National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Priyanka Saini completed her B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar in 2019. She earned her Ph.D. as a Prime Minister’s Research Fellow (PMRF) in Materials Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in December 2023. Following her Ph.D., she worked as an Early Post-doctoral Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi until March 2024. She then joined the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela as an Assistant Professor Grade II in July 2024. Her research focuses on the mechanical behavior of advanced materials, particularly in the areas of structure-property correlations, nanoindentation, and fracture mechanics.

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Mechanical Metallurgy
Areas of Interest
  • Mechanical behavior of advanced materials at multiscale
  • Structure-Property correlations in bulk metallic glass, composites, high entropy alloys, coatings, additively manufactured metals, and alloys
  • Fracture and nanoindentation
  • Statistical modeling

Priyanka Saini Assistant Professor Grade-II

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

sainip@nitrkl.ac.in

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PUBLICATIONS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Priyanka Saini

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Room Number:

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

2023

Ph.D.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

2019

B.Tech
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department
National Institute of Technology Srinagar

Teaching Experience
  • Surface engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   08 Jul 2024 - present

Total Publications: 5

P. Saini, Y. Zhao, B. Li, L. Zhang, U. Ramamurty, and Rl. Narayan,"Temperature dependence of pressure sensitive flow in bulk metallic glass composites", Journal of Materials Science & Technology, vol.181, pp.165-175, Elsevier 2024, View Details       Article

Y. Prabhu, A. Jain, R. L. Narayan, P. Saini, S. Vincent, W. Ryu, E. Park, and J. Bhatt,"Crystallization kinetics and nanoindentation studies of Cu46Zr40Ti8.5Al5.5 glassy alloy", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol.625, pp.122753, North-Holland 2024, View Details       Article

P. Saini, S. Nag, J. Jang, I. Choi, U. Ramamurty, and Rl. Narayan,"A statistical analysis of the second ‘pop-in’ behaviour of the spherical-tip nanoindentation of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses", Materialia, vol.31, pp.101862, Elsevier 2023, View Details       Article

P. Saini and R. L. Narayan,"On simultaneous enhancement in local yield strength and plasticity of short-term annealed bulk metallic glasses", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.898, pp.162960, Elsevier 2022, View Details       Article

A. Jain, Y. Prabhu, D. Gunderov, R. L. Narayan, P. Saini, S. Vincent, P. Sudha, A. D. Bagde, and J. Bhatt,"Structural characterization, biocorrosion and in-vitro investigation on Zr62Cu22Al10Fe5Dy1 metallic glass for bio-implant applications", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol.598, pp.121928, Elsevier 2022, View Details       Article

  • MM5523 : Surface Engineering {Theory}

Awards And Honours
  • Secured 1st position in the 3-minute thesis competition conducted by TRYST IIT Delhi,   2023
  • Secured 2nd position in the SARANSH thesis competition conducted by INYAS,   2022
  • Secured 1st position in 3-minute thesis conducted by INAE-SERB youth conclave at IIT Jodhpur,   2022
  • Won the best scanning electron microscopy metallography award at the 75th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals,   2021
  • Won the best oral presentation award at the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Mechanical Characterization (ICAMMC),   2021
  • Awarded Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) for pursuing doctoral degree at IIT Delhi,   2021
  • Awarded a merit certificate from NIT Srinagar for securing 2nd position in B. Tech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department,   2019
  • Awarded a merit certificate from K.V. No.2 Jammu Cantt. for securing a 10 CGPA in 10th class,   2013