Shashank Shekhar

PhD, Purdue University, US

Last Updated:

Sep 18th, 2020

Dr. Shashank Shekhar

Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engg.
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur, U.P., 208016
Ph: +91-512-259-(6528)
Email: shashank[at]iitk.ac.in

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Publications and Presentations

PUBLICATIONS


Published and Accepted papers in peer-reviewed Journals

2020

A48. N. K. Sharma, S. Shekhar , "New perspectives on twinning events during strain-induced grain boundary migration (SIBM) in iteratively processed 316L stainless steel", J Mater Sci (2020) DOI: 10.1007/s10853-020-05240-y.

A47. A. Shirale, S. Sahu, S. Patel, J. Ramkumar, S. Shekhar , "An analytical modeling of cutting forces in orthogonal elliptical vibration cutting", Accepted in Journal of Micromanufacturing (2020)

A46. P. Setia, A. Anand, T. Venkateswaran, K. Thomas Tharian, S. S. Singh, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar , "Effect of Heat Treatment on the microstructure evolution and sensitization behavior of high-silicon stainless steel", J of Mater Eng and Per (2020) DOI 10.1007/s11665-020-05060-w

A45. Eshan Saraswat, H.S. Maharana, S.V.S. Narayana Murty, S. Shekhar , K. K. Kar, J. Ramkumar, K. Mondal, "Fabrication of Al-Si controlled expansion alloys by unique combination of pressureless sintering and hot forging", Accepted in Advanced Powder Technology, 31 (2020) 2820-2832.

A44. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar , "New insights into the evolution of twin boundaries during recrystallization and grain growth of low-SFE FCC alloys", Materials Char, 159 (2020) 110015

2019

A43. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar , K. Yagi, K. Ameyama, K. Mondal, "Corrosion behavior of harmonic structured 316L stainless steel in 3.5% NaCl and Simulated Body Fluid Solution", J Mater Eng Perf, 28 (2019) 7554-7564.

A42. P.K. Rai,  S. Shekhar , K. Yagi, K. Ameyama, K. Mondal, "Fretting wear mechanism for harmonic, non-harmonic and conventional 316L stainless steels", Wear, 424-425 (2019) 23-32.

A41. S. Sahu, N.K. Sharma, S.K. Patel, K. Mondal,  S. Shekhar  , " The effect of grain boundary structure on sensitization behavior in a Nickel-based superalloy" J Mater Sci, 54 (2) (2019) 1797-1818.

A40. P.C. Yadav, N.K. Sharma, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar , "Influence of short heat-treatment on microstructural and mechanical inhomogeneity of constrained groove pressed Cu-Zn alloy", Materials Chemistry and Physics, 238 (2019) 121912.

2018

A39. P.C. Yadav, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar , "Modeling and Verification of Temperature rise during Machining", Journal of the Chinese Advanced Materials Society 6 (4) (2018) 817-826.

A38. A. Haque, S. Shekhar , S.V.S. Naryana Murty, J. Ramkumar, K. Kar, K. Mondal, "Controlled expansion Al-Si composites fabricated via Conventional Pressureless Sintering and SPS", APT, 29(12)(2018)3427-3439.

A37. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar , K. Mondal, "Effects of grain size gradients on the fretting wear of a specially-processed low carbon steel against AISI E52100 bearing steel" Wear 412-413 (2018) 1-13.

A36. S. Abolghasem, S. Basu, S. Shekhar , M.R. Shankar, "Mapping dislocation densities resulting from severe plastic deformation using large strain machining" 33(22) (2018) 3762-3773.

A35. S. Sahu, P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Use of hot rolling for generating low deviation twins and a disconnected random boundary network in Inconel 600 Alloy," Met. & Mat. Trans A 49 (2) (2018), 628-643.

A34. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Deconvoluting error in measurement of low angle misorientation distribution," Micron, 107 (2018) 28-34.

A33. P.C. Yadav, S. Sahu, A. Subramaniam, S. Shekhar, "Effect of heat-treatment on microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior of severely deformed Inconel 718," MSE-A, 715 (2018) 295-306

A32. B. Sengupta, S. Shekhar, K. Kulkarni, "A novel concept for alloy design based on diffusional and thermodynamic interactions in multicomponent systems" Philosophical Magazine Letters, 98(2) (2018) 71-78.

A31. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, K. Mondal, "Development of gradient microstructure in mild steel and grain size dependence of its electrochemical response," Corrosion Science, 138 (2018) 85-95.

