Senior Research Fellow, Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi

Centre for Atomic research, India.

Experienced in High Entropy Alloys (HEA) and Ferritic- Martensitic steels. Well-

versed in handling scanning and transmission electron microscopes including

various sample preparation techniques viz. FIB, X-Ray Diffraction and

Instrumented Indentation technique.

Saikumaran A

Contact Experience

Resourceful Materials Scientist with demonstrated leadership skills with 6 years

E-Mail: of experience in alloy development and microstructure-property correlation

adqcil@r.postjobfree.com Deep expertise in utilizing Electron Microscopy characterization tools for

adqcil@r.postjobfree.com tailoring the microstructure of structural alloys

Phone: Experienced in alloy synthesis techniques such as vacuum arc melting and

Mechanical alloying

+919*********

Hands-on experience in XRD, SEM, FIB, EDS, EBSD and TEM other allied electron

Address: microscopy techniques

No.8A, Bharathiyar Street, Well versed in TEM sample preparation techniques such as Jet thinning, Ion

Abdul kalam nagar, milling, Focused Ion Beam and Nano-mill techniques

Pozhichalur, Chennai,

In-depth experience in Instrumented Indentation Technique and Automated Ball

TamilNadu, India- 600087

Indentation technique using various indenters and allied analysis methods

Skill Highlights Rich experience in research and development of High Entropy Alloys

Networking Education

Team work

Project management Integrated PhD Engineering Sciences (Pursuing) 2014-2022

Homi Bhabha National Institue (HBNI)

Work Experience Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

M.Sc.,(Engineering) -as a part of Integrated PhD 2014-2016

Research Scholar, IGCAR, India

HBNI, IGCAR

(2014 -2021)

BE. Materials Science and Engineering 2010-2012

College of Engineering Anna University (CGPA:7.93)

Languages India

English, Tamil, Telugu & Hindi

Scanning Electron Microscopy: Microstructural analysis, micro-chemical

Technical skills analysis by EDS and microtexture by EBSD.

Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Technique: For site specific TEM sample preparation of brittle

samples, sintered pellets, thin films, powder samples and subsurface microstructure

investigation of ion-irradiated alloys (He irradiated steels and High entropy alloys).

Specimen Preparation techniques for TEM Characterization: High energy ion milling,

Carbon extraction replica, Twinjet electro polisher, Nano-mill

Transmission Electron Microscopy: High resolution imaging, diffraction analysis, and

Precession electron diffraction based Automated Diffraction Tomography in 3D for

solving unknown complex crystal structures

X-Ray Diffraction Analysis : Crystal Structure and strain analysis

Alloy synthesis through Vaccum Arc melting, High Energy Ball Milling and also through

hydrothermal techniques

Instrumented Indentation of various materials such as steels, high entropy alloys and

ceramics such as zirconia, quartz and sapphire and also He ion irradiated steels and High

Entropy Alloys.

Image processing and Crystal structure simulation: Image J, Digital Micrograph

DATA analysis software: Origin, JEMS, Carine

Rietveld Refinement software In depth experience in General Structure Analysis

System (GSAS)

Good writing skills- written manuscripts and various quarterly and annual division

reports in IGCAR.

Optical Microscope- Leica and Zeiss

Instruments handled SEM - FEI Dual Beam 600i Nano lab, Philips XL 30, Carl Zeiss sigma 300

FIB Helios 600i Nanolab dual beam FESEM

TEM - Philips CM200 Analytical TEM, Tecnai F30 & Talos HRTEM and Aberration

corrected TITAN Themis (under training)

XRD STOE Stady MP

Instrumented Hardness Zwick Roell

Vacuum Arc Melting- Edmund Buhler Gmbh

Ball Mill - Retsch

Synthesis and characterisation of Multiprincipal elemental CrFeMoVNbx (x= 0,1) alloys,

Projects handled March 2017 till date, as part of Integrated Ph.D studies

Microstructural evolution in multiprincipal elemental CrFeNbNiV and CrFeNi2.6V alloys,

March 2014 Feb 2017, as part of M.Sc.(Engg) studies

Characterization of friction stir welded aluminium alloys, June 2013 March 2014, as

part of Bachelors thesis

Design, fabrication and analysis of ceramic matrix composite tool insert, August 2012-

April 2013, as part of BE VII Semester mini project

Work experience Research Fellow - IGCAR Kalpakkam, India (March 2014 present)

Life Member, Electron Microscopy Society of India (EMSI)

Professional body Member of the SMSE (Society of Materials science engineers) and MMS (Madras

memberships metallurgical society).

