Mahavir Singh

Accomplished professional in high-temperature mechanics and failure analysis, with expertise in shock deformation of materials. Proficient in data analysis, experimental design, and multi-scale characterization utilizing Raman spectroscopy, SEM/EBSD, and terahertz analysis. Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills that drive research advancements and optimize processes. Committed to fostering innovation and collaboration to improve material performance in specialized environments.

• Material Science
• High-Temperature Mechanics of Materials
• Fracture Mechanics
• Finite Element Methods
• Optics Design
• Laser Optics and Thermography
• Machine Learning
• Image Correlation
• Dynamic Behavior
• Shock Deformation
• Design and Development
• Time Resolved Raman Spectroscopy
• Terahertz Spectroscopy
• PDV

• Secured All India Rank 677 in GATE-2011 and All India Rank 967 in GATE-2012 from over 100k students.
• Received scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources and Development (2011-2013 & 2016-2021)

• PhD, Solid Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Solid Mechanics Lab, Stress Analysis
• M Tech, Strength of Materials, Mechanics of Solids – Laboratory

• Best M. Tech. Project, IIT Delhi for the batch 2011-2013
• Josh of Aravali, IIT Delhi for the year 2012-2013
• Best Incoming Student, Aravali Hostel, IIT Delhi for the year 2011-2012
• Merit Certificate in 'Haryana Gaurav Purushkar' for the year 2004
• Best Poster Presentation, 3rd Place at 15th International Conference on Fracture, 06/23

• An Apparatus And Method For Simultaneous In-Situ Measurement Of Thermal Field And Displacement Fields, Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, 02/22, 202211010210
• An Apparatus For Thermal And Mechanical Characterization of A Specimen And A Method Thereof, Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, 03/22, 202211015036

• Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, An In-Situ Investigation of the Strain Partitioning and Failure Across the Layers in a Multi-Layered Steel, Experimental Mechanics, 03/24, 10.1007/s11340-024-01042-4
• Mahavir Singh, Prakash Kumar Sahu, Sanjay Sampath, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, Fracture Toughness of Freestanding Plasma Sprayed Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Coatings via In Situ Tensile Experiments, Journal of European Ceramic Society, 10/23, 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.10.074
• Nipal Deka, Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, Localized strain evolution and accumulation at the notch tip of an aluminum single crystal under cyclic loading, Fatigue Fract Eng Mater Struct, 46, 6, 2299–2318, 03/23, 10.1111/FFE.13999
• Hastrali Harjono, Saranya Ravva, Mahavir Singh, Henry Huang, Vikas Tomar, Data Science Assisted Cohesive Finite Element Modeling of Impact Behavior of AP-HTPB Crystal Binder Composite, Strain, 09/23, 10.1111/str.12465
• Sushrut Karmakar, Mahavir Singh, Vikas Tomar, An Analytical Model to Evaluate the Volumetric Strain in a Polymeric Material Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy, Journal of Non-destruction Evaluation, 06/24, 43, 80, 10.1007/s10921-024-01095-4
• Jaya Vikeswara Rao Vajja, Alexey Serov, Meghana Sudarshan, Mahavir Singh, Vikas Tomar, In Operando Health Monitoring for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Propulsion Using Deep Learning, Batteries, 2024, 104, A, 10.1016/j.est.2024.114524
• Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, Exploring the Origin of Plc Bands in Hastelloy-X Using In Situ Thermal and Deformation Fields at High Temperatures, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4902131
• Meghana Sudarshan, Ritesh Gautam, Mahavir Singh, R. Edwin Garcia, Vikas Tomar, A comparative analysis of the influence of data-processing on battery health prediction by two machine learning algorithms, Journal of Energy Storage, 12/24, 10, 10, 355, 10.3390/batteries10100355
• Mahavir Singh, Krishna N Jonnalagadda, In-Situ High-Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Air Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings, under review
• Mahavir Singh, Seongmin Yoon, Abhijeet Dhiman, Dana D. Dlott, Vikas Tomar, Elastic-Plastic Shock Propagation in Solids Using Time-Gated Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy, under review in JAP

• In-Situ Thermomechanical Behaviour of Thermal Barrier Coatings at High Temperature, 2019 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Reno, Nevada USA, 06/19
• In-situ Mechanical Behavior of Multi-Layered Steel, 3rd Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE 2020 e-Conference), Mumbai, India, 12/20
• International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes for Defence Applications (ADMAT 2019), Hyderabad, India, 09/19
• 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity and Exhibition (SICE 2018), Hyderabad, India, 07/18
• Shock Compression Deformations Studies Across Interface Using Time Resolved Raman Spectroscopy, 23rd Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Chicago, USA, 06/23
• Full Field Measurement of Shock Compression Deformation Across the Crystal Binder Interface Using Time Resolved Raman Spectroscopy, 15th International Conference on Fracture (ICF15), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 06/23
• Fracture Toughness in Porous Ceramic Coatings, 2024 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, WA, USA, 06/24

Title: Development of an In-Situ Thermo-Mechanical Setup to Study Coatings and Multi-Layered Materials, 

Advisor: Prof. Krishna N Jonnalagadda, 

In-Situ High Temperature Mechanical Setup with Simultaneous Thermal and Optical Imaging: 

Designed and built a novel setup for in-situ, simultaneous, and fast measurement of thermal and deformation fields through wavelength separation at very high temperatures (over 1000 C) in a vacuum/environmental chamber., Development of In-Situ High Temperature Mechanical Setup with Controlled Flux Heating: Developed an alternative heating system to simulate the controllable heat flux boundary conditions on specimens inside a novel environmental chamber., Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of 8YSZ Thermal Barrier Coatings at High Temperature: Captured In-situ Mechanical Behavior of fragile TBC coatings (300um thick) in uniaxial loading conditions at high temperature(~1000C)., High-Temperature Behavior of Ni-Based Superalloys (Hastelloy X, CM247LC): Explained in-depth formation of PLC bands, localized shear fields their travel along the loading axis in the high-temperature behavior of Hastelloy X., In-situ Mechanical Behavior of Multi-Layered Steel with High-resolution Dual Scale Imaging: Presented a special specimen preparation along with novel speckle pattern generation to in-situ observe the individual layers.

Design and Modification of SHPB to Characterize Soft Materials under High Strain Rate Loading, Prof. Sitikantha Roy, Prof. S. Pradyumna, Designed and built SHPB for testing of soft intervertebral tissues undergoing dynamic loading in running and jumping., Added two different bars of 12mm and 16mm readily interchangeable to accommodate loading range with easy replacement.