Faculty at School of Engineering

Harpreet Singh

Harpreet Singh

Professor and Head


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Structure-Property Correlation in Metallic Materials Surface Engineering; Friction Stir Welding and Processing Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs); High Entropy Alloys (HEAs); Biomaterials Material Degradation Behavior; Corrosion; Tribology Electrochemistry; Energy Storage; and Supercapacitors

2013, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

2009, M.Tech., Machine Design, Punjab Technical University

2002, B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Technical University

02/03-09/09

Lecturer, BBSB Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)

01/13-02/15

Post-Doctorate Research Associate, University of North Texas, USA

03/15-06/19

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

07/19-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

2016, Young Scientist Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

  1. Mayank Garg, Harpreet S Grewal, Ram K Sharma, Harpreet Singh Arora (2022), Enhanced Oxidation Resistance of Ultrafine-Grain Microstructure AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy, ACS Omega, Vol. 7, pp. 12589-12600 (I.F. 4.1).
  2. Mayank Garg, Harpreet S Grewal, Ram K Sharma, Harpreet Singh Arora (2022), Improving the High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of High Entropy Alloy by Surface Modification Corrosion Reviews (I.F: 3.6).
  3. Mayank Garg, Harpreet S Grewal, Ram K Sharma, Bharat Gwalani, Harpreet S Arora, (2022), High Oxidation Resistance of AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy through Severe Shear Deformation Processing, Vol. 917, pp. 165385, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (I.F. 6.37).
  4. A Kumar, A Thomas, A Gupta, M Garg, J Singh, G Perumal, E Sujithkrishnan, P Elumalai, Harpreet Singh Arora (2021), Facile Synthesis of Mno2-Cu Composite Electrode for High Performance Supercapacitor, Journal of Energy Storage (I.F. 8.9).
  5. Abhishek Babu, G Perumal, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal (2021), Enhanced Slurry and Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Deep Cryogenically Treated Thermal Spray Coatings for Hydroturbine Applications, Renewable Energy (I.F. 8.6).
  6. Priya Mandal, Jayanth Ivvala, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sajal K Ghosh, Harpreet S Grewal (2021), Bioinspired micro/nano Structured Aluminum with Multifaceted Applications; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (I.F. 5.9).
  7. Jayanth Ivvala, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal (2021), Development of Superhydrophobic Metallic Surfaces with Tuned Morphology Through Microwave Processing; Materials Chemistry and Physics (I.F. 4.7).
  8. Vignesh K Manivasagam, Gopinath Perumal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Ketul C Popat (2021), Enhanced Antibacterial Properties on Superhydrophobic Micro‐Nano Structured Titanium Surface; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (I.F. 4.8).
  9. Ambrish Kumar, Arpit Thomas, Mayank Garg, Gopinath Perumal, Harpreet S Grewal, Harpreet S Arora (2021), High Performance CuO@ Brass Supercapacitor Electrodes through Surface Activation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 9, 9327-9336 (I.F. 14.5).
  10. Priya Mandal, Gopinath Perumal, Harpreet S Arora, Sajal K Ghosh, Harpreet S Grewal (2021), Green Manufacturing of Nanostructured Al-Based Sustainable Self-Cleaning Metallic Surfaces, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 278, 123373, (I.F. 9.7).
  11. Jibril Shittu, Maryam Sadeghilaridjani, Mayur Pole, Saideep Muskeri, Jie Ren, Yanfang Liu, Ismael Tahoun, Harpreet S Arora, Wen Chen, Narendra Dahotre, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2021), Tribo-Corrosion Response of Additively Manufactured High-Entropy Alloy, npj Materials Degradation, Vol. 5, 1-8 (I.F. 5.9).
  12. Mayank Garg, HS Grewal, Harpreet S Arora, (2021), Effect of Microwave Processing on The Oxidation Behavior of Refractory High Entropy Alloy, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 262, (I.F: 4.0).
  13. Priya Mandal, Jayanth Ivvala, Harpreet S Arora, Harpreet S Grewal, Sajal K Ghosh, (2021) Structured Aluminium Surfaces with Tunable Wettability Fabricated By a Green Approach, Materials Letters, Vol. 300, 130186 (I.F: 3.4).
