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Dr. Madhavan Radhakrishnan

Research Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing

Email: Madhavan.Radhakrishnan@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2014
    Major: Materials Engineering
    Specialization: Crystallographic texture in materials
    Dissertation: Role of stacking fault energy on texture evolution in micro- and nanocrystalline nickel-cobalt alloys
  • BTech, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2006
    Major: Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Professional Positions

    Professional

  • Research Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico. University of New Mexico. (2018 - 2021).
  • Post-doctoral research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (2015 - 2018).

Teaching

Directed Student Learning

  • Supervised Research, Materials Science and Engineering. (April 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Critical Review

  • Dussa, S., Joshi, S.S., Sharma, S., Karri, V., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Additively Manufactured Alnico Permanent Magnet Materials—A Review. 4 (2) 125. MDPI.

    • Journal Article

  • Nguyen, D.T., Mirshams, R.A., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B. (2026). Dual-Phase Laser Scanning for Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) Deposited 17-4PH Stainless Steel: Implications for Nuclear Energy Component Design. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. PhD Dissertation.
  • Kumar, K.U., Radhakrishnan, M., Hughes, Z.W., Palaniappan, S., Sharma, S., Banerjee, R., Suwas, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Thermokinetics driven microstructural evolution during laser-based additive manufacturing of γ-TiAl alloy. Intermetallics. 187 108984. Elsevier.
  • Patil, S.M., Kumar, K.C., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Joshi, S.S., Kumar, J., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Effect of Heating Rates on Non-Isothermal and Isothermal Oxidation Behavior of Additive Friction Stir Deposited Nickel Base Superalloy IN625. Corrosion Science. 256 113174. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113174
  • Patil, S.M., Kumar, K.C., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Joshi, S.S., Kumar, J., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Effect of Heating Rates on Non-Isothermal and Isothermal Oxidation Behavior of Additive Friction Stir Deposited Nickel Base Superalloy IN625. Corrosion Science. 256 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105010214961
  • Paliwal, D., Bharti, P., Yadava, M., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Dahotre, N.B., Gurao, N. (2025). Integrating experimental and computational approaches to unveil processing-microstructure-property relationships in additive friction stir deposited AA6061 alloy. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 942 148657. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148657
  • Palaniappan, S., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., KV, M., Joshi, S.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Process thermokinetics influenced microstructure and corrosion response in additively in-situ manufactured Ti-Nb-Sn and Ti-Nb alloys. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 152 427-441. Elsevier.
  • Palaniappan, S., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., KV, M., Joshi, S.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Process thermokinetics influenced microstructure and corrosion response in additively in-situ manufactured Ti-Nb-Sn and Ti-Nb alloys. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 152 427-441.
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Kumar, J., Kumar, C., Sarkar, S., Verma, K., Sharma, S. (2025). Additive manufacturing of Ti/Zr/Mo/Al lightweight refractory complex concentrated Alloy: Integrated computational material engineering approach. Intermetallics. 184 108835. Elsevier.
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Kumar, J., Kumar, C., Sarkar, S., Verma, K., Palaniappan, S., Dussa, S., Sharma, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Additive manufacturing of Ti/Zr/Mo/Al lightweight refractory complex concentrated Alloy: Integrated computational material engineering approach. Intermetallics. 184 108835. Elsevier.
  • dussa, S., Sarkar, S., Verma, K., Joshi, S.S., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Thermal treatment induced nano-scale spinodal decomposition for enhanced hard-magnetic properties in laser additively fabricated Alnico-8H. 44 102679. Elsevier.
  • Dussa, S., Sarkar, S.K., Verma, K.K., Joshi, S.S., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Thermal treatment induced nano-scale spinodal decomposition for enhanced hard-magnetic properties in laser additively fabricated Alnico-8H. Other. 44 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105000037383
  • Verma, K.K., Kumar, J., Krishna, K.V., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Joshi, S.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Effect of rhenium on evolution of microstructure in tungsten-rhenium fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Other. 128 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85214535158
