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Dr. Priyanka Kantibhai Agrawal

Research Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Email: Priyanka.Agrawal@unt.edu

Education

  • Diploma (International), Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore, 2018
    Major: Not Listed
  • Diploma (International), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2010
    Major: Materials Engineering
    Specialization: Materials Engineering
    Dissertation: Effect of Boron addition on Mechanical and Microstructural properties of Ti-6Al-4V
  • Diploma (International), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, 2007
    Major: Metallurgical Engineering
    Specialization: Metallurgical Engineering
    Dissertation: Effect Of Tin Addition On Galvanizing Of Steel

Teaching

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Other (Mentoring), (2025 - 2025).
  • Certification, UNT, 2 participants. (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025).
  • Other (Training), UNT, 5 participants. (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025).
  • Other (Training), UNT, 2 participants. (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025).

Awards and Honors

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering, Springer Nature. (September 1, 2024).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Agrawal, P. (2024). The Effect of Texture on the Dwell Fatigue of the alpha Phase of Titanium. Edinburgh, UK, 15th World Titanium Conference (Ti-2023), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

    • Journal Article

  • Awasthi, P., Agrawal, P., Singh, A., Sharma, A., Michael, F., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Development of a Near Crack-Free W-Cr-C Tungsten Alloy through Laser Powder Bed Fusion for Improved Printability and Performance. International Journal of Refractory Materials and Hard Metals.
  • Jain, R., Jha, S., Haridas, R., Agrawal, P., Park, J., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Experimental determination of critical resolved shear stress for strain-induced phase transformation. Scripta Materialia.
  • Jain, R., Haridas, R., Agrawal, P., Sharma, A., Park, J., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Understanding the deformation behavior of the γ-rich transformative Fe38.5Mn20Co20Cr15Si5Cu1.5 complex concentrated alloy using in situ synchrotron diffraction. Materials Science and Engineering: A.
  • Singh, A., Awasthi, P., Roy, A., Agrawal, P., Sharma, A., Gumaste, A., Haridas, R., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Novel high specific-strength multi-topology Al-Ni-Ti-Zr-Mn alloy using laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.
  • Mukherjee, S., Haridas, R., Agrawal, P., Sharma, A., Awasthi, P., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Impact of metastability engineered low energy interfaces on synergistic enhancement of strength and strain hardening through deformation-driven bidirectional transformation. Acta Materialia.
  • Moura, I., Ribamar, G., Agrawal, P., Roy, A., Shen, J., Rodrigues, P., Maawad, E., Schell, N., Pereira, A., Oliveira, J., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Unveiling the influence of B4C alloying on phase stability of Fe-Mn-Co-Cr-Si high entropy alloys fabricated using laser powder bed fusion. Materials Science and Engineering: A.
  • Mukherjee, S., Gumaste, A., Agrawal, P., Sharma, A., Dhal, A., Haridas, R., Mishra, R.S. (2025). Additive friction stir deposition of a Fe-Cr-Ni transformative alloy”. Materials & Design.
  • Keskar, N., Mantri, S., Danard, Y., Ingale, T., Nartu, M., Agrawal, P., Lilensten, L., Sun, F., Prima, F., Banerjee, R. (2025). Coupling Strengthening with Local Stress Relaxation in an 800 MPa Yield Strength Strain Transformable Titanium Alloy. Scripta Materialia.
  • Agrawal, P., Gupta, S., Reeder, J., Toll, M.P., Mishra, R.S. (2024). Corrosion resistance tailoring of a paramagnetic Ti–6Al–4V through a static magnetic field exposure in solid state. Journal of Materials Science.
  • Sharma, A., jain, r., Agrawal, P., Mukherjee, S., Gumaste, A., Davis, D., Haridas, R., Mishra, R.S. (2024). Enhanced thermal stability in additive friction stir deposited ODS IN9052 Al alloy. Acta Materialia.
  • Agrawal, P. (2024). Irradiation-induced shift on the thermodynamic stability of phases and the self-healing effect in transformative high entropy alloys. Journal of Nuclear Materials.
  • Lopes, J., Candeias, A., Agrawal, P., Shen, J., Schell, N., Mishra, R.S., Oliveira, J. (2024). Role of TiB2 inoculation particles during welding of a AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
