Dr. Sumanta Samal
Solidification and Nanomaterials Laboratory, Central Workshop: Room No. 107
Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
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Peer Reviewed International Journals

  1. Girish Khanna R, Mayank Kumar Singh, Dhirendra Kumar Rai, S. Samal, Electrocatalytic Behaviour of Co-Fe-Ni-Cr-V-Zr Eutectic High Entropy Alloy, Bulletin of Materials Science, 2024. doi: 10.1007/s12034-024-03367-1.


  1. Reliance Jain, Sandeep Jain, Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Lokesh Kumar Boriwal, S. Samal, Machine Learning-driven insights into phase prediction for high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems, Vol. 8, pp. 100110, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jalmes.2024.100110.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Reliance Jain, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Data-driven design of high bulk modulus high entropy alloys using machine learning, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems, Vol. 8, pp. 100128, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jalmes.2024.100128.


  1. Piyush Kumar, Vipul Jain, Nithin Baler, S. Samal, Abhijit Ghosh, Effect of hot rolling and annealing on microstructure, crystallographic texture, and mechanical properties of Fe11.5 Co20.6 Ni40.7 Cr12.2 Al7.8 Ti7.2 high entropy alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A,Vol. 915, pp. 147228, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2024.147228


  1. Piyush Kumar, Nithin Baler, S. Samal, Abhijit Ghosh, Hot deformation behavior and microstructural evolution of dual phase Ni48.6 Al10.3 Co17 Cr7.5 Fe9 Ti5.8 Ta0.6 Mo0.8 W0.4 high entropy alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2024.146887


  1. Priyanka Sahu, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, An assessment of the mechanically alloyed equiatomic FeCoNiMnSi high entropy amorphous alloy for non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and magnetocaloric refrigeration application, Materials Characterization,Vol. 216, pp 114269, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2024.114269


  1. Girish Khanna R, S. Samal, Crevice corrosion simulation of single-phase FCC Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-V high entropy alloy, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2024. doi: 10.1007/s12666-024-03379-9.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Reliance Jain, Manikant Paswan, Arvind Patel, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Byungmin Ahn, Exploring Zr Influence on Microstructure and Mechanical Property in FeCoNiCrCuZr Eutectic High-Entropy Alloys, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems,2024, doi: 10.1007/s12540-024-01716-7.


  1. P. Chakraborty, R. K. Chittela, A. Sarkar, S. Samal, A.V.S.S.N. Rao, S Neogy, R. Tewari, Investigating the cyto-compatibility of ZrNbVTiAl high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems,Vol. 6, pp. 100076, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jalmes.2024.100076.


  1. Girish Khanna R, Mayank Kumar Singh, Dhirendra Kumar Rai, S. Samal, Light weight single-phase Al-Cr-Ti-V multiprincipal element alloy as fast and efficient electrocatalyst,, Materials Letter, Vol. 365, pp. 136404, 2024, doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2024.136404.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Reliance Jain, Soumyabrata Bhattacharjee, Sandeep Jain, Manikant Paswan, S. Samal, Byungmin Ahn, Enhancing flow stress predictions in CoCrFeNiV high entropy alloy with conventional and machine learning techniques, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Vol. 30, pp. 2377-2387, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.164.


  1. Naveen L, Priyanka Umre, Poulami Chakraborty, M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, Raghvendra Tewari, Development of single-phase BCC refractory high entropy alloys using machine learning techniques, Computational Materials Science, Vol 238, pp. 112917, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.112917.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Predicting the effect of Ta on the mechanical behaviour and experimental validation of novel six components Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-V-Ta eutectic high entropy alloys,, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Vol. 120, pp. 106572, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2024.106572.


  1. Reliance Jain, Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Sandeep Jain, Naveen L, Divik Patre, S. Samal, Vinod kumar, Prediction of hot deformation behaviour in AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy by conventional and artificial neural network modelling, Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (TINAE), 2024, doi: 10.1007/s41403-023-00439-2.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Reliance Jain, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Effect of Ta on the evolution of phases and mechanical properties of novel seven components Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-V-Al-Ta eutectic high entropy alloys: Experimental study and Numerical Simulation, Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (TINAE), 2024, doi : 10.1007/s41403-024-00455-w.


