Dr.

Ajay Kumar Shukla

Assistant Professor Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Madras Chennai 600036, INDIA Phone: +91 44 2257 4762 (Office), +91 44 2257 6762 (R), Email: shukla@iitm.ac.in EDUCATION PhD. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India Bachelor of Technology Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Assistant Professor Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Madras, Chennai, India Scientist Fellow National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India 2011 .

1995

. August 2012 continuing

January 2012 July 2012

Research Associate October 2011-December 2011 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur Deputy Manager July 2002December 2003 Steel Authority of India Limited, Durgapur Steel Plant, India Assistant Manager Steel Authority of India Limited, Durgapur Steel Plant, India Junior Manager Steel Authority of India Limited, Durgapur Steel Plant, India Management Trainee Steel Authority of India Limited, Durgapur Steel Plant, India July 1999July 2002

July 1996July 1999

July 1995July 1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Process modeling, control and optimization of iron and steelmaking. 2. Computational thermodynamics and its application to high temperature metallurgical processes. 3. Application of Artificial Intelligence (ANN, GA) to metallurgical processes. Computing skills: 1. Thermodynamic Packages: Fact-sage 2. Operating Systems: Windows ,Linux, Unix 3. Programs : MS Office 4. Web based languages : HTML, Frontpage 5. Programming Languages : C++ ,Fortran, 6. Engineering packages : Fluent, Matlab, Comsol 7. Statistical Package : SAS , Statistica 8. Process Simulation Package : Flow-Bal 9. Graph Plotting Package : GNU Plot PUBLICATIONS I. Journal papers: Published : 04 ; Communicated and under review : 03; Under preparation: 02 1. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Dmitry Reybov, Olena Volkova, P.R.Scheller and Brahma Deo, Cold model investigations of melting of melting of ice in a gas stirred ladle, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2011, vol. 42(1), p. 224-235. 2. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Brahma Deo, Stuart Millman, Bert Snoeijer, Aart Overbosch and Abha Kapilashrami, An insight into the mechanism and kinetics of reactions in BOF Steelmaking process: Theory vs. practice, Steel Research International, 2010, vol. 81(11), p. 940-948. 3. A.Mondal, A.K.Shukla, A. Upadhyaya and D.Agrawal, Effect of porosity and particle size on microwave heating of copper, Science of Sintering, 2010, vol. 42(2), p. 169-182. 4. A .K. Shukla, A.Mondal,A. Upadhyaya, Numerical modeling of microwave heating, Science of Sintering, 2010, vol. 42(1), p. 99-124. 5. A. K. Shukla, B. Deo and K. Deb, Steel production at optimal cost, Directions (the Magazine of IIT Kanpur), 2006, vol. 7(2), p. 27-34. 6. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Ashish Gupta, Brahma Deo and D.G.C Robertson, Modeling of scrap dissolution in molten iron containing carbon. Part I: Heat transfer control only (communicated and under review) .

7. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Brahma Deo, D.G.C Robertson, Modeling of scrap dissolution in molten iron containing carbon. Part II: Coupled heat and mass transfer approach (communicated and under review) 8. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Brahma Deo, D.G.C Robertson, Role of air gap in scrap dissolution process, (communicated and under review) 9. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Brahma Deo, Prediction of steel ladle temperature using Artifical Neural Networks (under preparation) 10. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Brahma Deo, Data based modeling of industrial process : A case study of steelmaking process. (under preparation) II. Conference presentations: 1. Models for oxygen steelmaking process: Theoretical analysis vs practical trends presented in International Congress on Science and Technology of Steelmaking, ICS 2012, Dresden, Germany. 2. Contribution of metal droplets in Oxygen steelmaking process: Theoretical analysis vs practical investigations presented in National Metallurgist day2011, Hyderabad, organised by Indian Institute of Metals. 3. On-Time thermal tracking of liquid metal temperature in an integrated steel melt shop, presented in National Metallurgist day2011, Hyderabad, organised by Indian Institute of Metals. 4. An insight into the mechanism and kinetics of reactions in BOF steelmaking process: Theory vs. practice, presented in International Conference on the Advances in Theory of Ironmaking and Steelmaking, ATIS 2009, organized by Indian Institute of Science. 5. Application of Neural Networks for the prediction of Steel Temperature in ladle, presented in National Metallurgist day 2009, Kolkata,organised by Indian Institute of Metals. 6. "Production of Low Phosphorous Steels and Ensuring Direct Tap Practices for the BOF Steelmaking Process", presented in International Congress on Science and Technology of Steelmaking, ICS 2008, organised by Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. 7. Production of Low Phosphorous Steel in Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Process, presented in National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars (MR08), 2008, organised by Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay.

