School of Mechanical Sciences

Dr. Suman Deb

Assistant Professor
  • Room No: 116, SMS
  • +91 674-713-7181
  • sumandeb@iitbbs.ac.in
  • School of Mechanical Sciences
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Advanced metal forming (Bulk and sheet metal forming, Roll forming, Microforming, Severe plastic deformation, Superplastic forming); Plasticity; Deformation of material under quasi-static and dynamic load at sub-zero to high temperature range;
  • Exploring and establishing technologies to develop high performance magnesium multicomponent alloys for automobile application, IIT Bhubaneswar SEED Grant (Ongoing)- 20.5 Lakhs.

Theory courses:

  • Advanced Metal Forming (ME6L325) (Spring 2024, Spring 2025)
  • Surface Engineering (ME6L317) (Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024)
  • Elements of Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025)
Laboratory courses:
  • Introduction to Manufacturing Processes (ME1P001) (Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2025)
  • Machine Tool and Machining Lab (ME3P005) (Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
  • Casting, Welding and Forming Lab (ME3P002) (Autumn 2023)
  • Workshop Processes (ME2P001) (Autumn 2024)
  • Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (ME4L002) (Autumn 2024)

PhD students (Ongoing)

  • Vikash Kumar : Fabrication and Charaterization of Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites.
  • Subhojit Chattopadhyay : Mg based Bio-materials.

MTP students (Completed)

  • Shashi Ranjan (2023-2024): Thermo-mechanical investigation on hot deformation of cast magnesium alloy
  •  Debabrata Das (2023-2024): Performance Analysis of Roll-Formed Stainless Steel Thin-Walled Square Tubes
  • Godeshi Nithin (2023-2024): Numerical simulation of tribological behaviour during micro deep drawing.
  • Pala Stephen (2023-2024): Johnson-Cook model for elasto-plastic materials.
  • Divyansh Singh Nag (2024-2025): Design and development of lightweight high entropy alloys.
  •  Pushpendra Dubey (2024-2025): Effect of solid lubricants Reinforcement on Mechanical and Tribological properties of TiB2 Reinforced Al7075 Alloy.
  • Sumit Yadav (2024-2025): Prediction of Surface Roughness in the Machining of ZE41 Magnesium Alloy Using Machine Learning Techniques.
  • Anurag Mishra (2024-2025): Ballistic and Mechanical behaviour of Hybrid Carbon-Glass Fibre Composites
  •  Rajanish Yadav (2024-2025): Effect of Ca addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of multi component alloys
  • Yash Chikhalkar (2025-2026): Development of wear map for metal matrix composites.
  • Deepesh Pawar (2025-2026 ): Nullifying yield asymmetry in Magnesium alloys.
  • Pavada Kartheek (2025-2026): Superplastic formability in engineering materials.
  •  Surya Shankar K S (2025-2026): Development of the Johnson-Cook model for High entropy alloys.

MTP students (Ongoing)

  • Jinmoy Bharadwaj (2026-)
  • Souradip Satapathi (2026-)
  • P Punith (2026-)

BTP student (completed)

  • Pranjali Nema (2024-2025): Analysis of Auxetic Structures
  1. S Deb, SK Panigrahi, M Weiss, Development of bulk ultrafine grained Al-SiC nano composite sheets by a SPD based hybrid process: Experimental and theoretical studies, Materials Science and Engineering: A 738 (2018) 323-334 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.09.101
  2. S Deb, SK Panigrahi, Matthias Weiss, The effect of annealing treatment on the evolution of the microstructure, the mechanical properties and the texture of nano SiC reinforced aluminium matrix alloys with ultrafine grained structure, Materials Characterization 154 (2019) 80-93 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2019.05.023
  3. S Deb, SK Panigrahi, Matthias Weiss, Understanding material behaviour of ultrafine-grained aluminium nano-composite sheets with emphasis on stretch and bending deformation, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 293 (2021) 117082 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2021.117082
  4. S Deb, A Muraleedharan, RJ Immanuel, SK Panigrahi, G Racineux, S Marya, Establishing flow stress behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and development of constitutive models using Johnson-Cook method and Artificial Neural Network for quasi-static and dynamic loading, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 119 (2022) 103338 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103338
  5. Book chapter : S. Deb, S. K. Panigrahi, Bending of sheet metals: challenges and recent developments (Book Chapter), “Metal Forming Processes: Developments in Experimental and Numerical Approaches”, First edition, CRC Press, USA, 2022.
  6. S. Deb, M.B. Abhilash, R.J. Immanuel S.K. Panigrahi, Improved structural uniformity and specific strength of commercially pure aluminum through variable temperature multi axial forging: Finite element analysis and experimental study, International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture 6 (2023) 434-449
  7. Book Chapter: S. Deb, Roll Forming in Sheet Metal Forming: Principles and Processes (Chapter 1), “Analysis and Optimization of Sheet Metal Forming Processes”, First Edition, CRC Press, 2024.
  1. S. Deb, S. K. Panigrahi, M. Weiss; Superplastic behavior of ultrafine grained aluminium matrix nano composite, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2018, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  2. S. Deb, Room Temperature Formability of Ultrafine Grained Materials, 4th International Conference and Expo on Heat Transfer & Surface Engineering, ASM International Chennai Chapter, Chennai, 28-30 September, 2023. (Invited speaker)
  1. S. Deb, Formability of advanced materials, Karyashala Workshop on “Novel Materials: Processing and Characterization”, 29th February to 6th March 2024, SVNIT Surat. (Invited speaker)
Institute / University Year  Degree Discipline
IIT Madras and Deakin University 2021   Joint PhD Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras 2015   MTech Mechanical Engineering
BESU Shibpur (Presently IIEST Shibpur) 2012   BE Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar (Nov 2022- Till date); Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras (Aug 2021- Oct 2022)

  • PROF R KRISHNAMURTHY ENDOWMENT AWARD-to the best PhD project work
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