Prof. Dhiraj Kumar Mahajan

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 R. No. 329, Satish Dhawan Block

 

Designation: 

Professor

Department: 

Mechanical 

Mobile: +91-7814252244

Email: 

dhiraj.mahajan @ iitrpr.ac.in

Biography: 

Prof. Mahajan’s Short Biodata:

Prof. Mahajan is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar and an interdisciplinary researcher with a strong interest in translational research, focusing on transforming laboratory innovations into real-world products and solutions. He is also an Associate Faculty Member at the Centre of Research for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization (CREED) and Centre for Applied Research in Data Sciences (CARDS).  Recently, he has also been associated with the PU-IIT Ropar Regional Accelerator for Holistic Innovations Foundation (PI-RAHI) as the Lead Faculty Member for Sustainable Mobility and Green Energy. His research spans diverse areas, including Hydrogen Technologies, Medical Devices, Sustainability, Energy Transition, and Applied AI/ML. For regular updates about his professional journey, you can connect with him on LinkedIn. His Google Scholar profile can be accessed [link] to explore his latest research contributions.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Pedagogy:

He follows a student-centric and research-driven teaching approach that blends theoretical concepts with practical applications. His classes emphasize experiential learning, problem-solving, and connecting classroom knowledge with real-world challenges. He encourages students to participate in projects, research discussions, and hands-on activities to develop critical thinking and innovation.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Academic Lineage:

Before joining IIT Ropar as an Assistant Professor in 2013, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, under the guidance of Prof. Alexander Hartmaier, focusing on advanced topics in materials science. He earned his Bachelor of Technology in Production Technology from Punjab Technical University and a Master of Technology in Advanced Manufacturing Processes from NIT Warangal. He completed his PhD in Solid Mechanics at IIT Kanpur in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. Sumit Basu.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Research Output:

Prof. Mahajan is working on several sponsored and consultancy projects (worth 60 million Indian Rupees) related to the design and development of fuel cell electric vehicles, Type IV hydrogen tanks, and AI/ML-based polymer membrane material discovery for fuel cells, along with their optimised metallic bipolar plates, hydrogen embrittlement-resistant steels, bioresorbable coronary stents using microinjection moulding, sustainability studies and design of engineering systems for various state/national/private bodies. He has recently started working on Solid State Battery research work based on his strengths in developing novel polymer membranes and electrodes required for such energy storage devices. Lastly, he is looking into applications of AI/ML in energy transition. Following is his publication/patent tally so far:

+ Research Papers: 43

+ Books: 4 (Chapters)

+ Patents: 3 granted, 4 filed

+ Conference Publications: 12

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Entrepreneurship Journey:

Prof. Mahajan is the co-founder of two startups incubated at IIT Ropar: Ares Systems Pvt. Ltd. and Bodyloop Labs Pvt. Ltd. Ares Systems focuses on the development of novel hydrogen electrolysers, while Bodyloop Labs is dedicated to creating advanced medical devices that continuously relay critical biomarker information to support lifestyle improvement and preventive healthcare.

 

Administrative Assignments of Prof. Mahajan:

 

Institute Level Administrative Assignments:

+ Professor-Incharge (PIC) for Dr. Ranbir Singh Tinkerers’ Lab (established through Makers Bhawan Foundation as philanthropic contribution by Dr. Ranbir Singh, alumni of IIT Delhi) from Dec’24 onwards.

Head, Training & Placement Cell, Career Development & Corporate Relations Centre, IIT Ropar from Apr’17-Jul’21. Brought several reforms in the functioning of T&P Cell. Played a key role in establishing Career Development & Corporate Relation Centre (CDCRC) at IIT Ropar and starting a B. Tech program with an Additional Internship as well as Joint Master's Thesis program for M. Tech students.

Chairperson, Career Development & Corporate Relations Centre, IIT Ropar from May’23-March’24.

Organizing Team Member for G20 event organized by IIT Ropar in Amritsar, March 2023.

Organizing Team Member for SAE-BAJA 2018 at IIT Ropar, Jan’ 17-Mar’18.