  • Verma, K.K., Kumar, J., Krishna, K.V., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Joshi, S.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Effect of rhenium on evolution of microstructure in tungsten-rhenium fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Other. 128 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85214535158
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Palaniappan, S., Kumar, C., Verma, K., Dahotre, N.B. (2025). Processing Conditions Dependent Evolution of Microstructure in Laser Additive Manufactured HT-9 Ferritic Martensitic Steel. JOM. Springer US.
  • Nguyen, D.T., Mirshams, R.A., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B. Dual-Phase Laser Scanning for Enhanced Mechanical Properties in LPBF Stainless 17-4PH Stainless Steel: Implications for Nuclear Energy Component Design. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Palaniappan, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Evolution of microstructures in laser additive manufactured HT-9 ferritic martensitic steel. Materials Characterization. 218 (1) Elsevier.
  • Kumar, J., Radhakrishnan, M., Palaniappan, S., Krishna, K.M., Biswas, K., Srinivasan, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Cr Content Dependent Lattice Distortion and Solid Solution Strengthening in Additively Manufactured CoFeNiCrx Complex Concentrated Alloys--A First Principles Approach. Other. 109485. Elsevier.
  • Chaithanya Kumar, K., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Randhavan, R., Verma, K.K., Dowden, S., Hughes, Z.W., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing of SS316L with a Stochastic Scan Strategy: Microstructure, Texture Evolution, and Mechanical Properties. Metals. 14 (11) 1278. MDPI.
  • Chesetti, A., Ingale, T., Banerjee, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B., Sharma, A., Banerjee, R. (2024). Impact of multi-scale microstructural heterogeneities on the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured and post-processed Nb-based C103 alloy. Materialia. 38 102230. Elsevier.
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Palaniappan, S., Pantawane, M.V., Banerjee, R., Joshi, S.S., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Influence of thermal conductivity on evolution of grain morphology during laser-based directed energy deposition of CoCrxFeNi high entropy alloys. Additive Manufacturing. 92 104387. Elsevier.
  • Patil, S., Mani Krishna, K., Sharma, S., Joshi, S.S., Radhakrishnan, M., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Thermo-mechanical process variables driven microstructure evolution during additive friction stir deposition of IN625. Additive Manufacturing.
  • Palaniappan, S., Krishna, K.M., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Ramalingam, M.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Thermokinetics driven microstructure and phase evolution in laser-based additive manufacturing of Ti-25wt.\% Nb and its performance in physiological solution. Materialia. 37 102190. Elsevier.
  • Dussa, S., Joshi, S.S., Radhakrishnan, M., Krishna, K.V., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Laser directed energy deposition of Alnico-8H from blended elemental powders: Effect of nickel increase on magnetic properties. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 609 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85202715231
  • K, V.M., Patil, S.M., Sharma, S., Joshi, S.S., Jin, Y., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Additive friction stir deposition of Al 6061-B4C composites: Process parameters, microstructure and property correlation. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 910 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85196813876
  • Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., Palaniappan, S., Pantawane, M.V., Banerjee, R., Joshi, S.S., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Influence of thermal conductivity on evolution of grain morphology during laser-based directed energy deposition of CoCrxFeNi high entropy alloys. Additive Manufacturing. 92 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85202734335
  • Radhakrishnan, M., McKinstry, M., Chaudhary, V., Nartu, M., Krishna, K.M., Ramanujan, R., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Effect of chromium variation on evolution of magnetic properties in laser direct energy additively processed CoCrxFeNi alloys. Scripta Materialia. 226 115269. Pergamon.
  • Mazumder, S., Palaniappan, S., Pantawane, M.V., Radhakrishnan, M., Patil, S.M., Dowden, S., Mahajan, C., Mukherjee, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Electrochemical response of heterogeneous microstructure of laser directed energy deposited CoCrMo in physiological medium. Applied Physics A. 129 (5) 332. Springer Berlin Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg.
  • Saghaian, S.E., Nematollahi, M., Toker, G., Moghadam, N., Saghaian, S.M., Radhakrishnan, M., Anderoglu, O., Elahinia, M., Karaca, H. (2023). Enhancing shape memory response of additively manufactured NiTi shape memory alloys by texturing and post-processing heat treatment. Shape Memory and Superelasticity.
