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Prof.Rahul M R

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering

Email: rahulmr[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9840925012

Office Number: +91-326-223-5381

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Research Interest: Alloy Design and Development, Microstructure Informatics, ICME and Materials Informatics, Welding And Solidification

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

Courses taught from the curriculum

  • Phase transformation and heat treatment (UG)
  • Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy (UG)
  • Elements of Materials Engineering (UG)

New courses developed and taught

  • Advanced Engineering Materials (PG)
  • Advanced Materials and Applications (PG)
  • Joining of Materials (UG)
  • Metal Forming Technology (UG & PG)
  • Welding Metallurgy (UG)

Academics

Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering- IIT Madras (2020)

M.S in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering- IIT Madras (2015)

B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering- University of Kerala (2012)

Position

  • Assistant Professor - (04/07/2020 to present)
  • Institute Pre-doctoral fellow (IIT Madras- 2/12/2019 to 02/06/2020)
  • Editor for Nature Scientific Reports,  (Q1 journal, Oct 2024- present)
  • Guest Editor for Materials Performance and Characterization (ASTM Journal, 2025)

Awards and Honors

  • IGSTC- Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research: 2025
  • IIM-SJEF travel grant- 2025
  • The project idea “Scrap to Advanced Materials by Guiding the Communities” is shortlisted as one of the best 75 ideas in “LiFE Global Call for Ideas and Papers” by NITI Aayog out of 2538 idea proposals from 67 countries, 2023 (https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-06/Thinking-For-Our-Planet-75-Ideas-to-Promote-LiFE.pdf)
  • Received letter of appreciation from the Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, for excellent teaching feedback.
  • Certificate for outstanding service as a reviewer to Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals (TIIM) 2022.
  • Keshav Ranganath award – IIT Madras (Best Researcher at the institute level, First recipient from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 2020)
  • Best thesis award (Sudarshan Bhat prize) - IIT Madras from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 2020
  • Kerala University First Rank Holder in B Tech from Mechanical Engineering Department
  • Awarded Sri. K. A. George memorial gold medal for the topper in B Tech from Mechanical Engg  Department. from TKMCE in the year 2012
  • Best paper award- Rahul M R and Gandham Phanikumar, “Solidification, growth velocity and micromechanical properties of undercooled Fe-Co-Cu alloy”  in the “7th International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP-2018)” 19/11/2018 - 22/11/2018 at Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
  • Best paper award- Rahul M R and Gandham Phanikumar, “Effect of Sn addition on microstructural evolution and growth velocity of undercooled FeCoNiCuSnX (X= 0.5 & 5) high entropy alloy”, ISMANAM 2019
  • Best paper award- Rahul M R, “Microstructure evolution and growth velocity measurement of FeCoNiCuNb0.5 High entropy alloy at different undercooling conditions: experimental and simulation approach”, IHS 2017
  • Teaching Assistant for NPTEL online course on Analysis and Modeling of welding, IIT Madras

Publications

Books Published

 

Book chapter:

1) Rahul M R, "Introduction to Materials Informatics", for Springer Book "Materials Informatics: Applications of Cheminformatics and Machine Learning in Novel Materials Design", Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, ISBN: 978-3-031-78735-5, 2025

 

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

Number of peer-reviewed international publications: 51

2026
  1. S Kamlesh, D Shruti, MK Singh, R Santhanam, M R Rahul*, Materials Informatics approach to design new high-entropy shape memory alloys, Scripta Materialia, 271(2026), 117013, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.117013 , (Q1, Impact factor: 5.6)
  2. Raushan Kumar, M R Rahul, Alok Kumar Das, Macroscale simulation and experimental correlation of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of IN-82 superalloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1050 (2026), 185869,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.185869, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)

 

