Research Interests
Phase Transformations, Thermomechanical controlled processing, Steel microstructures-property correlations, Thermo-Calc and Dictra modelling
BioSketch
Associate Professor
11 Dec 2021 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, ROORKEE, UTTARAKHAND, India
Assistant professor
01 Oct 2012 - 10 Dec 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, ROORKEE, UTTARAKHAND, India
Visiting Scientist
01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2012
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India
Postdoctoral Fellow
01 Jan 2008 - 01 Jan 2010
Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), POSTECH, South Korea
Research
Patent
- S. Bhan, P. Rawat, S. Das, S. Ghosh, A low-density steel with excellent strength-elongation combination and its method of preparation thereof, Application no. 202311065276, published on 28/09/2023.
International Journals (*corresponding author)
- M. K. Ramar, S. Ghosh*, Nucleation and growth of lath martensite in thermomechanically processed low carbon Nb-V microalloyed steel conceiving DRX and pancake grains, Steel Research International, 2500400 (2025) (accepted). DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202500400
- S. Yadav, B. Syed, S. Ghosh*, Strengthening, strain hardening and fracture of heat-treated interstitial-free steel with massive ferrite conceptualizing the interface-controlled reaction phenomena, Materialia, 36 (2024) 102158. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2024.102158
- P. P. Singh, S. Mula, S. Ghosh*, Grain refinement, strain hardening and fracture in thermomechanically processed ultra-strong microalloyed steel, Materials Today Communications, 38 (2024) 107582. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107582
- P. P. Singh, S. Ghosh, S. Mula, Characterization of dry-sliding wear phenomena in a novel martensitic structure based low-carbon Nb and V alloyed steel, Tribology International, 189 (2023) 108959. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108959
- S. Bhan, P. Rawat, S. Das, S. Ghosh*, Origins of strength, strain hardening, and fracture in B2 tailored Fe-0.8C-15Mn-10Al-5Ni wt% austenitic low density steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54 (2023) 4080-4099. DOI: 10.1007/s11661-023-07155-0
- P.P. Singh, S. Ghosh, S. Mula, Strengthening behaviour and failure analysis of hot-rolled Nb+ V microalloyed steel processed at various coiling temperatures, Materials Science and Engineering A, 859 (2022) 144210. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.144210
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N. Bhowmik, S. Ghosh*, S. Mandal, A. Haldar, P.P. Chattopadhyay, Genesis of plasticity-induced serrated metal flow in medium-Mn steel, Calphad, 77 (2022) 102425. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2022.102425
- M. Sinha, S. Jadav, S. Ghosh*, A novel observation of Widmanstätten ferrite and pearlite by thermo-mechanical processing of interstitial-free steel”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 37 (2022) 1766-1771. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2022.2049302
- P.P. Singh, S. Mula, A. Malakar, S. Ghosh*, Strain-rate dependent workability and plastic flow instability of a (Nb+V) stabilized microalloyed steel, Materials Today Communications, 31 (2022) 103519. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103519
- P.P. Singh, S. Ghosh, S. Mula, Flow stress modeling and microstructural characteristics of a low carbon Nb-V microalloyed steel, Materials Today Communications 30 (2022) 103156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103156
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S. Yadav, A. Kamal, M. Sinha, S. Ghosh*, Recrystallization in commercial grade interstitial-free steel, discussing criticality of martensite and massive ferrite nucleation along with mechanical property, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 15 (2021) 4750-4757. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.10.03
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M. Sinha, B. Syed, A. Karmakar, S. Ghosh*, Diffusional and displacive transformations in interstitial-free steel within the scope of a critical assessment of the mechanical property, Materials Science and Engineering A, 787 (2020) 139519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139519
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M. Sinha, B. Syed, A. Karmakar, S. Ghosh*, Effect of austenite conditioning on martensitic transformation in commercial grade interstitial free steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51 (2020) 3435-3446. DOI: 10.1007/s11661-020-05799-w
- M. Sinha, S. Ahad, A. K. Chaudhry, S. Ghosh*, Kinetic constraints of δ-Ferrite to the formation of kappa (κ) carbide in a Fe-4Mn-9Al-0.3C Wt Pct Low-Density Steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51 (2020) 809-817. DOI: 10.1007/s11661-019-05568-4
- S. Ghosh*, Equilibrium versus paraequilibrium precipitation of cementite in ternary alloys: Thermodynamic and kinetic interpretations, Trans. IIM, 71 (2018) 1265-1278. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-017-1263-y
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S. Ghosh*, Switching magnetic order in nanoporous Pd–Ni by electrochemical charging, Journal of Material Research, 28 (2013) 3010-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.291
- S. Ghosh, J. Basu, D. Ramachandran, E. Mohandas, M. Vijayalakshmi, A unified approach to phase and microstructural stability for Fe-ETM alloys through Meidema’s model, Intermetallics, 23 (2012) 148-57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2011.11.016
- S. Ghosh*, Kinetic study on the coarsening behaviour of cementite in Fe-0.45C-0.22Si-0.62Mn steel during tempering, Journal of Trib. Surface Engineering, 2 (2011) 115-25.
