Information
Key Notes
- Journal(s): 12
- Conference(s): 7
- PhD: Current - 1 Awarded - 1
- Event(s) Organized: Conference - 1
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PUBLICATIONS2
DOCTORAL STUDENTS9
PROJECTS1
PATENTResearch Areas
Correlative Multiscale Characterization of Materials
Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials
Rare-earth Permanent Magnets
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA | 2010 |
| Master of Science | University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA | 2007 |
| Master of Technology | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU), Varanasi, UP, India | 2004 |
| Bachelor of Technology | Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata, WB, India | 2002 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic and Magnetic Materials(MM1209) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Advanced Experimental Techniques(MM26027) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Electronic and Magnetic Materials(MM254) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques(MM470) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Phase Transformations in Materials(MM5201) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Universal Human Values(IC202) | 1-0-0 | 0 | UG |
| Physical Metallurgy and Phase Transformations(MM1H03) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Physical Metallurgy and Phase Transformations(MM16001) | 3-1-0 | 4 | UG, PG |
| Materials Engineering(MM235) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Electronic and Magnetic Materials(MM5263) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
RESEARCH IDs
ORC ID
Google Scholar ID
PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Mechanism of grain boundary diffusion process of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets using terbium heptoxide (Tb4O7) diffusion source,
By Akhil P.S., H. Nakamura, Uma Maheswara Rao Seelam,
ScienceDirect,
Journal of Rare Earths,
vol.,
pp.,
2025
Mechanical Properties of Cu70Fe30 (at%) Bulk Metastable Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering,
By Santhi Battu, Arvindha Babu D, Vajinder Singh, Deepak Kumar, and Uma Maheswara Rao Seelam,
Wiley,
Adv. Eng. Mater.,
vol.2401579,
pp.1-12,
2025
Mechanical and magnetic properties of phase separated Cu50Fe50 (at%) alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering,
By B.Santhi, D. ArvindhaBabu and Uma Maheswara RaoSeelam,
Elsevier ,
J. Alloys and Compounds,
vol.997,
pp.174890,
2024
Synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnSe by mechanical alloying,
By C. Suryanarayana, Ahmed A. Al‑Joubori, Furkan Türker,
U.M.R. Seelam,
Springer,
J. Mater. Res.,
vol.38,
pp.4261-4271,
2023
Coercivity of the Nd–Fe–B hot-deformed magnets diffusion-processed with low melting temperature glass forming alloys,
By U.M.R. Seelam, Lihua Liu, T. Akiya, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, N. Sakuma, M. Yano, A. Kato and K. Hono,
ScienceDirect,
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. ,
vol.412 ,
pp.234-242,
2016
On the temperature dependent magnetic properties of as-spun Mn-Bi ribbons,
By S. Kavita, U.M.R. Seelam, D. Prabhu and R. Gopalan,
ScienceDirect,
J. Magn. Magn. Mater.,
vol.377,
pp.485-489,
2015
Faceted shell structure in grain boundary diffusion-processed sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets,
By U. M.R. Seelam, T. Ohkubo, T. Abe, S. Hirosawa and K. Hono,
ScienceDirect,
J. Alloys and Compounds,
vol.617,
pp.884-892 ,
2014
Metallography of SS304+Al Sputter-Deposited Coatings,
By U.M.R. Seelam and C. Suryanarayana,
Springer,
Metallography, Microstructure and Analysis,
vol.2,
pp.287-298,
2013
Structural Characterization of Sputter-deposited SS304+10 wt pct Al Coatings,
By Uma M.R. Seelam, Suryanarayana, H. Heinrich, T. Ohkubo, K. Hono and N.S. Cheruvu,
Springer,
Metall. Mater. Trans. A,
vol.43,
pp.2945-2954,
2012
Is there a hcp → fcc allotropic transformation in mechanically milled Group IV B elements?,
By Uma M.R. Seelam, G. Barkhordarian and C. Suryanarayana,
Springer,
J. Mater. Res.,
vol.24,
pp.3454-3461,
2009
Mechanically-Induced FCC Phase Formation in Nanocrystalline Hafnium,
By U. M.R. Seelam and C. Suryanarayana,
AIP,
J. Appl. Phys,
vol.105,
pp.063524 (1-8),
2009
Metal-Assisted Self-Assembled Nano-Sized Porous 2-D Structures Incorporating Malonic Acid Dihydrazide and Melamine,
By Mishra, B. Pathak, G.V.S. Sastry and S. Umamaheswara Rao (U.M.R. Seelam),
Springer,
J. Mater. Sci.,
vol.41,
pp.7141-7144,
2006
Conference(s)
Machine Learning Assisted Prediction of Solid Solubility in Binary Alloys using Hume-Rothery Descriptors
By Sagar Gomad and Uma M.R. Seelam,
6th Edition of International Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, Singapore,
2024
Machine Learning on Hume-Rothery Solid Solubility Rules in Ni-based Binary Alloys
By Sagar Gomad, Akhil PS and U.M.R. Seelam, ,
The International conference on Metallurgical Engineering and Centenary Celebration (METCENT-2023) IIT-BHU, Varanasi,
2023
Mechanical and magnetic properties of bulk Cu-50 at.% Fe alloys synthesized by spark plasma sintering
By Battu Santhi, Aravindh Babu D and U.M.R. Seelam, ,
76th Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM-2022), Hyderabad,
2022
Unusual formation of sigma phase in the sputter-deposited 304 stainless steel coatings
By U.M.R. Seelam and C. Suryanarayana,
12th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference (APMC-2020), Hyderabad,
2020
Rapid Formation of the Sigma Phase in Sputter-Deposited Austenitic Stainless Steel (SS304) Coatings
By U.M.R. Seelam,
26th International Symposium on Materials on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019), IIT-Madras,
2019
Coercivity of the Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets diffusion-processed with low melting temperature glass forming alloys
By • U.M.R. Seelam, L.H. Liu, T. Akiya, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, N. Sakuma, M. Yano, A. Kato, and K. Hono,
39th Annual Conference on Magnetics in Japan, Magnetics Society of Japan (MSJ-2015), Nagoya, Japan,
2015
Grain boundary diffusion processes of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets
