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

Academic
  • Total academic experience is of 2.5 years.  

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/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.     

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

  • 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.