DESCRIPTION :

Dr. A.K. Chaubey is presently a Principal Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He got his B.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, M-Tech and PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. He joined Prof. J. Eckert’s group at IFW Dresden under DAAD Fellowship programme for part of his doctoral thesis (2010-12) work where he had gained experience in the area of mechanical alloying, nanostructure materials, powder metallurgy in particular. He has more than 15 years of research experience and published more than 40 papers in SCI journals. He is member to various professional societies and actively engaged as reviewer for many journals MSEA, JMR, WEAR, Met. Trans. to name a few.

• INSA Visiting Scientist: (July-2016 – July-2016) Department of Metals Alloys and Composites for energy applications, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi.
• DAAD FELLOW: (May, 2010 – September, 2012) Institute for Complex Materials, IFW, Dresden, Germany.
• Associate Professor: (2014 – Continuing) Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR-CSIR), New Delhi, India.
• Assistant Professor: (2012 – 2014) Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR-CSIR), New Delhi, India.
• Scientist-EII: (October, 2013- continuing), CSIR-Institute of Minerals Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Scientist-EI: (October, 2008- October, 2013), CSIR-Institute of Minerals Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Scientist-C: (October, 2004- October, 2008), CSIR-Institute of Minerals Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
• Assistant Manager (April,2003-October, 2004) M/S Ispat Industries Ltd. Dolvi, New Mumbai, India.
• Senior Engineer (April, 2002-March, 2004) M/S Ispat Industries Ltd. Dolvi, New Mumbai, India.
• Management Trainee (April, 2001-March, 2002) M/S Ispat Industries Ltd. Dolvi, New Mumbai, India.

• Light weight Alloy & composite
• Nano structure and functionally graded materials
• Powder Metallurgy
• Tribology
• Electron Microscopy

• INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship-(July, 2016 – July, 2016) Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi.
• DAAD Fellowship (May,2010 – September, 2012), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany.
• Best Paper NMD ATM-2009 in Extractive Metallurgy Group “Utilization of iron ore fines to make pig iron by thermal plasma technology”.
  

