Dr. Sandip Ghosh Chowdhury
Present Designation:
,Areas of Interest:
Alloy Development, Phase Transformations, Thermomechanical Processing, Crystallographic texture development
Specialisation:
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Major Professional Contributions:
Development of a cast steel having improved silt erosion resistance for underwater components of hydropower stations in the Himalayan region
Development of a high-Mn twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel
Development of new steel for application in cement industry- grinding media balls
Development of wear resistant steel development through quench-and non-isothermal partitioning process in the hot strip mill route
Development of Armour grade steel with 2GPa strength
Grain boundary engineering on additively manufactured materials
Consultancy Areas:
Alloy Development and its Processing
Thermomechanical Processing and texture development
Failure analysis and Remaining life estimation
Sector Associated With:
Steel and metal industry
Oil and Power
Railways
Materials for Atomic energy/Space
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
Steel and metal industry
Oil and Power
Railways
Materials for Atomic energy/Space
Professional Experience
CSIR NML:
Jan 2015 – till date Chief Scientist, CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India.
Jan 2009 – Dec 2014 Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India.
2005 – 2008 Principal Scientist (Scientist E-II) at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
2001 – 2004 Senior Scientist (Scientist E-I) at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
1996 – 2000 Scientist C at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur India
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR):
2009 – till date Professor at Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR)
Short term Assignments:
Aug – Sept 2019 Visiting Professor, Institute of Iron and Steel Technology, TU Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
June – July 2016 Visiting Professor, Institute of Welding and Materials Science, TU Graz, Austria
Aug-Sept 2011 Visiting Professor, Institute for Physical Metallurgy (IMM), University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
June-July 2010 Visiting Professor, Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy (IEHK), University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Sept, 2009 Re-invitation fellowship AvH Foundation, Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
July-Sept’06 Visiting Researcher, Dept of Materials Sci. & Engg., Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Jan‘01 – Aug‘02 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Institut für Metallkunde und Metallphysik, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Education
B.E., Metallurgical Engineering, Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, 1989
M.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, I I T Bombay, 1991
Ph.D, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, I I T Kanpur, 1996
Awards and Recognitions
Vertical Coordinator, Materials and Processing Technologies, VAIBHAV Summit 2020
Editor , Trans Indian Institute of Metals
Metallurgist of the Year 2015, Min. of Steel, Govt. of India
Member (M.N.A.Sc), 2011, NASI Allahabad, India
Young Engineer’s Award, 2000, INAE
Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, 2000, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
INAE Section Affiliated
VIII: Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2022
Year of Birth
1968
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