Faculty In-charge, Board of Cultural Activities (BOCA), IIT Ropar, Aug'14 - Jun’15.

Established an online teaching feedback mechanism for IIT Ropar, June'14 - Nov’14.

 

Department Level Administrative Assignments:

+ Department Representative for Academic Council for Research & Post Graduate Studies (ACRPGS) from April 2020-January 2023.

+ Department Representative for Academic Council for Research & Post Graduate Studies (ACRPGS) for Center of Research in Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization (CREED) from May’24 onwards.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Outreach Activities:

+ Member of the TED 27 and TED 26 Sectional Committees of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

+ Member of the Safety, Cross-Cutting Analysis and Integration Subcommittee under the Advisory Group (AG) of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, formed by MNRE.

+ Member of the CII National Council on Energy Transition & Hydrogen (2025–26) – a CEO Forum guiding policy advocacy for this key sector.

+ Member of the CII Taskforce on Green Hydrogen for the years 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25.

+ Member of the CII National Committee on Future Mobility & Battery Storage for the years 2021–22 and 2022–23.

+ Panel member for the revision of IS 16735:2018“Cylinders for On-board Storage of Compressed Gaseous Hydrogen and Hydrogen Blends as a Fuel for Automotive Vehicles – Specification.”

+ Convenor of Panel 4 in TED 27 SC of BIS for reviewing standards related to EV electronic components and systems (PHS, BMS, controllers, and sensors).

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Community Service Roles:  

+ Conducted GIAN course naming “Applied Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics” with Course Area: Mechanical Sciences & Infrastructure by Foreign Faculty: Richard Pettit from United States of America from the 16-05-2016 to 21-05-2016.

+ Organizing team member for “Advances in Robotics” conference organized at IIT Ropar from July 5-8, 2023.

+ Coordinator of AWaDH (Agriculture and Water Technology Hub, IIT Ropar) Internship Carnival in which we trained 100 students from all over India (online mode) from May21-August’21 (80+ patent applications submitted by interns based on their 8-week work in this internship carnival).

+ Coordinator, National Resource Centre for Manufacturing at IIT Ropar from Aug'18-Jul'19 to develop a 20-hour MOOC on Manufacturing. This course is floated on the Swayam Platform by GoI and includes extensive inputs from thought leaders from Industry and Academia.

+ Coordinator. AIDOTHON-2022 and AIDOTHON-2023, a summer internship program for S.T.E.M and Medical Sciences students conducted in collaboration with GnSkD Foundation (A Not-for-Profit Company registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs).

+ Coordinator of Energy Mentors (USA)-IIT Ropar online summer internship program for 2023 (Links to read interns testimonials: Link 1, Link 2)and 2024 editions. This is an international internship program in which 90 students participated in 2023 edition and 50 students participated in 2024 edition.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Publications in Different Forums: 

+ Article published by EVReporter.com on FAQs on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology (Link).

+ Article published by Blue Circle Community on Hydrogen Powered EVs: Possibilities Ahead (Link).

+ An assessment report on the achievement of DLI#4 (Share of participating institutes in the Focus States that train final-year engineering students to take exit examination (e.g. GATE, employability skill test, campus placement test, etc.)) submitted to the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) for evaluation of The Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme Phase III (TEQIP III) project undertaken by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with assistance from the World Bank.

 

Prof. Mahajan’s Work Recognition:

+ Best Poster Award at DAE-BRNS Symposium on Multiscale Modeling of Materials and Devices (MMMD-2014) held at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai from October 30-November 2, 2014.

+ The work done on the Low-Cost Negative Pressure Room during the Covid-I outbreak was appreciated by MHRD minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, in his tweet (@DrRPNishank) on April 4th, 2020 (Related News article link)

+ IIT Ropar student team led by me as advisor won the second prize in HY Contest-2019 organized by the Hydrogen Association of India for the report titled "Modeling the Hydrogen Refuelling Station for Heavy Duty Bus Applications".

