Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor, MME, VSSUT Burla – since October 2016 till date Guest Lecturer, MME, IGIT Sarang- 2008-2009

Graduate Level	:	Mechanical Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Advanced Materials, Materials Characterization, Introduction to Nanoscience and Nano materials Technology, Iron Making
Post Graduate Level	:	Characterization of Materials and Phase Transformation and Heat Treatment

Electrochemistry, Material Characterization, Creep, Nanocomposite, Microstructure property correlation in metal

Ph. D. Candidates	:	2 No. ongoing
M. Tech. Candidates	:	8

1. BEST PAPER” among the papers presented in the Technical Session: ICRTMD 28 [Faculty/Scientist (Invited)] during the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science andDevices (ICRTMD 2025), held from March 24-26, 2025, at JVMGRR College, Charkhi Dadri.
2. Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Phase Transformation in Materials, NPTEL Swayam exam.
3. Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Techniques of Material Characterization, NPTEL Swayam exam.
4. Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Gold) from NPTEL online X-ray Crystallography and Diffraction, NPTEL Swayam exam.
5. Awarded as Topper (Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Material Science and Engineering, NPTEL Swayam exam.
6. Institute silver medal in M. Tech, NIT Rourkela

• Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) • Material Research Society of India (MRSI) • Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI) • The Institute of Engineers (India) (IEI)

1. Collaborative Research and Innovation Scheme of TEQIP-III. Jan 2020-Dec 2020, Rs. 0.6 lakhs.
2. Enhancement in bone regeneration by hydroxyapatite – doped piezoelectric composite coating.2021, 2years project, OURIIP, 4.25 lakhs.

International Publications

1. Verma, B.B., Mallik, Manila, Atkinson, John D, Ray, Prabal Kumar, (2012), Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth Behavior of 7475 Aluminium Alloy in Air and Aggressive Environment Advanced Materials Research, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 428, pp. 133-136, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR-428 428.133.
2. Mallik, Manila, Mitra, Arijit , Sengupta, Srijan, Das, Karabi, Ghosh, Rabindra N. , and Das, Siddhartha , (2014), Effect of Current Density on the Nucleation and Growth of Crystal Facets during Pulse Electrodeposition of Sn–Cu Lead-Free Solder, Crystal Growth & Design,Vol. 14 (12), pp.6542–6549,DOI:10.1021/cg501440a.
3. Mitra,Arijit, Mallik, Manila, Sengupta, Srijan, BanthiaSwastika, Das Karabi, and Das Siddhartha, (2017), Effect of Anodic Passivation at High Applied Potential Difference on the Crystal Shape and Morphology of Copper Electrodeposits: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Electrocrystallization, Crystal Growth & Design, Vol.17 (4), pp.1539–1549. DOI:10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01420.
4. Sengupta, Srijan, Mitra, Arijit, Dahiya, Prem P., Kumar, Abhinav, Mallik, Manila, Das Karabi, Majumder,S.B. , Das,Siddhartha, (2017), Investigation on lithium conversion behavior and degradation mechanisms in Tin based ternary component alloy anodes for lithium ion batteries, Journal of alloys and compound, Journal of alloys and compound, Vol. 721, pp.236-248, DOI: 10.1016/j.
5. Banthia, Swastika, Sengupta, Srijan, Mallik, Manila, Das Siddhartha, and Das, Karabi (2017), Substrate effect on electrodeposited copper morphology and crystal shapes, Surface Engineering,pp.1-8. DOI:10.1080/02670844.2017.1321265.
6. B. B. Verma, M. Mallik, J. D. Atkinson, and P. K. Ray “Fatigue Crack Initiation and Growth behavior of 7475 Aluminum Alloy in Air and Aggressive Environment” Advanced Material Research volume 428(2012):133-136.
7. Manila Mallik, Arijit Mitra, Srijan Sengupta, Karabi Das, Rabindra N. Ghosh, and Siddhartha Das “Effect of Current density on the Nucleation and Growth of Crystal Facet during Pulse Electro deposition of Sn-cu lead free solder” Crystal growth and Design 14 (2014): 6542−6549.