2025
  1. Manish Kumar Singh, M Agilan, Ravi Kesavan, M R Rahul*, Effect of varying Al/Ta atomic ratio on precipitation behaviour and mechanical properties of CoCrFeNiTa0.395 Eutectic High Entropy Alloy, Materials science and Engineering A, (2025), 148886, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148886, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)
  2. Reliance Jain, Sandeep Jain, Sheetal Dewangan,  Rahul M.R., Sumanta Samal, Gyosik Youn, Yongho Jeon, Krishanu Biswas, Gandham Phanikumar, Byungmin Ahn, Towards intelligent processing: Machine learning-based prediction of flow curves and hot workability maps for Ti71Fe25.15Sn3.85 alloy, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 39 (2025), 8665-8673, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.11.174, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.6)
  3. Kritik Saxena, Gaurav Nandan, M R Rahul*, M Agilan, Gandham Phanikumar, Integrated computational materials engineering framework to study the microstructure formation in XH67MBTЮ superalloy welds, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-025-00428-z, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.3)
  4. Rahul Kumar, Kamlesh Sahoo, Manish Kumar Singh, M R Rahul*, K Ashok, Development of cost-effective scrap-tolerant bulk-scale high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems (2025), 100190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalmes.2025.100190,  (Q1)
  5. Surya Prakash Mishra, Ashok Kamaraj, V Rajinikanth, M R Rahul*, A computer vision-based approach for identification of non-metallic inclusions in the steel industry products, Journal of Industrial Information Integration (2025), 100860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2025.100860, (Q1, Impact factor: 11.6)
  6. Reliance Jain, Sandeep Jain, Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, M.R. Rahul, Sumanta Samal, Eunhyo Song, Younggeon Lee, Yongho Jeon, Krishanu Biswas, Gandham Phanikumar, Byungmin Ahn, Machine-learning-driven prediction of flow curves and development of processing maps for hot-deformed Ni-Cu-Co-Ti-Ta alloy, Journal of Materials Research and Technology (2025),  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.04.328, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.6)
  7. Rashmi Priya Parida, Nirmal Kumar Singh, Amitava Mandal, MR Rahul, Machine learning framework for accurate melt pool dimensions prediction in selective laser melting of Inconel 718 under high linear energy density: Surpassing Rosenthal equation limitations, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, (2025) (Q2, Impact factor: 2.2). https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089251345640. 
2024

