Prof. Animesh Mandal

Research Interests

Aluminium alloys; Magnesium alloys; Recycling of aluminium alloys; Metal Matrix Composites; Semisolid processing of metals; Tribology of metals

Professional Summary

Nov 2018 – present

Associate Professor, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Feb 2012 – Nov 2018
 

Assistant Professor, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Aug 2014 – Aug 2016

Head of School, School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Jul 2010 – Feb 2012

Visiting Faculty, School of Mechanical Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Sep 2009 – Jun 2010

Scientist (Fellow), Department of Advanced Materials Technology
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Apr 2007 – Jun 2009

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Metal Processing Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA

Publications

1Shristy Jha, A. Mandal, Prakash Srirangam, Optimization of Casting Process Parameters for Synthesis of Al-Nb-B Master Alloy, The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) (10.1007/s11837-018-3125-4)
2Shristy Jha, Sree Lakshmi Aditya G., A. Mandal, B.K. Dhindaw, Microstructural changes in hypoeutectic Al-Si alloys by low shear and vibration induced melt conditioning setup, Transaction of the Indian Institute of Metals, 71 (11), 2783–2787
3S. Sahoo, B. B. Jha, T.S. Mahata, J. Sharma, T. S. R. Ch. Murthy, A. Mandal, Impression creep behaviour of TiB2 particles reinforced steel matrix composites, Materials Science and Technology, 34 (2018) 1965-1975
4S. Sahoo, B. B. Jha, T. Sahoo, A. Mandal, Influence of Reinforcement and Processing on Steel-Based Composites: Microstructure and Mechanical Response, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 33(5) (2017) 564-571
5Sibani Mishra, Anil Chaubey, Animesh Mandal, Effect of heat treatment on microstructure of Mg-4Al-Nd alloys, MDPI (Technologies) 5 (23) (2017) 1-8
6James Mathew, A. Mandal, S. Deepak Kumar, S. Bajpai, M. Chakraborty, Prakash Srirangam, Effect of semi-solid forging on microstructure and mechanical properties of in-situ Al-Cu-TiB2 composites, Journal of Alloys and Compound 712 (2017) 460-467
7A. Kumar, K. Jayasankar, S. Pradhan, A. Mandal, Structural Investigations of Nanocrystalline Cu-Cr-Mo Alloy Prepared by High Energy Ball milling, Development of Cu-20 wt.% Mo alloy for high power microwave devices, Journal of Electronic Materials 46 (2017) 1339-1347
8S. Deepak Kumar, Pandu R. Vundavilli, A. Mandal, S. Mantry, M. Chakraborty, Erosion response of Thixoformed A356-5TiB2 in-situ composite using Taguchi’s Experimental Design, Tribology Transactions 60 (2017) 39-46
9James Mathew, A. Mandal, Jason Warnet, Mark Williams, M. Chakraborty, Prakash Srirangam, X-ray tomography studies on porosity and particle distribution in cast in-situ Al-Cu-TiB2 semi-solid forged composites, Materials Characterization 118 (2016) 57-64
10A. Kumar, K. Jayasankar, M. Debata, A. Mandal, Mechanical alloying and properties of immiscible Cu-20 wt.% Mo alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compound 647 (2015) 1040-1047
11S. Deepak Kumar, A. Mandal, M. Chakraborty, On the age hardening behavior of thixoformed A356-5TiB2 in-situ composite, Materials Science and Engineering A 636 (2015) 254-262
12S. Mantry, B. B. Jha, A. Mandal, D. K. Mishra, B. K. Mishra, M. Chakraborty, Influence of In-Flight Particle State Diagnostics on Properties of Plasma Sprayed YSZ-CeO2 Nano-composite Coatings, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 5(3) (2014) 207-216
13S. Mantry, B. B. Jha, A. Mandal, M. Chakraborty, B. K. Mishra, Abrasive Wear Analysis of Plasma Sprayed LaCeYSZ Nanocomposite Coatings using Experimental Design and ANN, (2014) Tribology Transactions, 57(5) (2014) 919-927
14S. Mantry, A. Mandal, D. K. Mishra, B. B. Jha, B. K. Mishra, M. Chakraborty, Microstructure and Thermal Characterization of Plasma Sprayed Nanostructured La2Ce2O7 Doped YSZ Coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 23(7) (2014) 1073-1080
15A. Mandal, N. Chippa, K. Jayasankar and P.S. Mukherjee, Effect of high magnesium content on microstructure of Al-7Si alloy, Materials Letters 117 (2014) 168-170
16S. Mantry, S. Mohapatra, S. Mohapatra, S.K.Singh, A. Mandal and A. Satapathy, Erosion behaviour of Glass-epoxy composites filled with SiC from bamboo leaf, International Polymer Processing 26 (2011) 164-172
·   A high throughput industrially scalable process for production of porous silicon powder from metallurgical grade Metal-Silicon alloys
Name of inventors: Mr. Anil D. Pathak, Dr. Kisor K. Sahu, Dr. Soobhankar Pati, Dr. Animesh Mandal
Patent application no. 201631017873, Date of filling – 24.05.2016
 