- S. Ghosh*, “Charge response of magnetization in nanoporous Pd-Ni alloys” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 323 (2011) 552-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.10.008
- S. Ghosh*, Kinetic study on the coarsening behaviour of equilibrium phases in Nb alloyed ferritic stainless steels at 700oC, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 124 (2010) 13-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2010.06.013
- S. Ghosh*, Rate controlling parameters in the coarsening kinetics of cementite in Fe-0.6C steels during tempering, Scripta Materilia, 63 (2010) 273-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.04.002
- H.L. Yi, S. Ghosh, H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, Dual-phase hot-press forming alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A, 527 (2010) 4870. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2010.04.022
- S. Ghosh*, The role of tungsten in the coarsening behaviour of M23C6 carbide in 9Cr-W steels at 600oC, Journal of Materials Science, 45 (2010) 1823-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-4165-5
- G. Balaji, S. Ghosh, F. Doebrick, H. Eckerlebe, J. Weissmüller, Small-angle neutron scattering of nanocrystalline terbium with random paramagnetic susceptibility, Physical Review Letters, 100 (2008) 227202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.227202
- S. Ghosh, Lemier C., Weissmüller J., Charge-dependent magnetization in nanoporous Pd-Co alloys, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 42 (2006) 3617-19. DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.880922
- C. Lemier, S Ghosh, RN Viswanath, J Weissmueller, Variation of the magnetic moment of nickel by electrochemical charging, Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, 40 (2005).
- S Ghosh, C Lemier, VR Nadar, J Weissmueller, Tunable magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Pd-Ni alloy, Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, 40 (2005) 392.
- C. Lemier, S. Ghosh, J. Weissmüller, G -T. Fei, R.N. Viswanath, Charge induced variation of the magnetization in nanoporous Ni-Pd, MRS Symposium Proceedings, 876E (2005) R2.6.1. DOI: 10.1557/PROC-876-R2.6
- G.-T Fei, S. Ghosh, C. Lemier, RN Viswanath, Charge induced variation of the magnetization in nanoporous Ni-Pd, MRS Symposium Proceedings, 876 (2005) 20.
International Conferences & Symposium
- Murugesh Kumar Ramar, Sadhan Ghosh, Deformation behaviour analysis of lath martensite crystallography: influence of tensile properties in low carbon Nb-V steel, 20th International Conference on Strength of Materials (ICSMA20), June 2nd– 6th, 2025, Kyoto, Japan.
- Sandeep Yadav, Sadhan Ghosh, “Assessment of strength-ductility balance, strain hardening and fracture of massive ferrite in Ti-stabilized interstitial-free steel”, The Minerals & Materials Society (TMS 2024), March 3-7, 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Sumit Bhan, Pankaj Rawat, Sourav Das, Sadhan Ghosh, “Critical assessment of strength, strain hardening and fracture in B2 tailored Fe-0.8C-15Mn-10Al-5Ni wt% low density steel”, IIM-ATM, 22-24th Nov 2023, Bhubaneswar, India –invited.
- Pravendra Pratap Singh, Suhrit Mula, Sadhan Ghosh, Microstructure-property relationship in a 1.4 GPa tensile strength with good ductility in low-carbon low-alloy martensite steel, International Conference on Fundamental and Industrial Research in Materials (iConFIRM 2023), 12-14 December 2023, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India.
- Sadhan Ghosh, “Plasticity induced serrated flow in medium Mn steel: Thermodynamic and kinetic interpretations”, THERMEC’2023, Int. Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of advanced materials, 2-7th July 2023, Vienna, Austria – invited.
- Pravendra Pratap Singh, Murugesh Kumar, Sadhan Ghosh, Suhrit Mula, Achieving 1.4 GPa tensile strength with good ductility in a novel low-alloy low-carbon martensite steel, Materials Science and Technology (MS&T), 1-4 October 2023, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
- Sumit Bhan, Sourav Das, Sadhan Ghosh, “Strengthening and failure analysis of B2 precipitation hardened ultra high strength-ductility low density steel”, IIM-ATM, 13-16th Nov 2022, Hyderabad, India.