A30. R. S. Sandilya V., P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, S. Sangal, K. Mondal, "A novel method for fabricating multilayered steels," J. Mtls. Proc. Tech. 254 (2018) 38-51

2017

A29. S. Sahu, P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Fractal analysis as applied to fractography in ferritic stainless steel," Metal, Micro. And Anal. 6(6) (2017) 598-609.

A28. P. Kumar, S. Khara, S. Shekhar, K. Mondal, "Very hard corrosion-resistant roll-bonded Cr coating on mild steel in presence of graphite," J. Mtls. Engg. Perf. 26(12) (2017) 5885-5896.

A27. B. Sengupta, S. Shekhar, K.N. Kulkarni, "A novel ultra-high strength and low-cost as-cast titanium alloy," MSE-A 696 (2017) 478-481.

A26. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, M. Nakatani, M. Ota, S.K. Vajpai, K. Ameyama, K. Mondal, "Wear Behavior of Harmonic Structured 304L Stainless Steel," J. Mtls. Engg. Perf. 26 (6) (2017), 2608-2618.

A25. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Cut-off deviation for CSL boundaries in recrystallized face-centered cubic materials," Phil. Mag. 97 (23) (2017) 2004-2017.

A24. R. Joham, N.K. Sharma, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar, "Low temperature cross-rolling to modify grain boundary character distribution and its effect on sensitization of SS304," J. Mtls. Proc. Tech. 240 (2017) 324-331.

A23. S. Choudhary, V. Nanda, S. Shekhar, A. Garg, K. Mondal, "Effect of Microstructural Anisotropy on the Electrochemical Behavior of Rolled Mild Steel," J. Mtls. Engg. Perf. 26 (1) (2017), 185-194.

A22. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Microstructure and Property Evolution for Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled Austenitic Stainless Steel 316L," Transactions of IIM 70 (5) (2017) 1277-1284.

2016

A21. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "User-independent EBSD parameters to study the progress of recovery and recrystallization in Cu-Zn alloy during in-situ heating" J. Microscopy 264 (3) (2016), 362-369.

A20. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, M. Nakatani, M. Ota, S.K. Vajpai, K. Ameyama, K. Mondal, "Effect of Harmonic Microstructure on the Corrosion Behavior of SUS304L Austenitic Stainless Steel," Met & Mat. Trans A 47 (12) (2016), 6259-6269.

A19. P.C. Yadav, A. Sinhal, A. Roy, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Microstructural Inhomogeneity in Constrained Groove Prssed Cu-Zn Alloy Sheet" J. Mtls. Engg. Perf. 25 (7) (2016), 2604-2614.

A18. A. Vaid, K. Mittal, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Controlled Evolution of Coincidence Site Lattice Related Grain Boundaries", Transactions of IIM 69 (9) (2016), 1745-1753.

2015 and earlier

A17. M. Prakash, A.P. Moon, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Machining Configurations on the Electrochemical Response of Mild Steel in 3.5% NaCl Solution", J. Mtls Engg. Perf. 24(9) (2015) 3643-3650.

A16. P. Majumdar, S. Shekhar, K. Mondal, "Effect of Machining Parameters on Oxidation Behavior of Mild Steel", J. Mtls. Engg. and Perf. 24 (2015) 484-498.

A15. K. Sikdar, S. Shekhar, K. Balani, "Fretting Wear of Mg-Li-Al Alloys", Wear 318 (2014), 177-187.

A14. M. Prakash, S. Shekhar, A.P. Moon, K. Mondal, "Effect of Machining Configuration on the Corrosion of Mild Steel", J. Mtls. Proc. Tech. 219 (2014) 70-83.

A13. M.B. Perry, J.P. Kharoufeh, S. Shekhar, J. Cai, M.R. Shankar, "Statistical Characterization of Nanostructured Materials from Severe Plastic Deformation in Machining," IIE Transactions, 44, 7 (2012), 534-550.

A12. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, S. Basu, S. Abolghasem, and M.R. Shankar, "Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation in Machining Elucidated via Rate-Strain-Microstructure (RSM) Mappings," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 134 (2012) 031008.

A11. S. Abolghasem, S. Basu, S. Shekhar, J. Cai, M.R. Shankar, "Mapping Microstructures from Severe Plastic Deformation in Machining" Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institute/Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI/SME), 40 (2012) 406-413.

A10. S. Abolghasem, S. Basu, S. Shekhar, J. Cai, M.R. Shankar, "Mapping Subgrain Sizes Resulting from Severe Simple Shear Deformation," Acta Met. 60 (2012) 376-386.

