| Department | Metallurgical Engineering |
| Designation | Associate Professor |
| Educational Qualification | Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), M.E. (IIEST, formerly BESU), B.E. (IIEST, formerly BESU) |
| sdas.met@nitrr.ac.in, sanjeevdas80@gmail.com | |
| Contact Number | 09436735328 |
Dr. Sanjeev Das
Areas of Interest
Material Processing, Advanced Solidification and Casting Technology, Foundry, Physical Metallurgy, Material Characterization, Mechanical Testing of Materials, Tribology, Metal Matrix Composites, Nano Composites, Aluminium and Magnesium alloys.
Publications
Publications in International Journal
1. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Ageing behavior of Al-4.5wt%Cu matrix alloy reinforced with Al2O3 and ZrSiO4 particulate varying particle size” Journal of Materials Science Letters, 41 (2006) 5402-5406.
2. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Synthesis and characterization of zircon sand/Al-4.5wt%Cu composite produced by stir casting route” Journal of Materials Science, 41 (2006) 4668-4677.
3. Ashutosh Sharma, Sanjeev Das, "Study of age hardening behavior of Al-4.5 wt%Cu/zircon sand composite in different quenching media - A comparative study", Materials and Design, 30 (2009) 3900-3903.
4. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, Abrasive Wear behaviour of Al-4.5 wt% Cu / (zircon sand + silicon carbide) hybrid composite, “Journal of Composite Materials”, 43 (2009) 2665-2672.
5. Sanjeev Das, Effect of particle size and amount on corrosion behavior of Al4.5wt%Cu/zircon sand composite”, “Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology”, 45 (2009) 94-96.
6. J. B. Seol, Gil Ho Gu, Nam Suk Lim, Sanjeev Das, C. G. Park, Atomic scale investigation on the distribution of boron in medium carbon steels by Atom Probe Tomography and EELS,” Ultramicroscopy, 110 (2009) 783-788.
7. Sanjeev Das, J. B. Seol, Y.C. Kim, C.G. Park, “Structure and mechanical properties of NiCr alloys produced by Single Roll Strip Casting”, Materials and design, 31 (2010) 570-573.
8. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Lim, J. B. Seol, H.W. Kim, C.G. Park, “Effect of the rolling speed on microstructural and mechanical properties of aluminum-magnesium alloys prepared by twin roll casting”, Materials and Design, 31 (2010) 1 233-1638.
9. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Lim, H.W. Kim, C.G. Park, “Effect of heat treatment on microstructural and mechanical properties of twin roll casted Al-5.5Mg-0.02Ti alloys”, Materials and Design, 31 (2010) 3111 -3115.
10. Sanjeev Das, J. B. Seol, Y.C. Kim, C.G. Park, Microscopic analysis of Fe-Cr alloy produced by single roll strip casting Materials Science and Technology”, 27 (2011) 1461 -1464.
11. Sanjeev Das, J. B. Seol, Y.C. Kim, C.G. Park, Formation of NiO nanowires on the surface of nickel strips, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 505 (2010) L19-L21.
12. N.S. Lim, S. Das, S.Y. Park, M.C. Kim, C.G. Park, Fabrication and microstructural characterization of nano-structured WC/Co coatings, Surface and Coating Technology, 46 (2010) 430-435.
13. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Lim, H.W. Kim, C.G. Park, Effect of rolling speed on microstructure and agehardening behavior Al-Mg-Si alloy produced by twin roll casting process, Materials and Design, 32 (2011) 4603-4607.
14. N.S. Lim, Chan Woo Bang, Sanjeev Das, Hyun Woo Jin, Raghavan Ayer, Chan Gyung Park, Influence of tempering temperature on both the microstructural evolution and elemental distribution in AISI 4340 steels, Metals and Materials International, 18 (2012) 87-94.
15. Sanjeev Das, Leonardo Pelcastre, Jens Hardell, Braham Prakash, Effect of Static and Dynamic Ageing on Wear and Friction Behavior of Aluminum 6082 Alloy, Tribology International, 60 (2013) 1 -9.
16. Sanjeev Das, Shouxun Ji, Omer El Fakir, Liliang Wang, John Dear, Jianguo Lin, Ian Stone, Geoff Scamans, Zhongyun Fan, Melt Conditioned Twin Roll Casting (MC-TRC) of Thin Mg-Alloy Strips for Direct Stamping of Mg Components, Materials Science Forum, 765 (2013) 170-174.
17. Sanjeev Das, Nilam Barekar, Zhongyun Fan, Solidification Mechanism of the Melt Conditioned Twin Roll Cast Magnesium Alloy, Materials Science Forum, 790-791 (2014) 291 -295.