  1. Piyush Kumar, S. Samal, Abhijit Ghosh, Effect of hot rolling and annealing on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of the Fe-Co-Cr-Ni-V-Zrx(x = 0-5) high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.172447.


  1. Priyanka Sahu, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Phase evolution and soft magnetic behaviour of mechanical alloyed Fe-Co-Ni medium entropy alloy at different disc angular velocity, Trans Indian Inst Met, Vol. 76, pp. 3065-3078, 2023. doi: 10.1007/s12666-023-03035-8.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Mahesh Patel, Jayaprakash Murugesan, S. Samal, Friction stir processing of newly developed Aluminium-based alloys to enhance strength and ductility, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s13369-023-08063-6.


  1. Reliance Jain, M.R. Rahul, P. Chakraborty, R. K. Sabat, S. Samal, N. Park,G. Phanikumar, R. Tewari, Integrated modeling, ANN, and experimental approach to understand the hot deformation behavior of Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-V high entropy alloy , Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Vol. 25, pp. 840-854, 2023.


  1. Girish Khanna R, Sarathkumar Krishnan, Mayank K. Singh, Dhirendra Kumar Rai, S. Samal, A detailed investigation regarding the corrosion and electrocatalytic performance of Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-V high entropy alloy , Electrochimica Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142582, 2023.


  1. Piyush Kumar, M.R.Rahul, Abhijit Ghosh,S. Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Constitutive behavior with microstructure and texture evolution during the high-temperature deformation of Fe11.5Co20.6Ni40.7Cr12.2Al7.8Ti7.2 high entropy alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s11661-023-07093-x .


  1. Reliance Jain, Mokali Veeresham, S. Samal, Nokeun Park, Machine-Learning-Guided Phase Identification and Hardness Prediction of High Entropy Alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 956, pp. 170193, 2023.


  1. Priyanka Sahu, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Microstructure, Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and magnetic behaviour study of [FeCoNi100-x(SiMn)x] high entropy amorphous alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying, Metals and Materials International, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s12540-023-01408-8.


  1. Priyanka Sahu, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Influence of Si and Mn on the phase formation, crystallization kinetics, and enhanced magnetic properties of mechanically alloyed NiCoFe(SiMn)x high entropy amorphous alloys, Silicon, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s12633-023-02324-7.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Naveen L, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Solidification simulation and experimental validation of single-phase Fe-Co-Cr-Ni-V-Al high entropy alloy, Trans Indian Inst Met, 8 February, 2023, doi: 10.1007/s12666-022-02821-0.


  1. Piyush Kumar, Reliance Jain, M.R. Rahul, Abhijit Ghosh, S. Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, High temperature deformation behavior and processing maps of FeCoNiCrAlTi dual phase high entropy alloy, Metals and Materials International, 27 February 2023, doi: 10.1007/s12540-023-01399-6.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Naveen L, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Effect of Ni and Si alloying elements on the phase evolution, mechanical properties, tribological behaviour of Al-Cu alloys, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 297, pp. 127421, 2023.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Mahesh Patel, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Effect of Si on phase equilibria, mechanical properties and tribological behaviour of Al-Cu alloy, Silicon, Vol. 15, pp. 1807–1820, 2023.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Piyush Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Abhijit Ghosh,,S. Samal, Solidification simulation of single-phase Fe-Co-Cr-Ni-V high entropy alloy, Philosophical Magazine, pp. 1-21, doi: 10.1080/14786435.2022.2084793, 2022.


  1. Reliance Jain, Priyanka Umre, Rama Krushna Sabat, Vinod Kumar, S. Samal, Constituting and artificial neural network modelling to predict hot deformation behaviour of CoFeMnNiTi eutectic high entropy alloy, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1007/s11665-022-06829-x, 2022.