  • Lopes, J., Shen, J., Maawad, E., Agrawal, P., Schell, N., Mishra, R.S., Oliveira, J. (2024). Time-resolved evolution of the deformation mechanisms in a TRIP/TWIP Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10 high entropy during tensile loading probed with synchrotron X-ray diffraction. International Journal of Plasticity.
  • Roy, A., Dhal, A., Jain, R., Agrawal, P., Mukherjee, S., McWilliams, B., Mock, C., Cho, K., Mishra, R.S. (2024). Heterogenous phase evolution and mechanical response in additively manufactured low alloy martensitic steel processed via laser-directed energy deposition. Materials & Design. 243
  • Agrawal, P. (2024). Influence of magnetic field on the mechanical behavior of friction stir processed paramagnetic alloy.
  • Agrawal, P. (2024). Ion Irradiation and Examination of Additive Friction Stir Manufactured 316 Stainless Steel Component. Materials & Design. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112730
  • Dhal, A., Thapliyal, S., Agrawal, P., Roy, A., Sharma, A., Mishra, R.S., Faierson, E. (2024). Multimodal and multiscale strengthening mechanisms in Al-Ni-Zr-Ti-Mn alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Materials & Design. 237
  • Sharma, A., Sankar Haridas, R., Agrawal, P., Gumaste, A., Scharf, T.W., Kandasamy, K., Mishra, R.S. Novel SolidStir extrusion technology for enhanced conductivity cable manufacturing via in-situ exfoliation of graphite to graphene. Other. 238
  • Sharma, A., Gumaste, A., Agrawal, P., Thapliyal, S., Gupta, S., Haridas, R.S., McWilliams, B.A., Cho, K.C., Mishra, R.S. Strength-conductivity synergy via lean alloy design: A study on novel solid stir extrusion of an Al-2Cu-0.1 Nb-0.15Zr (∼wt.%) alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 976
  • Lopes, J.G., Agrawal, P., Shen, J., Schell, N., Mishra, R.S., Oliveira, J.P. (2023). Evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties in gas tungsten arc welded dual-phase Fe50Mn30Co10Cr10 high entropy alloy. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 878
  • Dhal, A., Sankar Haridas, R., Agrawal, P., Gupta, S., Mishra, R.S. (2023). Mapping hierarchical and heterogeneous micromechanics of a transformative high entropy alloy by nanoindentation and machine learning augmented clustering. Materials & Design. 230
  • Agrawal, P., Thapliyal, S., Agrawal, P., Dhal, A., Haridas, R.S., Gupta, S., Mishra, R.S. (2023). Additive manufacturing of a metastable high entropy alloy: Metastability engineered microstructural control via process variable driven elemental segregation. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 872
  • Shen, J., Agrawal, P., Rodrigues, T.A., Lopes, J., Schell, N., He, J., Zeng, Z., Mishra, R.S., Oliveira, J. (2023). Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties in a gas tungsten arc welded Fe42Mn28Co10Cr15Si5 metastable high entropy alloy. Materials Science and Engineering: A. 144722. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2023.144722
  • Agrawal, P., Gupta, S., Dhal, A., Prabhakaran, R., Shao, L., Mishra, R.S. (2023). Irradiation response of innovatively engineered metastable TRIP high entropy alloy. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 574 154217. Elsevier BV.
  • Agrawal, P. (2023). High-Throughput Investigation of Multiscale Deformation Mechanism in Additively Manufactured Ni Superalloy. Metals.
  • Haridas, R.S., Agrawal, P., Thapliyal, S., Agrawal, P., Dhal, A., Shukla, S., Zhou, L., Sohn, Y., Mishra, R.S. (2023). Synergy of tensile strength and high cycle fatigue properties in a novel additively manufactured Al-Ni-Ti-Zr alloy with a heterogeneous microstructure. Additive Manufacturing. 62 103380. Elsevier BV.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Agrawal, P. (Author & Presenter), TMS 2026, Computationally designed refractory metal alloys for additive manufacturing, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Agrawal, P. (Author & Presenter), TMS 2026, Mechanisms of Transformation and Recovery in TRIP-metastable High-Entropy Alloys revealed by in-situ heating and straining, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Agrawal, P. (Author), TMS 2025, Deformation induced transformation: Alloy Design with FCC-HCP-BCC Burgers transformation triangle as the framework, Las Vegas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Agrawal, P. (Author), TMS 2024, Ion Irradiation and Examination of Additive Friction Stir Manufactured 316 Stainless Steel Component, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Poster

