Dr. Prabhat Chand Yadav
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Physical metallurgy, Severe plastic deformation, Microstructural evolution, Tribology, Mechanical behaviour of materials, Grain boundary engineering, High-speed imaging
prabhatchand.yadav@thapar.edu
Specialization
Physical metallurgy, Severe plastic deformation, Microstructural evolution, Tribology, Mechanical behaviour of materials, Grain boundary engineering, High-speed imaging
Biography
Dr. Prabhat Chand Yadav is an enthusiastic and active researcher in the area of Physical metallurgy, Severe plastic deformation, Mechanical behaviour of materials, Microstructural evolution, Material characterization, Tribology of material and micro‑deformation mechanism. He has more than 10 years of research experience in electron microscopy. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UPTU 2011, master’s degree in the field of tribology from IIT Roorkee in 2013 and doctoral degree in the field of severe plastic deformation techniques from IIT Kanpur in 2021. Since 2021, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. Dr. Yadav visited School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, USA for one year in 2019 to do research in the field of micro-deformation mechanism investigation through particle image velocimetry technique. He was selected for Overseas Visiting Doctoral fellowship and Young Scientist award funded by SERB-DST, India. Dr. Yadav was also got an opportunity to work as post-doctoral fellow in University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2020. He is involved in several national and international collaborations and published many journal and international conference publications.
Academic Profile
- PhD. in Severe plastic deformation (SPD), IIT Kanpur
- 2013 – 2021
- M.Tech. in Tribology of advanced cermet system, IIT Roorkee
- 2011 – 2013
- B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, UPTU Lucknow
- 2007 – 2011
Teaching and Work Experience
- Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
- July 2021 – Till Date
- Senior Student Project Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
- January 2021 – March 2021
- Overseas Visiting Doctoral fellow, Purdue University, USA
- January 2019 – December 2019
- Section Editor, VW Applied Science Journal
- July 2019 – Till Date
- Visiting Researcher, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
- August 2016 – August 2016
- Assistant Engineer, Proposal department, Cheema boilers Ltd. Mohali, Punjab
- June 2011 – July 2011
Research Interests
- Severe plastic deformation techniques
- Thermo-mechanical processing
- Mechanical behaviour of materials
- Tribology of material
- Material characterization
- Particle image velocimetry (PIV) analysis
- Electron microscopy (EBSD and TEM)
- Grain boundary engineering (GBE)
- Structure - Property Correlations
- Advanced Manufacturing
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
- Electron Microscope Society of India, Life member
- International Association of Engineers, Life member
- Indian Institute of Metals, Active member
Publications and other Research Outputs
SCI 07, Non-SCI 08, Conference Papers 1
Journal Papers: SCI/SCIE
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Arush Sinhal, Sandeep Sahu, Abir Roy and Shashank Shekhar, "Microstructural Inhomogeneity in Constrained Groove Pressed Cu-Zn Alloy Sheet" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 25, no. 7 (2016): 2604-2614. (SCI, Impact Factor: 1.81)
- Sandeep Sahu, Prabhat Chand Yadav, and Shashank Shekhar, "Use of Hot Rolling for Generating Low Deviation Twins and a Disconnected Random Boundary Network in Inconel 600 Alloy" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions: A (2017): 1-16. (SCI, Impact Factor: 2.56)
- Shadab Ahmad, Swati Gangwar, Prabhat Chand Yadav and D. K. Singh, "Optimization of process parameters affecting surface roughness in magnetic abrasive finishing process" Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2017): 1-7. (SCI, Impact Factor: 4.62)
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandeep Sahu, Anandh Subramaniam and Shashank Shekhar, "Effect of heat-treatment on microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior of severely deformed Inconel 718" Materials Science and Engineering: A (2018). (SCI, Impact Factor: 5.23)
- Raghubeer Singh Bangari, Sandeep Sahu, and Prabhat Chand Yadav, "Comparative evaluation of hot corrosion resistance of nanostructured AlCrN and TiAlN coatings on cobalt-based superalloys" Journal of Materials Research (2018): 1023-1031. (SCI, Impact Factor: 2.50)