  1. Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Prafull Pandey, Suman Sarkar, Rakesh Das,S. Samal, Krishanu Biswas, Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Five decades of research on development of eutectic as engineering materials, Progress in Materials Science, Vol. 123, pp. 100793, 2022.


  1. Reliance Jain, M.R. Rahul, Poulami Chakraborty, Rama Krushna Sabat,S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Raghavendra Tewari, Design and deformation characteristics single-phase Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-V high entropy alloy, Journal of alloys and compounds, Vol. 888, pp. 161579, 2021.


  1. Reliance Jain, Sheetal K. Dewangan, Priyanka Umre, Vinod Kumar,S. Samal, Microhardness prediction of seven component FeCoNiCrMnVNb eutectic high entropy alloys using an artificial neural network approach, Trans Indian Inst Met, Vol. 34, pp. 2671–2679,2021.


  1. Priyanka Sahu,S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Geometrical thermodynamic investigation on Fe-Co-Ni (Mn-Si)x high entropy alloys and correlation with their structural and magnetic properties, Materialia, Vol. 18, pp. 101133, 2021.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Devesh Kumar,S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Microstructure and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline AlCrFeMnNiWx (X = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5) high entropy alloys prepared by powder metallurgy route, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 30, pp. 4421–4431, 2021.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Development of an ANN-Based Generalized Model for Hardness Prediction of SPSed AlCrFeMnNiW High Entropy Alloys, Materials Today Communication, Vol. 27, pp. 102356, 2021.


  1. Reliance Jain, Avi Jain, Rahul M.R., Ashok Kumar, Ramakrushna Sabat, Mrigendra Dubey,S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Development of ultrahigh strength novel Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-Zr quasi-peritectic high entropy alloy by integrated approach using experiment and simulation, Materialia, Vol. 14, pp. 100896, 2020.


  1. Reliance Jain, Sheetal K. Dewangan, Vinod Kumar,S. Samal, Artificial neural network approach for hardness prediction of eight component FeCoNiCrMnVAlNb eutectic high entropy alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 797, pp. 140059, 2020.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar, Microstructure exploration and an artificial neural network approach for hardness prediction in AlCrFeMnNiWx high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 153766, doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153766, 2020.


  1. Reliance Jain, Rahul M R, S. Samal, Vinod Kumar,G. Phanikumar, Hot workability of Co-Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 822, 153609, doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153609, 2020.


  1. M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Metastable microstructures in the solidification of undercooled high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 821, 153488, doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153488, 2020.


  1. M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, A. Marshal, B. Nithin, K.G. Pradeep, G. Phanikumar, Nano-sized Cu clusters in deeply undercooled CoCuFeNiTa high entropy alloy, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 177, pp. 58-64, 2020.


  1. R. Sonkusare, A. Swain, M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, N. P. Gurao, K. Biswas, S.S. Singh, N. Nayan, Establishing processing-microstrucrure-property paradigm in complex concentrated single phase CoCuFeMnNi high entropy alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 759, pp. 415-429, 2019.


  1. M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Hot deformation behaviour and microstructural characterization of FeCoNiCrNbx eutectic high entropy alloy, Journal of Materials Processing and Performance, doi:10.1520/MPC20190014, 2019.


  1. Anand Sekhar, S. Samal, N. Nayan, S. R. Bakshi, Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-Al-Ni-Co-Fe based high entropy alloys prepared by powder metallurgy route, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 787, pp. 123–132, 2019.


  1. M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Effect of Niobium addition in FeCoNiCuNbx high entropy alloys, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 34, pp. 700-708, 2019.


  1. M.R. Rahul, S. Samal, S. Venugopal, G. Phanikumar, Experimental and finite element simulation studies on hot deformation behaviour of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 749, pp. 1115-1127, 2018.


  1. S. Jain, R. Jain, Rahul M R, S. Samal, V. Kumar, Phase equilibria and mechanical properties in multicomponent Al-Ni-X (X= Fe, Cr) alloys, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 2018, doi:10.1007/s12666-018-1420-y.


