo & A. S. Bhalla, “
Dielectric and Pyroelectric
Properties of HAp-BaTiO3 Composites”,
Ferroelectrics, Vol. 423 (1) (2011) pp 63-76.
57.
Kantesh Balani, R.R. Patel, A.K. Keshri, D. Lahiri, and
A. Agarwal, “Multi-scale Hierarchy of
Turtle Shell’s Microstructure and its Mechanical Properties”.
J. Mech. Behav. Biomed.
Mater., Vol. 4 (2011) 1440-1451.
58. S. Kalmodia, S. Goenka, T. Laha, D. Lahiri, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani,
“Microstructure,
mechanical properties, and in vitro biocompatibility of spark plasma sintered hydroxyapatite-
aluminum oxide-carbon nanotube composite”. Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol.
30, (2010) 1162-1169.
Cited 75+ times.
59. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, “
Hydrophobicity of Lotus Leaf: A
Nanomechanical and Computational Approach”.
Nanotechnology, Vol.
20 (2009), 305707 (9
pp). (This article was highlighted by
Nature India).
60. Kantesh Balani, F.C. Brito, L. Kos, A. Agarwal, “
Melanocyte pigmentation stiffens murine
cardiac tricuspid valve leaflet”.
J Royal Society Interface, Vol. 6 (2009) 1097-1102.
61. Kantesh Balani, D. Lahiri, A.K. Keshri, S.R. Bakshi, J.E. Tercero, A. Agarwal, “
The Nano-
scratch Behavior of Biocompatible Hydroxyapatite Reinforced with Aluminum Oxide and
Carbon Nanotubes”.
J. Metals, Minerals and Materials (JOM), Vol. 61 (9), Sept. 2009, 63-
66.
62. J. Tercero, S. Namin, D. Lahiri, Kantesh Balani, N. Tsoukias and A. Agarwal, “
Effect of
Carbon Nanotube and Aluminum Oxide Addition on Plasma Sprayed Hyrdoxyapatite
Coating’s Mechanical Properties and Biocompatibility”.
Materials Science and Engineering
C, Vol. 29, (2009), 2195–2202.
Cited 90+ times.
63. Kantesh Balani, Y.Chen, S.P. Harimkar, N.B. Dahotre, and A. Agarwal, “
Tribological
Behavior of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Hydroxyapatite-Coating in
Physiological Solution”.
Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 3, Issue 6, (2007), 944-951.
Cited 210+
times.
Page 11 of 63
64. S.R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, J. Tercero, and A. Agarwal, “
Nano-mechanical and
Nano-scratch Characterization of UHMWPE and UHMWPE- 5 wt.% MWNT coatings on a
steel substrate.”
Journal of Minerals, Metals, and Materials (JOM), July 2007, pp. 50-53.
65. Kantesh Balani, R. Anderson, T. Laha, M. Andara, J. Tercero, E. Crumpler and A. Agarwal,
“
Plasma-Sprayed Carbon-Nanotube Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Coatings and Their
Interaction with Human Osteoblasts In Vitro”,
Biomaterials, Vol. 28, No. 4, (2007) pp 618-
624.
Cited 510+ times.
High and Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics:
66. D. Rana, V. Xavier, S. S. Jana, Tanmoy Maiti, T. Venkateswaran, and Kantesh Balani,
“
Elevated temperature thermal and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes, graphite and
graphene reinforced (Zr-Ta-W-Ti)C-SiC based High Entropy Carbide Ceramics”
, Materials
Today Communications, (2024) Vol. 38, pp 108434 (11 pp), DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108434
67. S. Bajpai, K.P. Singh, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, T. Laha, A. Upadhyaya, Kantesh
Balani, “
Innovative powder-based wettability evaluation of HfB2-ZrB2-SiC-B4C-CNT
composite: Effect of surface roughness and ambient conditions”,
Surfaces and Interfaces, Vol.
42 (2023) 103345 (12 pp), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103345
68. R. Hassan, S.K. Josyula, D. Patro, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Incessant Tribo-Layer
Formation Suppresses High Temperature Wear Damage in SiC Reinforced Equi-Volume ZrB2-
HfB2 Composite”,
Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 465, (2023) 129586 (12 pp),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129586.
69. R. Hassan, S. Swamy, and Kantesh Balani, “
Heterogeneous Solid Solutioning in Carbon
Nanotube Reinforced HfB2-ZrB2-SiC Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composites”,
Materials Characterization, Vol. 201 (2023) 112941 (11 pp)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2023.112941.
70. R. Hassan, V. Xavier, T. Venkateswaran, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Crossover of Thermal
Conductivity in SiC Reinforced ZrB2-HfB2 Composites at Elevated Temperatures”
Journal of
Materials Science, Vol. 58 (2023), 1505-1522.
71. D. Rana, Kantesh Balani, “
Isolating Strengthening Contributions in Multiphase High Entropy
(Zr-Ta-W-Ti)C-SiC Based Carbide Ceramics”,
International Journal of Refractory Metals
and Hard Materials, Vol. 110 (2023), pp 106024 (12 pp).
72. S. Bajpai, P. Setia, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, Kantesh Balani, “
Mechanical and
oxidation behavior of HfB2-ZrB2-SiC-B4C-CNT composites joined with and without Ni
interlayer” Ceramics International, Vol. 48 (21) (2022), pp. 31827-31842,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.07.112.
73. S. Dubey, Ariharan S., A. Nisar, S. Saini, S.S. Jana, B. Wangaskar, A. Das, S. Khandekar, T.
Maiti, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani,
“Domination of Phononic Scattering in Solid Solutioning and
Interfaces of HfB2–ZrB2 – SiC -Carbon Nanotube Based Ultra High Temperature
Composites”,
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 218 (2022), 114776 (6pp).
74. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, T. Venkateswaran, S.S. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Spark Plasma
Joining of HfB2-ZrB2 based Ultra High Temperature Ceramic using Ni interlayer”,
Materials
Science and Engineering A, Vol. 838 (2022), 142818 (13 pp).
75. A. Nisar, R. Hassan, Arvind Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics:
Aspiration to Overcome Challenges in Thermal Protection System”,
Ceramics International,
Vol. 48 (7) (2022), pp 8852-8881.
Page 12 of 63
76. R. Hassan, Kantesh Balani, “
Densification Mechanism of Spark Plasma Sintered ZrB2 and
ZrB2-SiC Ceramic Composites”,
Materials Characterization, Vol. 179 (2021), 111320 (10pp)
77. Ariharan S, Kantesh Balani, “
Fretting wear behaviour and frictional force mapping of Al2O3
based thermal barrier coatings”,
International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard
Materials, Vol. 98 (2021) 105525 (10 pp).
78. R. Hassan, Kantesh Balani, “
Oxidation Kinetics of SiC Added ZrB2- HfB2 Powders and Their
Sintered Composites”,
Corrosion Science, Vol. 177 (2020), 109024 (14 pp).
79. S. Bajpai, R. Kundu, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of B4C Reinforcement on Microstructure,
Residual Stress, Toughening and Scratch Resistance of (Hf, Zr)B2 Ceramics”,
Materials
Science and Engineering A, Vol. 796 (2020), 140022 (18 pp).
80. R. Hassan, Kantesh Balani, “
Engineered Role of SiC Particle Size on Multi-lengthscale Wear
Damage of Spark Plasma Sintered ZrB2”,
Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 22 (12)
(2020), 2000637 (13 pp).
81. A. Nisar, S. Bajpai, M. M. Khan, Kantesh Balani, “
Wear Damage Tolerance and High
Temperature Oxidation Behavior of HfB2:ZrB2-SiC Composites”,
Ceramics International,
Vol. 46 (13) (2020), pp. 21689-21698.
82. S. Dubey, S. Awasthi, A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Interfaces in Damage Initiation and
Tolerance of HfB2-ZrB2 Ceramics”,
JOM, Vol. 72 (6), (2020) pp. 2207-2218, DOI:
10.1007/s11837-020-04164-x.
83. R. Hassan, R. Kundu, Kantesh Balani, “
Oxidation Behaviour of Coarse- and Fine-SiC
Reinforced ZrB2 at Re-entry and Atmospheric Partial Pressures of Oxygen”,
Ceramic
International, Vol. 46 (8), Part A, (2020), pp. 11056-11065.
84. R. Hassan, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Solid solutioning in ZrB2 with HfB2: effect on
densification and oxidation resistance”,
International Journal of Refractory Metals and
Hard Materials, Vol. 84 (2019) pp. 105041 (17 pp).
85. S. Ariharan, B. Wangaskar, V. Xavier, T. Venkateswaran, Kantesh Balani, “
Process Induced
Alignment of CNT Decreases Longitudinal Thermal Conductivity of Al2O3 Based Porous
Composites”,
Ceramics International, Vol. 45 (2019), pp. 18951-18964.
86. A. Nisar, Md. M. Khan, S. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, “
Processing, Microstructure and
Mechanical Properties of HfB2-ZrB2-SiC Composites: Effect of B4C and Carbon Nanotube
Reinforcement”,
International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Vol. 81,
(2019) pp 111-118.
87. A. Nisar, Md. M. Khan, Kantesh Balani, “
Enhanced thermo-mechanical damage tolerance of
functionally graded ZrB2-20SiC ceramic reinforced with carbon nanotube”,
Ceramics
International, Vol. 45 (5) (2019) pp. 6198-6208.
88. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Densification kinetics and mechanical properties of
tantalum carbide”.
International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Vol. 73
(2018), pp. 221-230.
89. N. Mahato, A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, P. Mohapatra, S. Rawat, and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Far-
Field Stresses and Residual Stresses Incorporation In Predicting Fracture Toughness of
Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Yttria Stabilized Zirconia”.
Journal of Applied Physics, 122,
145104 (2017) 10 pp.
90. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
Phase, and Microstructural Correlation of Spark Plasma Sintered
HfB2-ZrB2-Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites”
Coatings, Vol. 7 (Issue 8),
(2017) pp. 110 (pp. 15).
Page 13 of 63
91. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Establishing Microstructural and Mechanical
Property Correlation in ZrB2-based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites”,
Ceramics
International, Vol. 43 (2017), pp. 13483-13492.
92. S. Ariharan, A. Nisar, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanotubes Stabilize
High Temperature Zirconia Phase And Toughen Al2O3-based Thermal Barrier Coatings”.
Composites Part B, Vol. 124, (2017), pp. 76-87.
93. A. Nisar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Interfaces on Microstructural, Mechanical and Multi-
length Scale Wear Mechanics of TaC-based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites”.
Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 19 (Issue 5) (2017), 1600713 10pp.
94. S. Ariharan, P. Sengupta, A. Nisar, A. Agnihotri, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, Kantesh Balani,
“
Dual-Layer Oxidation-Protective Plasma Sprayed Coating of SiC-ZrB2/Al2O3 on Graphite”.
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 26 (Issue 3), (2017), pp. 417-431.
95. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateswaran, N. Sreenivas, and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Carbon
Nanotube on Microstructural and Ablation Behavior of ZrB2-20SiC Based Ultra-High
Temperature Ceramic Composites Under Plasma-Arc Jet Exposure”,
Carbon, Vol. 111
(2017), pp. 269-282.
Cited over 85+ times.
96. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateshwaran, N. Sreenivas, Kantesh Balani,
“Oxidation Studies
on TaC Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites Under Plasma Arc Jet
Exposure”,
Corrosion Science, Vol. 109, (2016), pp. 50-61.
Cited 55+ times.
97. A. Nisar, Ariharan S, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes and
Silicon Carbide for Toughening Tantalum Carbide Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic”.
Journal of Materials Research Vol. 31 (6), (2016), pp. 682-692.
98. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
ZrB2 -Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramics:
Application Under Extreme Environment”,
Directions, Vol. 15 No.1 (2015), pp 11.
99. Kantesh Balani, S. R. Bakshi, T. Mungole, A. Agarwal, “
Ab-initio Molecular Modeling of
Interfaces in Tantalum-Carbon System".
J. Appl. Physics, Vol. 111, (2012) 063521 (7 pp).
100. Y. Chen, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, “
Do thermal residual stresses contribute to the
improved fracture toughness of carbon nanotube/alumina nanocomposites?”
Scripta
Materialia Vol. 66 (2012) pp 347-350.
101. Kantesh Balani, S. Bakshi, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, “
Grain Growth Behavior of Aluminum
Oxide Reinforced with Carbon Nanotube During Plasma Spraying and Post-Spray
Consolidation”.
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Vol. 7 (6), (2010)
846-855.
102. A. Rishabh, M.R. Joshi, Kantesh Balani, “
Fractal Model for Estimating Fracture Toughness
of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide”.
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 107 (12),
(2010), 123532 (7 pp).
103. A. Gupta, S. Sharma, M.R. Joshi, P. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani
, “Grain Growth Behavior of
Al2O3 Nanomaterials: A Review”.
Materials Science Forum, Vol.
653, (2010) 87-130.
104. T. Zhang, L. Kumari, G. H. Du, W.Z. Li, Q.W. Wang, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal,
“
Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Alumina Nanocomposites Synthesized by
Chemical Vapor Deposition and Spark Plasma Sintering”,
Composites: Part A Vol. 40, No. 1,
(2009), 86-93.
Cited 110 times.
105. Y. Chen, A. Samant, Kantesh Balani, N.B. Dahotre, and A. Agarwal,
“Effect of laser melting
on plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide coatings reinforced with carbon nanotubes”.
Appl. Phy.
A. Vol. 94, (2009), 861-870.
106. Y. Chen, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal, “
Nanomechanical Properties of Hafnium
Nitride Coating”.
Scripta Materialia (2008), Vol. 58 (12) 1121.
Page 14 of 63
107. Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal, “
Damping Behavior Of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced
Aluminum Oxide Coatings By Nanomechanical Dynamic Modulus Mapping”.
J. Applied
Physics, Vol. 104, (2008) 063517.
108. Kantesh Balani, S.P. Harimkar, A. Keshri, Y. Chen, N.B. Dahotre, A. Agarwal, “
Multiscale
Wear of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite
Coating”.
Acta Mater., Vol. 56, No. 20, (2008), 5984-5994.
Cited 115+ times.
109. S. R. Bakshi, V. Singh, Kantesh Balani, D. G. Mc- Cartney, S. Seal, A. Agarwal, “
Carbon
Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Composite Coating via Cold Spraying”.
Surface & Coatings
Technology Vol. 202, No. 21, (2008), 5162-5169. Cited 250+ times.
110. Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, “
Processing Map for Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide-
Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Coatings”.
Surface & Coatings Technology Vol. 202, No.
17, (2008),
4270-4277. Appeared as special editor’s selection in
Metal Finishing, Oct. 2008,
pp 45-51.
111. Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, “
Wetting of Carbon Nanotube by Aluminum Oxide”.
Nanotechnology Vol. 16, (2008) 165701.
112. Y. Chen, Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, “
Analytical Model to Evaluate Interface
Characteristics of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposites”.
Applied
Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 1, (2008), 011916
.
113. Kantesh Balani, T. Zhang, A. Karakoti, W. Li, S. Seal, and A. Agarwal, “
In situ carbon
nanotube reinforcements in a plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide nanocomposite coating”.
Acta
Materialia, Vol. 56, No. 3, (2008), 571.
Cited 120+ times.
114. S. R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal,
“Thermal Conductivity of Plasma Sprayed
Aluminum Oxide-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites”. Journal of the American
Ceramics Society Vol. 91, No. 3, (2008), 942-947.
115. Yao Chen, Kantesh Balani, and Arvind Agarwal, “
Modified Eshelby Tensor Modeling For
Elastic Property Prediction Of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Ceramic Nanocomposites”.
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, No. 3, (2007), 031903.
116. Kantesh Balani, S.R. Bakshi, Y. Chen, T. Laha, and A. Agarwal, “
Role of Powder Treatment
and Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in the Fracture Toughening of Plasma-Sprayed Aluminum
Oxide – Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite”.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Vol. 7, No. 10, (2007), 3553-3562.
Cited 110 times.
117. Kantesh Balani, Gabriela Gonzalez, Arvind Agarwal, Robert Hickman, J. Scott O’Dell, and
Sudipta Seal, "
Synthesis, Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Property
Evaluation of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Tantalum Carbide",
Journal of American Ceramic
Society, Vol. 89 (4), (2006), pp 1419-1425.
Cited 80 times.
118. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and T. McKechnie, “
Near Net Shape Fabrication via Vacuum
Plasma Spray Forming”,
Trans Indian Inst. Met., Vol. 59, No.2 April (2006), pp 237-244.
119. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, S. Patil, and S. Seal, “
Synthesis of Nanostructured
Aluminum Oxide Powders by Plasma Engineering”.
Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A, Vol. 36 A, 2, (Feb. 2005), pp. 301-309.
Coatings and Surface Engineering:
120. S. Kushwaha, A. Bhadauria, A. Tiwari, K. K. Pandey, A. K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani,
“
Mechanical, microstructural, and fretting wear behaviour of Al2O3-ZrO2-CNT based
composite coatings”,
Wear, Vol. 532-523 (2023), 205127 (13 pp).
121. S. Ponnapureddy, A. Bhadauria, S. Bajpai, A. Tiwari, K. K. Pandey, A. K. Keshri, and
Kantesh Balani
, “
Enhanced reliability with bimodal microstructure and transformation-
induced toughening in Al2O3-YSZ based thermal barrier coatings”
Surface & Coatings
Page 15 of 63
Technology,
Vol.
462
(15)
(2023),
129488
(13
pp)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129488.
122. A. Bhadauria, S. Bajpai, A. Tiwari, S.K. Mishra, A. Nisar, S. Dubey, N. Chavan, A.K.
Keshri, Kantesh Balani, “
Bimodal Microstructure Toughens Plasma Sprayed Al2O3-YSZ-CNT
Coatings”,
Ceramics International, Vol. 49 (2023), 12348–12359.
123. Z. Firdouz, P. Tripathi, K. Mondal, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Carbonaceous
Reinforcements on Anticorrosive and Magnetic Properties of Ni-Cu Based Electrochemical
Composite Coatings”,
Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 441 (2022), 128560 (15 pp).
124. S. Gowthaman, P. Tripathi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani,
“Water Attenuation Enhances
Tribological Damage Resistance in Laser Peened Steel”,
Materials Letters, Vol. 308 (Part B)
(2022) 131175 (4pp).
125. P. Tripathi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Damage mechanics of Cr-based hybrid
coatings: Boron nitride, graphene and diamond co-deposited with Yttria Stabilized Zirconia”,
International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Vol. 99, (2021), 105590 (9
pp).
126. P. Tripathi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Microscratching and Fretting of Electro-co-
deposited Cr-based Composite Coatings with BN, Graphene, and Diamond Reinforcements”,
Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 56, (2021), pp. 6148-6166.
127. A.R. Siddiqui, R. Maurya, P.K. Katiyar, Kantesh Balani, “
Self-Cleaning Superhydrophobic
Carbon Nanofiber Coating on Structural Alloys for Corrosion Protection and Bacterial
Inhibition”,
Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 404 (2020) , 126421 (11 pp).
128. P. Tripathi, P.K. Katiyar, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic Role of Carbon
Nanotube and Yttria Stabilised Zirconia Reinforcement on Wear and Corrosion Resistance of
Cr-Based Nanocomposite Coatings”,
Surface & Coatings Technology, Vol. 385 (2020) pp.
125381 (12 pp).
129. S. Awasthi, S.K. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Tuning the Magnetism and Tribological
Behaviour of Electrodeposited Ni/Cu Bi-layer by Selective Reinforcement of Carbon
Nanotubes”,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 818 (2020) pp. 153287 (11 pp).
130. S. Awasthi, S.K. Pandey, C.P. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Progress in Electrophoretic
Deposition of Nickel with Carbonaceous Allotropes: A Review”,
Advanced Materials
Interfaces, Vol. 7 (2020), pp. 1901096 (33 pp).
131. P. Tripathi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Laser Peening Enhances Tribological
Resistance of Electrodeposited Cr Coatings Reinforced with Yttria Stabilised Zirconia and
Carbon Nanotubes”,
Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 378 (2019), pp. 124919 (11 pp).
132. D.S. Patel, A. Singh, Kantesh Balani, J. Ramkumar, “
Topographical effects of laser surface
texturing on various time-dependent wetting regimes in Ti6Al4V”.
Surface and Coatings
Technology, Vol. 349 (2018) pp. 816-829.
133. P. Shukla, S. Awasthi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Protective Trivalent Cr-Based
Electrochemical Coatings for Gun Barrels”,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 768,
(2018), pp. 1039-1048.
134. R. Maurya, A.R. Siddiqui, Kantesh Balani, “
Protective Phosphate Chemical Conversion
Coating on Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-1Zn Alloys”.
Applied Surface
Science, Vol. 443 (15) (2018) pp. 429-440.
135. S. Awasthi, C.P. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergetic Role of Carbonaceous
Reinforcements on Multi Length Scale Tribology of Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel-
Boron Nitride Coatings”.
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 99 (2018) pp. 61-72.
Page 16 of 63
136. A.R. Siddiqui, R. Maurya, Kantesh Balani, “
Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanofiber Coating
on Activated Carbon Fabric and Glass Substrates”.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5
(2017) pp 2936-2946.
Cited 75+ times.
137. S. Awasthi, S.K. Pandey, A. Juyal, C.P. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic Effect of
Carbonaceous Reinforcements on Microstructural, Electrochemical, Magnetic and
Tribological Properties of Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel”.
Journal of Alloys &
Compounds, Vol. 711 (2017), pp 424-433.
138. S. Awasthi, R. Maurya, C.P. Pandey and Kantesh Balani, “
Interfacial Mechanics of
Carbonaceous Reinforcements in Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel Coatings”.
Surface
and Coatings Technology, Vol. 310 (2017), pp 79-86.
