Areas of Interest

• Physical Metallurgy, Advanced Materials Processing, Alloys Design & Development
• Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Phase Transformation, Indentation Behaviour
• Aluminum-based alloys, Steels, Copper and its alloys
• Nanostructured Materials, Metal Matrix Composites, Sustainable Materials
• High Entropy Alloys, Quasicrystals & Complex Metallic Alloys, Amorphous Materials

Education

• 2014-2020: Ph.D. (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Thesis: Studies on Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystalline and 6082 Al-alloy based Metal Matrix Composites; Grade: 9.75/10
Advisor(s): Prof. Nilay Krishna Mukhopadhyay & Prof. Kausik Chattopadhyay


• 2012-2014: M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Dissertation: Effect of Laser Shock Peening (LSP) and Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment (SMAT) on Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behavior of Interstitial Free Steel; Grade: 9.47/10
Advisor(s): Prof. Vakil Singh & Prof. Kausik Chattopadhyay


• 2006-2010: B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Grade: 9.05/10)

Teaching

• MML 202: Structure of Materials
• MMP 205: Principles of Extractive Metallurgy
• MMP 501: Characterization and Testing of Materials

Professional Experiences

• June 2024 to Present: Assistant Professor (Grade-II), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, India


• Sep 2022-June 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; Advisor: Prof. Eun Soo Park.


• April 2021-Sep 2022: Research Staff, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India; Advisor: Prof. Kausik Chattopadhyay.


• Feb 2020-Mar 2021: Project Associate, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India; Advisor: Prof. Joysurya Basu.


• July 2010-June 2011: Project Engineer, Rawan Cement Works, UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Group

Awards and Honours

• 2024: BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship of Korean Government at Seoul National University
• 2024: Global Postdoc Grant (~10 million KRW), Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• 2023: Young Scientists Award by International Union of Crystallography (ICQ15, Tel Aviv)
• 2023: Best poster award in Korea Institute of Metals and Metals 2023 spring conference
• 2023: Global Postdoc Grant (~6 million KRW), Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• 2022: BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• 2022: Global Postdoc Grant (~4 million KRW), Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
• 2021: Editor’s choice paper award for the month of January, 2021 (TansIIM, Springer)
• 2020: Best poster presentation in IWHEM 2020, March 07-08, 2020 at IIT Kanpur, India
• 2018: International Travel Support Grant from SERB for attending ISMANAM 2018 at Rome, Italy
• 2017: Certificate of Merit for poster presentation in EMSI-2017, July 17 – 19, 2017, Mahabalipuram, India
• 2016: Outstanding contribution in reviewing from Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier)
• 2014: IIT (BHU) Gold Medal for standing 1st in M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering)
• 2013: N Prasad memorial award from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India
• 2009: N.C.C ‘C’ certificate, National Cadet Corps, Ministry of Defense, Government of India
• 2008: N.C.C ‘B’ certificate, National Cadet Corps, Ministry of Defense, Government of India
• 2008: Best All-Rounder award from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

Selected list of Publications (Click here to visit Google Scholar)

• S Kumar, A Linda, Yagnesh Shadangi, V Jindal; Influence of micro-segregation on the microstructure, and microhardness of MoNbTaxTi(1-x)W refractory high entropy alloys: Experimental and DFT approach; Intermetallics, 164 (2024) 108080. Click here


• Yagnesh Shadangi, S Bhatt, P Pradhan, A Tiwari, A Tripathy, K Chattopadhyay, N K Mukhopadhyay; Structure, electrical and thermal transport properties of Sn reinforced Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline matrix composite prepared by mechanical milling and subsequent annealing; Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 960 (2023) 170586. Click here


• Yagnesh Shadangi, K Chattopadhyay, N K Mukhopadhyay; Powder metallurgical processing of Al matrix composite reinforced with AlSiCrMnFeNiCu high entropy alloys: Microstructure, Thermal stability, and Microhardness; Journal of Materials Research, 38 (1) (2023) 248-264. Click here


• H Jain, Yagnesh Shadangi, D Chakravarty, K Chattopadhyay, A K Dubey, N K Mukhopadhyay; Low-density Fe40Mn19Ni15Al15Si10C1 High Entropy Steel Processed by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering: Phase Evolution, Microstructure and Mechanical properties; Materials Science & Engineering A, 869 (2023) 144776. Click here

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