Faculty at School of Engineering
Harpreet Singh Grewal
Professor
School of Engineering
Contact Information
- Email: [email protected]
- Number: Extn: 735
Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering Bioinspiration, and Biomimetic Robotics
2014, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
2007, M.Tech., Machine Design, Punjab Technical University
2005, B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Technical University
07/19-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
07/15-06/19
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
02/14-07/15
Post-Doctorate, Center for Biomicrosystems, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea
05/07-12/10
Assistant Professor, Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology, (Punjab), India
06/05-05/07
Design Engineer, Kanwal Gurdeep Engineering Works, (Punjab), India
2016, Early Career Research Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
2014, KIST Young Researcher Award by Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
2014, Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship by State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland
2014, Best PhD Thesis Award (2014), Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
2013, TTRF Young Tribologist Award by Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation, Japan
- M Garg, HS Grewal, RK Sharma, B Gwalani, HS Arora (2022) ‘High Oxidation Resistance of AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy through Severe Shear Deformation Processing’, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 917, pp. 165385
- P Mandal, SK Ghosh, HS Grewal (2022) ‘Graphene oxide coated aluminium as an efficient antibacterial surface’, Environmental Technology & Innovation Vol. 28, pp. 102591
- M Garg, HS Grewal, RK Sharma, HS Arora (2022) ‘Enhanced Oxidation Resistance of Ultrafine-Grain Microstructure AlCoCrFeNi High Entropy Alloy’, ACS Omega, Vol. 7(15), pp. 12589-12600
- P Mandal, J Ivvala, HS Arora, SK Ghosh, HS Grewal (2022) ‘Bioinspired micro/nano structured aluminum with multifaceted applications’, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 211, pp. 112311
- Jayanth Ivvala, Priya Mandal, H. S. Arora, H. S. Grewal (2022) ‘Eco-friendly and facile fabrication of superhydrophobic aluminum alloy’, Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng., Part J, Vol. 236, pp. 259-265
- A Babu, HS Arora, RP Singh, HS Grewal (2022) ‘Slurry erosion resistance of microwave derived Ni-SiC composite claddings’, Silicon, Vol. 14, pp. 1069-1081
- J Ivvala, HS Arora, HS Grewal (2022) ‘Development of superhydrophobic metallic surfaces with tuned morphology through microwave processing’, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 275, pp. 125310
- Jayanth Ivvala, Priya Mandal, H. S. Arora, H. S. Grewal (2022) ‘Facile approach for modulating wetting of hierarchically structured metallic surface’, Surface Innovations, Vol. 10, pp. 25-36, (I.F. 2.9)
- A Babu, G Perumal, HS Arora, HS Grewal (2021) ‘Enhanced slurry and cavitation erosion resistance of deep cryogenically treated thermal spray coatings for hydroturbine applications’, Renewable Energy, Vol. 180, pp. 1044-1055
- A Babu, HS Arora, HS Grewal (2021) ‘Development of Cavitation Erosion-Resistant Microwave Processed WC-based Cladding’, Tribology Transactions, Vol. 64 (6), pp. 1118-1126
- S Gupta, J Ivvala, HS Grewal (2021) ‘Development of natural wax based durable superhydrophobic coatings’, Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 171, pp. 113871
- P Mandal, J Ivvala, HS Arora, HS Grewal, SK Ghosh (2021) ‘Structured aluminium surfaces with tunable wettability fabricated by a green approach’, Materials Letters, Vol. 300, pp. 130186
- AK Sharma, G Perumal, HS Arora, HS Grewal (2021) ‘Slurry Erosion-Corrosion Resistance of MoNbTaTiZr High Entropy Alloy’, Journal of Bio-and Tribo-Corrosion, Vol. 7 (3), pp. 1-10
- M Garg, HS Grewal, HS Arora (2021) ‘Effect of microwave processing on the oxidation behavior of refractory high entropy alloy’, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 262, pp. 124256
- A Kumar, A Thomas, M Garg, G Perumal, HS Grewal, HS Arora (2021) ‘High performance CuO@ brass supercapacitor electrodes through surface activation’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 9 (14), pp. 9327-9336
- Priya Mandal, G Perumal , H. S. Arora, Sajal Ghosh, H. S. Grewal (2021) ‘Green Manufacturing of Nanostructured Al-Based Sustainable Self-cleaning Metallic Surfaces’, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 278, pp. 123373 (I.F. 7.2)