  1. Shit Sarita, M Agilan, M R Rahul*, Gandham Phanikumar, Integrated macro-micro scale and physical simulation framework for optimising electron beam welds of Ni-based superalloy, Materials Characterization, 221 (2024), 114699, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2024.114699, (Q1, Impact factor: 5.5)
  2. Manish Kumar Singh, B. Nithin, Kesavan Ravi, M.R. Rahul*, Simulation-guided design of novel precipitation-strengthened eutectic high entropy alloy, Intermetallics 175 (2024), 108501, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2024.108501, (Q1, Impact factor: 4.8)
  3. Saswati Swateelagna, Manish Singh, M.R. Rahul*, Explainable Machine Learning based approach for the design of new refractory high entropy alloys, Intermetallics 167 (2024), 108198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2024.108198, (Q1, Impact factor: 4.8)
  4. L Naveen, Umre Priyanka, Chakraborty Poulami, M.R. Rahul, Samal Sumanta, Raghvendra Tewari, Development of single-phase BCC refractory high entropy alloys using machine learning techniques, Computational Materials Science, 238 (2024), 112917, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2024.112917, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.3)
  5. Vivek Sharma, Rahul M R, Ashis Mallick, Microstructural, mechanical, and tribological behaviors of Cu40Fe30Mn20Cr5Ti5 high entropy alloy via powder metallurgy route, Materials Today Communications, 38 (2024), 108313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108313,  (Q2, Impact factor: 4.5)
2023
  1. Surya Prakash Mishra, M R Rahul*, A detailed study of convolutional neural networks for the identification of microstructure, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 308 (2023), 128275, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.128275, (Q2, Impact factor: 4.7)
  2. Shambhu Kushwaha, M Agilan, Rahul M R*, Gandham Phanikumar, Study of TIG weld microstructure formation in Inconel 718 alloy using ICME approach, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-023-00317-3, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.3)
  3. Piyush Kumar, M R Rahul, Sumanta Samal, Abhijit Ghosh, Gandham Phanikumar,  Constitutive Behavior With Microstructure and Texture Evolution During the High-Temperature Deformation of Fe11.5Co20.6Ni40.7Cr12.2Al7.8Ti7.2 High-Entropy Alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54 (2023), 3249–3260, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-07093-x, (Q1, Impact factor: 2.8)
  4. Reliance Jain, M R Rahul, Poulami Chakraborty, Rama Krushna Sabat, Sumanta Samal, Nokeun Park, Gandham Phanikumar, Raghvendra Tewari, Integrated experimental and modeling approach for hot deformation behavior of Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-V High Entropy Alloy, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 25(2023), 840-854, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2023.05.257, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.6)
  5. A Bansal, P Kumar, S Yadav, VS Hariharan, M R Rahul*, G Phanikumar, Accelerated design of high entropy alloys by integrating high throughput calculation and machine learning, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 960 (2023), 170543, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170543, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  6. K Saphal, P Hrutidipan, S Naishalkumar, M R Rahul*, G Phanikumar, Machine learning enabled processing map generation for high-entropy alloy, Scripta Materialia, 234 (2023), 115543, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115543, (Q1, Impact factor: 5.6)
  7. P Kumar, R Jain, M R Rahul, A Ghosh, S Samal, G Phanikumar, High Temperature Deformation Behavior and Processing Maps of FeCoNiCrAlTi Dual Phase High Entropy Alloy, Metals and Materials International, (2023),  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-023-01399-6, (Q1, Impact factor: 3.5)
2022
  1. AS Bundela, M R Rahul*, Application of Machine Learning Algorithms With and Without Principal Component Analysis for the Design of New Multiphase High Entropy Alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 53 (2022), 3512–3519, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-022-06764-5, (Q1, Impact factor: 2.8)
  2. AS Bundela, M R Rahul*, Machine learning-enabled framework for the prediction of mechanical properties in new high entropy alloys, Journal of alloys and compounds, 908 (2022) 164578, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164578, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  3. VS Goud, Rahul M R*, G Phanikumar, Prediction of growth velocity of undercooled multicomponent metallic alloys using a machine learning approach, Scripta Materialia, 207 (2022), 114309, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114309, (Q1, Impact factor: 5.6)
  4. AK Sah, Agilan, M, S Dinesh raj, M R Rahul*, B Govind, Machine learning-enabled prediction of density and defects in additively manufactured Inconel 718 alloy, Materials Today Communications, 30 (2022), 103193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103193, (Q2, Impact factor: 4.5)
  5. M R Rahul*, M Agilan, D Mohan, G Phanikumar, Integrated experimental and simulation approach to establish the effect of elemental segregation in Inconel 718 welds, Materialia, 26 (2022), 101593, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101593, (Q2, Impact factor: 2.9)
  6. S Naishalkumar, DJ Mathew, M R Rahul*, G Phanikumar, Microstructure prediction of eutectic high entropy alloy using physical and computer simulation for additive manufacturing condition, Journal of alloys and compounds, 929 (2022), 167268, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167268, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
2021
  1. Yegi Vamsi Krishna, Ujjawal Kumar Jaiswal, Rahul M R*, Machine learning approach to predict new multiphase high entropy alloys, Scripta Materialia, 197 (2021), 113804, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113804, (Q1, Impact factor: 5.6)
  2. Ujjawal Kumar Jaiswal, Yegi Vamsi Krishna, Rahul M R*, Gandham Phanikumar, Machine learning-enabled identification of new medium to high entropy alloys with solid solution phases, Computational Materials Science,197 (2021), 110623, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110623, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.3)
  3. Surya Prakash Mishra and  Rahul M R*, A comparative study and development of a novel deep learning architecture for accelerated identification of microstructure in material science, Computational Materials Science, 200 (2021), 110815, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110815, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.3)