139. S. Awasthi, S. Goel, C.P. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Multi-Length Scale Tribology of
Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel-Diamond Coatings”,
Journal of Minerals, Metals, and
Materials (JOM), Vol. 69 (2017) pp. 227-235.
140. V.K. Pal, S. Awasthi, S.K. Choudhury, Kantesh Balani, “
Hydrophobicity and Tribology of
Large Area Textured Cu with Nanogrown CuO”,
Surface Innovations, Vol. 4 (4) (2016) pp.
205-213.
141. A. Gupta, S. Barkam, D. Lahiri, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Alumina
Dispersion on Microstructural and Nanomechanical Properties of Pulse Electrodeposited
Nickel-Aluminum Oxide Composite Coating”. Journal of Materials Science and Technology,
Vol. 30(8) (2014) pp. 808-813.
142. S. Ariharan, A. Gupta, A. Keshri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Size Effect of Yttria
Stabilized Zirconia Addition on Fracture Toughness and Thermal Conductivity of Plasma
Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Composite Coatings”.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters,
Vol. 4, No. 3, (2012) pp 323-332.
143. M. Bhardwaj, Kantesh Balani, R. Balasubramaniam, S. Pandey and A. Agarwal, “
Effect of
current density and grain refining agents on the pulsed electrodeposition of nanocrystalline
nickel”.
Surface Engineering, Vol. 27 (9), 2011, 642-648.
144. M. Agarwal, V. Kumar, S.R.K. Malladi, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani
, “Effect of
current density on the pulsed co-electrodeposition of nanocrystalline nickel-copper alloys”.
J.
Minerals, Metals and Materials (JOM), Vol. 62 (6), June (2010) 88-92.
145. A. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, Srinivasa R.Bakshi, Virendra Singh, Tapas Laha, Sudipta Seal,
Arvind Agarwal, “
Structural Transformation in Carbon Nanotubes During Thermal Spray
Processing Surface and Coatings Technology”.
Surface and Coatings Technology Vol. 203,
No. 16, (2009), 2193-2201.
146. S. Paital, Kantesh Balani, N. B. Dahotre, A. Agarwal, “
Fabrication and evaluation of pulse
laser induced Ca- P coating”,
J. Biomed. Mater., Vol. 4, (2009) 015009.
147. S. R. Bakshi, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal and J. Karthikeyan, “
Effect Of Carrier
Gas On Mechanical Properties And Fracture Behaviour Of Cold Sprayed Aluminium
Coatings”.
Surface Engineering, Vol. 23, No.1, (2007), pp. 18-22.
148. Kantesh Balani, A.Agarwal, S. Seal, and J. Karthikeyan, “
Transmission Electron Microscopy
of Cold Sprayed 1100 Aluminum Coating”,
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 53 (2005), pp 845-850
.
Cited 110+ times.
149. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, A. Agarwal, J. Karthikeyan, and N. Munroe, “
Effect of Carrier
Gases on Microstructural and Electrochemical Behavior of Cold-Sprayed 1100 Aluminum
Coating”.
Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 195, 2-3, 31 (May 2005), pp 272-279
.
Cited 160 times.
Page 17 of 63
Mg-Li and Al-based Ultralight Materials:
150. R. Maurya, S. Panwar, Kantesh Balani, “
Heat-treatment Design of LATZ9531 Alloy and
Ensuing structure Properties Correlation”,
Journal of Materials Engineering and
Performance, 20 Sep.2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07364-5.
151. R. Maurya, D. Mittal, and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Heat-treatment on Microstructure,
Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Mg-Li-Al Based Alloy”,
Journal of Materials
Research and Technology, Vol. 9 (3) (2020), pp. 11056-11065.
152. R. Maurya, A.R. Siddiqui, P.K. Katiyar, Kantesh Balani, “
Mechanical, Tribological and
Anti-corrosive Properties of Polyaniline/Graphene Coated Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-
3Sn-1Zn Alloys”
Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 35 (Issue 8), (2019) pp.
1767-1778.
153. R. Maurya, B. Kumar, S. Ariharan, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Carbonaceous
Reinforcements on the Tribological Properties of Friction Stir Processed Al6061 Alloy”.
Materials & Design Vol. 98, (2016), pp. 155-166.
Cited 100+ times.
154. V. Kumar, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, “
Corrosion Behavior of novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and
Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-1Zn alloys in NaCl Aqueous Solution”.
Journal of Materials Engineering
and Performance, Vol. 24 No. 10 (2015), pp 4060-4070.
155. A. Gupta; V. Kumar, J. Nair; A. Bansal; Kantesh Balani, “
Abridgment of Nano and Micro
Length Scale Mechanical Properties of Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-1Zn
Alloys Using Object Oriented Finite Element Modelling”.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
Vol. 634 (2015), pp. 24-31.
156. V. Kumar, Govind, K. Philippe, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, “
Processing and Nano-
mechanical Characterization of Mg-Li-Al Based Alloys”
Procedia Materials Science Vol. 5
(2014), pp 585 – 591.
157. K. Sikdar, S. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, “Fretting Wear of Mg-Li-Al Based Alloys”.
Wear,
Vol. 318 (2014), pp. 177-187.
158. V. Kumar, A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, Kantesh Balani, “
Serrated Yielding During
Nanoindentation of Thermomechanically Processed Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-
3Sn-1Zn Alloys”.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 46 (2013) 145304 (8pp).
159. V. Kumar, Govind, R. Shekhar, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructure
evolution and texture development in thermomechanically processed Mg–Li–Al based alloys”.
Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 547, (2012) pp 38-50.
Cited 65+ times.
160. V. Kumar, R. Balasubramaniam, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructure and texture
evolution during hot rolling of Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn alloy for aerospace application”.
Materials
Science Forum Vols. 702-703 (2012) pp 85-88.
161. V. Kumar, R. Shekhar, Govind, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of hot rolling on microstructure
and texture evolution of Mg-Li based alloy”.
Materials Science Forum, Vol. 690 (2011) 347-
350.
Energy Materials:
162. Kantesh Balani, “
Meeting Global Energy Demand in a Sustainable Future” (Editorial),
Nanomaterials and Energy Vol. 12 (3) (2023), pp. 90-91.
163. F. Amaladasse, A. Gupta, S. Shevani, S. Sivakumar, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam,
“Enhanced reversible hydrogen storage in palladium hollow spheres.,
Particulate Science and
Technology, Vol. 39 (5) (2021) pp 617-623.
164. Md. Faisal, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Cross-sectional TEM Investigation of Mg-
LaNi5-Soot Hybrids for Hydrogen Storage”,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol.
45 (20), (2020), pp. 11632-11640.
Page 18 of 63
165. S. Shervani, A. Gupta, S. Sivakumar, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Triggered
Nanoexplosions of Pd Hollow Spheres",
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol.
20 (3) (2020) pp. 1941-1945.
166. A Gupta, S Shervani, P Rani, S Sivakumar, Kantesh Balani, A Subramaniam, “
Hybrid
Hollow Structures For Hydrogen Storage”,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45
(45) (2020), pp. 24076-24082.
167. V. Shukla, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, S. Omar, “
Phase Stability and Conductivity in
the Pseudo Ternary System of xYb2O3-(12-x)Sc2O3-88ZrO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 5)”,
Solid State Ionics,
Vol. 332 (2019), pp. 93-101.
168. Ariharan S., M. Hazra, Kantesh Balani, “
High Temperature Oxidation of Graphite”,
Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 7 (2) (2018), pp. 37-43.
169. A. Gupta, A. Nisar, S. Omar and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Sintering Technique on The
Grain Boundary Mobility of CeO2 Reinforced 8 mol. % Y2O3 Stabilized ZrO2 Ceramic
Composites”,
Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials (JOM), (June 2018), Vol. 70 (10),
pp. 1937-1945
170. V. Shukla, S. Singh, A. Jaiswal, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, S. Omar, “
Temporal
Stability of Oxygen-ion Conductivity in 1Nb2O5-10Sc2O3-89ZrO2”,
Journal of the European
Ceramic Society, Nov. 2017, doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.11.008.
171. S. Shervani, P. Mukherjee, A. Gupta, G. Mishra, K. Illath, T. Ajithkuamr, S. Sivakumar P.
Sen, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Multi-mode Hydrogen Storage in Nanocontainers”, n
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 42 (2017) pp. 24256-24262.
172. A. Banerjee, N. Mahato, B. Bhaduri, N. Balaji, A. R. Siddiqui, S.T. Aruna, N. Verma,
Kantesh Balani, “
Catalytic Effects of CeO2 and Carbon Nanotubes on Phase Evolution of
Plasma Sprayed Al2O3”.
Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 6 (1) (2017), pp 1-20,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jnaen.16.00004.
173. V. Shukla, A. Kumar, L.B. Ishamol, Kantesh Balani, Anandh S., S. Omar, “
Microstructural
and Impedance study of nanocrystalline ytterbia co-doped scandia stabilized zirconia sintered
by spark plasma sintering process”, (2016)
Journal of American Ceramics Society, Vol. 100
(1) (2017), pp.204-214.
174. U. Aarthi, P. Arunkumar, M.Sribalaji, A.K. Keshri, A. Kumar, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, K.
S. Babu, “
Interfacial effect on oxygen ion distribution and conduction mechanism in strontium
added Ce0.8Sm0.2O2-δ/Na2CO3 nanocomposite”,
ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol.
120 (43) (2016), pp. 25068-25077.
175. R. Maurya, A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Sintering on Mechanical
Properties of Ceria Reinforced Yttria Stabilized Zirconia”,
Ceramics International Vol. 42,
(2016), pp. 11393-11403.
176. M. Faisal, A. Gupta, S. Shervani, Kantesh Balani, and A. Subramaniam, “
Enhanced
Hydrogen Storage In Accumulative Roll Bonded Mg-Based Hybrid”.
International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, Mar. 2015, Vol. 40 (2015) pp 11498-11505.
177. A. Gupta, S. Shervani, Md. Faisal, Kantesh Balani and A. Subramaniam "
Hydrogen storage
in Mg-Mg2Ni-carbon hybrids".
J. Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 645 (2015) pp S397-S399
.
178. A. Banerjee, R. Gupta, Kantesh Balani, “
Non-Monotonic Lattice Parameter Variation in
Ball-Milled Ceria”.
Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 50 (19) (2015), pp 6349-6358.
179. N. Mahato, A. Banerjee, A. Gupta, S. Omar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Progress in Material
Selection for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology: A Review”.
Progress in Materials Science,
Vol. 72 (2015), pp. 141-337. (
Impact Factor: 31.083). Cited 1350+ times.
Page 19 of 63
180. P. Mohapatra, S. Rawat, N. Mahato, Kantesh Balani, “
Restriction of Phase Transformation
in Yttria-stabilized Zirconia with Carbon Nanotube Cushioning”.
Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A, Vol. 46 (7) (2015), pp. 2965-2974.
181. N. Mahato, S. Sharma, A. K. Keshri, A. Simpson, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani,
“
Nanomechanical Properties and Thermal Conductivity Estimation of Plasma Sprayed Solid
Oxide Fuel Cell Components: Ceria Doped Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte”.
Journal of
Minerals, Metals, and Materials (JOM), Vol. 65 (6) (2013) pp 749-762.
182. Kantesh Balani, “
Solid Electrolytes: Emerging Global Competitors for Satisfying Energy
Needs” (Editorial).
Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (5) (2012) pp 243-246.
183. A. Gupta, S. Sharma, N. Mahato, A. Simpson, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Mechanical
Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Ceria Reinforced 8 mol% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia
Electrolyte”.
Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (5) (2012) pp 306-315.
184. N. Mahato, A. Gupta, and Kantesh Balani, “
Doped zirconia and ceria based electrolytes for
solid oxide fuel cells: A review”.
Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (1), 2011, pp 27-45.
185. Y. Chen, S. Omar, A. K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, K. Babu, J. C. Nino, S.Seal, and A.
Agarwal,
“Ionic Conductivity of Plasma Sprayed Nanocrystalline YSZ Electrolyte for Solid
Oxide Fuel Cells”,
Scripta Materialia, Vol. 60, No. 11, (2009), 1023-1026.
Others:
186. S. Bajpai, A. Nisar, R.K. Sharma, U.D. Schwarz, Kantesh Balani, A. Datye, “
Effect of
fictive temperature on tribological properties of Zr44Ti11Cu10Ni10Be25 bulk metallic
glasses”,
Wear, Vol. 486-487, (2021), 204075 (13 pp).
187. S. Saini, Kantesh Balani, T. Maiti, “
The Analysis of Charge Transport Mechanism in Mixed
Ionic Electronic Conductor Composite of Sr2TiCoO6 Double Perovskite with Yttria Stabilized
Zirconia”,
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, Vol. 33 31) (2021), 315703 (12pp).
188. V. Shukla, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, S. Omar, “
Effect of Thermal Ageing on the
Phase Stability of 1Yb2O3- xSc2O3-(99-x)ZrO2 (x = 7, 8 mol.%)”,
The Journal of Physical
Chemistry C, Vol. 123 (36) (2019), pp. 21982-21992.
189. Sudha, M. Saxena, Kantesh Balani, T. Maiti, “
Structure and thermoelectric properties of
calcium doped Sr2TiCoO6 double perovskites”,
Materials Science and Engineering B, Vol.
244 (2019), pp.
190. R. Naorem, A. Gupta, S. Mantri, G. Sethi, K.V. Mani Krishna, R. Pala, Kantesh Balani,
Anandh S. “
A Critical Analysis of the X-Ray Diffraction Intensities in Concentrated
Multicomponent Alloys”,
International Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 110 (5) (2019),
pp. 393-405.
191. K.S. Ramakrishna, Kantesh Balani, A.Upadhyaya, “
Mechanical and Electrochemical
Characterization of Supersolidus Sintered Austenitic Stainless Steel (316L)”,
High
Temperature Materials and Processes, Vol. 38 (2019) pp. 792-805.
192. R.K. Sharma, S. Lohia, V.K. Sharma, K.P. Singh, Kantesh Balani "
Interfacial
strengthening of polypropylene composites via bimodal porosity in Rice husk ash: Comparison
with calcium carbonate reinforcement”,
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 136 (no. 4)
(2019) 46989 pp. 9.
193. P. Kumar, B. Wangaskar, S. Khandekar, Kantesh Balani, “
Thermal-fluidic Transport
Characteristics of Bi-porous Wicks for Potential Loop Heat Pipe Systems”,
Experimental
Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 94 (2018), pp. 355-367.
Page 20 of 63
194. G. Iyer, S. Shervani, G. Mishra, D. De, A. Kumar, S. Sivakumar, Kantesh Balani, R. Pala
and A. Subramaniam, “
Poisson Effect Driven Anomalous Lattice Expansion in Metal
Nanoshells”,
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 110 (13) (2017), 131603, pp.4.
195. M.K. Samal, M. Seidenfuss, E. Roos, Kantesh Balani, “
Investigation of failure behavior of
ferritic-austenitic type of dissimilar steel welded joints”.
Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol.
18, No. 3, (2011) 999-1008.
196. M.K. Samal, Kantesh Balani, M. Seidenfuss, E. Roos, “
Experimental and numerical
investigation of fracture resistance behaviour of a dissimilar metal welded joint”.
Proc.
IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 223, (2009), 1507-1523.
197. V. Singh, R. Diaz, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, S. Seal, “
Chromium carbide-CNT
Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties”. Acta Mater., Vol. 57, No. 2, (2009),
335-344.
Cited 65 times.
198. V. Viswanathan, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and S. Seal, “
Challenges and
Advances in Nanocomposite Processing Techniques”,
Materials Science And Engineering: R:
Reports, vol. 54, No. 5-6, (2006), pp 121-285. (
Impact Factor: 24.652). Ranked #1 as most-
downloaded article in Materials Science and Engineering: R (Elsevier) during Apr.- Jun. 2007.
Cited 565+ times.
199. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal, and Narendra B. Dahotre, “
Molecular Modeling of
Metastable FeB49 Phase Evolution in Laser Surface Engineered Coating”,
Journal of Applied
Physics, Vol. 99
, (2006), pp. 044904 (4pp).
200. Kantesh Balani, and Fuquian Yang, “Creep behavior of 90 Pb-10 Sn alloy”.
Physica Status
Solidi 198, (2003), 387-394.
201. P. Gopalakrishnan, S. S. Ramakrishnan, Kantesh Balani, Amit Arora and Pranav Joshi,
"
Kinetic Study of Boriding Processes",
Technology, Dec. 2000, p 20-25.
RESEARCH ARTICLES (accepted/revision submitted/being revised/prepared)
1. S. Bajpai, S. Dubey, T. Venkateswaran, S. S. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
An Insight to Wetting
and Joining of HfB2 and ZrB2 based Ultra High Temperature Ceramics: A Review”,
accepted
in
Chemical Engineering Journal, Jun. 2024.
2. S. Gour, A. Mukherjee, Kantesh Balani, N. Dhami, “
Atomic force microscopy investigations
of transient early-stage bacterial adhesion and antibacterial activity of silver and ceria
modified bioactive glass”,
accepted in
Journal of Materials Research, July 2024.
3. K. Rathore, I. Singh, Kantesh Balani, S. Sharma, V. Verma, “
Fabrication and
Characterization of Multi-Layered Coaxial Agar-based Electrospun Biocomposite Mat, Novel
Replacement for Transdermal Patches”,
accepted in
International Journal of Biological
Macromolecules, July 2024.
4. S. Gour, A. Mukherjee, Kantesh Balani, N. Dhami, “
Quantitative study of early-stage
transient bacterial adhesion to bioactive glass and glass ceramics: Atomic Force Microscopic
observations”,
accepted in
Scientific Reports, Jul. 2024.
5. I. Singh, I. Kong, A. Viswakarma, Kantesh Balani, “
3D-printed Advanced Multifunctional
58S BG/Ag/CeO2-based Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering”,
submitted to
Ceramics International, June 2024.
6. P. Rani, I. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon nanotube functionalization supports mechanical,
tribological, and biological response of freeze-dried ultra-high molecular weight
polyethylene-based bio-composites”,
accepted in
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Jul.
2024.
Page 21 of 63
7. D. Rana, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Laser treatment of (Zr-Ta-W-Ti)C- SiC based high
entropy carbide ceramics reinforced with carbon nanotubes, graphite and graphene
nanoplatelets”, revision
submitted to Diamond & Related Materials, Jun. 2024.
8. R. Kumar, Kantesh Balani, J. Ramkumar, “
Comprehensive Review on Bone Scaffold: Current
Trends and Emerging Future Perspectives”,
submitted to The International Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, May 2023.
9. Rajkumar, A. Verma, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Design and Parametrization of TPMS
Lattice using Computational and Experimental Approach”,
submitted to Engineering
Research Express, Apr. 2024.
10. Md Aman, P. Konduparty, S. Sharma, V. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, S.K. Jha, S. Omar, “
A
Review on Layered Double Hydroxide based Nanocomposites for Batteries and
Supercapacitors”, to be
submitted.
11. A. Agarwal, T. Tikku, R. Khanna, K. Srivastava, Kantesh Balani, R.P. Maurya, S.L. Verma,
“
Quantitative Analysis of Enamel Surface Roughness After Using a Colour Changing
Adhesive For Bonding: In Vitro Study”,
submitted to Saudi Dental Journal, May 2023.
12. S. Dubey, S.P. Singh., J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
SiC, Carbon Nanotube and Graphene
Nanoplatelets as Potential Additives for Flame Retardant Polypropylene”, to be
submitted.
13. A. R. Siddiqui, R. Maurya, B. Wangaskar, Kantesh Balani, “
Superhydrophobic
Multifunctional Carbon Nanofiber Structure Towards Excellent Solar Water Evaporation and
Recyclable Sorption of Oil and Organic Solvents”, to be
submitted.
14. P. Tripathi, S. Awasthi, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Materials and Coatings for
Mitigating Erosive Wear and Surface Degradation: A Review”, to be
submitted.
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TECHNICAL TALKS
1. Shiven P., S. Kushwaha, A. Bhadauria, A. Tiwari, A. K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, “
Thermal
Barrier Coatings: Strategies and Bimodality”, July 18-21, 2024, International Conference on
Advancements in Thermal-Spray (ICOAT-2024), Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
(
Invited).
2. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating World of Materials”, May 04, 2024, Materials Camp, IIT
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (
Invited).
3. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Materials for Fascinating Applications”, Apr. 05, 2024, Jaipur,
Rajasthan, India (
Invited).
4. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Materials and Computational Techniques” Recent Advances in
Materials Science and Computational Techniques (RAMSACT) 2024, Apr. 05, 2024, Manipal
University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (
Keynote).
5. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Materials for Fascinating Applications”, Mar. 06, 2024, Institute
for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (
Invited).
6. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating Materials for Engineering Applications”,
Amalgam 2024, Mar.
03, 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu India (
Plenary).
7. Fahad Alam, Arindam Raj, Neeraj Dhandia, Chinmayee Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Data Driven
Assessment of Protein Interaction with Biomaterials”,
Computing, Communication, Control,
Informatics and Bio-Science, Feb. 03, 2024, Kanpur Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P.,
India (
Keynote).
8. Fahad Alam, Arindam Raj, Neeraj Dhandia, Chinmayee Nayak, Shivani Gour, Indrajeet Singh,
Kantesh Balani, “
Biomaterial Interaction with Bacterial Protein for Real Life Implants”,
2nd
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International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and
Thermal Sciences (ICFAMMT 2024), Jan. 19-21, 2024 (online), Institute of Infrastructure
Technology Research and Management (IITRAM) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (
Keynote).
9. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Biomaterials for Hip Joint Applications”,
Exploring the Emerging
World of Ceramics and Glass (ICEECG 2023), Dec. 20, 2023, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic
Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India (
Keynote).