18. Nilam Barekar, Sanjeev Das, Zhongyun Fan, Microstructural Evaluation during Melt Conditioned Twin Roll Casting (MC-TRC) of Al-Mg Binary Alloys, Materials Science Forum, 790-791 (2014) 285-290.
19. O. El Fakir, S. Das, I. Stone, G. Scamans, Z. Fan, L. Wang, D. Balint, J. P. Dear, J. Lin, Solution heat treatment, forming and in-die quenching of a commercial sheet magnesium alloy into a complex-shaped component: experimentation and FE simulation, Key Engineering Materials, 622-623 (2014) 596-602.
20 . Nilam Barekar, Sanjeev Das, Zhongyun Fan, Melt conditioned twin roll casting (MC-TRC) for aluminium alloys, Materials Science Forum, 794-796 (2014) 1115-1120.
21. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Barekar, Omer El Fakir, Liliang Wang, A. K. Prasada Rao, J. B. Patel, H. R. Kotadia, A. Bhagurkar, John P. Dear, Z. Fan, Effect of melt conditioning on heat treatment and mechanical properties of AZ31 alloys produced by Twin Roll Casting, Materials Science and Engineering A, 620 (2014) 223-232.
22. Sanjeev Das, Nilam Barekar, Omer El Fakir, X Yang, John P Dear, Z Fan, Influence of intensive melt shearing on subsequent hot rolling and the mechanical properties of twin roll cast AZ31 strips, Materials Letters, 144(2015) 54-57.
23. Hajo Dieringa, Sanjeev Das, Dmitry G. Eskin, Zhongyun Fan, L. Katsarou, Manfred Horstmann, Gerrit Kurz, C.L. Mendis, Norbert Hort, Karl Ulrich Kainer, Twin-Roll Casting after Intensive Melt Shearing and Subsequent Rolling of an AM30 Magnesium Alloy with Addition of CaO and SiC, Materials Science Forum, 828-829 (2015) 35-40.
24. NS Barekar, S Das, X Yang, Y Huang, Omer El Fakir, AG Bhagurkar, L Zhou, Z Fan, The impact of melt conditioning on microstructure, texture and ductility of twin roll cast aluminium alloy strips, Materials Science and Engineering A, 650 (2016) 365–373.
25. S. Das, W.Q. Ain , A.Azhari, A.K. Prasada Rao, Temperature Gradient Field Theory of Nucleation, Materials Science and Engineering, 114 (2016) 1-8.
26. Xinliang Yang, Yan Huang, Nilam S. Barekar, Sanjeev Das, Ian C. Stone, Zhongyun Fan, High shear dispersion technology prior to twin roll casting for high performance magnesium/SiCp metal matrix composite strip fabrication, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 90 (2016) 349-358.
27. Ankush Nag, Prashant Kota, Nitish Agrawal, Ayushi Bhandari, Nikita Singh, Priyanka Ray, Pradhnya Patil, Sanjeev Das, An investigation of the cold rolled AZ31 alloy strip produced by MC-TRC process, Materials Letters 240 (2019) 295–298.
28. Abhinav Saxena, Martha Indriyati, Rajveer, Prasenjit Biswas, Hiren R.Kotadia & Sanjeev Das, Tribological behaviour of hot extruded Al–Cu–Mg–Ag alloy reinforced by TiB2 particles, Materials Science and Technology, 35 (2019) 953-961.
29. Prasenjit Biswas, Amrik Kundu, Hiren R. Kotadia, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Design and manufacturing of a novel continious casting technique for the addition of ceramic particulate reinforcement, alloying elements and grain refiners in Al-system, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 31 (2020) 342-350.
30. Akhya Kumar Behera, Alok Kumar patel, Rajat mehta, Samarjit Sarkar, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Exploration of in-house synthesized and functionalized graphene as reinforcement in cu-matrix for improved mechanical and anti corrosion properties, Dimond and Related Materials, 109 (2020) 108009.
31. Akhya Kumar Behera, Amlan Das, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Electrochemically functionalized graphene as an anti-corrosion reinforcement in Cu matrix composite thin films, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 28 (2021) 1525-1533.
32. Akhya Kumar behera, Ramkumar Chandran, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Wear performance and nanomechanical behavior of sonoelectroplated Cu-Graphene nanocomposite thin films, Journal of materials Engineering and Performance, 30 (2021) 1398-1410.