  4. Naishalkumar Shah, Rahul M R*, Sandip Bysakh, Gandham Phanikumar, Microstructure stability during high-temperature deformation of CoCrFeNiTa eutectic high entropy alloy through nano-scale precipitation, Materials science and Engineering A, 824 (2021), 141793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.141793, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)
  5. Naishalkumar Shah, Rahul M R* and Gandham Phanikumar, Accelerated design of eutectic high entropy alloy by ICME approach, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, (2021), 52 (5), 1574-1580, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-021-06218-4, (Q1, Impact factor: 2.8)
  6. Reliance Jain, Rahul M R, Poulami Chakraborty, Rama Krushna Sabat, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Raghvendra Tewari, Design and deformation characteristics of single-phase Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-V high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 888 (2021), 161579, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161579, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
2015-2020 (From IIT Madras)
  1. Rahul M R, G. Phanikumar, Solidification behaviour of undercooled equiatomic FeCuNi alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 815 (2020) 152334, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152334, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  2. Rahul M R, G Phanikumar, Growth kinetics, microhardness and microstructure evolution of undercooled FeCoNiCuSn high entropy alloy, Material science and Engineering A, 777 (2020) 139022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139022, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)
  3. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, A. Marshal, V I Nithin Balaji, K. G. Pradeep, Gandham Phanikumar, Nano-sized Cu clusters in deeply undercooled CoCuFeNiTa high entropy alloy, Scripta Materialia, 177 (2020), 58-64, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.10.006, (Q1, Impact factor: 5.6)
  4. Rajeev G.P., Rahul. M. R., Kamaraj M., Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, Microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of wire arc additively deposited Stellite 6 alloy using cold metal transfer process, Materialia, 12 (2020) 100724, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100724, (Q2, Impact factor: 2.9)
  5. Reliance Jain, Avi Jain, Rahul M R, Ashok Kumar, Mrigendra Dubey, Rama Krushna Sabat, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Development of ultrahigh strength novel Co-Cr-Fe-Ni-Zr quasi-peritectic high entropy alloy by an integrated approach using experiment and simulation, Materialia, 2020, 100896, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2020.100896, (Q2, Impact factor: 2.9)
  6. Jinu Kurian, Rahul M R, J. Arout Chelvane, A. V. Morozkin, A. K. Nigam, Gandham Phanikumar and R. Nirmala, Enhanced Magnetocaloric effect in Undercooled  Rare earth intermetallic compounds RNi (R = Gd, Ho and Er), Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 499 (2020) 166302, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.166302, (Q2, Impact factor: 3.0)
  7. Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, Gandham Phanikumar, Metastable microstructures in the solidification of undercooled high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 821 (2020),  153488, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153488, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  8. Reliance Jain, Rahul M R, Sumanta Samal, Vinod Kumar, Gandham Phanikumar, Hot workability of Co-Fe-Mn-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 822 (2020), 153609, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153609, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  9. Rahul M R, G. Phanikumar, Design of a Seven-Component Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 50 (2019), 2594-2598, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-019-05210-3, (Q1, Impact factor: 2.8)
  10. Rahul M R, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Effect of niobium addition in FeCoNiCuNbx high-entropy alloys, Journal of Materials Research, 34 (2019), 700–708. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.36, (Q3, Impact factor: 3)
  11. Rahul M R, S. Samal, G. Phanikumar, Hot Deformation Behavior and Microstructural Characterization of CoCrFeNiNb0.45 Eutectic High Entropy Alloy, Materials Performance and Characterization, 8 (2019) 1062-1075, DOI: 10.1520/MPC20190014, (Q4, Impact factor: 1.1)
  12. Rahul M R, G Phanikumar, Experimental and simulation studies of solidification behaviour in undercooled CuCoNi equiatomic medium entropy alloy, European Physical Journal (EPJ- Special Topics), 229 (2020) 145-155, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2019-900111-5, (Q2, Impact factor: 2.8)
  13. R. Sonkusare, A. Swain, Rahul M R, S. Samal, N.P. Gurao, K. Biswas, et al., Establishing processing-microstructure-property paradigm in complex concentrated equiatomic CoCuFeMnNi alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 759 (2019), 415-429, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.04.096, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)
  14. Rahul M R, S. Samal, S. Venugopal, G. Phanikumar, Experimental and finite element simulation studies on hot deformation behaviour of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 749 (2018), 1115–1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.03.262, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)
  15. R. Jain, Rahul M R, S. Jain, S. Samal, V. Kumar, Phase Evolution and Mechanical Behaviour of Co–Fe–Mn–Ni–Ti Eutectic High Entropy Alloys, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 71 (2018) 2795–2799, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-018-1437-2, (Q2, Impact factor: 1.6)
  16. S. Jain, R. Jain, Rahul M R, S. Samal, V. Kumar, Phase Equilibria and Mechanical Properties in Multicomponent Al–Ni–X (X = Fe, Cr) Alloys, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 71 (2018) 2819–2825, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-018-1420-y, (Q2, Impact factor: 1.6)
  17. Sumanta Samal, Rahul M R, Ravi Sankar Kottada and Gandham Phanikumar., Hot deformation behaviour and processing map of Co-Cu-Fe-Ni-Ti eutectic high entropy alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 664 (2016), 227-235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.006, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)
  18. Rahul M R and Phanikumar, G., Correlation of Microstructure With HAZ Welding Cycles Simulated in Ti-15-3 Alloy Using Gleeble® 3800 and SYSWELD®, Materials Performance and Characterization, 4  (2015), 381-398, doi:10.1520/MPC20140065, (Q4, Impact factor: 1.1)