10. I. Singh, K. Shakya, P. Gupta, P. Rani, I. Kong, V. Verma, Kantesh Balani, “
Multifunctional
58S Bioglass-Ag-CeO2 Biocomposites with Effective Antibacterial, Cytocompatible and
Mechanical Properties”,
First IITK-LTU Academy Workshop, Nov. 27-28, 2023, La Trobe
University Melbourne, Australia, (
Invited).
11. Kantesh Balani, “
Characterization of Nanomaterials Used in Agriculture”, African-Asian
Rural Development Organization, Nov. 15, 2023, IIT Kanpur, India (
Invited).
12. Kantesh Balani, “
Engineering Various Applications of Advanced Nanomaterials”,
Institute
Research Symposium, Nov. 05, 2023, IIT Kanpur, India.
13. Kantesh Balani, A. Bhadauria, Shiven P., S. Kushwaha, A. Tiwari, A.K. Keshri, “
Alumina-
Zirconia based Thermal Barrier Coatings: Conventional to Bimodal Microstructure”,
Asian
Thermal Spray Conference & Expo 2023 (ATSC 2023), IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Nov. 2-4,
2023 (
Invited).
14. F. Alam, A. Raj, N. Dhandia, C. Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Sensing Protein Interactions on
Various Biosurfaces”,
International Conference on Metallurgical Engineering and Centenary
Celebration (METCENT), IIT Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, October 26, 2023
(
Invited).
15. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating World of Materials”, State (KVS) Level Science, Mathematics
and Environment Exhibition for Children 2022-23, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, Jul. 11, 2023
(
Plenary).
16. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Labs”, Rajkiya Engineering College Bijnor, Bijnor,
India, June 24, 2023 (
Invited).
17. F. Alam, A. Raj, N. Dhandia, C. Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Bacterial Protein Interactions with
Biosurfaces”, Department of Chemistry, IIT Jodhpur, June 22, 2023 (
Invited).
18. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating World of Materials”, Materials Camp, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur,
India, May 06, 2023.
19. Kantesh Balani, “
Scanning Electron Microscopy”, Materials Camp, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur,
India, May 07, 2023.
20. Kantesh Balani, “
Story of Bacteria Interaction with Biosurfaces”, Teerthanker Mahaveer
University, Moradabad (India), Apr. 19, 2023 (
Invited).
21. S. Bajpai, A. Bhadauria, Kantesh Balani, “
Joining of HfB2-ZrB2 based composites with and
without Ni filler layer", 47th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics
and Composites (ICACC 2023), Hilton Daytona Beach Resort and Ocean Center in Daytona
Beach, Florida, USA, Jan. 22 - 27, 2023.
22. Kantesh Balani “
Introduction to Virtual Labs”, Online workshop on Virtaul Labs, Rajkiya
Engineering College Banda, Banda, India, Dec. 17, 2022 (
Invited).
23. Kantesh Balani, “
Paradigm of Functional Materials for Biological Applications”, IITK -
Swansea University workshop on
Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Flows, IIT Kanpur, Dec. 12,
2022.
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24. Kantesh Balani, “
Role Of Alumni In Strengthening MNNIT Academics And Research”,
MNNIT Allahabad, November 25, 2022 (Virtual Mode).
25. R. Hassan, Kantesh Balani, “
ZrB2-SiC composites: Effect of SiC particle size on multi-length
scale wear and oxidation resistance of ZrB2”,
International Materials, Applications &
Technologies (IMAT) 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, September 13, 2022 (Virtual
mode).
26. F. Alam, A. Raj, N. Dhandia, C. Nayak, Kantesh Balani, “
Deadhesion Mechanics of S. aureus
Bacteria on Hip-joint Biosurfaces”,
International Materials, Applications & Technologies
(IMAT) 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, September 14, 2022 (Virtual mode).
27. Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra High Temperature Ceramics for Reentry Space Vehicles”, Webinar,
Pondicherry University, June 24, 2022 (
Invited).
28. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Mechanics of Bacteria on Polymeric & Other Biosurfaces”,
13th
International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, APM 2022 (virtual mode),
CIPET, Chennai, Mar. 08, 2022 (
Keynote).
29. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Virtual Lab Workshop, Rameshwaram Institute of
Technology and Management (Virtual), Lucknow Feb. 26, 2022, (
Invited).
30. Kantesh Balani, “
Hydroxyapatite Based Coatings for Biological Applications”,
Recent
Advances in Manufacturing Processes For Industrial Applications (Virtual Mode), NITK
Surathkal, India, Feb. 21, 2022 (
Invited).
31. Kantesh Balani, “
How to Write a Good Thesis”,
PG Academics and Career Council, Feb. 03,
2022, IIT Kanpur. (
Invited)
32. Kantesh Balani, “
Processing of Nanostructured Materials For Superhydrophobicity”,
Faculty
Development Program on Methods of Material Synthesis (online), Bhavan’s Vivekananda
College, Secundarabad, Jan. 20, 2022 (
Invited).
33. Kantesh Balani, “
Engineering Wetting and Superhydrophobicity”, AICTE-ISTE Faculty
Development Program (online) on
Advances in Materials Processing and Characterization,
DAVIET Jalandhar, Jan. 06, 2022 (
Invited).
34. Kantesh Balani, “
Exploring Protein Adhesion and Tribology of Biosurfaces”,
AICTE-ISTE
Refresher Program (online), IPS College of Technology & Management, Gwalior, Jan. 05,
2022 (
Invited).
35. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Nanomaterials: Characterization & Engineering Their
Applications”, AICTE ATAL Faculty Development Program (online) on
Current Trend in
Engineering Nano-Materials, Characterizations & Their Applications, Indira Gandhi National
Tribal University, Amarkantak, Dec. 08, 2021 (
Invited).
36. Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructural Engineering of Thermal Barrier Coatings”, AICTE ATAL
Faculty Development Program (online) on
Research Aspects on Thermal Barrier Coatings,
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Dec. 06, 2021 (
Invited).
37. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”, Use of
Virtual Labs, Rajkiya Engineering College Banda,
Dec. 03, 2021 (
Invited).
38. Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructural Engineering of Thermal Barrier Coatings”, AICTE ATAL
FDP on
Research Advances on Thermal Barrier Coatings, Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College, Sivakasi, (online) Dec. 05, 2021 (
Invited).
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39. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Mechanics of Bacteria on Biosurfaces”,
International Conference
on Advanced Materials and Mechanical Characterization, SRM Institute of Science and
Technology, Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu 603203, India (Virtual), Dec. 03, 2021 (
Invited).
40. Kantesh Balani, “
Find a Leader in You”, Material Advantage @ IIT Kanpur (Online), Oct. 15,
2021 (
Invited).
41. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Labs – Reskill and Upskill”, Anand Engineering College, Lucknow,
India (Online)–Sep. 17, 2021 (
Invited).
42. Kantesh Balani, “
Workshop on Virtual Laboratories”,
Research and Innovation Cell, Vision
Group of Institutions, Kanpur and Aligarh, India (Online)–Sep. 11, 2021 (
Invited).
43. Kantesh Balani, “
Coatings for Surface Modification”,
Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing,
Sept. 10, 2021, IIT Kanpur. (
Invited)
44. Kantesh Balani, “
Multifunctional Biomaterials for Hip-Joint Arthroplasty”,
Visionary
Leaders for Manufacturing, Sept. 09, 2021, IIT Kanpur. (
Invited)
45. Kantesh Balani, “
Multifunctional Architecture and Exploring Protein Deadhesion on
Biosurfaces”, online Sunday-evening talk on
Translational Research in Materials Science,
Aug. 22, 2021 (
Invited).
46. Kantesh Balani, “
Designing Multifunctional Biomaterials and Exploring Protein
Deadhesion”, online talk on Saturday evening lecture series, ASM India Chapter, July 31, 2021
(
Invited).
47. Kantesh Balani, “
The Importance of Virtual Laboratory and Quality of Education”,
Faculty
Webinar, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, U.P., India, Jul. 31, 2021
(
Invited).
48. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
Faculty Development Program on
Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hindustan College of Science and
Technology, Mathura, India, Jul. 26, 2021 (
Keynote).
49. Kantesh Balani, “
Hydroxyapatite Based Multibiomaterials for Orthopedic Applications”,
Faculty Development Program online event on Multimaterials, IIT Kanpur, U.P., India, Jul. 19,
2021 (
Invited).
50. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating World of Materials”,
Faculty Development Program online
event on
Novel Materials, Rajakiya Engineering College, Banda, Jul. 06, 2021 (
Keynote).
51. Kantesh Balani, “
Decoding Adhesion Mechanics of Bacterial Proteins on Biosurfaces”,
online event on
Nanomechanics for Biomaterials and Soft Matter, IIT Palakkad, Bruker &
Industron, Jun. 30, 2021 (
Keynote).
52. Kantesh Balani, “
Recent Advances in Biomedical Bone Implants”, QIP Short Term Course on
Theoretical and Practical Perspective on Material Manufacturing Technology 2021, IIT
Kanpur, U.P., India Mar. 12, 2021 (
Invited).
53. Kantesh Balani, “
Bioceramics: Bioactive Hydroxyapatite Based Composites for Orthopedic
Applications”, QIP Short Term Course on
Advanced Ceramics and Composites for
Multifunctional Applications, IIT Kanpur, Mar. 05, 2021 (
Invited).
54. Kantesh Balani, “
Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy”, invited lecture in short-term
course on
Advanced Materials Characterizations: From Fundamentals Toward Applications,
IIT BHU, India, Feb. 23, 2021 (
Invited).
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55. Kantesh Balani, “
Indentation of Materials”,
Expert Lectures on Materials Science,
Shambhunath Institute of Engineering & Technology (SIET) Prayagraj, India, Dec. 28, 2020
(
Invited).
56. Kantesh Balani, “
Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy”,
Conference on Processing and
Characterization of Materials (CPCM 2020), NIT Rourkela, India, Dec. 19, 2020 (
Plenary).
57. Ariharan S, P. Mohapatra, A. Bhadauria, A. Tiwari, S.T. Aruna, A. Keshri, Kantesh Balani,
“
Plasma Spraying of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Based Thermal Barrier Coating”, The Indian
Structural Integrity Society (InSIS), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India Dec. 18, 2020 (
Invited).
58. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating Paradigm of Advanced Materials”,
International Conference on
Advance Materials, Dec. 18, 2020, Gondwana University Gadchiroli, Maharashtra state, India
(
Invited).
59. C. Nayak, I. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Overview of Frontiers in Biomaterials” National
Workshop on the theme of
New Horizons in Metallurgy, Materials and Manufacturing, Indian
Institute of Metals (online), Dec. 16, 2020 (
Invited).
60. Kantesh Balani, “
Assessing Adhesion Strength of Bacterial Protein on Biosurfaces" TEQIP
(phase III) sponsored 5-days National
e-Workshop on
Surface Characterization: Tools and
Applications (SCTA 2020), NITK Surathkal, India, Dec. 15, 2020 (
Invited).
61. Kantesh Balani, “
Be a Tomorrow’s Leader”, Induction Programme at Allenhouse, Allenhouse
Colleges (Online event), Nov. 27, 2020 (
Expert Lecture).
62. Kantesh Balani, “
Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials”,
Synthesis and
characterization of nanomaterials SCNM-2020, Department of Physics, J C Bose University of
Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, India, Nov. 04, 2020 (
Invited).
63. Kantesh Balani, “
Smart Materials as Research Frontiers”,
Online Short Term Training
Program (STTP), Department of Mechanical Engineering at C. V. Raman Global University
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Nov. 02, 2020 (
Invited).
64. Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra High Temperature Ceramics for Aerospace Applications”,
Faculty
Development Program, IIT Jammu, India, Oct. 26, 2020 (
Invited).
65. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory”,
Workshop on Virtual Labs, Axis Colleges, Kanpur,
India, Oct. 23, 2020 (
Invited).
66. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Labs”,
Faculty Development Program on Virtual
Labs, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India, Oct. 12, 2020
(
Invited).
67. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of Bacteria on Biosurfaces”,
Opportunities in Bioceramic
Materials in Orthopedic, Dental and Tissue Engineering Applications (OBMODTEA) 2020,
National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sep. 27, 2020 (
Invited).
68. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Lab on Material response to Microstructural-, Mechanical-,
Thermal- and Biological-Stimuli”, Faculty Development Program, Madan Mohan Malaviya
University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India, Sept. 24, 2020 (
Invited).
69. Kantesh Balani, “
Fascinating World of Materials”,
Faculty Development Program on Novel
Materials, Rajakiya Engineering College, Banda, Sep. 18, 2020 (
Keynote).
70. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of Bacteria on Biosurfaces”,
Faculty Development
Program, Raghu Engineering College, Vishakhapatnam, Aug. 18, 2020 (
Invited).
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71. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
e-BOOTATHON-2, Bundelkhand
Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi, India, Aug. 18, 2020 (
Keynote).
72. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
Online webinar, Rustamji Institute of
Technology, Gwalior, India, Aug. 08, 2020 (
Invited).
73. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
e-BOOTATHON-1, Rajkiya
Engineering College Banda, India, Aug. 04, 2020 (
Keynote).
74. Kantesh Balani, “
Learning Through Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to
Microstructural, Mechanical, Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Practical Learning Through
Virtual Lab, Institute of Engineering & Technology Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh, Ayodhya,
India, Jul. 20, 2020 (
Invited).
75. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Workshop on Virtual Labs, Veer Kunwar Singh University
Ara, Bihar, Jul. 20, 2020 (
Invited).
76. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Live Webinar on Virtual Labs, Meerut Institute of
Engineering and Technology (MIET), Meerut, India, Jun. 27, 2020 (
Invited).
77. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Virtual Labs, Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Raebareli, India, Jun. 26, 2020 (
Invited).
78. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Classroom Virtual Learning”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs,
Webinar on
Virtual Classes Virtual Learning, BITT Polytechnic Ranchi, India, Jun. 25, 2020 (
Keynote).
79. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, BITT Polytechnic Ranchi, India,
Jun. 18, 2020 (
Invited).
80. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University
Bareilly, India, Jun. 06, 2020 (
Keynote).
81. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, Kali Charan Nigam Institute of
Technology, Banda, Jun. 05, 2020 (
Invited).
82. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, Madan Mohan Malaviya
University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India, May 29, 2020 (
Invited).
83. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, IIMT College of Engineering,
Greater Noida, India, May 29, 2020 (
Invited).
84. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Virtual Lab Practices, Buddha Institute of Technology Gida,
Gorakhpur, India, May 27, 2020 (
Keynote).
85. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural, Mechanical,
Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, R.K. Goel Institute of Technology,
Ghaziabad, India, May 20, 2020 (
Invited).
86. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
Online webinar, Kamla Nehru
Institute of Technology (KNIT) Sultanpur, India, Apr. 30, 2020 (
Invited).
87. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
Webinar on Virtual Labs, D. A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India, Apr. 22, 2020 (
Invited).
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88. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”, Apr. 18, 2020,
Webinar on Virtual
Lab, B.I.E.T. Jhansi, India (
Invited).
89. Kantesh Balani, “
Introduction to Virtual Laboratories”,
Virtual Labs: A Reality for Degree
Level Institutions under TEQUIP-III, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya,
India, Apr. 16, 2020 (
Invited).
90. Chinmayee Nayak, Ariharan S, V.K. Bhalla, Kantesh Balani, “
Micro-scratch of Irradiated
Compression-Molded Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) based
Nanocomposites”,
TMS 149th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, California, USA,
Feb. 23-27, 2020.
91. Shipra Pathak, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of B4C Addition on (Hf,Zr)B2 Based Ultra High
Temperature Ceramics”,
TMS 149th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, California,
USA, Feb. 23-27, 2020.
92. Kantesh Balani, “
Advanced Nanomaterials: From Laboratory to Applications”,
International
Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials” (ICAN’2020, Rama University, Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh, India, Feb. 27-29, 2020. (
Keynote talk)
93. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of Bacteria on Various Biological Surfaces”,
Biomaterial-Based Therapeutic Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BIO-TERM) 2019,
IIT Kanpur, Nov. 29- Dec. 01, 2019. (
Keynote talk)
94. Kantesh Balani, “
Fundamentals of Ceramics Processing”,
Electroceramics for Energy
Applications, IIT Kanpur, Nov. 06, 2019, IIT Kanpur.
95. Kantesh Balani, “
Bioactive Hydroxyapatite Based Composites for Orthopedic Applications”,
Faculty Development Program on 3D* Printing & Design With Interdisciplinary Applications,
MANIT Bhopal, Nov. 04, 2019 (
Invited).
96. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of Bacteria on Various Biological Surfaces”,
Faculty
Development Program on 3D* Printing & Design With Interdisciplinary Applications, MANIT
Bhopal, Nov. 04, 2019 (
Invited).
97. Kantesh Balani, “
Basics of Nanoindentation”, Nanomechanics and Biotribology 2019, IIT
Kanpur, Sep. 14-15, 2019.
98. Kantesh Balani, “
The Fascinating World of Materials”, NIT Srinagar, May 27, 2019
(
Invited).
99. Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanocomposites for Potential Structural Applications as UHTCs”,
QIP short-term course on
Carbon Nanomaterials - Recent Advances and Functional
Applications, IIT Roorkee, May 22, 2019 (
Invited).
100. Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanostructures for Superhydrophobic Applications”, QIP short-
term course on
Carbon Nanomaterials - Recent Advances and Functional Applications, IIT
Roorkee, May 22, 2019 (
Invited).
101. Kantesh Balani, “
Nanoindentation of Materials”, MANIT Bhopal, Apr. 06, 2019.
102. M. Mistri, S. Joshi, K.K. Kar, Kantesh Balani, “
Fretting of Plasma Sprayed Chromium
Carbide Reinforced Tribaloy-T400 Coating” 82nd Annual Session of Indian Ceramic Society'
organized by Indian Ceramic Society, Jamshedpur, India, Jan. 10, 2019.
103. S. Awasthi, R. Maurya, C.P.Pandey and Kantesh Balani, “
Interfacial Mechanics of
Carbonaceous Reinforcements in Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel”, I
nternational
Conference on Chemical Science: National and Global Prospective at Lucknow Cristian
College, Lucknow, India, October 29-31, 2018 (
Invited).
104. Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of Bacteria on Biosurfaces”, Florida International
University, Miami, FL, USA, Oct. 19, 2018 (
Invited).
105. Kantesh Balani, “
The Fascinating World of Materials”, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, USA, Oct. 16, 2018 (
Invited).
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106. S. Awasthi, C.P. Pandey, Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic Role of Carbonaceous
Reinforcements on Multi Length Scale Tribology of Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel-
Boron Nitride Coatings”
Advances in Surface Engineering,
Materials Science & Technology
2018, Columbus, OH, USA, Oct. 14-18, 2018 (
Invited).
107. A. Bhattacharjee, A. Gupta, P. Murugan, P. Sengupta, S. Matheshwaran, I. Manna, Kantesh
Balani, “
Antimicrobial Property of Zn Doped Hydroxyapatite”,
Surface Properties of
Biomaterials,
Materials Science & Technology 2018, Columbus, OH, USA, Oct. 14-18, 2018.
108. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
Thermo-Mechanical Performance and Microstructural
Correlation in ZrB2-based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites”,
Advanced
Materials for Harsh Environments,
Materials Science & Technology 2018, Columbus, OH,
USA, Oct. 14-18, 2018.
109. F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, “
Quantification of Nanoscale Adhesion Force of
Staphylococcus Aureus on the Surface of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy”,
Surface Properties of Biomaterials,
Materials Science & Technology 2018, Columbus, OH,
USA, Oct. 14-18, 2018 (
Invited).
110. Kantesh Balani, “
Materials for Transformations”, 4th Indian International Science Festival,
Indira Gandhi Prathisthan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Oct. 05-08, 2018 (
Invited Lecture).
111. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
High Temperature Nanocomposite Ceramics for Hypersonic
Applications”,
Faculty Development Program on ‘Smart Materials’, Allenhouse Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, India, April 30, 2018 - May 5, 2018 (
Keynote Lecture).
112. F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, “
Nano-characterization Tool for Assessing Adhesion Strength
of Bacteria on Biomaterials”,
Faculty Development Program on ‘Smart Materials’,
Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, April 30, 2018 - May 5, 2018 (
Keynote
Lecture).
113. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateswaran, Kantesh Balani, “
Thermal Damage of Ultra
High Temperature Ceramic Composites”,
TEQIP, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute
(
UPTTI), Kanpur, India, Feb. 28, 2018 (
Invited Lecture).
114. F. Alam, A. Kumar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Antibacterial Agents on The Bacterial
Adhesion Strength in Polymeric Biocomposites”, International Conference on
Advanced
Materials and Processes: Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO-2017), IIT Roorkee, India,
Dec. 01, 2017 (
Invited Lecture).
115. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateshwaran, N. Sreenivas, and Kantesh Balani, “
TaC-Based
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites for Hypersonic Applications”,
National
Conference on Nano Technology, PSIT, Kanpur, Nov. 18, 2017.
116. F. Alam, A. Kumar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Adhesion Strength of S. Aureus Upon Addition
of Antibacterial Ag and ZnO in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposites”,
Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Nov. 10,
2017 (
Invited).
117. F. Alam, A. Kumar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Reinforcement of Antibacterial Ag and ZnO in
Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposites: Deadhesion Strength of S.
Aureus”,
Daya Swoop Memorial Lecture for The Institution of Engineering (India), Kanpur
Chapter Annual General Meeting on Oct. 29, 2017 (
Invited).
118. A. R. Siddiqui, Kantesh Balani, “
Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanofiber Coating for
Efficient Gravity Directed Oil Water Separation, Corrosion Protection and Remarkable Solar
Evaporation”,
International Conference on Advance Materials, Textiles and Processes
(ICAMTP), Oct. 15, 2017, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (
UPTTI), Kanpur, India
(
Invited Lecture).