  14. AK Sharma, G Perumal, Harpreet S Arora, HS Grewal,(2021), Slurry Erosion-Corrosion Resistance of MoNbTaTiZr High Entropy Alloy, Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, Vol.7, 1-10.
  15. Jayanth Ivvala, Priya Mandal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal (2021), Facile Approach for Modulating Wetting of Hierarchically Structured Metallic Surface, Surface Innovations, Vol. 40, (I.F: 3).
  16. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, RP Singh, HS Grewal, (2021), Slurry Erosion Resistance of Microwave Derived Ni-SiC Composite Claddings, Silicon, 1-13, (I.F: 2.6).
  17. Rakesh B Nair, Harpreet S Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, (2020), Slurry Erosion–Corrosion of Bimodal Complex Concentrated Alloy Composite Cladding, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 22, 2000626 (I.F. 3.8).
  18. Jibril Shittu, Mayur Pole, Irsalan Cockerill, Maryam Sadeghilaridjani, L Vinod Kumar Reddy, Geetha Manivasagam, Harpreet Singh, Harpreet S Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2020), Biocompatible High Entropy Alloys with Excellent Degradation Resistance in a Simulated Physiological Environment, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Vol. 3, 8890-8900.
  19. Priya Mandal, Jayanth Ivvala, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal, (2020), Sustainable Approach for the Development of Durable Superhydrophobic Metallic Surfaces, Materials Letters, Vol. 279, 128516. (I.F: 3.4).
  20. G Perumal, HS Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2020), Enhanced Durability, Bio-Activity and Corrosion Resistance Of Stainless Steel Through Severe Surface Deformation, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 194, 111197. (I.F. 5.2).
  21. Rakesh B Nair, HS Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, (2020), Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance of a Friction Stir Processed High Entropy Alloy, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, Vol. 27, 1353-1362, (I.F: 1.71).
  22. Harpreet Singh Arora, Gopinath Perumal, Manjeet Rani, Harpreet S Grewal (2020), Facile and Green Engineering Approach for Enhanced Corrosion Resistance of Ni–Cr–Al2O3 Thermal Spray Coatings, ACS omega, Vol. 5, 24558-24566, (I.F. 3.5).
  23. Harpreet Singh Arora, S Pradhan, A Kumar, G Perumal, R Salloom, S Mukherjee, HS Grewal (2020), Cavitation Erosion-Corrosion Resilient Surfaces Through Reciprocating Friction Processing, Wear, Vol. 456, 203385 (I.F. 3.89).
  24. Harpreet Singh Arora, M. Rani, G. Perumal, H.Singh, H.S. Grewal, (2020), “Enhanced Cavitation Erosion–Corrosion Resistance of High-Velocity Oxy-Fuel-Sprayed Ni-Cr-Al2O3 Coatings Through Stationary Friction Processing”, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-020-01050-5 [I.F. 2.12].
  25. P Mandal, A Shishodia, N Ali, S Ghosh, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S Grewal and S K Ghosh, (2020), “Effect of topography and chemical treatment on the hydrophobicity and antibacterial activities of micropatterned aluminium surfaces”, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 8 025017 [I.F. 2.4].
  26. H.S. Grewal, R.B. Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2020), “Complex concentrated Alloy Bimodal Composite Claddings with Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance” Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 392, 25 June 2020, 125751 [I.F. 3.2].
  27. Gopinath Perumal, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Mayur Pole, L Vinod Kumar Reddy, Sundeep Mukherjee, Harpreet Singh, Geetha Manivasagam, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2020), “Enhanced Bio-Corrosion Resistance and Cellular Response of Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloy through Reduced Elemental Heterogeneity”, ACS Applied Bio Materials, doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b01127
  28. J Dominic, G Perumal, HS Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2020), “Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Brass Surface For Excellent Corrosion Resistance”, Surface Engineering, doi.org/10.1080/02670844.2020.1727687 [I.F. 2.2].
  29. Shreya Gupta, A Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal (2020), “High Durability of Non-Fluorinated Superhydrophobic Nanocomposite Coatings”, Materials Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127717 [I.F. 3.2].