- A Babu, HS Arora, RP Singh, HS Grewal, (2021) ‘Slurry Erosion Resistance of Microwave Derived Ni-SiC Composite Claddings’, Silicon, Vol. 2’, pp. 1-13
- R. B. Nair, H S Arora, H S Grewal, (2020) ‘Slurry Erosion-Corrosion Behavior of Bimodal Reinforced Complex Concentrated Alloy Composite Claddings’, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 22(12), pp. 2000626 (I.F. 3.2)
- Priya Mandal, Jayanth Ivvala, H. S. Arora, H. S. Grewal (2020) ‘Sustainable Approach for the Development of Durable Superhydrophobic Metallic Surfaces’, Material Letters, Vol. 279, pp. 128516 (I.F. 3.2)
- Jibril Shittu, Mayur Pole, Irsalan Cockerill, Maryam Sadeghilaridjani, L Vinod Kumar Reddy, Geetha Manivasagam, H Singh, H S Grewal, H S Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, (2020) ‘Biocompatible High Entropy Alloys with Excellent Degradation Resistance in a Simulated Physiological Environment’, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Vol. 3(12), pp. 8890-8900
- G Perumal, HS Arora, HS Grewal, (2020) ‘Enhanced durability, bio-activity and corrosion resistance of stainless steel through severe surface deformation’, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 194, pp. 111197 (I.F. 4.3)
- HS 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. 456-57, pp. 203385 (I.F. 4.1)
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, H. S. Grewal, (2020) ‘Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance of Friction-Stir Processed High Entropy Alloy’, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., Vol. 27(10), pp. 1353-1362 (I.F. 1.3)
- HS Arora, M Rani, G Perumal, H Singh, HS 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, Vol. 29, pp. 1183-1194 (I.F. 2.5)
- Shreya Gupta, A Babu, H S Arora, H S Grewal, (2020) ‘High Durability of Non-Fluorinated Superhydrophobic Nanocomposite Coatings’, Materials Letters, Vol. 270, pp. 127717 (I.F. 3.2)
- H. S. Grewal, R B Nair, H. S. Arora, (2020) ‘Complex concentrated alloy bimodal composite claddings with enhanced cavitation erosion resistance’, Surface Coatings and Technology, Vol. 392, pp. 125751 (I.F. 3.7)
- Priya Mandal, Abhilash Shishodia, Nasir Ali, Subhasis Ghosh, H. S. Arora H. S. Grewal, Sajal Ghosh , (2020) ‘Effect of topography and chemical treatment on the hydrophobicity and antibacterial activities of micropatterned aluminium surfaces’, Surface Topography, DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/ab8d86 (I.F. 2.5)
- HS Arora, M Rani, G Perumal, M Roy, H Singh, HS Grewal, (2020) ‘Structural rejuvenation of thermal spray coating through stationary friction processing’, Surface Coatings and Technology, Vol. 389, pp. 125631 (I.F. 3.7)
- G Perumal, H S Grewal, M Pole, LVK Reddy, S Mukherjee, H Singh, G Manivasagam, H S Arora, (2020) ‘Enhanced Bio-Corrosion Resistance and Cellular Response of Dual-Phase High Entropy Alloy through Reduced Elemental Heterogeneity’, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Vol. 3(2), pp. 1233-1244
- J Dominic, G Perumal, H S Grewal, H S Arora, (2020) ‘Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic brass surface for excellent corrosion resistance’, Surface Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2020.1727687 (I.F.2.3)
- A. Babu, H.S.Arora, R.B.Nair, I.Chakraborty, A.Chauhan, H.S.Grewal, (2020) ‘Wear behavior of microwave-annealed and cryogenically treated thermal spray coatings: A comparative evaluation’, Mater. Today Proc., DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.985
- I.Chakraborty, A.Chauhan, R.B.Nair, A. Babu, H.S.Arora, H.S.Grewal, (2020) ‘Tribological behavior of NiTi alloy processed under different cooling conditions’, Mater. Today Proc., DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.02.946
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, AV Boyana, P Saiteja, H. S. Grewal, (2019) ‘Tribological behavior of microwave synthesized high entropy alloy claddings’, Wear, Vol. 436-437, pp. 203028 (I.F. 3.3)
- Abhilash Shishodia, HS Arora, Abhishek Babu, Priya Mandal, H. S. Grewal, (2019) ‘Multidimensional durability of superhydrophobic self-cleaning surface derived from rice-husk ash’, Progress in Organic Coatings, Vol. 136, pp. 105221 (I.F. 3.4)
- Prashant Pendyala, Hong Nam Kim, H S Grewal, U. Chae, S. Yang, Il-Joo Cho, S., Eui-Sung Yoon, (2019) ‘Internal-Flow-Mediated, Tunable 1D Cassie-to-Wenzel Wetting Transition on Superhydrophobic Microcavity Surfaces during Evaporation’, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 23(4), pp. 275-288.
