R SUM

Dr. Kantesh Balani

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur-208016, India

Email: abqnnw@r.postjobfree.com

Ph : +91-512-***-**** (o)

SHORT BIOSKETCH

Dr. Kantesh Balani joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of

Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (now Materials Science &

Engineering) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in July 2008. He

earned his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International

University, Miami, FL, in 2007. His research concentrated on the role of

carbon nanotube dispersion in enhancing the fracture toughness of Al2O3

nanocomposite. He has also worked on bio-ceramic hydroxyapatite coatings

for bio-medical applications. He pursued his post doctoral research in the

Nanomechanics and Nanotribology Laboratory (NMNTL) and Plasma

Forming Laboratory (PFL), Florida International University, Miami, FL. He is recipient of several

fellowships and awards such as 2012 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award

(received during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting in Mar. 11-15, 2012, Orlando, US) by Materials

Processing & Manufacturing Division, Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher

Award 2011 by Elsevier, Young Engineer Award 2010 by Indian National Academy of

Engineering, Young Metallurgist Award 2010 from Indian Institute of Metals, Young Scientist

Award in Materials Science division by Indian Science Congress Association 2009, R.L. Thakur

Memorial Prize 2009 (Indian Ceramics Association), David Merchant International Student

Achievement Award 2007, Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award 2004, RCTF (Research Challenge

Trust Fund) Fellowship 2002, Sudharshan Bhat Memorial Prize and S. Ananthramakrishnan

Memorial Prize 2001, and Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship 2001.

His h-index of 15 (total citations exceeding 710) endorses his research

productivity even at his early career stage. He is co-author of the book

Advanced Structural Ceramics (Wiley, 2011), and has adapted The Science

and Engineering of Materials (Cengage Learning, 2012). He has presented

over 40 lectures in the international conferences and has over 55 publications in

the peer-reviewed international journals and over eight conference proceedings.

He has procured a funding of over US$600,000 during his last four years of

tenure as Asst. Professor at IIT Kanpur. His research interests include

nanomechanics and nanotribology of bio/nano composites, synthesis and

processing of polymeric/ceramic nanocomposites, and energy materials.

Currently, he is reviewer of over twenty technical journals from Elsevier,

Blackwell Publishing Inc., Wiley, Springer, Hindawi, Highwire, MRS

India/INSA, ACS Publications, Institution of Civil Engineers and American

Society of Metals. He serves as a key reader for Metallurgical and Materials

Transactions A, and is involved in the editorial board of Recent Patents on

Materials Science (Bentham), Recent Patents on Nanotechnology (Bentham),

Nanomaterials and Energy (Institution of Civil Engineers), Journal of

Materials & Metallurgical Engineering (STM Journals), Journal of

NanoScience, NanoEngineering & Applications (STM Journals), and Journal

of Engineering (Hindawi).

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EDUCATION

2007, Ph.D., Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University (FIU),

Miami, Florida (CGPA 3.975/ 4.0). Best Ph.D. Student, Deans Award, Dissertation Year

Fellowship.

2002, M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

(CGPA 3.57/ 4.0). Research Challenge Trust Fund Fellowship.

2001, M.Tech., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Madras, India (CGPA: 9.86/ 10.0). DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst)

Scholarship and Sudharshan Bhat and S. Ananthramakrishnan Memorial Prize.

1999, B. E., Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, India (83.5 %). Best

Outgoing Student.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jul. 2008 Onwards:

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

July 2007- June 2008:

Post Doctoral Researcher, Plasma Forming Laboratory (PFL) and Nanomechanical and

Nanotribology Lab (NMNTL), Florida International University (FIU), Miami, USA.

August 2003-June 2007:

Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, FIU, Miami, FL, USA.

August 2001-August 2002:

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

May 2000-Feb 2001:

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Exchange scholar, University of

Stuttgart, Germany.

Jul 1999-May 2000:

Half-Time Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTER:

1. Bikramjit Basu and Kantesh Balani, Advanced Structural Ceramics, John Wiley and Sons

Inc., Aug. 2011, ISBN 978**********. (Book).

2. Kantesh Balani, The Science and Engineering of Materials, by Donald R. Askeland,

Pradeep P. Fulay, and Wendelin Wright Cengage Learning, Jan. 2012, ISBN-

13: 978**********. (Book Adaptation). ~896 copies sold between Jan-Jun. 2012.

3. Ashutosh K. Dubey, Kantesh Balani and Bikramjit Basu, Electrically active biocomposites

as smart scaffold for bone tissue engineering in book Nanomedicine: Technologies and

Applications. Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Sep. 2011. (Book Chapter).

4. Anup Kumar Keshri, Kantesh Balani, Debrupa Lahiri, Arvind Agarwal, Carbon Nanotube

Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites 2011, Wood head publishing, Cambridge, UK.

(Book Chapter).

5. Kantesh Balani, Vivek Verma, Arvind Agarwal, Roger Narayan, Surfaces of Biomaterials,

John Wiley and Sons Inc., May 2013 (Book under preparation).

6. Kantesh Balani, Anand Subramaniam, and Arvind Agarwal, Introduction to

Nanotechnology, Cengage Learning, Dec. 2013. (Book under preparation).

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS)

1. Kantesh Balani, Solid Electrolytes: Emerging Global Competitors for Satisfying Energy

Needs (Editorial). Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (5) (2012) pp 243-246.

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2. P. Jain, T. Mandal, P. Prakash, A. Garg, Kantesh Balani, Electrophoretic Deposition of

Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V/TiO2 Substrate . Journal of Coatings

Technology and Research, doi: 10.1007/s11998-012-9438-2 (2012).

3. A. Gupta, S. Sharma, N. Mahato, A. Simpson, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, Mechanical

Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Ceria Reinforced 8 mol% Yttria Stabilized Zirconia

Electrolyte . Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (5) (2012) pp 306-315.

4. Md. A.F. Afzal, P. Kesarwani, K.M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani,

Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Alumina-Zirconia Biocomposite: Synergy of

Toughness and Biocompatibility . Mater. Sci. Engg. C, Vol. 32 (2012), pp. 1164-1173.

5. A. Gupta, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, Dependence of Protein Adsorption on

Wetting Behavior of UHMWPE-HA-Al2O3-CNT Hybrid Biocomposites . Journal of Minerals,

Metals, and Materials (JOM), Vol. 64 (4) (2012) pp 506- 513.

6. S. Ariharan, A. Gupta, A. Keshri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, Size Effect of Yttria Stabilized

Zirconia Addition on Fracture Toughness and Thermal Conductivity of Plasma Sprayed

Aluminum Oxide Composite Coatings . Nanoscience and Nanoletters, Vol. 4, No. 3, (2012)

pp 323-332.

7. V. Kumar, Govind, R. Shekhar, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani, Influence of elemental

composition and thermomechanical processing on the microstructure and texture evolution of

Mg-Li-Al based alloys . Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 547, (2012) pp 38-50.

8. Md A.F. Afzal, S. Kalmodia, P. Kesarwani, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, "Bactericidal effect of

silver reinforced carbon-nanotube and hydroxyapatite composites". Journal of Biomaterials

Applications, doi: 10.1177/0885328211431856 (2012).