  30. Harpreet Singh Arora, M Rani, G Perumal, M Roy, H Singh, HS Grewal, (2020), “Structural Rejuvenation of Thermal Spray Coating Through Stationary Friction Processing”, Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 389, Page 125631[I.F. 3.2].
  31. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, RB Nair, I Chakraborty, A Chauhan, HS Grewal, (2020), “Wear Behavior of Microwave-Annealed and Cryogenically Treated Thermal Spray Coatings: A Comparative Evaluation”, Materials Today Proceedings, doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.985
  32. Rakesh. B. Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, and H. S. Grewal, (2020), “Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Friction-Stir Processed High Entropy Alloy”, International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2000-9 [I.F. 2.1].
  33. I. Chakraborty, A. Chauhan, R.B. Nair, A. Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, H.S. Grewal, (2020) “Tribological behavior of NiTi alloy processed under different cooling conditions”, Materials Today Proceedings, DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.946
  34. M Rani, G Perumal, M Roy, HS Grewal, H Singh, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2019), “Post-processing of Ni-Cr-Al2O3 Thermal Spray Coatings Through Friction Stir Processing for Enhanced Erosion–Corrosion” Performance, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 28 (7), 1466-1477, [I.F. 2.12].
  35. A Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal, (2019), “Microwave-Assisted Post-processing of Detonation Gun-Sprayed Coatings for Better Slurry and Cavitation Erosion Resistance” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology 28 (7), 1565-1578, [I.F. 2.12].
  36. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, AV Boyana, P Saiteja, HS Grewal, (2019), “Tribological behavior of microwave synthesized high entropy alloy claddings”  Wear 436, 203028, [I.F. 3.3].
  37. A Shishodia, Harpreet Singh Arora, A Babu, P Mandal, HS Grewal, (2019), “Multidimensional durability of superhydrophobic self-cleaning surface derived from rice-husk ash” Progress in Organic Coatings 136, 105221 [I.F. 3.4].
  38. G Perumal, HS Grewal, A Ayyagari, S Mukherjee, Harpreet Singh Arora* (2019), “Enhancement in bio-corrosion resistance of metallic glass by severe surface deformation”, Applied Surface Science, 487, 1096-1103, [I.F. 5.1].
  39. Harpreet Singh Arora*, A. Ayyagari, J. Saini, K. Selvam, S. Riyadh, M. Pole, H.S. Grewal, S. Mukherjee, (2019), “High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Dual-phase Bimodal Steel through Stationary Friction Stir Processing” Nature Scientific Reports, 1972 (2019), [I.F. 4.2].
  40. Karthik Selvam, Jaskaran Saini, Gopinath Perumal, Aditya Ayyagari, Riyadh Salloom, Riya Mondal, Sundeep Mukherjee, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora*, (2019) “Exceptional Cavitation Erosion-corrosion Behavior of Dual-phase Bimodal Stainless Steel”  Tribology International, Vol. 134, pp. 77-86  [I.F. 3.5].
  41. Jaskaran Saini, Harpreet Singh Arora*, Gopinath Perumal, Aditya Ayyagari, Riyadh Salloom, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2019), Excellent Corrosion Resistance of Dual-Phase Bimodal Stainless Steel, Steel Research International DOI: 10.1002/srin.201800554  [I.F. 1.5].
  42. G. Perumal, A. Chakrabarti, H.S. Grewal, S. Pati, S. Singh,  Harpreet Singh Arora*, (2019) “Enhanced Antibacterial Properties and Cellular Response of Stainless Steel through Friction Stir Processing” Biofouling, DOI:  10.1080/08927014.2019.1584794 [I.F. 2.8].
  43. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh, H.S .Grewal, (2019), Microwave Synthesized Composite Claddings with Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance, Wear, Vol. 422, 242-251, [I.F. 3.0].
  44. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal, (2018), “Microwave Synthesized Complex Concentrated Alloy Coatings: Plausible Solution to Cavitation Induced Erosion-Corrosion” Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 50, pp. 114-125 [I.F. 7.27].
  45. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, P Mandal, HS Grewal, (2018), “Complex Concentrated Coatings: Effect of Processing Route on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties”, Materials Letters, Vol. 230, pp. 100-104 [I.F. 3.0].
  46. A  Ayyagari, V Hasannaeimi, Harpreet Singh Arora, S Mukherjee, (2018), “Electrochemical and Friction Characteristics of Metallic Glass Composites at the Microstructural Length-scales”, Nature Scientific reports 8 (1), 906 [I.F. 4.5].