+ IIT Ropar student team led by me as advisor won the Veziroglu Award in HY Contest-2017 organized by the Hydrogen Association of India for the report titled "An Innovative Fuel Cell Application for Rural India: From Concept to Design".

 + IIT Ropar student team led by me as advisor won the second prize in HY Contest-2015 organized by Hydrogen Association of India for the report titled "Hydrogen Refueling Dispensing Station Model".

 

List of Government Sponsored Projects of Prof. Mahajan:

S.No.

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Role: Principal Investigator (PI) / Consultancy Incharge (CI)

Outcome of the project

1

Biodegradable Polymeric Stents: From Synthesis of Functionalized Raw Material to its Fabrication using Micro Injection Moulding Process

DST Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program

2018-2022

PI

In this project, India's first cardiovascular plastic based bioresorbable stent was developed using microinjection molding process

2

IIT Ropar as National Resource Centre for Manufacturing 

MHRD

2018-19

PI

Developed 20 hours MOOC Course floated on Swayam platform on Manufacturing with 5 hours video content by Industry leaders in various domains of Manufacturing

3

Additive Manufacturing & Machine Learning based Development of Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack

DST

Ongoing

PI

In this ongoing project, novel polymer electrolyte membranes are development using material discovery through Machine Learning framework along with the ongoing work of developing a 100W fuel cell using additive manufacturing

4

Development of an Effluent Treatment Plant for Hand tool Industry

Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana (MHRD-DST-MSME)

2016-2021

PI

In this work, effluent treatment process is proposed based on newly developed Ion Exchange Resins suitable for treating concentrated nickel and concentrated chromium effluents (as per the approved objectives of the project) within the premises of the industry partner.

5

Study of the Effect of Microstructure on Fatigue Crack Initiation in Nickel under Hydrogen Environment using Coupled Framework of Crystal Plasticity & Hydrogen Transport Mode

DST-SERB

2015-2019

PI

In this work, a novel multiphysics model was proposed to understand hydrogen embrittlement phenomena in metals based on Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Framework

6

Design, development, and demonstration of indigenous hydrogen storage and fuel cell system for mobile and stationary applications of 5 kW capacity

 IMPRINT-MHRD

2017-2022

Co-PI

In this project, a prototype of 18 liters Type IV tanks was developed using pre-manufactured plastic liners from abroad while designing of composite winding was done in-house along with end-to-end manufacturing and burst testing done in India.

7

Grant under the fund for the improvement of S&T infrastructure (FIST).

DST

2015-2020

Co-PI

I was responsible for establishing
two facilities in the department i.e., Tensile/Fatigue stage for SEM and EBSD
for SEM under this grant

 

List of Industry Consultancy or CSR Projects of Prof. Mahajan:

S.No.

Title

Sponsoring Agency

Duration

Role: Principal Investigator (PI) / Consultancy Incharge (CI)

Outcome of the project

1

Synthesis and validation of germicidal coating for BOPP films

Max Speciality Films Limited (MSFL), Nawanshahr, Punjab

2022

Co-CI

In this work, novel anti-viral coatings were developed for controlling corona virus spread through plastic packaging

2

Design Support for Negative Pressure Ambulance and Isolation Room for Covid19 Patients

Bafna Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

April 2021-August 2021

CI

In this work, India's first negative pressure ambulance was developed for transporting patients suffering from contagious diseases (Related Links: Link-1, Link-2)

3

Design and development of a customized elastomeric balloon for a constant air pressure output bio-medical device

COEO Labs

2016

CI

In this work, novel elastomeric balloons were developed that were used to develop a medical device naming SAANS which is a low cost multi powered neonatal transport CPAP

4

Development of Gas Driven Mini-Turbine for Automotive Applications

Enerstrong Technologies Pvt. Ltd

2021-ongoing

CI

In this ongoing project, a mini turbine that uses high pressure gas to generate electricity is being developed for automotive applications

5

Designing of gas turbines for energy storage

EarthEn Inc (USA based startup)

2022-23

CI

In this project, design work of super critical CO2 based turbine was performed

6

Projects through CSR funding from ANSYS to work on the development of two biomedical products

CSR Project: Ansys Softwares Pvt. Ltd (India)

2020-2022

PI

In this CSR project, Ansys supported development of two novel medical devices for which patents are filled

7

Independent Verification Agency for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-III executed by NPIU

MHRD & World Bank

2018-19

CI

In this project, the output of TEQIP-III program of MHRD & World Bank related to GATE examination training was verified in more than 100 colleges as Independent Verification Agency.