9. Kantesh Balani, S. R. Bakshi, T. Mungole, A. Agarwal, Ab-initio Molecular Modeling of

Interfaces in Tantalum-Carbon System". J. Appl. Physics, Vol. 111, (2012) 063521 (7 pp).

10. Y. Chen, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Do thermal residual stresses contribute to the

improved fracture toughness of carbon nanotube/alumina nanocomposites? Scripta

Materialia Vol. 66 (2012) pp 347-350.

11. V. Kumar, R. Balasubramaniam, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, Microstructure and texture

evolution during hot rolling of Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn alloy for aerospace application . Materials

Science Forum Vols. 702-703 (2012) pp 85-88.

12. A. K. Dubey, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, R. Guo & A. S. Bhalla, Multifunctionality of

Perovskites BaTiO3 and CaTiO3 in a Composite with Hydroxyapatite as Orthopedic Implant

Materials . Integrated Ferroelectrics Vol. 131 (1) (2011) pp 119-126.

13. A. K. Dubey, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, R. Guo & A. S. Bhalla, Dielectric and Pyroelectric

Properties of HAp-BaTiO3 Composites, Ferroelectrics, Vol. 423 (1) (2011) pp 63-76.

14. N. Mahato, A. Gupta, and Kantesh Balani, Doped zirconia and ceria based electrolytes for

solid oxide fuel cells: A review . Nanomaterials and Energy, Vol. 1 (1), 2011, pp 27-45.

15. V. Kumar, R. Shekhar, Govind, Kantesh Balani, Effect of hot rolling on microstructure and

texture evolution of Mg-Li based alloy . Materials Science Forum, Vol. 690 (2011) 347-350.

16. Kantesh Balani, R.R. Patel, A.K. Keshri, D. Lahiri, and A. Agarwal, Multi-scale Hierarchy

of Turtle Shell s Microstructure and its Mechanical Properties . J. Mech. Behav. Biomed.

Mater., Vol. 4-201*-****-****.

17. M.K. Samal, M. Seidenfuss, E. Roos, Kantesh Balani, Investigation of failure behavior of

ferritic-austenitic type of dissimilar steel welded joints . Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol.

18, No. 3, (201*-***-****.

18. M. Bhardwaj, Kantesh Balani, R. Balasubramaniam, S. Pandey and A. Agarwal, Effect of

current density and grain refining agents on the pulsed electrodeposition of nanocrystalline

nickel . Surface Engineering, Vol. 27 (9), 2011, 642-648.

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19. Kantesh Balani, S. Bakshi, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Grain Growth Behavior of Aluminum

Oxide Reinforced with Carbon Nanotube During Plasma Spraying and Post-Spray

Consolidation . International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Vol. 7 (6), (2010)

846-855.

20. S. Kalmodia, S. Goenka, T. Laha, D. Lahiri, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, Microstructure,

mechanical properties, and in vitro biocompatibility of spark plasma sintered hydroxyapatite-

aluminum oxide-carbon nanotube composite . Materials Science and Engineering C, Vol.

30, (201*-****-****.

21. A. Rishabh, M.R. Joshi, Kantesh Balani, Fractal Model for Estimating Fracture Toughness

of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide . Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 107

(12), (2010), 123532 (7 pp).

22. M. Agarwal, V. Kumar, S.R.K. Malladi, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani, Effect of

current density on the pulsed co-electrodeposition of nanocrystalline nickel-copper alloys . J.

Minerals, Metals and Materials (JOM), Vol. 62 (6), June (2010) 88-92.

23. A. Gupta, S. Sharma, M.R. Joshi, P. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, Grain Growth Behavior of

Al2O3 Nanomaterials: A Review . Materials Science Forum, Vol. 653, (2010) 87-130.

24. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Hydrophobicity of Lotus Leaf: A

Nanomechanical and Computational Approach . Nanotechnology, Vol. 20 (2009), 305707 (9

pp).

25. Kantesh Balani, F.C. Brito, L. Kos, A. Agarwal, Melanocyte pigmentation stiffens murine

cardiac tricuspid valve leaflet . J Royal Society Interface, Vol. 6-200*-****-****.

26. Kantesh Balani, D. Lahiri, A.K. Keshri, S.R. Bakshi, J.E. Tercero, A. Agarwal, The Nano-

scratch Behavior of Biocompatible Hydroxyapatite Reinforced with Aluminum Oxide and

Carbon Nanotubes . J. Metals, Minerals and Materials (JOM), Vol. 61 (9), Sept. 2009, 63-

66.

27. J. Tercero, S. Namin, D. Lahiri, Kantesh Balani, N. Tsoukias and A. Agarwal, Effect of

Carbon Nanotube and Aluminum Oxide Addition on Plasma Sprayed Hyrdoxyapatite

Coating s Mechanical Properties and Biocompatibility . Materials Science and Engineering

C, Vol. 29, (2009), 2195 2202.

28. M.K. Samal, Kantesh Balani, M. Seidenfuss, E. Roos, Experimental and numerical

investigation of fracture resistance behaviour of a dissimilar metal welded joint . Proc.

IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 223, (2009), 1507-1523.

29. A. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, Srinivasa R.Bakshi, Virendra Singh, Tapas Laha, Sudipta Seal,

Arvind Agarwal, Structural Transformation in Carbon Nanotubes During Thermal Spray

Processing Surface and Coatings Technology . Surface and Coatings Technology Vol. 203,

No. 16, (2009), 2193-2201.

30. Y. Chen, S. Omar, A. K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, K. Babu, J. C. Nino, S.Seal, and A.

Agarwal, Ionic Conductivity of Plasma Sprayed Nanocrystalline YSZ Electrolyte for Solid

Oxide Fuel Cells, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 60, No. 11, (2009), 1023-1026.

31. T. Zhang, L. Kumari, G. H. Du, W.Z. Li, Q.W. Wang, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal,

Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Alumina Nanocomposites Synthesized by

Chemical Vapor Deposition and Spark Plasma Sintering, Composites: Part A Vol. 40, No.

1, (2009), 86-93.

32. V. Singh, R. Diaz, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, S. Seal, Chromium carbide-CNT

Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties . Acta Mater., Vol. 57, No. 2, (2009),

335-344 .

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33. Y. Chen, A. Samant, Kantesh Balani, N.B. Dahotre, and A. Agarwal, Effect of laser melting

on plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide coatings reinforced with carbon nanotubes . Appl. Phy.

A. Vol. 94, (2009), 861-870.

34. S. Paital, Kantesh Balani, N. B. Dahotre, A. Agarwal, Fabrication and evaluation of pulse

laser induced Ca- P coating, J. Biomed. Mater., Vol. 4, (2009) 015009.

35. Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal, Damping Behavior Of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced

Aluminum Oxide Coatings By Nanomechanical Dynamic Modulus Mapping . J. Applied

Physics, Vol. 104, (2008) 063517.

36. Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, Multiscale Wear of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube

Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite Coating . Acta Mater., Vol. 56, No. 20, (2008),

5984-5994.