  47. Aditya Ayyagari, Vahid Hasannaeimi, Harpreet Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2018), “Corrosion, Erosion and Wear Behavior of Complex Concentrated Alloys: A Review”, Metals, Vol. 8, pp. 603 [I.F. 1.7].
  48. A. Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, S. N. Behera, M. Sharma, H S Grewal, , (2018) “Towards Highly Durable Bimodal Composite Claddings Using Microwave Processing”, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 349, pp. 655-666 [I.F. 3.1].
  49. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, P. Mandal, S. Das, H. S. Grewal, (2018) “High‐Performance Microwave‐Derived Multi‐Principal Element Alloy Coatings for Tribological Application”, Advanced Engineering Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adem.201800163 [I.F. 2.5].
  50. Gopinath Perumal, Aditya Ayyagari, Amrita Chakrabarti, Deepika Kannan, Soumya Pati, H S Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, Shailja Singh, Harpreet Singh Arora*, (2017) “Friction Stir Processing of Stainless Steel for Ascertaining its Superlative Performance in Bio-Implant Applications”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11064 [I.F. 8.0].
  51. K Selvam, P Mandal, HS Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2017), “Ultrasonic Cavitation Erosion-Corrosion Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Stainless Steel”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 44, 331-339 [I.F. 7.2].
  52. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, S. Singh, H. Singh, H. S. Grewal, (2017) “Exceptionally High Cavitation Erosion and Corrosion Resistance of a High Entropy Alloy”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 41, pp. 252-260 [I.F. 7.2].
  53. RB Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, A Ayyagari, S Mukherjee, HS Grewal, (2017), “High Entropy Alloys: Prospective Materials for Tribo‐Corrosion Applications”, Advanced Engineering Materials, 1700946 [I.F. 2.5].
  54. Santanu Das, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2017), “Metallic Glass Nano-composite Thin Films for High-performance Functional Applications”, The Journal of Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (JOM), Vol. 69, pp. 1165-1169. [I.F. 1.8].
  55. Harpreet Singh Grewal, R M Sanjiv, Harpreet Singh Arora, Ram Kumar, A. Aayagari, Sundeep Mukherjee, H Singh, (2017), “Activation Energy and High Oxidation Resistance of Multi-principle Element Alloy”, Advanced Engineering Materials, doi.org/10.1002/adem.201700182. [I.F. 2.5].
  56. Karthikeyan Selvam, Aditya Prakash, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2017), “Structural Refinement in Austenitic Stainless Steel by Submerged Friction Stir Processing”, Material Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 197, pp. 200-207 [I.F. 2.0].
  57. Ayyagari Aditya, H. Felix Wu, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2017), “Amorphous Metallic Alloys: Pathways for Enhanced Wear and Corrosion Resistance”, The Journal of Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (JOM), DOI: 10.1007/s11837-017-2384-9 [I.F. 1.8].
  58. Karthikeyan Selvam, Aditya Ayyagiri, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2017), “Enhancing the Erosion-Corrosion Resistance of Steel through Friction Stir Processing”, Wear, Vol. 386, pp. 129-138 [I.F. 3.3].
  59. R B Nair, K. Selvam, Harpreet Singh Arora, S. Mukherjee, H Singh, H S Grewal, (2017), Slurry Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloys, Wear, Vol. 386, pp. 230-238 [I.F. 3.3].
  60. K. Selvam, R B Nair, H S Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, H Singh, (2017), High Strain Rate Deformation of Austenitic Steel for Enhancing Erosion Resistance, Wear, Vol. 376, pp. 1021-1029 [I.F. 3.3].
  61. Sanghita Mridha, Harpreet Singh Arora, Joseph Lefebvre, Sanjit Bhowmick and Sundeep Mukherjee, (2016), “High Temperature In Situ Compression of Thermoplastically Formed Nano-scale Metallic Glass”, The Journal of Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Springer, Vol. 69, pp. 39-44, [I.F. 1.8].
  62. Hitesh. D. Vora, Sanghita Mridha, Shravana Katakam, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, Narendra B. Dahotre, (2016), “Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Laser Induced Transformation in Zirconium based Bulk Metallic Glass”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Vol. 432, pp. 237-245 [I.F. 1.7].

