Dr. M. Kalyan Phani is an Associate Professor (Sr. Grade) & Head in Departments of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering at OP Jindal University, Raigarh. He holds key roles, including Director of IQAC & RDC and Head of CoEST and CIF. He also overlooks the international collaborations as Prof-in-charge. He earned his PhD from HBNI-IGCAR, pioneering atomic force acoustic microscopy (AFAM) in India. With expertise in advanced microscopy techniques and software tools, he was deputed to the University of Goettingen by DAE for nanoscale friction research. He has 40+ publications, 4 patents, extensive industry experience and 20+ Research awards. His research focuses on rail steels, additive manufacturing, and steel waste management. He actively collaborates on material characterization and alloy development.
EDUCATION
Ph.D, B.Tech
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Metals and Alloys, Waste Management and Disposal, General Engineering, Materials Science
FUTURE PROJECTS
Additive Manufacturing: Laser Metal Deposition
Applications Invited
147
Scholar Citations
7
Scholar h-index
6
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
A Comprehensive Overview of Manufacturing and In-service Defects in Rails: Occurrence and Remedies MK Phani Current Materials Science 19 (2), 206-217 , 2026 2026
Optimizing Process Parameters for Head-Hardened Rail Steels: Development of a Heat Treatment Setup MK Phani Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering 10 (2), 351-358 , 2025 2025
fabricated using laser metal deposition KV Kumar, S Udaykumar, NR Rao, MK Phani Advances in Materials and Processing: Proceedings of MET and HTS 2022 63, 71 , 2025 2025
A Comprehensive Review on Head Harden Rails for Improving the Railway Transportation MK Phani, A Agrawal, PH Sudarsan, PM Rao Current Materials Science , 2025 2025
Present and the Future of Mechanically Alloyed Materials MK Phani, D Narsimhachary Mechanically Alloyed Novel Materials: Processing, Applications, and … , 2024 2024
Reuse of Spilled-Out Metal Powder from LMD in Making Hybrid Mining Tools VK Kurapati, MK Phani AM&P Technical Articles 182 (8), 27-29 , 2024 2024
Laser Metal Deposition of WC-NiCrBSi Powders on Gas Carburization Steels Used in Mining Industry VK Kurapati, MK Phani Preprints , 2024 2024
Welding Processes in Advanced Manufacturing MK Phani Integrative Journal of Conference Proceedings 3 (5), 000572 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Theory of Engineering: Fluid Mechanics AM Niranjan Mahato, M. Kalyan Phani 2024
Effect of Various Cooling Media on the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Head-Hardened Rail Steels MK Phani 6th International Quenching and Control of Distortion Conference , 2024 2024
Green steel technology: a viable approach for sustainable world A Majumder, MK Phani The International Conference on Metallurgical Engineering and Centenary … , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Additive manufacturing: Environmental impact, and future perspective D Narsimhachary, M Kalyan Phani Practical Implementations of Additive Manufacturing Technologies, 295-308 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
DRI (Direct Reduced Iron) accretion to replace iron ore and quartz consumption in the production of silico-manganese BA Raju, K Prakash, MK Phani AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 020024 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Preface: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology (ICASPCT 2022) MK Phani, RD Patidar, SS Chakrabarti AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 010001 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Study of green ball characteristics and its relationship with Sinter bed permeability A Swarnakar, MK Phani, A Majumder, C Biswas AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 020001 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Application of Taguchi Method for Experimental Design of Dephosphorization process of steel through Induction furnace route BNR Md Izhar Hussain, M. Kalyan Phani, P Mallikharjuna Rao, A. Majumder European Chemical Bullitein 12 (10), 13030-13048 , 2023 2023
Role of indentation size effect in micro-indentation testing on different materials MK Phani International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) 11 (3), 2320-2882 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Controlled in-line cooling setup for heat treatment of Pearlitic Rail Steels MK Phani Adv. Chemistry 2024 , 2023 2023
