Dr. Akhil Khajuria
Post Doc, Ph.D, M.Tech, B.Tech
Date of Joining: 21-August-2023
Nature of Association: Regular
Area of Interest
Welding metallurgy, WAAM, Creep of materials, Bio-composites, Electron microscopy
Qualification
Majors Degrees
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – NIT Jalandhar (2015-2020)
Master’s (M.Tech) in Manufacturing and Automation –SMVDU, Katra (2010-2013)
Bachelor’s (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering –SMVDU, Katra (2006-2010)
Online Certified Courses
NA
Experience
Academic
Total academic experience is of 2.5 years.
Teaching
Graduate Level
Fluid Mechanics-1, Theory of Machines, System Design, Industrial Automation, Production Management, Engineering Graphics, Elements of Mechanical Engineering, Basic Manufacturing Processes, CAD/CAM.
Postgraduate Level
Industrial Safety, Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Seminars/Workshops
Seminars/Workshop Attended
One Week Training Program on Advanced Research Instruments on Synergistic Training Program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological (STUTI), February 6-12, 2023, Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Organized by NIT Warangal & NIT Jalandhar.
TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week Online STC on Microwave Material Processing: “Opportunities and Challenges”, December 14 – 18, 2020, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand.
TEQIP-III Sponsored 5-DAYS Online STC on ‘Advances in Fatigue, Creep, Fracture and Failure Analysis of Materials’, 7-11 December, 2020, Organized by Discipline of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore.
TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week Online STC on ‘Recent Advancements in Micromanufacturing’, November 23 – 27, 2020, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand.
TEQIP-III Sponsored Online STC on ‘Advanced Energy Materials’, October 12-16, 2020, Organized by Department of Physics, NIT Jalandhar.
Two days FDP on ‘Pedagogical Skills for Teachers’, July 22-23, 2018, Sponsored by TEQIP-3, Organized by NIT Jalandhar.
TEQIP-III Sponsored STC on ‘Materials Characterization Techniques’, 17-21 June, 2019, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar.
TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week Winter School on ‘Recent Trends in Materials Research’, December 15th – 19th, 2017, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar.
TEQIP-II Sponsored Symposium on ‘Fatigue, Fracture and Integrity Assessment’, March 23-24, 2017, Organized by Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkatta, in association with CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.
Workshop on ‘Trends in SMAW & GMAW’, 26-27 August, 2016, Organized by Indian Welding Society, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
International Summer Term Course on ‘Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications’, 6-11 June, 2016, Organized by Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) MHRD, Govt. of India at NIT Jalandhar.
Six Days Extensive Course on ‘Applied Fatigue & Fracture Mechanics’, 16-21 May, 2016, Organized by Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) MHRD, Govt. of India at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar.
Special Training Course on ‘Advanced Knowledge of Safety : Quality Inspection, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics’, 18-23 April, 2016, Organized by Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering & Continuing Education Centre (CEC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
Publications
Research Papers
‘The influence of CMT-MAG and MAG welding-processes on microstructure and mechanical behaviour of C-Mn E410 structural-steels’, International Journal of Structural Integrity, Emerald, ISSN: 1757-9864, (Accepted for publication), Jan 2024, SCOPUS/ ESCI/WOS/Q2. DOI- 10.1108/IJSI-12-2023-0141
‘The synergistic effects of boron and impression creep testing during paced controlling of temperature for P91 steels’, Advanced Engineering Materials, Wiley, ISSN: 1527-2648, pp. 2300053, Vol. 25, Issue 16, 2023, SCOPUS/ SCI / WOS/ Q1. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202300053
‘The carbon content effect on hot-rolled C-Mn micro-alloyed E410 structural steel’, Vacuum, Elsevier, ISSN: 0042-207X, pp. 112042, Vol. 212, Issue C, 2023, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/ Q1. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2023.112042
‘An initial study on the impression creep behaviour of stir-cast GNP reinforced AA6061 composite (AMMC)’, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, (IOPScience) Publishing, ISSN: 1757-8981, pp. 012086, Vol. 1248, 2022, SCOPUS. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1248/1/012086
‘Boron addition to AISI A213/P91 steel: Preliminary investigation on microstructural evolution and microhardness at simulated heat-affected zone’, Materials Science and Engineering Technology, Wiley, ISSN: 1521-4052, pp. 1167-1183, Vol. 53, Issue 10, 2022, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/ Q3. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1002/mawe.202100152
‘The Synergistic Effects among Crystal Orientations, Creep Parameters, Local Strain, Macro-Microdeformation, and Polycrystals’ Hardness of Boron Alloyed P91 Steels’, Steel Research International, Wiley, ISSN: 1869-344X, pp. 2100819, Vol. 93, Issue 9, 2022, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/ Q1. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202100819
‘A novel approach to envisage effects of boron in P91 steels through Gleeble weld-HAZ simulation and impression-creep’, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, SAGE, ISSN: 0309-3247, pp. 647 - 663, Vol. 57, Issue 9, 2021, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/ Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1177%2F03093247211061943