·   A vibrating inclined slope set-up for melt conditioning of alloys
Name of inventors: Dr. Brij Kumar Dhindaw, Mr. Nitin Gupta, Dr. Animesh Mandal
Patent application no 201831030977, Date of filling – 18.08.2018
§ PhD
1.  S.V.S.K. Deepak Kumar (2016) | Microstructure-property correlation in thixoformed A356-5wt%TiB2 in-situ composite
2.  Mihira Acharya (2014 – present) | Alternative refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
3.  Silani Sahoo (2014 – present) | Steel based composites reinforced with titanium diboride
4.  Manas Kumar Sahoo (2015 – present) – Low cost carbon foams
5.  Rahul Gope (2016 – present) | Aluminium alloys for elevated temperature applications 
 
§ MTech
1.    Mihira Acharya (2014) | Effect of inoculants on low shear behaviour of aluminium alloys
2.    Avanish Kumar (2015) | Synthesis of Copper based heat sink material by Powder Metallurgy (Co-supervisor – Dr. K. Jayasankar, CSIR-IMMT)
3.    Sibani Mishra (2015) | Microstructure-property correlations in Magnesium-Aluminium-Neodymium alloys (Co-supervisor – Dr. A.K. Chaubey, CSIR-IMMT)
4.    James Mathew (2016) | Studies on semisolid processed in-situ Al-4.5Cu-5TiB2 composite (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
5.    Shristy Jha (2017) | Development of Al-Nb-B based refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
6.    Susanta Kumar Nayak (2018) | Grain Refinement of Al-Si Alloys Using Al-5Nb-2B Master Alloy (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
7.    Biswarupa Samantaray (2018) | Remelting studies of hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
8.    G. Sree Lakshmi Aditya (2019) | Sustainable processing of Al based alloys for automotive applications with special reference to Vertical Twin roll Casting (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
9.    Dheeraj Kumar Saini (2020)| Aluminium-Cerium based alloys for elevated temperature applications
10.  Swati Singh (2020) | Vertical Twin roll casting and slope casting of aluminium alloys (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
 
§ BTech |Final Year Project
1.  Likhit Kumar (2018) | Predicting the mechanical properties of Al-SiC composites using FEM
2.  Pranjal Bangani (2019) | High temperature aluminium alloys
3.  Sampurna Borah (2020) | Development of wear resistant aluminium alloys
4. Chinmay Amit Gupta (2020) | Ageing studies of commercial aluminium alloys
§ PhD
1.  S.V.S.K. Deepak Kumar (2016) | Microstructure-property correlation in thixoformed A356-5wt%TiB2 in-situ composite
2.  Mihira Acharya (2014 – present) | Alternative refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
3.  Silani Sahoo (2014 – present) | Steel based composites reinforced with titanium diboride
4.  Manas Kumar Sahoo (2015 – present) – Low cost carbon foams
5.  Rahul Gope (2016 – present) | Aluminium alloys for elevated temperature applications 
 
§ MTech
1.    Mihira Acharya (2014) | Effect of inoculants on low shear behaviour of aluminium alloys
2.    Avanish Kumar (2015) | Synthesis of Copper based heat sink material by Powder Metallurgy (Co-supervisor – Dr. K. Jayasankar, CSIR-IMMT)
3.    Sibani Mishra (2015) | Microstructure-property correlations in Magnesium-Aluminium-Neodymium alloys (Co-supervisor – Dr. A.K. Chaubey, CSIR-IMMT)
4.    James Mathew (2016) | Studies on semisolid processed in-situ Al-4.5Cu-5TiB2 composite (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
5.    Shristy Jha (2017) | Development of Al-Nb-B based refiners for hypereutectic Al-Si alloys (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
6.    Susanta Kumar Nayak (2018) | Grain Refinement of Al-Si Alloys Using Al-5Nb-2B Master Alloy (Co-supervisor: Dr. P. Srirangam, WMG, University of Warwick, UK)
7.    Biswarupa Samantaray (2018) | Remelting studies of hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
8.    G. Sree Lakshmi Aditya (2019) | Sustainable processing of Al based alloys for automotive applications with special reference to Vertical Twin roll Casting (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
9.    Dheeraj Kumar Saini (2020)| Aluminium-Cerium based alloys for elevated temperature applications
10.  Swati Singh (2020) | Vertical Twin roll casting and slope casting of aluminium alloys (Co-supervisor: Prof. B. K. Dhindaw)
 
§ BTech |Final Year Project
1.  Likhit Kumar (2018) | Predicting the mechanical properties of Al-SiC composites using FEM
2.  Pranjal Bangani (2019) | High temperature aluminium alloys
3.  Sampurna Borah (2020) | Development of wear resistant aluminium alloys
4. Chinmay Amit Gupta (2020) | Ageing studies of commercial aluminium alloys