  • Agrawal, P. (Author), TMS 2024, Innovative engineering to create massively low-energy interfaced metastable high entropy alloys via multi-directional forging, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Haridas, R. (Principal), Agrawal, P. (Co-Principal), "Subcontractor for Optimus Alloys under a service agreement to carry out microscopy," sponsored by Optimus Alloys LLC, Local, $20000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Shepherd, N.D. (Co-Principal), Mishra, R.S. (Principal), Baskes, M.I. (Co-Principal), Reidy, R.F. (Co-Principal), Scharf, T.W. (Co-Principal), Young, M.L. (Co-Principal), Banerjee, R. (Co-Principal), Srivilliputhur, S.G. (Co-Principal), Mukherjee, S. (Co-Principal), Agrawal, P. (Co-Principal), "Hierarchically Structured Materials Systems for Enhanced Dynamic Performance," sponsored by ARL, Federal, $5250000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).

    • Grant - Research

  • Agrawal, P. (Co-Principal), "Hierarchically Structured Materials Systems for Enhanced Dynamic Performance," sponsored by Army Research Laboratory, Federal, $25250000 Funded. (2023 - 2028).

    • Sponsored Research

  • Agrawal, P., "Examination of ion irradiated Additive Friction Stir Manufactured metastable high entropy alloy," sponsored by Nuclear Science Users Facilities, INL, Federal, Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Agrawal, P., "In-situ annealing of refractory W alloy to study spinodal decomposition," sponsored by CHESS, International, Funded. (2025 - 2025).
  • Agrawal, P., "Understanding gamma-fcc to epsilon-hcp phase transformation in a TRIP High Entropy Alloy via a combination of dilatometry and in-situ XRD experiments," International, Funded. (2024 - 2024).

Service

University Service

  • Program Coordinator, Undergraduate-research panel on Scholars Day. (April 4, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Search committee member to Research Assistant Professor position. (February 9, 2023 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Materials Advantage, UNT chapter. (March 4, 2025 - March 4, 2025).
  • Conference-Related, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS). (February 15, 2025 - February 15, 2025).

Professional Service

  • Program Organizer, TMS 2025 and TMS 2026. (May 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Acta Materialia. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Corrosion Reviews. (January 2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Materials Science. (January 2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Plasticity. (January 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Materials Research and Technology. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Communications. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Advanced Engineering Materials. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, JOM: the journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials characterization. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Research Letters. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Materials Science and Engineering A. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Scripta Materialia. Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). Denton, Texas. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, DOE NSUF Rapid Turnaround Experiment (RTE). (2025 - 2025).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, DOE NSUF Super Rapid Turnaround Experiment. (January 2025 - 2025).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, FY 2025 SBIR Phase I Release 2. (2025 - 2025).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, FY 2025 SBIR Phase I Release I. (2025 - 2025).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NEUP DOE Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research pre-application and full proposal (CINR). (2025 - 2025).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Department of Energy EPSCoR - DE-FOA-0003201. (January 2025 - January 2025).