Profile
Assistant Professor in the field of Mechanical Engineering
My research strongly focused on advanced manufacturing, welding science, and applied materials research, with a mindset that bridges academia, innovation, and industrial relevance. Interests consist: Friction stir welding and hybrid welding Steel–aluminium dissimilar joining Residual stress prediction and machine learning Advanced materials and lightweight transportation applications Patentable technologies and smart manufacturing systems
Beyond conventional academic work, attempts are also being made to explore the following sectors: real-world engineering application, innovation-driven teaching, industry-oriented research, AI-assisted future welding technologies, autonomous repair systems, and smart fabrication platforms toward interdisciplinary work. curiosity for emerging technologies long with systems and integration.
- PhD
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Domain: Friction Stir Welding of Steel and Barkhausen Noise Characterisation. - PDF
Shandong University, Jinan, China
Laser-assisted friction stir welding of steel to aluminium. - ME
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
- November 2019-March 2024 Post Doc Fellow
Shandong University, Jinan, China
- March 2024-Till Assistant Professsor
PDPM IIITDM, Jabalpur
- 2025-Till Start-Up activity coordinator
Institute Innovation Council
- 2024-Till SPOC-SIH
Smart India Hackathon (SIH) Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide initiative in India designed to engage students in solving real-world problems through innovation and technology. It provides a platform for students, particularly in engineering, to develo
- 2025-Till FIC- Racing Club
SAE- Indian, Supra, EV,
- 2026-Till FIC- Kabaddi and Gym
Sports
- 2026- Active Member:
Actively involved to organised the Dew 10.0, CBDE BPc Workshop
- 2025-Till Joint In charge of Advance Manufacturing Lab
My courses
Current & Previous
| Course Code | Course name | Category | Institute |
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| SM2002 | Manufacturing Process | UG/ | PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur |
Research
Areas or Specialisation / Project Activities / Publications / Books
Friction stir welding, Barkhausen Noise Analysis, Materials characterization, Metal matrix Composite, Welding Technology
- Design and Development of Large-Sized Aluminum Foam Sandwich Composites for Enhanced Impact Resistance in Transport Industries.
Ongoing Project from MPCST
- Corrosion Behaviour of Hybrid welding
Ongoing Project Funded by PDPM IIITD Jabalpur
- Real-Time Health Monitoring of a Lath machine
Completed Project of Army-506 workshop, 2025
- Estimation of AI-Driven Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing
Ongoing
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bpWNojsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Mithlesh Kumar Mahto, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista, and Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai. "Effect of friction stir processing on the mechanical properties of gas metal arc welded AISI 409 L stainless steel plate." Materials Today Communications 41 (2024): 111075.
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Dubey, Amit Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, and Avinash Ravi Raja. "Parametric optimization of AWJM using RSM-grey-TLBO-based MCDM approach for titanium grade 5 alloy." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 50, no. 17 (2025): 13693-13711.
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Avinash Ravi Raja, Hao Su, and Chuansong Wu. "The Influence of Multi-Pass Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of IS2062 Steel." Metals 14, no. 6 (2024): 685.
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Surendra Kumar Patel, Sudesh Singh, Lei Shi, Lu Liu, Zhen Sun, Ashish Kumar, Chuansong Wu, and Avinash Ravi Raja. "Synergistic enhancement of bio-tribological properties in HA-, ZrO2-, and Y2O3-reinforced AZ91D surface composites via friction stir processing: a comparative analysis." Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 26, no. 1 (2026): 18.
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Abdhesh Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar, Rajnish Singh, Sunil Singh Rana, Avinash Ravi Raja, Kuntal Maji, Yogesh Kumar. “Tool Pin Geometry Effects in Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing of AA7075-O/ZrO?/Graphene Composites.” Progress in Additive Manufacturing.
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Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Influence of friction stir welding speed on Barkhausen Noise emission from steel. Physics of Metals and Metallography. Accepted 2022 Nov.
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Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Estimation of material properties using hysteresis loop analysis in friction stir welded steel plate. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2020 Jan 25;814:152265.
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Raja AR, Khan Yusufzai MZ, Vashista M. Micro-magnetic analysis of friction stir welded steel plates. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 2018 Jul;97(5):2051-9.
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Raja AR, Gupta SK, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Material characterization of friction stir welded IS-2062 steel plate by hysteresis loop analysis. Materials Research Express. 2019 Oct 2;6(11):116108.
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Yusufzai MZ, Raja AR, Gupta SK, Vashista M. Barkhausen noise analysis of friction stir processed steel plate. Indian
Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS). 2021 Nov 1;27(3):670-6.
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Gupta SK, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Effect of heat input on microstructure and mechanical properties in gas metal arc welding of ferritic stainless steel. Materials Research Express. 2018 Dec 12;6(3):036516.
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Gupta SK, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Effect of Gas metal arc welding on magnetic response of ferritic stainless steel. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 2020 Feb;45(2):1293-303.
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Gupta SK, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Hysteresis loop analysis of gas metal arc welded ferritic stainless steel plate. Materials Research Express. 2019 Jul 12;6(9):096110.
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Mahto MK, Kumar A, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Friction stir cladding of copper on an aluminum substrate. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 2022 Jan 1;36:23-34.
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Mahto MK, Kumar A, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Cladding of copper sheet on mild steel using friction stir welding. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 2021 Oct 14:1-6.
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Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MZ. Micro-magnetic response of friction stir welded steel plate at a various magnetising frequency and magnetic field intensity. International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties. 2018;13(3-4):256-68.
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Kumar GS, Ravi RA, Kumar A, Vashista M, Zaheer KY. Improving GMAW weld metal and HAZ properties through friction stir processing. Zavarivanje i zavarene konstrukcije. 2020;65(3):137-42.
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Das SS, Raja AR, H Nautiyal, RKS Gautam, P Jha, S Singh. A review on Aluminium matrix composites synthesized by FSP; Macromolecular Symposia. Accepted 2022 Oct.
• HM Inuwa, Raja AR, A Kumar, B Singh, S Singh. Status of Industry 4.0 applications in healthcare 4.0 and Pharma 4.0; Materials Today: Proceedings. Volume 62, Part 6, 2022, Pages 3593-3598.
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Gupta SK, Mehrotra S, Raja AR, Vashista M, Yusufzai MK. Effect of welding speed on weld bead geometry and percentage dilution in gas metal arc welding of SS409L. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2019 Jan 1;18:5032-9.
M. Tech./M.Des.
| Roll no | Name | Status | Year | Specialization | Co-guide |
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Ph. D.
| Roll no | Name | Status | Year | Specialization | Co-guide |
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| Sandip Kumar | Ongoing | 2025 | Yet to be decide |
Contact me
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Avinash Ravi Raja
avinash.raviraja@iiitdmj.ac.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-avinash-ravi-raja-235a9222/?skipRedirect=true
avinash.raviraja@iiitdmj.ac.in
9598809859
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