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Nitin Kumar Sharma, Sandeep Sahu and Shashank Shekhar, "Influence of Short heat-treatment on Microstructural and Mechanical Inhomogeneity of Constrained Groove Pressed Cu-Zn alloy" Materials Chemistry and Physics (2019): 238 121912. (SCI, Impact Factor: 4.09)
- Swati Gangwar, Amar Patnaik, Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandeep Sahu and I.K. Bhat, “Development and properties evaluation of marble dust reinforced ZA-27 alloy composites for ball bearing applications” Materials Research Express (2019):6(7) 076525. (SCI, Impact Factor: 1.62)
Journal Publications: Non-SCI
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandan Sharma and B V Manoj Kumar, “Effect of linear velocity on sliding wear behavior of TiCN based cermets” Materials Today: Proceedings (2017) PII: S2214-7853(18)30825-3. (SCOPUS)
- Sandeep Sahu, Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, "Fractal Analysis as Applied to Fractography in Ferritic Stainless Steel" Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 6, no. 6 (2017): 598-609. (SCOPUS)
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Enhanced Strength of Inconel 718 by High Rate Severe Plastic Deformation” Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Superalloy 718 & Derivatives: Energy, Aerospace, and Industrial Applications (2018) 541-552. (SCOPUS)
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandeep Sahu and Shashank Shekhar, "Modeling and Verification of Temperature Rise during Machining" Journal of the Chinese Advanced Materials Society (2018): 817-826. (SCOPUS)
- Swati Gangwar, Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Prabhat Chand Yadav and Sandeep Sahu ”Physical, Mechanical, and Tribological Properties of Industrial Waste Fly Ash Reinforced AA5083 Composites Fabricated by Stir Casting Process”. Journal of Bio- and Tribo- Corrosion (2021): 7, 127. (SCOPUS)
Conference Papers
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Effect of heat-treatment on microstructural inhomogeneity of constrained groove pressed Cu-Zn alloy” Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Conference (2015) 771-779.
Conference Papers Presentation/Participation
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and B.V.Manoj Kumar, “Sliding Wear properties of advanced cermet system” WCSET, (2013) Gitam University Hyderabad, India.
- Piyush Priyadarshi, Prabhat Chand Yadav and Mukesh Bhardwaj, “Pulse frequency effect on microhardness and wear resistance of electrodeposited Ni-SiC composite coatings” WCSET, (2013) Gitam University Hyderabad, India.
- Piyush Priyadarshi, Prabhat Chand Yadav and Mukesh Bhardwaj, “Square pulse current electrodeposition effect on wear rate and hardness” IWCEM (2013) Pune, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Study of Mechanical Properties of Constrained Groove Pressed Cu-Zn alloy” NMD ATM, (2014)COEP Pune, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Improvement in Mechanical Properties during Constrained Groove Pressing Process of Cu-Zn alloy” RSD, (2015) IIT Kanpur, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Effect of heat-treatment on microstructural inhomogeneity of constrained groove pressed Cu-Zn alloy” Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Conference Proceedings, (2015) Pittsburgh, USA.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Modulating microstructure of nano-structured Inconel 718 by thermal treatment” ICMST, (2016) Kerala, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Microstructural Engineering of Inconel 718 by thermo-mechanical processing” IAMS, (2016) Shanghai, China.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Effect of Pre and Post heat-treatment on microstructural changes of nanostructured Inconel 718 alloy” NMD ATM, (2016) IIT Kanpur, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Anandh Subramaniam and Shashank Shekhar, “Microstructural and Tribological Characterization of nanostructured Inconel 718 Alloy” MSE691A, (2016) MSE IIT Kanpur, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Tribological behavior of thermally processed SS 316L in Sensitization temperature zone” ICME, (2017) IIT Kanpur, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Modulating microstructure of severely deformed Inconel 718 by thermal treatment” NMD ATM, (2017) Goa, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandan Sharma and B V Manoj Kumar, “Effect of linear velocity on sliding wear behavior of TiCN based cermets” AMPCO, (2017) IIT Roorkee.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Thermally stable nanostructured Inconel 718 alloy prepared by high rate severe plastic deformation process” EMSI, (2017) Mahabalipuram, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Sensitization effect on wear behaviour of thermally processed SS316L” Asia Steels, (2018) Bhuvneshwar, India.
