Experienced Metallurgical Engineer

Abhishek Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Metallurgical Engineer with 13 years of experience in academia and industry with emphasis on physical metallurgy, i.e., effect of microstructure on mechanical properties of metals (ferrous and non-ferrous) under rolling & drawing; successful in carrying out independent research (with 12 peer-reviewed journal articles), and working as team leader at world’s largest diabetic needle manufacturing company.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Experimental: Metallographic sample preparation, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), tensile/compression/bending.

Numerical: ABAQUS, FORTRAN, MATLAB

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ from August 2008- October 2011

Metallurgical Engineer in Needle Technology Group- Chief metallurgist involved in optimizing mechanical performance of 31 and 32 G extra-thin walled 304 stainless steel needles through annealing and establishing new experimental characterization techniques. Analyzed fractured and welded (TIG and laser) surfaces. Managed 5 lab engineers, and coordinated with production plant & customers.

Ankem Technologies, College Park, MD from November 2007- August 2008

Materials Scientist- Predicted creep deformation of Titanium Grade 5 and Grade 7 alloys using TEM.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA from May 2006 - November 2007

Visiting Research Scholar- Improved spatial resolution of EBSD using an energy filter attached to SEM.

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA from August 2003- May 2006

Post Doctoral Research Scholar- Realized the effect of deformation rate on microstructure of metals (Copper, Iron and Tantalum) through shear deformation at strain rates of 0.001/s to 1000/s.

EDUCATION

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA from September 1998- April 2003

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering

Experimental and numerical microstructure evolution studies of Aluminum using EBSD and ABAQUS

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India from April 1994- January 1996

M.S., Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India from April 1992- April 1994

M.S., Physics

University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India from May 1989-April 1992

B.S., Physics

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