119. F. Alam, A. Kumar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Deadhesion of S. Aureus Upon Reinforcement
of Antibacterial Ag and ZnO in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposites”,
Nanoyantrika, Sept. 17-20, 2017, Trivandrum, India. (
Invited lecture).
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120. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateswaran, N. Sreenivas, Kantesh Balani, “
TaC-Based Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramic Composites for Hypersonic Applications”, Sept. 05, 2017 at IIT
Bombay, Mumbai, India. (
Invited lecture).
121. Kantesh Balani, “
Biomaterials for Hip Joints”,
Prof. N.K. Batra Memorial Quiz, Aug. 06,
2017, IIT Kanpur (India) (
Invited).
122. Kantesh Balani, “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to Microstructural,
Mechanical, Thermal and Biological Stimuli”,
Massive Open Online Course Workshop, Jun.
16, 2017, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (
Invited).
123. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateswaran, Kantesh Balani, “
ZrB2 and TaC Based Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramic Composites for Aerospace Applications”,
Design, Materials &
Manufacturing Concerns in Production of Quality Engineering Goods, Mar. 27-29, 2017,
HBTI, Kanpur, India. (
Keynote Talk).
124. Kantesh Balani, “
Nanoparticle Characterization- Electron Microscopy”,
Workshop on
Synthesis, Characterization and Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials, March 22-25, 2017,
CSIR, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (
Invited).
125. Kantesh Balani, “
Processing and Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites”,
Quality Improvement Program on “
Additive Manufacturing”, Mar. 06-10, 2017, IIT Kanpur.
126. Ambreen Nisar, S. Ariharan, T. Venkateshwaran, N. Sreenivas, Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramic Composites for Hypersonic Applications”, Advances in Smart &
Functional Materials 2017 (ASFM 2017), Jan. 13-14, 2017, AMPRI (Advanced Materials and
Processes Research Institute), Bhopal (
Plenary Lecture).
127. Rita Maurya, Abdul Rahim Siddiqui and Kantesh Balani, “
An Environmental Friendly
Phosphate Chemical Conversion Coating on Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-
1Zn Alloys for Corrosion Protection”, 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian
Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
128. Aditi Pandey, Rajeev Kumar Sharma, Rita Maurya, Vinod Kumar Nigam and Kantesh
Balani “
Development of Hydroxyapatite based Antioxidant Composites for Orthopedic
Applications”, 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov.
11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
129. Siddiqui Abdul Rahim, Rita Maurya and Kantesh Balani, “
Process for Synthesizing a
Stable Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanofiber Coating on Various Substrates”.
130. Ambreen Nisar and Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Interfaces on Microstructural, Mechanical
and Multi-length Scale Wear Mechanics of TaC-based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic
Composites”, 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov.
11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur (
Invited).
131. Fahad Alam, Anil Kumar and Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Ag and ZnO reinforcement on
Tribological properties and bacterial adhesion on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene”,
70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT
Kanpur.
132. A. Nisar and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of CNT addition on Corrosion Resistance of ZrB2-
20SiC Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites under Plasma-Arc Jet
Exposure”, (
International Conference on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing)
ICAMMP, Nov. 4-6, 2016, IIT Kharagpur (
Invited).
133. Kantesh Balani, “
Exploring Length Scales in Biomechanics”, session remarks during
Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering, May 19-22, Potsdam, Germany.
134. R.K. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of ZnO Morphology on the Mechanical,
Tribological and Biological Properties of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Biocomposites”,
2nd International Conference on Advancements and Recent Innovations in
Mechanical, Production and Industrial Engineering (
ARIMPIE-2016), Apr. 15-16, 2016,
NOIDA, India. (
Keynote address).
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135. Kantesh Balani, “
Paradigm of Functional Materials From Biological to Aerospace
Applications”, Role of Metals in the Development of Non-Metallic Materials and Products.
DMSRDE, Kanpur, Feb. 24, 2016 (
Invited).
136. Kantesh Balani, “
Hydrophobicity: Analogy to Lotus Leaf”, Application of Nanotechnology
in Textiles, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI), January 18-23, 2016, Kanpur,
India (
Invited).
137. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
High Temperature Oxidation of Spark Plasma Sintered TaC
and ZrB2 based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites”,
Ultra High Temperature
Ceramics for Thermostructural Applications, Materials Research Center, Indian Institute of
Science Bangalore, Dec. 14, 2015, Bengaluru, India.
138. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of SiC and Carbon nanotube Reinforcement
on Fracture Properties of TaC”,
3rd International Conference on Nanostructured Materials
and Nanocomposites (ICNM-2015), Dec. 12-14, 2015, Mathura, India (
Invited).
139. Kantesh Balani, “
Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite-Based Biocomposites”,
International conference on
Frontiers in Materials Processing, Applications, Research &
Technology (FiMPART) 2015, Jun. 12-15, 2015, Hyderabad, India (
Invited).
140. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, “
Synergy of Static Magnetic Field Stimulation and
Magnetisation towards Bactericidal Property of Multifunctional HA-Fe3O4 Biocomposites”,
2015 MRS Spring Meeting, April 6-10, 2015, San Francisco, California, USA.
141. Kantesh Balani, “
Multifunctional Hydroxyapatite-Based Biocomposites”, National
Conference on Innovations in Materials, Design and Manufacturing (IMDM-2015), March 27-
28, 2015, HBTI, Kanpur, India (
Invited).
142. Kantesh Balani, “
Processing and Cytocompatibility of Functionally Graded
Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites”,
1st International Conference on Alumina and Other
Functional Ceramics (AOFC-2015), Mar. 11-13, 2015, Kolkata, India (
Invited).
143. S. Ariharan, N. Balaji, S.T. Arunaand Kantesh Balani, “
Phase Retention of YSZ in Plasma
Sprayed YSZ-CNT Reinforced Al2O3 Matrix Composites for Thermal Barrier Coating”
6th
Asian Thermal Spray Conference, November 24-26, 2014, Hyderabad, India.
144. S. Ariharan, Pradyut Sengupta, Ankur Agnihotri, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, Kantesh Balani,
“
Oxidation and Protection of Graphite”,
6th Asian Thermal Spray Conference, November 24-
26, 2014, Hyderabad, India.
145. P. K. Mallik, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Novel Multistage Spark Plasma Sintered HA-
CaTiO3 Composites for Biomedical Application”
NMD ATM 2014, 52nd National Metallurgist
Day and 68th Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-15, 2014, Pune, India.
146. A. Nisar and Kantesh Balani, "
High Temperature Oxidation Studies of TaC-based Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramic Composites"
NMD ATM 2014, 52nd National Metallurgist Day
and 68th Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-15, 2014, Pune, India.
147. S. Ariharan, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, Kantesh Balani, “
Phase Retention of YSZ In Plasma
Sprayed YSZ-CNT Reinforced Al2O3 Matrix Composites for Thermal Barrier Coating”
NMD
ATM 2014, 52nd National Metallurgist Day and 68th Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-15,
2014, Pune, India.
148. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani, “
High Temperature Oxidation Studies of TaC-based Ultra-High
Temperature Ceramic Composites”
NMD ATM 2014, 52nd National Metallurgist Day and 68th
Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-15, 2014, Pune, India.
149. R. K. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, “
Morphological Dependence of Interfacial Strength in
ZnO Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”
MS&T (Materials
Science and Technology) 2014, Oct. 12-16, 2014, Pittsburgh, USA (
Invited).
150. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological Performance of Carbon Nanotube and
Aluminum Oxide Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”
MS&T (Materials Science and Technology) 2014, Oct. 12-16, 2014, Pittsburgh, USA.
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151. F. Alam, Kantesh Balani, “
Fretting wear of zinc oxide and silver nanoparticles reinforced
ultra high molecular weight polyethylene biopolymer composites”
MS&T (Materials Science
and Technology) 2014, Oct. 12-16, 2014, Pittsburgh, USA.
152. Vishnu Shukla, Katharina Herkendell; Anup Patel; Kantesh Balani; “
Mathematical Model
to Predict The First Mode Fracture Toughness of Hydroxyapatite-Carbon Nanotube-Silver
Nanocomposite”
MS&T (Materials Science and Technology) 2014, Oct. 12-16, 2014,
Pittsburgh, USA.
153. Kantesh Balani, “
Processing and Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites”
,
Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education, Jul 11, 2014 (Online webinar).
154. Md. Faisal, A.Gupta, S. Shervani, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Enhanced Hydrogen
Storage Properties In Mg-Base Hybrids Synthesized By Accumulative Roll Bonding”, 20th
World Hydrogen Energy Conference-2014 (WHEC-14), Gwangju, South Korea, June. 15-20,
2014.
155. P. Kumar, N. Mahato, V. Singh, R. Choudhary, Kantesh Balani, “
Pulsed Electrodeposition
of Nano-Crystalline Ni with Uniform Co-Deposition of Micron Sized Diamond Particles on
Annealed Copper Substrate”
BTTD (Behind the Teachers Desk) Seminar, on 27-28 March
2014, National Metallurgy Laboratory Jamshedpur, India.
156. A. Gupta, Md. Faisal, S. Shervani, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Effect Of Carbon
Addition On Hydrogen Storage Properties Of Mg-Lani5 Hybrids”,
International Conference
On Emerging Materials And Processes (ICEMP) – 2014, Feb. 26-28, 2014, CSIR-IMMT,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
157. S. Shervani, Md. Faisal, A. Gupta, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Hydrogen Storage
in Mg-Mg2Ni Hybrids via Accumulative Roll Bonding”,
International Conference On
Emerging Materials And Processes (ICEMP) – 2014, Feb. 26-28, 2014, CSIR-IMMT,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
158. R. K. Sharma and Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological Properties of Antibacterial ZnO-
UHMWPE Biocomposites”.
International Conference On Emerging Materials And Processes
(ICEMP) – 2014, Feb. 26-28, 2014, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
159. R. K. Sharma and Kantesh Balani, “
Cytocompatibility and Bactericidal Property of ZnO-
UHMWPE Biocomposites”.
International Conference on Polymer Materials Science and
Engineering 2013, Nov. 14-15, 2013, Venice, Italy.
160. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Correlation of Wettability with Surface Energies and
Tribology of Functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube (f-CNT) and Al2O3 Reinforced
Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Bionanobiocomposites”. Indian Institute of
Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-13, 2013, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.
161. J. Nair, V. Singh, Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructure Analysis using Object Oriented Finite
Element Methods and Study of Stress Patterns”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical
Meeting, Nov. 12-13, 2013, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.
162. V. Kumar, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, “
Corrosion behavior study of novel Mg-Li-Al based
alloys in dilute chloride solution”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Nov.
12-13, 2013, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.
163. P. Kumar, V. Singh, N. Mahato, R. Choudhary, Kantesh Balani, “
Pulsed Electrodeposition of
Nanocrystalline Ni with Uniform Co deposition of Micron Sized Diamond Particles on
Annealed Copper Substrate”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Nov. 12-
13, 2013, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.
164. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Silane Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and its
Reinforcing Effects on UHMWPE /Al2O3 Biocomposites”,
2nd International Conference on
Biomaterials Science in Tsukuba, Japan (ICBS2013), Japan- Tsukuba, Mar. 19-22, 2013.
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165. Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Alumina Addition on the Mechanics, Tribology and
Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites”,
Aluminas-2013, CSIR-Central Glass &
Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India, Mar 7-9, 2013 (
Invited).
166. N. Mahato, P. Mohapatra, S. Rawat, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Carbon Nanotube
Reinforcement on The Phase Transformation of Zirconia”,
2013 TMS Annual Meeting &
Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013.
167. N. Mahato, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of CeO2 Addition on Catalytic Conversion of
Plasma Sprayed Al2O3 Coatings”,
2013 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, TX,
USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013 (
Invited).
168. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of CeO2 Reinforced YSZ
Nano composite Electrolyte”. 4Th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite
Materials (ICRACM-2013), International Center Goa, Feb. 18-21, 2013.
169. P.K. Mallik, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, “
Processing and Microstructure-Property of Multi
Stage Spark Plasma Sintered Hydroxyapatite- Calcium Titanate Biocomposite”,
37th
International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC),
Daytona Beach, Florida, Jan. 27 – Feb. 1, 2013.
170. Kantesh Balani, “
Materials- Thermal Processing and Micro Structural characterization
(Material testing lab)”, Workshop on Virtual Laboratory, Indian Institute of Information
Technology- and Design and Manufacturing, December 18, 2012.
171. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Synergistic Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes and
Al2O3 on Compression Molded Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”,
BIND-2012 (
International Conference on Design of Biomaterials), Bangalore, Dec. 9-11, 2012
(
Invited).
172. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, “
Magnetic Characterization and Cytocompatibility of
Spark Plasma Sintered HA-Fe3O4 Magnetic Biocomposites”,
2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts, Nov. 25-30, 2012.
173. Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Tantalum Carbide as Ultra High
Temperature Ceramic Composite”, Advances in Materials and Processing: Challenges and
Opportunities (AMPCO), IIT Roorkee, Nov. 2-4, 2012 (
Invited).
174. P. Sengupta, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, M.K. Samal, D. Sathiyamoorthy, Kantesh Balani,
“
Oxidation of Plasma Sprayed SiC/Al2O3 Coatings on Graphite Substrate”,
Carbon Materials
2012 in BARC Mumbai, November 1-3, 2012.
175. Kantesh Balani, “
Hydroxyapatite Based Biocomposites for Bone Replacement” Daya
Swoop Memorial Lecture for The Institution of Engineers (India), Kanpur Chapter Annual
General Body Meeting on Oct. 28, 2012 (
Invited).
176. Kantesh Balani, “
Toughened and Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Based
Biocomposite”
, Asian Symposium on Materials & Processing (ASMP 2012), Chennai, India,
Aug. 30-31, 2012.
177. Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra High Temperature TaC as Rocket Nozzle Insert”, Advances in
Materials & Material Selection in Design (AM&MSD-2012), Kanpur, India, Aug. 24-25, 2012.
178.
A. Nisar, R. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, “Mechanical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered
ZnO Reinforced Hydroxyapatite”, National Workshop on Advanced Functional Materials
and Structures (AFMS-2012), Allahabad, India, July 12-14, 2012.
179. N. Mahato, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructure and Mechanical
Properties of Multistructured Peacock Feathers”, presented in
2012 TMS Annual Meeting &
Exhibition, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 11-15, 2012 (
Invited).
180. S. Ariharan, A. Keshri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Role of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia on
Fracture Toughness of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Composite Coatings”, presented in
2012 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 11-15, 2012.
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181. A. K. Dubey, Kantesh Balani , B. Basu, “
Enhanced cellular response on Hydroxyapatite-
BaTiO3 composite: Material for bone application”,
International Science Congress (ISC-2011)
Meeting, MRSCPS, Indore, MP, India, Dec. 24-25, 2011.
182. A. Gupta, S Sharma, Kantesh Balani,
“Ceria doped 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia
nanocrystalline electrolyte material for enhancement in ionic conductivity and low-
temperature operation for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells” ICAMMP-2011 (International Conference
on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing), IIT Kharagpur, India, Dec. 9-11, 2011.
183. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Ceria doped 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia
nanocomposite electrolyte for enhanced ionic conductivity and low-temperature operation of
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, presented in the
65th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian
Institute of Metals (IIM), Hyderabad, India, Nov. 15-16, 2011.
184. Kantesh Balani, Md. A. F. Afzal, P. Kesarwani, K. M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu,
“
Functionally graded hydroxyapatite-alumina-zirconia”, presented in
MS&T 2011, Columbus
Ohio, USA, Oct. 14-18, 2011.
185. Md. A. F. Afzal, Kantesh Balani, P. Kesarwani, K. M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu,
“Functionally Stepped Hydroxyapatite-Alumina-Zirconia: Potential Bone-Implant”,
Bio2011, CGCRI, Kolkata, India, Jul. 21-23, 2011.
186. V. Kumar, Kantesh Balani, R. Shekhar, Govind
, “Effect of hot rolling on microstructure and
texture evolution of Mg-Li alloy”.
5th Light Metals Technology Conference, Luneburg,
Germany, 19-22 July, 2011.
187. A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, S. Ghosh, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Micro
Tribology of Compression Molded Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reinforced with
Aluminum Oxide, Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotubes”, presented in
TMS 140th Annual
Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27 – Mar. 3, 2011.
188. M. R. Joshi, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminium Oxide:
Processing, Characterization and Modeling”, presented in
ALUMINAS 2010, CSIR-Central
Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India, Nov. 25-27, 2010 (
Invited).
189. Kantesh Balani, V. Kumar, P. Kempe, Govind, R. Shekhar, “
Nano-Mechanical
Characterization of Mg-Li Based Alloys”,
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical
Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16 2010.
190. Kantesh Balani, “
Nanoindentation of CeO2 doped YSZ Electrolyte of Solid Oxide Fuel
Cell”,
Hysitron Webinar in partnership with Materials Today (Elsevier), Oct. 28th, 2010.
191. V. Kumar, V.S. Raja, R. Shekhar, P. Mungole, P.P. Sinha, Kantesh Balani, “
Electrochemical
Corrosion study of Novel Mg-Li Alloys”.
CORCON 2010 Corrosion Conference and Expo
2010, Goa, India, Sept. 23 - 26
2010.
192. A. Rishabh, Kantesh Balani,
“Evaluation of Fracture Toughness of Carbon Nanotube
Reinforced Nano-Aluminum Oxide Via Fractal Approach”,
TMS 139th Annual Meeting and
Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Feb. 14-18, 2010.
193. Kantesh Balani, Y. Chen, S. Omar, A.K. Keshri, S. Sharma, K. Babu, J.C. Nino, S. Seal and
A. Agarwal, “
Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of YSZ Electrolyte For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell”,
Hydrogen and Energy Storage, Jan. 14th 2010, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (
Invited).
194. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal,
“Non-wetting of Lotus Leaf”, National
Metallurgist’s Day,
Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata, Nov. 16-17th 2009, Kolkata, India.
195. Kantesh Balani, A.K. Keshri, M. Joshi, D. Lahiri, S.R. Bakshi, J.E. Tercero, A. Agarwal,
“
Nanotribology of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Reinforced with Aluminum Oxide and
Carbon Nanotubes”,
International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and
Nanotechnology, Dec. 9-11, 2009, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
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196. Kantesh Balani, J. Tercero, S. Kalmodia, S. Namin, D. Lahiri, T. Laha, N. Tsoukias, B. Basu,
E. Lavernia, “
Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Reinforces with Aluminium Oxide and
Carbon Nanotubes”,
The Fourth Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT 2009), New
Delhi, India, Sept. 14-16, 2009 (
Invited).
197. P. Prakash, P. Jain, T. Mandal, Kantesh Balani, “
Electrophoretic Deposition of
nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V substrate with Intermediate Titanium Oxide
Layer”,
The Fourth Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT 2009), New Delhi, India,
Sept. 14-16, 2009.
198. Md. A. Faiz, P. Kesarwani, M. Reddy, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Spark Plasma Sintering of
Functionally Graded Hydroxyaptite-Alumina-Zirconia”,
National Conference on
Nanomaterials, Applications & Nanotechnology Applications, Hyderabad, India, Sept. 4-5,
2009.
199. Kantesh Balani, Flavia C. Brito, Lidia Kos, Arvind Agarwal,
“Nanomechanical Property
Evaluation of Murine’s Tricuspid Heart Valve”,
25th Southern Biomedical Engineering
Conference, Miami, FL, May 15-17, 2009
.
200. A.K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, S.R. Bakshi, A. Agarwal, “
Comparative Study of
Carbon Nanotubes/Plasma Interaction during Various Thermal Spray Processes” Presented
in
International Thermal Spray Conference-2009 held in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4-7, 2009.
201. S. Kalmodia, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Superior Wear Resistance of
Biocompatible Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite
and Carbon Nanotubes”,
25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Miami, FL, May
15-17, 2009
.
202. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal
, “Improving the Fracture-Toughness of Plasma Sprayed
CNT - Al2O3 Nano-composite Coating”, Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials,
Delhi, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.
203. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal, “
Nanomechanical Properties of Ultra High Molecular
Weight Polyethylene- Hydroxyapatite Composite Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes”,
Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, Delhi, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.
204. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Y. Chen, R. Anderson, S. Harimkar, E. Crumpler, N. Dahotre,
“
Bio-compatibility and Tribology of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Carbon Nanotube
Coatings”.
24th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, El Paso, TX, April 18-20, 2008.
205. Kantesh Balani, S. Harimkar, N. Dahotre, A. Agarwal,
“Multi-Scale Tribology of Plasma
Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite Coating”. Presented
in
2008 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 9-13th 2008.
206. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal,
"Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite Coatings
Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes: Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical
Properties". Presented in
32nd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics
and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, Jan. 27-Feb. 1st 2008.
207. Kantesh Balani, T. Zhang, S. Bakshi, W. Li, A. Agarwal, “
Fracture Toughness
Enhancement via Plasma Spraying of Insitu Grown CNT - Al2O3 Nano-composite Coating”.
Presented in
TMS (The Minerals Metals and Materials Society) 2007 Annual Conference,
Orlando, FL, Feb. 25- Mar. 1st 2007.
208. Kantesh Balani, Dr. Rebecca Anderson, Tapas Laha, Melanie Andara, Jorge Tercero, Dr. Eric
Crumpler, Prof. Arvind Agarwal, “
Biocompatibility of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube
Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic Coating”. Presented in
ISRS (International Symposium
for Research Scholars) 2006, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Dec. 18-20th 2006.
209. Kantesh Balani
, “The World of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials”. Presented at
International Workshop on MEMS and Nanotechnology, Coimbatore, India, Dec. 15th 2006
(
Invited).
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210. Kantesh Balani, Y. Chen, S.R. Bakshi, T. Laha, and A. Agarwal, “
Enhanced Fracture
Toughening of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide-Carbon Nanotube Ceramic Composite”.
Presented in
RAMP 2006 (Recent Advances in Materials Processing), Coimbatore, India, Dec.