  • Harpreet Singh Arora, H.S. Grewal, B.K. Dhindaw, H. Singh, Sundeep Mukherjee, "Corrosion Behavior in Friction Stir Welded and Processed Materials" in Book Titled  "Advances in Friction Stir Welding and Processing"  Woodhead Publishing, UK, ISBN 978-0-85709-454.

  1. Harpreet Singh Arora, “Tailoring Surfaces for Multidimensional Applications” Invited Talk at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, UPES, Dehradun, June 2022.
  2. Harpreet Singh Arora, “Stationary friction processing of high-entropy alloy for superior bio-implant applications”  26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials [ISMANAM 2019], 8-12, July 2019, Chennai, India.
  3. Harpreet Singh Arora, H.S. Grewal, S. Mukherjee, “A Facile Single-step Processing for Ascertaining High Tensile Ductility and Strength in Austenitic Stainless Steel,” 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore, Singapore, 23th to 28th June 2019 [Invited Talk].
  4. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. S. Grewal, H. Singh, “Exceptional Degradation Resistance of Thermal Spray Coating through Stationary Friction Processing”, 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore, Singapore, 23th to 28th June 2019. [Invited Talk].
  5. H S Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, “Development of Robust Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Surface from Rice-husk Ash”, 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore, Singapore, 23th to 28th June 2019.
  6. H S Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, “Multidimensional Durability of Microwave Synthesized High Entropy Alloy Claddings”, 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore, Singapore, 23th to 28th June 2019.
  7. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, HS Grewal,  “Enhanced Slurry and Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Microwave Derived Bimodal Composite Claddings” 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) organized by Materials Research Society of Singapore, Singapore, 23th to 28th June 2019.
  8. Priya Mandal, Gopinath Perumal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Sajal Kumar Ghosh, H S Grewal, "Fabrication of multifunctional nano-structured aluminium surface by simple hot water treatment", International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2019) organized by  Department of Physics, Nirmalagiri College, Kerala, India, 12th to 14th June 2019 (Abstract accepted).
  9. Priya Mandal, Abilash Shishodia, Nasir Ali, S Ghosh, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S. Grewal, Sajal K. Ghosh, "Multifunctional micro-patterned Aluminum Surfaces: Characterization and their applications", International Conference on Advanced Materials, organized by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 6th to 7th March 2019.
  10. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S Grewal, “Comparative Evaluation of the Erosion Behavior of Microwave-Derived and Thermal Sprayed Coatings” 6th International Conference on Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM 2019) organized by Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 25-28, 2019.
  11. G. Perumal, A. Ayyagari, A. Chakrabarti, S. Pati, H.S. Grewal, S. Mukherjee, S. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Influence of phase change and Ultra fine-grained microstructure in SS316L for biomedical applications”, BioMET2018 - International conference on Bio-Materials, Bio-Engineering and Bio-Theranostics, VIT Vellore, July 24–28, 2018.
  12. G. Perumal,  A. Chakrabarti, S. Pati, H.S. Grewal, S. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Anti-bacterial activity of Friction stir processed austenitic stainless steel with S. coccus and E.coli”, BioMET2018 - International conference on Bio-Materials, Bio-Engineering and Bio-Theranostics, VIT Vellore, July 24 – 28, 2018.
  13. Palak Jain, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S Grewal, “Development of Bio-Inspired Self-Cleaning Surfaces Using Hybrid Approach” International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018) organized by Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Jaipur, May 4-5, 2018.
  14. Abhishek Babu, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S Grewal, “Cavitation Erosion Behavior of Microwave Derived Ni-Based Composite Coatings” International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018) organized by Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Jaipur, May 4-5, 2018.
  15. Rakesh Nair, Harpreet Singh Arora, H S Grewal, “Tribo-Corrosion Behaviour of High Entropy Alloy” International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018) organized by Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Jaipur, May 4-5, 2018.
  16. P.Mandal, Abhilash Shishodia, N.A. Sayad, S. Ghosh, Harpreet Singh Arora, H.S. Grewal, S.K. Ghosh, "Micro-patterned aluminium surfaces: Characterization and their applications", Soft and Active Matter Workshop, UGC-Networking Resource Centre, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, 10th to 18th February 2018.
  17. R B Nair, K. Selvam, Harpreet Singh Arora, S. Mukherjee, H Singh, H S Grewal, “Slurry Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloys”, Wear of Materials (WOM) conference, Long Beach, California, 2017.
  18. K. Selvam, R B Nair, H S Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, H Singh,  “High Strain Rate Deformation of Austenitic Steel For Enhancing Erosion Resistance”, Wear of Materials (WOM) conference, Long Beach, California, 2017.
  19. Harpreet Singh Arora, A.V. Aditya, S. Mukherjee, (2015), "Bulk Metallic Glass: A Superior Erosion and Cavitation Resistant Material" TMS-2015 Supplemental Proceedings, 667-677.
  20. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Grewal, Harpreet Singh, S. Mukherjee, (2014), "Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses Subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation" TMS-2014, San Diego, California, USA.
  21. Harpreet Singh Arora, S Mukherjee, (2014), "Wettability of Electrochemically Nano-textured Metallic Glasses", MRS Proceedings.
  22. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh and H.S. Grewal, “Fabrication of Al based Nano-composite Using Friction Stir Processing” Proc. “NanosciTech 2012” Feb.15-18, 2012 held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.
  23. H.S. Grewal, H. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Cavitation Studies on Friction Stir Processed Al based Nano-composite” Proc. “NanosciTech 2012” Feb.15-18, 2012 held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.
  24. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh and H.S. Grewal, “Fabrication and Characterization of AM50/TiC Nano-composite Using Friction Stir Processing” Proc. “ICONSAT 2012” Jan. 20- 23, 2012 held at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad (A.P), India.
  25. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh, B.K Dhindaw, H.S Grewal, “Improving the Tribological Properties of Mg Based AZ31alloy Using Friction Stir Processing” 2012, in International conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO 2012), organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee, held during Nov.2-4, 2012.
  26. H.S. Grewal, A. Agrawal, H. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Evaluation and development of economical viable coatings for erosion protection of hydroturbines” 2012, in International conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO 2012), organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee, held during Nov.2-4, 2012.
  27. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh, B.K Dhindaw, H.S Grewal, “3-Dimensional Transient Heat Modeling and Simulation of Strain Fields during Friction Stir Processing” “3rd Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures” held at IIT Delhi during Dec. 5-8, 2012.
  28. H.S. Grewal, A. Agrawal, H. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Development of Novel Mathematical Models for Slurry Erosion Prediction”, “3rd Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures” held at IIT Delhi during Dec. 5-8, 2012.
  29. Harpreet Singh Arora, H. Singh, B.K Dhindaw and H.S. Grewal, “Effect of Microstructural Evolution on the Properties of Friction Stir Processed Al 6061 Alloy” Proc. “The International Conference on X-Rays and Related Technique in Research & Industry (ICXRI) 2012” June 2-4, 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia.
  30. H.S. Grewal, H. Singh and Harpreet Singh Arora, “Friction Stir Processing of Mild Steel to Enhance its Surface Hardness” Proc. “The International Conference on X-Rays and Related Technique in Research & Industry (ICXRI) 2012” June 2-4, 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia.
  31. B. Dhindaw, H. Singh, Harpreet Singh Arora, (2012), "Some Studies on the Microstructural Changes in a Mg-Based AE 42 Alloy Subjected to Friction Stir Processing", AIP Conference Proceedings.

