Name :   Dr.Ashok Kamaraj

Designation :   Scientist

Contact Information :

• Email id :  ashokk@nml.res.in
• Mobile/Phone no:  0657 2345284

Educational Qualification :   B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D.,

Areas of Expertise :   Physical simulation of Steelmaking and Continuous casting operations Inclusion engineering and alloy steel development

No. of Papers Published :   21

• International :   1. Investigation on Mould Flux Melting and Consumption during Continuous Casting of Liquid Steels: Ashok Kamaraj#, Ansuman Dash, Premkumar M, Siddhartha Misra: Materials and Metallurgical Transactions B (2020) Vol. 50B, pp. 438-458 (DOI 10.1007/s11663-020-01906-9)2. High Temperature simulation of continuous casting mould phenomena: Ashok Kamaraj#, N. Haldar, Premkumar M, and S. Misra: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 73, 8 (2020) pp 2025-2031. (Best Paper award in IMME 2019)3. Thermodynamic Assessment of Steelmaking Practices for the Production of Re-sulfur Steels: Prithiv T. S, Thirumurugan G, Madan M and Ashok Kamaraj#: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 73, 6 (2020) pp 1595-1603.4. Development of speciality grade wire by controlling the inclusions in high carbon steel using synthetic slag treatment: G. K. Mandal, Ashok Kamaraj#, M. M. Humane, R. K. Minj, S. K. Das, R. B. V Ramana and T. Venugopalan: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals Vol. 72, 2 (2019) pp 369-381.5. Control of Slag Carryover from BOF Vessel during Tapping: BOF Cold Model Studies: Ashok Kamaraj#, G.K. Mandal, G G Roy: Materials and Metallurgical Transactions B, (2019) Vol. 50B, pp. 438-458.6. Role of precipitates in recrystallization mechanisms of Nb-Mo microalloyed steel: Gopi K. Mandal#, Siddhartha S. Das, Tipu Kumar, Ashok K, K. Mondal, V. C. Srivastava: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, (2018) Vol. 27(12), pp. 6748-6757.7. Development of stretch flangeable grade steels by Inclusion Engineering Approach: G. K. Mandal, Ashok K#, S. K. Das, P. Biswas, R. B. Sarkar, Sundara Bharathy R, V.C. Srivastava: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, (2018) Vol. 27(11), pp. 5622-5634.8. On the Intercritical Annealing Parameters and Ensuing Mechanical Properties of Low-Carbon Medium-Mn Steel: Gaurav K. Bansal#, D.A. Madhukar, A.K. Chandan, K. Ashok, G.K. Mandal, V.C. Srivastsava: Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 733 (2018) pp 246-256.9. Investigation on Causes of Defect Formation during Hot Rolling of Steel Blooms: Ashok Kamaraj#, Gopi K Mandal, A P Murugesan, P Anil Kumar, Vikas C Srivastava and Manoj M Humane: Steel Tech, Vol. 12 No 4 (2018) pp 42-50.10. State of the Art Control Measures for Aluminium Fade and SEN Clogging during Steelmaking Operations: Ashok Kamaraj#, R Saravanakumar and M Rajaguru: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 314 (2018) pp 012022.11. Microbiological corrosion of ASTM SA105 carbon steel pipe for industrial fire water usage: S Chidambaram#, K Ashok, V Karthik and P G Venkatakrishnan: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 314 (2018) pp 012027.12. Shear Fracture and Industrial Overload Failure of Mechanical Fuse Shear Pin: S Chidambaram#, Ashok Kamaraj, R Saravana Kumar and V Karthik: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 377 (2018) pp 012004.13. Process evaluation of AOD stainless steel making in Salem Steel Plant, SAIL Ashok K#, Sankar P, Maruthupandian K: Journal of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 59, No. 4, October-December 2017, pp. 173-180.14. Characterization and Evolution of Non-metallic Inclusions in Fe–Al–Si–O System Ashok K#, G K Mandal, R K Minj, S Misra, D Bandyopadhyay: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals Vol. 70 7 (2017) pp 1887-1899.15. Experimental investigation on microstructure and mechanical properties of gravity-die-cast magnesium alloys: Palash Poddar, SumantaBagui, K Ashok, A P Murugesan#: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 695, (2017) 895 – 908.16. Estimation and analysis of excess oxygen input into ladle during liquid steel tapping: Ashok K#, S Hore, G G Roy, G K Mandal: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals Vol. 70 9 (2017) pp 2465-2476. (Best Paper award in IMME 2017)17. Microstructural features of Mg-8%Sn alloy and its correlation with mechanical properties: P Poddar#, Ashok K, A P Murugesan, S Bagui, K L Sahoo: International Journal of Magnesium and Alloys Vol 5 3 (2017) pp 348-354.18. Failure investigation of an industrial crankshaft made of ductile iron: S Chidambaram#, Ashok Kamaraj: Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences (2017) Vol 11 (8), pp 25-30.19. Theoretical Investigation on Deoxidation of Liquid Steel for Fe-Al-Si-O System: Ashok K#, G K Mandal, D Bandyopadhyay: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals Vol. 68 (2015) sp - 1, pp 9-18.20. Micro-mechanical behaviour of AA2014 Alloy during Hot Tensile Testing: Ashok K#, K Maruthupandian, K Ganesh Kumar, S Vishal: Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals Vol. 68 (2015) sp - 1, pp 19-24.21. Effect of Steel Making Slag on Castability of Medium Carbon Re-sulphur Steel Grades: Ashok K#, Venkatesan J, P G Venkatakrishnan: Advanced Materials Research Vol. 585 (2012) pp 364-368. # corresponding author
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No.of.Patents :   1. DeoxyCalc-Version 1.0” A computer model for prediction of the amount of deoxidizers in Ladle Furnace: Software copyright: Ashok K, Gopi K Mandal, D Bandyopadhyay: CR-0092/2014, India. 2. Hydrogen standard in steel: Certified Reference Materials (CRM): Ashok K, J K Sircar, A K Upadhyay, D Bandyopadhyay, M M Humane, J N Patel, D P Singh: CRM -501, July 2017, India 3. Design of an auto dip mould simulator for simulation of initial solidification behaviour during continuous casting process: Equipment Design Patent: Ashok K, Ammasi A, Madan M, Nimai Haldar, Uday Bhaskar Rao, Ranjneesh Kr Gupta: NML/PAT0569/ 2019/IN, P/1152/12/2019, India