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

  • Number of Invited talks given (from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad): >18

  • Number of peer-reviewed conference papers published: 3

  • Number of papers presented in conferences: >35

Invited talks

  1. Delivered invited talk: ICME and Microstructure Informatics framework for the development of multicomponent alloys, THERMEC 2025 (July 30 to June 4), Tours, France

  2. Delivered invited talk: "ICME and Microstructure Informatics framework for the alloy design"  at the International Conference on Materials for Energy, Environment, and Healthcare, December 20th and 21st, 2024, at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut.

  3. Delivered invited talk on “ ICME framework for the design and development of new materials”, at the  Five-Day Workshop on “Computational Materials Engineering”  organized by MNIT Jaipur on 22 - 27 January 2024.

  4. Delivered invited talk on “ICME and physical simulation approach for manufacturing process optimisation”,  at the Five-Day Workshop on “Computational Materials Engineering”, organized by MNIT Jaipur on 22 - 27 January 2024.

  5. Delivered invited talk on “Microstructure simulation using phase field method” at the  Five-Day Workshop on “Computational Materials Engineering” organized by MNIT Jaipur on 22 - 27 January 2024.

  6. Delivered invited talk on “Machine learning enabled phase prediction in HEAs” at the   Five-Day Workshop on “Computational Materials Engineering”, organized by MNIT Jaipur on 22 - 27 January 2024.

  7. Delivered invited talk on “ML-based alloy design and development”, at the workshop on AI &ML applications with Thermo-Calc software, organized by Thermo-Calc on 26th January 2024.

  8. Delivered invited talk on “ICME + Machine Learning based framework for understanding solidification behaviour of high entropy alloys”,  at the International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP 2023), organized by IIT Jodhpur and IIT Hyderabad on December 11‐14, 2023.

  9. Delivered invited talk on “ICME and machine learning framework for the design and development of materials” at the five-day Winter School on ICME at IIT Gandhinagar on December 8th, 2022.

  10. Given invited training on “Microstructure simulation by integrating Thermo-Calc and Micress” on five day Winter School on ICME at IIT Gandhinagar on December 8th, 2022.

  11. Delivered invited talk on “ICME and machine learning framework for the design and development of new materials” in the workshop on “Computational Techniques in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (CTiMME-2022)” Organized by: Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, NIT Srinagar, 17-21 October 2022.