International Conferences

1. S. Sahoo, S. Nayak, D Sahoo, M. Mallik, International conference on Material Processing and Characterization (ICMPC-2019); Corrosion Inhibition Behaviourof Dual Phase Steel in 3.5 % NaCl solution by Carica Papaya Peel Extracts, Hyderabad, from 8th to 10th March,2019
2. Mallik, Manila, Das, K., Ghosh, R. N., Das, S., (2016), Synthesis of creep resistant pulse electrodeposited Sn-Cu-Y2O3 lead free nanocomposite solder; TMS (2016), February 14-18, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
3. Sengupta, S., Mitra, A., Mallik, Manila, Dahiya, P. P., Das, K., Majumder, S. B., Das, S.,(2016), (2016),Electrodeposited Tin-antimony-copper alloy negative electrode for lithium ion batteries, TMS (2016), February 14-18, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
4. Mallik, Manila, Ghosh, R. N., Das, S., (2014) Nanoindentation creep of monolithic and Sn-Cu-Y2O3nano-composite lead-free solder; International Conference on Emerging Materials and Processes, ICEMP (2014), February 26-28, IMMT Bhubaneswar, India.
5. Mallik, Manila, Das, S., Ghosh, R. N., (2013) Load control nanoindentation creep behavior of near eutectic Sn-0.7Cu lead free solder alloy synthesized by pulse electrodeposition; International Conference on “Frontiers in Energy, Environment, health and Materials Research EEMR (2013), august12-13, pp-56, IMMT Bhubaneswar, India.
6. Mallik, Manila, Ghosh, R. N., Das, S.,(2013), Tailoring the morphology of eutectic Sn-Cu coating during pulse electrodeposition, NMD-ATM (2013), 12-15 November IIT(BHU)Varanasi, India.
7. “Synthesis of creep resistant pulse electrodeposited Sn-Cu-Y2O3 lead free solder” by Manila Mallik, Karabi Das, Rabindra Natrh Ghosh, Siddhartha Das, TMS (2016), Nashville, Tenessee, USA.
8. “Nanoindentation creep of monolithic and Sn-Cu-Y2O3 nano-composite lead-free solder” by Manila Mallik, Rabindra Natrh Ghosh, Siddhartha Das. International Conference on “Emerging Materials and Processes” ICEMP (2014), IMMT Bhubaneswar, India.
9. “Tailoring the morphology of eutectic Sn-Cu coating during pulse electrodeposition” by Manila Mallik, Rabindra Natrh Ghosh, Siddhartha Das. NMD-ATM (2013), Varanasi, India.
10. “Load control nanoindentation creep behavior of near eutectic Sn-0.7Cu lead free solder alloy synthesized by pulse electrodeposition method” by Manila Mallik, Rabindra Natrh Ghosh, Siddhartha Das. International Conference on “Frontiers in Energy, Environment, health and Materials Research” EEMR (2013), IMMT Bhubaneswar, India.
11. Seminar on Metallurgical Engineering held at CSIR- NML, Jamshedpur.
12. 22nd Annual General Meeting of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) at CSIR-AMPRI.

1. A review on evolution, stability, and transformation of phases in high entropy alloys (HEAs), Transactions of powder metallurgy association of India.
2. Transition metal oxide ceramic nanocomposites for flexible supercapacitors, 2023, book chapter in “Advanced Flexible Ceramics Design, Properties, Manufacturing, and Emerging Applications”, Elsevier.
3. “Microstructural characteristics of flexible ceramics”,2023, book chapter in “Advanced Flexible Ceramics Design, Properties, Manufacturing, and Emerging Applications”, Elsevier.
4. “3D Printing of Smart Materials: A Path towards Evolution of 4D Printing”, 2022, book chapter in "Smart 3D Nanoprinting: Fundamentals and Applications", CRC Book, Taylor & Francis.
5. Influence of TiO2 Particle on the Friction Stir Welding of 7075 Al Alloy Influence of TiO2 Particle on the Friction Stir Welding of 7075 Al Alloy, Processing and Characterization of Materials, Springer Singapore, ISBN 978-981-16-3936-4, 2021.

