Dr Mounarik Mondal

Friction Stir welding, Ultrasonic Welding, Laser Welding, Electron Beam Welding, Correlation between Microstructure and Structural and fuctional properties of materials, Simultaneous Joining and Forming, Ferrous Alloys, Aluminium, Magnesium, Titanium Alloys 

• Design experimental procedures for evaluating similar and dissimilar material joining and forming by various welding and forging processes in manufacturing finished products such as

• Cylindrical lithium-ion batteries,
• Solid air Battery Anode Preparation
• Battery Pack Joining
• Automobile bodies (BIW) spot welds
• bimetallic gears and bearings

• Optimizing weld and forming parameters and designing safe operating windows to impede defect generation and intermetallic formation, simultaneously increasing the weld joint area and the electrical conductivity of the spot welds for alloys of steels, aluminium, magnesium, and titanium in similar and dissimilar combinations.
• Material Characterization of the welded and forged parts and raw materials using high-end material characterization techniques such as OM, SEM, EDS, EPMA, XRD, TEM, and EBSD
• Mechanical property and electrical conductivity evaluation and comparison of weld and forged material properties with base material properties
• Functional property analysis of the welded joints used in electrical and electronic applications.
• Analysing the factors causing changes in the structural and functional properties inside the weld and forged parts, such as grain size and morphology change, phase change, precipitate distribution and size, and Intermetallic formation.
• Design sustainable experimental processes for similar and dissimilar material combinations by observing process response data recorded by displacement, torque, and force sensors and combining them into a meaningful algorithm. This algorithm was further used as a material process monitoring for defect detection during in-line manufacturing processes.
• Presentation of the research project results and future planning for solving problems to the funding agencies, research collaborators, and weekly progress report checkups
• Summarizing results into a meaningful flow to write research papers for publishing in SCI-indexed journals
• Supporting other researchers in their research work to enhance self-knowledge while simultaneously providing training and teaching to the new postgraduate students
• Collaborating with other international researchers and professors in and outside institutions to share skills and expertise

I am an enthusiastic researcher working as a post-doctoral fellow (academic visitor) at London South Bank University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. My research expertise is focused on analyzing the complex microstructural evolution influencing the final properties of the welded and forged parts.  I have worked as a lead researcher for three types of welding: ultrasonic, laser, and friction stir, as well as simultaneous joining and forging processes. With 9 years of research expertise, I published 18 research papers in SCI-indexed journals and possessed 294 citations and an h-index of 11. During my Ph.D., I primarily investigated friction stir welding and the forming of dissimilar material combinations. My thesis work also helped accomplish various industrial projects in automobile body joining, battery manufacturing, and bimetallic gear and bearing manufacturing.