MAPS Laboratory
Materials’(Ma) Process(P) - Structure(S) correlations Laboratory
Welcome to
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna)
Past students (Alumni)
Ph.D. Students
5) Sravan Bokka
Adhoc Faculty
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
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Thesis Title: Exploring the adsorption potentials of pristine Mg-Al layered double hydroxide for environmental remediation
Graduation year: March, 2025
(Postdoctoral Research Associate at Hokkaido University, Japan)
Institute scholar
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Thesis Title: Influence of a 'Consolidation factor' on the Processing Pathways of Ceramics and Allied Systems
Graduation year: October, 2024
3) Aditya Arun
(Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Trento, Italy)
Institute scholar
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Thesis Title: Structure-Property Correlations in doped Zirconia Systems, Synthesized with a “Burst nucleation” Approach
Graduation year: December, 2022
(Faculty at IIT BHU in Ceramic Engineering Department)
Institute scholar
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Thesis Title: Process-Structure Correlationships in High Temperature Doped- Oxide System
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Graduation year: March, 2020
1) Kushal Singh
(Working at TACC Ltd., A Subsidiary Company of HEG (Hindustan Electro–Graphites) Ltd., Bhopal)
Institute scholar
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Thesis Title: Process Structure-Property Correlations in La3+ and Zr4+ Doped Ceria Nanoparticles
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Graduation year: July, 2018
M.Tech. Students
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Thesis Title: Exploring the consistency of fracture toughness in stabilised zirconia ceramics with progressive dopant concentrations
Graduation year: June, 2025
(Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Mandi)
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Thesis Title: Examining the potency of a 'Floral' Hydromagnesite Structure for Dye Adsorption from Aqueous Environment
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Graduation year: June, 2024
(Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Patna)
(co-supervisor: Dr. Bharat Bhushan)
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Thesis Title: Uniaxial pressing induced unusual phase and microstructural evolutions in 20CaSZ ceramics
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Graduation year: June, 2024
(Trainee Engineer, JSW, India)
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Thesis Title: Examining the limits of Calcia doping in Cubic Zirconia Nanoparticle Systems for their dye removal ability
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Graduation year: June, 2024
(Ph.D. Scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA)
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Thesis Title: Texture-irrelevant thermo-physical properties of La2Ce2O7 Ceramic
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Graduation year: June, 2023
(Doctoral researcher at University of Queensland and Indian Institute of Delhi Research Academy (UQIDAR).)​
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Thesis Title: Doped Zirconia nanoparticles as an effective
adsorbent for the organic dye waste removal
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Graduation year: June, 2023
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Thesis Title: CaO-doped tetragonal ZrO2 nanoparticles as an effective
adsorbent for the removal of organic dye waste
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Graduation year: June, 2022
(Business Analyst at Eptain & Co.)
Thesis Title: Noteworthy Differences Between Vertical and
Horizontally Sintered Ceramic Samples
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Graduation year: June, 2022
9) Rishav Raj
(Section Engineer (Carriage & Wagon) in Indian Railways)
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Thesis Title: Investigations on the order of Curie Temperature transitions in Ferro and Ferrimagnetic materials
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Graduation year: June, 2021
8) Pappu Kumar​
(Executive Engineer, at NTPC )
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Thesis Title: Failure Analysis of Engineering Ceramic Composition and Products
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Graduation year: June, 2021
7) Akash Kumar
(Trainee Engineer, at NHPC )
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Thesis: Fire Retardant Materials
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Graduation year: June, 2021
6) Sushant Shiv
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Thesis: Studies on the Effect of Thermal Cycling and Hydrothermal Treatment on doped ZrO2 ceramics
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Graduation year: June, 2020
5) Saurabh Srivastava​
​(Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Kanpur)
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Thesis: Structure Property Correlation in La3+ doped Ceria system
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Graduation year: June, 2018
4) Hamza Ali
(Faculty, Ministry of education, UAE)
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Thesis Title: Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on Shear Transformation
Zones of Bulk Metallic Glasses (Project work Co-supervised and carried out at NML Jamshedpur.)
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Graduation year: June, 2018
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3) Amarjeet Kumar
(Assistant Professor, Govt. engineering College Aurangabad, Bihar)
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Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-based Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Metallic Glasses for Soft Magnetic Application (Project work Co-supervised and carried out at NML Jamshedpur.)
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Graduation year: June, 2018​​​​​
2) Nitish Kumar
(Assistant Manager, Tata Steel Limited, India)
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Thesis Title: Study the Effect of Annealing on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Strontium Hexaferrite (Project work Co- supervised and carried out at NML Jamshedpur.)
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Graduation year: June, 2016
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1) Rishu Kumar
(Pursuing Ph.D. at University of British Columbia, Canada)
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Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanum Zirconate (LZ) Ceramic for Advanced Technological Applications
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Graduation year: June, 2016
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B. Tech. Students
11) Varesh Mukhekar
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Thesis Title: Process-Structure Property Correlation of NiO-doped ZnO Ceramics
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Graduation year: May, 2025
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10) Saranya Tiwari
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Thesis Title: Impact of the Polarities of different Commercial Silica Precursors on the Phase Evolutions and Dielectric Properties
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Graduation year: May, 2025
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9) Kadava Gowtham
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Thesis Title: Investigating the Role of Grain Boundaries for Hot Corrosion Studies on Sintered 3YSZ Ceramics
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Graduation year: May, 2025
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8) Lakshya​
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Thesis Title: Synthesis of Hydromagnesite with Flower-Like Morphology
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Graduation year: May, 2024
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7) Spandan Prasad Sahu​
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Thesis Title: Examining the Role of Grain Boundaries for Hot Corrosion Studies on Sintered 3YSZ Ceramic
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Graduation year: May, 2024
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6) Kamal Nayan
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Thesis Title: Exploring Novel Approaches for Tetragonal BaTiO3 Ceramics Production
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Graduation year: May, 2024
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5) Chirag Bharadwaj
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Thesis Title: Studies on Low-Temperature Degradation in Doped Zirconia Ceramics
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Graduation year: May, 2024
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4) Sreekanth Ganthi
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Thesis Title: Synthesis of Ce2Zr2O7 Pyrochlore
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Graduation year: May, 2023
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3) Anurag Victor Ratre
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Thesis Title: Structure-Property Correlation of Procured Zinc Sulphide
(ZnS) Powder
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Graduation year: May, 2023
2) Aditya Raj
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Thesis Title: Structural Analysis of ZnS processed via Molten Salt
Shielded Synthesis/Sintering (MS3)
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Graduation year: May, 2023
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1) Keshav Kumar Jha
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Thesis Title: Hot-Pressing of La2Ce2O7 ceramics
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Graduation year: May, 2023
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