
Dr. SUMANTA SAMAL
Dr. Sumanta Samal completed his B.Sc. in Physics (Hons) at M.P.C. (A) College, North Orissa University, Odisha in 2005, M.Sc. in department of Physics at Utkal university, Odisha in 2007 and M.Tech. in department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India in 2009. He earned his doctorate in department of Materials Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 2014, followed by three years of Institute Post-Doctoral research experience in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. He joined as Assistant Professor in the department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India in April, 2017.He is currently working as Associate Professor in the department of MEMS, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India from November, 2022. His research and teaching interests include solidification, physical metallurgy, phase field simulation for microstructural evolution, phase transformations and phase equilibria in materials.
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
Casting Technology Laboratory, Central Workshop: Room No. 102,
Solidification and Nanomaterials Laboratory, Central Workshop: Room No. 107
Office Location: Chromium Building: Room No. 411
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
sumanta@iiti.ac.in
+91 731-660-3252(Office)
+91 731-660-5146(Lab)
Research Areas
⇛ | Solidification: Experiments and Simulation |
⇛ | Processing-Structure-Property correlation in multicomponent/high entropy alloys |
⇛ | Material design for high temperature applications |
⇛ | Phase equilibria: Materials for the future |
Experimental Skills
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): Phase analysis, Crystallite Size and strain calculation,
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM),
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) (Model: FEI Technai, G2 T20, 200 kV),
Electron Back Scattered Diffraction (EBSD),
Hardness Testing,
Nanoindentation testing
Simulation Skills
Image Analysis software for optical, SEM and TEM images
Thermo-Cal software for thermodynamic simulation
MICRESS software for microstructure evolution
Simufact software for forging simulation
Programming languages: C, MATLAB, OCTAVE