  1. R. Jain, Rahul M R, S. Jain S. Samal, V. Kumar, Phase evolution and mechanical behaviour of Co-Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s12666-018-1437-2.


  1. S. Samal, S. Agarwal, K. Biswas, Phase evolution and mechanical properties of suction cast Ti-Fe-Co ternary alloys, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 71, Issue 1, pp. 201-207, 2018.


  1. S. Samal, K. Biswas, G. Phanikumar, Solidification behavior in newly designed Ni-rich Ni-Ti-based alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 47, Issue 12, pp. 6214-6223, 2016.


  1. S. Samal, M.R. Rahul, R. S. Kottada, G. Phanikumar, Hot deformation behaviour and processing maps of Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 664, pp. 227-235, 2016.


  1. S. Samal, S. Agarwal, P. Gautam, K. Biswas, Microstructural Evolution in Novel Suction Cast multicomponent Ti-Fe-Co Alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction A, Vol. 46, Issue 2, pp. 851-868, 2015.


  1. S. Mohanty S. Samal, A. Tazuddin, C.S. Tiwary, N.P. Gurao, K. Biswas, Effect of processing route on phase stability of Ti20Cu20Fe20Co20Ni20 high entropy alloy, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 31, Issue 10, pp. 1214-1222, 2015


  1. S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Phase evolution in hypereutectic Al90Cu10-xNix (x=0, 5) alloys, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 68, Issue 6, pp.1221-1226, 2015.


  1. S. Samal, K. Biswas, Novel High Strength NiCuCoTiTa alloy with Plasticity, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Vol. 15, Isuue 7, pp. 1-11, 2013.


  1. S. Mridha S. Samal, P.Y. Khan, K. Biswas, Govind, Processing and Consolidation of Nanocrystalline Cu-Zn-Ti-Fe-Cr High Entropy Alloys via Mechanical Alloying, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 44, Issue 10, pp. 4532-4541, 2013.


  1. S. Samal, B. Mondal, K. Biswas, Govind, Electron Microscopic Study on the Suction Cast in-situ Ti-Fe-Sn Ultrafine Composites, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 44, Issue 1, pp. 427-439, 2013.


  1. A. K. Mishra S. Samal, K Biswas, Solidification behaviour of Ti-Cu-Fe-Co-Ni high entropy alloys, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 65, Issue 6, pp. 725-730, 2012.


  1. S. Samal, B. Satpati, D. Chaira, Production and dispersion stability of ultrafine Al-Cu alloy powder in base fluid, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 504, Supplement 1, pp. S389-S394, 2010.



Chapter of a book

  1. Krishanu Biswas and Sumanta Samal, Solidification of Peritectic Alloys, in Solidification of Containerless Undercooled Melts, First Edition. Edited by D.M. Herlach and D.M. Matson, WILEY VCH, 2012, 509-541.


Conference Proceedings

  1. Rahul M R, S. Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Undercooling studies and growth velocity measurements on multi- component FeCuNi{X} alloys, in Solidification and Gravity VII, Edited by: A. Roósz, Zs. Veres, M. Svéda, G. Karacs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – University of Miskolc, Materials Science Research Group, pp. 250-254, 2018, ISBN: 978-963-508-889-8


  1. Rahul M R, Reliance Jain, S. Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Co-Fe-Ni-Ti-V eutectic high entropy alloy, in Solidification and Gravity VII, Edited by: A. Roósz, Zs. Veres, M. Svéda, G. Karacs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – University of Miskolc, Materials Science Research Group, pp. 313-318, 2018, ISBN: 978-963-508-889-8


  1. S. Samal, S. Mohanty, A. K. Mishra, K. Biswas, B. Govind, Mechanical Behavior of Novel Suction Cast Ti-Cu-Fe-Co-Ni High Entropy Alloys, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 790, pp. 503-508, May 2014.