A9. S. Shekhar, S. Abolghashem, S. Basu, J. Cai, M. Ravi Shankar, "Interactive Effects of Strain, Strain-rate and Temperature on Microstructure Evolution in High Rate Severe Plastic Deformation", Materials Science Forum 1517 (702-703) (2012) 139-142

A8. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, S. Basu, S. Abolghasem, and M.R. Shankar, "Effect of Strain-rate in Severe Plastic Deformation on Microstructure Refinement and Stored Energies," J. Mater. Res. 26 (2011) 395-406.

A7. S. Shekhar, S. Abolghasem, S. Basu, J. Cai and M.R. Shankar, "Generating Micro and sub-Micro Scale Surface Features using Modulated Machining in Compliant Systems," Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institute/Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI/SME), 38 (2010) 299-306.

A6. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, J. Wang and M. R. Shankar, "Multimodal Ultrafine Grain Size Distributions from Severe Plastic Deformation at High Strain Rates," Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (2009) 187-191.

A5. J. Cai, S. Shekhar, J. Wang and M. Ravi Shankar, "Nanotwinned microstructures from low SFE brass by HRSPD," Scripta Materialia, 60 (2009) 599-602.

A4. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, S. Lee, J. Wang and M. R. Shankar, "How Strains and Strain-Rates are Accommodated by Dislocations and Twins During Chip Formation by Machining," Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institute/Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI/SME), 37 (2009) 637-644.

A3. S. Shekhar, Alexander H. King, "Strain Fields and Energies of Grain Boundary Triple Junction," Acta Materialia, 56 (2008) 5728-5736.

A2. Alexander H. King, S. Shekhar, "What Does it Mean to be Special? The Significance and Application of the Brandon Criterion", Journal of Materials Science, 41 (2006) 7625-7682.

A1. R. Kremer, R. Narayanan, S. Shekhar and Alexander H. King, "On the Design of Controlled Tricrystal Specimens for the Systematic Investigation of Static Grain Boundary Triple Junction Properties," J. of Materials Science, 40 (2005) 2795-2802.



Published and accepted in peer-reviewed conference proceedings
    B13. Durjyodhan Sethi, Uttam Acharya, Tanmoy Medhi, S. Shekhar, Barnik Saha Roy, "Microstructural and mechanical property of friction stir welded Al7075/ TiB2 aluminium matrix composite," Materials Today Proceedings (2020) DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.198.

    B12. Durjyodhan Sethi, Sanjeev Kumar, Smrity Choudhury, S. Shekhar, Barnik Saha Roy, " Synthesis and characterization of AA7075/TiB2 aluminum matrix composite formed through stir cast method", Materials Today Proceedings, 26 (2020) p. 1908-1913.

    B11. P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Enhanced strength of Inconel 718 by high rate severe plastic deformation," Proceedngs of 2018 Superalloy 718 & Derivatives: Energy, Aerospace, and Industrial Applications.

    B10. G. Mani Ratnam, Manish Prakash, K. Mondal, S. Shekhar, "Machining as a Thermomechanical process to Modulate functional and Mechancial Behavior of Steel", SimPro 2016, RDCIS, Ranchi.

    B9. P K Ajeet Babu, M R Saraf, Suraj Mani Chaurasiya, Suhail M Mulla, S. Shekhar, K. Kulkarni, "Forging of Lightweight shaft and the assessment of Residual Stresses on the Forged Parts", SimPro 2016, RDCIS, Ranchi.

    B8. M. Verma, S. Shekhar, "Machining as a Thermomechanical Processing Technique and its Application for Surface Modification of Stainless Steel 316L" Proceedings of Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics (INCAM) (2016).

    B7. Sandeep Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Evolution of CSL Boundaries in Nickel Alloy by Iterative and Non-iterative thermomechanical Processing", MS&T 2015.

    B6. Prabhat Chand Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Effect of heat treatment on microstructural inhomogeneity of Constrained Groove Pressed Cu-Zn alloy", MS&T 2015.

    B5. Nitin Kumar Sharma, S. Shekhar, "In-situ study of Deviation of S3 Coincident Site Lattice Boundaries during Recrystallization of Cu-Zn Alloy", MS&T 2015.

    B4. Miral Verma, S. Shekhar, "Machining as a Thermomechanical process and its Application for Surface Modification of Stainless Steel 316L" July 2015, INCAM, IIT Delhi.