8. "Mathematical Modeling of Phosphorous Prediction in BOF Steelmaking Process : A Fundamental Approach to Produce Low Phosphorous Steels and Ensure Direct Tap Practices", presented in International Conference on Metal and Alloys METALLO'07, organized by IIT Kanpur, India. 9. Coupled heat and mass transfer approach to simulate the scrap dissolution in steelmaking process , presented in International Symposium for Research Scholars 2006 on Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering , organized by IIT Chennai , India. 10. Theoretical and practical aspects of lance skulling and slag foaming in BOF vessels, presented in AISTech 2007. 11. Theoretical Aspects of Scrap Dissolution in Oxygen Steelmaking Converters, presented in AISTech 2004 Conference. 12. Efficacy of advanced variable selection and regression techniques for analysis of BOF data., presented in National Metallurgist day2004, organised by Indian Institute of Metals. 13. End Point Control in BOF Steelmaking at Durgapur Steel Plant,presented in National Metallurgist Day2003,Kolkata,organised by Indian Institute of Metals. 14. Stabilisation of Six Hole Lance in BOF Shop at Durgapur Steel Plant , presented in National Metallurgist day2002,Baroda,organised by Indian Institute of Metals. (AWARDED FIRST IN FERROUS CATEGORY ) 15. Steelmaking Practices for Reducing Tap to Tap Time, presented in Steelmaking Operating Committee2002 organized by RDCIS SAIL Ranchi. CONFERENCE/TRAINING/VISIT Conference: 1. National Metallurgist day and Annual Technical Meeting , Nov 2002 ,Baroda ,India. 2. Asia Steel Seminar, April 2003 ,Jamshedpur ,India . 3. National Metallurgist day and Annual Technical Meeting ,Nov 2003 ,Kolkata ,India 4. International Symposium for Research Scholars 2006 on Metallurgy, Materials Science & Engineering , organised by IIT Chennai , India . 5. International Conference on Science and Technology of Iron and Steelmaking, Gifu Japan,2008. 6. SANO Symposium, University of Tokyo, 2008. 7. International Conference on the Advances in Theory of Ironmaking and Steelmaking, Bangalore, India, 2009. .

Training: 1. Short term course on Control of Steelmaking Process, organised by IIT Kanpur , Nov 2006. 2. Short term course on Modeling of dual porous plugs in Steelmaking ladles, organized by IIT Kanpur, Feb 2006. 3. Short term course on Modeling of Iron and Steelmaking Process, organised by IIT Kanpur ,India, Dec 1999. 4. Technology Awareness Programme on Production of low alloy steel grade at Durgapur Steel Plant by R & D Center ,Steel Authority of India Limited. Recent foreign visits: 1. University of Tokyo, October 2008 to attend SANO symposium (also visited the International Conference on Science and Technology of Steelmaking held at Gifu, Japan).Total visit was for ten days. 2. Visited Institute of Iron and Steel Technology, Technical University Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany (from October-December 2009) as a participant of DST-DAAD-PPP project. Invited seminar: 1. Invited to deliver a presentation on modeling of BOF steelmaking process at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur on December 2, 2011. 2. Invited to deliver a presentation on automation control and data based modeling of steelmaking process at ABB Bangalore on May 7, 2011.

PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

Participated in projects involving development of Level-II Automation comprising of Static and Dynamic Control Models of BOF Steelmaking Process for Visakhapatnam and Rourkela Steel Plant. Worked on projects like ferro-alloy production, magnesium and iron in low shaft furnace at NML Jamshedpur. TEACHING ASSISTANT WORK .

1. Teaching Assistant in the course : Manufacturing Processes Selection and their Design (2006-2007 Semester I) . 2. Teaching Assistant in the course : Introduction to the Metallurgy (2006-2007 Semester II) . 3. Teaching Assistant in the course : Iron and Steelmaking (2006-2007 Semester II ). 4. Teaching Assistant in the course: Nature and Properties of Materials (2007-2008 Semester I).

5. Teaching Assistant in the course : Manufacturing Process (2007-2008 Semester II). 6. Teaching Assistant in the course : Iron and Steelmaking (2008-2009 Semester II ). 7. Teaching Assistant in the course: Nature and Properties of Materials (2009-2010 Semester I). 8. Teaching Assistant in the course: Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing (20092010 Semester II). 9. Teaching Assistant in the course: Principles of Metal Extraction and Refining (20102011 Semester I). 10. Teaching Assistant in the course: Advances in Iron and Steelmaking (2010-2011 Semester II). AWARDS .

1. Awarded first in ferrous category during Poster Presentation at National Metallurgist Day seminar held at Baroda in 2002. 2. GATE scholarship during Masters study (percentile 93.62 in 2004). 3. Selected for prestigious National Doctoral Fellowship by AICTE (All India Institute for Technical Education) in 2008. 4. MHRD scholarship during PhD studies. 5. Selected for DST-DAAD-PPP (German Academic Exchange Service) 2009 to work on joint project with Institute of Iron and Steel Technology, Technical University Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany. EXTRA-CURRICULAR . 1. NCC cadet during B.Tech studies, participated in rock-climbing and trekking. 2. Member of IIT SBRA Hostel Executive Committee during Ph.D studies. 3. BOD member, Alumni Association, IIT Kanpur for next two years. .

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