- Pravendra Pratap Singh, Sadhan Ghosh, Suhrit Mula, Hot/warm deformation behaviour and flow instability in a low carbon V-Nb stabilized microalloyed steel, NMD-ATM 2022, 13–16 November 2022, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
- Pravendra Pratap Singh, Sadhan Ghosh, Suhrit Mula, Hot / warm deformation behaviour and flow instability in a low carbon VNb stabilized microalloyed steel, IIM-ATM, 13-16th Nov 2022, Hyderabad, India.
- Pravendra Pratap Singh, Suhrit Mula, Sadhan Ghosh, Ferrite grain refinement by thermomechanical controlled processing in low carbon Nb-V stabilized microalloyed steel, International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes: Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO), 17–19 October 2022, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
- Mrinmoy Sinha, B. Syed, Sadhan Ghosh, Martensitic transformation in a rapidly-quenched interstitial-free steel using a Gleeble 3800 Thermo-mechanical simulator, February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Atul Choudhry, Mrinmoy Sinha, Syed Ahed; Non-equilibrium complex phase transformation in a sintered Fe-0.3C-4Mn-9Al wt% low density steel, June 26-29, 2018, Warshaw, Poland.
- Atul Choudhry, Mrinmoy Sinha, Sadhan Ghosh, Solid state complex phase phase transformation in Fe-0.2C-4Mn-9Al wt% low density steel, AMPCO, 30Nov-2 Dec, 2017, Roorkee, India.
- Mrinmoy Sinha, Nikhil Shajan, Sadhan Ghosh, Micromechanical Behaviour of Microalloyed Steels by Hot Deformation, AMPCO, 30Nov-2 Dec, 2017, Roorkee, India.
- S. Ghosh, “Para-versus equilibrium growth kinetics of cementite in plain carbon steels” Mater. Sci. Tech, 12-16 October 2014, Pittsburgh,, USA.
- Joysurya Basu, Sadhan Ghosh, Ramachandran Divakar, E. Mohandas, “Phase stability and alloying behaviour of Fe-ETM binary and ternary alloys: A Meidema approach” 18th Interntional symposium on metastable, amorphous and nanostructured materials (ISMANAM 2011), Gijón, Spain, 2011.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Coarsening of precipitates, Asia International Steel Conference, 2009, Busan, South Korea.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Christian Lemier, Joerg Weissmüller, “Tunable magnetic properties in transition metal alloys”, International Seeheim Conference, 2007, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Christian Lemier, Joerg Weissmüller, “Tunable magnetic properties in Pd-Co alloys”International Magnetic Conference (INTERMAG), 2006, San Diego, California, USA.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Christian Lemier, Joerg Weissmüller, “Tunable magnetic properties in Pd-Ni alloys” Spring meeting of German Physical Society (DPG), 2006, Dresden, Germany.
- Sadhan Ghosh, Christian Lemier, Joerg Weissmüller, “Tunable magnetic properties in Pd-Ni alloys” Spring meeting of German Physical Society (DPG), 2005, Berlin, Germany.
Honors And Awards
77th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM Bhubaneswar), India
2023
Best Oral Presentation (24th November 2023)
International Conference AMPCO in Roorkee
2017
Best Poster Award 2017
Visiting Scientist (2010-2012)
Post Doctoral Fellow (2008-2012)
Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
2008
awarded the Grade “Magna cum laude’ (very good) in PhD thesis examination, 2008
Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Germany
2007
Doctoral Fellowship (2005-2007)
Leibniz Society, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
Doctoral Fellowship (2003-2005)
GATE Examination (All India Rank 23), IISC, Bangalore, India
2000
Scholarship from MHRD (2000-2002)
Higher Secondary Examination (State Rank: 153), IIEST Shibpur, Howrah, India
1995
National Scholarship from MHRD (1996-2000)
Teaching Engagements
Students
Phase transformation in interstitial-free and low density steels, India
01 Jan 2014 - 01 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: NA, Scholar: Dr. Mrinmoy Sinha
Thermomechanical controlled processing of (Nb+V) microalloyed steel : microstructure and mechanical properties, India
06 Jul 2018 - 24 May 2024
Other Supervisors: Dr. Suhrit Mula, Scholar: Mr. Pravendra Pratap Singh
High-strength ductile low density steel, India
28 Dec 2017 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Sourav Das, Scholar: Mr. Sumit Bhan
Phase Transformations in interstitial-free steel, India
26 Feb 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: NA, Scholar: Mr. Sandeep Yadav
Phase Transformation in microalloyed steel, India
10 Feb 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: NA, Scholar: Mr. Murugesh Kumar R.
Phase transformations in medium Mn steel, India
13 Jan 2025 - Present
Other Supervisors: NA, Scholar: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma
Miscellaneous