33. Arjun Kundu, Deepak Patel, Prasenjit Biswas, Shikhar Rajan, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Design of electromagnetic TP-1 test equipment to study the change in aluminium macrostructure under external field, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, 74 (2021) 1819-1826.
34. Deepak Patel, Amrik Kundu, Arjun Kundu, Prasenjit Biswas, Hiren R. Kotadia, Archana Mallik, SanjeevDas, In-house design of force convection direct chill casting simulator for casting immiscible Al-Sn alloys, International Journal of Cast metals Research, 34 (2021) 135-142.
35. Deepak Patel, Prasenjit Biswas, Anil Kumar, Hiren R. Kotadia, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, On the Prediction of Grain Refinement Mechanism in Direct Chill Casting of Aluminum and Its Alloys Under Low Degree Mechanical Forced Convection, Metals and Materials International, 28 (2022) 1741-1750.
36. P. Biswas, S. Mishra, M. Sahu, A. Mallik, S. Das, Simulation Based Optimization of Geometrical Factors and Process Parameters for a Continuous Caster to Fabricate Aluminum Based MMC, International Journal of Metal Casting, 16 (2022) 1758-1776.
37. Amlan Das, Deepak Kumar Sahu, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Electrophoresed graphene coatings for corrosion prevention: A review, Nano, 17 (2022) 1-15.
38. Arjun Kundu, Prasenjt Biswas, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Electromagnetic twin-roll casting of aluminium alloy sheets: An overview, Journal of the minerals, metals, and materials society JOM (TMS), (2022) 1-22.
39. Priti Singh, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, A detailed investigation on the phase transformation mechanism during electroplating of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 films on FTO-glass substrates, Solar Energy, 246 (2022) 189-202.
40. Arjun Kundu, Prasenjit Biswas, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Electromagnetic Twin-Roll Casting of Aluminium Alloy Sheets: An Overview, Journal of the minerals, metals, and materials society JOM (TMS), 74 (2022) 4876-4897.
41. Prasenjit Biswas, Deepak Patel, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Concept development, design and validation of a novel continuous casting equipment, World Journal of Engineering, doi.org/10.1108/WJE-09-2022-0378.
42. Deepak Patel, Prasenjit Biswas, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Synthesis of Al–Sn alloys by direct chill casting under the effect of mechanical stirring: an experimental and simulation optimization study, International Journal of Materials Research, 114 (2023) 377-388.
43. Priti Singh, Pundrikaksha Upadhyay, Ramkumar Chandran, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Surfactant assisted single step electrodeposition of CuInSe2 thin films with rich indium selenide surface over layer, International Journal of Materials Research, 114 (2023) 284-291.
44. Prasenjit Biswas, Deepak Patel, Amrik Kundu, Shashank Poddar, Arjun Kundu, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Production and characterization of Al–Cu binary alloy produced by using novel continuous casting process, International Journal of Materials Research, 114 (2023) 368-377.
45. Amlan Das, Deepak Kumar Sahu, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Enhancement of corrosion resistance by electrophoresed graphene obtained through ionic solution based electrochemical exfoliation, Diamond and Related Materials, 137 (2023) 110101.
46. Arjun Kundu, Prasenjit Biswas, Mrinal Sahu, Deepak Patel, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Effect of Electromagnetic Flow Direction on Grain Refinement of Al 2024 Alloy, Journal of the minerals, metals, and materials society JOM (TMS), 75 (2023) 2799-2817.
47. Bhavyan Sahayata, Sattwik Kumar Mahanta, Pundrikaksha Upadhyay, Rajath R Mendon, Anindya Basu, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, An approach to improve corrosion resistance in electro-galvanized Zn-Al composite coating by induced passivity, Materials Letters, 351 (2023) 135013.
48. P. Upadhyay, A. Nag, A Banerjee, Sanjeev Das, A. Mallik, A comparative study of pulse and DC electroplating of Zn onto mild steel for improved corrosion resistance, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-03108-8, (2023).
49. Arjun Kundu, Prasenjit Biswas, Deepak Patel, Jagadish Nayak, Rupesh Kumar Verma, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Effect of low degree electromagnetic field on solidification mechanism and mechanical properties of twin roll cast Al 7075 alloy, Journal of the minerals, metals, and materials society JOM (TMS), doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-06173-y, 2023.
50. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Amlan Das, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Synthesis and development of highly adhesive graphene coating to improve the corrosion resistance of Zn in aggressive environment, Carbon Letters, doi.org/10.1007/s42823-023-00623-y, 2023.
51. Sudeshna Parida, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, Application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to study the effect of temperature and ion concentration during electroplating of copper from an acidic bath, Transaction of the Indian Institute of Metals, (2024) 1-10, doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-03182-y.