    B3. Abir Roy, Abhishek Kumar, S. Shekhar, "Mechanical behavior of Al 5083 processed by Constrained Groove Pressing", National Conference on Product Design and Manufacturing (NCPDM 2015)

    B2. Abir Roy, Abhishek Kumar, S. Shekhar, "Corrosion behavior of severely deformed Al 5083", Conference on Advance Materials and Processing (CAMP-2015)

    B1. S. Shekhar, Alexander H. King, "Read-Shockley Grain Boundaries and the Herring Equation," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 1090E (2008) 1090Z05-18.

Papers presented in conference but not published
    E40. B. Sengupta, T. Venkateswaran, S. Shekhar, "Mechanical behavior of thermomechanically processed duplex steel," NMD-ATM 2017, Goa.

    E39. B. Sengupta, S. Shekhar, K. Kulkarni, "A low cost titanium alloy with excellent compressive strength and hardness," NMD-ATM2017, Goa.

    E38. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Tailoring grain boundary character and triple junction distribution in a Nickel-based superalloy to improve intergranular corrosion resistance," NMD-ATM2017, Goa.

    E37. Sanjeev K. Patel, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Effect of grain boundary engineering on creep properties of Inconel 600 alloy," NMD-ATM 2017, Goa.

    E36. P. C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Modulating microstructure of severely deformed Inconel 718 by thermal treatment" NMD-ATM 2017., Goa.

    E35. B. Sengupta, S. Shekhar, K. Kulkarni, "A ultrahigh strength Titanium alloy designed with low cost alloying elements," ICME 2017, IITK.

    E34. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Tailoring triple junctions in Inconel 600 alloy to improve intergranular corrosion resistance," ICME 2017, IITK.

    E33. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, M. Nakatani, S.K. Vajpai, M. Ota, K. Ameyama, K. Mondal, "Effect of harmonic structure design on the wear behavior of 304L stainless steel," ICME 2017, IITK.

    E32. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Scaling behavior of misorientation angle distribution during recrystallization of cold rolled Cu-Zn alloy," EMSI 2017.

    E31. P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Thermally stable nanostructured Inconel 718 alloy prepared by high rate severe plastic deformation process," EMSI 2017.

    E30. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Effect of deformation temperature and strain on grain boundary engineering of Inconel 600 alloy," EMSI 2017.

    E29. P.K. Rai, S. Shekhar, K. Mondal, "Development of graded microstructure and effect of grain boundary fraction on corrosion behavior of mild steel," EMSI 2017.

    E28. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Processing Temperature on Grain Boundary Character Distribution of Inconel 600 alloy," NMD-ATM2016, IITK.

    E27. P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Pre and Post heat-treatment on microstructural changes of nano-structured Inconel 718 alloy," NMD-ATM2016, IITK.

    E26. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Scaling behavior of misorientaiton angle distribution during recrystallization of cold rolled Cu-Zn alloy," RexGG 2016, CMU.

    E25. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Evolution of annealing twins during recrystallization and grain growth of cold rolled 316L Stainless Steel," RexGG 2016, CMU.

    E24. S. Sahu, P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Modification in Grain Boundary Character Distribution in Inconel alloy by Hot Rolling and Annealing," IAMS 2016, China.

    E23. P.C. Yadav, S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Heat treatment on microstructural evolution of machined Inconel 718," IAMS 2016. China.

    E22. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Correlation of micro-mechanisms involved during Thermo-mechanical processing with the grain boundary structure of Stainless Steel 316L", IIM-NMD 2014, Pune

    E21. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Iterative Thermo-mechanical Processing on Grain Boundary Character Distribution of Ni based Supperalloy", IIM-NMD 2014, Pune

    E20. A. Sinhal, P.C. Yadav, S. Shekhar, "Study of Mechanical Properties of Constrained Groove Processed Cu-Zn alloy", IIM-NMD 2014, Pune

    E19. M. Verma, S. Shekhar, "Effect of Machining configurations on mechanical properties of SS316L", IIM-NMD 2014, Pune

    E18. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Microstructural Evolution during Cold and Hot Rolling of Stainless Steel 316L", AM&M 2014, Pune

    E17. K. Mittal, A. Vaid, Pravin Mungole, K. Kulkarni, S. Shekhar, "Iterative versus non-iterative Thermomechanical Processing of Inconel-600," MS&T, Montreal, Quebec, Oct 2013

    E16. S. Mishra, N. Gurao, S. Shekhar, K. Kulkarni, "Effect of Texture on Precipitation Kinetics in Aluminum Alloys," MS&T, Montreal, Quebec, Oct 2013

    E15. N.K. Sharma, S. Shekhar, "Correlation of micro-mechanisms involved during Thermo-mechanical processing with the grain boundary structure of Stainless Steel 316L" IUCR 2013, China.