‘Effects of prior austenite grain size on impression creep and microstructure in simulated heat affected zones of boron modified P91 steels’, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Elsevier, ISSN: 0254-0584, pp. 122847, Vol. 249, 2020, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS /Q1. DOI- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.122847
‘Effects of boron modifications on phase nucleation and dissolution temperatures and mechanical properties in 9%Cr steels: Sensitivity and stability’, Materials Research Express, Institute of Physics (IOPScience) Publishing, ISSN: 2053-1591, pp. 1265k1, Vol. 6, Issue 12, 2020, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab71cd
‘Effects of boron modifications on phase nucleation and dissolution temperatures and mechanical properties in 9%Cr steels: Alloy design’, Materials Research Express, Institute of Physics (IOPScience) Publishing, ISSN: 2053-1591, pp. 1265k3, Vol. 6, Issue 12, 2020, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab6db7
‘Probing true creep-hardening interaction in weld simulated heat affected zone of P91 steels’, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Elsevier, ISSN: 1526-6125, pp. 345-356, Vol. 46, 2019, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/Q1. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.08.029
‘Probing true microstructure-hardening relationship in simulated heat affected zone of P91B steels’, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, Springer, ISSN: 2192-9270, pp. 656-677, Vol. 8, Issue 5, 2019, SCOPUS/ESCI/ WOS/Q2. DOI- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-019-00573-w
‘Evolution of microstructure during welding simulation of boron modified P91 steel’, Physics of Metals and Metallography, Structure, Phase transformations, and Diffusion, Springer, ISSN: 1555-6190, pp. 672-685, Vol. 120, Issue 7, 2018, SCOPUS / SCI/ WOS/ Q3. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X19070056
‘Phase transformations and numerical modeling in simulated HAZ of nanostructured P91B steel for high temperature applications’, Applied Nanoscience, Springer, ISSN: 2190-5517, pp. 1669–1685, Vol. 8, Issue 7, 2018, SCOPUS/ SCI/ WOS/Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-018-0854-1
‘Influence of ceramic Al2O3 particulates on performance measures and surface characteristics during sinker EDM of stir cast AMMCs’, World Journal of Engineering, Emerald, ISSN: 1708-5284, pp. 526–538, Vol. 16, Issue 4, 2019, SCOPUS /ESCI / WOS/Q3. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-01-2019-0015
‘EDM machinability and parametric optimization of 2014Al/Al2O3 composite by RSM’, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of materials, Inderscience Publishers, UK, pp. 536 – 555, ISSN: 1748-5711, Vol. 20, No.6, 2018, SCOPUS / Q3. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMM.2018.096380
‘Characterizing creep behaviour of modified 9Cr1Mo steel by using small punch impression technique for thermal powerplants’, Journal of Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering, MatJournals, India, ISSN: 2581-3722, pp. 47 –61, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2018, Referred. DOI - https://matjournals.in/index.php/JOMME/article/view/2969
‘Impression creep studies on simulated reheated HAZ of P91 and P91B steels’, International Journal of Modern Manufacturing Technologies, ModTech, Romania, ISSN: 2067-3604, pp. 50 –56, Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2018, SCOPUS/Q4. DOI - https://modtech.ro/international-journal/vol10no12018/07_Khajuria_Akhil.pdf
‘Effect of boron addition on creep strain during impression creep of P91 steel’, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer, ISSN: 1059-9495, pp. 4128–4142, Vol. 28, Issue 7, 2019, SCIE /WOS / Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04167-z
‘Microstructural investigations on simulated intercritical heat-affected zone of boron modified P91-steel’, Materials Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 1743-2847, pp.1407-1418, Vol. 36, Issue 13, 2020 SCOPUS /SCI / WOS/Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2020.1784543
‘Influence of boron on microstructure and mechanical properties of Gleeble simulated HAZ in P91 Steel’, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Elsevier, ISSN: 0308-0161, pp. 104246, Vol.188, Dec. 2020, SCOPUS/ SCI/WOS/Q2. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2020.104246
Book Chapters
‘Investigation of impression creep deformation behaviour of boron modified P91 steel by high end characterization techniques’, Chapter 10, Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering : In Manufacturing Engineering, 2019, Springer, Singapore (pp. 137-150), ISBN:978-981-13-6287-3 (e-book). DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6287-3_10
‘Effect of re-normalzing and re-tempering on inter-critical heat affected zone(s) of P91B steel’, Chapter 20, Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering: In Manufacturing Engineering, 2020, Springer, Singapore (pp. 255-270), ISBN: 978-981-15-4619-8 (e-book). DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4619-8_20
Patents
NA
Awards & Achievements
Received best paper award (Sponsored by Springer, Paper ID - 35) at 6th International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE), June 8-10, 2019, NIT Jalandhar.
Received best paper award (Paper ID - ICSM-MEC-0003) at International Virtual Conference on Smart Advanced Material Science & Engineering Applications (3-5 December, 2020), IVCSAMSEA-2020, KL University, Guntur.
Worked at CSIR – National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur, India for Ph.D thesis research work on a Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), India Government assisted project (GAP-260, Toughness investigation of weld heat affected zones in SA 508 Class 3 and P91 steels) with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India as collaborators (Dec 2016 to June 2018).
Reviewer of 35 SCI/ SCIE/ WOS/ ESCI/ Scopus international and national journals of repute.