15-16th 2006.
211. Kantesh Balani, Tapas Laha, Srinivasa R. Bakshi, Arvind Agarwal, “
CNT Dispersion in
Plasma Sprayed Nano-Al2O3 – CNT Nano-Composite Coating”.
MS&T (Materials Science
and Technology) 2006 Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 15-19th 2006.
212. Kantesh Balani, R. Anderson, T. Laha, M. Andara, J. Tercero, Arvind Agarwal, E. Crumpler,
“
Biocompatibility of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-CNT Nanocomposite Coating”.
MS&T
(Materials Science and Technology) 2006 Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 15-19th 2006.
213. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, R. Anderson, M. Andara, J. Tercero, E. Crumpler, A.Agarwal,
“
Plasma Sprayed Bio-Ceramic Hydroxyapatite-MWNT Coating: Microstructural,
Mechanical and Cell-Culture Studies”.
ITSC (International Thermal Spray Conference,
Seattle, Washington, May 14th -18th 2006.
214. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha and A. Agarwal, “
Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide –Carbon
Nanotube Nanocomposite Coating”. TMS (The Minerals Metals and Materials Society) 2006
Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 12-16th 2006.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDING PUBLICATIONS, POSTER PRESENTATIONS, AND
BOOK REVIEWS
1. M. Mistri, S. Joshi, K. K. Kar, Kantesh Balani, “
Suspension Plasma Spray: An Industrially
Emerging Route to Nanometric Deposition: A Case Study of Hybrid TiC Reinforced
Tribaloy-T400 Coating”, Fourth International Conference on '
Nanotechnology for Better
Living', Apr. 06, 2019 at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. (
Women Scientist Poster Presentation
Award).
2. M. Mistri, S. Joshi, K. K. Kar, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of TiC Reinforcement to Tribaloy-T400
Plasma Sprayed Coating: Mechanical and Tribological properties”
Students' Research
Convention 2019, IIT Kanpur, Mar. 31, 2019. (
2nd Best Oral Presentation in mechanical
Engineering and Design).
3. C. Nayak, Ariharan S, P. Kushram and Kantesh Balani, “
Ultra High Molecular Weight
Polyethylene based compression molded nanocomposites and effect of interfacial strength
and agglomeration of alumina, hydroxyapatite and carbon nanotubes reinforcements" in
10th international conference on Advancements in polymeric materials (APM-2019), January
(22-24), 2019 at CIPET, Guindy, Chennai, India.
4. R. Maurya, and Kantesh Balani, “
Nanomechanical Properties of Heat Treated Mg-Li-Al
Based Alloys”,
Nanoyantrika, Sept. 17-20, 2017, Trivandrum, India.
5. A, Nisar, and Kantesh Balani, “
Sintering mechanism and kinetics of spark plasma sintered
TaC”,
Electron Microscopy Society of India Conference, Chennai, Jul. 17-19, 2017.
6. S. Shervani, P. Mukherjee, G. Mishra, A. Gupta, K. Illath, A. Kumar, S. Sivakumar, P. Sen,
Kantesh Balani and A. Subramaniam., “
Multi-mode Hydrogen Storage in Nanocontainers”.
International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur.
(
Second prize in Functional Materials)
7. A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani,“
Spark Plasma Sintering of Tantalum Carbide: Mechanism,
Kinetics, Microstructural and Mechanical Properties”,
International Conference on Materials
Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur.
8. A.K. Patel, F. Alam and Kantesh Balani, "
Tribological and Nanomechanical Analysis of
Synergistic Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotube and Aluminum Oxide in Ultrahigh
Molecular Weight Polyethylene",
International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME-
2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur. (
Certificate of Merit in Structural Materials)
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9. S. Awasthi, and Kantesh Balani, “
Synergistic Effect of Carbonaceous Reinforcements on
Microstructural, Magnetic, Electrochemical and Tribological Properties of
Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel”,
International Conference on Materials Engineering
(ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur.
10. Aditi Pandey, Vinod Kumar Nigam and Kantesh Balani, "
Acquired Antioxidant and
Antibacterial Activity by Hydroxyapatite-based Biocomposites",
International Conference on
Materials Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur. (
Third prize in Functional
Materials).
11. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, "
Ionic Conductivity of CeO2-YSZ Nanocomposite for
Electrolyte Application in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell"
International Conference on Materials
Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur. (
Certificate of Merit in Functional
Materials).
12. A. Singh, D. Patel, J. Ramkumar, Kantesh Balani, “
Wettability Test of Various Viscosity Fluid
over Laser Textured Polymeric Surfaces”,
All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and
Research (AIMTDR) Conference 2016, College of Engineering Pune (India), Dec. 16-18, 2016.
13. Shikha Awasthi, Sneha Goel, Chandra Prabha Pandey and Kantesh Balani, “
Multi-Length
Scale Tribology of Electrophoretically Deposited Nickel-Diamond Coatings”, 70th Annual
Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
14. Alka Gupta, Shobit Omar and Kantesh Balani, “
Grain boundary mobility of CeO2 Reinforced
8 mol. % Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (8YSZ) ceramic”, 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM),
of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
15. Ariharan. S and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reinforcement in
the bending, compression strength and fracture toughness of alumina-zirconia
nanocomposite for structural application”, 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of
Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
16. Anil Kumar, Fahad Alam and Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Fe3O4 and ZnO reinforcement on
bioactivity and bacterial viability of hydroxyapatite based magnetic biocomposites”, 70th
Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT
Kanpur.
17. Anup Kumar Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Effect of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube
Functionalization on Protein Adsorption and Osteogenic Differentiation in Aluminum Oxide
Reinforced Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites”, 70th Annual
Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
18. A. Nisar, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Microstructure and Thermal Stability of Spark
Plasma Sintered CNT reinforced TaC and ZrB2 based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics”,
International Conference on Electron Microscopy and XXXVI Annual Meeting of the Electron
Microscope Society of India (EMSI), Jul. 8-10, 2015, Mumbai, India.
19. M. Faisal, A. Gupta, S. Shervani, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Enhanced Hydrogen
Storage Properties in Mg-base hybrids synthesized by accumulative roll bonding”, 20th World
Hydrogen Energy Conference, WHEC 2014, Vol. 2, pp 1058-1064.
20. S. Shervani, Md. Faisal, A. Gupta, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Hydrogen storage in
Magnesium based hybrids using severe plastic deformation”, International Conference on
Hydrogen Storage Embrittlement and Applications (Hy-SEA 14), Brazil, Oct. 26-30, 2014.
21. A. Gupta, S. Shervani, Md. Faisal, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Hydrogen Storage in
Mg-Mg2Ni-carbon hybrids”, 14th International Symposium on Metal- Hydrogen Systems (MH-
14), United Kingdom, July. 20-25, 2014.
22. Md. Faisal, A. Gupta, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Magnesium Based Hybrids via
Accumulative Roll Bonding For Hydrogen Storage”, The 14th International Conference of the
Union of Materials Research Societies in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2013), Bangalore, Dec. 16-20,
2013.
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23. R. K. Sharma, M. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Bactericidal Mechanism in Compression
Molded ZnO-UHMWPE Biocomposites”, Poster presentation, International conference on
Polymeric Biomaterials, Bioengineering & Biodiagnostics”, New Delhi, India, October 27-30,
2014.
24. R.K. Sharma, A. Nisar, Kantesh Balani,
“Mechanical and Tribological Properties of
Antibacterial ZnO- UHMWPE Biocomposites”,
2013 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San
Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013.
25. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Wettability and Tribological study of functionalized Carbon
Nanotube and Al2O3 Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite”
International Conference on “Advances in Polymeric Materials” (APM 2013), innovations in
Materials & Product Development, Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology,
Lucknow, Mar. 01-03, 2013.
26. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological and Mechanical Study of Functionalized Carbon
Nanotube and Al2O3 Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposites”
International Conference (APA 2013) on “Polymers on the Frontiers of Science and
Technology”, European Polymer Federation (EPF) Punjab University, Chandigarh, Feb. 21-23,
2013.
27. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, “
Development of CeO2–Yttria Stabilized Zirconia
Nanocomposite Electrolytes For Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”.
2013 TMS Annual Meeting &
Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013.
28. B. Fatma, Md. Faisal, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, “
Hydrogen Storage properties of
composites of Mg with carbon and Mg2Ni produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding”,
Advances in Materials and Processing Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO 2012),
Roorkee, Nov. 2-4, 2012.
29. Kantesh Balani, “
Toughened and Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Based Biocomposite”
,
Asian Symposium on Materials & Processing (ASMP 2012), Chennai, India, Aug. 30-31, 2012.
30. Md. A.F. Afzal, S.Kalmodia, B.Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Structural, mechanical and
bactericidal properties of Silver reinforced carbon-nanotube/ hydroxyapatite composites”,
International conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Hyderabad, India, Jan. 20-23, 2012.
31. K. S. Ramakrishna, Kantesh Balani and A. Upadhyaya, “
Effect of Compaction Pressure and
Sintering Temperature on the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Austenitic
Stainless Steel (316L)”, 65th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian Institute of Metals
(IIM), Hyderabad, India, Nov. 15-16, 2011.
32. Vinod Kumar, Kantesh Balani, Rajiv Shekhar, Govind
, “Effect of hot rolling on
microstructure and texture evolution of Mg-Li alloy”.
5th Light Metals Technology
Conference, Luneburg, Germany, 19-22 July, 2011.
33. Kantesh Balani, “
Engineering of Hydroxyapatite Based Bioceramic Composites”,
Indian
National Academy of Engineering, Dec. 10th 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.
34. Milind R. Joshi, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, “
Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminium
Oxide: Processing, Characterization and Modeling”. Proceedings of ALUMINAS 2010,
Indian Ceramics Society (INCerS), Kolkata, India, Nov. 25-27 2010, pp 39-50 (Invited).
35. V. Kumar, V.S. Raja, R. Shekhar, P. Mungole, P.P.Sinha, Kantesh Balani, “
Electrochemical
Corrosion study of Novel Mg-Li Alloys”. CORCON 2010 Corrosion Conference and Expo
2010, Goa, India, Sept. 23 - 26
2010.
36. M.R. Joshi, Ariharan S., Kantesh Balani, “
Fracture Toughness of 8 mol% Yttria Stabilized
Zirconia Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical
Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16 2010 (
First Prize).
37. S. Sharma, K.M. Reddy, A. Simpsons, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, “
Nano-mechanical and
Micro-Structural Characterization of CeO2 Doped YSZ Electrolyte for Solid Oxide Fuel
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Cell”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16
2010.
38. A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, S. Ghosh, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, “
Tribological
Behaviour of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composite Reinforced with
Aluminum Oxide, Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotubes Processed via Compression
Molding”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16
2010.
39. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal,
“Non-Wetting of Lotus Leaf”, Annual
Technical Meeting, Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata. Nov. 16-17th 2009, Kolkata.
40. F.C. Brito, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, L. Kos, “
Neural Crest Derived Melanocytes Affect the
Biomechanical Properties of the Tricuspid Valve Leaflet”, 2009 Weinstein,
Cardiovascular
Development Conference, San Francisco, CA May 7-9th 2009.
41. C. Khanal , G. Vargas , Kantesh Balani , A. Keshri , C. Barbosa , A. Agarwal , R. Panepucci,
“
Metal embedded Fiber Brag Grating Sensors”,
Physics Education 2009 APS March Meeting,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, March 16–20, 2009.
42. S. R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, “
Nanotribological Properties of Carbon Nanotube
Reinforced Plasma Sprayed Aluminum-Silicon Alloy Composite Coatings”,
2009 TMS Annual
Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 15-19th 2009.
43. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Y. Chen, R. Anderson, S.Harimkar, E. Crumpler, N. B. Dahotre,
“Bio-Compatibility And Tribology Of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Carbon Nanotube
Coatings”, 24th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, El Paso, TX, Apr. 18-20th 2008.
44. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, C. Yao, S.R. Bakshi, and A. Agarwal, “
Fracture Toughening of
Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide –Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Coating”, Gordon
Conference
, Andover, New Hampshire, Aug. 13-18th 2006.
45. Kantesh Balani, G. Gonzalez, A. Agarwal, R. Hickman, J. S. O’
Dell, and S. Seal,
“Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Property Correlation of Vacuum Plasma
Sprayed Tantalum Carbide”. 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Research and
Grantees Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 24-27th 2006.
46. Kantesh Balani, G. Gonzalez, A. Agarwal, R. Hickman, and S.O. Dell, “
Synthesis And
Characterization Of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Tantalum Carbide”.
Surface Engineering in
Materials Science III Proceedings, 2005 TMS Annual Meeting, San Francesco, CA, Feb 13-
17, (2005), pp 241-248.
47. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal and T. McKechnie, “
Near Net Shape Fabrication Via Vacuum
Plasma Spray Forming”.
Best Technical Paper at
International Students and Research
Scholars 2004 on 20-22nd Dec. 2004, Chennai, India.
48. J. Kartikeyan, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and N. Munroe, “Microstructural and
Electrochemical Characterization of Cold Sprayed 1100 Aluminum Coating”, (Published in
International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC), Conference Proceedings, Japan, May
2004).
49. Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal. Book Review: “
Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-
Produced Plasma, Ion and Electron Beams” edited by Efim Oks and Ian Brown (Published in
Materials and Manufacturing Process, Mercel Dekker).
50. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, B. Potens, M. Andara, A. Agarwal, and S. Seal, “
Plasma Engineered
Nanostructured Spherical Ceramic Powders”
Surface and Interfaces of Nanostructured
Materials Conference Proceedings, 2004 TMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, (March 2004), pp
103-112.
51. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, B. Potens, M. Andara, A. Agarwal, S. Patil and S.Seal, “
Plasma
Engineered Nanostructured Spherical Aluminum Oxide Powders”. Poster Presentation,
Florida
American Vacuum Society (AVS), University of Central Florida, Orlando, (March 8-12th
2004).
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52. T. Laha, and Kantesh Balani, “
The Electrochemical Behavior of Al-Based Nanostructured
Composite Coating in Acidic Medium”. Poster presentation in TMS 133rd Annual Meeting
and Exhibition, Charlotte, (March 2004).
ACADEMIC/ RESEARCH HONORS
• Awarded “
Excellence in Teaching 2023” in the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, IIT Kanpur, on Sept. 05, 2023.
•
Award-winning Key Reader for 2023,
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
• Awarded ‘
Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair” Apr. 2022-Mar 2025 from J.K. Cotton Ltd.,
IIT Kanpur.
• Elected as
Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (NASI) FNASc 2021, Nov. 2021, for
exemplary contributions in the area of biomaterials and ultra high temperature ceramics.
• Elected as
Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) FNAE 2021, Nov.
2021, for exemplary contributions in the area of biomaterials and ultra high temperature
ceramics.
• Elected as
2021 Fellow of
ASM International FASM 2021, May 2021, by the Board of
Trustees for outstanding contributions in the areas of biomaterials and ultrahigh-temperature
ceramics, and exemplary leadership in materials education.
•
Editor in Chief of
Nanomaterials and Energy” (ICE Publication), Jun. 2017- till date.
•
Associate Editor,
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (Springer) Since Jan. 2022.
•
Principal Editor,
Journal of Materials Research (MRS Publishing) Since Jan. 2020.
•
Key Reader of
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Springer) – Jan 2010 onwards
•
Guest Editor,
Coatings (Special Issue:
Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Coatings, May 2017).
• Awarded
Nanomaterials and Energy Prize for the year 2018 by
Institution of Civil Engineers
on Oct. 4, 2019, London, UK.
• Received
2018 ASM-IIM Visiting Lecturer Award by ASM International & Indian Institute of
Metals.
• Awarded prestigious “
Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award 2016-17” by the Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Nov. 17, 2017.
•
One of the three shortlisted candidates for
NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in year 2018
in the “
Innovation in Engineering and Physical Sciences” category.
• Recipient of “
Metallurgist of The Year 2016” in the “
Metal Science” division instituted by
Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India, on Nov. 14th 2016 during
National Metallurgist Day
celebration, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
•
Guest Editor,
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (International Thermal Spray
Conference, ITSC 2015-2020, i.e. 5 years+ special issues), Springer.
• Served on the
Editorial Board of
Defense Science Journal (published by Govt. of India,
DRDO, Two years: 2015-16).
•
Outstanding Reviewer,
Acta Biomaterialia Journal (Elsevier), May 2014 & Dec. 2017;
Additive Manufacturing, Aug.
2018;
Applied Surface Science (Elsevier), May 2009 & Feb. 2014;
Carbohydrate Polymers,
Nov. 2018;
Carbon, Mar. 2018;
Ceramics International, Jul. 2017;
Composites Part B, Apr.
2017;
Corrosion Science, Jul. 2018;
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Sep. 2018;
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Oct. 2018;
Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical
Materials, May 2017;
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Apr. 2017;
Materials Science
and Engineering C, Apr. 2018;
Surface & Coatings Technology, Dec. 2017;
Vacuum, Dec.
2016
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• Awarded
Young Scientist Award 2014 by
Centre for Education Growth and Research, India
International Centre, Delhi, Jul. 17, 2014.
• Selected to receive
IEI Young Engineers Award 2013-2014 in
Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering discipline by The Institution of Engineers (India), Bangalore, Feb. 26, 2014.
• Recipient of
P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship (Jun. 2013-May 2016) towards excellent
publication record, teaching skills, and performing administrative duties at IIT Kanpur.
•
Editor of
special thematic issue on “
Solid Electrolytes: Emerging Global Competitors For
Satisfying Energy Needs” in Journal
Nanomaterials and Energy, ICE Publications, Sept. 2012.
•
Letter of appreciation from Chairman, Academic Senate, for
extraordinary teaching the
course MSE617 (Mathematics and Computational Methods) in Fall 2011.
• Recipient of “
2012 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Young Leader
Professional Development Award” during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting Mar. 11-15, 2012 at
Orlando, FL, USA.
• Awarded
Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award 2011 by Elsevier
for exceptional research efforts involving materials for biological applications on Nov. 29,
2011, Boston, USA.
• Received
INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Young Engineer Award 2010 on
Dec. 10th 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.
• Have been chosen for
National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
Young Scientist Platinum
Jubilee Award 2010, which was presented on Dec. 4th 2010, Jaipur, India.
• Received “
Young Metallurgist of the Year” award 2010 instituted by
Ministry of Steel, Govt. of
India, on Nov. 14th 2010 during
National Metallurgist Day celebration, Bangalore, India.
•
Young Scientist Award 2009 in Materials Science division by
Indian Science Congress
Association on Jan. 5th 2010, Trivandrum, India.
• Awarded
Dr. R.L. Thakur Memorial Award-2009 from the
Indian Ceramic Society on Dec.
11th 2009, Trivandrum, India.
•
Faculty Advisor for “
Material Advantage @ IIT Kanpur” since Dec. 2008 (charter Sept.
2009).
i.
Won the “
Chapter of Excellence” 2022-23 during Fall 2023 Membership Challenge
along with US$450 prize from ASM International.
ii. Won “
Most Creative Recruitment Strategies” during Fall 2023 Membership
Challenge along with US$500 prize from ASM International.
iii.
Won the “
Chapter of Excellence” 2021-22 during Fall 2022 Membership Challenge
along with US$450 prize from ASM International.
iv. Won “
Most Creative Recruitment Strategies” during Fall 2022 Membership
Challenge along with US$500 prize.
v. Won “
Chapter of Excellence” 2020-21, for the Year 2020-21 among other 100+
chapters worldwide along with award money of $450.
vi. Won “
Most Creative Recruitment Strategies” during Fall 2021 Membership
Challenge along with US$500 prize.
vii. Won “
Most Students Recruited Award” during Fall 2020 membership Challenge,
with award money of US$1000.
viii. Won “
Chapter of Excellence Award” during 2019-20, with award money of US $450
from ASM International.
ix. Won “
Most Students Recruited Award” during Fall 2019 membership Challenge,
with award money of US$1000.
x. Bagged “
Second Place” (with a cash prize of US$150) in the ACerS Next Top Demo
Contest 2017 for making a technical movie on ceramics titled, "
Oneness with the
infinite", directed and edited by Mr. Arjak Bhattacharjee and Ms. Shruti Dubey.
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xi.
Chapter has received “
Most Creative Recruitment Strategies Award” in Fall 2011
with a cash award of
US$ 250.
xii.
Chapter bagged “
Most Students Recruited” membership challenge in Fall 2009 with a
cash prize of US$ 500 competing against more than 60 active chapters worldwide
.
• Selected by
National Phi Beta Delta Honor Society to receive “
2007 David Merchant
International Student Achievement Award” owing to superior scholastic achievements.
Annually only one international scholar is presented such a prestigious award worldwide. It
consists of awarding $500 check with the acknowledgment certificate. Among more than 150
chapters worldwide, as president of Phi Beta Delta –Zeta Alpha Chapter at FIU, I received
“
Eileen M. Evans Overall Outstanding Chapter for 2006-07”.
• Inducted
as full-member in
Sigma Xi honor society in Oct. 2007.
• Received “
2006-07 Dean’s Award” for highly productive doctoral student in the College of
Engineering, FIU, with monetary award of $2000.
• Received “
Dissertation Year Fellowship” to pursue doctoral research at Florida International
University, 2006-07.
• Selected to attend
research-proposal writing workshop organized by
National Science
Foundation, Aug. 22-23, 2007, University of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
• Awarded “
Best PhD Student” by Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FIU,
for maintaining best grade point average, Spring 2005.
• Awarded “
National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Scholarship” to present a student
poster during NSF Design and Manufacturing Innovation Conference at St. Louis, MO, July 24-
27th 2006.
•
Won a team technical quiz competition “
Materials Bowl” during 2007 TMS (The Minerals,
Metals and Materials) Annual meeting held in Orlando, Feb. 24-Mar. 1st, 2007. Overall twelve
teams participated from colleges such as
Georgia Tech., Carnegie Mellon, Colorado School of
Mines, etc.