- Prabhat Chand Yadav and Shashank Shekhar, “Enhanced strength of Inconel 718 by high rate severe plastic deformation” Superalloy 718 and Its Derivative, (2018) Pittsburgh, USA.
Ongoing Research Collaborations
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S. No. |
Name of Collaborative Agency |
Area |
Person |
Research Outcomes |
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1. |
Purdue University, USA |
Manufacturing, Materials Processing, Microsystems Technology, Nanostructured Materials |
Prof. Srinivasan Chandrasekar at School of Industrial Engineering |
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2. |
IIT Kanpur, India |
Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical behaviour of material |
Dr. Shashank Shekhar Associate Professor at Department of Material Science and Engineering |
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3. |
IIT Kanpur, India |
Finite element method |
Prof. Anandh Subramaniam Professor at Department of Material Science and Engineering |
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4. |
IIT Roorkee, India |
Tribology of material |
Dr. B. V. Manoj Kumar Associate Professor at Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering |
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5. |
IIT BHU, India |
Texture of material, Simulation of for deformation of material |
Dr. Nikhil Kumar Assistant Professor |
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6. |
NSUT, New Delhi, India |
Composite materials, Tribology and Materials characterizations |
Dr. Swati Gangwar Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering at NSUT New Delhi
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7. |
University of Southampton, UK |
Grain Boundary Engineering, Additive manufacturing |
Dr. Sandeep Sahu Newton International Fellow at Department of Mechanical Engineering |
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Courses of Interest
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Material characterization
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Metal Cutting & Metal Forming
- Mechanical behaviour of Materials
- Powerplant Engineering
- Refrigeration and Air conditioning
Invited Talks
- Invited talk on High rate severe plastic deformation at Superalloy 718 and Its Derivative, 2018, USA
- Invited talk on Sliding wear of TiCN based cermets at AMPCO, 2017, IIT Roorkee, India
- Invited Talk on Microstructural Engineering of Inconel 718 alloy at International Symposium on Advanced Manufacturing, 2016, Shanghai, China
- Invited talk on Modulating microstructure of nano-structured Inconel 718 ICMST, 2016 Kerala, India
- Invited talk on Aging behaviour of nano-structured Inconel 718 alloy at NMD ATM, 2016, IIT Kanpur, India
- Invited talk on Microstructural inhomogeneity in Cu-Zn alloy at Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) Conference Proceedings, 2015, USA
- Invited Talk on Advance Cermet system at WCSET, 2013, Gitam University Hyderabad, India
Reviewer
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier
- Journal of Engineering Reports, Wiley Online Library
Professional Responsibilities
- Member of Organizing Team, NMD-ATM 2016, IIT Kanpur
- Member of Organizing Team, ICME 2016, IIT Kanpur
- Member of Organizing Team, RSD-2016, MSE IIT Kanpur
- President, Indian Institute of Metals 2014, IIM Kanpur Chapter
- Member of Organizing Team, AM&M 2014, ARAI Pune
- Member of Organizing Team, 48th INTER IIT Sports Meet 2012, IIT Roorkee
- Member of Organizing Team, AMPCO 2012, IIT Roorkee
- Member of Organizing Team, ZEST 2008, SRMSCET, Bareilly
Foreign Visits
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S. No. |
Country |
University |
Year |
Contacted Person |
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1. |
USA |
Purdue University, West Lafayette |
2019 |
Prof. Srinivasan Chandrasekar |
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2. |
China |
Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing |
2016 |
Dr. Sankalp Goel |
Awards and Honours
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2020
- Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, SERB-DST, India, 2019
- Young Scientist Award, SERB-DST, India, 2018
- Institute Travel Grant, IIT Kanpur, 2016
- MHRD Fellowship for PhD. MHRD, India, 2013
- MHRD Fellowship for M.Tech. MHRD, India, 2011
- State government (UP) scholarship at graduation level, 2007-2011