37. S. R. Bakshi, V. Singh, Kantesh Balani, D. G. Mc- Cartney, S. Seal, A. Agarwal, Carbon

Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Composite Coating via Cold Spraying . Surface & Coatings

Technology Vol. 202, No. 21, (2008), 5162-5169.

38. Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, Processing Map for Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide-

Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Coatings . Surface & Coatings Technology Vol. 202, No.

17, (2008), 4270-4277. (Appeared as special editor s selection in Metal Finishing, Oct. 2008,

pg 45-51).

39. Y. Chen, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal, Nanomechanical Properties of Hafnium

Nitride Coating . Scripta Materialia (2008), Vol. 58 (12) 1121.

40. Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, Wetting of Carbon Nanotube by Aluminum Oxide .

Nanotechnology Vol. 16, (2008) 165701.

41. Y. Chen, Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, Analytical Model to Evaluate Interface

Characteristics of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposites . Applied

Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 1, (2008), 011916.

42. Kantesh Balani, T. Zhang, A. Karakoti, W. Li, S. Seal, and A. Agarwal, In situ carbon

nanotube reinforcements in a plasma-sprayed aluminum oxide nanocomposite coating . Acta

Materialia, Vol. 56, No. 3, (2008), 571.

43. S. R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, and A. Agarwal, Thermal Conductivity of Plasma Sprayed

Aluminum Oxide-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Composites . Journal of the American

Ceramics Society Vol. 91, No. 3, (2008), 942-947.

44. Kantesh Balani, Y.Chen, S.P. Harimkar, N.B. Dahotre, and A. Agarwal, Tribological

Behavior of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Hydroxyapatite-Coating in

Physiological Solution . Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 3, Issue 6, (2007), 944-951.

45. Yao Chen, Kantesh Balani, and Arvind Agarwal, Modified Eshelby Tensor Modeling For

Elastic Property Prediction Of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Ceramic Nanocomposites .

Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, No. 3, (2007), 031903.

46. Kantesh Balani, S.R. Bakshi, Y. Chen, T. Laha, and A. Agarwal, Role of Powder Treatment

and Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in the Fracture Toughening of Plasma-Sprayed Aluminum

Oxide Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite . Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,

Vol. 7, No. 10, (2007), 3553-3562.

47. S.R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, J. Tercero, and A. Agarwal, Nano-mechanical and

Nano-scratch Characterization of UHMWPE and UHMWPE- 5 wt.% MWNT coatings on a

steel substrate. Journal of Minerals, Metals, and Materials (JOM), July 2007, pp. 50-53.

48. S. R. Bakshi, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal and J. Karthikeyan, Effect Of Carrier

Gas On Mechanical Properties And Fracture Behaviour Of Cold Sprayed Aluminium

Coatings . Surface Engineering, Vol. 23, No.1, (2007), pp. 18-22.

49. Kantesh Balani, R. Anderson, T. Laha, M. Andara, J. Tercero, E. Crumpler and A. Agarwal,

Plasma-Sprayed Carbon-Nanotube Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Coatings and Their

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Interaction with Human Osteoblasts In Vitro, Biomaterials, Vol. 28, No. 4, (2007) pp 618-

624. Cited over 130 times.

50. V. Viswanathan, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and S. Seal, Challenges and

Advances in Nanocomposite Processing Techniques, Materials Science And Engineering:

R: Reports, vol. 54, No. 5-6, (2006), pp 121-285. (with IMPACT FACTOR of 17.73 next

only to Nature Materials). Ranked #1 as most-downloaded article in Materials Science and

Engineering: R (Elsevier) during Apr.- Jun. 2007. Cited over 105 times.

51. Kantesh Balani, Gabriela Gonzalez, Arvind Agarwal, Robert Hickman, J. Scott O Dell, and

Sudipta Seal, "Synthesis, Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Property

Evaluation of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Tantalum Carbide", Journal of American Ceramic

Society, Vol. 89 (4), (2006), pp 1419-1425.

52. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and T. McKechnie, Near Net Shape Fabrication via Vacuum

Plasma Spray Forming, Trans Indian Inst. Met., Vol. 59, No.2 April (2006), pp 237-244.

53. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal, and Narendra B. Dahotre, Molecular Modeling of

Metastable FeB49 Phase Evolution in Laser Surface Engineered Coating, Journal of Applied

Physics, Vol. 99, (2006), pp. 044904 (4pp).

54. Kantesh Balani, A.Agarwal, S. Seal, and J. Karthikeyan, Transmission Electron Microscopy

of Cold Sprayed 1100 Aluminum Coating, Scripta Materialia, Vol. 53 (2005), pp 845-850.

55. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, A. Agarwal, J. Karthikeyan, and N. Munroe, Effect of Carrier

Gases on Microstructural and Electrochemical Behavior of Cold-Sprayed 1100 Aluminum

Coating . Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 195, 2-3, 31 (May 2005), pp 272-279.

56. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, S. Patil, and S. Seal, Synthesis of Nanostructured

Aluminum Oxide Powders by Plasma Engineering . Metallurgical and Materials

Transactions A, Vol. 36 A, 2, (Feb. 2005), 301-309.

57. Kantesh Balani, and Fuquian Yang, Creep behavior of 90 Pb-10 Sn alloy . Physica Status

Solidi 198, 2003, 387-394.

58. P. Gopalakrishnan, S. S. Ramakrishnan, Kantesh Balani, Amit Arora and Pranav Joshi,

"Kinetic Study of Boriding Processes", Technology, Dec. 2000, p 20-25.

RESEARCH ARTICLES (Accepted/ under review and/or preparation)

1. A. Gupta, S. Barkam, D. Lahiri, R. Balasubramaniam, Kantesh Balani, Microstructural and

Nanomechanical Properties of Pulse Electrodeposited Nickel-Aluminum Oxide Composite

Coating . Submitted to Mechanics of Materials, Apr. 2012, (revised manuscript, Oct. 2012).

2. A. Gupta, G. Tripathi, D. Lahiri, and Kantesh Balani, Development of UHMWPE-HA-Al2O3-

CNT Hybrid Composites for Hard Tissue Replacement: Physical and Mechanical Properties

Evaluation . Submitted to Materials Science and Technology, Jul. 2012.

3. V. Kumar, A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, Govind, A. Agrawal, R. Shekhar, Kantesh Balani, Serrated

Yielding During Nanoindentation of Thermomechanically Processed Novel Mg-9Li-7Al-1Sn

and Mg-9Li-5Al-3Sn-1Zn Alloys . Submitted to Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Aug.

2012 (revised manuscript, Nov. 2012).

4. A.K. Dubey, E.A. Anumol, Kantesh Balani, and B. Basu, Spark Plasma Sintered

Hydroxyapatite-Barium Titanate Piezobiocomposite as a New Class of Biomaterial Platform

to Support Pulse Electric Field Stimulated Cell Growth . Submitted to Biomaterials, Jan.

2013.

5. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, Spark Plasma Sintered HA-Fe3O4 Based Multifunctional

Magnetic Biocomposites . Submitted to J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Jan. 2013.

