Executive Profile
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering with an experience of
nearly 8 years in Teaching & Training, Research &
Development and Knowledge Management
Formerly associated with Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India as Institute Post Doc Fellow at Department of Engineering Design
Experienced in creating an educational atmosphere where students have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual and
psychological growth
Proficient in facilitating/coaching students by using interactive discussions and hands-on approach to help scholars learn and apply concepts in subjects
Merit of publishing many research journals papers and gained international exposure as well
Excellence in providing leadership for development, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive educational program
An effective communicator with strong leadership, planning, presentation and problem-solving skills
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia during Jan’12-Dec’15
Master of Engineering (diplôme d'ingénieur) in Ceramic Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle (ENSCI), Limoges, France in Sep’09-Dec’11 B.Tech. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from IIT, Roorkee, India in Jul’04-Jun’08
Key Impact Areas
Student Management
Training & Development
Institute Administration
Research Documentation
Research & Development
People Management
Key Skills
Communicator
Innovator
Collaborator
Thinker
Intuitive
Professional Experience
Mar’20- May’20
Regulatory Department, Auxein Medical Pvt. Ltd., Sonepat, India as Senior Material Research Engineer-R&D
Highlights:
Communicate to the research project team the development, progress and results of research activities in the company.
Develop collaborative links with the core scientific staff in related program areas to gain exposure and build knowledge on experimental/research activities and approaches, in order to improve conceptual development and implementation.
Identify areas of improvement within the research structure in the company using integrated management approaches in pursuit of capacity building/strengthening and the preservation of scientific rigor in research studies.
Dr. ABHISHEK TIWARI
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING, RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL
Seeking assignments in Research &
Development with a leading organization of
repute.
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Aug’18- Jan’20
Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India as Institute Post Doc Fellow
Highlights:
To design and develop Mg (AZ91) alloy test specimens using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) parameters.
To evaluate the corrosion behaviour of additively manufactured Mg alloys. To evaluate corrosion behaviour of selective laser melted (SLMed) AlSi10Mg alloys. May’18-Aug’18
Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India as Senior Project Officer
Highlights:
Cr3C2-NiCr based cermet coatings for erosion-corrosion protection. Fracture behavior of Zircaloy-4 processed through swaging. Jan’16-Mar’18
Bansal Institute of Research & Technology, Bhopal as Assistant Professor-Mechanical Engineering Key Result Areas:
Implementing operational plans for ensuring the smooth running of the organization; providing leadership to teaching and administrative staff for ensuring high quality of teaching Spearheading curriculum planning, professional development and the implementation of educational programs
Reviewing goals, objectives, classroom instructional programs, establishing academic and other performance objectives
Planning and organizing day-to-day activities and resolving procedural problems as appropriate to the timely completion of objectives
Identifying, collecting, processing, analyzing and cataloguing data, according to the established protocol, procedures & standards, as appropriate to specific objectives of the research study Designing curriculum; developing instructional methods and content for educational, vocational or student activity programs; serving in faculty committees, dealing with matters like curriculum planning and degree requirements
Highlights:
Administered teaching of many subjects like Heat and Mass Transfer-ME-605, Strength of Materials- ME- 302, Design of Machine Elements-ME-5003 and many others Acted as coordinator for international affairs which resulted in selection of students for higher studies overseas
Engaged in general administrative tasks at the department Jan’12-Dec’15
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia as Ph.D. Researcher & Teaching Associate Highlights:
Managed the undergraduate instruction for subjects like CHE 4172-Nanotechnology and Materials 2, MAE 3406-Aerospace Materials and Material Selection, MEC 3457- Controls and Systems, CHE 3166- Process Design, MEC 2403- Mechanics of Materials
Jul’08-Mar’09
Central Foundry Forge Plant (CFFP)-Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar as Engineer
(Planning & Materials)
Highlights:
Engaged in planning/scheduling of various activities for molding of ferrous/non-ferrous castings, fettling of steel castings, basic machining of final castings and also issuing process sheets and ensuring material supply Acted as a Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Officer as per requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 and ensured safe working environment