52. Priti Singh, Sourav Mohanty, Sudeshna Parida, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, An electrochemical impedance study to analyse the phase transformation pattern and stability during electro-crystallization of CIGS photo-voltaic thin films, Solar Energy, 268 (2024) 112307.
53. Prasenjit Biswas, Deepak Patel, Archana Mallik, Sanjeev Das, Concept development, design and validation of a novel continious casting equipment, World journal of engineering, 21 (2024) 398-404.
Publication in National/International Conferences
54. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Recycling of Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite reinforced with Zircon Sand”, International Conference on Emerging trends in Material Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, ICME-2005, 13-14 June, 2005, India.
55. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Effect of particulate type (Al2O3 and ZrSiO4) on microstructure and aging behavior of Al-4.5wt%cu matrix composite synthesized by stir casting route”, NMD-ATM 2004, 350-351, 2004, India.
56. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Dry sliding wear behavior of zircon sand reinforced Al4.5wt% alloy matrix composites”, NMD-ATM 2005, 202-203, 2005, India.
57. Sanjeev Das, S. Das, K. Das, “Abrasive wear behavior of zircon and alumina reinforced Al-4.5 wt% Cu alloy matrix composites - a comparative study”, International conference on advance in materials and materials processing”, ICAMMP-2006, 3-5 Feb 2006, 163-171, India.
58. Ashutosh, Sanjeev Das, “Reclamation of aluminum alloy from aluminum metal matrix composite reinforced with zircon sand”, National conference on emerging trends in engineering materials, NCETEM 2007, 43, India.
59. Sanjeev Das, Ashutosh, S. Das, K. Das, Ageing behavior of Al-4.5wt%Cu/zircon sand reinforced composite quenched in different quenching media, NMD-ATM 2007, India.
60. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Lim, J. B. Seol, C.G. Park, “Effect of rolling speed on microstructural and mechanical property of aluminum-magnesium alloys prepared by twin roll casting” SCKIM, 2009, South Korea.
61. Sanjeev Das, J. B. Seol, Y.C. Kim, C.G. Park, “Structure and mechanical properties of Ni-Cr alloys produced by Single Roll Strip Casting”, KIMM2009FC, 2009, South Korea.
62. N.S. Lim, Sanjeev Das, S.I. Kim, C.G. Park, “Effects of Al on microstructure and phase transformation behaviour in C-Mn-Si-Al TRIP steels, FEMMS, 2009, 151, Japan.
63. Sanjeev Das, J. B. Seol, Y.C. Kim, C.G. Park, “Microscopic analysis of Ni-Cr alloys produced by Single Roll Strip Casting”, TMS 2010, 2010, 145, Seattle, USA.
64. Sanjeev Das, N. S. Lim, H.W. Kim, C.G. Park, “Effect of heat treatment on microstructural and mechanical properties of twin roll casted Al-5.5Mg-0.02Ti alloys”, KIMM2010, 2010, South Korea.
65. Sanjeev Das, Leonardo Pelcastre, Jens Hardell, Braham Prakash, Effect of Static and Dynamic Ageing on Wear and Friction Behavior of Aluminum 6082 Alloy, NordTrib 2012, 2012, Norway
66. Sanjeev Das, Shouxun Ji, Omer El Fakir, Liliang Wang, John Dear, Jianguo Lin, Ian Stone, Geoff Scamans, Zhongyun Fan, Melt Conditioned Twin Roll Casting (MC-TRC) of Thin Mg-Alloy Strips for Direct Stamping of Mg Components, LMT 2013, 2013, U.K.
67. Sanjeev Das, Zhongyun Fan, Solidification mechanism of the melt conditioned twin roll cast magnesium alloy, The 6th international conference on solidification and gravity 2013, 2013, Hungary.
68. Nilam Barekar, Sanjeev Das, Zhongyun Fan, Microstructural Evaluation during Melt Conditioned Twin Roll Casting (MC-TRC) of Al-Mg Binary Alloys, The 6th international conference on solidification and gravity 2013, 2013, Hungary.
69. Sanjeev Das, Zhongyun Fan, Twin Roll Casting of Melt Conditioned Magnesium Alloy, UK Manufacturing the Future 2013, UKMTF2013, 2013, U.K.
70. Xinliang Yang, Sanjeev Das, Jayesh B Patel, Ian C Stone and Zhongyun Fan, Development of the MC-TRC process for continuous casting of thin gauge Mg alloy strip, The 10th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications, 2015, 820-824, South Korea.