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No.of.Technologies :   1. Know-how for preparation of hydrogen standard (CRM) in steel

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Equipment/Software Skills :   1. High temperature experiments on slag-metal interfacial reactions 2. Alloy making and liquid metal refining using induction/electric melting furnaces 3. Cold/hot modeling of liquid metal transfer, steelmaking and continuous casting operations 4. Thermodynamic software packages: FactSage, and Thermocalc

Awards and Recognitions :   S. No Name of the Award Awarding / Agency Year01 M. S. Khan Memorial award IIM Jamshedpur Chapter 202002 Best Paper award in Oral Presentation (Presenting author) IMME – International Conference on emerging trends in materials and manufacturing engineering conducted by NIT Trichy 201903 Swarna Jayanti Endowement Fund (SJEF): Partial travel grant for young scientist to attend 10th International conference on Clean Steel at Budapest Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) 201804 Best Paper award in Oral Presentation (Presenting author) ICAMMM – International Conference on advancement of metallurgy, materials and manufacturing conducted by Govt. College of Engineering, Salem 201705 Best Paper award in Oral Presentation (Presenting author) IMME – International Conference on emerging trends in materials and manufacturing engineering conducted by NIT Trichy 201706 Cash award for metallurgical e-book contest National online contest conducted by IIM Jamshedpur 201407 First Prize in Metallurgical Quiz event Behind the Teacher’s Desk – technical seminar conducted by IIM Jamshedpur, CSIR-NML and TATA Steel 201308 First Prize in Oral presentation (Presenting author) METTLE – technical seminar conducted by NIT Trichy and IIM Trichy Chapter 201109 Best Paper award in Oral Presentation (Presenting author) CHROME – National conference conducted by IIM Trichy Chapter 201010 First Prize in Oral presentation (Presenting author) METTLE – technical seminar conducted by NIT Trichy 200911 First Prize in Oral presentation (Presenting author) SAKSHMA – technical seminar conducted by SASTRA University, Thanjavur 2009