  1. S. Samal, P. Gautam, S. Agarwal, K. Biswas, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Suction Cast Ti60Fe40-xCox (x = 0, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24) Alloys, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 790, pp. 497-502, May 2014.


  1. B. Mondal S. Samal, K Biswas, Govind, Development of ultrafine Ti-Fe-Sn in-situ composite with enhanced plasticity, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 012025, 2011


  1. S. Samal, D. Chaira, B. Satpati, Production and Stability of Al and Cu Ultrafine Particles in Nanofluids, in "Frontiers in Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying" Edited by Rakesh Kumar, Srinivasan Srikanth, Surya Pratap Mehrotra, Published by CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur-831007, India, 2011, pp. 80-84.


  1. S. Samal, D. Chaira, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Al-Cu alloy by high-energy milling, in "Advancement of Nanotechnology in Physics", 2009, Published by Department of Physics, Ispat College, Rourkela, Orissa, India, pp. 56-60


National & International Conferences

  1. S. Samal, D. Chaira "Production and stability of ultra fine Al and Cu particles in base fluid for heat transfer application" in the conference International Conference on Mechanochemistry and mechanical Alloying (INCOME 2008), 1-4th December 2008, NML Jamshedpur, India


  1. S. Samal, D. Chaira "Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Al-Cu alloy by high-energy milling" in the National seminar on advancement of nanotechnology in physics, 7th-8th February, 2009, Ispat College, Rourkela, India


  1. S. Samal, D. Chaira, B.Satpati, "Production and dispersion stability of ultrafine Al-Cu alloy powder in base fluid for heat transfer applications" in the conference International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM 2009). Beijing, China. July 6 - 10, 2009.


  1. Barnali Mondal Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Development of ultrafine Ti-Fe-Sn in-situ composite with enhanced plasticity" in the Materials Conclave, Department Day and Golden Jubilee Conference, 19th December, 2010, IIT Kanpur, India


  1. Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Development and microstructural characterization of ultrafine Ti-based Multicomponent in-situ composite with enhanced plasticity" in the ICASP 3 - the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes Aachen/Rolduc, 7th-10th June, 2011.


  1. Barnali Mondal Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Development of ultrafine Ti-Fe-Sn in-situ composite with enhanced plasticity" in the ICASP 3 - the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes Aachen/Rolduc, 7th - 10th June, 2011.


  1. Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Synthesis and microstructural characterization of novel Ni-based multicomponent in-situ composite" in the International conference on Electron Nanoscopy & XXXII Annual Meeting of EMSI Hyderabad 6th-8th July, 2011.


  1. Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Processing and Microstructural Characterization of Novel Nb-based Multicomponent In-Situ Composite" in the NMD-ATM, 15th - 16th November, 2011, Hyderabad, India. Best Oral Presentation in the section Emerging Materials and Processes Session during NMD - ATM 2011 at Hyderabad (2011).


  1. Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas, "Development of novel ultrafine eutectic Ni-Ti based Multicomponent alloy" in the NANO 2012 - XI International Conference on Nanostructured Materials Rodos Palace Conference Center Rhodes-Greece, 26th - 31st August, 2012.


  1. Ajit Kumar Mishra Sumanta Samal and Krishanu Biswas, "Solidification behaviour of Ti-Cu-Fe-Co-Ni high entropy alloy" in the Fifth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP 5), IIT Bhubaneswar, 19th - 22th November, 2012.


  1. Sumanta Samal, Krishanu Biswas "Microstructure evolution and properties of novel Ni-Cu-Co-Ti-Ta multicomponent in-situ composite" in the Fifth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP 5), IIT Bhubaneswar, 19th-22th November, 2012. Best Poster Presentation in Metal Matrix Composites Session during ICSSP 5 at Bhubaneswar (2012).


  1. Krishanu Biswas Sumanta Samal, Barnali Mondal "Microstructure evolution of novel Ti- based multicomponent in-situ composite" in the Fifth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP 5), IIT Bhubaneswar, 19th -22th November, 2012.


