Advancements in Materials Processing Technology, Volume 1: Select Proceedings of Ampt 2023

Dr. Rina Sahu is an Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur. She has completed her B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M. Tech in Foundry Technology from NIT Jamshedpur. She was awarded her Ph.D (Engg.) in 2010 at IIEST Shibpur. Her research areas are metallic glasses, nanostructured materials, lean grade ores, mineral beneficiation and hydrometallurgy. She has more than 20 years of experience in R&D and teaching. She has six years of research experience with CSIR-NML Jamshedpur and more than fourteen years of experience in teaching [BIT Ranchi, OPJIT Raighar and NIT Jamshedpur]. She has published four books with international publishers. She has more than 122 conference proceedings in national and international conferences and 48 papers published in reputed international journals. She has organized 14 workshops/conferences in national and international levels. She has guided 122 UG students, 17 PG students and 9 PhD students. She has the membership of The Indian Institute of Metal (IIM- Life Member), The Institute of Engineers (IEI-Life Member), The Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF-Member), Vigyan Bharti, Jharkhand (VB-Life Member) and Hum Aur Aap Foundation.

Dr. Ranjit Prasad is currently an Associate Professor and Ex-HOD in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He obtained his B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D in Geology from Ranchi University, Jharkhand. His major area of research interests includes mineral processing and reform in education. He has a teaching experience of 35 years. He has published three books, more than 50 papers in reputed national, international journals and conferences. He has a patent in "An improved process for the reduction of chromite ore". Currently, He is the Member of Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) at the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (Impact Assessment Division), Regional Coordinator of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, A member of RCI NIT Jamshedpur (A flagship Program of Ministry of Education and a member of All India Technical Education Team (Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, New Delhi).

Dr. K.L. Sahoo is a Senior Principal Scientist in the Materials Engineering Division at CSIR-NML Jamshedpur. He holds a B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, an M.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, a Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a Visiting Scientist at HMI, Berlin, from June '03 to Dec. '04. He has over 25 years of experience in R&D and Academics, along with 3 years of experience in industry. He is also engaged as an Adjunct Professor at the Academy of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. His field of work includes metallic glasses and nanocrystalline materials, quasicrystals, casting, semi-solid processing, forming processes, and foams (steel & aluminum), as well as alloy development. He has published 165 papers, 80 proceedings, 32 as proceedings, and 37 as presentations. He holds 11 patents (2 international, 9 national), has been involved in 41 sponsored projects (as Project Leader for 13, Co-Project Leader for 13, and as a member for 15), and has facilitated the transfer of 4 technologies. He has supervised theses for 5 Ph.D. students (4 completed, 1 ongoing), 12 M.Tech. students, 8 B.Tech. students, and 4 Advanced Diploma Course students. Some of his major achievement awards include the Prof. Shilobhadra Banerjee Award for the best in-house OLP project, the National Metallurgist Day (NMD) Award for Best Metallurgist of the Year 2013 by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, the Raman Research Fellowship Award 2008-09, the CSIR Young Scientist Award (2000) in Engineering Sciences, the Nijhawan Award (2001) for the best paper published from NML in 2000, the INSA-The Royal Society Fellowship Award (2002), the JICA Fellowship Award (1999), First Prize in the Metallography Contest 1997 at IIT Kharagpur, and the National Merit cum Means Scholarship.

Dr. Rina Sahu是國立技術學院賈姆謝德布爾冶金與材料工程系的副教授。她在賈姆謝德布爾國立技術學院完成了冶金與材料工程的學士學位（B.Tech）和鑄造技術的碩士學位（M. Tech）。她於2010年在IIEST Shibpur獲得工程博士（Ph.D）。她的研究領域包括金屬玻璃、納米結構材料、低品位礦石、礦物選礦和水冶金。她在研發和教學方面擁有超過20年的經驗。她在CSIR-NML賈姆謝德布爾有六年的研究經驗，並在BIT Ranchi、OPJIT Raighar和NIT賈姆謝德布爾擁有超過十四年的教學經驗。她與國際出版商出版了四本書，並在國內外會議上發表了超過122篇會議論文，以及在知名國際期刊上發表了48篇論文。她組織了14場國內外的研討會/會議，並指導了122名本科生、17名碩士生和9名博士生。她是印度金屬學會（IIM-終身會員）、工程師學會（IEI-終身會員）、印度鑄造學會（IIF-會員）、Jharkhand的Vigyan Bharti（VB-終身會員）和Hum Aur Aap基金會的成員。

Dr. Ranjit Prasad目前是國立技術學院賈姆謝德布爾冶金與材料工程系的副教授及前系主任。他在Jharkhand的Ranchi大學獲得了地質學的學士（B.Sc. Hons）、碩士（M.Sc.）和博士（Ph.D）學位。他的主要研究興趣包括礦物加工和教育改革。他擁有35年的教學經驗，出版了三本書，並在知名的國內外期刊和會議上發表了超過50篇論文。他擁有一項關於“改進的鉻鐵礦還原工藝”的專利。目前，他是環境森林與氣候變化部（影響評估部門）專家評估委員會（Industry-1）的成員，Unnat Bharat Abhiyan的區域協調員，以及RCI NIT賈姆謝德布爾的成員（這是教育部的一個旗艦計劃，並且是全印度技術教育團隊（Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, New Delhi）的成員）。

Dr. K.L. Sahoo是CSIR-NML賈姆謝德布爾材料工程部的高級首席科學家。他擁有冶金工程的學士（B.E.）和碩士（M.E.）學位，並在IIT Kharagpur獲得博士學位（Ph.D），於2003年6月至2004年12月期間作為訪問科學家在柏林HMI完成了博士後研究。他在研發和學術界擁有超過25年的經驗，並在工業界有3年的經驗。他還擔任科學與工業研究委員會的兼任教授。他的研究領域包括金屬玻璃和納米晶材料、準晶體、鑄造、半固態加工、成形工藝和泡沫（鋼和鋁），以及合金開發。他已發表165篇論文、80篇會議論文、32篇作為會議論文和37篇作為報告。他擁有11項專利（2項國際專利，9項國內專利），參與了41個贊助項目（作為項目負責人13個，聯合項目負責人13個，成員15個），並促進了4項技術的轉移。他指導了5名博士生的論文（4名已完成，1名正在進行中）、12名碩士生、8名本科生和4名高級文憑課程學生。他的一些主要成就獎項包括最佳內部OLP項目的Prof. Shilobhadra Banerjee獎、2013年印度鋼鐵部最佳冶金師國家冶金師日（NMD）獎、2008-09年Raman研究獎學金、2000年CSIR青年科學家獎（工程科學）、2001年NML最佳論文的Nijhawan獎、2002年INSA-英國皇家學會獎學金等。