1. P.Wang, S.Yu, J.Shergi, A. K. Chaubey, J. Eckert K. G. Prashanth, S. Scudino Selective Laser Melting of Al‑7Si‑0.5 Mg‑0.5Cu: Efect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Evolution, Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) 35,  (2022) 389–396.
2. LX Xi, P Ma, YD Jia, AK Chaubey, Z Wang, KG Prashanth Influence of substrate plate heating on the fabrication of Al-12Si produced by selective laser melting Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering 6(2021) 1027-1036.
3. B.P. Sahoo, D.K.  Das, A. K.Chaubey “Strengthening mechanisms and modelling of mechanical properties of submicron-TiB2 particulate reinforced Al 7075 metal matrix composites” Mater. Sci. Eng. A 825 (2021) 141873.
4. P. Wang, S. Yu, J. Shergi, A.K. Chaubey, J. Eckert K. G. Prashanth, S. Scudino “Selective Laser Melting of Al‑7Si‑0.5 Mg‑0.5Cu: Efect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure Evolution, Mechanical Properties and Wear Resistance” Acta Met. Sinica Eng. Lett. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-021-01279-1.
5. L. X. Xi, P. Ma, Y. D. Jia, A. K. Chaubey, Z. Wang &K. G. Prashanth. “Influence of substrate plate heating on the fabrication of Al-12Si produced by selective laser melting. Trans Indian Natl. Acad. Eng. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41403-021-00240-z.
6. B. P. Sahoo, D.K. Das, P. Rath, A.K. Chaubey Effective functionalization of carbon nano-tubes for reinforcement application in liquid state processed aluminium composites: a relatively greener approach J. Compos Mater 54(2020) 2823–2836.
7. O. O. Salman, C. Gammer, A.K. Chaubey, J. Eckert, S. Scudino “Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of 316L steel synthesized by selective laser melting” Mater. Sci. Eng. A 748 (2019) 205-212.
8. A.K. Chaubey, R. Gupta, R. Kumar, B. Verma, S. Kanpara, S. Bathula, “Fabrication and characterization of W-Cu functionally graded material by spark plasma sintering process. Fusion Eng. Des. 135(2018) 24-30.
9. D. Das, R.K. Thakur, A.K. Chaubey, A.K. Sahoo “Optimization of machining parameters and development of surface roughness models during turning Al-based metal matrix composite Mater. Today 5 (2018) 4431-4437.
10. D. Das, P.C. Mishra, A.K. Chaubey, C. Samal “Characterization of the developed aluminium matrix composites-an experimental analysis. Mater. Today 5 (2), 3243-3249.
11. D. Das, A.K. Chaubey, B.B. Nayak, P.C. Mishra, C. Samal “Investigation on cutting tool wear in turning Al 7075/SiCp metal matrix composite” IOP Conference Series: Mater. Sci. Eng. 377 (1), 012110.
12. R Gupta, R Kumar, AK Chaubey, S Kanpara, SS Khirwadkar “Mechanical and microstructural characterization of W–Cu FGM fabricated by one-step sintering method through PM route” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 338 (1), 012042.
13. Rohit Kumar, A.K. Chaubey, Sivaiah Bathula, K.G. Prashanth, and Ajay Dhar “Al2O3-TiC Composite Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Process: Evaluation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties”   Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 27 (2018) 997–1004.
14. R.Kumar^, A.K. Chaubey, T. Maity and K G Prashanth “Mechanical and Tribological properties of Al₂O₃-TiC composite fabricated by spark plasma sintering process with metallic (Ni, Nb) binders” Metals 8, 50(2018)1-12.
15. D.K. Das, P. C. Mishraa, S. Singh, A. K. Chaubey and B.C. Routara “Machining performance of aluminium matrix composite and use of WPCA based Taguchi technique for multiple response optimization” International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations. 9(2018) 1-14.S. Mishra, A.K. Chaubey,  A. Mandal “Effect of heat treatment on microstructure of Mg-4Al-Nd alloys” Technologies 5, (2017) 1-8.

An improved process for production of pig iron by direct reduction of iron ore fines in a static bed plasma reactor by P. S. Mukherjee, K. Jayasankar, J.L. Gumaste, A. K. Chaubey, B. K. Mishra (Ref. 2632DEL2011)

• Alumina-Graphite composite material for high temperature applications, Sponsored by NALCO (35.5Lakhs) Duration (2019-2022)
• Direct production of Fe-Cr-Ni-Mn stainless alloy from mine waste by thermal plasma process, Sponsored by Ministry of Mines, New Delhi (38.3 Lakhs) Duration (2020-2022)
• Synthesis of Mg-Y2O3 magnesium nano-composite by hot consolidation process for light weight applications, Sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi (45.0 Lakhs), Duration (2018-2020)
• Development of W-Cu functionally graded plasma facing material for fusion reactor, Sponsored by BRNS Mumbai (28.0 Lakhs), Duration (2015-2019)
• Novel Energy Effective Metallic Materials for Automotive and General engineering Applications, Sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi (186.0 Lakhs), Duration (2012-2017)
• Synthesis and characterization of high strength Al-2024+?(Al2Mg17) complex metallic composites by mechanical, Sponsored by CSIR CSIR, New Delhi (40.0 Lakhs), Duration (2013-2015)
• Failure analysis of high-pressure turbine rotor blades and Aero- engine turbine blades. Sponsored by HAL Koraput (3.60 Lakhs), Duration (2013-2013)
• Production of ferro-nickel from chromite overburden and nickel laterite ore by thermal plasma process.Sponsored by Ministry of Mines, New Delhi(40.05 Lakhs), Duration (2010-2013)
• Development of aluminum alloys for aerospace applications.Sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi (120.0 Lakhs), Duration (2008-2012)
• Fabrication of Mg-TiC composites by self propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) process.Sponsored by DST, New Delhi (22.60 Lakhs), Duration (2008-2010)