  1. Swapnil Agarwal Sumanta Samal, Priya Gautam and Krishanu Biswas, "Microstructural development and Mechanical Properties of multiphase multicomponent Ti-Fe-Co alloys" IIM Kanpur Chapter, IIT Kanpur, India, 1st September, 2013. (Best Poster Presentation).


  1. Sumanta Samal, Priya Gautam, Swapnil Agarwal and Krishanu Biswas, "Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Ti-Fe-Co alloys" 6th International Conference on Solidification and Gravity (SG'13), Miskolc Lillafured Hungary, 2-5th September, 2013.


  1. Sumanta Samal, Ajit Kumar Mishra, Krishanu Biswas, "Processing, Stability and Properties of Novel Suction Cast Ti-Cu-Fe-Co-Ni High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)" 6th International Conference on Solidification and Gravity (SG'13), Miskolc - Lillafured Hungary, 2-5th September, 2013.


  1. Sumanta Samal , Priya Gautam, Swapnil Agarwal and Krishanu Biswas, "Solidification Behaviour and Mechanical Properties of Multicomponent Ti-Fe-Co Alloys" in the NMD-ATM, 12th - 15th November, 2013, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.


  1. Sumanta Samal, Swapnil Agarwal and Krishanu Biswas, "Mechanical Behaviour of Multicomponent Ti-Fe-Co Alloys" in the Fifteenth International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials (RQ15), 24 - 28th August 2014, Shanghai, China


  1. S. Samal, Rahul M R, G. Phanikumar, "Hot Deformation Behaviour and Processing Map of Multicomponent Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Ti High Entropy Alloy" National Conference on Thermomechanical processing of steels using Gleeble Simulation and 5th Gleeble User Workshop India (GUWI-2015), 6th - 7th August, 2015 at CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur-831007, India.


  1. S. Samal, G.Phanikumar, "Multiphase solidification in multicomponent Al-Cu-Ni ternary alloys" in the Sixth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP 6), Hyderabad, 19th - 22th November, 2015. Best Poster Presentation in the Solidification of Alloys and Composites: process, structure and properties session during ICSSP 6 at Hyderabad (2015).


  1. M. R. Rahul S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, "Development of Novel Fe-Co-Ni-Cu-Nb Magnetic High Entropy Alloy" International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS - 2016) on Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering, December 21-23, 2016, Organised by Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, India


  1. Anand Sekhar R, Rahul M. R, Sumanta Samal, Rahul Ravi, Niraj Nayan, G. Phanikumar, Srinivasa R. Bakshi, "Ti-Al-Ni-Co-Cr-Fe multi-component high entropy alloys by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering for high temperature applications" "International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-2017)" held at University of Hyderabad, India, 11-13th March 2017.


  1. Rahul M. R, Sumanta Samal, G. Phanikumar, "Hot deformation behavior and processing map of Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-Al eutectic high entropy alloy" "International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-2017)" held at University of Hyderabad, India, 11-13th March 2017.


  1. Rahul M. R, Sumanta Samal, G. Phanikumar, "Phase selection kinetics in undercooled FeCoNiCuX0.5 high entropy alloy" "International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-2017)" held at University of Hyderabad, India, 11-13th March 2017.


  1. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, G. Phanikumar, "Experimental and FEM simulation of hot deformation behavior of multicomponent Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-Al eutectic high entropy alloys" National Conference on Physical Simulation of Thermal-Mechanical Processing of Materials (NC-PSTMPM) and 6th Gleeble User Workshop India (GUWI-2017), 15th - 17th June, 2017 at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.


  1. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, G. Phanikumar, "Phase evolution and kinetics in undercooled FeCoNiCuX0.5 alloys" in the 16th International Conference on Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials (RQ16), 27 August 2017 - 01 September 2017, Leoben, Austria.


  1. Rahul M R, Reliance Jain, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, "Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Co-Fe-Ni-Ti-V eutectic high entropy alloy" in the “7th International Conference on Solidification and Gravity (SG’18)” 03/09/2018 - 06/09/2018 at Miskolc - Lillafüred, Hungary.