• Recipient of
RCTF (
Research Challenge Trust Fund)
Fellowship for potential and capability
in research at University of Kentucky during 2001-02.
• Awarded
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship, based on merit, to
pursue M. Tech. Project at Materialprufungsanatalt (State Material Testing), University of
Stuttgart, Germany (May2000-Feb.2001).
• Awarded
Sudharshan Bhat Memorial Prize and
S. Ananthramakrishnan Memorial Prize for
“
Best Academic Record” in Metallurgical Engineering branch for M.Tech. at IIT (Indian
Institute of Technology) Madras, India, 2001.
• Awarded as
“Best Outgoing Student” by Department of Metallurgical Engineering, P.S.G.
College of Technology, Coimbatore, India for overall excellence in academics and sports
(1999).
• Secured
First Place in the
Graduate Scholarly Forum paper presentation competition,
organized by Graduate Students Organization, FIU, Spring 2005, and also in Spring 2006.
•
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member at FIU, 2005. Phi Kappa Phi is renown for academic
excellence since its membership requires
GPA greater than 3.90 on the scale of 4.0.
• Secured
Second Place in the
Graduate Scholarly Forum paper presentation competition,
organized by Graduate Students Organization, FIU, Spring 2007.
• Received “
Best Technical Paper” award in the
International Symposium of Research Students
(ISRS) 2004, Dec. 2004, Chennai, India.
LEADERSHIP HONORS
•
Vice Chair,
Indian National Academy of Engineering, Kanpur Chapter, June 2020 -till date.
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•
Secretary,
Indian National Academy of Engineering, Kanpur Chapter, May 2017 – May 2020.
•
Chair,
Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter 2012-13, and 2013-14. Led to winning the
Best Medium Chapter Award 2012.
•
Council Member,
Indian Institute of Metals (National Headquarters), 2012-13, and 2013-14.
•
Secretary,
Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter 2010-11 (and
won Best Small Chapter
Award 2010) and again in 2011-12 (
won Best Medium Chapter Award 2011) India.
•
Faculty Advisor of
Material Advantage at IIT Kanpur (2009-till date), which has (i)
won the
“
Chapter of Excellence” four times in a row (i.e. for 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2021-20, with
award money of US $450 from ASM International, (ii)
won “
Most Students Recruited Award”
twice during Fall 2020 and Fall 2019 membership Challenge, with award money of US$1000
and during Fall 2009 (with citation and award of US$500) from ASM International, (iii)
won
“
Most Creative Recruitment Strategies Award” thrice in a row during Fall 2023, Fall 2022,
Fall 2021 (with award money of US$500) and also during 2011 Fall Membership Challenge,
which includes citation and cash award of US$ 250.00 from ASM International.
•
Founder, Secretary and Chair,
Material Advantage at FIU, 2004-07. Material Advantage at
FIU has received “
Chapter of Excellence” continuously
four times in a row (2003-04, 2004-05,
2005-06, and 2006-07: since its inception) competing with more than 120 chapters worldwide.
Chapter has been also
winning “
World Materials Day Contest” since the last three years 2004-
05, and 2005-06, 2006-07.
• Selected by
National Phi Beta Delta Honor Society to receive “
2007 David Merchant
International Student Achievement Award” owing to superior scholastic achievements.
Annually only one international scholar is presented such a prestigious award worldwide. It
consists of awarding $500 check with the acknowledgment certificate. Among more than 150
chapters worldwide, as president of Phi Beta Delta –Zeta Alpha Chapter at FIU, I received
“
Eileen M. Evans Overall Outstanding Chapter for 2006-07”.
•
Student Advisor,
Child Rights and You (CRY) America Action Center at FIU, Miami, FL, 2006-
07. CRY America at FIU is a
service organization linked to serving under privileged children
especially in India. The direct projects supported by CRY Inc. are available at
http://america.cry.org/project_browse.asp.
• Nominated by Florida International University for “
Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities & Colleges” Yearbook
2005. This elite edition circulates on the coffee-table of
dignitaries around the world.
• Selected for prestigious
Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape award for the Year 2004. One among
six
selected worldwide for the scholarship sponsored by professional
American Society of
Metals Foundation.
•
Chair,
Material Advantage at FIU, 2006-07.
•
President,
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society, FIU, 2006-07.
•
International Peer Mentor,
International Students and Scholar Services (ISSS), FIU, 2005-07.
•
International Student Ambassador, FIU, 2005-06.
•
Founder and President, FIU Badminton Club, FIU, 2003-06
•
Action Center Leader,
Child Relief and You (CRY) America Action Center at FIU, Miami, FL,
2004-07.
•
Graduate Student Representative, Indian Students Association, FIU, 2004-07.
•
Engineering Ambassador to the
College of Engineering at FIU, 2003-04.
•
Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department, FIU, Miami-FL, 2004.
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ADMINISTRATIVE:
Institute Level:
a.
Dean of Resources and Alumni, Mar. 2022 – June 2024.
b.
Coordinator, Shivani Centre for Nurture and Reintegration of Hindi and Other Indian
Languages, Nov. 2021- till date.
c.
Head,
Advanced Center for Materials Science, Jun. 2020 – Apr. 2022.
d.
Chair,
Student Placement Office, Aug. 2019-Jul. 2021.
e. Editor in chief,
Antas (IIT Kanpur, Institute Hindi magazine), 2017-19.
f.
Professor in-charge,
Hindi Cell, Jan. 2019 – Aug. 2019.
g.
Associate Dean, Hall Affairs, May 2016-Apr. 2019.
h.
Chairman,
Staff Gymkhana, IIT Kanpur Feb. 2014- Feb. 2017 (IIT Kanpur Staff has
won the
overall
inter IIT sports championship twice (2015, 2016) and was runner up in year 2014 that is
conducted every December after students meet).
i. Led IIT Kanpur Badminton Team and
won Gold medal in year 2022 (IIT Delhi),
silver in year
2019 (IIT Bombay).
j.
Warden in-charge, Hall of Residence IV, IIT Kanpur, May 2014-Apr. 2016.
k.
Chairman,
Senate Elections Committee, IIT Kanpur, 2013-14.
l.
Warden (Mess and Canteen), Hall of Residence IV, IIT Kanpur, Oct. 2011-May 2014.
m.
Academic Performance Evaluation Committee member, 2011-12, 2012-13.
n.
Senate Scholarships and Prizes Committee member 2010-11.
o.
Secretary, Faculty Club, 2009-10, 2011-12.
p.
Faculty Guardian, 2009-2013.
Department Level:
q. MSE Awards Committee & Space Committee, 2020-21
r.
MSE Staff-Affairs committee, 2019-20.
s.
MSE Department Annual Report & Director’s report, 2018-19.
t.
MSE Departmental Summer/Winer Training/Internship 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18.
u.
MSE Senate Library Committee 2017-18.
v.
MSE Departmental Space Committee 2014-15.
w.
MSE Departmental Under Graduate Committee (member) 2013-14, 2015-16.
x. Computer Coordinator, MSE Dept. 2013-14.
y.
MSE Departmental Under Graduate Committee Convener, 2011-12, and 2012-13.
z. Departmental
B. Tech. Project evaluation committee: 2008-09/09-10/11-12.
aa. Professional- and Student-
Seminar In-charge, Fall 2008 – Spring 2010.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Name of Professional Body
Year of Membership
The Minerals Metals and Materials Society
Since 2003
Indian Institute of Metals
Since 2008
American Society for Metals
Since Sept. 2009
Association of Iron and Steel Tech.
Since Sept. 2009
American Ceramics Society
Since Sept. 2009
Indian Ceramics Society
Since 2010
Indian Nuclear Society
Nov. 2011
Materials Research Society
Society for Biomaterials and
Artificial Organs (India)
Since Jan. 2020
Since Jun. 2021
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TRAINING/MENTORING/ TUTORING (50+ students)
a. Ms. Vaishnavi Srivastava (HBTU Kanpur) and Ms. Gaurika Mathur (Delhi Public School
Kanpur) in Summer 2023.
b. Mentored Ms. Medha Gupta, Mr. Nivedan Amarnani (IIT Kanpur), Mr. Varad Agarwal (IIT
Kanpur) and Mr. Devendra Nama (SURGE scholar) in summer 2022.
c. Mentored Mr. Rushik (IIT Gandhinagar)/ Mr. Mainak (Govt. Coll. Engg. & Ceram. Tech.
Kolkata), Mr. Vishal (Nat. Inst. Engg., Mysuru), & Ms. Saloni/ Mr .Nivedan (from IIT Kanpur)
during Summer 2021.
d. Mentored
Mr. Priyansh Singh, Delhi Technological University (May-Sep. 2020) &
Mr.
Rajneesh Pandey, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (May-Aug. 2020)
e. Mentored
Ms. Aayushi Chauhan &
Ms. Sonali Gupta (May-July 2019) from IIT Kanpur &
Mr.
Rishabh Kundu (NIT Rourkela) from May-July 2019),
Mr. Rohneesh Sachan (IIT BHU) from
May-Jul. 2019.
f. Mentored
Mr. Kanu Raj (IIT Delhi) and
Mr. Vidush Agrawal (IIT BHU) in Dec. 2018,
g. Mentored
Ms. Shreya Surabhi,
Mr. Suresh Panwar,
Mr. Satyam Singh,
Mr. Akhilesh K. Gupta
and
Mr. Dhruv Mittal (May-July 2018) from IIT Kanpur.
h. Mentored
Mr. Arindam Raj in Summer 2017.
i. Mentored
Mr. Abhineet Singh,
Mr. Vikrant Trivedi,
Ms. Swati, and
Ms. Utkarshita Kaushal,
CSJM University Kanpur from Aug. 2015- Apr. 2016.
j. Mentored
Mr. Ankur Agnihotri, CSJM University Kanpur from Aug. 2013- Aug. 2014.
k. Mentored
Ms. Meenakshi Agarwal, Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University,
Noida from May-July 2014 (~10 weeks).
l. Mentored
Ms. Chaitali Garain, NIT Durgapur, from May – July 2014 (~10 weeks) .
m. Mentoring
Ms. Akanksha Mohan from CSJM University, Kanpur from Jul. 2013 – May 2014.
n. Mentored
Mr. Krishnendra Tripathi from MPEC, Mandhana from Sep. – Dec. 2013.
o. Mentored
Mr. Jitin Nair, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, National
Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi from May-July 2013.
p. Mentored
Ms. Pratyasha Mohapartra from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, during
Apr. – Jul. 2012 under SURGE (summer research grant for excellence) scholarship. Ms.
Mohapatra received ‘
best project’ award during SURGE 2012.
q. Mentored
Ms. Surabhi Singh from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology,
June-July 2012.
r. Mentored
Ms. Katharina Herkendell,
Karlshrue Institute of Technology, Germany, Apr.-June
2012.
s. Mentored
Ms. Ambreen Nisar Khan, Aligarh Muslim University, Jan.–Jun. 2012. Currently, she
is pursuing PhD in my group at IIT Kanpur.
t. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)
scholarship
Ms. Sukriti Bhardwaj from IIT BHU, and
Mr. Soumitra Sulekar from VNIT Nagpur
from May-Jul. 2011.
u. Mentored
Ms. Sukriti Bhardwaj from IIT BHU during Dec. 2011.
v. Mentored
Mr. Pramanshu Trivedi from Jul. 2011- Jul. 2012.
w. Mentored
Ms. Archana Prakash from CSJM University, Kanpur, from July – Sep. 2010.
x. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)
scholarship (
Mr. Savya Sachi, and
Ms. Pallavi Kesarwani during Jun.-Aug. 2010.
y. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)
scholarship (
Ms. Pallavi Kesarwani from NIT Nagpur, India, and
Mr. Ram Krishna Mishra,
from NIT Warangal, India) during Jun.-Aug. 2009.
z. Mentored 4 students (
Mr. Shubhra Bajpai, Mr. Manish Jain, Mr. Sachin Mishra and
Mr.
Saurabh Mishra) during May 2009-July 2009.
aa. Mentored
Ms. Shilpi Goenka from Punjab Engineering College during Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009.
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bb. Mentored 30 (
thirty) international students at FIU while serving as International Peer Mentor.
cc. Mentored
Ms. Debrupa Lahiri,
Mr. Anup Kumar Keshri, (post-graduate)
Mr. Jorge Tercero,
and Mr. Riken Patel (post-graduate) in Mechanical and Materials Engineering Fall 2006-Spring
2008. Mentored
Ms. Gabriela Gonzalez (graduate) and
Ms. Melanie Andara (undergraduate) in
Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
dd. Mentored
Mr. Dayan Paez, an undergraduate from
MIT (
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) for summer 2005 internship.
ee. Mentored
Mr. Raul Galindo (now undergraduate at FIU) from Coral Gables- and
Mr. Francisco
Vega from Killian Senior high school in Miami during Fall 2005.
ff. Attended two day workshop on teaching skills by the “
Academy for the Art of Teaching”, Aug.
2004.
TEACHING:
ESO203b (Partial Differential Equations): Awarded “
Excellent Tutor” appreciation by Chairman,
Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur, through student-survey feedback during 2012-13, Sem I.
ESO205 (Nature and Properties of Materials): Awarded “
Excellent Tutor” appreciation by
Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur, through student-survey feedback during 2017-18,
Sem I.
MME 100 (Introduction to Profession, 2008-2009, Sem II):
UG Core course
MME250 (Materials Characterization, 2009-2010, Sem II, 2010-2011, Sem II, 2011-2012, Sem
II):
UG Level Core Course with lab component.
MME331 (Process Metallurgy Laboratory): Co-instructor, 2012-13, Sem II.
MME605 (Surface Phenomena and Characterization, 2009-2010, Sem I, 2010-2011, Sem I, 2011-
2012, Sem I): PG/ Higher-level UG Course:
Self-Developed Course.
MSE204A (Introduction to Biomaterials, 2016-17, Sem II, 2017-18, Sem II) Awarded “
Best
Instructor” during 2017-18, Sem II.
MSE301 (Phase Transformation, 2015-16, Sem I).
MSE312 (Functional Materials Lab): 2013-2014, Sem II, 2014-15, Sem II, 2015-16, Sem II, 2016-
17, Sem II. Co-instructor, and one of the founders of this course.
MSE480 (Materials Degradation and Prevention): UG core-course, 2012-2013, Sem II.
MSE 617 (Mathematics and Computational Methods):
PG Compulsory 2011-12, Sem I, and
2012-2013, Sem I (joint instructor). Received ‘
Extraordinary Teacher’ appreciation, by
Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur, through student-survey feedback in 2011-12, Sem
I.
MSE 634 (Fundamentals of Spray Techniques, 2013-14, Sem I, 2017-18, Sem I):
PG self-
developed course. Awarded “
Best Instructor” twice (2013-14, Sem I & 2017-18, Sem I,
appreciation by Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur.
MSE667A (Selection and Designing with Engineering Materials), 2019-20, Sem II, 2020-21, Sem
II). Awarded “
Best Instructor” 2020-21, Sem II, and
Best Instructor” 2022-23, Sem II,
appreciation by Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur.
MSE671A (Het Treatment and Surface Hardening, 2021-22, Sem I)
MSE 676 (Materials Failure: Analysis and Prevention, 2014-15, Sem II).
MSE693A (Materials Science Applications in Life Sciences, 2018-19, Sem I & 2019-20, Sem I).
Received ‘
Excellent Instructor’ appreciation, by Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur,
through student-survey feedback in 2018-19, Sem I.
MSE 694A (Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Characterization and Properties, 2022-23, Sem I,
2014-15, Sem I, 2016-17, Sem I).
PG self-developed course. Awarded
Best Instructor”
2022-23, Sem I.
TA201 (Tutor: Manufacturing Processes –I, 2015-16, Sem II).
TA201N-
Manufacturing Processes II, 2008-2009, Sem I 2008-2009, Sem II.
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TA201 (Manufacturing Processes –I, 2013-2014, Sem II, & 2018-19, Sem II).
UG institute core
course. Awarded “
Excellent Instructor” appreciation by Chairman, Academic Senate, IIT
Kanpur for 2013-14, Sem II.
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
A total of over INR 120M (~ US$ 1.45 M) with external funding of INR 97.4 M (~US$ 1.35M),
and being the main PI for projects ~ INR 94.5M (US $ 1.3 M).
Successfully Completed 28 projects (6 projects ongoing)
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
1.
Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (Jun. 2013- Jun. 2016)
Rs. 58.22 Lakhs
PI: “
Oxidation of Graphite and Protective Coatings”.
2.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Jul. 2013-Jul. 2015)
Rs. 21.94 Lakhs
PI: “
Plasma Exposure Damage of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics”.
3.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2012-Mar. 2014)
Rs. 13.58 Lakhs
PI: “
Role of Particle Size of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia on the Wear Resistance of the Plasma
Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Coatings”
4.
CARE grant from IIT Kanpur (Dec. 2013)
Rs. 56 lakhs
PI: “
Non Contact Optical Profilometer”
5.
Department of Science and Technology (Jul. 2011-Jul. 2013)
Rs. 29.48 Lakhs
PI: “
Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell via nano-CeO2 reinforcement in YSZ
Electrolyte”
6.
Naval International Cooperative Opportunities in Science and Technology Program
(NICOP) (Apr. 2012-Apr.2013)
Rs. 21.45 Lakhs
PI: “
Plasma Sprayed Nano-Ceria-Alumina Composite Coatings for Catalytic Conversion of
Combustion Gases”
Collaborator: Dr. Xiaolin Zheng (Stanford University, CA, USA)
7.
Virtual Laboratory project (MHRD) (Jun. 2010-Mar. 2013)
Rs. 43.84 Lakhs
Sole PI:
“Material Response to Microstructural-, Mechanical- and Thermal- Stimuli”.
8.
Department of Biotechnology (May 2009- Oct. 2012)
Rs. 52.03 Lakhs
PI: “
Investigation on Developing Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Hydroxyapatite -
Carbon Nanotube Biocomposite for Biomedical Applications”
9.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2009-Nov. 2011)
Rs. 15.50 Lakhs
Sole PI: “
Corrosion protection of Mg-Li Alloys”
10. E-Book Development (MHRD) (Apr. 2010-Apr. 2011)
Rs. 32.21 Lakhs
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Co-PI: “
E-book on Materials Science and Engineering” (PI: Prof. Anandh Subramaniam)
11. CARE grant from IIT Kanpur (Nov. 2009)
Rs. 45 lakhs
PI: “
High Temperature Electrochemical Test Station”
12.
Initiation Grant, IIT Kanpur (Dec. 2008-Dec. 2009)
Rs. 10 lakhs
PI: “
Electrostatic Spraying of Bioactive Ceramic Reinforced Polymer Bio-coating”
13.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Jul. 2015-Jul. 2017)
: Rs. 28.8 lakhs
PI: “
Physical Metallurgy of Mg-Li Based Alloys – Phase II”.
14.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Aug. 2014-Jun. 2017)
: Rs. 27.6 lakhs
Co-PI: “
Feasibility Study on Development of High Temperature and Ultra High Temperature
Composites for TPS Applications”. (PI: Prof. Anish Upadhyaya)
15.
Department of Science and Technology (Dec. 2013- Dec. 2016)
Rs. 52.3 lakhs
Co-PI: “
Development of Higher Conductive Sc2O3-ZrO2 Based Electrolyte for Solid Oxide Fuel
Cells”. (PI: Prof. Shobit Omar)
16.
Lohia Corporation Limited (Jan. 2017 – Jan. 2018):
Rs. 9.87 Lakhs
PI: “
Investigation Of The Microstructural, Thermal And Mechanical Properties Of
Polypropylene, Polyethylene And Polyurethane”.
17.
Indian Space and Research Organisation (Aug. 2016- Aug. 2018)
: Rs. 28.93 lakhs
PI: “
Fabricating of Porous Copper with Carbon Nanotube Reinforcement for Loop Heat Pipe
Application”.
18.
Lohia Corporation Limited (Feb. 2018 – Feb. 2019):
Rs. 11.51 Lakhs
PI: “
Investigation of the Microstructure, Phase and Degradation of Polymeric Materials – Phase
II”.
19.
Cieba Inc.: Rs. 9.62 lakhs (Jun. 2018-Mar. 2020)
Co-PI: Evaluation of Chemical A and Chemical C required for Polishing and Enhancing
Durability of Ceramic Tiles (PI: Prof. Shobit Omar)
20.
IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and Technology), MHRD (Nov. 2018-Aug.
2021)
: Rs. 44.5 lakhs
PI:
High Temperature Materials for Thermal Protection Systems
21.
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (Nov. 2015-Nov. 2020)
Rs. 11.41 lakhs (Total:
Rs.
500.60 lakhs)
Coordinator (IIT Kanpur): Programme Support on Translational Research on Biomaterials for
Orthopaedic and Dental applications”
22.
Defence Materials Stores R&D Establishment (DRDO): Rs. 20.73 lakhs
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PI: Hiring of Technical Services, Sept. 2019- Jan. 2021
23.
SERB -TARE: (Teachers Associateship To Research Excellence, Mar. 2019-Mar. 2022):
Rs.
10.05 lakhs
Co-PI: Residual Life Assessment of Al2O3-YSZ-CNT based Thermal Barrier Coatings (PI: Prof.
Ashutosh Tiwari)
24.
STC-IITK Cell: Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Jan. 2020 – Jul. 2022):
Rs. 23.00 lakhs
Co-PI: Hydrogen Storage And Delivery System Based On Inexpensive Industrially Scalable
Hybrids (PI: Prof. Anandh Subramaniam)
25. Indian Air Force (Nov. 2021 – June 2022):
Rs. 2.02 lakhs
PI: Characterization and testing of side-carriage of ramp-system
26. Indian Air Force (Nov. 2021 – June 2022):
Rs. 1.94 lakhs
PI: Characterization and testing of ramp-roller
27.