6. S. Bajpai, S.K. Pradhan, T. Mandal, Kantesh Balani, Crack Propagation Resistance of

Pulsed Laser Deposited Alumina-Hydroxyapatite Coating on 316L Steel . Submitted to J.

Biomater. Applica., Jan. 2013.

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7. N. Mahato, S. Sharma, A. Keshri, A. Simpson, Kantesh Balani, Investigation of Material and

Nanomechanical Properties of Plasma Sprayed SOFC Components and Effect of CeO2

Doping to YSZ Electrolyte . To be submitted to peer-reviewed journal by Jan. 2013.

8. P. Mohapatra, S. Rawat, N. Mahato, Kantesh Balani, Restriction of Phase Transformation in

yttria-stabilized zirconia with Carbon Nanotube Cushioning . Under preparation for Acta

Materialia, Feb. 2013.

9. N. Mahato, A. Gupta, R. Pala, M.K. Das, and Kantesh Balani, Processing, Characterization

and Stack Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Past and Present . Under preparation for

Progress in Materials Science, Feb. 2013.

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TECHNICAL TALKS

1. Kantesh Balani, Role of Alumina Addition on the Mechanics, Tribology and

Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Biocomposites, Aluminas-2013, Kolkata, India, Mar 7-

9, 2013 (Invited).

2. A. Patel, Kantesh Balani, Wettability, Cytocompatibility and Tribology of Functionalized

Carbon Nanotube and Al2O3 Reinforced Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene

Biocomposite 2013 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7,

2013.

3. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, Development of CeO2 Yttria Stabilized Zirconia

Nanocomposite Electrolytes For Solid Oxide Fuel Cells . 2013 TMS Annual Meeting &

Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013.

4. N. Mahato, P. Mohapatra, S. Rawat, Kantesh Balani, Effect of Carbon Nanotube

Reinforcement on The Phase Transformation of Zirconia, 2013 TMS Annual Meeting &

Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013.

5. N. Mahato, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, Role of CeO2 Addition on Catalytic Conversion of

Plasma Sprayed Al2O3 Coatings, 2013 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, TX,

USA, Mar. 3-7, 2013 (Invited).

6. P.K. Mallik, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, Processing and Microstructure-Property of Multi

Stage Spark Plasma Sintered Hydroxyapatite- Calcium Titanate Biocomposite, 37th

International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites (ICACC),

Daytona Beach, Florida, Jan. 27 Feb. 1, 2013.

7. A.K. Patel, Kantesh Balani, Role of Synergistic Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes and

Al2O3 on Compression Molded Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Biocomposite,

BIND-2012 (International Conference on Design of Biomaterials), Bangalore, Dec. 9-11, 2012

(Invited).

8. I. Bajpai, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, Magnetic Characterization and Cytocompatibility of

Spark Plasma Sintered HA-Fe3O4 Magnetic Biocomposites, 2012 MRS Fall Meeting,

Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 25-30, 2012.

9. Kantesh Balani, Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Tantalum Carbide as Ultra High

Temperature Ceramic Composite, Advances in Materials and Processing: Challenges and

Opportunities (AMPCO), IIT Roorkee, Nov. 2-4, 2012 (Invited).

10. P. Sengupta, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna, M.K. Samal, D. Sathiyamoorthy, Kantesh Balani,

Oxidation of Plasma Sprayed SiC/Al2O3 Coatings on Graphite Substrate, Carbon

Materials 2012 in BARC Mumbai, November 1-3, 2012.

11. Kantesh Balani, Hydroxyapatite Based Biocomposites for Bone Replacement Daya Swoop

Lecture for IEI Kanpur Chapter AGM on Oct. 28, 2012. (Invited)

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12. Kantesh Balani, Toughened and Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Based

Biocomposite, Asian Symposium on Materials & Processing (ASMP 2012), Chennai, India,

Aug. 30-31, 2012.

13. Kantesh Balani, Ultra High Temperature TaC as Rocket Nozzle Insert, Advances in

Materials & Material Selection in Design (AM&MSD-2012), Kanpur, India, Aug. 24-25, 2012.

14. A. Nisar, R. Sharma, Kantesh Balani, Mechanical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered

ZnO Reinforced Hydroxyapatite, National Workshop on Advanced Functional Materials

and Structures (AFMS-2012), Allahabad, India, July 12-14, 2012.

15. N. Mahato, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, Microstructure and Mechanical

Properties of Multistructured Peacock Feathers, presented in 2012 TMS Annual Meeting &

Exhibition, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 11-15, 2012 (Invited).

16. S. Ariharan, A. Keshri, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, Role of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia on

Fracture Toughness of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Composite Coatings, presented in

2012 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar. 11-15, 2012.

17. A. K. Dubey, Kantesh Balani, B. Basu, Enhanced cellular response on Hydroxyapatite-

BaTiO3 composite: Material for bone application, International Science Congress (ISC-

2011) Meeting, MRSCPS, Indore, MP, India, Dec. 24-25, 2011.

18. A. Gupta, S Sharma, Kantesh Balani, Ceria doped 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia

nanocrystalline electrolyte material for enhancement in ionic conductivity and low -

temperature operation for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ICAMMP-2011 (Internationl Conference

on Advances in Materials and Materials Processing), IIT Kharagpur, India, Dec. 9-11, 2011.

19. A. Gupta, S. Omar, Kantesh Balani, Ceria doped 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia

nanocomposite electrolyte for enhanced ionic conductivity and low-temperature operation of

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, presented in the 65th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian

Institute of Metals (IIM), Hyderabad, India, Nov. 15-16, 2011.

20. Kantesh Balani, Md. A. F. Afzal, P. Kesarwani, K. M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu,

Functionally graded hydroxyapatite-alumina-zirconia, presented in MS&T 2011,

Columbus Ohio, USA, Oct. 14-18, 2011.

21. Md. A. F. Afzal, Kantesh Balani, P. Kesarwani, K. M. Reddy, S. Kalmodia, B. Basu,

Functionally Stepped Hydroxyapatite-Alumina-Zirconia: Potential Bone-Implant,

Bio2011, CGCRI, Kolkata, India, Jul. 21-23, 2011.

22. V. Kumar, Kantesh Balani, R. Shekhar, Govind, Effect of hot rolling on microstructure and

texture evolution of Mg-Li alloy . 5th Light Metals Technology Conference, Luneburg,

Germany, 19-22 July, 2011.

23. A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, S. Ghosh, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani, Micro

Tribology of Compression Molded Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reinforced

with Aluminum Oxide, Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotubes, presented in TMS 140th

Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27 Mar. 3, 2011.

24. M. R. Joshi, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminium Oxide:

Processing, Characterization and Modeling, presented in ALUMINAS 2010, CGCRI,

Kolkata, India, Nov. 25-27, 2010 (Invited).

25. Kantesh Balani, V. Kumar, P. Kempe, Govind, R. Shekhar, Nano-Mechanical

Characterization of Mg-Li Based Alloys, Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical

Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16 2010.

26. Kantesh Balani, Nanoindentation of CeO2 doped YSZ Electrolyte of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,

Hysitron Webinar in partnership with Materials Today (Elsevier), Oct. 28th, 2010.

