FSEAM 2026 Technical Session Schedule

Session 1A (Additive Manufacturing-AM) · Kalidas Auditorium · Theme: Laser Additive Manufacturing · Chair: Prof. Indrani Sen

Session 1B (Surface Engineering-SE) · Gargi Hall · Theme: High Temperature Coatings · Chair: Prof. Siddhartha Das

Session 1C (Thermal Spraying-TS) · Maitreyi Hall · Theme: Thermal Spray Technologies · Chair: Prof. Karabi Das

AMKT-01 (Dr. Frank Brückner, Fraunhofer IWS, Germany) · Latest technological developments in laser-based additive manufacturing and thermal coatings

SEKT-01 (Prof. Kazuhiro Ogawa, Tohoku University, Japan) · Repair of Water-Leaking Perforated Piping Using Low-Pressure Cold Spray Technique and Establishment of Underwater Coating Fabrication Technology

TSKT-01 (Prof. Harpreet Singh, IIT Ropar) · Perspectives on Cold Spray: Introduction, Evolution, Applications and Future

AMKT-02 (Prof. Prakash Srirangam, University of Warwick, UK) · Additive Manufacturing of Al-Mg-Sc Alloys for Aerospace Applications

SEKT-02 (Dr. A.K. Chaubey, CSIR-IMMT) · Design and development of W–Cu functionally graded materials for extreme thermal applications

TSKT-02 (Dr. Sisir Mantri, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar) · Next-Generation Thermal Barrier Coatings: Enhancing Performance and Durability through Suspension / Solution Precursor Plasma Spray

AMIT-01 (Dr. Prasenjit Khankiar, IIT Guwahati) · Design and performance of 3D-printed mechanical metamaterials (lattice structures)

SEIT-01 (Dr. Ajit Panigrahi, CSIR-IMMT) · Oxidation behavior of spark plasma sintered AlCoCrSiNi and CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy

TSIT-01 (Dr. Shubhra Bajpai, CSIR-IMMT) · Thermally sprayed LaPO4 coating: Phase stability and microstructural analysis

AMIT-02 (Dr. Rajiv Kumar, IIT Ropar) · Effect of heat-treatment on the mechanical and corrosion behavior of laser additively manufactured Ti64AlV alloy

SEIT-02 (Dr. Rishi Sharma, BIT Mesra) · Modification of Materials Properties using Plasma

TSIT-02 (Dr. Anirban Naskar, IIT Hyderabad) · Polymer Metallization of Ti Using an Indigenously Developed Cold Spray Setup

AMCT-01 (Anubrata Das, IIT Kanpur) · Multiphysics Simulation of LPBF Additive Manufacturing Process of SS316L with TiC Nanoparticles Using a Coupled Lagrangian Particle Tracking-Eulerian Model

SECT-01 (Annada Shankara Das, IIT Kharagpur) · Effect of Mechanical Milling and Thermal Spray Route on the High-Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of CoNiCrAlY Coatings on Inconel 718

TSCT-01 (Evenmore Mylliem, IIT Guwahati) · Influence of Laser Processing Parameters on the Surface Morphology and Thermal Response of Cotton Fabrics

AMCT-02 (Bhavit Boolchandani, ISRO) · Additive Manufacturing Enabled Nano-Satellite Systems: Challenges and Prospective Solutions

SECT-02 (Dr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, BIT Sindri) · Study of Corrosion Behavior of Laser Surface-Treated Inconel 718

TSCT-02 (Aishwarya Sahu, IIT Jodhpur) · Achieving Superhydrophobicity on SS316L Coating: A One-Step HVOF Thermal Spray Approach

AMKT-03 (Prof. Stefan Dietrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) · Non-Destructive Testing in Additive Manufacturing and Surface Engineering

SEKT-03 (Prof. A K Nath, Former Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur) · Laser Surface Engineering

TSKT-03 (Prof. Prasanta K Das, IIT Kharagpur) · Title TBD

AMKT-04 (Prof. Bharat Bhooshan Panigrahi, IIT Hyderabad) · Microstructure and texture evolution during laser based AM and laser surface treatments

SEKT-04 (Prof. N K Mukhopadhyay, IIT BHU) · Fe-Enriched High-Entropy Alloys and High-Entropy Steels: Microstructure, Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour

TSKT-04 (Dr. Palash Kumar Mollick, BARC) · Development of SiC Coating and SiC Fibre Composite Materials for Nuclear, Space and Aerospace Sectors

AMIT-03 (Prof. Srikanth Bontha, NIT Surathkal) · Fabrication and Assessment of Copper – Stainless Steel Multi-Material Structures using Laser Directed Energy Deposition

SEIT-03 (Dr. Gautam Anand, IIT BHU) · 2300-year-old Corrosion-Resistant Coating: Lessons from Archaeometallurgy