• Convener cum co-ordinator for One day webinar on Advance concept in Corrosion and Battery (ACCB-2022) held on 6th of February 2022 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla. • Convener in TEQIP_III sponsored five days FDP programme on CSSR-2020 from 7th – 11th September, 2020 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla. • Convener in TEQIP_III sponsored two-week short term training programme on SPCAM-2019 from 7th – 16thApril, 2019 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla. • Co-convener in TEQIP_III sponsored one-week workshop on LSDMB-2019 from 10th – 14thFebruary, 2019 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla. • Co-convener in TEQIP_III sponsored one-week workshop on NTPMMPMC-2018 from 19th – 23rd March, 2018 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla. • Faculty co-ordinator in Dravya 2018, annual national symposium organized by Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. • Faculty co-ordinator in Metaphilia 2017, annual national symposium organized by Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.

Institute and departmental level responsibilities: • Warden of Anuradha Hall of Residence • Central timetable coordinator • NSS programme officer • PIC of Physical Metallurgy Lab • Member of Conducting board • Departmental NAAC coordinator • Faculty adviser of art and photography club • PG course coordinator • Member in student monitoring and counselling committee • Member of Departmental Purchase Committee • Member of Board of Studies • Nodal officer cum coordinator beautification of University • SSG faculty advisor

Invited Talk:

1. · AICTE QIP short term course on Materials, Manufacturing and Management (MMM-2018) from 14^th- 26^th May, 2018 organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at VSSUT Burla.

   ·      TEQIP_III sponsored one-week workshop on NTPMMPMC-2018 from 19^th – 23^rd March, 2018 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.

   ·      TEQIP_III sponsored one-week workshop on AMP-2020 from 24^th – 28^rd February, 2020 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, IGIT Sarang.

   ·       Ancient Bronze Technology” during the online short-term course on the “Archaeometallurgy and Scientific Analysis of Ancient Metal Objects” on 12.08.2021 at National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC), Lucknow.

   ·      RAMM 2024 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, IGIT Sarang.

2. Hands-on-experience:

• 1.      X-Ray Diffractometer
• 2.      Scanning Electron Microscope
• 3.      Atomic force Microscope
• 4.      Hardness testing
• 5.      Particle size analyser
• 6.      Scanning Tunnelling Microscope

 

Project grant received and completed:

•  Enhancement in bone regeneration by hydroxyapatite – doped piezoelectric composite coating.2021, 2years project, OURIIP, 4.25 lakhs.
• Collaborative Research and Innovation Scheme of TEQIP-III. Jan 2020-Dec 2020, Rs. 0.6 lakhs.

•    Silver Medal in M Tech Programme.

•         Best poster prize at 57th National Metallurgist Day and International symposium on advanced materials and societal applications (13th to 16th November,2019)

•         Awarded as Topper (Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Material Science and Engineering, NPTEL Swayam exam.

•         Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Gold) from NPTEL online X-ray Crystallography and Diffraction, NPTEL Swayam exam.

•         Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Techniques of Material Characterization, NPTEL Swayam exam.

•         Awarded as Topper(Ellite+Silver) from NPTEL online Phase Transformation in Materials, NPTEL Swayam exam.

•         BEST PAPER” among the papers presented in the Technical Session: ICRTMD 28 [Faculty/Scientist (Invited)] during the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science andDevices (ICRTMD 2025), held from March 24-26, 2025, at JVMGRR College, Charkhi Dadri.

Workshop/short term training /faculty development programme attended:

 

