Raj Banerjee

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering  (December 1997)

• The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
• Thesis Topic : Structural and Phase Transformations in Sputter Deposited
• Titanium-Aluminum  Multilayers and Alloy Thin Films

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (March 1996)

• The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH

B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering (July 1993)

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
• Institute Silver Medal for First rank in Metallurgical Engg.

Titanium and Its Alloys

Aerospace

1. Processing and Characterization of alpha/beta (Ti64) and beta (Ti5553) Titanium  alloys for aerospace application.
2. 3D nano-characterization in order to study the structure and composition of metastable instabilities within the beta matrix and their influence on the nucleation of stable alpha precipitates in beta titanium alloys.
3. The influence of heat-treatments on the partitioning and pile-up of various alpha (Al) and beta (Mo, V, Cr) alloy additions at the interphase interfaces.
4. Three dimensional morphology and composition of nanoscale microstructural features in fundamental titanium alloy systems. ( alloy systems: Ti-Mo, Ti-V, Ti-Al-Mo, Ti-Al-V, Ti-Cr)

Orthopedic

1. Characterization of microstructure of Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta based alloys systems fabricated by Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS™) process
2. Investigating the mechanical and biological properties of LENS™ processed porous biomaterials.

Nickel Based Superalloys

1. Influence of microstructure and chemistry on mechanical properties of commercial Nickel base superalloys used in jet engines. (Alloys : RENE 88DT)
2. Determination of the structure and chemistry across gamma /gamma’ interfaces at atomistic length scales
3. Studying the partitioning of alloying elements along gamma /gamma’ interfaces.
4. Understanding chemical and structural width of gamma/gamma’ interfaces
5. 3D characterization of the morphology and composition of nanoscale gamma’ precipitates by coupling TEM tomography with 3D atom probe
6. Determination of the lattice parameters of gamma and gamma’ phases as well as the site occupancies of different alloying elements in g’  experimental characterization coupled with atomistic modeling

Metal Matrix Composites

1. Metal-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
   1. Optimization of processing route for Ni-CNT hybrids and characterization of nanoscale structure and chemistry of metal / CNT interface
2. Investigation of boride reinforced TNZT alloys for biomedical application
3. Orientation, morphology and composition analysis of Titanium carbide precipitates in alpha/beta and beta titanium matrix

Metallic Thin Films

1. Influence of Synthesis Conditions on the phase separation in nanostructured Immiscible Copper-Silver Alloy Thin Films
2. Immiscible Copper-Niobium Alloy Thin Films: Microstructure and Electrical Transport Properties, early Stages of Crystallization, 3D atom probe tomography and high resolution electron microscopy for probing microstructure.
3. Size effects (effect of reduced system dimensions) on the crystal structure and properties (electrical transport and mechanical) of nanostructured metallic thin films and multilayers

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• Aug. 2011 to Present  Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., University of North Texas
• Sep. 2004 to Aug. 2011  Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., University of North Texas
• July 2003 to Present  Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Eng., The Ohio State University
• Aug. 2000 to Dec. 2004  Research Scientist, Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 1999 - 2000  Fellow, Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
• 1998 - 1999  Post-doctoral Research Associate - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 1994 - 1997  Graduate Research Associate - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

• Best Poster Award, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego (2003)
• Nominated for Best Paper Award of Scripta Materialia  for 1998
• Vidya Bharati Award, Indian Institute of Metals (1994)
• Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (1993)
• Summer Research Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Scientific Research, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India (1992)
• Member, Materials Research Society (MRS),  The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), and Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)

• Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA)
• Materials Research Facility (MRF)