STC-IITK Cell: Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Jan. 2020 – Jul. 2022):
Rs. 29.70 lakhs
PI: Brazing of Ultra High Temperature HfB2-ZrB2 Based Ceramics
28.
Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Mar.
2018-Mar. 2023):
Rs. 136.38 Lakhs
PI: “Hip Joint Replacement System with Enhanced Multifunctionality”.
29.
Integra Micro system (Apr. 2023-Mar 2024)
19.05 lakhs
PI: “
Facility Upgradation of Gold Sputtering Unit”
ONGOING PROJECTS:
30.
Virtual Laboratory project – Phase II (MHRD) (Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2026)
Rs. 236.6 Lakhs
Coordinator:
Integration of Virtual Labs at IIT Kanpur
31.
Virtual Laboratory project – Phase III (MHRD) (Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2026)
Rs. 377.2 Lakhs
Coordinator:
Integration of Virtual Labs at IIT Kanpur
32.
Portescap (Apr. 2023-Mar. 2025)
Rs. 43 lakhs
PI: “
Hemo Compatible Surfaces for LVAD”
33.
JK Cottons (Apr 2022-Mar. 2025) Rs. 6.00 Lakhs
PI: Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair
34.
Defence Research & Development Organisation (Oct. 2022 – Nov. 2027) Rs. 111.23 lakhs
PI: DRDO Industry Academia Centre of Excellence
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UNDER CONSIDERATION/SUBMISSION:
35. SERB: Rs. 1.20 Crores (Rs. 62.2 lakhs for IIT Kanpur) - submitted
Co-PI (IIT Kanpur) with Prof. Sanjay Kala & Prof. Richa Giri from GSVM Medical College
“Development
of quercetin nanoparticles decorated bioactive glass 45S5 based ointment for treatment of diabetic
foot ulcers: A product development and commercialization approach”.
36. SERB: Rs. 1.26 crores (Rs. 62.2 lakhs for IIT Kanpur) - submitted
Co-PI (IIT Kanpur) with Prof. Poonam Khanna & Dr. Ankur Kumar from PGIMER Chandigarh
“Development and evaluation of liposome based milk formula for combating micronutrients
malnutrition among 2-5 year children: A dietary intervention randomized control trial”.
OTHER Funds (Conference & Workshop):
1. Bruker & Ducom Inc.: Rs. 2 lakhs
PI: Nanomechanics and Nanotribology Workshop 2019
2. Department of Science and Technology: Rs. 35.44 lakhs (May 2018)
PI: Organizing Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering 2018
3. Department of Science and Technology: Rs. 25.5 lakhs (Jan. 2017)
PI: Organizing Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering 2017
Additional support of Rs. 2 lakhs (1.25 lakhs by RSPL, and 0.75 lakhs by Lohia Corp).
4. Indian National Academy of Engineering: Rs. 10 lakhs (Jun. 2016)
Co-PI: Organizing “National Frontiers of Engineering Conference” Jun. 23-25, 2016.
5. Department of Science and Technology: Rs. 38 lakhs (Apr. 2016)
Session Chair, “Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering”, May 19-22, 2016, Potsdam, Germany.
6. Office of Naval Research Global: US $5,000 (Apr. 2011)
PI: Workshop on
Nano-Biomaterials CHAMPS (Characterization, Hierarchy, Advanced
Material Processing and Surfaces) Apr. 25-29, 2011 at IIT Kanpur
7. Department of Science & Technology: Rs. 50,000/- (Jan. 2010)
+ US $ 2,000 (from Hysitron, and Rs. 50,000 from Aimil Ltd. Sinsil Ltd.)
PI:
Hydrogen & Energy Storage (Jan. 14, 2011) at IIT Kanpur
8. Department of Science & Technology: Rs. 1,00,000/- (Dec. 2010)
PI:
Materials Conclave (Dec. 19-21, 2010) at IIT Kanpur
GUIDANCE:
B. Tech.
25+ completed (2 UGPs ongoing)
M. Tech. 32 completed (2 ongoing)
Ph.D.
25 completed (9 ongoing)
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Interns
50+ guided
Post-Doctoral Researchers:
Name
Worked On
Duration
Current Position
Dr. Neelima
Mahato
1. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
2. CeO2-based catalytic
conversion
3. Iridescence in peacock
feathers
4. Electrodeposition of
Diamond-Nickel
Mar. 2011- Oct.
2013
Assistant Professor
(Foreign Research
Professor)
School of Chemical
Engineering
Yeungnam University
Gyeongsan, Republic of
Korea
Dr. Vandana
Singh
1.Synthesis of Polyaniline-
Ceria Composites and Study
their Dielectric Properties
2. Electrodeposition of Ni-
diamond coatings
Nov. 2012-Nov.
2013
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Anup Kumar
Patel
Tribology of Ultra high
Molecular weight
polyethylene with
functionalized CNT
reinforcement
May 2017-Jun.
2018
The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Rajeev
Sharma
Polypropylene
Based
Composites
Jan. 2017-Jan.
2018
Coaching at FIIT JEE,
Noida
Dr. Ambreen
Nisar
Ultra High Temperature
ceramics
May 2017-Jun
2018
Post-doctoral researcher,
University of British
Columbia, Canada
Dr. Fahad Alam Biopolymeric Materials
Jun 2018-Nov.
2018
Postdoctoral researcher at
Khalifa University, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Dr. Mohsin Khan Ultra High Temperature
ceramics & Processing of
Al2O3-YSZ Coatings
Sept. 2017- Jan.
2018
Assistant Professor at NIT
Srinagar
Dr. S. Ariharan
High Temperature Ceramic
Coatings
Apr. 2018-Nov.
2018
Post-doctoral fellow at IIT
Chennai
Dr. Abdul
Siddiqui
Activated Carbon Fiber
Coatings
May 2018-Nov.
2018 & May
2020-Oct. 2020
Post-doctoral fellow at
Jiangsu University of
Tech., Changzhou, China
Dr. Rita Maurya Ultralight Mg-Li Alloys
Jun 2018-Dec.
2018
Assistant Professor at NIT
Hamirpur
Dr. Alok
Bhaudauria
Thermal Barrier Coatings
Aug. 2020 – June
2022
Post-doctoral researcher
Dr. Pragya
Tripathi
Electrodeposited Cr- coatings
from trivalent Cr electrolytic
Nov. 2020 – Jul.
2021
Post-doctoral researcher
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bath
Dr. Deepak
Khare
Development of Hemophobic
Surfaces
June 2023-till
date
Dr. Shipra Bajpai Ultra High Temperature
Ceramics
Aug. 2022-Oct
2023
Post-doctoral researcher
at Argonne National Lab
(since Nov. 2023)
Dr. Bhuvana T.
Coatings, Materials
Development
Jan. 2023-till date
Thesis supervised at IIT-Kanpur:
Doctoral Students (Ph.D.): Completed (25); PhD thesis submitted (2); Ongoing (8)
Students
Dissertation Title
Co-supervisor Completion
Current Position
Dr. Vinod
Kumar
Development of Corrosion
Protection Mg Alloy for
Aerospace Application
Prof. Rajiv
Shekhar
Dec. 2011
Associate Professor at IIT
Indore (since Apr. 2017)
Assistant Professor at
Malaviya National Institute
of Technology, Jaipur, India
(Jan. 2012-Mar. 2017)
Dr. Ashutosh
Kumar Dubey
Electric Field Stimulated Cell
Response on Electrically Active
Hydroxyapatite-BaTiO3
Composite
Prof. Bikramjit
Basu
Dec. 2011
Assistant Professor at
IIT
BHU (Since Dec. 2015)
JSPS Fellow: May 2012-
Dec. 2015
Dr. Prafulla K.
Mallik
Hydroxyapatite- CaTiO3 Based
Electrically Active
Biocomposites
Prof. Bikramjit
Basu
Jun. 2013
Assistant Professor, Indira
Gandhi Institute of
Technology, Orissa
Dr. Indu
Bajpai
Magnetically Active
Hydroxyapatite- Fe3O4 Based
Biocomposites
Prof. Bikramjit
Basu
Jun. 2013
Post. Doctoral researcher,
Yeungnam University
Gyeongsan, Republic of
Korea
Dr. Ishani
Shukla
Model-Based Management Of
Steel Making-Continuous
Casting
Prof. Deepu
Philip
May 2015
Completed. On maternity
break.
Dr. Rajeev
Sharma
Role of ZnO morphology on
Antibacterial Properties of Ultra
High Molecular Weight
Polyethylene (UHMWPE)
Biocomposite
none
Apr. 2016
Coaching at FIIT JEE,
Noida Center.
(Also earlier faculty at
PSIT, Kanpur)
Dr. Alka
Gupta
Role of Ceria Reinforcement in
Yttria Stabilized Zirconia for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Prof. Shobit
Omar
Jan. 2017
Guest Faculty at CSJM
University Kanpur
Dr. Anup K.
Patel
Role of Synergistic
Reinforcement of Al2O3 and
Functionalized Carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) in Ultra High
none
Apr. 2017
Post-doctoral researcher at
The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel
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Molecular Weight Polyethylene
(UHMWPE) Biocomposite
Dr. Ambreen
Nisar
Processing and Characterization
of TaC and ZrB2 based Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramic
Composites
none
May. 2017
Post-doctoral researcher at
Florida International
University (Earlier at
University of British
Columbia, Canada)
Dr. Fahad
Alam
Quantification of Adhesion
Strength of Cells on the Surface
of Biomaterials
none
Jun. 2017
Post-doctoral researcher at
Masdar Institute of
Technology Abu Dhabi,
UAE.
Dr. Suboohi
Shervani
Hydrogen Storage in
Nanohybrids
Prof. Anandh
Subramaniam
Sep. 2017
Post Doctoral Fellow at
Université Laval Québec,
Canada
Dr. Md. Faisal Hydrogen Storage on Mg-Based
Hybrids
Prof. Anandh
Subramaniam
Jan. 2018
Research Fellow, Brunel
University London (Mar.
2022)
Post-doctoral researcher at
KAIST, Korea
Dr. Satish
Kanhed
Role of Porosity on the
Mechanical Properties and
Cytocompatibility of
Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic
Prof. Anish
Upadhyaya
Jan. 2018
Faculty at University of
Steel Technology, Rajgarh
(formerly O.P. Jindal
University)
Dr. S.
Ariharan
Processing and Characterization
of Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia and
Carbon-Nanotubes Reinforced
Al2O3 Thermal Barrier Coatings
none
Apr. 2018
Scientist at Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre
(Earlier, Post-doctoral
researcher (University of
Trencin, Slovakia) & NPDF
scholar at IIT Madras
Dr. Rita
Maurya
Cytocompatibility and High
Temperature Properties of Mg-
Li based Biometallic Alloy
none
Jun. 2018
Assistant Professor at NIT
Hamirpur since Jan. 2019
Dr. Siddiqui
Abdul Rahim
Catalytic Property of Ceria
Based Composites
none
May 2018
Offer from KFUPM, Saudi
Arabia, (Earlier, post-
doctoral fellow at Jiangsu
University of Technology,
Changzhou, China)
Dr. Shikha
Awashi
Electrophoretic Deposition of
Nickel Reinforced with
Carbonaceous Reinforcement
Dr. C.P. Pandey,
BBDU
May 2019
(Thesis
submitted in
Apr. 2018)
Kothari post doctoral fellow
at IISc Bangalore
Dr. Aditi
Pandey
Assisted Cell Growth in Ceria
Reinforced Hydroxyapatite-ZnO
Based Biocomposites
Dr. Vinod
Nigam, BIT
Mesra
Feb. 2019
Post Doctoral fellow at
Taipei Medical University,
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Anshul
Gupta
Hydrogen Storage in Mg-based
Composites
Prof. Anandh
Subramaniam
Feb. 2020
Assistant Professor at NIT
Srinagar,
Earlier Post-doc at Brussels
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Ms. Abhilasha Effect of Texture on the
Tribological and Biological
Properties of Metallic Substrates
Prof. J.
Ramkumar
Discontinued
(Untimely
demise)
Untimely demise on Apr. 12,
2017
Dr. Pragya
Tripathi
Role of Ceramic and
Carbonaceous Reinforcements on
Mechanical,
Tribological, and Anticorrosive
Properties of Electrodeposited Cr-
based
Coatings
Prof. J.
Ramkumar
Sep. 2020
HBL Power Systems (Apr.
2022)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at
IISc Bangalore
Dr. Chinmayee
Nayak
Effect of UV and Gamma
Irradiation on Mechanical and
Tribological Properties of
Cytocompatible Ultra-High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Based Biocomposites for Hip
Joint Arthroplasty
none
Oct. 2021
Post Doctoral Fellow,
University of Turku,
Norway.
Dr. Rubia
Hassan
Spark plasma sintered ZrB2-
HfB2 based Ultra High
Temperature Ceramics
Prof. Shobit
Omar
Feb. 2022
Post-doctoral fellow at IIT
Kanpur
(Prime Minister Research
Fellowship)
Dr. Sudha Charge Transport Mechanism
Of MIEC Double Perovskites-
Based Composites For SOFC
Application
Prof. Tanmoy
Maiti
Aug. 2022
Open Seminar Aug. 2021
Dr. Shipra
Bajpai
Real-Life nose-cone ZrB2-HfB2
based Ultra High Temperature
Ceramic Inserts for Re-entry
Space Vehicles
Prof. Sudhanshu
Shekhar Singh
Aug. 2022
Post-doctoral fellow at IIT
Kanpur
Ms. Moumita
Mistri
Tribomechanical Study of
Carbide-laden Plasma-sprayed
Composite Coating
Prof. Kamal K.
Kar
Thesis
submitted in
Dec. 2021
Open Seminar: Feb. 2021
Ms. Shivani
Gour
Quantitative analysis of early-
stage transient adhesion between
bioactive glass and planktonic
bacteria
Prof. Navdeep
Dhami & Prof.
Abhijeet
Mukherjee
(Curtin
University)
Thesis
submitted in
May 2023
Open Seminar in Aug. 2022
Ms. Divya
Rana
Processing and Characterization
of (Zr-Ta-W-Ti)C-SiC based
High Entropy Carbide
Reinforced with Carbon Nano
Tubes, Graphite and Graphene
Nano Platelets
none
Jan. 2024
Open Seminar in May 2023
Ms. Shruti
Dubey
On Ultra High Temperature
Ceramics
none
Converted to Ph.D in May
2018.
Mr. Indrajeet
Singh
Effect of Texture on the
Biological Response of
Biomaterials
Prof. Ing Kong
(La Trobe
University)
Joined in July 2019
Ms. Shalini Mechanical Properties and
None
Joined in Dec. 2019
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Kushwaha Tribology of Al2O3-8YSZ-
CeO2-CNT based Thermal
Barrier Coatings
Ms. Pooja
Rani
Biotribology of Ultra High
Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Based Biocomposites
None
Joined in Jul. 2020
Ms. Shiven P. Corrosion and Thermal
Properties of Al2O3-8YSZ-
CeO2-CNT based Thermal
Barrier Coatings
None
Joined in Jul. 2020
Mr. Murli
Manohar
Ceria and Ag Doped
Hydroxyapatite and Bioglass
composites
None
Joined Jul. 2020
Mr. Kunwar
P. Singh
Dual Phase Ultra High
Temperature Ceramic Based
High Entropy Alloy
None
Joined Jul. 2020
Mr. Ravi R.
Tiwari
Joining of Ultra High
Temperature Ceramic with
Structural Metlas
none
Joined in Jul. 2023
Masters Students: Completed (34); Ongoing (1)
Students
Dissertation Title
Co-Supervisor Completio
n
Currently at
Mr. Ankur
Gupta
Compression Molding of Ultra
High Molecular Weight
Polyethylene (UHMWPE)
Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite,
Aluminum Oxide and Carbon
Nanotubes
-N.A.-
May 2011
(Completed PhD
from UCF, FL, USA)
Persimmon
Technologies Corp.
Tech. Development
Massachusetts USA
Mr. Milind R.
Joshi
Spark Plasma Sintering of Yttria
Stabilized Zirconia Reinforces
with Hydroxyapatite and Carbon
Nanotubes
-N.A.-
May 2011
Tata Motors, Pune
Mr. Samir
Sharma
Processing of Ceria Doped Yttria
Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte
for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
-N.A.-
May 2011
Ashok Leyland,
Chennai
Mr. S. Ariharan Role of Particle Size of Yttria
Staibilized Zirconia on Plasma
Sprayed Alumina Composites
-N.A.-
May 2011
Completed PhD. at
IIT Kanpur
Mr. S.
Ramakrishna
Effect of Process Variables and
Electrostatic Spray Coating on
the Mechanical, Electrochemical
and Tribological Response of
Sintered Stainless Steels
Prof. Anish
Upadhyaya May 2012
Tata Steel R&D,
Jamshedpur
Mr. Pradyut
Oxidation Studies of SiC-Al2O3
-N.A.-
May 2013 Pursuing PhD at IIT
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Sengupta
Coatings on Graphite
Kharagpur/ (Earlier
at
IMMT,
Bhubaneswar)
Mr. Koushik
Sikdar
Fretting of Mg-based LAT971
and LATZ9531 Alloys
Prof. Shashank
Shekhar
Jul. 2013
Faculty at National
Institute of Foundry
& Forge Technology
Mr. Amitava
Banerjee
Catalytic Properties of
Gadolinia-Doped-Ceria (GDC) -
CeO2 Based Composites
-N.A.-
May 2014
Assistant Professor
at IIT Jodhpur
(Completed Ph.D. at
Uppsala University)
Mr. Shalabh
Srivastava
Composites of CNF/Graphene
and Carbon Aerogel with MnO2
for Supercapacitor Applications
Prof. Ashutosh
Sharma
Jul. 2014
Completed
Ms. B. Ishamol Ionic conductivity study of
ytterbia co-doped scandia
stabilized zirconia electrolyte
Prof. S. Omar
Jun. 2015
Saint Gobain,
Chennai
Currently Pursuing PhD
at EMTO-
ST Institute, University
of Franche-
Comté, France
Mr. Binit
Kumar
Effect of carbon morphologies
on friction stir deformation of Al
6061 alloy
Prof. J.
Ramkumar
Jul. 2015
Faculty at GL Bajaj
ITM, Greater Noida
Ms. Rubia
Hassan
Effect of Carbon Nanotube on
Toughening of Yttria Stabilized
Zirconia
-N.A.-
May 2016
Joined PhD at IIT
Kanpur
Mr. Mohit
Sanbui
Structural and Ionic Conductivity
Study of Ceria Co-doped Scandia
Stabilized Zirconia as an
Electrolyte for IT-SOFC
Prof. Shobit
Omar
May 2016
Tata Steel,
Jamshedpur
Mr. Shashwat
Singh
Ageing Effects With Co-doping
of Yb2O3 and Sc2O3 in ZrO2
electrolyte.
Prof. Shobit
Omar
May 2017
Pursuing PhD at IISc
Bangalore
Mr. Anil K.
Bisla
Effect of Magnetic Field on the
Cell growth of Multifunctional
Fe3O4-ZnO Reinforced Polymer
May 2017 Extria, Gurgaon
S. Gowthaman Effect of Attenuating Medium on
the Tribology of Laser Peened
Steel
Prof. J.
Ramkumar May 2017
Faculty at Bannari
Amman Institute of
Technology, Erode.
Mr. Arjak
Bhattacharjee
On Functionally porous Bone
Scaffolds
Prof. I. Manna
May 2018
Joined Ph.D. at
Washington State
University
Ms. Roopal
Singh
Thermal Damage Tolerance of
Ultra High Temperature
Ceramics for Re-entry Space
Vehicles
-N.A.-
May 2018 BT-MT Student
Mr. Arindam
Raj
Mechanics of Cell Adhesion on
Biosubstrates
-N.A.-
May 2018
BT-MT student,
Pursuing PhD at Yale
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University.
Ms. Pooja Rani Polymer Acetabular Cup Liner
for Enhanced Tribological Life
Prof. Anandh
Subramaniam Jun. 2019
Joined as PhD.
student at IIT Kanpur
since Fall 2020.
Ms. Priya
Kushram
Plasma Sprayed Tribo-coatings
-N.A.-
Jun. 2019
Offered PhD at
Washington State
University (after
working for 1 year in
ExxonMobil Service
& Tech. Pvt. Ltd.).
Ms. Shruti
Dubey
Effect of Interfaces on Structural
and Thermal Stability of HfB2–
ZrB2-SiC-CNT Based Ultra High
Temperature Composites
-N.A.-
Feb. 2020
Joined (Jul. 2016)
converted to Ph.D in
May 2018.
Ms. Zuveria
Firdous
Electrodeposition of Cu-Ni
Coatings
-N.A.-
Jun. 2020 HSBC Inc.
Mr. Surya
Prakash Singh
Effect of Carbonaceous
Reinforcements on
Polypropylene based Fire-
retardation Materials
(Prof. J.
Ramkumar)
Jun. 2020
In-kind
co-supervision
Mr. Kshitij
Khare
Multi-functional Porous
Biological Scaffolds
(Prof. J.