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27. V. Kumar, V.S. Raja, R. Shekhar, P. Mungole, P.P. Sinha, Kantesh Balani, Electrochemical

Corrosion study of Novel Mg-Li Alloys . CORCON 2010 Corrosion Conference and Expo

2010, Goa, India, Sept. 23 - 26 2010.

28. A. Rishabh, Kantesh Balani, Evaluation of Fracture Toughness of Carbon Nanotube

Reinforced Nano-Aluminum Oxide Via Fractal Approach, TMS 139th Annual Meeting and

Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Feb. 14-18, 2010.

29. Kantesh Balani, Y. Chen, S. Omar, A.K. Keshri, S. Sharma, K. Babu, J.C. Nino, S. Seal and A.

Agarwal, Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of YSZ Electrolyte For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,

Hydrogen and Energy Storage, Jan. 14th 2010, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

(Invited).

30. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Non-wetting of Lotus Leaf, National

Metallurgist s Day, Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata, Nov. 16-17th 2009, Kolkata, India.

31. Kantesh Balani, A.K. Keshri, M. Joshi, D. Lahiri, S.R. Bakshi, J.E. Tercero, A. Agarwal,

Nanotribology of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Reinforced with Aluminum Oxide and

Carbon Nanotubes, International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and

Nanotechnology, Dec. 9-11, 2009, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.

32. Kantesh Balani, J. Tercero, S. Kalmodia, S. Namin, D. Lahiri, T. Laha, N. Tsoukias, B. Basu,

E. Lavernia, Cytocompatibility of Hydroxyapatite Reinforces with Aluminium Oxide and

Carbon Nanotubes, The Fourth Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT 2009), New

Delhi, India, Sept. 14-16, 2009 (Invited).

33. P. Prakash, P. Jain, T. Mandal, Kantesh Balani, Electrophoretic Deposition of

nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V substrate with Intermediate Titanium Oxide

Layer, The Fourth Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT 2009), New Delhi, India,

Sept. 14-16, 2009.

34. Md. A. Faiz, P. Kesarwani, M. Reddy, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, Spark Plasma Sintering of

Functionally Graded Hydroxyaptite-Alumina-Zirconia, National Conference on

Nanomaterials, Applications & Nanotechnology Applications, Hyderabad, India, Sept. 4-5,

2009.

35. Kantesh Balani, Flavia C. Brito, Lidia Kos, Arvind Agarwal, Nanomechanical Property

Evaluation of Murine s Tricuspid Heart Valve, 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering

Conference, Miami, FL, May 15-17, 2009.

36. A.K. Keshri, Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, S.R. Bakshi, A. Agarwal, Comparative Study of

Carbon Nanotubes/Plasma Interaction during Various Thermal Spray Processes Presented

in International Thermal Spray Conference-2009 held in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 4-7, 2009.

37. S. Kalmodia, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, Superior Wear Resistance of

Biocompatible Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite

and Carbon Nanotubes, 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Miami, FL, May

15-17, 2009.

38. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal, Improving the Fracture-Toughness of Plasma Sprayed

CNT - Al2O3 Nano-composite Coating, Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials,

Delhi, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.

39. Kantesh Balani, Arvind Agarwal, Nanomechanical Properties of Ultra High Molecular

Weight Polyethylene- Hydroxyapatite Composite Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes,

Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, Delhi, India, Dec 15-17, 2008.

40. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Y. Chen, R. Anderson, S. Harimkar, E. Crumpler, N. Dahotre,

Bio-compatibility and Tribology of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Carbon Nanotube

Coatings . 24th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, El Paso, TX, April 18-20,

2008.

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41. Kantesh Balani, S. Harimkar, N. Dahotre, A. Agarwal, Multi-Scale Tribology of Plasma

Sprayed Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite Coating .

Presented in 2008 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 9-13th 2008.

42. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, "Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Nanocomposite Coatings

Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes: Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical

Properties". Presented in 32nd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced

Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, Jan. 27-Feb. 1st 2008.

43. Kantesh Balani, T. Zhang, S. Bakshi, W. Li, A. Agarwal, Fracture Toughness Enhancement

via Plasma Spraying of Insitu Grown CNT - Al2O3 Nano-composite Coating . Presented in

TMS (The Minerals Metals and Materials Society) 2007 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Feb.

25- Mar. 1st 2007.

44. Kantesh Balani, Dr. Rebecca Anderson, Tapas Laha, Melanie Andara, Jorge Tercero, Dr. Eric

Crumpler, Prof. Arvind Agarwal, Biocompatibility of Plasma Sprayed Carbon Nanotube

Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic Coating . Presented in ISRS (International

Symposium for Research Scholars) 2006, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Dec. 18-20th 2006.

45. Kantesh Balani, The World of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials . Presented at

International Workshop on MEMS and Nanotechnology, Coimbatore, India, Dec. 15th 2006

(Invited).

46. Kantesh Balani, Y. Chen, S.R. Bakshi, T. Laha, and A. Agarwal, Enhanced Fracture

Toughening of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide-Carbon Nanotube Ceramic Composite .

Presented in RAMP 2006 (Recent Advances in Materials Processing), Coimbatore, India, Dec.

15-16th 2006.

47. Kantesh Balani, Tapas Laha, Srinivasa R. Bakshi, Arvind Agarwal, CNT Dispersion in

Plasma Sprayed Nano-Al2O3 CNT Nano-Composite Coating . MS&T (Materials Science

and Technology) 2006 Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 15-19th 2006.

48. Kantesh Balani, R. Anderson, T. Laha, M. Andara, J. Tercero, Arvind Agarwal, E. Crumpler,

Biocompatibility of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-CNT Nanocomposite Coating . MS&T

(Materials Science and Technology) 2006 Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 15-19th 2006.

49. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, R. Anderson, M. Andara, J. Tercero, E. Crumpler, A.Agarwal,

Plasma Sprayed Bio-Ceramic Hydroxyapatite-MWNT Coating: Microstructural,

Mechanical and Cell-Culture Studies . ITSC (International Thermal Spray Conference,

Seattle, Washington, May 14th -18th 2006.

50. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha and A. Agarwal, Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Carbon

Nanotube Nanocomposite Coating . TMS (The Minerals Metals and Materials Society)

2006 Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 12-16th 2006.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING PUBLICATIONS, POSTER PRESENTATIONS, AND

BOOK REVIEWSB. Fatma, Md. Faisal, Kantesh Balani, A. Subramaniam, Hydrogen Storage

properties of composites of Mg with carbon and Mg2Ni produced by Accumulative Roll

Bonding, Advances in Materials and Processing Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO

2012), Roorkee, Nov. 2-4, 2012.

2. Kantesh Balani, Toughened and Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite-Based

Biocomposite, Asian Symposium on Materials & Processing (ASMP 2012), Chennai, India,

Aug. 30-31, 2012.

3. Md. A.F. Afzal, S.Kalmodia, B.Basu, Kantesh Balani, Structural, mechanical and

bactericidal properties of Silver reinforced carbon-nanotube/ hydroxyapatite composites,

International conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Hyderabad, India, Jan. 20-23,

2012.