Knowledge Purview
Laboratory Expereince:
Graphene Laboratory
Thermodynamics & Kinetics Laboratory
Material Testing Laboratory
Mineral Processing Laboratory
Crystallography Laboratory
Corrosion testing laboratory
Strength of Materials Laboratory
Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory
Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
Academic Skills:
Raman Spectroscopy
Optical Microscopy
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
Numerical Simulation, Finite Element Method (FEM)
Chemical Vapour Deposition, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Academic Achievements
Received:
Monash Departmental Scholarship for Ph.D. (24000 AUD per annum for living expenses plus 35000 AUD per annum for tuition fees)
Monash Travel Grant to attend Graphene Conference in Spain of 5000 AUD Poster Presentation Award at Corrosion and Prevention in 2012 conference in Australia French Embassy Scholarship for MS in France in 2009 of 20000 Euros for 2 years Nplusi Laureate in 2009 of 2000 Euros
French Regional Council of Limousin Scholarship in 2009 of 6000 Euros Alten Laureate for MS in France in 2008
Full Scholarship during study at IIT Roorkee of INR 37000 per annum Publications/Presentations
Journal Papers:
Gaurav Singh, A. Tiwari, Vikas Agarwal, R. Jayaganthan, Vishnu Narayanan K I, Umesh Kumar Arora, and Dinesh Srivastava, Tensile and Fracture Behaviour of Zr-alloy Processed through Swaging, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2020, 73, 955–965. doi: 10.1007/s12666-020-01874-3 A. Tiwari, Saravanan Seman, Gaurav Singh, and R. Jayaganthan, Nanocrystalline Cermet Coatings for Erosion–Corrosion Protection, Coatings, 2019. 9(6): p. 400. doi:10.3390/coatings9060400 A. Tiwari, and R. K. Singh Raman, Long - Term Corrosion Protection of a Cupro - Nickel Alloy Due to Graphene Coating, Coatings, 2017. 7(12): p. 210. doi:10.3390/coatings7120210 A. Tiwari, and R. K. Singh Raman, Durable Corrosion Resist ance of Copper Due to Multi-Layer Graphene, Materials, 2017. 10(10): p. 1112. doi:10.3390/ma10101112 R.K. Singh Raman and A. Tiwari, Graphene: The Thinnest Known Coating for Corrosion Protection, J The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (JOM), 2014; 66(4):637-42. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-014-0921-3 P. Shandilya and A. Tiwari, Artificial Neural Network Modeling and Optimization using Genetic Algorithm of Machining Process, Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 348-352, December, 2014. doi: 10.12720/joace.2.4.348-352
A. Tiwari, K. Boussois, B. Nait-Ali, D. S. Smith and P. Blanchart, Anisotropic thermal conductivity of thin polycrystalline oxide samples, AIP Advances 3, 112129 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4836555 P. Kevin, A. Tiwari, Saravanan Seman, S. Beer Mohamed, and R. Jayaganthan, Remarkable Erosion- Corrosion Protection due to Cr3C2-NiCr Cermet Coating on Stainless Stee,l (under review in Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals), 2020
A. Tiwari, Ch. Srinivasa Rakesh, Gaurav Singh, Allavikutty Raja, Saravanan Seman, Rengaswamy Jayaganthan, Improved Corrosion Behaviour of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg compared to as cast AlSi10Mg, (under preparation), 2020
Gaurav Singh, R. Jayaganthan, Konda G. Pradeep, Jochen M. Schneider, A. Tiwari, Experimental Determination of Stacking Fault Energy for High Entropy Alloys (pending revisions), 2020 Conference Papers:
A. Tiwari, and R.K. Singh Raman, Multilayer Graphene on Copper for Corrosion Mitigation, Corrosion & Prevention 2013, 10-13 November 2013, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Brisbane, Australia. A. Tiwari, P. Chakraborty Banerjee, R.K. Singh Raman, M. Majumder, CVD Graphene on Metals for Remarkable Corrosion Resistance, Corrosion & Prevention 2012, 11-14 November 2012, Australasian Corrosion Association Inc., Melbourne, Australia.
J. M. Sonawane, Rajam E, A. Tiwari, P. C. Ghosh, S. Adeloju, Graphene: a promising electrode for microbial fuel cells, 2nd International Conference & Expo on Green Energy, Recycling & Environmental Microbiology, 5 (3), p 54, Nov. 2016, International Publisher of Science, Technology and Medicine, Georgia, Atlanta, USA. Gaurav Singh, Srinivasa Rakesh, A. Tiwari, R. Jayaganthan, KI Narayanan, Chander Arora, Dinesh Srivastava, A Study on Tensile Behaviour and Microstructural Characteristics of Zircaloy-4 Processed through Swaging, TMS 2019, 10-14 March 2019, San Antonio, Texas, USA. A. Tiwari, Ch. Srinivasa Rakesh, Gaurav Singh, Allavikutty Raja, Saravanan Seman, Rengaswamy Jayaganthan, Corrosion Behaviour of AlSi10Mg Alloy Fabricated through Additive Manufacturing, NMD-ATM 2019, 15-16 November, 2019, The Indian Institute of Metals, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Book Chapter:
A. Raja, R. Jayaganthan, A. Tiwari and Ch. Srinivasa Rakesh, Effect of Grain Size on Superplastic Deformation of Metallic Materials, in Aluminium Alloys and Composites, Kavian Cooke, Editor. 2019, InTechOpen, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86017, Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/effect-of-grain-size-on-superplastic-deformation-of-metallic-materials, ISBN: 978-1-78984-515-0.