TSIT-03 (Dr. Dipti Samantaray, Head, IGCAR) · Title TBD

AMIT-04 (Dr. Manab Mallik, NIT Durgapur) · Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Structure-Property Correlation of Ceramics Fabricated by Direct Ink Writing

SEIT-04 (Dr. Tufan Chandra Bera, BITS Pilani) · Microstructure Evolution Based Prediction of Surface and Subsurface Residual Stresses in High-Speed Machining of Ti-6Al-4V Abstract High-speed machining (HSM) of Ti-6Al-4V generates extreme thermo-mechanical

TSIT-04 (Prof. Sathi Banerjee, Jadavpur University) · Hybrid treatment technologies involving advanced ceramic membranes and adsorbents for remediation of industrial wastewater aiming at its reusability properties

AMCT-03 (Vikas Tiwari, IIT Kanpur) · Development and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Satellite 6 – TIC Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) Coatings for High Temperature Wear Resistance Applications

SECT-03 (Vikash Kumar, BIT Mesra) · Effect of Microwave Plasma Energy on Microstructure and Nanomechanical Behaviour of MPCVD Grown Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

TSCT-03 (Akankshya Rout, IIT Kharagpur) · Process-Property Integrality in Fe-based metallic glass coatings by HVOF spraying: A Focus on Wear and Corrosion

AMCT-04 (Shubhra Kamal Nandi, IIT Kharagpur) · Compositionally graded laser material deposition of Cobalt based hardface alloy

SECT-04 (Meignanamorthi G, IIT Jodhpur) · Fabrication of Durable Transparent Anti-Fouling Superhydrophobic Coating for Selfcleaning Application

TSCT-04 (Srikanth Batna, IIT Bombay) · Advanced Non-Destructive Residual Stress Evaluation of Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Raman and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy

AMKT-05 (Prof. Andreas Wetzig, Technology Field Manager, Cutting & Joining, Fraunhofer IWS, Dresden, Germany) · Laser Surface Functionalisation Enables Enhanced Performance

SEKT-05 (Prof. Apurba Kumar Sharma, IIT Roorkee) · Rapid microwave processing of TiB-based nanocomposites with ceramic additives

TSKT-05 (Prof. W S Raju, IIT Bombay) · Corrosion Mechanisms in Additively Manufactured Alloys: Enablers for Corrosion Resistant Alloy Development

AMIT-05 (Prof. Manas Das, IIT Guwahati) · Post-Processing of the Additively Manufactured Biomedical Implants through Hybrid Electrochemical Magnetorheological Finishing Process

SEIT-05 (Prof. Sukla Mondol, NIT Warangal) · A comparative study of microstructure and mechanical strength of NP addition on laser melted Al based alloy

TSKT-06 (Dr. Rajkumar Singh, Kalyani Centre for Technology & Innovation, R&D of Bharat Forge Ltd) · Service Life Enhancement of Steel Components by Surface Modification

AMIT-06 (Dr. Amit Arora, IIT Gandhinagar) · Department of Metallurgical Engineering Integrated Computational Framework for Thermal and Microstructural Predictions in Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing

SEIT-06 (Dr. Mitun Das, CGCRI) · Laser Processed Functional Coatings on Titanium for Orthopedic Implants

TSIT-05 (Prof. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh, IIT Kanpur) · Fatigue study of additively manufactured nanoprecipitation strengthened high entropy alloys

AMIT-07 (Dr. Sudipta Pramnaik, IIT Bhubaneswar) · Fatigue bahviour of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel solid and microlattice materials

SEIT-07 (Dr. Mayadhar Debata, CSIR - IMMT) · Understanding the role of binder modification and dispersoids on densification, microstructure and distortion characteristics of tungsten heavy alloys used for strategic applications

TSIT-06 (Dr. Sambit Bapari, IIT Ropar) · Large Stiffness Modulations in a Pd-Pt-based Nanoporous Alloy with Continuous Solubility for Hydrogen

Dr. Vivek Kumar Sahu, IIT-ISM Dhanbad), Prior β-grain Refinement in Additive Manufactured Ti6Al4V via ultrasonic impact peeing and hol-isostatic pressing

SECT-05 (Dr. Shubhang Srivastava, IIT Kharagpur) · Optimization of Functionalized Tin Oxide Lubricants using Novel Bootstrap based Statistical Procedures for Improved Energy Efficiency in Tribological Applications

TSCT-05 (Shubham Kumar Singh, CSIR - IMMT) · Study of Mechanical and Tribological behaviour of SPS Inconel 718

SECT-06 (Mergolu Srikanth, CECRI) · Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Performance of IN939 Alloy fabricated by Selective Laser Melting through Heat Treatment Optimization

SECT-07 (Shivansh Gupta, IIT Kanpur) · Microstructural and Mechanical characterization of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel and Mild Steel compositionally graded materials for pipeline application

TSCT-06 (Sakshi Tiwari, IIT Kharagpur) · Effect of SS316L Addition on Crack Susceptibility and Tribological Properties of Tribaloy T-800 Laser Clads