8

Establishment of NABL Accredited Sustainability Laboratory at IIT Ropar

CSR Project: Toppan Speciality Films Limited (TSFL, previously MSFL), Nawanshahr, Punjab

2023-ongoing

PI

In this ongoing CSR project, I am responsible for establishing a NABL accredited Sustainability Laboratory dealing with biodegradability testing of plastics and promoting the use of hydrogen a zero-emission solution for industry

9

Feasibility Study – Converting non-recyclable plastic into green hydrogen

FCDO representing the government of U.K. of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2023-24

CI

A feasibility study was performed to evaluate various technologies for converting non-recyclable plastic into green hydrogen including their techno-commercial aspects

10

“Design, development & testing of low-cost drug-eluting polymer based bioresorbable coronary stents using micro-injection molding process” through CSR support of Dassault Systemes Foundation,

CSR Project: Dassault Systemes Foundation, Pune

2025

CI

Preclinical trials of developed stents will be performed in this CSR project

11

AICTE-QIP-PG Certificate Programme session 2025-26 in Hydrogen Energy Technology

AICTE

2026

Program Coordinator

18 credit courses for faculty members from AICTE affiliated colleges will be developed and run at IIT Ropar under this project

12

Support for Design and Development of 1.5 kW and 15 kW Graphite bipolar plates-based Fuel Cells and their integration in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

NTF (INDIA) Private Limited 400, Sector-8, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon-122050, Haryana

2025

CI

Indigenous Fuel cells and Fuel cell vehicles will be developed in this project for NTF

13

Design of in-situ water channel fabricator with in-build batching plant

Punjab Water Resources Management & Development Corporation Limited

2024

CI

Novel engineering design of in-situ water channel fabricator is proposed in this project

 

List of Journal Publications of Prof. Mahajan

S. No.

Journal Name

Title

Year of Publication

Authors or Co-Authors

Impact factor

1

Polymer

Micromechanics of the growth of a craze fibril in glassy polymers

2005

Basu S.; Mahajan D.K.; Van Der Giessen E.

4.1

2

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Ageing and rejuvenation in glassy amorphous polymers

2010

Mahajan D.K.; Estevez R.; Basu S.

5

3

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Investigations into the applicability of rubber elastic analogy to hardening in glassy polymers

2010

Mahajan D.K.; Basu S.

1.9

4

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Coarse-graining scheme for simulating uniaxial stress-strain response of glassy polymers through molecular dynamics

2010

Majumder M.K.; Ramkumar S.; Mahajan D.K.; Basu S.

2.2

5

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

On the simulation of uniaxial, compressive behavior of amorphous, glassy polymers with molecular dynamics

2010

Mahajan D.K.; Basu S.

2.9

6

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Void nucleation and disentanglement in glassy amorphous polymers

2010

Mahajan D.K.; Singh B.; Basu S.

2.2

7

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Mechanisms of crazing in glassy polymers revealed by molecular dynamics simulations

2012

Mahajan D.K.; Hartmaier A.

2.2

8

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

A scheme to combine molecular dynamics and dislocation dynamics

2012

Brinckmann S.; Mahajan D.K.; Hartmaier A.

1.9

9

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Role of prior austenite grain boundaries in short fatigue crack growth in hydrogen charged RPV steel

2019

Singh R.; Singh A.; Singh P.K.; Mahajan D.K.

3

10

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Hydrogen induced blister cracking and mechanical failure in X65 pipeline steels

2019

Singh V.; Singh R.; Arora K.S.; Mahajan D.K.

8.1

11

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Role of stress triaxiality on ductile versus brittle fracture in pre-cracked FCC single crystals: An atomistic study

2019

Singh R.; Mahajan D.K.

