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Education

  • PhD (Materials Science & Engineering) – University of Tennessee (in progress)
  • MS (Materials Science & Engineering) – University of Tennessee (2008)
  • B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering) – NIT Trichy, India (2004)

Research Interests

        Nanomaterials, laser materials processing, materials characterization, thin film deposition, ceramic glasses, biomaterials


Experience
  • Graduate Research Assistant – UT Space Institute (09/’06 – present)
  • Research Engineer, R&D Center, Essar Steel Limited, India (06/’04 – 08/’06)
  • Summer Trainee, Dept. of Metall. & Mat. Engineering, NIT Trichy, India (06/’03 – 08/’03)
  • Summer Trainee, Mats. Sci. Div., Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India (05/’02 – 07/’02)

Project(s)

        Establishment of Materials Characterization Laboratory, R&D Center, Essar Steel Limited, India (~$330,000) – (2004 – 2006) [approved by the DSIR, Govt. of India, 2006]


Achievements/Honors
  • Lloyd W. Crawford Fellowship – 2009 (academic year 2009-10)
  • Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award – 2009 (academic year 2008-2009)
  • Graduate Research Assistantship (UT Space Institute) – 2006 (to present)
  • Golden Peacock Award (awarded to Essar Steel Ltd for Product Innovation) – 2006
  • Best Poster Presentation Award (Indian Institute Metals at IIT Madras) in NMD-ATM – 2005
  • Among top 1% students (MP-PET – state level engineering entrance exam) – 2000

Memberships/Honor societies
  • Sigma Xi (affiliated to Vanderbilt University)
  • Materials Research Society
  • Materials Advantage (TMS, ACerS, ASM, AIST)

Service to Society
  • Reviewer – Surface & Coatings Technology (2008)
  • Volunteered ASM summer camp at UT Space Institute (2007)
  • Senior Edulix Fellow – The largest online portal for prospective graduate students (2004 – present)

Student Grants
  • NSF grant to attend ICALEO 2009 (Int’l Conference) at Orlando, Florida
  • NSF grant to attend ICALEO 2008 (Int’l Conference) at Temecula, California
  • NSF grant to attend ICALEO 2007 (Int’l Conference) at Orlando, Florida

Journal Publications
  • Rajput D., Costa L., Lansford K., and Hofmeister W. (2009) "Laser Deposition on Graphite." Scripta Materialia (in progress *)
  • Costa L., Rajput D., Lansford K., Yue W. and Hofmeister W. (2009) "Novel Powder Delivery Tower Nozzle for Laser Powder Deposition." Rapid Prototyping Journal. (accepted / in press)
  • Costa L., Lansford K., Rajput D., and Hofmeister W. (2009) "Unique Corrosion and Wear Resistant Identification Tags via LISITM Laser Marking.", Surface & Coatings Technology, 203(14-15), 1984-1990.
  • Rajput D., Lansford K., Costa L., and Hofmeister W., (2009) "Molybdenum-on-Chromium Dual Coating on Steel." Surface & Coatings Technology, 203(9), 1281-1.
  • Johnson J.A., Woodford J.B., Rajput D., Kolesnokiv A.I., 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.
  • Rajput D., Tiwary S.K., Murthy T.V.N. , and Chaturvedi A. (2006) "Development of HSLA steel in galvanized condition at Essar Steel." Steel Scenario Journal, Regular Issue, Vol 15 Q 4, 78-85.

Conference Publications (all of them were orally presented)
  • Rajput D., Costa L., Terekhov A., Lansford K., Zalloum O., and Hofmeister W. (2010) "Single-pulse Ultrafast-laser Machining of SiO2 Templates for Nano-needle Fabrication." 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Anaheim, California, USA (accepted).
  • Costa L., Terekhov A., Hofmeister W., Rajput D., Lansford K., Jowhar D., and Janetopoulos C. (2010) "Femtosecond Laser Machining of SiO2 Microfluidic Devices for Cellular Imaging During Chemotaxis Analysis." 29th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Anaheim, California, USA (accepted).
  • Rajput D., Costa L., Lansford K., Murray G., and Hofmeister W. (2009) “Transition Metal Coatings on Graphite Via Laser Processing.” Proceedings of the 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Orlando, Florida, USA.
  • 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 the 26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Orlando, Florida, USA (Published in CD).

Conference Presentations (no full length paper submitted)
  • Costa L., Rajput D.*, Lansford K., and Hofmeister W. (2008) "Laser Powder Deposition of W-TiC Cermelt Rocket Nozzles on Graphite Mandrels". 27th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Temecula, California, USA. (* presenter)
  • 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. (* presenter)

Workshop Paper(s)
  • Rajput D. and Tiwary S.K.d (2006) "Different Aspects of Electron Microscopy." Proceedings of National Workshop on Electron Microscopy, SVNIT Surat, India. (d deceased)

Poster Presentations
  • Chaturvedi A., 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. (* main author) – Best Poster Presentation Award
  • 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.

Theses
  • Rajput D. (2008), “Laser Processing of Refractory Metal – Refractory Carbide Alloys”, Master’s Thesis, The University of Tennessee (Advisor: Dr. William H. Hofmeister)
  • 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." Bachelor’s Thesis, NIT Trichy, India (Advisor: Dr. T. Srinivasan)

Unpublished Work
  • 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.

References
  • Dr. William H. Hofmeister
    Research Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
    Director, Center for Laser Applications
    University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee
  • Dr. Jacqueline A. Johnson
    Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
    University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee
  • Dr. George M. Murray
    Research Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
    University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee