Dr. N. Harshavardhana

Dr. N. Harshavardhana

Assistant Professor 
Area: Manufacturing Processes, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Engineering Mechanics, Advanced Materials technology, Engineering graphics
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kattankulathur campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
Email: harshavardhana.n@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in

Education

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Courses

• Manufacturing Processes
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Graphics

Research Interests

• Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Composites, Microstructure design for obtaining desired physical properties, Electron Microscopy (EBSD, SEM, TEM), Advanced materials and composite

Selected Publications

• N. Harshavardhana, N. R. Gorhe, J. Freudenberger, M. P. Gururajan , P. Pant, " Comparison of room temperature and cryo-deformation effects on mechanical properties and microstructure of copper," Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 68,pp.131 – 135, 2015.
• N. Harshavardhana, M. P. Gururajan , P. Pant,” Microstructure engineering to optimise hardness and conductivity in ETP copper” manuscript submitted to Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
• N. Harshavardhana, Gulshan Kumar and Ashish Kumar Saxena,” A Comparative study on misorientations to determine the extent of recrystallization in pure Copper”, manuscript submitted to Bulletin of Materials Science

Papers Presented

• N. Harshavardhana, M. P. Gururajan, P. Pant, "Effect of low percentage conventional rolling on the microstructure, mechanical behaviour and electrical conductivity of commercially pure copper" Materials Science & Technology 2015 (MS&T15) conference, Columbus, OH, USA                     
• N. Harshavardhana, M. P. Gururajan , P. Pant, "Effect of thermomechanical Processing on microstructure, mechanical behaviour and electrical conductivity of commercially pure copper" MSE 2014 conference at Darmstard, Germany.                            
• N. Harshavardhana, M.P.Gururajan , P. Pant, "Effect of Cryo deformation on microstructure of pure copper and its influence on mechanical behaviour" in ISRS 2014 Conference at IIT Madras, Chennai.   
• N. Harshavardhana, M.P.Gururajan , P. Pant, "Effect of isothermal heat treatment on pure copper and its influence on mechanical behaviour and electrical conductivity" 5th National Symposium for Materials research Scholar MR13" in IIT Bombay 

Working Papers

• N. Harshavardhana, M. P. Gururajan, and P. Pant, "Effect of kinetics on microstructure and properties of pure copper"
• N. Harshavardhana, J. Freudenberger, M. P. Gururajan, and P. Pant, "Effect of cryodeformation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of pure copper".

Work in Progress

• With Prof. M. Kamaraj, IIT Madras, "Microstructure property correlation on P91 steel during electron beam welding”
• Effect of stacking fault energy (SFE) on twinning in copper based alloys.

Academic Experience

• Lecturer, Department of Mechanical engineering, Thapar Insitute of Engineering and technology, Patiala, Punjab, July 2016- August 2018.

Other Professional Experience

• Engineer, M/s Pipavav Shipyard Limited (Currently M/s Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RNAVAL)) Mumbai, Sept 2009 – Dec2010.

PhD/ M.Tech Supervision/Students

• Mr. Abhay Pandey (M.Tech Awarded – July 2017); Thesis: Investigation on electro graphitic and metal based carbon brushes and its effect on mechanical and electrical properties at Thapar University, Punjab                  

Achievements and Awards

• Awarded 'DAAD Research Grants for doctoral candidates' for a period of six months to perform part of my PhD research at Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden (IFW Dresden), Germany (May 2014 - October 2014).
• Awarded industrial funding project from M/s Crompton Greaves Limited, Mumbai to solve the industrial problem for enhancing strength and conductivity in pure Copper (Jan 2011 - July 2016).
• Recipient of 'Best Oral Presentation Award' in 7th Materials research Scholar MR15 Symposium at IIT Bombay.

Memberships

• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, American Ceramic Society Bulletin (ACerS), Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), Advanced Materials and Processes (ASM), 2015-2016