Biplab Hazra

Highly skilled and experienced Lead Engineer with a specialization in Materials Engineering, particularly in elastomers, seeking a challenging position at Collins Aerospace to contribute to the development and improvement of aircraft components, specifically in the areas of Evacuation and Ice Protection Systems. Dedicated to meeting program schedules and budgets while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams in India and the USA.

• 8+ years' experience in development of novel alloys and Polymer Composites.
• Worked enormously in the domain of tribological (Sliding) behaviour of metallic alloys.
• Developed a light weight high strength aluminium-silicon alloy for automotive industries.
• Raw materials characterization
• Regarding Sintering, Characterization.
• Organizing and established new application new lab.
• Develop a new TGA set up at IIT Bombay for Pellet Reduction.
• Specialised in defining correlation between structure and property of metallic alloys utilizing microstructural characterization techniques like SEM, EBSD, XRD, TEM, AFM.
• Exertion closely with plant/ research institute to develop research collaboration in this area and help other researchers.
• Project report submission.

• Improvement in dry sliding wear resistance of Al−17Si−5Cu alloy after an enhanced heat treatment process, Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 28, 2018, 1705−1713, 2210-3384
• Enhanced elevated temperature wear resistance of Al-17Si-5Cu alloy after a novel short duration heat treatment, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 26, 3, 2019, 360-368, 1674-4799
• Microstructural modification and aging behaviour of Al-17Si-5Cu alloy using a novel approach, Materials Science and Technology, 35, 2019, 1632-1641, 1743-2847
• Severe-to-mild wear transition at higher temperatures in Al-17Si-5Cu alloy after short-duration isothermal heat treatment, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 98, 2018, 556-566, 1362-3036
• Influence of ZrO2 Incorporation on Sisal Fiber Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites, Polymer Composites, 40, 2018, 2790-2801, 1548-0569
• Nanomechanical behaviour of ZrO2 dispersed sisal-based polymeric cmposites, Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications, 235, 2021, 1841-1849, 20413076, 14644207
• Mechanical behaviour of cellulosic fibres incorporated modified fly ash dispersed polymeric composites, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 235, 2021, 2201-2208, 20413076, 14644207
• Temperature dependent wear characteristics of a high-voltage low-current electric energy treated AISI 1080 steel, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 31, 2022, 3661-3678, 10599495, 15441024
• High temperature wear micro mechanisms in Al-17Si-5Cu alloy after an isothermal heat treatment, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 60, 3, 2021, 224-238, 1879-1395
• Reduction of Iron Ore Pellets: A Microstructural Perspective, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 15431940
• Quantitative hardness-carbon content-microstructure correlation in normalized plain carbon steel, Material Science and Engineering Technology, 2023, 1521-4052
• Wear behavior of a novel hybrid aluminium based nano-composite, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2023, 10599495, 15441024
• A study on the mechanical and thermal behaviour of nanometric fly ash dispersed sisal fibre incorporated epoxy composites, Plastics, Rubber and Composites, 2024
• Effect of incorporation of nano-ZrO2 on the thermal and mechanical behaviours of NaOH-treated jute fibre reinforced epoxy composites, Materials Science and Technology, 2024

• Valorization of Iron Oxide Residue From Dye Manufacturing as a Potential Feed for Ironmaking, AISTECH-2023, Michigan, USA
• Influence of hydrogen on the reduction of Iron ore pellet, PMMIS-22, IIT KANPUR, Dec 2022
• Reduction of Iron ore pellet (Hematite to magnetite) by Hydrogen, NMD ATM NOV-2022, Hyderabad
• Effect of isothermal heat treatment on the microstructure and wear properties of an Al-17Si-5Cu alloy, 71th Annual Technical Meeting of IIM, NMD-ATM-2017, BITS PILANI, 11-14 November, 2017
• Microstructure-property correlation of different Al-Si alloys in as cast condition, 70th Annual Technical Meeting of IIM, NMD-ATM-2016, IIT Kanpur, 11-14 November, 2016
• Study of microstructural modification of a hypoeutectic Al-Si alloy using semi-solid heat treatment, 70th Annual Technical Meeting of IIM, NMD-ATM-2016, IIT Kanpur, 11-14 November, 2016
• Study of microstructural modification of a hypereutectic Al-Si alloy using semi-solid heat treatment, 70th Annual Technical Meeting of IIM, NMD-ATM-2016, IIT Kanpur, 11-14 November, 2016
• Microstructure modification of cast Al-17Si-5Cu alloy through Isothermal Heat treatment, Proceedings of National Conference on Advance Materials, Manufacturing and Metrology (NCAMMM-2018), 26
• Post Doc, IIT BOMBAY, A study on the mechanical and thermal behaviour of nanometric fly ash dispersed sisal fibre incorporated epoxy composites Reduction of Iron Ore by hydrogen/ Carbon Monoxide., 3 Years
• Ph.D, NIT, Durgapur, Microstructure-property correlation and wear behavior of hypereutectic Al-Si alloy after microstructural modification, 2015-2020
• PostIIEST,Shibpur, Graduation, Synthesis and Characterization of Ti-Nb-SI alloys by high energy ball milling., 1 Year
• Undergraduation, Mallabhum Institute of Technology, Development of Metal matrix composite by adding Rice husk in CP alluminium alloy, 1 Year (2011-12)