  1. High Performance Supercapacitors through Nano-moulding and Surface Activation; Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA), Department of Science and Technology (DST); Amount: ₹22 Lakhs; Status: Ongoing; Role: PI.
  2. Tailoring the Surface Properties of Crystalline and Amorphous Metals for Advanced Bio-Implants; Department of Science and Technology (DST); Amount: ₹25 Lakhs; Status: Completed; Role: PI.
  3. Partnership 2020: Leveraging US-India Cooperation in Higher Education; US-India Partnership for Manufacturing of Advanced Metallic Bio-implants and Local Economic Development; Amount: US$ 1,00,000; Status: Completed; Role: PI.
  4. Modulating Coating Properties for Enhanced Protection from Erosion-Corrosion: A Systematic Approach on Delineating the Effect of Post-Processing Conditions; Naval Research Board (NRB); Amount: ₹27 Lakhs; Status: Completed; Role: PI.
  5. Development of Durable Self- Cleaning Surfaces; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Amount: ₹28 Lakhs; Status: Completed; Role: Co-PI.
  6. Indo-US Joint Center for Development of Durable Advanced Materials for Bioimplants; Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF);(IUSSTF/JC/00047/2017); Amount: ₹30 Lakhs; Status: Completed; Role: Co-PI.
  7. India Development of Cold Spray Based Additive Manufacturing Process for Industrial Applications; Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education; Amount: ₹2.85 Cr; Status; Completed; Role: Co-PI.
  8. Sustainable Manufacturing of the Nanostructured Self-Cleaning Surfaces; Core Research Grant (CRG), Department of Science and Technology (DST); Amount: ₹19 Lakh; Status: Ongoing; Role: Co-PI.