Ramkumar)
Jun. 2020
In-kind
co-supervision
Mr. Abhishek
Kumar
Ceramic Based Fire-retardation
materials
-N.A.-
Jun. 2021
Offered PhD position
in IITB-Monash joint
PhD program
Mr. Prathmesh
Babrekar
Effect of Multi-length Scale
Porosity on Tribological
Properties of Hydroxyapatite-
based Composites
-N.A.-
Jul. 2021
Offered position in
Tata Steel
Mr. Jatin Jain Tribological Properties of
Hydroxyapatite-ZnO Based
Biocomposites
-N.A.-
Jul. 2022
Joined in July 2020
Mr. Akhil
Kotha
Variable Environmental Effects
on Degradation of
Hydroxyapatite-Bioglass
Biocomposites
-N.A.-
Jun. 2022 Joined in July 2020
Ms. Satabhisha
Ghosh
Biodegradable Materials for
Coatings on Femoral Stems
-N.A.-
July 2023 Joined in Oct. 2021
Mr. Md. Haris 3-D printing of Biomaterials as
Bone-Scaffold
-N.A.-
May 2023 Joined in Nov. 2021
Mr. Sharafat
Khan
Graphene Nanoplatelets and
Ceria Reinforced Hydroxyapatite
Composites
-N.A.-
May 2023 Joined in Dec. 2020
Mr. Karthikey Machine Learning on Oxide
Scale Thickness Prediction of
Ultra High Temperature
Carbides
-N.A.-
Mar. 2024 Joined in July 2021
Mr.
Parthadhwaj
High Entropy Alloy Based
Devices for Energy Storage
Prof. Shobit
Omar
June 2024 Joined in July 2023
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Konduparty
Applications
Ms. Lakshmi
Dinesh
Development of Multifunctional
Polymeric Materials
Joined in July 2023
STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Dr. Shipra Bahpai received
Best Ph.D Thesis Award 2023 from the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering during IIT Kanpur’s 56th Convocation on July 03, 2023.
2. Mr. Nivedan N. Amarnani Received
Batra Gold Medal 2023 for best academic performance in
4-year/5-year programmes of the Materials Science and Engineering Department during IIT
Kanpur’s 56th Convocation on July 03, 2023.
3. Dr. Rubia Hassan is awarded
Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship by United
States- India Educational Foundation in May 2023.
4. Ms. Chinmayee Nayak received the “
Best Oral Presentation Award” in the 12th International
Conference (Virtual) on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM) 2021 organized on
virtual platform by Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)
Bhubaneswar during Mar. 9-13, 2021.
5. Ms. Rubia Hassan won
third place (Scanning Electron Microscopy category) in the
Ceramographic Competition hosted by the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic
Society, during Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2020, Nov. 2-6, 2020.
6. Ms. Zuveria Firdouz received “
Bogineni Chenchu Raman Naidu”
Gold Medal for securing
best CPI in the M.tech. program of Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur,
2020.
7. Mr. Dhruv Mittal received “
General Proficiency Medal” for receiving highest CPI in the
undergraduate program of Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, and
“
IITK Excellence in Art & Cultural Activities”, during 2020 convocation.
8. Ms. Nishu Jain bagged “
Best All-rounder Girl Student of 2-year Master’s Programme Gold
Medal”, IIT Kanpur 2020.
9. Ms. Moumita Mistri bagged
Woman Scientist Award for best poster presentation during
Fourth
International Conference on '
Nanotechnology for Better Living' at Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India 6th April 2019.
10. Ms. Pragya Shukla, and Ms. Shikha Awasthi have bagged "
Research Ratna Award" in
Surface
Engineering section at
Research Under Literal Access for research work of "Protective trivalent
Cr-based electrochemical coatings for gun barrels", at Trichy, Tamilnadu on Feb. 26, 2019.
This award includes Achievement Trophy, International Achievement Medal accredited by
World Research Council (Branches: Malaysia, USA and India), Award Plaque, Free World
Research Council's Membership worth 10,000INR and Award Certificate.
11. Mr. Arjak Bhattacharjee (M. Tech. Student) received
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Medal and
IITK Excellence in Arts & Cultural Activities for his Masters Degree in Jun. 2018.
12. Mr. Arindam Raj (BT-MT student) received
Proficiency Medal for his Masters Degree in Jun.
2018.
13. Dr. Md. Faisal received
Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials (HEAM) Young Scientist
Award 2018 along with a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 at University of Kerala by Indian
Association of HEAM, funded by ONGC at Trivandrum, India, Mar. 5-6, 2018.
14. Ms. Ambreen Nisar bagged “Silver Award” by
ASM India - Pradeep Metals PhD Award along
with a cash prize of Rs. 7,500 for distinguished doctoral research in the area of Materials
Science and Engineering at Pune, Oct. 15, 2017.
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15. Mr. Shashwat Singh received “
Bogineni Chenchu Raman Naidu”
Gold Medal for securing
best CPI in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, 2017.
16. Ms. Suboohi Shervani bagged
second prize in poster presentation, “
Multi-mode Hydrogen
Storage in Nanocontainers”. International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME- 2017),
June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur. (in
Structural Materials section).
17. Dr. Anup Kumar Patel bagged
Certificate of Merit in poster presentation, "
Tribological and
Nanomechanical Analysis of Synergistic Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotube and Aluminum
Oxide in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene", International Conference on Materials
Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur.
18. Ms. Aditi Pandey bagged
third prize in poster presentation, “
Acquired Antioxidant and
Antibacterial Activity by Hydroxyapatite-based Biocomposites", International Conference on
Materials Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur. (in
Functional Materials
section).
19. Dr. Alka Gupta”. International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME- 2017), June 2-4,
2017, IIT Kanpur. Received acknowledgement in
Functional Materials section.
20. Ms. Ambreen Nisar bagged “
IBM Best Ph.D Thesis Award 2017” with cash award of Rs.
25,000 for her innovation, talent and outstanding work done in India in the area of Computer
Science and allied field.
21. Rita Maurya and Abdul Siddiqui, bagged
second prize for oral presentation, “
An
Environmental Friendly Phosphate Chemical Conversion Coating on Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn
and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn1Zn Alloys for Corrosion Protection”, (in Materials for Strategic
Applications category) during 70th Annual Technical Meeting (70th ATM), of Indian Institute
of Metals, Nov. 11-14, 2016, IIT Kanpur.
22. Ms. Rubia Hassan received “
Bogineni Chenchu Raman Naidu”
Gold Medal for securing best
CPI in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, 2016.
23. Ms. Rubia Hassan received “
Cadence Gold Medal” for securing best overall performance in the
M. Tech. thesis among all the disciplines, IIT Kanpur, 2016.
24. Ms. Shikha Pandey was awarded “
Bharat Jyoti Award” from Indian Friendship Society on Jun.
09, 2016. Earlier, this award is also given to Mother Teresa and Sunil Gavaskar.
25. Mr. Amitava Banerjee was awarded prestigious “
IIM Dr. AK Bose Gold Medal” for his
M.Tech. thesis during Indian Institute of Metals’ Annual Technical Meeting on Nov. 14, 2014
at College of Engineering, Pune.
26. Mr. Amitava Banerjee received “
Bogineni Chenchu Raman Naidu”
Gold Medal for securing
best CPI in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, 2014.
27. Mr. Mohammad Faisal is selected as President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) delegate
for year 2014-15 by The American Ceramic Society.
28. Mr. Prashant Kumar was awarded
Best Oral Presentation Award for “
Pulsed Electrodeposition
of Nano-Crystalline Ni with Uniform Co-Depostion of Micron Sized Diamond Particles on
Annealed Copper Substrate” BTTD (Behind the Teachers Desk) Seminar held at National
Metallurgy Laboratory Jamshedpur on 27-28 March 2014.
29. Suboohi Shervani, Mohammad Faisal, Anshul Gupta, Kantesh Balani and Anandh
Subramaniam, “
Hydrogen Storage in Mg-Mg2Ni hybrids by accumulative roll bonding” was
awarded
First Prize in the Structural Materials Category at the International Conference on
Emerging Materials and Processes held at Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
(IMMT), Bhubaneswar from 26th to 28th Feb, 2014.
30. Dr. Prafulla Kumar Mallik, is serving as
Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of
Technology, Orissa.
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31. Mr. Pradyut Sengupta was awarded prestigious “
IIM Dr. AK Bose Gold Medal” for his
M.Tech. thesis during Indian Institute of Metals’ Annual Technical Meeting on Nov. 14, 2013
at IIT BHU, Varanasi.
32. Mr. Pradyut Sengupta received “
Bogineni Chenchu Raman Naidu”
Gold Medal for securing
best CPI in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, 2013.
33. Mr. Kandala Ramakrishna received “
Dr. Baldeva Upadhyaya Gold Medal” for best M. Tech.
thesis in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, in 2012.
34. Mr. Raja Choudhary received “
Best B. Tech. Project Award” in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, in 2013.
35. Mr. Anup Kumar Patel received “
Best Paper Award” for his poster on “
Wettability and
Cytocompatibility Study of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Al2O3 Reinforced Ultra
High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite” (with Rs.5000/- cash award) during ISRS
(
International Symposium for Research Scholars) 2012 conference held at IIT Madras during
Dec. 13-15, 2012.
36. Ambreen Nisar,
Rajeev Kumar Sharma, Kantesh Balani, received
First Prize for her poster on,
“
Mechanical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered ZnO Reinforced Hydroxyapatite”. Author
received cash award of Rs. 1500/- (Rupees one thousand five hundred only) in
AFMS
(Advanced Functional Materials and Structures) workshop held in Allahabad during July 12-
14, 2012.
37.
Dr. Vinod Kumar is serving as
Assistant Professor of
Malaviya National Institute of
Technology, Jaipur, India (Jan. 2012).
38.
Dr. Ashutosh K. Dubey, Ph.D. student received
Young Scientist Award 2011 in Materials
Science division by
Indian Science Congress Association. Currently a JSPS (
Japan Society
for Promotion of Science) post-doctoral research scholar at Nagoya Institute of Technology,
Japan.
39.
Mr. Atif Faiz received “
Best B. Tech. Project Award” in the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, in 2011.
40.
Milind Raghuveer Joshi,
Ariharan S., Kantesh Balani, Received
First Prize in the
Functional
Materials Section, “
Fracture Toughness of 8 mol% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Reinforced with
Hydroxyapatite”.
Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov.
15-16 2010.
ORGANIZER OF CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOP
1. Co-organizer (with Prof. Gouthama) of
Quality Improvement Program (QIP) workshop on,
“
Mastering Advanced Techniques of Characterization for High-end Research (MATCH® -
2021)” at IIT Kanpur, Jan. 25-31, 2021.
2. Co-organised (with Prof. Bushra Ateeq) conference on ‘
Women in Sciences and Engineering’
on Oct. 19-20, 2019 at IIT Kanpur with over 60 participants.
3. Conducted a workshop on “
Nanomechanics and Biotribology 2019” on Oct. 15-16, that
included 9 lectures and 8 lab sessions and witnessed participation of 31 research scholars and
teachers across the country.
4. Organised a “
Virtual Lab Workshop” on Sept. 14, 2019 at IIT Kanpur with participation of
over 180 delegates from in and around Kanpur.
5. Organised workshop on “
Virtual Labs” (with Prof. K. V. Gangadharan, NITK Suratkal) at IIT
Jammu on May 29, 2019. (~50 participants from 10 institutes attended the workshop).
6. Organized half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at NIT Srinagar on May 28,
2019. (~35 participants attended the workshop).
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7. Organized half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at MANIT Bhopal on Apr. 06,
2019. (~145+ participants attended the workshop).
8. Organized half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at CIPET Bhopal on Apr. 06,
2019 (~110+ participants attended the workshop).
9. Organized half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at Vishveshwarya Group of
Institution, Ghaziabad (Greater Noida-Phase II), on Mar. 09, 2019 (~120 students and 15
faculty members attended the workshop).
10. Conducted a half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at Shambhunath Institute of
Engineering & Technology Prayagraj, on Mar. 02, 2019 (>130 participants).
11. Profs. Deepu Philip, Pankaj Jian, Nishchal Verma and Kantesh Balani organized a
Virtual Lab
workshop at Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Kanpur, on Feb. 16, 2019 wherein 120
students and 9 faculty members attended the workshop.
12. Profs. Deepu Philip, S. Banerjee and Kantesh Balani organized a
Virtual Lab workshop at
Christ Church College, Kanpur, on Oct. 06, 2018, wherein over 140 participants attended the
workshop.
13. Conducted half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at REC Banda on Aug. 18,
2018 (~37 students and 11 faculty members attended the workshop).
14. Organized one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratories” on Sept. 15, 2018 at IIT Kanpur,
India (over 130 participants). Jointly organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering
(INAE) Kanpur Chapter and IIT Kanpur under the aegis of
Ministry of
Human Resource and Development, Government of India, National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (
NMEICT).
15. Co-organizer (with Prof. Gouthama) of
Quality Improvement Program (QIP) workshop on,
“
Mastering Advanced Techniques of Characterization for High-end Research (MATCH® -
2018)” at IIT Kanpur, Aug. 27-31, 2018.
16. Organized half-day Virtual lab workshop on “
Materials Response to Microstructural-,
Mechanical-, Thermal- and Biological Stimuli Laboratories” at REC Kannauj on Aug. 11,
2018 (~188 students and 32 faculty members attended the workshop).
17. Prof. Deepu Philip and Prof. Kantesh Balani conducted a Half Day
Virtual Lab workshop at
PSIT, Kanpur on Jul. 14, 2018 (17 students and 40 faculty members attended the workshop).
18. Indian Chair of
Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering (INDOGFOE) 2018 of
Department of
Science and Technology,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and
Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, at Potsdam, Germany, May 24-27, 2018.
19. Organized one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratories” on Sept. 16, 2017 at IIT Kanpur,
India (over 110 participants). Jointly organized by Indian National Academy of Engineering
(INAE) Kanpur Chapter and IIT Kanpur under the aegis of
Ministry of
Human Resource and Development, Government of India, National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (
NMEICT).
20. Core-committee member for organizing Technical Sessions in “
International Conference on
Materials Engineering (ICME) 2017” during Jun. 03-05, 2017 at IIT Kanpur.
21. Indian Chair of
Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering (INDOGFOE) 2017 of
Department of
Science and Technology,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and
Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, at Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Mar. 09-12, 2017.
22. Co-organizer of “
National Frontiers of Engineering Conference” of
Indian National Academy
of Engineering, Jun. 23-25, 2016.
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23. Co-organizer, “
Annual Technical Meeting 2016” of
Indian Institute of Metals at IIT Kanpur
during Nov. 11-13, 2016.
24. Indian-session organizer of session on “
Exploring Length Scales in Biomechanics” during
Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering at Potsdam, Germany, May 19-22, 2016.
25. Organized 1.5 day workshop on “
Instrumented Indentation” at Advanced Center for
Materials Science, IIT Kanpur on Jan. 30-31, 2016.
26. Organized half-day workshop on
Virtual Laboratories at
Puranchandra Vidya Niketan,
Kanpur, on Oct. 31, 2015 (>65 participants).
27. Organized one half-day workshop on
Virtual Laboratories at
Global Group of Institutions,
Lucknow, on Apr. 29, 2015 (~100 participants).
28. Organized one half-day workshop on Virtual Laboratories at Ambedkar Institute of
Technology for Handicapped (AITH), Kanpur, on Apr. 22, 2015 (~50 participants).
29. Organized one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratories” under the aegis of
Ministry of
Human Resource and Development, Government of India, National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (
NMEICT) on Mar. 15, 2015 at IIT
Kanpur, India (over 150 participants).
30. Lead organizer for symposium on “
Nanomechanics of Biomaterials” during
Materials
Science & Technology 2014 Conference and Exhibition (MS&T’14) October 12-16,
2014,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
31. Co-organizer of Quality Improvement Program (QIP) Course on “
Advanced Engineering
Materials for Structural Applications” organized during Aug. 17-22, 2014, IIT Kanpur.
32. Co-organizer of Workshop on “
Advanced Materials Processing and Characterization”
organized during Aug. 17-22, 2014, IIT Kanpur.
33. Lead Organizer for one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratories” under the aegis of
Ministry
of Human Resource and Development, Government of India, National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (
NMEICT) on Dec. 07, 2012 at IIT
Kanpur, India (~60 participants).
34. Organized half-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to
Microstructural, Mechanical, Thermal and Biological Stimuli” for undergraduate students
on Nov. 03, 2012 at IIT Roorkee, India (over 15 participants).
35. Organized one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratory on Material Response to
Microstructural, Mechanical, Thermal and Biological Stimuli” for students on Oct. 13, 2012
at IIT Kanpur, India, under the aegis of
Ministry of Human Resource and Development,
Government of India, National Mission on Education through Information and
Communication Technology (~40 participants).
36. Organized one-day workshop on “
Virtual Laboratories” under the aegis of
Ministry of
Human Resource and Development, Government of India, National Mission on Education
through Information and Communication Technology (
NMEICT) on Feb. 4, 2012 at IIT
Kanpur, India (over 160 participants).
37. Lead organizer of a symposium on “
Emerging Frontiers in Surface Engineering of
Biomaterials” during
Materials Science & Technology 2011, held during Oct. 16-20th 2011 at
Columbus OH, USA. Co-organizers Profs. A. Agarwal (FIU), S. Harimkar (OSU), and W. O.
Soboyejo (Princeton).
38. Main organizer of workshop on “
Nano-Biomaterial CHAMPS (Characterization, Hierarchy,
Advanced Material Processing and Surfaces)” held during Apr. 25-29th 2011 at IIT Kanpur,
India. Co-organizers:
Prof. Roger Narayan (UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical
Engineering), and
Prof. Bikramjit Basu (Lab. Of Biomaterials, IIT Kanpur).
39. Organized “
Materials Conclave” on Dec. 19-21st 2010 at IIT Kanpur, India.
40. Main organizer of “
Hydrogen and Energy Storage” International Symposium on Jan. 14th
2010 at IIT Kanpur, India.
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41. Principal organizer of Short Term Course on “
Processing Characterization and Properties of
Advanced Engineering Materials”, Feb. 24-28th 2010, at IIT Kanpur, India.
42. Lead organizer of Workshop on “
Recent Trends in Surface Engineering” from Feb. 25-28th
2010 at IIT Kanpur, India.
PEER-REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Editor-in-Chief
Nanomaterials and Energy (ICE Publishing), Jun. 2017- till date.
Associate Editor
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (Springer), Jan. 2022- till date.
Editorial Board
Journal of Materials Research (
Principal Editor, starting Jan. 2020 – till date).
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (Associate Guest Editor, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018,
May 2019, & May 2020 issues)
Coatings (Guest Editor, Special Issue: Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramic Coatings, May 2017)
Defense Science Journal (Editorial Board: GoI, DRDO, Two years: 2015-16 & Dec. 2020
onwards).
Nanomaterials and Energy (Associate Editor, ICE Publishing), Mar. 2011-May 2017.
Recent Patents on Materials Science (Bentham), 2010-2015.
Recent Patents on Nanotechnology (Bentham), 2010-2015.
Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering (STM Journals), 2011-2019.
Journal of NanoScience, NanoEngineering & Applications (STM Journals), 2011-2019
Journal of Engineering (Hindawi), Jul. 2012-Mar. 2019.
Indian Journal of Materials Science (Hindawi), Apr. 2013-Mar. 2019.
Key Reader
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Springer) – Jan 2010 onwards
Journals (Reviewer):
- Certificate of
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing:
•
Top Peer Reviewer 2019 (Publons) – Top 1% in cross-field
•
Top 1% Peer Reviewers (Materials Science)- Publons: 2017 & 2019
•
Acta Biomaterialia, May 2014 & Dec. 2017
•
Additive Manufacturing, Aug. 2018
•
Applied Surface Science, May 2009, Feb. 2014
•
Carbohydrate Polymers, Nov. 2018
•
Carbon, Mar. 2018
•
Ceramics International, Jul. 2017
•
Composites Part B, Apr. 2017
•
Corrosion Science, Jul. 2018
•
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Sep. 2018
•
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Oct. 2018
•
Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, May 2017
•
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Apr. 2017
•
Materials Science and Engineering C, Apr. 2018
•
Surface & Coatings Technology, Dec. 2017
•
Vacuum, Dec. 2016
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ACS Publications (Applied Materials and Interfaces)
ASM (Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance)
Bentham Science (Recent Patents on Materials Science)
Blackwell Publishing Inc. (International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, and Journal of
American Ceramic Society)
Cambridge Core (Journal of Materials Research)
Elsevier (Acta Biomaterialia, Applied Surface Science, Carbon, Ceramics International,
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Composites Part A,
Composites Part B, Computational Materials Science, Electrochemistry Communications,
European Journal of Mechanics – B, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of
European Ceramics Society, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Journal of the
Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of
Solids, Materials Characterization, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Materials and
Design, Materials Letters, Materials Research Bulletin, Materials Science and
Engineering A, Materials Science and Engineering C, Nuclear Engineering and Design,
Powder Technology, Surface and Coatings Technology, Thin Solid Films, Vacuum)
Highwire (Journal of Medical Microbiology)
Hindawi (Advances in Tribology, Journal of Engineering)
Indian Academy of Science (Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science)
Institution of Civil Engineers (Nanomaterials and Energy)
Materials Research Society of India and the Indian National Science Academy (Bulletin of
Materials Science)
National Journals (Current Science, DRDO Defense Journal, Indian Journal of Engineering and
Materials Sciences)
Nature Publishing Group (Scientific Reports)
NISCAIR (Indian Journal of Engineering and Material Sciences)
PLOSONE (PLOS ONE)
Royal Society of Chemistry (Journal of Materials Chemistry B, RSC Advances)
SAGE Journals (Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Proceedings of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, Part C, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science)
Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd. (International Journal of Nano Science, Nano Engineering and
Nanotechnology)
Springer (Biointerphases, Ionics, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Journal of Materials Science:
Materials in Medicine, JOM Journal of Metals, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
A, Minerals and Materials, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Transactions of the
Indian Institute of Metals)
STM Publications (Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering, Journal of NanoScience
NanoEngineering & Applications, Journal of Polymer & Composites)
Taylor and Francis (Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials)
Wiley (Advanced Biomaterials, ChemSusChem, Journal American Ceramics Society, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research: Part B – Applied Biomaterials, Polymer Composites)
Book (Reviewer): Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Materials and Manufacturing Processes
- Efim Oks and Ian Brown; Kluwer Academic Publishers (Marcel and Dekker).