Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering
Email: madhumanti[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number: 9830189594
Personal Page: Under Construction
About Me: I am currently working as an Assistance Professor in the Department of Fuel, Minerals, and Metallurgical Engineering. My research area is structure-property correlation in ferrous system.
Research Interest: Physical Metallurgy Of Steel, Process-Structure-Property Correlation, Microstructural/ Grain Boundary Engineering, Thermo-mechanically Controlled Processing, Friction Stir Welding, Characterization, Stainless Steel, Repair and Reclamation.
Teaching:
1. Phase Transformation and Heat Treatment [FMC 206]
2. Characterization of Materials [FMO 541]
3. Advanced Phase Transformation [FMD 516]
4. Powder Metallurgy [FMD 401]
5. Introduction to Metallurgical Engineering [NFMC 101]
6. Stainless Steel Technology [MFMC 508]
7. Research Methodology [FMC 511]
8. Materials Characterization Lab [FMC 556/NFMC 521]
9. Introduction to Metallurgical Engineering Lab [NFMC 102]
1. Development of UG/PG lab for Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
2. Indenter of Alloy Development Facility
3. Design of UG/PG course on Stainless Steel Technology
4. Coordinator of collaboration with Jindal Stainless Academy
5. Co-PI of Centre for Advanced Microscopy for Reclamation and Alloy development (CAMRA)
1. JRF Co-ordinator, FMME
2. FIC Training and Internship, FMME
3. Warden, Ruby and Rosaline Hostel [2023-2025]
4. Member, Institute Anti-ragging Squad
Book Chapter:
Comparison of Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy Methods and Their Components, Madhumanti Bhattacharyya, Indrajit Charit, ASM International, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.pmamfa.t59400247.
Effect of Mn and C on grain growth in Mn steels, M Bhattacharyya, Brian Langelier, Gary R Purdy, Hatem S Zurob, Metall Mater Trans A 50, 905–914 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-5032-2.
Effect of solute Nb on grain growth in Fe-30 Pct Mn steel, M Bhattacharyya, Brian Langelier, Hatem S Zurob, Metall Mater Trans A 50, 3674–3682 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05273-2.
Austenite grain growth in high manganese steels,M Bhattacharyya, Yves Brechet, Gary R Purdy, Hatem S Zurob , Metall Mater Trans A 50, 5760–5766 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05460-1.
Pitting behavior of friction stir repair-welded 304L stainless steel in 3.5% NaCl solution at room temperature: role of grain and defect structures, Anirban Naskar, M Bhattacharyya, Krishnan S Raja, Indrajit Charit, Jens Darsell, Saumyadeep Jana, SN Appl. Sci. 2, 2164 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03935-0.
Processing-microstructure-property correlations for temperature-controlled friction stir welding of 304L SS plates, M Bhattacharyya, Arnab Kundu, Krishnan S Raja, Jens Darsell, Saumyadeep Jana, Indrajit Charit,Materials Science and Engineering: A, 804, 140635.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140635.
Friction stir processing of a high entropy alloy Fe42Co10Cr15Mn28Si5 with transformative characteristics: Microstructure and mechanical properties, Anumat Sittiho, M Bhattacharyya, Jadzia Graves, Saurabh S Nene, Rajiv S Mishra, Indrajit Charit, Materials Today Communications, 28, 102635,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102635.
Evaluation of residual stresses in isothermal friction stir welded 304L stainless steel plates, M Bhattacharyya, Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, Krishnan S Raja, Jens Darsell, Saumyadeep Jana, Indrajit Charit, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 826, 141982, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.141982.
Indentation investigation of 304L stainless steel friction stir weld simulated crack repair, Nicolene van Rooyen, M Bhattacharyya, Indrajit Charit, Michael R Maughan, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 836, 142691 ,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.142691.