4. K. S. Ramakrishna, Kantesh Balani and A. Upadhyaya, Effect of Compaction Pressure and

Sintering Temperature on the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Austenitic

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Stainless Steel (316L), 65th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian Institute of

Metals (IIM), Hyderabad, India, Nov. 15-16, 2011.

5. Vinod Kumar, Kantesh Balani, Rajiv Shekhar, Govind, Effect of hot rolling on

microstructure and texture evolution of Mg-Li alloy . 5th Light Metals Technology

Conference, Luneburg, Germany, 19-22 July, 2011.

6. Kantesh Balani, Engineering of Hydroxyapatite Based Bioceramic Composites, Indian

National Academy of Engineering, Dec. 10th 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.

7. Milind R. Joshi, S. Ariharan, Kantesh Balani, Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminium

Oxide: Processing, Characterization and Modeling . Proceedings of ALUMINAS 2010,

Indian Ceramics Society (INCerS), Kolkata, India, Nov. 25-27 2010, pp 39-50 (Invited).

8. V. Kumar, V.S. Raja, R. Shekhar, P. Mungole, P.P.Sinha, Kantesh Balani, Electrochemical

Corrosion study of Novel Mg-Li Alloys . CORCON 2010 Corrosion Conference and Expo

2010, Goa, India, Sept. 23 - 26 2010.

9. M.R. Joshi, Ariharan S., Kantesh Balani, Fracture Toughness of 8 mol% Yttria Stabilized

Zirconia Reinforced with Hydroxyapatite . Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical

Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16 2010.

10. S. Sharma, K.M. Reddy, A. Simpsons, B. Basu, Kantesh Balani, Nano-mechanical and

Micro-Structural Characterization of CeO2 Doped YSZ Electrolyte for Solid Oxide Fuel

Cell . Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16

2010.

11. A. Gupta, D. Lahiri, S. Ghosh, G. Tripathi, B. Basu, A. Agarwal, Kantesh Balani,

Tribological Behaviour of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composite Reinforced

with Aluminum Oxide, Hydroxyapatite and Carbon Nanotubes Processed via Com pression

Molding . Indian Institute of Metals, Annual Technical Meeting, Bangalore, India, Nov. 15-16

2010.

12. Kantesh Balani, R. G. Batista, D. Lahiri, A. Agarwal, Non-Wetting of Lotus Leaf, Annual

Technical Meeting, Indian Institute of Metals Kolkata. Nov. 16-17th 2009, Kolkata.

13. F.C. Brito, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, L. Kos, Neural Crest Derived Melanocytes Affect

the Biomechanical Properties of the Tricuspid Valve Leaflet, 2009 Weinstein,

Cardiovascular Development Conference, San Francisco, CA May 7-9th 2009.

14. C. Khanal, G. Vargas, Kantesh Balani, A. Keshri, C. Barbosa, A. Agarwal, R. Panepucci,

Metal embedded Fiber Brag Grating Sensors, Physics Education 2009 APS March Meeting,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, March 16 20, 2009.

15. S. R. Bakshi, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Nanotribological Properties of Carbon Nanotube

Reinforced Plasma Sprayed Aluminum-Silicon Alloy Composite Coatings, 2009 TMS

Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 15-19th 2009.

16. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, Y. Chen, R. Anderson, S.Harimkar, E. Crumpler, N. B. Dahotre,

Bio-Compatibility And Tribology Of Plasma Sprayed Hydroxyapatite-Carbon Nanotube

Coatings, 24th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, El Paso, TX, Apr. 18-20th 2008.

17. Kantesh Balani, T. Laha, C. Yao, S.R. Bakshi, and A. Agarwal, Fracture Toughening of

Plasma Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Coating, Gordon

Conference, Andover, New Hampshire, Aug. 13-18th 2006.

18. Kantesh Balani, G. Gonzalez, A. Agarwal, R. Hickman, J. S. O Dell, and S. Seal,

Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Property Correlation of Vacuum Plasma

Sprayed Tantalum Carbide . 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Research and

Grantees Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 24-27th 2006.

19. Kantesh Balani, G. Gonzalez, A. Agarwal, R. Hickman, and S.O. Dell, Synthesis And

Characterization Of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Tantalum Carbide . Surface Engineering in

Materials Science III Proceedings, 2005 TMS Annual Meeting, San Francesco, CA, Feb 13-

17, (2005), pp 241-248.

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20. Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal and T. McKechnie, Near Net Shape Fabrication Via Vacuum

Plasma Spray Forming . Best Technical Paper at International Students and Research

Scholars 2004 on 20-22nd Dec. 2004, Chennai, India.

21. J. Kartikeyan, T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, A. Agarwal, and N. Munroe, Microstructural and

Electrochemical Characterization of Cold Sprayed 1100 Aluminum Coating, (Published in

International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC), Conference Proceedings, Japan, May

2004).

22. Kantesh Balani and A. Agarwal. Book Review: Emerging Applications of Vacuum-Arc-

Produced Plasma, Ion and Electron Beams edited by Efim Oks and Ian Brown (Published in

Materials and Manufacturing Process, Mercel Dekker).

23. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, B. Potens, M. Andara, A. Agarwal, and S. Seal, Plasma Engineered

Nanostructured Spherical Ceramic Powders Surface and Interfaces of Nanostructured

Materials Conference Proceedings, 2004 TMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, (March 2004), pp

103-112.

24. T. Laha, Kantesh Balani, B. Potens, M. Andara, A. Agarwal, S. Patil and S.Seal, Plasma

Engineered Nanostructured Spherical Aluminum Oxide Powders . Poster Presentation, Florida

American Vacuum Society (AVS), University of Central Florida, Orlando, (March 8-12th

2004).

25. T. Laha, and Kantesh Balani, The Electrochemical Behavior of Al-Based Nanostructured

Composite Coating in Acidic Medium . Poster presentation in TMS 133rd Annual Meeting

and Exhibition, Charlotte, (March 2004).

ACADEMIC/ RESEARCH HONORS

Editor of special thematic issue on Solid Electrolytes: Emerging Global Competitors For

Satisfying Energy Needs in Journal Nanomaterials and Energy, ICE Publications, Sept. 2012.

Letter of appreciation from Chairman, Academic Senate, for extraordinary teaching the

course MSE617 (Mathematics and Computational Methods) in Fall 2011.

Recipient of 2012 TMS Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Young Leader

Professional Development Award received during TMS 2012 Annual Meeting Mar. 11-15,

2012 at Orlando, FL, USA.

Awarded Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award 2011 by Elsevier

for exceptional research efforts involving materials for biological applications on Nov. 29,

2011, Boston, USA.

Received INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Young Engineer Award 2010 on

Dec. 10th 2010, Visakhapatnam, India.

Have been chosen for National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Platinum

Jubilee Award 2010, which was presented on Dec. 4th 2010, Jaipur, India.

Received Young Metallurgist of the Year award 2010 instituted by Ministry of Steel, Govt.

of India, on Nov. 14th 2010 during National Metallurgist Day celebration, Bangalore, India.

Young Scientist Award 2009 in Materials Science division by Indian Science Congress

Association on Jan. 5th 2010, Trivandrum, India.