1.9

12

Materials Chemistry Frontiers

A carbon quantum dot and rhodamine-based ratiometric fluorescent complex for the recognition of histidine in aqueous systems

2019

Singh H.; Sidhu J.S.; Mahajan D.K.; Singh N.

6

13

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Effect of microstructural features on short fatigue crack growth behaviour in SA508 Grade 3 Class I low alloy steel

2020

Singh R.; Singh A.; Singh P.K.; Mahajan D.K.

3

14

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Hydrogen distribution in metallic polycrystals with deformation

2020

Kumar R.; Mahajan D.K.

5

15

Journal of Nuclear Materials

In-situ investigations of hydrogen influenced crack initiation and propagation under tensile and low cycle fatigue loadings in RPV steel

2020

Singh R.; Singh V.; Arora A.; Mahajan D.K.

2.8

16

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

A low-cost device for rapid ‘color to concentration’ quantification of cyanide in real samples using paper-based sensing chip

2020

Singh H.; Singh G.; Mahajan D.K.; Kaur N.; Singh N.

8

17

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Towards the prediction of intergranular fatigue crack initiation in metals due to hydrogen

2020

Arora A.; Singh H.; Mahajan D.K.

6.1

18

Computational Materials Science

On the transition of fracture toughness in metallic materials with thickness: An atomistic viewpoint

2020

Singh R.; Mahajan D.K.

3.1

19

Tribology International

Cavitation erosion resistant nickel-based cermet coatings for monel K-500

2021

Singh N.K.; Ang A.S.M.; Mahajan D.K.; Singh H.

6.1

20

Journal of Thermal Spray Technology

Characterization and Slurry Erosion Mechanisms of Nickel-Based Cermet Coatings on Monel K-500

2021

Singh N.K.; Kumar A.; Ang A.S.M.; Mahajan D.K.; Singh H.

3.2

21

Philosophical Magazine

Effect of stable stacking fault energy and crystal orientation on fracture behaviour of thin metallic single crystals

2021

Singh R.; Mahajan D.K.

1.5

22

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Hydrogen assisted crack initiation in metals under monotonic loading: A new experimental approach

2021

Arora A.; Kumar R.; Singh H.; Mahajan D.K.

5

23

Carbon Trends

Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on DC electrical conductivity and acetone vapour sensing properties of polypyrrole

2022

Husain A.; Mahajan D.K.

3.1

24

Surface and Coatings Technology

Cavitation erosion mechanisms of HVOF-sprayed Ni-based cermet coatings in 3.5% NaCl environment

2022

Singh N.K.; Vinay G.; Ang A.S.M.; Mahajan D.K.; Singh H.

5.3

25

International Journal of Plasticity

Coupled diffusion-mechanics framework for simulating hydrogen assisted deformation and failure behavior of metals

2022

Singh V.; Kumar R.; Charles Y.; Mahajan D.K.

9.4

26

Mechanics of Materials

Modelling of hydrogen-assisted damage at the deforming single crystal crack-tip

2023

Kumar R.; Mahajan D.K.

3.4

27

Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces

Corrosion and Thermal Analysis of 316L Stainless Steel Coated PLA Parts Fabricated by FDM Process for Biomedical Applications

2023

Kumar R.; Kumar M.; Chohan J.S.; Singh N.K.; Mahajan D.K.

1.1

28

Diamond and Related Materials

Corrosion behaviour of laser textured and WCCoCr+GNPs coated IS-2062 steel

2023

Kumar V.; Singh N.K.; Verma R.; Mahajan D.K.; Sharma V.S.

4.3

29

Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering

An Experimentally Informed Computational Framework for Investigating the Role of Surface Roughness on High Cycle Fatigue Life of LPBF IN718

2023

Kumar S.; Mahajan D.K; Bouhattate J.; Srinivasan D.

-

30

Chemical Engineering Journal

Atomistic simulation and synthesis of novel sulfonated Polyimide polymer electrolyte membranes with facile proton transport

2023

Rohilla T.; Husain A.; Singh N.; Mahajan D.K.