  12. Delivered invited talk on “ICME and physical simulation approach for manufacturing process optimization” in the workshop on “Computational Techniques in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (CTiMME-2022)” Organized by: Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, NIT Srinagar, 17-21 October 2022.

  13. Given training on “Microstructure simulation during welding and casting processes” in the workshop on “Computational Techniques in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (CTiMME-2022)” Organized by: Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, NIT Srinagar, 17-21 October 2022.

  14. Gandham Phanikumar, Dasari Mohan, M R Rahul, V.S. Hariharan, “High Performance Computing for Microstructure prediction via Process Parametric Space”, NMD ATM 2022

  15. Delivered an invited talk on the topic "Materials Characterization using Thermo-mechanical simulator" on the STC (QIP) on "Materials Characterization Techniques", 22-27 March 2021, conducted by Dept. of MEMS, IIT Indore

  16. Delivered a talk on the topic "Accelerated design of materials using ICME and Machine Learning" conducted by the Department of Fuel Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering (27-28 February 2021), sponsored by TEQIP III, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

  17. Delivered an invited talk on the topic "Design and development of multicomponent alloys using ICME and ML framework" conducted by BARC to initiate collaborative work on HEA design and development. Date (17/07/2021)

  18. Delivered an invited talk on the topic "Welding and additive manufacturing studies of Advanced material using experimental and simulation methods" on the STC of "Advanced Materials for structural applications" conducted by the Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Indore. Date: 29 /09/ 2020 to 04/10/2020.

Recent peer-reviewed conference article published
  1. Garima Jain, Avadhut Sardeshmukh, Gerald Tennyson, Shalini Koneru, Rahul M R, Microstructure modeling of deformed alloys using contrastive conditional generative adversarial networks, AI for Accelerated Materials Design-NeurIPS 2024, Vienna, Austria,  https://openreview.net/forum?id=y8m3cuHpSr,  (Collaborative work between IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and TRDDC, TCS, Pune)

 

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

LIST OF  PROJECTS 

Sl No

Title

Funding Agency and year

Cost

Remark

1

Design and development of high-strength ductile Titanium alloys

ISRO (No: ISRO/RES/3/1136/25-26, 2025-2027)

25.00400 Lakhs Rupees

PI

(Ongoing)

2

Design and development of high entropy shape memory alloys for actuator applications in the defence sector

DRDO (No: ARDB/M&M/4119/2144), 2024-26

29.6214 Lakhs Rupees

PI

(Ongoing)

3

Evaluation of microstructure development and precipitation kinetics of high nitrogen stainless steel (used in ballistic applications) during hot working conditions

DRDO (No: ARMREB/MAA/2025/329), 2025-28

49.20,900 Lakhs Rupees

Co-PI

(Ongoing)

4

Development of Microstructure-Property-Processing Correlations for nickel-based superalloys

ISRO (No. ISRO/RES/3/909/21-22), 2022-25

28.36 Lakhs Rupees

Co-PI

(Ongoing)

5

Development of single-phase BCC refractory high entropy alloys for high-temperature applications using machine learning (ML) and experimental approaches

DRDO (No: ARDB/MM/4095/2145), 2024-27

88.996 Lakhs Rupees

Co-PI

(Ongoing)

6

Development of Innovative and Cutting-Edge Indigenous Technologies for Critical Minerals Exploration and Smart/Sustainable Mining

ANRF/PAIR/2025/000027/PAIR,

2025-26

230 Lakhs Rupees

Co-PI

(Ongoing)

7

Machine learning-enabled framework for the design of new multicomponent alloys

DST (DST- SERB, SRG/2022/001943)

30. 91 Lakhs Rupees

PI

(Completed)

8

Multiscale simulation of weld solidification cracking in Ni-based superalloys used in aerospace applications

ISRO (No. ISRO/RES/3/880/21-22)

19.74 Lakhs Rupees

PI

(Completed)

9

Rapid solidification studies for the design of alloys for additive manufacturing

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

16 Lakhs Rupees

PI

(Completed)

Consultancy Project

LIST OF CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

Sl No

Title

Funding Agency and year

Cost

Remark

1

Technology development for the manufacturing of thin electrical steel laminations using high-pressure die casting.

