Dr. A. K. Singh
, Formerly Scientist in Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad,
and holds a Ph. D degree in Physics-Metallurgical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India. He has been more than 35 years of research experience in Materials Characterization,
Alloy Developments and Metallurgical Failure Analysis. He has been an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in the
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. He has been the elected Fellow of the Academy of Sciences,
Chennai and Telangana Academy of Sciences, Hyderabad. He is life member of Indian Institute of Metals,
Materials research Society of India and Magnetics Society of India. He is recipient of Indian National Science Academy
Young Scientist Medal (1994), DRDO Technology Group Award (2008), Materials Research Society of India Medal (2009)
and National Science Day Medal (2010). He has been conferred Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2013,
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi. He has also received several best paper,
poster and metallographic awards. Dr. Singh has more than 250 technical papers in international journals
and conference proceedings and one patent to his credit. He has been convener of two international conferences
and two workshops and edited two books. He has guided several B. Tech. (7), M. Tech. (24), M.Phil. (1) and Ph. D (7)
students from Physics, Metallurgical and Mechanical Engineering disciplines.
He has led the Failure Analysis program
related to Indian Armed Forces, Defence PSUs and DRDO sister laboratories and investigated more than 150 cases.
His current research includes the phase transformation of titanium alloys and intermetallics, texture development
in materials during deformation and recrystallisation, structural characterization by Rietveld refinement technique and nanomaterials.
Contact details:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Technology of Engineering & Technology
(GRIET)
Bachupally, Hyderabad – 500090, Telangana State, INDIA
Fatigue Behaviour of Connectors used in Cable Harnessing through Cavity Formation Related Microstructural Degradation:
A Failure Investigation Perspective Mrityunjoy Hazra and A. K. Singh Int. J. of Engineering Materials and Manufacture, 7 (2022) 13 - 24
Green Chemistry Synthesis of Nano-Hydroxyapatite: Effect of Natural Stabilizer on Ca/P Sreedevi Nimishakavi,
V. Madhusudhan Rao, T. N. Aishwarya, A. K. Singh Int. J. of Scientific Res. in Sci., Engg. and Tech., 8 (2021) 258 – 263.
Effect of Co and Co + Mo Additions on Tensile Properties of Tungsten Heavy Alloys: First-Principles Study and Experimental Investigations
Ashutosh Panchal, Ashish Pathak, K.Venugopal Reddy, P. A. Azeem, T. K. Nandy and A. K. Singh Powder Metallurgy, doi.org/10.1080/00325899.2021.1959694
3 Weeks (June 1 to 21, 2022) Industrial Training for Polytechnique College Physics
Lecturers in Telangana State, Organized by Dept. of Chemistry, OU, Hyderabad, June 14, 2022, (2- Presentations).
3 Weeks (June 1 to 21, 2022) Industrial Training for Polytechnique College Chemistry Lecturers in Telangana State,
Organized by Dept. of Chemistry, OU, Hyderabad, June 11, 2022, (4 - Presentations).
13th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC - 2022), GRIET, Hyderabad,
April 22-24, 2022 (2-Presentations).
12th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC - 2021),
NITTR Chandigarh, October 6-9, 2021 (2-Presentations).
11th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC - 2020), IIT Indore, Dec. 15-17, 2020.
A one week short term training program on “Failure and Damage Mechanics of High Performance Engineering Materials
(Phase-IV)” sponsored by AICTE, organized by ANITS, Visakhapatnam, October 12-17, 2020 (Invited: 2 Hrs Talk).
A one week short term training program on “Failure and Damage Mechanics of High Performance Engineering Materials
(Phase-III)” sponsored by AICTE, organized by ANITS, Visakhapatnam, September 14-19, 2020 (Invited: 2 Hrs Talk).