Granted (02):

US Patent (01)
(1) Title: A Method for Modifying Surface Grain Structure of the Material and Apparatus Thereof
Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Jaskaran Singh Saini, Karthikeyan Selvam.

Indian Patent (01)
(2) Title: Erosion Resistance Bimodal Composite Coating Composition And Method Thereof
Inventors: Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Abhishek Babu.


Filed (07):

(1) Title: An Apparatus and a Method For Processing Stainless Steel and an Improved Stainless Steel for Bio-Implants Thereof
a.        Patent Application Number: PCT/IN2018/050005
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Soumya Pati, Shailja Singh, Gopinath Perumal

(2) Title: An Improved Powder Refining Device And Method Thereof
a.        Patent Application Number: 201811034959
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Gautam T, Kashish Vijay,  Karthikeyan Selvam

(3) Title: Facile Physiochemical Treatment for Developing Non-Fluorinated Self-Cleaning Surface
a.        Patent Application Number: 201911002740
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora,Abhijith Nambiar, Abhishek Babu

(4) Title: A Stationary Friction Processing System For Minimizing Segregation in a Metallic Work Piece And Method Thereof
a.        Patent Application Number: 201911007802
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, Harpreet Singh, Gopinath Perumal

(5) Title: Stationary Friction Processing of Thermal Spray Coating for Dramatically Enhancing its Erosion Resistance
a.        Patent Application Number: 201911054427
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh, Manish Roy, Manjeet Rani

(6) Title: Thermomechanical Processing for Increased Hydrothermal Treatment Activity
a.        Patent Application Number: 202011010265
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Grewal, Harpreet Singh Arora, Jayanth Ivvala

(7) Title: Nano-Moulding of Metals And Alloys and Process Thereof
a.        Patent Application Number: 202111048897
b.        Inventors: Harpreet Singh Arora, Arpit Thomas, Ambrish Kumar