- A Babu, HS Arora, H Singh, HS Grewal, (2019) ‘Microwave-Assisted Post-processing of Detonation Gun-Sprayed Coatings for Better Slurry and Cavitation Erosion Resistance’, Journal of Thermal Spray, Vol. 28, pp. 1565-1578 (I.F. 2.1)
- M Rani, G. Perumal, M. Roy, H. S. Grewal, H. Singh, H. S. Arora, (2019) ‘Post-processing of Ni-Cr-Al2O3 thermal spray coatings through friction stir processing for enhanced erosion-corrosion performance’, Journal of Thermal Spray, Vol. 28, pp. 1466-1477 (I.F. 2.1)
- Gopinath Perumal, H S Grewal, A Ayyagari, S Mukherjee, H S Arora, (2019) ‘Enhancement in bio-corrosion resistance of metallic glass by severe surface deformation’, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 487, pp. 1096-1103 (I.F. 5.1)
- A Babu, HS Arora, H Singh, HS Grewal, (2019) ‘Microwave Synthesized Composite Claddings with Enhanced Cavitation Erosion Resistance’, Wear, Vol. 422-423, pp. 242-251 (I.F. 3.3)
- HS Arora, A Ayyagari, J Saini, K Selvam, S Riyadh, M Pole, HS Grewal, S Mukherjee (2019) ‘High tensile Ductility and strength in Dual-phase Bimodal steel through stationary Friction stir processing’, Scientific Reports, Vol. 9(1), pp. 1972 (I.F. 4.7)
- Gopinath Perumal, Amrita Chakrabarti, H S Grewal, Soumya Pati, Shailja Singh, H S Arora, (2019) ‘Enhanced antibacterial properties and the cellular response of stainless steel through friction stir processing’, Biofouling, Vol. 35(2), pp. 187-203 (I.F. 2.8)
- J Saini, HS Arora, HS Grewal, G Perumal, A Ayyagari, R Salloom, S Mukherjee, (2019) ‘Excellent Corrosion Resistance of Dual-Phase Bimodal Stainless Steel’, Steel Research International, Vol. 90(5), pp. 1800554 (I.F. 1.4)
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, H. S. Grewal, (2019) ‘Microwave Synthesized Complex Concentrated Alloy Coatings: Plausible Solution to Cavitation Induced Erosion-Corrosion’, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 41, pp. 252-260 (I.F. 7.2)
- K Selvam, J Saini, G Perumal, A Ayyagari, R Salloom, R Mondal, S Mukherjee, HS Grewal, HS Arora (2019) ‘Exceptional cavitation erosion-corrosion behavior of dual-phase bimodal structure in austenitic stainless steel’, Tribology International, Vol. 134, pp. 77-86 (I.F. 3.5)
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, P. Mandal, H. S. Grewal, (2018) ‘Complex concentrated coatings: Effect of processing route on microstructural and mechanical properties’, Material Letters, Vol. 230, pp. 100-104. (I.F. 3)
- A. Ayyagari, V. Hasannaeimi, H. S. Grewal, H. S. Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee (2018) ‘Corrosion, Erosion and Wear Behavior of Complex Concentrated Alloys: A Review’, Metals, Vol. 8(8), pp. 603 (I.F. 1.7)
- A. Babu, H. S. 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. 2.9)
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, P. Mandal, S. Das, H. S. Grewal, (2018) ‘High-Performance Microwave-Derived Multi-Principal Element Alloy Coatings for Tribological Application’, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 20(9), p. 1800163 (I.F. 2.9)
- K Selvam, Priya Mandal, H S Grewal, HS Arora, (2018) ‘Ultrasonic Cavitation Erosion-Corrosion Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Stainless Steel’, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 44, pp. 331-339 (I.F. 6.0)
- R B Nair, A. Ayyagari, H. S. Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, H. S. Grewal, (2018) ‘High Entropy Alloys: Prospective Materials for Tribo-Corrosion Applications’, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 20(6), p. 1700946 (I.F. 2.9)
