IITKGP

Tapas Laha

Professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

+91-3222-283242

laha@metal.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Chairman, Canteen Management Committe

Research Areas

Research Areas:
 - Bulk nanostructured metallic composites - Processing & Characterization
 - Bulk Metallic glass nanocomposites – Understanding the effect of multi-phase microstructure
 - Surface Engineering & Coating – Synthesis and Interfacial Phenomena
 - Metallic glass coatings – Development and Characterization
- Functionally graded composite materials (FGCMs)
 - Material Synthesis by Mechanical alloying, Spark Plasma Sintering and Thermal spraying
  • Comparative Study on Wear and Corrosion Behavior of Plasma Sprayed Fe73Cr2Si11B11C3 and Fe63Cr9P5B16C7 Metallic Glass Composite Coatings Kumar A., Nayak S.K., Laha T. By Journal of Thermal Spray Technology - (2022)
  • Effect of thermomechanical treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Si-containing oxide dispersion strengthened reduced activation ferritic steel synthesized via mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering Ilaham W.R., Singh L.K., Kumar A., Laha T. By Nuclear Materials and Energy 28 - (2021)
  • Review on development of functionally graded composite materials Sai C. M., Ajit N. K., Navya K. , Laha T. , Roy S. By International Materials Reviews - (2022)
  • Study of the elastic properties and thermal shock behavior of Al SiC-graphite hybrid composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering Jana P., Oza M.J., Schell K.G., Bucharsky E.C., Laha T., Roy S. By Ceramics International 48 5386-5396 (2022)
  • Study of the elastic properties and thermal shock behavior of Al-SiC-graphite hybrid composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering Jana P., Oza M. J., Schell K. G., Bucharsky E. C., Laha T. , Roy S. By Ceramics International 48 5386-5396 (2022)
  • Review on development of metal/ceramic interpenetrating phase composites and critical analysis of their properties Kota N., Charan M. S., Laha T. , Roy S. By Ceramics International 48 1451-1483 (2022)
  • Corrosion behaviour of plasma sprayed Fe based metallic glass (Fe73Cr2Si11B11C3 (at%) coatings in 3.5% NaCl solution Bijalwan P., Singh C., Kumar A., Sarkar K., Rani N., Laha T., Banerjee A., Mondal K. By Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 567 - (2021)
  • Developing a hybrid Al-SiC-graphite functionally graded composite material for optimum composition and mechanical properties Oza M. J., Schell K. G., Bucharsky E. C., Laha T. , Roy S. By Materials Science and Engineering A 805 140625- (2021)
  • Multi-scale indentation creep behavior in Fe-based amorphous/nanocrystalline coating at room temperature Kumar A., Nayak S.K., Banerjee A., Laha T. By Materials Letters 283 - (2021)
  • Understanding the effect of bimodal microstructure on the strength ductility synergy of Al CNT nanocomposites Singh L.K., Bhadauria A., Laha T. By Journal of Materials Science 56 1730-1748 (2021)

Principal Investigator

  • Development of Corrosion and Wear Resistant Fe based Metallic Glass Protective Coating via Thermal Spraying
  • Material Synthesis in SPS Lab
  • Materials Characterization via XRD
  • Optimization of Corrosion and Wear Properties In Plasma Sprayed Fe Based Metallic Glass Protective Coating

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Development of ZrB2/B4C Functionally Graded Materials for High-temperature Aerospace Application Aeronautics R and D Board

Ph. D. Students

Ajit Kumar Naik

Area of Research: Ceramic matrix composites

Akankshya Rout

Area of Research: Glassy coating / advanced materials

Aman Jyoti Shukla

Area of Research: Processing-Microstructure-Texture-Property relationship of Mg alloys

Deyyala Komala V Durga Prasad

Area of Research: Metallic glass and nanocomposite

Ghewade Hrishikesh Dinkar

Area of Research: Structure-property relation of Molybdenum Silicide Based Intermetallic Composites

Manashi Sabat

Area of Research: High temperature alloy by powder metallurgy

Md Akif Faridi

Area of Research: Metallic glass composite

Mohammed Nazeer

Area of Research: Processing and characterization of composite materials

Perli Monisha

Area of Research: Nanofertilizers and environmental toxicity

Sudhansu Maharana

Area of Research: High temperature alloy via powder metallurgy