Awarded Dr. R.L. Thakur Memial Award-2009 from the Indian Ceramic Society on Dec. 11th

2009, Trivandrum, India.

Faculty Advisor for Material Advantage @ IIT Kanpur since Dec. 2008. Chapter bagged

Most Students Recruited membership challenge in Fall 2009 with a cash prize of US$ 500

competing against more than 60 active chapters worldwide. Then, chapter has also received

Most Creative Recruitment Strategies Award in Fall 2011 with a cash award of US$ 250.

Selected by National Phi Beta Delta Honor Society to receive 2007 David Merchant

International Student Achievement Award owing to superior scholastic achievements.

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Annually only one international scholar is presented such a prestigious award worldwide. It

consists of awarding $500 check with the acknowledgment certificate. Among more than 150

chapters worldwide, as president of Phi Beta Delta Zeta Alpha Chapter at FIU, I received

Eileen M. Evans Overall Outstanding Chapter for 2006-07 .

Inducted as full-member in Sigma Xi honor society in Oct. 2007.

Received 2006-07 Dean s Award for highly productive doctoral student in the College of

Engineering, FIU, with monetary award of $2000.

Received Dissertation Year Fellowship to pursue doctoral research at Florida International

University, 2006-07.

Selected to attend research-proposal writing workshop organized by National Science

Foundation, Aug. 22-23, 2007, University of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

Awarded Best PhD Student by Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FIU,

for maintaining best grade point average, Spring 2005.

Awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Scholarship to present a student

poster during NSF Design and Manufacturing Innovation Conference at St. Louis, MO, July

24-27th 2006.

Won a team technical quiz competition Materials Bowl during 2007 TMS (The Minerals,

Metals and Materials) Annual meeting held in Orlando, Feb. 24-Mar. 1st, 2007. Overall twelve

teams participated from colleges such as Georgia Tech., Carnegie Mellon, Colorado School of

Mines, etc.

Recipient of RCTF (Research Challenge Trust Fund) Fellowship for potential and capability

in research at University of Kentucky during 2001-02.

Awarded Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Scholarship, based on merit,

to pursue M. Tech. Project at Materialprufungsanatalt (State Material Testing), University of

Stuttgart, Germany (May2000-Feb.2001).

Awarded Sudharshan Bhat Memorial Prize and S. Ananthramakrishnan Memorial Prize for

Best Academic Record in Metallurgical Engineering branch for M.Tech. at IIT (Indian

Institute of Technology) Madras, India, 2001.

Awarded as Best Outgoing Student by Department of Metallurgical Engineering, P.S.G.

College of Technology, Coimbatore, India for overall excellence in academics and sports

(1999).

Secured First Place in the Graduate Scholarly Forum paper presentation competition,

organized by Graduate Students Organization, FIU, Spring 2005, and also in Spring 2006.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member at FIU, 2005. Phi Kappa Phi is renown for academic

excellence since its membership requires GPA greater than 3.90 on the scale of 4.0.

Secured Second Place in the Graduate Scholarly Forum paper presentation competition,

organized by Graduate Students Organization, FIU, Spring 2007.

Received Best Technical Paper award in the International Symposium of Research Students

(ISRS) 2004, Dec. 2004, Chennai, India.

LEADERSHIP HONORS

Chair, Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter 2012-13. Led to Best Medium Chapter

Award 2012.

Faculty Advisor of Material Advantage at IIT Kanpur, which has won the (i) Most Creative

Recruitment Strategies Award during the 2011 Fall Membership Challenge, which includes

citation and cash award of US$ 250.00, and (ii) Most Recruited Students challenge for the

Fall 2009, which includes citation in one of the AIST/ASM/ACerS/TMs journal and cash

award of US$ 500.

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Secretary, Indian Institute of Metals Kanpur Chapter 2010-11 (and won Best Small Chapter

Award 2010) and again in 2011-12 (won Best Medium Chapter Award 2011) India.

Founder, Secretary and Chair, Material Advantage at FIU, 2004-07. Material Advantage at

FIU has received Chapter of Excellence continuously four times in a row (2003-04, 2004-

05, 2005-06, and 2006-07: since its inception) competing with more than 120 chapters

worldwide. Chapter has been also winning World Materials Day Contest since the last three

years 2004-05, and 2005-06, 2006-07.

Student Advisor, Child Rights and You (CRY) America Action Center at FIU, Miami, FL,

2006-07. CRY America at FIU is a service organization linked to serving under privileged

children especially in India. The direct projects supported by CRY Inc. are available at

http://america.cry.org/project_browse.asp.

Nominated by Florida International University for Who s Who Among Students in American

Universities & Colleges Yearbook 2005. This elite edition circulates on the coffee-table of

dignitaries around the world.

Selected for prestigious Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape award for the Year 2004. One among

six selected worldwide for the scholarship sponsored by professional American Society of

Metals Foundation.

Chair, Material Advantage at FIU, 2006-07.

President, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society, FIU, 2006-07.

International Peer Mentor, International Students and Scholar Services (ISSS), FIU, 2005-07.

International Student Ambassador, FIU, 2005-06.

Founder and President, FIU Badminton Club, FIU, 2003-06

Action Center Leader, Child Relief and You (CRY) America Action Center at FIU, Miami, FL,

2004-07.

Graduate Student Representative, Indian Students Association, FIU, 2004-07.

Engineering Ambassador to the College of Engineering at FIU, 2003-04.

Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee, Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Department, FIU, Miami-FL, 2004.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

a. Warden (Mess and Canteen), Hall of Residence IV, IIT Kanpur, since Oct. 2011.

b. MSE Departmental Under Graduate Committee Convener, 2011-12, and 2012-13.

c. Academic Performance Evaluation Committee member, 2011-12, 2012-13.

d. Senate Scholarships and Prizes Committee member 2010-11.

e. Secretary, Faculty Club, 2009-10, 2011-12.

f. Faculty Guardian, 2009-today.

g. Departmental B. Tech. Project evaluation committee: 2008-09/09-10/11-12.

h. Professional- and Student- Seminar In-charge, Fall 2008 Spring 2010.

TRAINING/MENTORING/ TUTORING

a. Mentored Ms. Pratyasha Mohapartra from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, during

Apr. Jul. 2012 under SURGE (summer research grant for excellence) scholarship. Ms.

Mohapatra received best project award during SURGE 2012.

b. Mentored Ms. Surabhi Singh from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology,

June-July 2012.

c. Mentored Ms. Katharina Herkendell, Karlshrue Institute of Technology, Germany, Apr.-June

2012.

d. Mentored Ms. Ambreen Nisar Khan, Aligarh Muslim University, Jan. Jun. 2012.

