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Dr. Debjit Misra

Faculties: Centre For Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies Faculty

Assistant Professor

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Ph.D. Position Available: Highly motivated candidates with backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Automobile Engineering, Renewable Energy, or related disciplines are invited to apply. Opportunities are available for pursuing Ph.D. on a full-time or part-time basis.

Professional Experiences:
  • 2026-Present:Assistant Professor at JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research, India
  • 2024-2026: Associate Scholar at University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • 2023 –2024: Assistant Professor at Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Institute of Technology and Sports Complex, India
  • 2021 –2023:Post Doctoral Researcher at IIT Bombay, India
  • 2012: Graduate Engineer at V.P. India Pvt. Ltd., India
Academic Backgrounds:

Postdoctoral Associate, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India.

Research Area:

Dr. Misra’s research focuses on advanced materials engineering, smart manufacturing, and sustainable technologies for high performance structural and functional applications. His work integrates surface engineering, additive manufacturing, alloy and composite design, and AI driven process optimization to enhance material performance and energy efficiency.

  • Surface Engineering & Coatings Technology: Focused on developing high performance surface modification strategies to enhance durability, wear resistance, and multifunctional performance of engineering materials. These include laser surface modification, electroless deposition, solid lubrication systems, coating tribology, and advanced wear-resistant coatings for structural and energy applications.
  • Additive Manufacturing & Advanced Material Processing: Emphasis on metal additive manufacturing, particularly Wire Directed Energy Deposition (Wire-DED) and Laser-DED systems, along with alloy design, composite development, and grain boundary engineering to tailor microstructure property relationships in next generation structural and functional materials.
  • AI Enabled Smart Manufacturing: Integration of artificial intelligence and data driven methodologies for predictive modeling, digital twin development, and process optimization toward intelligent and sustainable manufacturing systems.
  • Renewable Energy & Electric Vehicle Materials: Focused on the design and development of advanced materials systems for sustainable mobility and next generation clean energy technologies. Research encompasses lightweight structural alloys and metal matrix composites engineered for high strength-to-weight ratio, enhanced fatigue resistance, and improved thermal stability in electric vehicle (EV) platforms. Expertise includes the development of wear and corrosion-resistant coatings for battery systems, powertrain components to enhance durability and operational reliability. Work also involves materials selection and surface engineering solutions for high-temperature, hydrogen-rich, and chemically aggressive environments relevant to fuel cells, hydrogen storage systems, concentrated solar power, and advanced energy conversion technologies
  • Mechanical & Tribological Characterization: Application of advanced microstructural, mechanical, and tribological evaluation techniques to establish robust microstructure-property-performance correlations. Expertise includes Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman Spectroscopy, High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD), nano/micro-indentation and scratch testing, Universal Testing Machine (UTM)-based mechanical characterization, and reciprocating as well as ball-on-disk wear analysis.
Publications
Patent Granted: 
Patent No: 554069: Title:- Electroless Coating Method for Coating Titanium- Zirconium -Molybdenum Alloy.
  • Debjit Misra, S.M. Shariff, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee, Analysis of instrumented scratch hardness and fracture toughness properties of laser surface alloyed tribological coatings, Ceramics International 44 (2018) 4248–4255.
  • Debjit Misra, Balmukund Dhakar, E. Anusha, S.M. Shariff, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee, Evaluation of nanomechanical and tribological properties of laser surface alloyed boride-nitride-carbide ceramic matrix composite coatings, Ceramics International 44 (2018) 17050–17061.
  • V. Nemane, Debjit Misra & S. Chatterjee. Development and Characterization of Nickel-Based Self-Lubricating Electroless Composite Coatings Involving SiC and hBN. Journal of Materi Eng and Perform (2025)
  • Debjit Misra, Sumit Barange, Hillol Joardar, Jitendra Kumar, Alok Kumar Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee. Comparative Study on the Tribological Properties of Laser Post-treated and Untreated AISI304 Stainless Steel Matrix Composite Reinforced with Hard Ceramic Particles (TiB2-TiN-SiC) and Prepared by Ex-Situ P/M Route, Ceramics International 45 (2019) 18852-18864. Debjit Misra, Vaibhav Nemane, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee, Effect of hBN and SiC addition on laser assisted processing of ceramic matrix composite coatings, Ceramics International, 46(2020) 9758-9764.
  • Debjit Misra, Santanu Das, Nripen Mondal and Partha Pratim Saha, Estimation of Drilling Burr Formation with Artificial Neural Network Analysis, Indian Science Cruiser, 34-3 (2020) 23-31.
  • Debjit Misra, Hillol Joardar, Avinandan Khaira, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee, A New Approach to Study of TiB2+TiN+SiC Based Tribological Coatings with Solid Lubrication, SADHANA, 46(2021) 1-10.
  • Debjit Misra, Ankit Kumar Pandey, and Prashant P. Date. "Development of Multilayer Surface Coating on a Brass Foil." In International Conference on the Technology of Plasticity, pp. 326-333. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
  • Debjit Misra, Kevin Nibur, Brian Somerday, and Zachary Harris, Application of Local Strain Theory for Predicting Notch Fatigue Testing in Hydrogen-Charged Austenitic Stainless Steel, Materials Science & Technology, Pittsburgh, 2024.
  • Debjit Misra, Debasis Rath, Markus Chmielus and Zachary Harris Impact of Aging Temperature and Time on the Hardness and Microstructure of Direct Energy Deposited Cu-Ni Alloys, ASTM International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (2025) Las Vegas.
  • Debjit Misra., S. Das & P.P. Saha, (2024, January). Reduction of Burr in Drilling Using a Step Drill. In International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (pp. 611-620). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  • Debjit Misra, Santanu Das, Partha Pratim Saha, An Investigation on Burr Formation in Drilling at the Bevelled Exit Edge, 37th National Convention of Production Engineers, 18-19 August 2023.
  • Debjit Misra, S Das, PP Saha. Reduction of drilling burr by employing a step drill over using a twist drill, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2024, 405-408.
  • Debjit Misra, S Das, PP Saha Effect of Beveled Exit Edge on Burr Formation in Drilling, 9th International & 37th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research conference, 2023.
  • Debjit Misra, Suman. Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit. Chatterjee, Development of Ti-B-N-SiC Based Ceramic Matrix Composite Coatings, National Conference on Trends and Advances in Mechanical Engineering, (TAME-2019) pp-100, February15-16, 2019.
  • Debjit Misra, Santanu Das, N. Mondal, On the Estimation of Drilling Burr Formation with Artificial Neural Network Analysis, National Conference on Trends and Advances in Mechanical Engineering, (TAME-2019) pp-77, February15-16, 2019.
  • Debjit Misra, Santanu Das, P.P. Saha, Drilling Burr Reduction Using an Adhesive as a Backup Support, Conference: National Workshop on Machining & Machinability of Advanced Materials at: Durgapur, West Bengal, India, Sep, 2016.
Awards & Achievements:
  • Awarded Doctoral fellowship: Ministry of Education, Govt of India
  • Awarded Post-Doc fellowship: Ministry of Education, Govt of India
  • Awarded Post-Doc fellowship: University of Pittsburgh, USA
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