- R B Nair, H. S. Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, S. Singh, H. Singh, H. S. Grewal, (2018) ‘Exceptionally High Cavitation Erosion and Corrosion Resistance of a High Entropy Alloy’, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 41, pp. 252-260 (I.F. 6.0)
- Gopinath Perumal, Aditya Ayyagari, Amrita Chakrabarti, Deepika Kannan, Soumya Pati, H S Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, Shailja Singh, H S Arora, (2017) ‘Friction Stir Processing of Stainless Steel for Ascertaining its Superlative Performance in Bio-Implant Applications’, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 9(42), pp. 36615-36631 (I.F. 8.1)
- K Selvam, A Ayyagari, H S Grewal, S Mukherjee, HS Arora, (2017) ‘Enhancing the Erosion-Corrosion Resistance of Steel through Friction Stir Processing’, Wear, Vol. 386-387, pp. 129-138 (I.F. 2.96)
- Prashant Pendyala, Hong Nam Kim, H S Grewal, Il-Joo Cho, Eui-Sung Yoon, (2017) ‘Effect of capillary forces on the correlation between nanoscale adhesion and friction of polymer patterned surfaces’, Tribology International, Vol. 114, pp. 436-444 (I.F. 3.2)
- Karthikeyan Selvam, A Prakash , H S Grewal, H S Arora, (2017) ‘Structural Refinement in Austenitic Stainless Steel by Submerged Friction Stir Processing’, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 197, pp. 200-207 (I.F. 2.2)
- H S Grewal, R M Sanjiv, H S Arora, Ram Kumar, A. Ayyagari, Sundeep Mukerjee, H Singh, (2017) ‘Activation Energy and High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Multi-Principal Element Alloy’, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 19(11), p. 1700182 (I.F. 2.3)
- H S Grewal, Prashant Pendyala, Hyogeun Shin, Il-Joo Cho, Eui-Sung Yoon, (2017) ‘Nanotribological Behavior of Bioinspired Textured Surfaces with Directional Characteristics’, Wear, Vol. 384, pp. 151-158 (I.F. 3.2)
- B S Rakesh, Karthikeyan Selvam, H S Arora, Sundeep Mukherjee, H Singh, H S Grewal, (2017) ‘Slurry Erosion Behavior of High Entropy Alloys’, Wear, Vol. 386-387, pp. 230-238 (I.F. 2.96)
- Karthikeyan Selvam, B S Rakesh, H Singh, H S Grewal, H S Arora, (2017) ‘High Strain Deformation of Austenitic Steel for Enhancing the Erosion Resistance’, Wear, Vol. 376, pp. 1021-1029 (I.F. 2.96)
- Prashant Pendyala, H S Grewal, Hong Nam Kim, and Il-Joo Cho, Eui-Sung Yoon, (2016) ‘Individual role of the physicochemical characteristics of nanopatterns in adhesion and friction’, ACS Applied Material and Interface, Vol. 8, pp. 30590-30600 (I.F. 8.1)
- H S Grewal, Piao, S., Cho, II-Joo, Jhang, K-Y, and Yoon, Eui-Sung, (2016) " Nanotribological and Wetting Performance of Hierarchical Patterns " Soft Matter, Vol. 12, pp. 859-866 (I.F. 3.7)
- H S Grewal, Kim Hong Nam, Cho, II-Joo, and Yoon, Eui-Sung (2015), "Role of Viscous Dissipative Processes on the Wetting of Textured Surfaces" Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, paper no. 14159 (I.F. 4.1)
- H S Grewal, Singh, H., and Yoon, Eui-Sung (2015), "Interplay Between Erodent Concentration and Impingement Angle for Erosion in Dilute Water-Sand Flows" Wear, Vol. 332-333, pp. 1111-1119 (I.F. 2.96)
- H S Grewal, Cho, II-Joo, and Yoon, Eui-Sung (2015), "The Role of Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Structures in Wetting" Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 10(2), paper no: 026009 (I.F. 2.7)
- Arora, H. S., Grewal, H. S., Singh, H., Dhindaw, B. K., and Mukherjee, S. (2014) "Corrosion behaviour of friction stir processed and welded materials" in Advances in Friction-Stir Welding and Processing, Edited by M-K Besharati-Givi and P Asadi, Published by Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, U.K. ISBN: 9780857094544.
