:: drajput's :: ~ the mad scientist ~

Curriculum Vitaé
Education

Laser Processing of Refractory Metal - Refractory Carbide Alloys

General Study of P/M Processed Al & Al – Cu Alloys and Their Rolling Characteristics

Research Interests

Project(s) handled

Establishment of Materials Characterization Laboratory, R&D Center, Essar Steel Limited, India - $0.33 million (Rs. 1.3 Crores) [2004 - 2006]

The lab got certified by the Department of Science & Industrial Research (DSIR), The Government of India !

Experience

Honor Societies

Professional Memberships

Achievements

Admitted as a Graduate Research Assistant in UTSI with full funding for MS
Worked as a team member in a project which won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Product Innovation for the year 2006, Essar Steel Limited, India
Best Poster Presentation Award by the Indian Institute of Metals, 2005 (National Metallurgists' Day - Annual Technical Meet at IIT - Madras)
Among top 1% students appeared in MP-PET 2000 for entrance into engineering colleges

Student Grants

Received NSF grant to attend ICALEO 2008 (Int’l Conference) at Temecula, California
Received NSF grant to attend ICALEO 2007 (Int’l Conference) at Orlando, Florida

Journal Papers (Articles marked with * are still in preparation and will be communicated soon)

Johnson J.A., Woodford J.B., Rajput D., Kolesnokiv A.I., Grierson D., Carpick R., Schleuter J.A., Eryilmaz O.L., and Erdemir A. (2008), "Carbon-Hydrogen Bonding in Near-Frictionless Carbon.", Applied Physics Letters Vol. 93, Issue 13, 131911.
Costa L., Rajput D., Lansford K., Yue W. and Hofmeister W. (2008) "Novel Powder Delivery Tower Nozzle for Laser Powder Deposition." Rapid Prototyping Journal (under review)
Rajput D., Costa L., Hofmeister W., and Lansford K. (2008) "Synthesis of Cermelts by Laser Processing." Scripta Materialia (in progress *)
Costa L., Lansford K., Rajput D., and Hofmeister W. (2008) "Unique Corrosion and Wear Resistant Identification Tags via LISI^TM Laser Marking." Surface & Coatings Technology (under review)
Rajput D., Lansford K., Costa L., and Hofmeister W., (2008) "Molybdenum-on-Chromium Dual Coating on Steel." Surface & Coatings Technology (in press)
Rajput D., Tiwary S.K., Murthy T.V.N. , and Chaturvedi A. (2006) "Development of HSLA steel in galvanized condition at Essar Steel." Journal of Steel Scenario, Regular Issue, Vol 15 Q 4, 78-85

Conference Papers

Costa L., Hofmeister W., Rajput D., and Lansford K. (2008) "Axis-symmetric Solid Freeform Fabrication of W-TiC Cermelt Rocket Nozzles." World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Washington DC, USA
Rajput D., Costa L., Hofmeister W., and Lansford K. (2008) "Novel Refractory Cermelt Coatings on Graphite." International Conference on W, Refractory & Hardmaterials VII, Washington DC, USA
Hofmeister W., Costa L., Rajput D., and Lansford K. (2007) "Cast Carbide-Metal Composite Components Via Laser Based Solid Freeform Fabrication." Proceedings of 26^th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Orlando, Florida, USA (Published in CD)

Conference Presentations

Costa L., Rajput D., Lansford K., and Hofmeister W. (2008) "Laser Powder Deposition of W-TiC Cermelt Rocket Nozzles on Graphite Mandrels". Proceedings of 27^th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Temecula, California, USA (picture)
Costa L., Hofmeister W., Rajput D., Lansford K., and Hofmeister W. (2008) "Laser Powder Deposition of W-TiC cermelts". XVII International Symposium on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers & High Power Lasers, Lisbon, Portugal

Workshop Papers

Rajput D. and Tiwary S.K. (2006) "Different Aspects of Electron Microscopy." Proceedings of National Workshop on Electron Microscopy, SVNIT Surat, India, 65-100

Posters

A. Chaturvedi, D. Rajput, G. Gupta, B. Pujara and N. Yadav (2005), "Development of HSLA steel in galvanized condition at Essar Steel." National Metallurgists' Day - Annual Technical Meet, IIT Madras (available)
D. Rajput, R. Kumar, M. Patil, S.K. Tiwary, R.K. Balasubramaniam and A.M. Kulkarni (2005), "Development of API 5L X-80 in Essar Steel Ltd through Hot Strip Mill Route." National Metallurgists' Day - Annual Technical Meet, IIT Madras (available)

Unpublished Work

Rajput D., Bhattacharjee S., Nandedkar K.K., and Rao T.S. (2004), "General Study of P/M Processed Al & Al – Cu Alloys and Their Rolling Characteristics." Undergraduate Thesis, NIT Trichy, India.
Rajput D., Bhattacharjee S., Kumaran S., and Rao T.S. (2003), "Effect of Lubricants on Green Density Behavior of Warm Compacted 904L Stainless Steel." Summer Project, NIT Trichy, India.
Rajput D., Bhattacharjee S, and Sharma G. (2002), "Dry Wear Test of Iron Aluminide Intermetallic (DO₃ based)." Summer Internship, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India.

Technical Expertise

Positions held

In charge - Materials Characterization Laboratory, R&D - Essar Steel Ltd
Coordinator of the department's webpage, Dept. of Met. & Mat. Engg., NIT Trichy (Founder of the department's webteam)
Executive Member - Computer Support Group, Festember 2003, NIT Trichy
Executive Member - Mettle 2004, NIT Trichy
Chairman - Computer Support Group, Mettle 2004, NIT Trichy
Member - Class committee, Dept. of. Met. & Mat. Engg., NIT Trichy (2001-2004)

Other Activities

Volunteered "American Society of Materials" Summer Camp for high school students, UT Space Institute (11-15 June: 2007) (photo)
Arranged and participated in “Campus Placement Course” to help pre-final year students to prepare for Technical tests, Group discussions and Personal interviews, NIT Trichy (2003-2004)
Developed a technical quiz - QUIZZITE - for METTLE 2004, NIT Trichy, India (available)

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