Advances in Engineering Materials: Select Proceedings of Flame 2022

Dr. R. K. Tyagi is Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University, Noida, India. He did his Master's and Ph.D. in the area of Design Engineering. His research interest includes spray technology, agricultural equipment’s, automobile engineering, pollution. He has published numerous research articles and many patents are also granted on his name. Dr. Pallav Gupta completed his B.Tech. (Honors) from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Integral University, India in 2009, M.Tech. (Honors) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT BHU) India in 2011 followed by Ph.D. in 2015 from IIT BHU. His area of research includes material processing, metal matrix composites/nanocomposites, coating technology and mechanical behavior. He has published 43 research papers in peer reviewed international journals and 46 research papers in reputed international and national conferences. He has also filed one Indian and an Australian patent as well. Twodoctoral scholars have completed and 06 are presently registered for their Ph.D. research work under his supervision. Dr. Gupta also has delivered invited and expert lectures as well as chaired sessions in conferences at various reputed universities and institutes globally. Dr. Prosenjit Das is presently working as a Principal Scientist, CSIR, CMERI & Associate Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CMERI campus. Dr. Das joined CSIR-CMERI as a Scientist, after completion of his masters from Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. He completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 from Kalyani Government Engineering College, and completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Dr. Das has worked in the field of casting & solidification, bio-inspired manufacturing, metallurgical/manufacturing process modelling, fracture mechanics, etc. He has gained expertise over the years in light alloy/composite development and processing front, adopting melting/casting and semi solid processing route as well as processing of metal/ceramic powders towards product development, adopting macro and micro injection molding techniques. His research findings till date have yielded approx. 35 SCI journal publications. He is guiding 5 Ph.D. students at present.  Dr. Rajiv Prakash received his M. Tech. degree in Materials Technology from the Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) and completed his Ph.D. work from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India in 1999. Currently, he is Professor of Materials Science and Technology and Dean (R&D) at IIT BHU. His areas of research include polymers and nanocomposites, organic electronics and sensor devices and energy storage devices. He has over 225 publications in international journals of repute and 22 patents in his credit. He has been the recipient of Young Scientist Award (Council of Science and Technology), Young Engineer (INAE) Awards of India and Materials Research Society (MRSI) Medal Award of India. He is on the Editorial Board of several National and International Journals. He is a member of various national committees including DST-TIFAC for India Vision 2035 and MHRD  “IMPRINT” the program, Member of the Accelerator Users Committee of Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, Member Defense Corridor Project of Government of India and Member Program Advisory Committee for Technology development program (TDP) of DST, New Delhi, India.