Part of the Organizing Committee of International Conference on Electron Microscopy

Leadership and

and 38th annual meeting of Electron Microscopy Society of India-2017, July 17-19, 2016,

volunteering Mahabalipuram, India

Coordinated with different firms in various procurement processes, Installation process

and maintenance of equipments

Organized international workshops on Advanced materials processing &

characterisation'13 & advanced materials engineering and technology conducted by

british council during Bachelors degree

Logistics Secretary of Society of Materials Science Engineers for the academic year

2013-14 during Bachelors degree

Publications Peer- reviewed journal publications:

Microstructural characterization of Equiatomic CrFeNbNiV alloy, A Saikumaran, R

Mythili, S Saroja, V Srihari, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 72 (1), 111-

121

Experimental and theoretical study of microstructural characteristics and phase

stability in equiatomic CrFeMoV alloy, A Saikumaran, C Ghosh, R Mythili, D Sornadurai,

N Subramanian, S Mathi Jaya, Saroja Saibaba, Materials Characterization 154, 449-457

Comparison of Irradiation-Induced Hardening Behavior of P91 Ferritic Martensitic Steel

and CrFeMoV High-Entropy Alloy, A Saikumaran, R Mythili, P Magudapathy, C David,

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 30 (5), 3547-3555

Evaluation of tensile properties of thermally aged 316LN stainless steel with varying

nitrogen content using ABI technique, JG Kumar, GVP Reddy, A George, A Saikumaran,

R Mythili, PA Kumar, Arup Das Gupta, M Vasudevan, Materials Science and Engineering:

A 806, 140819

Microstrain-assisted polymorphic phase transitions in (Eu1 xLax) 2O3, KA Irshad, A

Saikumaran, V Srihari, S Kalavathi, NV Chandra Shekar, Journal of Applied

Crystallography 52 (1), 32-39

Conference Proceedings:

Structure of laves phase in equiatomic CrFeNbNiV alloy, A Saikumaran, Mythili, S

Saibaba, ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES 73, C945-C945

Theoretical and experimental investigation of different phases in as cast equiatomic

CrFeMoNbV alloys, A Saikumaran, R Mythili, S Saroja, KA Irshad, S Kalavathy, R

Ganesan, AIP Conference Proceedings 2115 (1), 030018

Synthesis and structural studies of Mg stabilized zirconia by sol-gel route, S Murugesan,

R Thirumurugesan, A Saikumaran, R Mythili, P Parameswaran, Proceedings of

international conference on electron microscopy and thirty eighth annual meeting of

the Electron Microscope Society of India, 2017.

Conferences & International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2014) organized by IIT Madras.

workshops 38th and 39th International meeting of Electron Microscopy society of India (EMSI-

2017 and 2018)

12th Asia Pacific Microscopy Conference (APMC 12), Hyderabad

24th meeting of International Union of Crystallography (IUCr-2017), Hyderabad.

5th International Conference on Nanostructuring by ion beams (ICNIB-2019)

1st and 2nd International workshop on High Entropy Materials (IWHEM).

International workshop on Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) of materials

Awards Best Micrograph award in International symposium for research scholars (ISRS)- 2014

Best Poster presentation award in International Conference on Microscope and

XXXIX Annual Meeting of Electron Microscope Society of India- 2018

References 1. Dr. Arup Dasgupta

Scientific Officer G

Associate Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute

Head, Physical Metallurgy Division,

Metallurgy and Materials Group,

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

India, Phone: +91-44-274*-**** Ext. 22135

Email: adqcil@r.postjobfree.com

2. Dr. R. Mythili

Scientific Officer G

Associate Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute

Head, Special Materials & Surface Modification Section

Metallurgy and Materials Group

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

India, Phone: +91-44-274*-**** Ext. 22207

Email: adqcil@r.postjobfree.com

3. Dr. N.V. Chandrashekar

Scientific Officer H

Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute,

Associate Director,

Materials Science Group,

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

India

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