Broad Spectrum of Metals & Alloys
Applied expertise in commercial steel and iron grades, specialty alloys, refractories, and custom multi-component systems (high entropy alloys).
Foundry Solutions
Complete Product Life Cycle Management. Quality assurance, static and centrifugal casting, heat treat processing, and failure analysis.
Complex Iron & Steel Technologies
Process improvement and optimization in steelmaking, continuous casting, ladle metallurgy, and secondary refining.
Hot & Cold Rolling Mills & Processing Lines
Development and field-testing of highly alloyed materials for extreme thermomechanical applications and chemically aggressive environments, e.g., re-heating tunnel furnace rolls, rolling mill rolls, mandrels, coil drums, trimming/slitting lines, roller levelers and other.
Metals Processing & Protection
Advanced gas/vacuum, and laser heat treatments to maximize materials properties, minimizing induced residual stresses; sustainable electroplating technologies.
Metal Shaping Processes
Applied mechanics of forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing and slitting/trimming, machining of steels, irons, titanium, aluminum etc.
Automotive Applications
Development and processing of Advanced High-Strength Steels and applications, e.g., sport car chassis design, complex and dual-phase steel development, formability, impact resistance, air intake design optimization, brakes.
Petrochemical Applications
Advanced characterization and design, involving high-performance high-temperature applications subjected to complex environments, e.g., high temperature radiant tubes, spun cast rolls.
Fusion Energy & Commercial Nuclear Applications
Materials design and advanced characterization for high-radiation environments. Chain-supply. Advanced manufacturing. Extreme novel materials.
Heavy Machinery Equipment
Design and improvement of mid-, large-scale complex castings, forgings and multi-step processing for optimized microstructural evolution, e.g., tunnel boring machines, cranes, excavation, slag pots, storage vessels and other.
Transportation Sector
Castings/forgings development and weldment design for rails and train components.
Infrastructure (legacy work)
Structural health monitoring and materials engineering for bridges, tunnels, industrial plants, chimneys, girders, rebar, and reinforced concrete systems.
Semiconducting Sector (new): materials fabrication and advanced characterization
Metals for Medicine (new): electron characterization, testing, process development (new)
Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT/NDE) Tailored Applications R&D
Advanced applications development and interpretation of the NDT/NDE techniques vs materials response, including but not limited to: ultrasonic testing, acoustic emission, phased array, immersed ultrasound, portable X-Ray, Barkhausen noise, thermography, and electromagnetic acoustic transmission (EMAT).
Advanced Laboratory Testing & Analysis
Thermomechanical processing, simulation and environmental testing, advanced electron microscopy and characterization.
Numerical Modeling & Simulation
Expertise in finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), calculation of phase diagram (CALPHAD), and AI-driven material modeling and data.
Failure Prevention & Reliability Engineering
Fracture Mechanics (LEFM, NLFM), predictive analysis, root-cause investigation, and lifetime assessment to reduce downtime and extend service life.
Prototyping & Digital Twins & Manufacturing
3D scanning, design improvement and optimization, additive manufacturing (3D printing), casting, processing.
Sustainable Materials Engineering
Solutions supporting recyclability, energy-efficient processes, and low-carbon material systems.
Welding Metallurgy & Process Optimization
Analysis of weld procedures, metallurgy of joints, and defect mitigation strategies. Detailed characterization of transitional microstructures and its evolution.
Machining Process Modeling, Analysis & Optimization
Data-driven investigation of cutting mechanics, tool-material interactions, performance improvement, wear control, residual stress measurements.
Hands-On Tailored Training & Technical Education
Custom-designed courses in metallurgy, materials processing, failure analysis, and characterization techniques.
