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NEERAJ KUMAR. Completed the Master in Steel Technology in 2017/06 by Malaviya National Institute of Technology Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Bachelor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2014/06 by National Institute of Technology Durgapur Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering. Attends the Doutoramento in Doctoral thesis in Surface Engineering and Nanomaterials by Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica since 2018/09. Published 3 articles in journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
NEERAJ KUMAR

Citation names

  • KUMAR, NEERAJ
  • N. Kumar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
091D-2723-75B2
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5474-6893

Email addresses

  • uc2018249939@student.uc.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Hindi (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09 - 2022/12
Ongoing
 Doctoral thesis in Surface Engineering and Nanomaterials (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
"Si-Sn and Si-Sn-X (X = Ti, Cu, and Zn) systems for humidity sensing applications fabricated by non-equilibrium techniques" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/07 - 2017/06
Concluded
 Steel Technology (Master)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, India
"Study of Precipitation Hardening and Dynamic Recrystallization behaviour of Copper and Tungsten added 2205 Duplex Stainless Steel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010/07 - 2014/06
Concluded
 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Bachelor)
National Institute of Technology Durgapur Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, India
"Study of pelletization of iron ore fines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018 - 2021 MATIS project - Materials and Sustainable Industrial Technologies (Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000014)
UID/EMS/00285/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Kumar, N.; Sanguino, P.; Faia, P.; Trindade, B.. "Porous Si-Sn alloys produced by mechanical alloying and subsequent consolidation by sintering and hot-pressing". Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2021): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2021.1967979.
    Accepted • 10.1080/10426914.2021.1967979
  2. Kumar, N.; Evaristo, M.; Trindade, B.; Faia, P.. "Humidity sensing properties of thin silicon-tin films prepared by magnetron sputtering". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 321 (2020): 128554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.128554.
    10.1016/j.snb.2020.128554
  3. Kumar, N.; Sanguino, P.; Diliberto, S.; Faia, P.; Trindade, B.. "Tailoring thin mesoporous silicon-tin films by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering". Thin Solid Films 704 (2020): 137989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2020.137989.
    10.1016/j.tsf.2020.137989
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/06/19 Si-Sn films deposited at different vacuum pressure using RF magnetron sputtering as possible candidates for application in Li-ion batteries XVI ECerS Conference 2019
XVI International Conference of the European Ceramic Society (Torino, Italy)
2019/04/17 Production of a Silicon-Tin alloy by mechanical alloying with stearic acid for humidity sensor application MATERIAIS 2019
XIX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and X International Symposium on Materials (Lisbon, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2018 Awarded Gold Medal for securing first position in Steel Technology
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, India