13.3

31

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

On the role of vacancy-hydrogen complexes on dislocation nucleation and propagation in metals

2023

Arora A.; Singh H.; Adlakha I.; Mahajan D.K.

1.9

32

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Hydrogen-assisted intergranular fatigue crack initiation in metals: Role of grain boundaries and triple junctions

2023

Kumar R.; Arora A.; Mahajan D.K.

8.1

33

International Journal of Fatigue

Fatigue response of glass-filled epoxy composites: A crack initiation and propagation study

2023

Arora A.; Sharma A.; Singh M.; Mahajan D.K.; Kushvaha V.

5.7

34

Computational Materials Science

Designing sulfonated polyimide-based fuel cell polymer electrolyte membranes using machine learning approaches

2023

Rohilla T.; Singh N.; Krishnan N.C.; Mahajan D.K.

3.1

35

Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices

Harnessing sustainable N-doped activated carbon from walnut shells for advanced all-solid-state supercapacitors and targeted Rhodamine B dye adsorption

2024

Husain A.; Ansari K.; Mahajan D.K.; Kandasamy M.; Ansari M.N.M.; Giri J.; Al-Lohedan H.A.

6.7

36

Dalton Transactions

Facile synthesis of a three-dimensional Ln-MOF@FCNT composite for the fabrication of a symmetric supercapacitor device with ultra-high energy density: overcoming the energy storage barrier

2024

Khan M.Y.; Husain A.; Mahajan D.K.; Muaz M.; Shahid M.; Zeeshan M.; Sama F.; Ahmad S.

3.5

37

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Investigation into hydrogen assisted fracture in Nickel oligocrystals

2024

Singh V.; Raj A.; Mahajan D.K.

6.1

38

Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices

Harnessing sustainable N-doped activated carbon from walnut shells for advanced all-solid-state supercapacitors and targeted Rhodamine B dye adsorption

2024

Husain A.; Ansari K.; Mahajan D.K.; Kandasamy M.; Ansari M.N.M.; Giri J.; Al-Lohedan H.A.

6.7

39

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Role of grain size and anisotropy of neighboring grains in hydrogen-assisted intergranular fatigue crack initiation in austenitic stainless steel

2024

Arora A.; Singh M.; Nair V.; Singh H.; Mahajan D.K.

3.373

40

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Hydrogen embrittlement in Nickel oligocrystals: Experimentation and crystal plasticity-phase field fracture modeling

2024

Singh V.; Raj A.; Charles Y.; Mahajan D.K.

8.1

41

Surface and Coatings Technology

Effect of prolonged immersion on corrosion and cavitation resistance of HVOF-sprayed WC-NiCr and WC-Hastelloy cermet coatings

2024

Halder S., Vinay G., Anupam A., Ang ASM, Mahajan D. K., Singh H.

5.4

42

Inorganic Chemistry Communications

Attaining promising efficiency through a Quasi-Solid-State symmetrical supercapacitor and dye-sensitized solarcell counter electrode utilizing bifunctional Nitrogen-Doped microporous activated carbon

2024

Husain A., Kandasamy K., Mahajan D. K., Selvaraj M,  Ahmad R., Assiri M. A., Kumar N.,  Ramachandaramurthy V.K

4.4

43

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

 

Novel net-shape manufacturing of bioresorbable coronary stents using micro-injection molding process

2025

Tyagi D.K.; Mahajan D.K.

 

4.6

 

Granted/Filed Patents of Prof. Mahajan

+ Patent Title: A Bioresorbable Cardiovascular Stent, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Dharmendra Kumar TYAGI & Dhiraj K. MAHAJAN, Date of Filing: 06/03/2024, Application No: 202411015887, Country of filing: India

+ Patent Title: Methodology to Extract Stress Maps from Electron Backscatter Diffraction Data, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Aman ARORA & Dhiraj K. MAHAJAN, Status: Granted, Patent No. 426533, Date of Filing: 07/03/2020, Date of Grant: 23/03/2023, Application No. 202011009920, Country of filing: India

