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
PROJECT SCIENTIST-I ARCI, Hyderabad, 2026
Thesis title: Process-Structure-Property Correlations in Stabilized Zirconia Ceramics
Graduation year : July, 2025
5) Sravan Bokka
Adhoc Faculty
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
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
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
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
Thesis Title: Process-Structure Correlationships in High Temperature Doped- Oxide System
Graduation year: March, 2020
1) Kushal Singh
(Working at TACC Ltd., A Subsidiary Company of HEG (Hindustan Electro–Graphites) Ltd., Bhopal)
Institute scholar
Thesis Title: Process Structure-Property Correlations in La3+ and Zr4+ Doped Ceria Nanoparticles
Graduation year: July, 2018
M.Tech. Students
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)
Thesis Title: Examining the potency of a 'Floral' Hydromagnesite Structure for Dye Adsorption from Aqueous Environment
Graduation year: June, 2024
(Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Patna)
(co-supervisor: Dr. Bharat Bhushan)
Thesis Title: Uniaxial pressing induced unusual phase and microstructural evolutions in 20CaSZ ceramics
Graduation year: June, 2024
(Trainee Engineer, JSW, India)
Thesis Title: Examining the limits of Calcia doping in Cubic Zirconia Nanoparticle Systems for their dye removal ability
Graduation year: June, 2024
(Ph.D. Scholar at Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Thesis Title: Texture-irrelevant thermo-physical properties of La2Ce2O7 Ceramic
Graduation year: June, 2023
(Doctoral researcher at University of Queensland and Indian Institute of Delhi Research Academy (UQIDAR).)
Thesis Title: Doped Zirconia nanoparticles as an effective
adsorbent for the organic dye waste removal
Graduation year: June, 2023
Thesis Title: CaO-doped tetragonal ZrO2 nanoparticles as an effective
adsorbent for the removal of organic dye waste
Graduation year: June, 2022
(Business Analyst at Eptain & Co.)
Thesis Title: Noteworthy Differences Between Vertical and
Horizontally Sintered Ceramic Samples
Graduation year: June, 2022
9) Rishav Raj
(Section Engineer (Carriage & Wagon) in Indian Railways)
Thesis Title: Investigations on the order of Curie Temperature transitions in Ferro and Ferrimagnetic materials
Graduation year: June, 2021
8) Pappu Kumar
(Executive Engineer, at NTPC )
Thesis Title: Failure Analysis of Engineering Ceramic Composition and Products
Graduation year: June, 2021
7) Akash Kumar
(Trainee Engineer, at NHPC )
Thesis: Fire Retardant Materials
Graduation year: June, 2021
6) Sushant Shiv
Thesis: Studies on the Effect of Thermal Cycling and Hydrothermal Treatment on doped ZrO2 ceramics
Graduation year: June, 2020
5) Saurabh Srivastava
(Ph.D. Scholar at IIT Kanpur)
Thesis: Structure Property Correlation in La3+ doped Ceria system
Graduation year: June, 2018
4) Hamza Ali
(Faculty, Ministry of education, UAE)
Thesis Title: Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on Shear Transformation
Zones of Bulk Metallic Glasses (Project work Co-supervised and carried out at NML Jamshedpur.)
Graduation year: June, 2018
3) Amarjeet Kumar
(Assistant Professor, Govt. engineering College Aurangabad, Bihar)
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.)
Graduation year: June, 2018
2) Nitish Kumar
(Assistant Manager, Tata Steel Limited, India)
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.)
Graduation year: June, 2016
1) Rishu Kumar
(Pursuing Ph.D. at University of British Columbia, Canada)
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanum Zirconate (LZ) Ceramic for Advanced Technological Applications
Graduation year: June, 2016
B. Tech. Students
11) Varesh Mukhekar
Thesis Title: Process-Structure Property Correlation of NiO-doped ZnO Ceramics
Graduation year: May, 2025
10) Saranya Tiwari
Thesis Title: Impact of the Polarities of different Commercial Silica Precursors on the Phase Evolutions and Dielectric Properties
Graduation year: May, 2025
9) Kadava Gowtham
Thesis Title: Investigating the Role of Grain Boundaries for Hot Corrosion Studies on Sintered 3YSZ Ceramics
Graduation year: May, 2025
8) Lakshya
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Hydromagnesite with Flower-Like Morphology
Graduation year: May, 2024
7) Spandan Prasad Sahu
Thesis Title: Examining the Role of Grain Boundaries for Hot Corrosion Studies on Sintered 3YSZ Ceramic
Graduation year: May, 2024
6) Kamal Nayan
Thesis Title: Exploring Novel Approaches for Tetragonal BaTiO3 Ceramics Production
Graduation year: May, 2024
5) Chirag Bharadwaj
Thesis Title: Studies on Low-Temperature Degradation in Doped Zirconia Ceramics
Graduation year: May, 2024
4) Sreekanth Ganthi
Thesis Title: Synthesis of Ce2Zr2O7 Pyrochlore
Graduation year: May, 2023
3) Anurag Victor Ratre
Thesis Title: Structure-Property Correlation of Procured Zinc Sulphide
(ZnS) Powder
Graduation year: May, 2023
2) Aditya Raj
Thesis Title: Structural Analysis of ZnS processed via Molten Salt
Shielded Synthesis/Sintering (MS3)
Graduation year: May, 2023
1) Keshav Kumar Jha
Thesis Title: Hot-Pressing of La2Ce2O7 ceramics
Graduation year: May, 2023