Praveen Kumar

@iisc.ac.in

Associate Professor, Materials Engineering
Indian

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mechanical behavior of materials
Reliability
Electromigration
3242

Scholar Citations

31

Scholar h-index

99

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Strength-ductility synergy in lightweight aluminium alloys with nano-layered fibres and core-shell nano-particles
    H Kumar, P Kumar, D Raabe, B Gault, SK Makineni
    Nature Communications , 2026
    2026
  • Controlling Mixed-Mode Electromagnetic Fracture to Create Patterned Cuts into Metallic Foils: Fundamentals and Instrumentation
    S Telpande, I Dutta, P Kumar
    Review of Scientific Instruments , 2026
    2026
  • Exploiting solute segregation and partitioning to the deformation-induced planar defects and nano-martensite in designing ultra-strong Co-Ni base alloys
    A Godha, K Sundar, MP Singh, SK Mishra, P Kumar, B Govind, ...
    Materials Science and Engineering: A , 2026
    2026
  • Quantitative Characterization of Localized Creep Deformation and Failure in Grade 91 Weldments by Digital Image Correlation‐Augmented Experimentation
    N Suman, JG Kumar, GVP Reddy, V Jayaram, P Kumar
    Advanced Engineering Materials, e202503194 , 2026
    2026
  • Preface: Special issue honoring the legacy of Professor Michael E. Kassner
    P Kumar, MT Pérez-Prado, TG Langdon
    Journal of Materials Science 60 (39), 18153-18156 , 2025
    2025
  • Proportional-stress points in cantilevers: Identification and application to high throughput extraction of plastic flow parameters
    P Goel, V Jayaram, P Kumar
    Journal of Materials Science 60 (39), 18393-18413 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Exploiting solute segregation and partitioning to the deformation-induced planar defects and nano-martensite in designing ultra-strong Co-Ni base alloys
    A Godha, MP Singh, K Sundar, SK Mishra, P Kumar, SK Makineni
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.22078 , 2025
    2025
  • Interfacially ordered phase states enable high-strength ductile eutectic Al alloys
    H Kumar, P Kumar, D Raabe, B Gault, SK Makineni
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.08327 , 2025
    2025
  • Creep-fatigue damage evolution in a nickel-based superalloy: An experiment-inspired modeling approach for life prediction
    C Kumar, P Kumar
    International Journal of Fatigue 195, 108872 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 12
  • Role of Cavitation in Necking-Driven Tertiary Stage of Power-Law Creep of Sn and Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Alloy: An Experiment-Inspired Modeling Approach
    A Kanjilal, P Kumar
    Journal of Electronic Materials 54 (4), 2638-2656 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Electric current-induced solid-state crack healing and life extension
    S Telpande, C Kumar, D Sharma, P Kumar
    Acta Materialia 283, 120573 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 19
  • A comparative study of the wrought and EBAM alloys under static and fatigue loading
    AV Eremin, SV Panin, MV Burkov, AA Bogdanov, P Kumar, S R
    Russian Physics Journal , 2025
    2025
  • Experimental and theoretical determination of the Grüneisen parameter to analyze the density effect on anharmonicity and thermal conductivity in the NbCoSb system
    I Kumar, J Peter, A Gawande, G Venkatesan, P Kumar, S Suwas, ...
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (46), 24872-24887 , 2025
    2025
  • Microstructure optimization for improving creep resistance of additively manufactured Ni-based superalloy IN939 through heat treatment
    C Kumar, S Reddy, NK Eswaramoorthy, P Ravanappa, V Chintapenta, ...
    Journal of Materials Science 60 (3), 1545-1560 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 11
  • Material volume reduction for creep testing using composite cantilevers and its application for residual life assessment
    F Hijazi, AHV Pavan, V Jayaram, P Kumar
    Materials Science and Engineering: A 918, 147440 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • High-throughput estimation of transient creep response of a Ti6Al alloy using bending
    P Goel, A Pramanik, V Jayaram, D Banerjee, P Kumar
    Journal of Materials Research, 1-13 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Synergistic effects of Pt and Y addition in (Ni, Pt) CrAlY bond coat on oxide spallation resistance and growth of interdiffusion zone between bond coat and Ni-based single …
    U Bansal, N Esakkiraja, T Baskaran, T Paul, R Ravi, P Kumar, V Jayaram, ...
    Corrosion Science 240, 112485 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Role of threshold stress in creep of IN740H, a γ′-lean Ni-based superalloy
    C Kumar, AHV Pavan, SK Makineni, P Kumar
    Materials Science and Engineering: A 903, 146667 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Semiconductor Nanoparticle Anchored Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for a Bolometer
    K VP, A Das Mahapatra, V Panwar, A Mondal, C Kumar, P Kumar, A Misra
    Langmuir 40 (21), 11023-11029 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Preface to the special issue: Processing bulk nanostructured materials
    M Kawasaki, P Kumar
    Journal of Materials Science 59 (14), 5647-5650 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Review: overcoming the paradox of strength and ductility in ultrafine-grained materials at low temperatures