- Grewal, H. S., Singh, H., (2015) "Slurry Erosion Behavior of Thermal Spray Coatings" in Thermal Sprayed Coatings and Their Tribological Performances, Edited by Manish Roy and J. Paulo Davim, Published by IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA. ISBN: 9781466674899
- Microwave Derived Bi-modal Composite Coatings For Encountering Erosion-Related Problems, Early Career Research Grant (No. ECR/2015/000106), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2016, PI (Completed).
- Development of Durable Self-Cleaning Surfaces, Extramural Grant (No. 22/0756/17/EMR-II) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 2017, PI (Completed).
- Sustainable Manufacturing of the Nanostructured Self-Cleaning Surfaces, Core Research Grant (CRG/2021/000838-G), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2021, PI (Ongoing).
- Modulating Coating Properties for Enhanced Protection from Erosion-Corrosion: A Systematic Approach on Delineating the Effect of Post-Processing Conditions, Grant in Aid Scheme (No. NRB/4003/PG/399), Naval Research Board (NRB), 2017, Co-PI, (Completed).
- Indo-US Joint Center for Development of Durable Advanced Materials for Bio-implants, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) (IUSSTF/JC/00047/2017), 2017, Dr. Harpreet Singh (IIT Ropar) Co-PI, (Completed).
- Innovative Approach to Energy Savings in New and Existing Indian Habitats: Multilayer System for Energy Efficiency using Phase Change Materials, Initiative To Promote Habitat Energy Efficiency (I-PHEE) (TMD/CERI/BEE/2016/068(G), DST, 2017, PI- Dr. Ghanshyam Pal (SNU), Co-PI (Ongoing).
- Development of Cold-Spraying Based Additive Manufacturing Process For Industrial Application, Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana (No. UAY_IITRPR_001P), Ministry of Human Resourse Development (MHRD) and DST, 2016, Co-PI, in collaboration with IIT Ropar and GE Power, Banglore (Completed).
- H S Grewal, H Singh, and A Agrawal, "Simplified Liquid Droplet Erosion Tester", Application No.: 201611026820 (published).
- H S Arora, H S Grewal, Jaskaran Singh, Karthikeyan Selvam, 'A Method for Modifying Surface Grain Structure of the Material and Apparatus Thereof' Application No.: 201711025562 (published) PCT/IN2018/050004.
- H S Arora, H S Grewal, Shailja Singh, Soumya Pati, Gopinath Perumal, 'An Apparatus and a Method for Processing Stainless Steel and an Improved Stainless Steel for Bioimplants Thereof', Application No.: 201711025604 (published) PCT/IN2018/050005.
- H S Grewal, H S Arora, Abhishek Babu, 'Erosion Resistance Bimodal Composite Coating Composition And Method Thereof', Patent No: 357935 dated February 6, 2021. (GRANTED).
- H S Arora, H S Grewal, Gautam T, Kashish Vijay, Karthikeyan Selvam 'An Improved Powder Refining Device And Method Thereof', 201811034959 (filed).
- H S Grewal, H S Arora, Abhijith Nambiar, Abhishek Babu 'Facile Physiochemical treatment for Developing Non-fluorinated Self-cleaning Surface', Application No: 201911002740 (filed).
- H S Arora, H S Grewal, Sundeep Mukherjee, H Singh, Gopinath Perumal 'A Stationary Friction Processing System For Minimizing Segregation In A Metallic Work Piece And Method Thereof', Application No: 201911007802 (filed).
- H S Arora, H S Grewal, H Singh, Manjeet Rani 'Stationary Friction Processing Process of Thermal Spray Coating for Dramatically Enhancing its Erosion and Erosion-corrosion Resistance', Application No: 201911054427 (filed).
- H S Grewal, H S Arora, Jayant Ivvala 'Thermomechanical Treatment Method for Aggravating Formation of Nanostructures on Metallic Surface of Structural Materials', Application No: 202011010265 (filed).
- H S Grewal, Reshab Pradhan 'Robust, Transparent and Flexible Non-fluorinated Superhydrophobic films', Application No: 202211060989 (filed).