Invited Talk:
A. Tiwari, and R.K. Singh Raman, Ultra-Thin Graphene Coating on Copper for Corrosion Mitigation, 19-21 November 2013, Materials Innovation in Surface Engineering (MISE) 2013, Adelaide, Australia Poster Presentations:
A. Tiwari and R.K. Singh Raman, Graphene Coating for Corrosion Resistance of Metals, 10-13 March 2015, Graphene 2015, Bilbao, Spain
R.K. Singh Raman and A. Tiwari, Ultra-thin Graphene Coating: The Novel Nanotechnology for Remarkable Corrosion Resistance, 06-09 May 2014, Graphene 2014, Toulouse, France Internships
Organization: Philips Lighting, Eindhoven, Netherlands Period: Jul’11-Sep’11
Mentor: Dr. Bibi Dauvillier
Title: Magnesia Doped Alumina Coating on High Intensity Discharge Lamp Burners to Delay Sapphire Formation Description: The objective was to develop coating which will prevent sapphire formation which leads to lamp failure.
Organization: Saint-Gobain, Centre de Recherche et d’Etude Européen, Cavaillon, France Period: Apr’10-Aug’10
Mentor: Dr. Sylvain Deville
Title: Control of the Porous Structure of Ice-templated Ceramics Description: The objective was to find additives which can control the microstructure of porous ceramics; SEM images were analyzed to predict the behavior of additives, these types of ceramics are used in biomedical applications.
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Period: May’07-Jul’07
Mentor: Dr. Pedro E.J. Rivera Diaz del Castillo
Title: Monte Carlo Simulation of Dislocation Microstructure Description: Developed the Dev CPP through Physics of the phenomenon. Title: Optimizing Strength and Toughness Relationship using Interrupted Ageing Description: Conducted heat treatments for obtaining high strength Al alloys using modern interrupted ageing technique, also analyzed SEM images using Lince Software and Hardness Measurements. Thesis Work
Organization: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Period: Jan’12-Dec’15
Mentor: Prof. Raman Singh
Title: Engineering Carbon into Graphene on Metals for Corrosion Resistance Organization: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle (ENSCI) Limoges, France Period: Mar’11-Jun’11
Mentor: Prof. David Stanley Smith
Title: Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Polycrystalline Oxide Materials Description: Developed a new modified laser flash method to measure in-plane thermal conductivity. The importance of the factor of anisotropy was showed by numerical simulation on a model system. Organization: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee Period: Jul’07-May’08
Mentor: Prof. Satya Prakash & Prof. Surendra Singh Title: Corrosion Studies on Friction Welded Dissimilar Metals in Aqueous Environment Description: The project analyzed the aqueous corrosion behavior of friction welded AISI 4140 & AISI 304 at 2 different corrosion conditions like static & accelerated (3.5% NaCl). The resulting corrosion layer in the weldment was characterized systematically through surface analytical techniques like SEM/EDAX, EPMA, and XRD. Research Experience
Organization: Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Period: Aug’18- Jan’20
Mentor: Prof. R. Jayaganthan
Title: Development of Additively Manufactured Mg alloys for Bio-medical Applications Description: Optimizing the process parameters for developing AZ91 bio-medical implants using wire arc additive manufacturing and study corrosion behavior of additively manufactured alloy and compare with as cast AZ 91 alloy. Organization: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Period: Jan’12-Dec’15
Mentor: Prof. Raman Singh
Title: CVD Graphene Coatings for Remarkable Corrosion Resistance Description: Developed CVD reactor for graphene synthesis right from scratch in the laboratory. Academic Project
Organization: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee Period: Sep’06-Sep’07
Mentor: Prof. Rengaswamy Jayaganthan
Title: Monte Carlo Simulation of Micro Structural Evolution in Nano Crystalline TiN/SiN Thin Films Description: Designed and implemented software package in C++ that simulated the microstructure evolution in thin film and studied the effect of temperature, anisotropy and impurities on the grain evolution in thin films. IT Skills
Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, SQL
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
Packages: MS Office, NX 7.5, Lince
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 4th July 1984
Languages Known: English, Hindi and French
Correspondence Address: Babulal Tiwari, Vasundhara Colony, Chandmari, Lalitpur-284403 (U.P.), India LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-abhishek-tiwari-9797376/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhishek_Tiwari15/info Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=B7rUZmkAAAAJ&hl=en