+ Patent Title: Leak Proof Liner-Boss Assembly for Type IV Hydrogen Storage Tanks, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Dhiraj K. MAHAJAN, Srikant Shekhar PADHEE, Ravi Mohan PRASAD and Mukesh KUMAR, Status: Granted, Patent No. 478710, Date of Filing: 28/05/2020, Date of Grant: 07/12/2023, Application No. 202011022281, Country of filing: India

+ Patent Title: System for optimizing air pressure in a compartment and a method thereof, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Dhiraj K. MAHAJAN, Shubham SINGH, Mayank SRIVASTAV, Sofen Kumar JENA, Status: Filed, Date of Filing: 01-03-2022, Application No. 202211011084, Country of filing: India

+ Patent Title: A Lifecycle indicator for personal protective equipment and perishable objects and a method of configuring thereof, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Dhiraj Kumar MAHAJAN, Dhairya KATARIA, Pooja KULASHRI, Shubham SINGH & Ahmad HUSAIN, Status: Filed, Date of Filing: 15/02/2022, Application No. 202211007861, Country of filing: India

+ Patent Title: An autonomous system for low payload gripper changing mechanism and its method thereof, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors: Vineet YADAV, Harshal BHAT, Pradeep SAINI, Akshay VERMA, Jaideep AHER, Dhiraj Kumar MAHAJAN, Status: Granted, Patent No. 528223, Date of Filing: 05/01/2022, Date of Grant: 15/03/2024, Application No. 202211000649, Country of filing: India.

+ Patent Title: System and method for reducing degradation of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell components, Applicant: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Inventors:Kharak SINGH & Dhiraj K MAHAJAN, Status: Filed, Date of Filing: 26/12/2024, Application No. 202411103164, Country of filing: India

 

PhD Supervision by Prof. Mahajan:

S.No.

Student Name

Category (Fulltime/ Part-time/ ERP.. etc.)

Thesis Title

Status: Completed

or

In-Progress

Co-Supervisors

Date of Thesis Defended

LinkedIn Profile

1

Dr. Rajwinder Singh

Fulltime

Investigation into the Short Crack Nucleation and Propagation in Metals under Monotonic and Cyclic Loadin

Completed

-

October 30, 2019

Link

2

Dr. Rakesh Kumar

Fulltime

Micromechanical Modeling of Hydrogen assisted Crack Initiation in Metals under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

Completed

-

September 26, 2020

Link

3

Dr. Harupjit Singh

Fulltime

Chemosensor Devices for Detection and Quantication of Analytes Using Multivariate Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Approaches

Completed

Prof. Narinder Singh

7th March, 2022

Link

4

Dr. Navneet Singh

Fulltime

Investigations on Cavitation Erosion of High-velocity Oxy-fuel (HVOF)-Sprayed Nickel-based Cermet Coatings on Monel K-500 Alloy

Completed

Prof. Harpreet Singh

20th June 2022

Link

5

Dr. Aman Arora

Fulltime

Role of metallic microstructure on hydrogen-assisted crack initiation under monotonic and cyclic loading

Completed

Prof. Harpreet Singh

6th July, 2022

Link

6

Dr. Tushita Rohilla

Fulltime

Data-driven and Simulation-assisted Synthesis of Hydrocarbon Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

Completed

-

28th November, 2023

Link

7

Dr. Vishal Singh

Fulltime

Micro-mechanical Analysis of Hydrogen Assisted Damage in Metallic Microstructures

Completed

-

16th January 2024

Link

8

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Tyagi

Fulltime

On the Development of Bioresorbable Cardiovascular Using Micro-injection Molding Process

Submitted

-

 

Link

9

Mr. Akhilesh Kumar

Part-time

Design optimization of High-Power Density PEM Fuel Cells*

In Progress

 

 

Link

10

Mr. Ajaya Jena

Fulltime

Design optimization of High-Pressure PEM Electrolyser

In Progress

 

 

   Link

11

Mr. Shubham Shandilya

Fulltime in Centre for Applied Research in Data Sciences (CARDS)

 

AI/ML framework for predicting renewable energy generation based on weather*

In Progress

Dr. Pushpendra P. Singh 

 

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Ms. Anita

Fulltime in Centre of Research for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization (CREED)

Development of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane based Solid State Battery*

In Progress

Dr. Shilpi Chaudhary 

 

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*Thesis Proposal Seminar Pending

 

Post Doctoral Researcher Supervision by Prof. Mahajan:

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Source of Funding

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Dr.  Ahmad Hussain

Institute Post Doctorate Fellow

2022-2024

Electrochemistry, Fuel Cells, Biomaterials.