Room temperature corrosion behaviour of plastically deformed AISI 304 stainless steel by friction stir welding in neutral and acidified chloride solutions, Anirban Naskar, M Bhattacharyya, Krishnan S Raja, Indrajit Charit, Jens Darsell, Saumyadeep Jana, Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, 57(7), 599-612.,https://doi.org/10.1080/1478422X.2022.2105682.
Chloride-Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking of Friction Stir-Welded 304L Stainless Steel: Effect of Microstructure and Temperature, Anirban Naskar, M Bhattacharyya, Saumyadeep Jana, Jens Darsell, Krishnan S Raja, Indrajit Charit, Crystals, 14(6), 556,https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14060556.
A Feasibility Study on Crack Repair in Austenitic Stainless Steel Dry Storage Canisters Using Isothermal Friction Stir Welding, M Bhattacharyya, Indrajit Charit, Krishnan Raja, Jens Darsell, Saumyadeep Jana, In Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, vol. 83815, p. V001T01A099. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2020-21716.
1. Performance Enhancement of Cr-Mn based Austenitic Stainless Steel to be a Potential Low-cost Alternative to 300-Series (Principal Investigator, DST-SERB, Project value: Rs. 34,10,000/-)
2. Austenite Stabilization in Mn-Si-Al based Q&P Steels through Chemistry and Partitioning Schedule Optimization (Principal Investigator, Tata Steel Ltd, Project value: Rs. 35,40,000/-)
3. Synthesis of Gas Atomized High Mn- High Cr Steel Powder for Cold Spray/Cladding Application in Reclamation of Slurry Handling Systems (Principal Investigator, CSIR, Project value: Rs. 15,00,000/-)
4. Design and Development of Abrasion Resistant Alloys for Sustainable Mining Operations (Co-Principal Investigator, CSIR, Project value: Rs. 15,00,000/-)
5. FIST Engineering Sciences Level B C or D - Project (Co-Principal Investigator, DST, Project value: Rs. 2,87,00,000/-)
Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals
Academic/Research:
1. Alloy Development Facility- Indenter of 100 Tonne Rolling Mill
2. JRF Co-ordinator, FMME
3. FIC Training and Internship, FMME
4. MoU signing co-ordinator - IIT Dhanbad and CSIR-NML
5. MoU signing co-ordinator - IIT Dhanbad and Jindal Stainless Ltd.
6. Represented IIT Dhanbad in I-STEM conclave 2023 at IISc Bangalore
Administrative:
Warden, Ruby and Rosaline Hostel [2023-2025]
Member, Institute Anti-ragging Squad
PhD:
1. Mr. Sunny Chakraborty [2022-ongoing]
2. Mr. Sumit Bag [2024-ongoing]
3. Mr. Soumyajit Das [2024-ongoing]
M. Tech:
1. Mr. Rajneesh Yadav [2020-2022] (Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Jodhpur)
2. Ms. Isha Bajpai [2022-2024] (Currently working at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur)
3. Mr. Vishal Jaswal [2023-2025]
4. Mr. Maroof Raja [2023-2025]
5. Mr. Subhadip Mandal [2024-ongoing]
6. Mr. Abhay Thakur [2024-ongoing]
Postdoctoral Fellow:
1. Dr. Navindra Shakunt
UG Students:
1. Mr. Banka Uday Kiran
2. Mr. Dhanit Guria (Currently working at Nouvelle Gabon Mining)
3. Ms. Aditi Raj (Currently working at Tata Steel Ltd)
4. Ms. Yasfin Saeed (Currently working at Flipkart)
5. Ms. Nidhi Sinha (Currently working at Tata Steel Ltd)
6. Mr. Shubham Vairagade (Currently working at Jindal Stainless Ltd)
7. Mr. Ambati Shashank (Currently working at Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel Ltd)
Summer interns:
1. Ms. Priya Kumari (Currently working at Jindal Stainless Ltd)
2. Ms. Kritikaa Ravi
3. Mr. Ankit Kumar