  • Sharma, S., Krishna, K.M., Joshi, S.S., Radhakrishnan, M., Palaniappan, S., Dussa, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Laser based additive manufacturing of tungsten: Multi-scale thermo-kinetic and thermo-mechanical computational model and experiments. Acta Materialia. 259 119244. Pergamon.
  • Karri, M., Radhakrishnan, M., Pantawane, M., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N. Machine learning based de-noising of electron back scatter patterns of various crystallographic metallic materials fabricated using laser directed energy deposition. Ultramicroscopy.
  • Chaudhary, V., Nartu, M., Dasari, S., Varahabhatla, S., Sharma, A., Radhakrishnan, M., Mantri, S.A., Gorsse, St\'ephane, Dahotre, N., Ramanujan, R.V., others. (2023). Magnetic and mechanical properties of additively manufactured Alx (CoFeNi) complex concentrated alloys. Scripta Materialia. 224 115149. Pergamon.
  • Mckinstry, M., Joshi, S.S., Mani Krishna, K., Radhakrishnan, M., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Magnetic response to microstructure and phase evolution in laser thermal treated FeSiB amorphous alloy. Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Mazumder, S., Man, K., Radhakrishnan, M., Pantawane, M.V., Palaniappan, S., Patil, S.M., Yang, Y., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Microstructure enhanced biocompatibility in laser additively manufactured CoCrMo biomedical alloy. Other. 150 213415. Elsevier.
  • Cheng, J., Radhakrishnan, M., Miller, C., Mier, R., Vogel, S., Savage, D., Carpenter, J., Anderoglu, O., Mara, N. (2023). The influence of thermomechanical treatment pathways on texture and mechanical properties in ARB Cu/Nb nanolaminates. Materials Science & Engineering: A.
  • Joshi, S.S., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Pantawane, M.V., Patil, S.M., Jin, Y., Yang, T., Riley, D.A., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2022). A multi modal approach to microstructure evolution and mechanical response of additive friction stir deposited AZ31B Mg alloy. Scientific Reports. 12 (1) 13234. Nature Publishing Group UK London.
  • Dahotre, N.B., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Joshi, S. (2022). A Pseudo Thermo-Mechanical Model Linking Process Parameters to Microstructural Evolution in Multilayer Additive Friction Stir Deposition of Magnesium Alloy. Materials & Design.
  • Sharma, S., Krishna, K.M., Radhakrishnan, M., Pantawane, M.V., Patil, S.M., Joshi, S.S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2022). A pseudo thermo-mechanical model linking process parameters to microstructural evolution in multilayer additive friction stir deposition of magnesium alloy. Other. 224 111412. Elsevier.
  • Dahotre, N.B., Radhakrishnan, M. (2022). Effect of Chromium Variation on Evolution of Magnetic Properties in Laser Direct Energy Additively Processed CoCrxFeNi Alloys. Scripta Materialia.
  • Nayan, N., Radhakrishnan, M., Saxena, K., Murty, S.N., Bakshi, S. (2022). Microstructure and texture evolution during the groove rolling of cast aluminum/carbon nanotube composites..
  • Mazumder, S., Pantawane, M.V., Patil, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Sharma, S., McKinstry, M., Dahotre, N. (2022). Thermokinetically Driven Microstructural Evolution in Laser‐Based Directed Energy‐Deposited CoCrMo Biomedical Alloy. Advanced Engineering Materials. 24 (11) 2200352.

    • Review, Journal

  • Palaniappan, S., Joshi, S.S., Sharma, S., Radhakrishnan, M., Krishna, K.V., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Additive manufacturing of FeCrAl alloys for nuclear applications - A focused review. Other. 40 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85198990843

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Radhakrishnan, M. (Author), TMS 2024, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Performance of Laser Additively Manufactured HT9 Ferritic-Martensitic Steel, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Orlando, United States of America. (2024).
  • Radhakrishnan, M. (Author & Presenter), Mckinstry, M. (Author), Krishna, K. (Author), Nartu, S. (Author), Banerjee, R. (Author), Dahotre, N.B. (Author), TMS 2023, Effect of Chromium Content on the Magnetic Behavior of Laser Direct Energy Deposited CoCrxFeNi Alloys, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, San Diego, United States of America. (2023).
  • Radhakrishnan, M. (Author & Presenter), Sharma, S. (Author), Dahotre, N.B. (Author), TMS 2025, Phase Evolution and Mechanical Performance of Additively Manufactured HT9 Ferritic-Martensitic Steel, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Las Vegas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

Service

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Additive Manufacturing. (2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Characterization. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Science and Engineering A. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Science and Technology. (2022 - Present).