  1. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, "Undercooling studies and growth velocity measurements on multi- component FeCuNi{X} alloys" in the “7th International Conference on Solidification and Gravity (SG’18)” 03/09/2018 - 06/09/2018 at Miskolc - Lillafüred, Hungary.


  1. Reliance Jain, Rahul M R, Sandeep Jain, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar,"Phase evolution and mechanical behaviour of Co-Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy" in the “7th International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP-2018)” 19/11/2018 - 22/11/2018 at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.


  1. Sandeep Jain, Reliance Jain, Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar,"Phase equilibria and mechanical properties of Al-Ni-(Cr, Fe) alloys" in the “7th International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP-2018)” 19/11/2018 - 22/11/2018 at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.


  1. Anand Sekhar, Sumanta Samal, Niraj Nayan, Srinivasa Rao Bakshi,"Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-Al-Ni-Co-Cr-Fe based nano high-entropy alloys prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering" in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. P. Sahu, S. Kumar, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar,"The effect of milling speed on the Microstructure behavior of FeCoNi powders" in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. Reliance Jain, Rahul M.R, Sumanta Samal, "Processing maps of Co-Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloys", in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Priyanka Sahu, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar, "Microstructure evolution and phase formation in AlCrFeMnNiWx (X= 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5) High- Entropy Alloys", in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, "Metastable microstructures in solidification of undercooled high entropy alloys", in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. Avi Jain, Rahul M R, Mrigendra Dubey, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, "Phase equilibria and mechanical properties of multicomponent high entropy alloys", in the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019) July 08-12, 2019, Hotel Raintree, Anna Salai, Chennai, India.


  1. Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar, "Phase Field Modeling for the sintering of AlCrFeMnNiWx (X=0.0.05,0.1,0.5) High Entropy Alloys", in in 3rd International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM 2020), IIT Kanpur, India, March 7-8, 2020.


  1. Reliance Jain, Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Vinod Kumar, Sumanta Samal, "Artificial Neural Network Approach to Predict hardness of FeCoNiCrMnVNb Eutectic High Entropy Alloys", in 3rd International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM 2020), IIT Kanpur, India, March 7-8, 2020.


  1. Girish Khanna, Mayank Singh, Dhirendra Kumar Rai, Sumanta Samal, "Galvanic corrosion and electrocatalytic performance of FeCoNiCr-X (X=V, Zr) high entropy alloys", in 4th International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-23), Organized by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, April 23-25, 2023.


  1. Naveen L, Sumanta Samal, "Development of single-phase BCC refractory high entropy alloys", in 4th International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-23), Organized by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, April 23-25, 2023.


  1. Piyush Kumar, Abhijit Ghosh, Sumanta Samal, "High-temperature deformation behavior and processing maps of FeCoNiCrAlTi dual phase high entropy alloy", in 4th International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-23), Organized by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, April 23-25, 2023.


Invited Talks

  1. Invited talk on “Phase selection in multicomponent high entropy alloys” , Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India, 20th August, 2018.


  1. Invited talk on “Phase evolution and mechanical properties of high entropy alloys” , National conference on “Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology (NCEMN’19)”, organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at NIT Raipur, India, 6th – 7th September, 2019.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase equilibria and hot deformation behaviour of Fe-Co-Ni-Cr-Zr bimodal eutectic high entropy alloys" , 3rd International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-2020), Organized by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, March 7-8, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on “Development of multicomponent alloys with improved properties” , QIP short term course on Corrosion Engineering, 11th September, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on "Microstructural evolution in fusion welds” , QIP short term course on Welding Engineering, 24th September, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on "Processing-Microstructure-Property paradigm in multicomponent/high entropy alloys” , QIP short term course on Advanced Materials for structural applications: Processing and Characterization, 4th October, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on “Ti-based eutectic alloys for structural applications” , “TEQIP-III Sponsored Five-days Online Short-Term Course on Advanced Technology for Materials Physics and Engineering” IIT Indore, India, 16th November, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on “Phase selection in multicomponent high entropy alloys” , “TEQIP-III Course " TEQIP-III Sponsored Five-days Online Short-Term Course on Advanced Technology for Materials Physics and Engineering” IIT Indore, India, 16th November, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on “Development of novel multicomponent high entropy alloys for high temperature applications” , “TEQIP-III Sponsored Five-days Online Short-Term Course on Advanced Technology for Materials Physics and Engineering”, IIT Indore, India, 19th November, 2020.