•   Faculty Development Program on Pedagogy organized by CDCE at VSSUT, Burla during 23^rd-29^th November,2022.
•  7 days workshop on Application of XRD Technique in Materials Science and Engineering at NIT Rourkela held from 22-28 Agust 2022.
•  NAAC sponsored two days workshop on Role of Revised Accreditation Framework for enhancing the Quality and Innovation in Education (RRAFEQIE)-2020 organised by IAC, VSSUT, Burla during 22^nd to 23^rd February, 2020.
• TEQIP-III workshop on Advanced Scanning Electron Microscope and Microanalysis from 11^th to 15^th at IIT Kanpur.TEQIP-III Sponsored Workshop on Application techniques on Advanced Manufacturing Processes (AOTAMP-2019) 25^th -30^th March, 2019 organized by Mechanical Engineering at VSSUT, Burla.
• TEQIP-III Sponsored Workshop on modelling, Simulation and Data Analysis for Experimental Research (MSDAER-2019) 28^thJanuary -1^thFebruary, 2019 organized by Chemical Engineering at VSSUT, Burla.
• GIAN course on Cost Effective and sustainable solutions for management of Hazardous Waste at IIT Bhubaneswar 11^th-15^th December, 2018.
• TEQIP-III Sponsored Workshop on New Trends in Renewable Energy and Environmental Sciences (NTREES-2018) 23^rd -27^th July, 2018 organized by Chemical Engineering at VSSUT, Burla.
• AICTE QIP short term course on  Functional Engineering Materials: Technology, Modeling and analysis (FEMTMA-2019) from 25^th-07^th July, 2018 organized by Department of Production Engineering at VSSUT, Burla.
• Faculty induction workshopfrom 12^th to 16^th June,2018 at IIT Kharagpur.
• AICTE QIP Short Term Course on FEMTMA-2018 from 25^th -7^th June 2018 at VSSUT Burla. TEQIP_III sponsored one-week workshop on NTPMMPMC-2018 from 19^th – 23^rd March, 2018 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla
• AICTE QIP Short Term Course on CMMMO from 19^th - 24^th February 2018 organized by Department of Production Engineering at VSSUT, Burla.
• TEQIP-III sponsored two-week workshop on Cloud Computing 8^th to 20^th January, 2018 organized by Dept. of Information Technology at VSSUT Burla.
• GIAN course on crystallographic texture and crystal plasticity modelling from 4^th -14^th December 2017 at IIT Kharagpur.
• TEQIP sponsored one day workshop on Quality of higher and technical education in India-Role of Universities on 20^th February, 2017 organized by VSSUT, Burla.
• One month International FDP on “Teaching and learning in higher education” by International Institute of Education Research and training (IIERT) from 20th July to 14th August,2020.
• One day webinar on “Advacement in polmer naocomosite (APNC 2020)” by PMEC, Berhampur on 17^th August,2020.
• Online five days short term course on “Advances in Materilas Manufacturing processes and properties” organized by department of MME, MNIT, Jaipur, from 6^th to 10^th July,2020.  One week wbinar on “Advances in Materials Processing and Characterization” organized by department of MME,IGIT,Sarang,from 28^th August to 1^st September,2020.
• International Symposium on “The physical chemistry of molecular interactions” Organized by department of Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, from 12^th -13 December,2020.
• FDP on “Fundamentals and advances in powder metallurgy” Organized by department of MEMS, IIT Indore, from 8^th -10^th of December,2020.
•  Five day online FDP on “Recent advances in powder metallurgy” Organized by department of ME, O P Jindal University,Raigarh, from 13^th -17^th of July,2020.
•  7 days DST funded training workshop on "Application of XRD technique in “material science and engineering” Organized by department of MME, NIT RKL, from 22^nd -28^th of August,2022.
•  One-Week Faculty Development Program on “Robotics and Industrial Automation”organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Organized by Institute of Technology (A), Hyderabad during 04-11-2024 to 09-11-2024.
• One-Week Faculty Development Program on “Technological Advancement in Synthesis of Novel Material”organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Organized by Institute of Technology (A), Hyderabad during 04-11-2024 to 09-11-2024.
•  One-Week Faculty Development Program on “Nano Materials for real time biomedical applications” organized by Jss Science and Technology university from 06/01/2025 to 11/01/2025.
•   3-day Face-to-Face FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Sambalpur from 19th July to 21st July 2024.
•  One day Workshop on “NAAC Sensitization-2024” Organized by Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla on 12th December 2024.
•  Three Days Workshop on “Outcome Based Education (OBE-2024)” Organized by Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla during 4th-6th December 2024.

Present Address :  Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engg. V.S.S. University of Technology, Burla Sambalpur – 768018 Odisha, India

Permanent Address :  Plot No.-45, Rekha Nivas At: Bomikhal Po: Rasulgar Dist: Khorda Pin: 751010, Odisha