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Dr. Shashank Sharma

Research Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing

(940) 369-8590

Email: Shashank.Sharma@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2020
    Major: Mechanical Engineering
    Specialization: FEM, Laser-matter interaction
    Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Melt Hydrodynamics in Laser Metal Processing for Micro-scale Applications
  • MTech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2015
    Major: Mechanical engineering
    Specialization: Laser-matter interaction
    Dissertation: Numerical simulation of Melt-hydrodynamics in selective laser melting
  • BTech, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, 2014
    Major: Mechanical Engineering

Teaching

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Laser Powder bed fusion of H13 tool steel: Experiemnts, process optimization, and microstructuiral charcterization," Materials Science and Engineering. (2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Dahotre, N.B., Sharma, S. (2022). Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiments. Other. John Wiley VCH.

    • Book Chapter

  • Dahotre, N.B., Sharma, S., Joshi, S., Banerjee, R. (2022). Directed Energy Deposition. Other. 23A Materials Park, Ohio, ASM International.

    • 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.
  • Parsazadeh, M., Sharma, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2023). Towards the next generation of machine learning models in additive manufacturing: A review of process dependent material evolution. 135 (2023) 43. Amsterdam, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2023.101102

    • Journal Article

  • 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., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Evolution of microstructures in laser additive manufactured HT-9 ferritic martensitic steel. Materials Characterization. 218 (1) 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.
  • 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.
  • Chaithanya Kumar, K.N., Ramalingam, M.S., Joshi, S.S., Sharma, S., Dahotre, N.B. (2024). Role of powder morphology in liquid phase sintering of binder jet additively fabricated WC–Co composite. Additive Manufacturing. 95 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85208238926
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Dahotre, N.B., Sharma, S., Joshi, S., Radhakrishnan, M. (2023). Multiphysics Multi-scale Computational Framework for Linking Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Critical Review.
  • Sharma, S., Mandal, V., Tripathi, P., Jayabalan, B., Mukherjee, S., Singh, S., Ramkumar, J. (2023). Fabrication of ex-situ TiN reinforced IN718 composites using laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF): Experimental characterization and high-fidelity numerical simulations. Ceramics International.
  • 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., Joshi, S.S., Sharma, S. (2022). A new data-driven framework for prediction of molten pool evolution and lack of fusion defects in multi-track multi-layer laser powder bed fusion processes. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
  • 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., Sharma, S., Joshi, S. (2022). A Universal Predictor-Based Machine Learning Model for Optimal Process Maps in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process. Other.
  • Joshi, S.S., Patil, S.M., Mazumder, S., Sharma, S., Riley, D.A., Dowden, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2022). Additive friction stir deposition of AZ31B magnesium alloy. Other. 10 (9) 2404--2420. Elsevier.
  • Joshi, S.S., Sharma, A., Sharma, S., Mazumder, S., Pantawane, M.V., Mantri, S.A., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N.B. (2022). Cyclic thermal dependent microstructure evolution during laser directed energy deposition of H13 steel. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. 75 (4) 1007--1014. Springer India New Delhi.
  • 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.
  • Sharma, S., Pantawane, M., Sharma, A., Desari, S., Banerjee, S., Banerjee, R., Dahotre, N. (2021). Coarsening of martensite with multiple generations of twins in laser additively manufactured Ti6Al4V. Acta Materialia. 213

    • 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

Service

Professional Service

  • Editor, Guest Editor, Crystals. Denton, Texas. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of manufacturing process. Denton, Texas. (2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of material processing Technology. Denton, Tx. (2022 - Present).