- Production technique: Casting (Gravity, low pressure and high pressure die casting), Metal Forming (rolling, extrusion, forging, flow-forming, etc.) Powder metallurgy (HIP, CIP, SPS), Welding.
- Mechanical tests: Tensile and Fatigue test, Compression, Bending, Macro and micro hardness, Nano indentation, Wear, Creep, High temperature tensile, Ultrasonic methods for modulus, Poisson's ratio measurement, etc.
- Materials Characterisation: I am able to skilfully operate Transmission electron microscopy (TEM, different modes including bright field, dark field, two-beam conditions, weak beam image, HRTEM, BF-STEM, DF-STEM, HAADF, diffraction, SADP, EDS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM, SE, BSE and EDS), Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM, different modes such as BF-STEM, DF-STEM, HAADF, ADF, EDS), Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD, IPF, PF, ODF, Kernel maps, GBM, microtexture), X-ray Diffraction (XRD, macrotexture, phase analysis, lattice strain, crystallite size, etc.). Skilful at operating the following instruments:
- JEOL 2100 FEG TEM/STEM (imaging, bright field, dark field, two-beam conditions, weak beam image, HRTEM, BF-STEM, DF-STEM, HAADF, diffraction, SADP, CBED, EDS, etc.)
- JEOL 2000 TEM (imaging, diffraction, etc.)
- JEOL ARM 200F, limited experience with this machine (atomic resolution imaging (TEM, STEM), diffraction, etc.)
- FE-STEM, Hitachi S-4800 (SE, BSE, STEM, EDS, etc.)
- FE-SEM, JEOL JSM 6500 F (EBSD, etc.)
- SEM, SUPRA 35VP, Zeiss
- FIB-SEM, Zeiss crossbeam 340
- X-ray Diffractometers (Philips X’PERT MPD, Bruker D8, etc
- Computer skills:
- Engineering software, Expert: Crystal Maker, CrysTbox, GSAS 2, PowderCell, Digital Micrograph, Clemex, Procast, Digital Micrograph, Pandat, Image analysis, X’Pert and MAUD (Applications for XRD), TSL OIM package–EDAX and TEAM EBSD and EDS.
- Engineering software, Basics: Abaqus, Matlab, Procast CALPHAD thermodynamic modelling, Catia V5.
- General Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Origin, Photoshop, Endnote, Imagej, SigmaPlot, Web Designing.
- Interested in TEM/STEM image simulation software (QSTEM, STEMsim, Jems, etc.) and image processing.