Dr. Sanjay Kumar Thakur




A self starter and energetic person with positive attitude.                                     


EDUCATION: Ph.D. (Engineering)


ORGANIZATION
Delphi Automotive Systems Singapore Pte Ltd, 501 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1, Singapore 569621.


HONOURS & AWARDS
DAAD Fellow, German Academic Exchange Services, 2001-2003.


PROFESSI0NAL MEMBERSHIP
1. American Society for Materials International, ASM International.
2. The Mineral, Metals and Materials Society, TMS
3. Lean Enterprise Institute

PAST TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
International Copper Association, New York
Hamworthy Pte Ltd, Singapore
Copper Development Center, Singapore
Swanmet Engineering Pte Ltd, Singapore


EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
1.Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Taylor and Francis Publications, USA)

2. Surface Engineering (Maney Publications, UK)



CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:
1. International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing - III Emerging Trends, 19-23 November, 2006.  
2. 16th International Symposium on "Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials", 17-19 December, 2007, Singapore.


LANGUAGES: English, German.


PUBLICATIONS

BOOK
"Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XVI", Manoj Gupta, T. S. Srivatsan and Sanjay K. Thakur (Eds.), 2007, p. 706, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-981-05-9650-7, Research Publishing, Singapore.

BOOK CHAPTER
"Magnesium Matrix Composites", N. Hort, H. Dieringa, S. K. Thakur, K. U. Kainer, in Magnesium Technology: Metallurgy, Design Data, Applications, H. Friedrich, Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany; B. L. Mordike, Technische Universitaet Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (Eds.), 2006, XXII, 677 p. 590, Hardcover, ISBN: 3-540-20599-3, Springer Verlag, Germany.


INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. B. S. Murty, S.K.Thakur and B.K.Dhindaw, "On the Infiltration Behavior of Al, Al-Li and Mg Melts through SiCp Bed", Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A., Vol.31A, 2000, pp. 319-325.

2.  S.K.Thakur and B.K.Dhindaw, "The Influence of Interfacial Characteristics Between SiCp and Mg/Al Metal Matrix on Wear, Coefficient of Friction and Microhardness", Wear, Vol.247, No.2, 2001, pp.191-201.

3. S.K.Thakur , B.K.Dhindaw, Norbert Hort and K.U.Kainer, "Some studies on Mg alloy reinforced with ceramic discontinuous phases", presented at PSTAM-2003, Osaka, Japan, 26-30 January,2003, published in the proceedings, Magnesium Alloys 2003, Y. Kojima, T. Aizawa, K. Higashi and S. Kamado, eds.,   Trans Tech Publications, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 419-422, 2003, pp. 837-842.

4. S.K.Thakur, B.K.Dhindaw, N.Hort and K.U.Kainer, "Effect of Thermal treatment on Thermal Expansion Behaviour of Mg Alloy based Hybrid Composites",  presented at THERMEC 2003, Madrid, Spain, 7-11 July, 2003, published in Trans Tech Publications, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 426-432, 2003, pp. 2027-2032.

5. S.K.Thakur, B.K.Dhindaw, N.Hort and K.U.Kainer, "Some Studies  on the Thermal Expansion Behaviour of C-fiber, SiCp and in-situ Mg2Si Reinforced AZ31 Mg Alloy Based Hybrid Composites",  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 35A, March 2004, pp. 1167-1176.

6. S. K. Thakur, H. Dieringa, B. K. Dhindaw, N. Hort and K. U. Kainer, "Thermal Cycling and Creep Studies of AM50+Nd Magnesium Alloy based Carbon fiber, SiC particulate and in-situ Mg2Si Reinforced Hybrid Composites", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 58, No. 4, August 2005, pp. 653-659.

7. S. Ravi Kumar, M. K. Panigrahi, S. K. Thakur, K. U. Kainer, M. Chakraborty and B. K. Dhindaw, "Characterization of Stress in Reinforcements in Magnesium Based Squeeze Infiltrated Cast Hybrid Composites", Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 415, Issues 1-2, 15 January, 2006, pp. 207-212.

8. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Synthesis and Characterisation of Al-Based Composites by Using Mechanical Disintegration and Deposition Method", Materials Science and Technology, 2006, in press.

9. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Improving Mechanical Performance of Al by Using Ti as Reinforcement", Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 38, Issue 3, March 2007, pp. 1010-1018.

10. S. K. Thakur, K. Balasubramanian and Manoj Gupta, "Microwave Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Based Composites Containing Nanosized SiC and Hybrid (SiC+Al2O3) Reinforcements", Engineering Materials and Technology, ASME Publications, 2006, in press.

11. S. K. Thakur, Tung Siew Kong and Manoj Gupta, "Microwave Synthesis and Characterization of Metastable (Al/Ti) and Hybrid (Al/Ti+SiC) Composites", Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 452-453, 15 April 2007, pp. 61-69.

12. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Use of Interconnected Reinforcement in Magnesium for Stiffness Critical Applications", Materials Science and Technology, 2006, in press.

13. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Effect of Hybridization by Nanosized Al2O3 Particles on Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Magnesium-Based Composites Synthesized by Two-Directional Microwaves", Materials Science and Engineering A, 2007, in press.

14. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Characteristics of Aluminum Based Composites Synthesized by Using Mechanical Disintegrated and Deposition Technique", Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 60, No. 2, April 2007, pp. 119-124.

15. S.K. Thakur, T. K. Gan and Manoj Gupta, "Development and Characterization of Magnesium Composites Containing Nano-sized Silicon Carbide and Carbon Nanotubes as Hybrid Reinforcements", Journal of Materials Science (Springer), in press.


CONFERENCES

1. S.K.Thakur and S.N.Prasad, "Metal Matrix Composites : A Review", published in the proceedings of the COMPEAT'98 at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur.

2. S.K.Thakur, D. Venkateshwara Rao, B.S.Murty, B.K.Dhindaw and S.B. Singh", Effect of Surface Coating of SiCp on the Infiltration Kinetics by Al Metal, published in the proceedings of the 6th Asian & 47th Indian Foundry Congress, Calcutta, Jan.1999, pp.140-143.

3. S.K.Thakur and B.K.Dhindaw, "Preparation and Characterization of Vacuum Infiltrated SiC Particle Reinforced Magnesium Alloy Matrix Composites", in the proceedings of International Conference on "Advances in Composite Materials-ADCOMP2000", Banglore, 26-28 August, 2000, pp.274-285.

4. B.K.Dhindaw, S.K.Thakur, S.K.Kar and V.Vohra, "Infiltrated Cast SiCp Reinforced Al/Mg alloy Matrices Composites: Experimental and Modeling Studies", presented as an Invited paper at "The Science of Casting and Solidification Conference" Romania, 28-31 May, 2001.

5. S.K.Thakur, B.K.Dhindaw, N.Hort and K.U.Kainer, "Thermal Cycling of Hybrid Reinforced Magnesium Metal Matrix Composites", in the proceedings of ICCE/9, San Diego, USA, 1-6 July, 2002, pp.775-776.

6. S. K. Thakur, et.al., "Processing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Functionally Graded Composites",  , DRDO Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, DRDL Hyderabad, 30 April - 1 May, 2004, pp. 438-446.

7. S. K. Thakur,  "Cost and Environment issue of Nanotechnology", Invited focus speaker, "Exploring the Nano World", organized by Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 12 March, 2005.

8. S. K. Thakur, Manoj Gupta and T. S. Srivatsan, "A Study Aimed at Developing Conventional and Hybrid Magnesium-Based Composites", to be presented at the 15th International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (Cincinnati, OH, October 2006) and to be published in the bound volume entitled "Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials XV" (editors: T. S. Srivatsan and R. A. Varin), Publisher: American Society for Materials International, Materials Park, Ohio, USA, November 2006, Date submitted: May 29, 2006.

9. S. K. Thakur and Manoj Gupta, "Characterization of Aluminum Based Composites Synthesized by Using Mechanical Disintegrated and Deposition Technique", Invited Paper ,  International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing, ICSSP3, November 19-23, 2006.

10. S. K. Thakur, "Failure Analysis of Thermosonic Wedge Bond between Gold Wire and Gold Substrate of Side Impact MEMS Sensor, Invited Speaker, Symposium on Surface Engineering for Industrial Applications, SEIA 2006, 5-7 December, 2006, , Singapore.

11. S. K. Thakur and T. K. Gan, "Failure Analysis of Thermosonic Wedge Bond Between Gold Wire and Gold Substrate of Side Impact MEMS Sensor", IEEE Symposium, IPFA 2007, Bangalore, 11-13 July, 2007, to be presented as poster paper.

INTERNAL REPORTS

1. S. K. Thakur, Allen Clegg, John Yong Ming Shyan, Joshua Thong and Steven Tong, "Evaluation of Casting Process and Material Properties of 21%Mn Steel", SIMTech FINAL INDUSTRY PROJECT REPORT, March 2005.

2. S. K. Thakur, Allen Clegg, John Yong Ming Shyan, Joshua Thong and Steven Tong, "Evaluation of Casting Process and Material Properties of 22%Cr Iron", SIMTech FINAL INDUSTRY PROJECT REPORT, March 2005.

3. S. K. Thakur, "On Delamination Between 92.5Pb5Sn2.5Ag Solder and Gold Coated Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Die", Delphi Automotive Systems, Singapore, June, 2006.

4. S. K. Thakur, "On Low Pull Strength of Thermosonic Wedge Bond between Gold Wire and Gold Substrate of Side-Impact MEMS Sensor (SIS)", Delphi Automotive Systems, Singapore, August, 2006.
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