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B. Tech and M. Tech students who have worked with Prof. Mahajan:

B.Tech. (Major Project)

M.Tech. or

Dual Degree (B.Tech+M.Tech)

2014-15: Gaurav Jagannath Mahajan, Sachin Kumar, Tushar Chaudhary

2015-16: Kishan Govind, Vishal Goyal, Ishneet Singh, Sumit Dahiya, Kuricheti Ravi Teja, Aashish kholiya, Maneesh Verma, Sajeed Mahaboob, Krishanu Sarkar, Adarsh Kumar

2016-17: Peeyushi Raghav, Anshu Kaushal, Jitin Madhu, Paryant Pradhan, Shivam Jindal, Prasoon Ratnam, Randhir Swarnkar, Ranjan Kumar, Tijender Singh, Gaurav Behrani, Vishal Gupta;

2017-18: Amanjot Singh, Deepesh Meena, Pradeep Kalra, J Sai Nitin, Swapnil Rai

2018-19: Aakash Ravgotra, Anuj Kalsotra, Harsha B T, Rishabh Anchalia, Rishabh Goel, Ritik Rai, Rushit Virani

2020-21: Ujwal Goel, Abhinash Barnwal; 

2021-22: Sahil Dighe, Roshan Kumar Parihar, Saaransh Agarwal,

2022-23: Aswin, Aryan Anand, Hrithik Gupta, Harshpreet Singh, Akshit Mehra, Goutam Sharma, Bharat Kumawat, Akshay Kumar, Nishant Kumar Singh, Himanshu Dhiman

2023-24:Sudarshan Ramesh, Debjit Bhowal, Ankur Bharali, Anish Barna, Pradeep Tripathi, Sehajpreet Singh, Ankit, Ashok Kumar Saini, Emmanuel Lalrinchhana, Nitin

2024-25: Charukant, Pritam Dar, Harshita Sandhu, Devanshi Sawhney, Pranav Khurana, Vaishnavi Baredar

2017: Mr. Shovit Sagar

2017:Mr. Mukesh Kumar

2017:Mr. Yashpal Singh

2019: Mr. Sandeep Mehla

2020: Mr. Mohd. Faizal

2020: Akash Bhardwaj

2020: Sumit Dahiya

2021: Yashjeet Chaudhary

2021: Ujwal Sontakke (External Candidate)

2022:Sanjay Barfa

2022: Mohit Deshmukh

2022: Mohit Singh

2022: Angaddeep Singh

2022: Dheeraj Kumar (External Candidate)

2024: Vivek Chanpa

2024: Ashutosh Singh

2024: Ayush Sharma

2024: Chailsy Sharma (External Candidate)

2024: Sharwan Godara

2024: Aniket Singh

2024: Amritanshu Khare

2025: Akshit Singh Thakur

2025: Barbie Borthakur

2025: Manas Bhatnagar

2025: Gaorav Vashistha

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Areas of Research: 

+ Materials for high-pressure hydrogen storage

+ Hydrogen embrittlement of metals.

+ Development of novel polymers and composites for energy and biomedical applications

+ Energy Transition and Sustainability

+ Atomistic and Crystal Plasticity-based modeling of metal plasticity

Patents: 

Teaching Interests: 

Management of Sustainable Development, Hydrogen Technologies, Crystal Plasticity, Applied Numerical Methods, Machine Design, Mechanics of Materials, Atomistic Modeling of Materials, Continuum Mechanics, Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations, Fracture and Fatigue, Advanced Manufacturing Techniques.