Dr. Sumitra Sharma

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Assistant Professor
Email: sumitra[at]mech.nits.ac.in
Date of Joining: 07/09/2019
Academic/Industrial Experience:3+ years
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (FULL DETAILS)

  • B.Tech. from GBTU Lucknow
  • M.Tech. from VNIT Nagpur
  • Ph.D. from VNIT Nagpur

AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

  • Material Science
  • Welding, Corrosion and Heat Treatment
  • Micro Joining of Materials

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Sumitra Sharma received her Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from GBTU Lucknow in the year 2010, M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur in the year 2015, and PhD in Dissimilar welding and Corrosion of Ni-based Superalloys from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur in the year 2018. Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. She has three years of research and one year of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering. Her research area is Material Science, Welding and Corrosion of Superalloys, Heat Treatment of Metallic alloys, micro joining of materials etc. She has published 13 research papers in different International/National Journals and conferences.

 

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECT(S)

S. No. Funding Agency Project Title Duration Cost Status Role
1 SERB (CRG)  Design and development of laser micro-welding for difficult to weld dissimilar shape memory alloy/nickel-free high nitrogen austenitic stainless steel and mitigating formation of intermetallics by employing Ta/Cu interlayer for implantable medical devices  2022 to 2025  30 Lakhs  Ongoing PI
2 DST-SEED (WTP)  Design and development of solar photo voltaic powered cane slicing machine  2022 to 2025  24.11 Lakhs  Ongoing Co-PI

 

EDITORSHIP

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Material Science
  • MEMS and Nanotechnology

MEMBER

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

  • Member, Departmental Postgraduate Program Committee (DPPC)
  • Associate Warden, Revemaison Girls Hostel 2

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

  1. G. Sri Bharani and S. Sharma; “Synthesis and characterisation of self-lubricating tungsten nitride thin films as protective machine tool coatings”; Transactions of the IMF 102(1), 50-56 (2024); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00202967.2023.2271712
  2. S. Chopra, K. Pande, A. Kelkar, S. Deo, J. Panchmatiya, S. Sharma, A. Deshmukh, D. Peshwe; “Understanding the structural changes, interfacial mechanisms, and mechanical properties of polymer/MWCNT nanocomposites after microwave treatment”; Polymer Composites, 1-14 (2023); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.28010
  3. G. Sri Bharani and S. Sharma, Magnetron sputtered thin films based on transition metal nitride: structure and properties, Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202200229.
  4. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha; “Microstructural Characterization, Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Behaviour of Pulsed Current GTA Welded bimetallic Joints between Superalloy C-276 and Stabilized Austenitic Stainless Steel Grade 321″; Materials Research Express 6(1), 016532 (2019).
  5. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha “Influence of filler material composition on the microstructural evolution, mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of nickel-based super alloy C-276”; Materials Research Express 6(4), 046505 (2019).
  6. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, A. Yadav, H. Vashishtha” Influence of fillers and welding processes on the microstructural evolution, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of dissimilar Hastelloy C-22/AISI 321 Joints”; Materials Research Express 6(9), 096594 (2019).
  7. H. Vashishtha, R. V. Taiwade, S. Sharma, A.S. Marodkar, “Microstructural and mechanical properties evolution of bimetallic Cr-Ni and Cr-Mn-Ni stainless steel joints” Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 8, 359-369 (2019)
  8. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, Himanshu Vashishtha, S. Mukherjee, S. Tiwari “Consumable selection for pulsed current gas tungsten arc welded bimetallic joints between Super C-276 alloy and Ti -stabilized Grade 321”; Journal of Manufacturing Processes 32, 32–47 (2018).
  9. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha “Investigation on the Multi-pass Gas Tungsten Arc Welded Bi-metallic Combination between Nickel-based Superalloy and Ti-stabilized Austenitic Stainless Steel” Journal of Materials Research 32 (16), 3055-3065 (2017).
  10. H. Vashishtha, R. V. Taiwade, S. Sharma “Effect of acetic acid on corrosion behavior of 201, 304 and 430 Stainless Steels” International Journal of Materials Research 108 (5), 406-415 (2017)
  11. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha “Effect of Pulsed Current Gas Tungsten Arc Process on the Dissimilar Weldments between Nickel-based Superalloy/Austenitic Stainless Steel”; Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (2017), Vol. 57 (6), pp. 1080-1086.
  12. S. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha “Effect of Continuous and Pulsed Current Gas Tungsten Arc Welding on Dissimilar Weldments between Hastelloy C-276/AISI 321 Austenitic Stainless Steel”; Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2017), Vol. 26 (3), pp. 1146-1157.
  13. H. Vashishtha, R. V. Taiwade, S. Sharma “Effect of Electrodes and Post Weld Solution Annealing Treatment on Microstructures, Mechanical properties and Corrosion Resistance of Dissimilar High Nitrogen Austenitic and Conventional Austenitic Stainless Steel Weldments”; Materials Transaction (2017), Vol. 58 (2), pp. 182-185.
  14. H. Vashishtha, R. V. Taiwade, S. Sharma, A. P. Patil “Effect of welding processes on microstructural and mechanical properties of dissimilar weldments between conventional austenitic and high nitrogen austenitic stainless steels”; Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2017), Vol. 25, pp. 49–59.

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. Vashishtha, R. V. Taiwade, S. Sharma “Study on corrosion behavior of aisi 304/Cr-Mn stainless steel dissimilar weldments produced by SMAW process using E308L and E309L. Asian pacific corrosion control conference, Jan 2016, IIT Mumbai.
  2. Sharma, R. V. Taiwade, H. Vashishtha, “Corrosion behaviour of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels in acetic acid” Asian pacific corrosion control conference, Jan 2016, IIT Mumbai.

WORKSHOP

CONFERENCE ORGANIZED

PHD SCHOLARS

Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Status Supervision
 1 Sameer Kumar Maurya  Ongoing (Project Staff)  Sole Supervisor
 2 Princejeet Kumar  Ongoing (Regular)  Sole Supervisor
3 Ashutosh Padhan  Ongoing (Regular)  Sole Supervisor
4 Rahul Anantrao Jibhakate  Ongoing (Part-Time)  Sole Supervisor

M.TECH. SCHOLARS

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