    E14. S. Sahu, S. Shekhar, "Modifications in the Grain Boundary Character Distribution of Inconel 600 alloy by Thermomechanical Processing", International Conference on Metallurgical& Materials Processes, Products and Applications (ICMMPPA) 2014, OPJIT Chhattisgarh.

    E13. A. Vaid, Praveen Mungole, S. Shekhar, "Grain Boundary Engineered Inconel alloy for Improved Corrosion-resistance," NRB, Chennai, Feb. 2013

    E12. I. Binkowski, H. Edelhoff, J. Leuthold, M. Wegner, G. Reglitz, M. Peterlechner, S. Shekhar, A. King, S. Divinski, G. Wilde, "Kinetic Processes in copper bi- and tricrystals", German Research Foundation 2012.

    E11. G. Facco, S. Shekhar, M. R. Shankar, A. K. Kulovits and J.M.K. Wiezorek, "Surface modification of 316L stainless steel by a low temperature severe plastic deformation linear raking process," MRS Fall-2010.

    E10. S. Abolghasem, S. Basu, S. Shekhar and M.R. Shankar, "Surface Engineering using Modulated Machining," IERC 2010.

    E9. S. Shekhar, J. Cai and M.R. Shankar, "Machining as a Route to Obtain Multi-functional Materials," IERC 2010.

    E8. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, and M.R. Shankar, "Engineering Stored Energy in Fine Grained Metals from Severe Plastic Deformation," TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Mar. 2010

    E7. M.R. Shankar, S. Shekhar and J. Cai, "Ideal Engineering Materials by High Rate Severe Plastic Deformation," TMS 2010, Seattle, WA.

    E6. S. Shekhar, J. Cai, and M.R. Shankar, "Novel Nanostructured Metals by High Rate Severe Plastic Deformation," MRS Fall-2009.

    E5. S. Shekhar, Alexander H. King, "Read-Shockley Grain Boundaries and the Herring Equation," MRS Spring-2008 Meetings, San Francisco, CA. (poster presentation)

    E4. S. Shekhar, H. Kim, R. Narayanan and A.H. King, "Triple Junction Property Assessments," IIB 2007, International conference on Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials, Barcelona, Spain.

    E3. S. Shekhar, Alexander H. King, "Stability of Triple Junctions," GRC-2007, NH. (poster presentation)

    E2. Alexander H. King, Mysore A. Dayananda, Raghavan Narayanan, S. Shekhar, "Rapid Diffusion in Grain Boundary Triple Junctions", 2006 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Antonio, CA.

    E1. S. Shekhar, Alexander H. King, "Growth and Stability of Grain Boundary Triple Junctions in Copper," MRS Fall-2005 Meetings, Boston, MA.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

  • Co-organizer, TEQIP Workshop on "Research Method and Skills", Feb 2016, IIT Kanpur
  • Co-organizer, TEQIP Workshop on "High resolution x-ray and electron diffraction", Feb 2016, IIT Kanpur
  • Prepared a module of the course on "Smart Materials" for e-PG Paathsaala program of Delhi University.
  • Co-organized Open house at ACMS for Electron Microscopy Lab, Jan 2016, IIT Kanpur
  • Talk on "Research Skills and Methods", Dec 2015, IIT BHU.
  • Talk at NRCM Conference on "Coincident Site Lattice related Boundaries and Critical Deviations", IISC Bangalore, Nov 2015.
  • Co-organizer, TEQIP Workshop on "Microstructure Engineering via Heat treatments", Oct 2015
  • Participated in TEQIP workshop on "Materials and Metallurgy Curriculum", Oct 2015, NIT Srinagar
  • Conducted short-course on "Structure and Characterization of Materials" May 2015, NIT Srinagar
  • Co-organizer for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing Conference, April 2014, Pune.
  • Talk on Principles of Electron Microscopy and Principles of EBSD at TEQIP Workshop on Structure and Characterization of Materials, Dec 2014, IIT Kanpur.
  • Conducted Workshop on Principles and Applications of EDS/ EBSD at Kalyani Center of Technological Innovation (BharatForge Ltd.) (May 2013), Pune.
  • Talk on Principles and Applications of Electron Microscopy at the QIP CDTE workshop on "Micro and Nano Fabrication" February 18th -22nd 2013, IIT Kanpur.
  • Talk on Advances in Nanostructured Materials Manufacturing and Nanomanufacturing Systems at SVNIT, Surat (June 2011). (Organized by Prof. B. Bidanda of University of Pittsburgh on "Advances in Manufacturing Systems", as part of IUCEE program).

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