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e. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)

scholarship Ms. Sukriti Bhardwaj from IT BHU, and Mr. Soumitra Sulekar from VNIT Nagpur

from May-Jul. 2011.

f. Mentored Ms. Sukriti Bhardwaj from ITBHU during Dec. 2011.

g. Mentored Ms. Archana Prakash from CSJM University, Kanpur, from July Sep. 2010.

h. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)

scholarship (Mr. Savya Sachi, and Ms. Pallavi Kesarwani during Jun.-Aug. 2010.

i. Mentored two students under SURGE (Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence)

scholarship (Ms. Pallavi Kesarwani from NIT Nagpur, India, and Mr. Ram Krishna Mishra,

from NIT Warangal, India) during Jun.-Aug. 2009.

j. Mentored 4 students (Mr. Shubhra Bajpai, Mr. Manish Jain, Mr. Sachin Mishra and Mr.

Saurabh Mishra) during May 2009-July 2009.

k. Mentored Ms. Shilpi Goenka from Punjab Engineering College during Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009.

l. Mentored 30 (thirty) international students at FIU while serving as International Peer Mentor.

m. Mentored Ms. Debrupa Lahiri, Mr. Anup Kumar Keshri, (post-graduate) Mr. Jorge Tercero,

and Mr. Riken Patel (post-graduate) in Mechanical and Materials Engineering Fall 2006-

Spring 2008. Mentored Ms. Gabriela Gonzalez (graduate) and Ms. Melanie Andara

(undergraduate) in Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

n. Mentored Mr. Dayan Paez, an undergraduate from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of

Technology) for summer 2005 internship.

o. Mentored Mr. Raul Galindo (now undergraduate at FIU) from Coral Gables- and Mr.

Francisco Vega from Killian Senior high school in Miami during Fall 2005.

p. Attended two day workshop on teaching skills by the Academy for the Art of Teaching,

Aug. 2004.

TEACHING:

MSE 617 (Mathematics and Computational Methods): PG Compulsory Fall 2011 (joint

instructor). Received extraordinary teacher appreciation.

MME250 (Materials Characterization, Spring 2010/ Spring 2011/ Spring 2012): UG Level Core

Course with lab component.

MME605 (Surface Phenomena and Characterization, Fall 2009/ Fall 2010/ Fall 2011): PG/

Higher-level UG Course: Self-Developed Course.

MME 100 (Introduction to Profession, Spring 2009): UG Core course

Tutor for TA201N- Manufacturing Processes II, Spring 2009 & Fall 2008

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

A total of over Rs. 3.00 crores (US$ 600,000) with external funding of Rs. 2.45 crores (US$

490,000), being the main PI for projects ~ Rs. 2.28 crores (US $ 456,000).

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. Initiation Grant, IIT Kanpur (Dec. 2008-Dec. 2009): Rs. 10 Lakhs

PI: Electrostatic Spraying of Bioactive Ceramic Reinforced Polymer Bio-coating

2. CARE grant from IIT Kanpur (Nov. 2009): Rs. 45 Lakhs

PI: High Temperature Electrochemical Test Station

3. E-Book Development (MHRD) (Apr. 2010-Apr. 2011): Rs. 32.21 Lakhs

Co-PI: E-book on Materials Science and Engineering

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4. Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2009-Nov. 2011): Rs. 15.5 Lakhs

Sole PI: Corrosion protection of Mg-Li Alloys

5. Department of Biotechnology (May 2009- Oct. 2012): Rs. 52.03 Lakhs

PI: Investigation on Developing Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene-Hydoxyapatite -

Carbon Nanotube Biocomposite for Biomedical Applications

ONGOING PROJECTS:

6. Virtual Laboratory project (MHRD) (Jun. 2010-Mar. 2013): Rs. 43.84 Lakhs

Sole PI: Material Response to Microstructural-, Mechanical- and Thermal- Stimuli .

7. Virtual Laboratory project (MHRD) (Jun. 2010- Mar. 2013): Rs. 40.00 Lakhs

Co-PI: Virtual Laboratory for Nanocomposites

8. Department of Science and Technology (May 2011-May 2013): Rs. 29.48 Lakhs

PI: Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell via nano-CeO2 reinforcement in YSZ

Electrolyte

9. Naval International Cooperative Opportunities in Science and Technology Program

(NICOP) (Apr. 2012-Apr.2013): USD 39,500 (Rs. 21.45 lakhs)

PI: Plasma Sprayed Nano-Ceria-Alumina Composite Coatings for Catalytic Conversion of

Combustion Gases

Collaborator: Dr. Xiaolin Zheng (Stanford University, CA, USA)

10. Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2012-Mar. 2014): Rs. 13.58 Lakhs

PI: Role of Particle Size of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia on the Wear Resistance of the Plasma

Sprayed Aluminum Oxide Coatings

UNDER CONSIDERATION:

11. Board of Nuclear Research (May 2012- May 2014) : Rs. 61.4 Lakhs

PI: Oxidation of Graphite and Protective Coatings .

Status: Provisionally approved (Waiting for confirmation letter).

12. Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015): Rs. 21.94 lakhs

PI: Plasma Exposure Damage of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics

Status: Provisionally approved (Nov. 2012). Waiting for confirmation letter.

13. Indian Space and Research Organisation (Mar. 2013-Mar. 2015): Rs. 29.94 lakhs

PI: Physical Metallurgy of Mg-Li Alloys and Coatings

Status: Provisionally approved (Nov. 2012). Waiting for confirmation letter.

OTHER Funds (Conference & Workshop):

1. Department of Science & Technology: Rs. 50,000/- (Jan. 2010)

+ US $ 2,000 (from Hysitron, and Rs. 50,000 from Aimil Ltd. Sinsil Ltd.)

PI: Hydrogen & Energy Storage (Jan. 14, 2011) at IIT Kanpur

2. Department of Science & Technology: Rs. 1,00,000/- (Dec. 2010)

PI: Materials Conclave (Dec. 19-21, 2011) at IIT Kanpur

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3. Office of Naval Research Global: US $5,000 (Apr. 2011)

PI: Workshop on Nano-Biomaterials CHAMPS (Characterization, Hierarchy, Advanced Material

Processing and Surfaces) Apr. 25-29, 2011 at IIT Kanpur

GUIDANCE:

B. Tech. 15 guided (3 ongoing)

M. Tech. 5 guided (4 ongoing)

Ph.D. As guide: 1 guided (5 ongoing)

As co-guide: 1 guided, (4 ongoing)

Interns 19 guided (1 ongoing)

Thesis supervised at IIT-Kanpur:

Doctoral Students (Ph.D.):

Students Dissertation Title Completion Current Position

Development of Corrosion Dec. 2011 Faculty at Malaviya National

Dr. Vinod

Protection Mg Alloy for Institute of Technology, Jaipur,

Kumar

Aerospace Application India (since Jan. 2012)

Electric Field Stimulated Cell Dec. 2011

Dr. Ashutosh Japan Society for Promotion of

Response on Electrically Active Science post-doctoral research

Kumar

Hydroxyapatite-BaTiO3 scholar at Nagoya Institute of

Dubey

Composite Technology, Japan (since May

2012).

Lecturer, Indira Gandhi Institute of

Hydroxyapatite- CaTiO3 Based Jun. 2013

Mr. Prafulla

Technology, Orissa

Electrically Active Biocomposites (Expected)

K. Mallik

Magnetically Active Jun. 2013

Ms. Indu

Hydroxyapatite- Fe3O4 Based (Expected)

Bajpai

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