Tata Steel, 2025-26

(Consultant: Dr. Ajay Bhandari, Mechanical Engineering) 

14.16 Lakhs Rupees

Consultant

(Ongoing)

2

Training and understanding the microstructure simulation tool (for ISRO, Trivandrum)

Bhanu Scientific Systems Pvt Ltd, 2024

0.64 Lakhs Rupees

Consultant

(Completed)

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • Life member: The Indian Institute of Metals

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

  • Member of PMRF student's progress review committee
  • Institute Coordinator, Research & Development (Administration) (2023-24)
  • M Tech course coordinator (2020-2023)
  • Member of the Institute Library Advisory Committee (2022-2023)
  • Member of DPGC (2023-2024)
  • Member of Faculty Selection Committee (AP) (2023-2024)
  • Member of  Departmental Grievance Redressal Committees (DGRC) (2024- present)
  • Department Time Table Co-ordinator (2024-present)

Guidance

Ph.D. Scholars (Ongoing)

1. Manish Kumar Singh (Co-Guide: Dr. Kesavan Ravi)

Area of Research: Simulation-guided design of multicomponent alloys

Articles published from thesis work:

  • Manish Kumar Singh, B. Nithin, Kesavan Ravi, M.R. Rahul*, Simulation-guided design of novel precipitation-strengthened eutectic high entropy alloy, Intermetallics 175 (2024), 108501, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2024.108501, (Q1, Impact factor: 4.4)

  • Manish Kumar Singh, M Agilan, Ravi Kesavan, M R Rahul*, Effect of varying Al/Ta atomic ratio on precipitation behaviour and mechanical properties of CoCrFeNiTa0.395 Eutectic High Entropy Alloy, Materials science and Engineering A, (2025), 148886, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148886, (Q1, Impact factor: 7)

2. Kumar Deepak

Area of Research: ICME and Microstructure Informatics

3. Kirty Madhavi

Area of Research: ICME and Microstructure Informatics

4. Raushan Kumar (Principal guide: Prof Alok Kumar Das, Mechanical Engineering)

Area of Research: Welding and Additive Manufacturing

Articles published from thesis work:

  • Raushan Kumar, M R Rahul, Alok Kumar Das, Macroscale simulation and experimental correlation of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of IN-82 superalloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1050 (2026), 185869,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.185869, (Q1, Impact factor: 6.3)

5. Shruti Rajendra Diwase

Area of research: Design and Development of High Entropy Shape Memory Alloys

6. Lokanath Mohanty

M Tech - 9 (7 Completed + 4 Ongoing)

Completed M Tech projects

Sl No

Student name

Thesis title

Year

Publication/Remark

1

Rahul Kumar

Simulation-guided grain refinement studies on as-cast multicomponent alloys

2022

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalmes.2025.100190

(Q1 journal)

2

Shambhu Kushwaha

Welding simulation and validation of materials used in advanced ultra-supercritical (AUSC) power plants

2022

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-023-00317-3

(Q2 journal)

3

Sarita Shit

Thermal field simulation of electron beam welding of Ni-based superalloys

2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2024.114699

(Q1 journal)

4

Saswati Swateelagna

Design and development of refractory high entropy alloys by using an integrated framework of machine learning and experiments

2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2024.108198

(Q1 journal)

5

Navneet Mishra

Technology development to develop advanced materials using coal tailings

2024

6 Auritro Samanta

Numerical modelling of induction heat treatment of eutectic high entropy alloys- a parametric optimization study

2025  
7 Utkarsh Kumar

Design and Development of High Entropy Shape Memory Alloys

 2025  

 

B Tech- 13 (Completed)+ 3 (Ongoing)

Publications from B Tech projects:

Number of Q1 Publications: 7

Number of Q2 Publications: 4

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