  1. Invited talk on “Development of multicomponent alloys for structural applications” , “TEQIP-III Sponsored Five-days Online Short-Term Course on Corrosion Engineering, November 21-25, 2020”, IIT Indore, India.


  1. Invited talk on “Development of High Temperature Structural Materials” , “TEQIP-III Sponsored three-days Online Short-Term Course on Advanced Manufacturing and Materials, December 18-20, 2020", IIT Indore, India.


  1. Invited talk on "Understanding Microstructural evolution using Phase filed modelling" , “TEQIP-III Sponsored Five-days Online Short-Term Course on Atomistic Modelling of Solids, December 21-25, 2020”, IIT Indore, India.


  1. Invited talk on "Introduction to Phase Field Modelling" , “QIP short term course on Advanced Technology for Materials Engineering” Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, January 22, 2021.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase selection in high entropy alloys" , "QIP short term course on Advanced Technology for Materials Engineering”, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, January 24, 2021.


  1. Invited talk on "Design and development of High entropy alloys" , “Webinar organized by Department of Fuel, Minerals, And Metallurgical Engineering IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Jharkhand 826004, India; on “Metallurgy and Materials Science in the Era of Artificial Intelligence” (February 27-28,2021).


  1. Invited talk on "Development of advanced high temperature Materials through Powder Metallurgy Route" , Six Days Faculty Development Program through the Short-Term Course on "Fundamentals and Advances in Powder Metallurgy”, IIT Indore, India” Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, March 15-20, 2021.


  1. Invited talk on "Materials characterization by thermal analysis (TG, DSC and DTA)" , Six Days Faculty Development Program through the Short-Term Course on "Materials Characterization and applications”, IIT Indore, India, March 22 - 27, 2021.


  1. Invited talk on "Diffusion in Solids" , in Karyashala Program, Accelerate Vigyan, SERB Sponsored a 7-days online workshop on “Advanced Technology for Materials Physics and Engineering”, IIT Indore, India, January 23, 2022.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase transformation behaviour in materials" , in Karyashala Program, Accelerate Vigyan, SERB Sponsored a 7-days online workshop on “Advanced Technology for Materials Physics and Engineering”, IIT Indore, India, January 23, 2022.


  1. Invited talk on "Structural Characterization in Materials Engineering" , in Karyashala Program, Accelerate Vigyan, Sponsored by SERB, 7 days active learning and workshop on “Advances in Mechanical testing of Materials and Failure Analysis of Materials”, IIT Indore, India, April 20, 2022.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase Equilibria in Materials" , in QIP Sponsored 6-days short term course on “Mechanical behaviour of Materials, Failure Analysis of Materials and its Prevention”, IIT Indore, India, April 28, 2022.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase Equilibria in high entropy alloys (HEAs)" , in Faculty Development Program (FDP) QIP Sponsored 6-days short term course on " Advances in materials processing and characterization “, IIT Indore, India, May 20, 2022.


  1. Invited talk on "Materials design for high temperature applications" , in Indo-Slovenia Joint Workshop on Theme 1: Materials Science and Technologies & Theme 2: Electronics and Computer Engineering, Organized by Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Material Science & Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore, India, February 20, 2023.


  1. Invited talk on "Phase equilibria study in refractory metal containing high entropy alloys" , in 4th International Workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM-23), Organized by Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, April 23-25, 2023.