Dr. Vinod Kumar Email & Phone Number

* Presently associated with Sojitz-CBMM as Technical Consultant to provide technical support towards alloy design and processing of Niobium microalloyed steel.* Former Head of Product Area and responsible for development and coordination of entire special steel product development activities across SAIL including API Line Pipe Steel, Earthquake & Corrosion Resistant TMT Rebar, High Strength Q & T Plates, Fire Resistant Steel, CRGO Steel.* Long experience in simulation studies through Gleeble System leading to new steel product development, process optimization and quality/ yield improvement. * Trained on Operation of Thermo-mechanical Simulator (Gleeble-3500C) at Dynamic Systems Inc., USA and looking after the Thermo-mechanical Simulation Laboratory. * Provided Technical Assistance to SABIC Technology Centre at Saudi Arabia in 2004 on Operation & Applications of Gleeble System and later provided similar training to a team from SABIC Technology Centre at RDCIS, SAIL in 2005. * External expert/ advisor to Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, DMRL Hyderbad, NML Jamshedpur, IIT Madras and LPSC Trivendrum for creation of Thermo-mechanical Simulation Facility.* More than 250 papers published/ presented in National and Int.l Journal/ Conferences. Filed 15 patents in India. * Recipient of several awards, including Metallurgist of the Year from Ministry of Steel in 2013, Indranil Award for Metallurgy from The Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India in 2008, Jharkhand State Engineering Excellence Award from Institution of Engineers in 2003 amongst others.* Member, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), USA* Member, IOM3, UK* Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India)* Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) * Member,The Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India* Member, BIS Committees CED54, MTD3, MTD4.2* Secretary, IIT Roorkee Alumni Asscoaition Ranchi Chapter* Reviewer, Int. Journal Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A* Reviewer, Int. Journal Materials Science and Engineering A* Reviewer, Int. Journal of American Concrete Institute* Member, Editorial Board, TECHNOVA – RDCIS Publication * Supervisor, Ph.D. Thesis from IIT RoorkeeSpecialties: Thermo-mechanical Simulation StudiesAlloy Design & DevelopmentStructure - Properties CorrelationPhase Transformation

Listed skills include Metallurgy, Steel, Materials Science, Materials, and 20 others.