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Prof. Shanker Kumar

Assistant Professor Gr-II

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

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Room No: 207 +91-870-2462505 shanker@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 8

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    Research Areas

    Thermodynamic Modelling of High Entropy Alloys
    Uses of Metallurgical Wastes (Spent Pot Lining) in Industry
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 2024
    Master of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2017
    Bachelor of Technology National Institute of Technology Durgapur 2009
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Smart Materials(MM36019) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Industrial Heat Treatment and Phase Transformations(MM30002) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Aerospace Materials(MM16042) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Special Steels(MM5163) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Design Considerations in Materials and Process Selection(ME60002) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Mechanistic and data-driven interpretation of Vickers microhardness in refractory high-entropy alloys, By Shanker Kumar, Vikas Jindal , Elsevier, Intermetallics, vol.194, pp.109301, 2026
    Integrating Machine Learning and DFT for Hardness Prediction in High-Entropy Alloys, By Shanker Kumar, Vikas Jindal, Springer US, MRS communication, vol.15, pp.566–575, 2025
    A predictive and experimental investigation of martensite-free GTAW weld of AISI 441 ferritic stainless steel, By Ankit Agarwal and AwaniKumar P. Patil and Mohan Pathak, Shanker Kumar and Tilak Bhattacharjee, Taylor & Francis, Welding International, vol., pp.1--12, 2025
    Influence of micro-segregation on the microstructure, and microhardness of MoNbTaxTi(1-x)W refractory high entropy alloys: Experimental and DFT approach, By S Kumar, A Linda, Y Shadangi, V Jindal, Elesiver, Intermetallics, vol.164, pp.108080, 2024
    A Neural Network Driven Approach for Characterizing the Interplay Between Short Range Ordering and Enthalpy of Mixing of Binary Subsystems in the NbTiVZr High Entropy Alloy, By Shanker Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Thakur, Vikas Jindal & Krishna Muralidharan, Springer US, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, vol.44, pp.520-538, 2023
    Thermodynamic Re-assessment of the Nb-Zr System Using the CE–CVM Model for Solid Solution Phases, By Shanker Kumar Vikas Jindal, Springer US, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, vol.43, pp.277-286, 2022
    Modeling Short-Range Ordering in Binary BCC Ti-X (X = Nb, V, Zr) Alloys using CE-CVM, By Shanker Kumar, Vikas Jindal, Springer US, Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, vol.43, pp.511-526, 2022
    First-principles calculations and thermodynamic assessment of the Nb–V system using CE-CVM., By Shanker Kumar, Vikas Jindal, Pergamon, Calphad, vol.78, pp.102439, 2022
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