
Dr. Nikhil Vinayak Thawari
Additive manufacturing of forging tooling


Additive manufacturing of forging tooling
Additive manufacturing of high temperature components for micro nuclear reactor applications

Hybrid additive manufacturing

Modelling of powder spreading behaviour in laser powder bed fusion process by discrete element method
Co-guide; together with Prof. Ratna Kumar Annabattula (primary guide), Dept. of ME

Magnetically impelled arc butt (MIAB) welding of dissimilar high temperature alloys
Joint guidance with Prof. Ravi Sankar Kottada and Prof. G.D. Janaki Ram, IIT Hyderabad

Additive manufacturing of novel CoCrMoFe alloys for maxillofacial and dental implants

High strain rate deformation behaviour of titanium deposited with copper by directed energy deposition and cold spray
Guide; Joint Doctoral Programme with Ecole Centrale Nantes, France, co-guide Prof. Guillaume Racineux
Fatigue behaviour of thick-section aluminium alloy welds for cryogenic space applications
Co-guide; together with Prof. H.S.N. Murthy (primary guide), Dept. of AE

High temperature fatigue behaviour of dissimilar superalloy welds
Guide; together with Prof. S. Sankaran (co-guide)

Electrical resistance welding of linepipe steels
Guide; Joint Doctoral Programme with University of Alberta, Canada, co-guide Prof. Patricio Mendez

Fractal based path planning strategies to minimise residual stress and distortion during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
Co-guide; together with Prof. G. Saravana Kumar (primary guide), Dept. of ED

Fatigue behaviour of additively manufactured H13 tool steel components
Co-guide; together with Prof. S. Ganesh Sundara Raman (primary guide)

Improving stretch flangeability by additive patch working of advanced high strength steels
Co-guide; together with Prof. Uday Chakkingal (primary guide)

Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of IN718-YSZ functionally graded composites
Prime Minister’s Research Fellow

Stress relaxation in electric-assisted deformation
Co-guide; together with Prof. K. Hariharan (primary guide), Dept. of ME

Electro-plastic annealing of additively manufactured aluminium components
Prime Minister’s Research Fellow; Guide; together with Prof. K. Hariharan (co-guide), Dept. of ME

Role of electron beam pulsing on distortion mitigation during welding of titanium alloys
Guide; together with Dr. Ch. Sreenivasa Rao (co-guide), LPSC Bengaluru, ISRO

Beam shaping in laser powder bed fusion

Stretch flangeability studies in aluminium alloys
Co-guide; together with Prof. Uday Chakkingal (primary guide)

Laser powder bed fusion of pure copper components for induction heating applications

Development of light-weight high temperature alloys for additive manufacturing
Guide; Joint Doctoral Programme with TU Darmstadt, Germany, co-guide Prof. Eckhard Kirchner
Hydrogen embrittlement in additively manufactured components
Co-guide; together with Prof. Lakshman Neelakantan (primary guide)
Laser powder bed fusion of CM247LC alloys – process development and creep analysis
Co-guide; together with Prof. Ravi Sankar Kottada (primary guide)
Laser powder bed fusion of niobium alloys
Guide; together with Dr. Vijay (co-guide), ARCI Hyderabad

Repair and remanufacturing of high speed steel tooling

A novel high carbon tool steel for additive manufacturing – from alloy design to industrial applications
Thesis submitted
Design for additive manufacturing of a die casting mandrel with conformal cooling channels

Surface roughness mitigation during laser powder bed fusion of stainless steel aerospace components