Metallurgical Characterization of Gas Carburized AISI 93XX series steel fabricated using laser metal deposition technique KV Kumar, S Udaykumar, NR Rao, MK Phani International Conference & Exhibition on Materials, Engineering, Technology … , 2022 2022
Editorial Preface on the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology (ICASPCT 2022) MK Phani, S Kanhed, S Chakrabarti, RD Patidar Materials Today: Proceedings 67, 550-551 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Elastic stiffness and damping measurements in titanium alloys using atomic force acoustic microscopy MK Phani, A Kumar, W Arnold, K Samwer Journal of Alloys and Compounds 676, 397-406 , 2016 2016 Citations: 20
Mapping of elasticity and damping in an α+ β titanium alloy through atomic force acoustic microscopy MK Phani, A Kumar, T Jayakumar, W Arnold, K Samwer Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 6 (1), 767-776 , 2015 2015 Citations: 18
Elasticity mapping of precipitates in nickel-base superalloys using atomic force acoustic microscopy MK Phani, A Kumar, V Shankar J Mater Sci, 1-14 , 2016 2016 Citations: 16
Elasticity mapping of delta precipitate in alloy 625 using atomic force acoustic microscopy with a new approach to eliminate the influence of tip condition M Kalyan Phani, A Kumar, T Jayakumar Philosophical magazine letters 94 (7), 395-403 , 2014 2014 Citations: 14
Conduction electrons as dissipation channel in friction experiments at the metal-metal transition of LSMO measured by contact-resonance atomic force microscopy V Pfahl, MK Phani, M Büchsenschütz-Göbeler, A Kumar, V Moshnyaga, ... Applied Physics Letters 110 (5) , 2017 2017 Citations: 11
Stick-to-sliding transition in contact-resonance atomic force microscopy C Ma, V Pfahl, Z Wang, Y Chen, J Chu, MK Phani, A Kumar, W Arnold, ... Applied Physics Letters 113 (8) , 2018 2018 Citations: 10
Influence of Potential Scan Rate on Corrosion Behaviour of Heat Treated AA 7075 Alloy in Sulphuric Acid Solution MKP Neeraj Kumar, Manoranjan Kumar Manoj Material Science Research India 15 (1) , 2018 2018 Citations: 9
Additive manufacturing: Environmental impact, and future perspective D Narsimhachary, M Kalyan Phani Practical Implementations of Additive Manufacturing Technologies, 295-308 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
Green steel technology: a viable approach for sustainable world A Majumder, MK Phani The International Conference on Metallurgical Engineering and Centenary … , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Nonlinear Behavior of Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy Due to Stick-Slip Phenomena MK Phani, V Pfahl, C Ma, A Kumar, W Arnold, K Samwer 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 1-4 , 2018 2018 Citations: 6
Material Science Research India N KUMAR, MK MANOJ, MK PHANI 2018 Citations: 6
Study of green ball characteristics and its relationship with Sinter bed permeability A Swarnakar, MK Phani, A Majumder, C Biswas AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 020001 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Microstructural and mechanical characterization of parallel layered WC-NiCr weld overlay on 080 M40 steel substrate prepared using additive manufacturing KV Kumar, MK Phani Materials Today: Proceedings 67, 501-506 , 2022 2022 Citations: 5
Nanomaterials for advanced photovoltaic cells N Kumar, MK Phani, P Chamoli, MK Manoj, A Sharma, W Ahmed, ... Emerging nanotechnologies for renewable energy, 239-258 , 2021 2021 Citations: 4
Welding Processes in Advanced Manufacturing MK Phani Integrative Journal of Conference Proceedings 3 (5), 000572 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Preface: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology (ICASPCT 2022) MK Phani, RD Patidar, SS Chakrabarti AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 010001 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Role of indentation size effect in micro-indentation testing on different materials MK Phani International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) 11 (3), 2320-2882 , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Editorial Preface on the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology (ICASPCT 2022) MK Phani, S Kanhed, S Chakrabarti, RD Patidar Materials Today: Proceedings 67, 550-551 , 2022 2022 Citations: 2
DRI (Direct Reduced Iron) accretion to replace iron ore and quartz consumption in the production of silico-manganese BA Raju, K Prakash, MK Phani AIP Conference Proceedings 2888 (1), 020024 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
A Comprehensive Overview of Manufacturing and In-service Defects in Rails: Occurrence and Remedies MK Phani Current Materials Science 19 (2), 206-217 , 2026 2026
