Prof. Harpreet Singh
Professor
PhD 2005, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
- Office: 330, Satish Dhawan Block, +91-1881-23-2362
- Specialization: Surface Engineering
- Research Areas: Surface Engineering-Thermal Spray and Cold Spray, Degradation of Materials, High Temperature Corrosion and its Prevention, Erosion of Hydraulic Turbines and its Control, Biomedical Coatings, Laser Ablation Resistant Coatings; Sustainable Manufacturing; Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing (CSAM); Waste Utilization
Prof. Harpreet Singh is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar. Prof. Harpreet Singh joins IIT Ropar as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Before joining IIT Ropar, he taught at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib. He has received Young Scientist Award, Career Award for Young Teachers, and Maharashtra Award for Outstanding Research Work by Teachers of Engineering Colleges. To his credit, he has completed several CSIR, DST and AICTE sponsored projects. Dr. Singh has attended conferences in USA, Canada, Netherlands, and South Korea.
With research experience since the early 2000s, Dr. Singh specializes in surface engineering, particularly thermal spray and cold spray techniques, corrosion and erosion resistance, biomedical coatings, and cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM). He led the establishment of a national facility in high-pressure cold spray at IIT Ropar, which serves both surface engineering and additive manufacturing applications.
Dr. Singh has published extensively — over 200 journal and conference papers — and holds multiple patents. He has supervised numerous PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, and undertaken many national and international sponsored projects. He has also served as Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, and is actively involved with professional societies in coatings, additive manufacturing, and materials degradation.
Administrative Experience:
- Cold Spray Lab: Principal Investigator for setting up North India’s first high-pressure cold spray laboratory at IIT Ropar, in collaboration with GE.
- Publications: Authored over 200 papers in international + national journals and conferences.
- Patents: Holds multiple patents in surface/coating technologies such as cold-spray coatings, swarf particle coatings, erosion-corrosion resistant coatings, and others.
- Awards & Recognition: Recipient of several honours including Young Scientist Award, Career Award for Young Teachers, Maharashtra Award for Outstanding Research Work by Teachers of Engineering Colleges; Faculty Research & Innovation Award at IIT Ropar.
- Smart Manufacturing
- Machine Design
- Surface Engineering
- Tribology
- (1) Singh, S., Kumar, A., Kamboj, M., Das, B., Rakha, K. and Singh, H., (2024), “Corrosion Behaviour of Plasma-Sprayed Baghdadite Bioceramic Coatings Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes”, J. Alloys and Compounds., Vol. 976, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023, 173094
- (2) Singh A.B., Bhakar, V., Gaurav, G., Khandelwal, C., Sarkar, P., Singh, H. and Dangayach, G.S., (2024), “Environmental Sustainability of Milk Production: A Comparative Environmental Impact Analysis and Sustainability Evaluation”, Front. Sustain., Vol. 5, 1352572. doi: 10.3389/frsus.2024.1352572
- (3) Girish, C. V., Singh, H., Prasad, R.M., (2024), “In-site Synthesized Polymer-Derived SiC Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites”, J. Alloys and Compounds., Vol. 976, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023, 173270.
- (4) Vinay, G., Halder, S., Kant, R., Singh, H., (2024), "Examining the Contribution of Tamping Effect on Inter-splat Bonding during Cold Spray", Mater. Sci. Eng.-A, Vol. 893, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2024.146112.
- (1) Metal Matrix Composites: Aluminum in Handbook of Composites, Wiley, 2011 H. Singh and B. K. Dhindaw
- (2) Numerical Simulation of Erosion Using Computational Fluid Dynamics: CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing, Wiley, 2012 H.S. Grewal, H. Singh and A. Agrawal
- (3) Cryogenic Treatment of Materials: Cutting Tools and Polymers: Polymers at Cryogenic Temperatures, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013, pp. 245–273 S.S. Gill and H. Singh
- (4) Worn Surface Characteristics of a Friction Material during Braking Simulation Test: Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013, pp. 447–452 A. Sellami, M. Kchaou, R. Elleuch, H. Singh and M. Zeng
- (5) Corrosion Behaviour in Friction Stir Processed and Welded Materials, in Advances in Friction-Stir Welding and Processing, Woodheed Publishing, 2014, pp. 295–328 H.S. Arora, H.S. Grewal, H. Singh and B.K. Dhindaw
- (1) Angle Grind Coating Equipment and A Method Thereof US 2023 / 0058272A1: 23/02/2023 Awarded-2023 USA
- (2) A Technology and Process for Coating a Substrate with Swarf Particles US 10835920 B2; 17/09/2020 Awarded-2020 USA
- (3) A Technology and Process for 3D Printing Using Swarf Particles US 2020/ 0039144A1, 2022 Awarded-2022 USA
- (4) A Method for Determining a Single Discounting Rate for the Processes involving Emissions 420086 Awarded-2022 National
- (5) Erosion-corrosion resistant cold spray coatings for boilers Ni- 20CrTiCRe 305383 Awarded-2013 National