Prof. Deepoo Kumar

General Information

????? Assistant Professor: July 2019 – present
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Academic Background

B. Tech. & M. Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science), IIT Bombay, 2013
M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University, 2016
Ph.D. (Materials Science and Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University, 2018

Professional Experience

Post Graduate Management Trainee, L&T Special Steels and Heavy Forgings, 20013-14
Development Specialist, Metals R&D, Praxair Inc., 2018-19

Interests

Research Interests

Selected Publications

D. Kumar, K.C. Ahlborg, P.C. Pistorius, ‘Development of a Reliable Kinetic Model for Ladle Refining’, Metall and Materi Trans B (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-019-01623-y
D. Kumar, P.C. Pistorius, ‘Rate of MgO Pickup in Alumina Inclusions in Aluminum-Killed Steel’, Metall and Materi Trans B (2019) 50: 181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-018-1436-z
D. Kumar, N.T. Nuhfer, M.E. Ferreira, P.C. Pistorius, ‘Application of Plasma FIB to Analyze a Single Oxide Inclusion in Steel’, Metall and Materi Trans B (2019) 50: 1124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-019-01555-7
D. Kumar, P.C. Pistorius, ‘Use of Slag (CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-MgO) Droplet as a Catalyst to Grow MgO Whiskers Through VLS Mechanism’, Ceramics International (2017) 43: 15478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.08.095
P.C. Pistorius, D. Kumar, Y. Kacar, ‘How and Why Inclusions Change Chemically During Steel Processing’, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Sci. Tech. Ironmaking Steelmaking, Kanpur, 2017, paper 11ANL11KN8
D. Kumar, N. B. Ballal and S. Basu, “In-situ Alloying During Electroslag Refining of Low Alloy Steel,” Proc. Intl. Conf. on Sci. Tech. Ironmaking Steelmaking, Jamshedpur, 2013, paper SMTO-3.

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science