71. Prasenjit Biswas, Deepak Patel, Anil Kumar, Aaryan Bagani, Pranjal Soni, Hiren Kotadia, Sanjeev Das, MaterialsToday: Proceedings, 27 (2020) 2880-2885.
72. Sudeshna Parida, Sanjeev Das, Archana Mallik, An experimental study of copper electroplating by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) at room temperature, Materials Today: Proceedings, doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.596
Keynote speaker/Invited talks/Guest lectures
1. Guest Lecture on “Advances in casting and manufacturing technologies” at WMG, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, June 2019.
2. Guest Lecture on “Advanced forced convection casting technologies” at Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom, June 2019.
3. Keynote speaker on “Advanced metal casting technologies”, in Engineering Week 20th to 27th September 2019 at the College of Engineering Campus, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Mexico.
4. Invited talk on “Liquid metal engineering”, in EDGE 2.0 at Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India, 2021.
5. Invited talk on “Design and Manufacturing of Force Convection Casting Technologies for producing high quality Aluminum and Magnesium alloys” in International Conference ICPCM 2021, NIT Rourkela, India.
6. Invited Lecture on "Advanced Metal Casting Technologies; From Research to Spinouts" IIT Kharagpur (IIM Kharagpur Chapter) 2024, West Bengal, India.
Other Info.
Research Projects
1. Synthesis and characterization of graphene reinforced nanocomposites by continuous melt processing technique, SERB-DST, Fund amount 29,81,132.00, 2022
2. Identifying the basis of Dross Generation in the molten Al-Si Aluminum Alloy, BALCO Korba, Fund amount INR 5,00,000.00, 2019.
3. Development of Sustainable Metal Casting Technology for Low Greenhouse Emissions, Royal Academy of Engineering UK, Fund amount GBP 50,000 (INR 45,00,000), 2018.
4. Improving the Strength of Aluminum 6082 (T6) Alloy by suitable Age-hardening Treatment, Cold Forge, Haryana, India, Fund amount INR 4,30,000, 2016.
5. Synthesis and characterization of aluminum metal matrix hybrid composite reinforced with graphite/silicon carbide/zircon sand for automobile industries, DST (Department of Science and Technology), India, Fund amount INR 17,00,000, 2007.
Industrial Consultancy
1. Microstructural analysis of continious cast rods, Vedanta Limited, Smelter - 1 Plant, Aluminium & Power, Jharsuguda, Amount INR 277300.
Patents
1. A novel apparatus to continuously cast particulate reinforced metal matrix composite (MMC) (either ex-situ or in-situ) and to introduce grain refiner/modifiers effectively in any alloy system. India Patent, Application No: 201924004454, Reference No: R20192003459. Applied 2019, Awarded 2024, Patent No. 488531.
2. Semi-continious vertical direct chill casting simulator, Indian Patent, Application No. 366792-001, Awarded, 2022.
3. 3D Printing machine by using liquid state bottom-feeding technology, Indian Patent, Application No. 387594-001, Awarded, 2023
4. Low-degree electromagnetic twin roll casting machine, Indian Patent, Application No. 387595-001, Awarded, 2023
5. A laboratory-scale direct chill casting simulator for non-ferrous metas and alloys, Indian Patent, Application No. 202321014846, Published, 2023.
6. Forced convection continuous caster for rod mills, Indian Patent, Application No. 395023-001, Awarded, 2023.
Industrial Research Collaborations
1. Cold Forge India Private Limited, Faridabad, Haryana
2. Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Jharsuguda, Orissa
3. BALCO, Korba, Chhattisgarh
International Research Collaboration
1. WMG, University of Warwick, UK.
2. Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
National Research Collaboration
1. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India
PhD Thesis supervised
1.) Dr. Prasenjit Biswas
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Raipur
Thesis title: Design, simulation, and manufacturing of a novel continuous casting equipment for fabrications Al based materials.
Year of Degree Award: 2022
2.) Dr. Deepak Patel
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Raipur
Thesis title: Designing and manufacturing of mechanical force convection direct chill (MFC-DC) caster for the synthesis of self-lubricating Al-Sn bearing alloy.
Year of Degree Award: 2022
Professional Experience
LiME Research Fellow (Feb, 2012 – Jan, 2015)
BCAST, Brunel Center of Advance Solidification Technology, Brunel University,London, United Kingdom
Post Doctoral Fellow (Jan, 2011 – Jan, 2012)
Division of Machine Elements, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Research Professor (Oct, 2008 – Jan, 2011)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
Lecturer (July, 2006 – Sept, 2008)
School of Physics and Material Sciences, Thapar University, Patiala, India