    P Kumar, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon
    J Mater Sci 51 (1), 7-18 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 139
  • Microstructural coarsening in Sn-Ag-based solders and its effects on mechanical properties
    I Dutta, P Kumar, G Subbarayan
    JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society 61 (6), 29-38 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 133
  • Interfacial Effects During Thermal Cycling of Cu-Filled Through-Silicon Vias (TSV)
    P Kumar, I Dutta, MS Bakir
    Journal of electronic materials 41 (2), 322-335 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 123
  • Harper-Dorn creep
    ME Kassner, P Kumar, W Blum
    International journal of plasticity 23 (6), 980-1000 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 108
  • Mechanical characteristics of a Zn–22% Al alloy processed to very high strains by ECAP
    P Kumar, C Xu, TG Langdon
    Materials Science and Engineering: A 429 (1-2), 324-328 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 82
  • Microstructurally adaptive model for primary and secondary creep of Sn-Ag-based solders
    P Kumar, Z Huang, SC Chavali, DK Chan, I Dutta, G Subbarayan, V Gupta
    IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 2 (2 … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 70
  • Nano‐and Micro‐Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine‐Grained Materials Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques
    M Kawasaki, B Ahn, P Kumar, J Jang, TG Langdon
    Advanced Engineering Materials , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 67
  • Solid–state diffusion–controlled growth of the intermediate phases from room temperature to an elevated temperature in the Cu–Sn and the Ni–Sn systems
    VA Baheti, S Kashyap, P Kumar, K Chattopadhyay, A Paul
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 727, 832-840 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 60
  • Bifurcation of the Kirkendall marker plane and the role of Ni and other impurities on the growth of Kirkendall voids in the Cu–Sn system
    VA Baheti, S Kashyap, P Kumar, K Chattopadhyay, A Paul
    Acta Materialia 131, 260-270 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 59
  • Fracture of Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Joints on Cu Substrates: I. Effects of Loading and Processing Conditions
    Z Huang, P Kumar, I Dutta, JHL Pang, R Sidhu, M Renavikar, R Mahajan
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-15 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 58
  • The significance of grain boundary sliding in the superplastic Zn–22% Al alloy after processing by ECAP
    P Kumar, C Xu, TG Langdon
    Materials Science and Engineering: A 410, 447-450 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 57
  • Interface-related reliability challenges in 3-D interconnect systems with through-silicon vias
    I Dutta, P Kumar, MS Bakir
    JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society 63 (10), 70-77 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 55
  • Fifty years of Harper–Dorn creep: a viable creep mechanism or a Californian artifact?
    P Kumar, ME Kassner, TG Langdon
    Journal of materials science 42 (2), 409-420 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 55
  • Liquid Phase Sintered Solders with Indium as Minority Phase for Next Generation Thermal Interface Material Applications
    I Dutta, R Raj, P Kumar, T Chen, CM Nagaraj, J Liu, M Renavikar, ...
    Journal of electronic materials 38 (12), 2735-2745 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 52
  • The contribution of grain boundary sliding in tensile deformation of an ultrafine-grained aluminum alloy having high strength and high ductility
    T Mungole, P Kumar, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon
    Journal of Materials Science 50 (10), 3549-3561 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 51
  • Recrystallization and Ag₃Sn Particle Redistribution During Thermomechanical Treatment of Bulk Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Alloys
    U Sahaym, B Talebanpour, S Seekins, I Dutta, P Kumar, P Borgesen
    IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology 3 … , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 50
  • Electromigration in Metallic Materials and Its Role in Whiskering
    P Kumar
    Handbook of Solid State Diffusion, Volume 2, 173-206 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 49
  • A critical examination of the paradox of strength and ductility in ultrafine-grained metals
    T Mungole, P Kumar, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon
    Journal of Materials Research 29 (21), 2534-2546 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 47
  • Electric current induced flow of liquid metals: Mechanism and substrate-surface effects
    P Kumar, J Howarth, I Dutta
    Journal of Applied Physics 115, 044915 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 47
  • Effect of Ni content on the diffusion-controlled growth of the product phases in the Cu(Ni)–Sn system
    V Baheti, S Islam, P Kumar, R Ravi, R Narayanan, D Hongqun, ...
    Philosophical Magazine 96 (1), 15-30 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 42