Anish Niranjan Kulkarni

Master Thesis student under Prof. Patrik Fernberg and Prof. Janis Varna. Conducted research on Energy and strength-based criteria for intralaminar crack growth in regions with high stress gradient in glass fiber composite materials. Used FEM as the major tool, and performed simulations in ANSYS Mechanical APDL.

Student Internship under SURGE program, under guidance of Asso. Prof. Kaustubh Kulkarni on Study of interdiffusion in binary Nb-Al alloys at Diffusion and Thermokinetics Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Experience in vacuum arc melting, scanning electron microscopy and electron probe micro-analysis.

Summer Internship under guidance of Asst. Prof. Sabita Sarkar on Mathematical modeling of campaign life of a blast furnace hearth at Multiphase flow modeling and simulation group, Department of metallurgical and materials engineering. Simulation and study of liquid metal flow behaviour in ANSYS Fluent.

PhD in microdamage analysis in novel hybrid textile composites under guidance of Senior Researcher Dr.sc.ing. Andrejs Pupurs

Erasmus Mundus Joint European master's degree under AMASE consortium of universities, which include the University of Lorraine, the Technical University of Catalonia, the Luleå University of Technology and the Saarland University. Grade: B (ECTS), 1,4/4

Luleå University of Technology was my entrance university in the AMASE Master programme, which was a Joint European Master Programme in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering. This was an EMJMD (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree) programme funded by the European Union under Erasmus+ scheme. Important Courses: - Deformation and Fracture - Phase Transformations - Composite Materials - Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques - Aerospace Materials Grade: 1,2/4

Die Universität des Saarlandes war meine zweite Universität im AMASE Master Programm, das ein gemeinsames Master Programm in Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik war. Das Programm wurde durch die Europäische Union als Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree (EMJMD) finanziert. Die wichtigen Kurse: - Computersimulation für Materialphysik - Hochauflösende Mikroskopieverfahren - TEM, SPM - Leichtbausysteme - Bio- und Nanomaterialien - Deutsch als Fremdsprache - B1 Note: 1,8/4

I acquired the basic essentials of metallurgical and materials engineering at NIT Trichy. Here, I also attended a few basic and advanced level courses in mechanical engineering to obtain a minor degree. For electives, I chose some advanced level courses in materials engineering Important Courses: - Physical Metallurgy - Iron Making and Steel Making - Design and Selection of Materials - Economics of Metal Production Processes - Introduction to Quality Management Grade: 9.49/10, Institute Medal