National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Physical Metallurgy
Areas of Interest
  • Nanostructured materials, Composites, ODS Alloys, Joining of Materials and Advance Welding

Swapan Kumar Karak Assistant Professor Grade-I

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

karaksk@nitrkl.ac.in

39

PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

7

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Swapan Kumar Karak

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Room Number: MS-110

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

BE, MS(IIT, KGP), Ph.D(IIT, KGP)

Development of Zirconium based Alloys by Mechanical Alloying DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Characterisation and numerical Simulation of Brazed joint-ceramic ring of HVB (Hign Voltage Bushin) BRFST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 39

A. Patra, S. K. Karak, and S. K. Pabi,"Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured tungsten-30 atomic % chromium produced by mechanical attrition and hydrogen sintering", Materials Science Forum, vol.830-831, pp.59-62, Trans Tech Publications, September 2015, 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.830-831.59       Article

A. Patra, Md. Meraj, S. Pal, N. Yedla, and S. K. Karak,"Experimental and atomistic simulation based study of W based alloys synthesized by mechanical alloying", International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, vol.58, pp.57-67, Elsevier, August 2016, 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2016.04.002       Article

M. Nuthalapati, S. K. Karak, J. D. Majumdar, D. Chakravarty, and A. Basu,"Corrosion behavior and high temperature oxidation kinetics of nano-TiO2/Y2O3 dispersed zirconium alloys", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.689, pp.908-917, Elsevier, December 2016, 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.049       Article

M. Nuthalapati, S. K. Karak, D. Chakravarty, and A. Basu,"Development of nano-Y2O3 dispersed Zr alloys by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering", Materials Science and Engineering A, vol.650, pp.145-153, Elsevier, January 2016, 10.1016/j.msea.2015.10.017       Article

M. Nuthalapati, S. K. Karak, J. D. Majumdar, and A. Basu,"Phase evolution and mechanical properties of nano-TiO2 dispersed Zr-based alloys by mechanical alloying and conventional sintering", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, vol.45, no.9, pp.3748-3754, Springer, August 2014, 10.1007/s11661-014-2351-9       Article

National Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (NCPCM–2016) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 09 Dec 2016 - 10 Dec 2016
  • Brochure

  • MM2107 : Basic Physical Metallurgy {Theory}
  • MM4513 : Vacuum Technology in Materials Engineering {Theory}
  • MM468 : Joining of Metals {Theory}
  • MM5122 : Joining of Metals {Theory}
  • MM601 : Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics {Theory}
  • MM603 : Metallurgical Thermodynamics and Kinetics {Theory}
  • MM652 : Experimental Techniques in Materials Engineering {Theory}
  • MM659 : Vacuum Technology in Materials Engineering {Theory}
  • MM271 : Mineral Dressing Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM3121 : Metallography Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM473 : Design and Calculation Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM607 : Characterization of Materials Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM6171 : Phase Transformation Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM6572 : Experimental Techniques in Materials Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM672 : Experimental Techniques in Materials Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM673 : Phase Transformation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [5]
Characterization of Welded Joints of Similar and Dissimilar Metals with Various Processing Routes
Bijaya Kumar Khamari
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  May 2021
Supervisor
Studies on the Chemical, Physical and Mechanical Properties of Different Iron Ore Pellets Prepared under Different Conditions
Anand Babu Kotta
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2019
Supervisor
Fabrication of Nano-Y2O3 Dispersed Tungsten Alloys by Mechanical Alloying Followed by Conventional and Spark Plasma Sintering
Anshuman Patra
Enrolled: Jun 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2017
Supervisor
Development of Nano-TiO2/Y2O3 dispersed Zrirconium alloys by Mechanical alloying followed by Conventional and Spark Plasma Sintering
Mohan Nuthalapati
Enrolled: Jan 2012
Graduated :  Nov 2016
Co-Supervisor
Welding Metallurgy
Ranjan Mandal
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [2]
Manufacturing/ Production and Operations Management
Arvind Kumar Jha
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Sustainable building materials
Biswajit Jena
Enrolled: Nov 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Development of Nano-oxide Dispersed Austenitic Stainless Steels by Mechanical Alloying Followed by Conventional Sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering
Sambaraj Sravan Kumar
Graduated :  Jun 2016
Supervisor

Memberships / Fellowships
  • IIM,