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Dr. PRASHANT DIXIT

ABOUT
NAME: Dr. PRASHANT DIXIT

M.TECH: COEP Techno. Univ., Pune - Metallurgical Eng.

E- MAIL: padixit2755@gmail.com

POSITION: Adhoc Faculty

PhD: DIAT, Pune- Metallurgical & Materials Eng.

PHONE: +91 7972501452


AREAS OF INTEREST: Electro-ceramics, Armor and structural composites, Functional materials, Solid Electrolytes for Batteries and Fuel Cells, Powder Metallurgy.

EXTERNAL LINK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-prashant-dixit-1115b423a
PROFILE
A. Professional (Teaching/Research) Experience:

1) Working as  Adhoc Faculty in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradesh from 01.01.2024 to date.

2) Worked as Research Associate in the Armament Material Technology Centre, DRDO-ARDE, Pune (Through LP Services) from 05.05.2022 to 31.07.2023.

3) Worked as Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the Armament Research & Development Establishment, (ARDE), DRDO, Pune from 05.05.2019 to 04.05.2022.

4) Worked as Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the Armament Research & Development Establishment, (ARDE), DRDO, Pune from 05.05.2017 to 04.05.2019.

 

B. Courses Taught (UG Courses): 

 1) MM390 Fundamentals of Materials Processing Technology

2) MM490 Materials Testing and  Analysis


C. Publications:

1) Prashant Dixit, Bhupender Rawal, B. Praveen Kumar, Himanshu Sekhar Panda, Freeze Casted Porous Lamellar Structured Alumina Ceramics and Polymer Infiltrated Composites: Synergistic Enhancement of Structural Properties, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, 76(5), (2023), 1211–1219

2) Prashant Dixit, Bhupender Rawal, B. Praveen Kumar, Himanshu Sekhar Panda, Investigation of mechanical properties based on the particle size of alumina ceramics prepared by circulatory bead milling, Ceramics International, 48, (19), Part B, (2022), 29274-29283.

3) Prashant Dixit, Shaurya Seth, Bhupender Rawal, B. Praveen Kumar, Himanshu Sekhar Panda, Freeze casting of lamellar-structured porous lead-free (Na0.52K0.48)(Nb0.95Sb0.05)O3 piezoceramic with remarkable enhancement in piezo-electric voltage constant and hydrostatic figure of merit. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 32, (2021), 5393-5403.

4) Srujan Sapkal, K. Balasubramanian, Prashant Dixit, Himanshu Sekhar Panda, Machine learning aided accelerated prediction and experimental validation of functional properties of KNN-based piezoelectric ceramics, Materials Today Energy, 37, (2023).

5) Prajesh Neetu, Sharma Vijay, Rajput Shatruhan, Singh Chandan, Prashant Dixit, Praveen kumar Balu, Zareba Jan, Kabra Dinesh, Ogale Satishchandra, Boomishankar Ramamoorthy, Flexible Piezo-electric Nanogenerators Based on One-Dimensional Neutral Coordination Network Composites, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10, (2022), 9911-9920.

6) Swati Deswal, Rishukumar Panday, Dipti R. Naphade, Prashant Dixit, Balu Praveen Kumar, Jan K. Zareba, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Satishchandra Ogale, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Efficient Piezo-electric Energy Harvesting from a Discrete Hybrid Bismuth Bromide Ferroelectric Templated by Phosphonium Cation, Chemistry-A European Journal, 28-33, (2022), 1-8

7) Supriya Sahoo, Thangavel Vijayakanth, Prem kumar Kothavade, Prashant Dixit, Jan K. Zareba, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, R. Boomishankar, Ferroelectricity and Piezo-electric Energy Harvesting of Hybrid A2BX4-Type Halogenocuprates Stabilized by Phosphonium Cations, ACS Materials Au, 2-2, (2021), 124-131.

8) Rishabh Gupta, Supriya Sahoo, Swati Deswal, Premkumar Kothavade, Prashant Dixit, Dr. Jan K. Zareba, Dr. Kadhiravan Shanmuganatha, Prof. Dr. R. Boomishankar, A Flexible Energy Harvester from an Organic Ferroelectric Ammonium Salt, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 16(24), (2021), 4122-4129.

9) Bhupender Rawal, Prashant Dixit, N N Wathore, B. Praveen Kumar, Himanshu Panda, BaZrO3 doping in (Na,K)(Nb,Ta)O3: investigating the phase transformation behaviour, piezo-electric, dielectric, ferroelectric properties, and their stability, Bulletin of Materials Science, 43:82, (2020), 1-9.

10) Bhupender Rawal, Prashant Dixit, B. Praveen Kumar, Himanshu Panda, High-energy ball milling of lead-free piezoceramic: influence of milling medium on properties, Journal of Aus. Ceramic Society, 55, (2019), 729-736.

11) N N Wathore, Bhupender Rawal, Prashant Dixit, Snehal Mandave B. Praveen Kumar, K M Rajan, Effect of Silver Electrode Annealing Temperature on Electrical Properties of Sodium Potassium Niobate Based Ceramics, Journal of Electro. Materials, 48(2), (2018), 1-8. 


D. Conferences:

1) “Lamellar Structured Alumina Ceramics by Freeze Casting Technique for Structural and Armour Applications”, Prashant Dixit et al., International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes for Defence Applications (ADMAT 2019) held at DMRL, Hyderabad during 23-25, September 2019.

2) “Fabrication of Lamellar structured Alumina by Freeze casting with improved mechanical properties”, Bhupender Rawal, Prashant Dixit, et al., 2nd National Conference on Advances in Armament Technology (NCAAT 2018) held at ARDE, DRDO, Pune during 08-09, June 2018.

3) “Piezo-electric and Dielectric properties of lead-free ZnO doped (Na0.52K0.48)-(Nb0.95Sb0.05)O3 ceramics” Prashant Dixit, et al., International Conference on Expanding Horizons of Technological Applications of Ceramics and Glasses (EHTACAG' 17) held at College of Engineering, Pune during 14-16, December 2017.

4) “Improvement in Transparency of Nd:YAG ceramics through hot press sintering”, Sandeep Butee, Prashant Dixit, et al., International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PMAI16) held at during 18-20, February 2016.


E. Workshops and Short term courses:

1) Attended workshop on the AI-ML Applications in Materials and Manufacturing organized by IIM Pune chapter at Bhau Institute, COEP Technological University, Pune (2023)

2) Attended workshop on the Application training on Simultaneous Thermal Analyser by Perkin Elmer (2021)

3) Attended workshop on Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Spectroscopy by Anton Paar (2018)

4) Attended Powder Metallurgy Short Course organized by PMAI - Powder Metallurgy Association of India (2015)

5) Completed In plant training of manufacturing equipment in Indo German Tool Room, Aurangabad, Maharashtra (2011) 


 F. Awards and Achievements: 

1) Best poster presentation award in 2nd National Conference on Advances in Armament Technology (NCAAT 2018) held at ARDE, DRDO, Pune (2018)

2) Awarded Junior and Senior Research Fellowship from DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India 2017

3) Received scholarship from AICTE, India to pursue M. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering based on GATE 2013 examination