By U.M.R. Seelam, T. Ohkubo, H. Nakamura, T. Abe, S. Hirosawa and K. Hono,
ESICMM G8 Symposium on Permanent Magnets, Tsukuba, Japan,
2015
Patent(s)
Rare earth magnet and manufacturing method thereof (JP2014252325A)
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Production of rare earth permanent magnets from spent magnets and primary rare earth oxides
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: SPARC Project
Sponsor: Government of India
Project Cost (INR): 7524000
Date of Commencement: 29-04-2024
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: SPARC Project
Sponsor: Government of India
Project Cost (INR): 7524000
Date of Commencement: 29-04-2024
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
High coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnets
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST-SERB CRG
Project Cost (INR): 2980000
Date of Commencement: 30-12-2020 Date of Completion: 29-06-2024
Duration: 42 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: DST-SERB CRG
Project Cost (INR): 2980000
Date of Commencement: 30-12-2020 Date of Completion: 29-06-2024
Duration: 42 Months
Status: Completed
Synthesis, characterization and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline Ti, Zr and Hf metals
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal Research Seed Grant
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 31-07-2018 Date of Completion: 30-07-2020
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: NIT Warangal Research Seed Grant
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 31-07-2018 Date of Completion: 30-07-2020
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Microstructure and barrier properties of Al foils
Role:
Joint-Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Herbalife International, Los Angeles, California, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1080000
Date of Commencement: 01-07-2017 Date of Completion: 15-09-2017
Duration: 2 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Herbalife International, Los Angeles, California, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1080000
Date of Commencement: 01-07-2017 Date of Completion: 15-09-2017
Duration: 2 Months
Status: Completed
Impurities in graphite products
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: SGL Carbon, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Project Cost (INR): 783000
Date of Commencement: 01-11-2016 Date of Completion: 30-08-2017
Duration: 9 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: SGL Carbon, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Project Cost (INR): 783000
Date of Commencement: 01-11-2016 Date of Completion: 30-08-2017
Duration: 9 Months
Status: Completed
Composition of iPhone 7 components
Role:
Joint-Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Apple Inc., Cupertino, California, USA
Project Cost (INR): 3294000
Date of Commencement: 01-05-2017 Date of Completion: 15-08-2017
Duration: 3 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Apple Inc., Cupertino, California, USA
Project Cost (INR): 3294000
Date of Commencement: 01-05-2017 Date of Completion: 15-08-2017
Duration: 3 Months
Status: Completed
Defects in copper sheathing on Pb cores
Role:
Joint-Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Vista Outdoor Inc., Anoka, Minnesota, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1080000
Date of Commencement: 03-01-2017 Date of Completion: 30-05-2017
Duration: 4 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Vista Outdoor Inc., Anoka, Minnesota, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1080000
Date of Commencement: 03-01-2017 Date of Completion: 30-05-2017
Duration: 4 Months
Status: Completed
Blistering in copper sheets
Role:
Joint-Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Revere Copper Products, Inc., Rome, New York, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1286550
Date of Commencement: 02-04-2017 Date of Completion: 05-05-2017
Duration: 1 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Revere Copper Products, Inc., Rome, New York, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1286550
Date of Commencement: 02-04-2017 Date of Completion: 05-05-2017
Duration: 1 Months
Status: Completed
Microscopic and spectroscopic characterization of Al foils for effervescent technologies
Role:
Joint-Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Tower Laboratories Ltd., Centerbrook, Connecticut, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1125000
Date of Commencement: 15-10-2016 Date of Completion: 14-03-2017
Duration: 5 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: Tower Laboratories Ltd., Centerbrook, Connecticut, USA
Project Cost (INR): 1125000
Date of Commencement: 15-10-2016 Date of Completion: 14-03-2017
Duration: 5 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
Mr. Akhil PS
Area of Research:
Grain boundary diffusion process of Nd-Fe-B magnets
Previous PhD Students
Mrs. B. Santhi
(2025)
Area of Research:
Synthesis of high strength Cu-Fe alloys by non-equilibrium processing
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
3rd International Conference on Advances in Minerals, Metals, Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICAM5-2025)
25-Sep-2025
→
27-Sep-2025
Event Type:
Conference
Role: Convenor
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology
Role: Convenor
Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2023
Teaching Excellence Award 2023-24
2010
2009-10 University Award for Excellence, UCF
2005
J.N. Tata Endowment, Tata Trust, India
First Prize for oral presentation in IIT-KGP
AMPAC Fellowship, UCF, USA
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Member, Department Purchase Committee (DPC) (November, 2024 - November, 2025)
- Member, Department Research Committee (DRC) (Continuing from January, 2024)
- Department Coordinator, NBA Accreditation (Continuing from July, 2023)
- Faculty Advisor (III B.Tech.) (December, 2019 - July, 2025)
- Faculty-in-charge, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), NIT Warangal (July, 2018 - December, 2026)
- Member, Department Academic Committee (DAC) - UG (July, 2018 - December, 2026)
Last updated on March 15, 2026