Dr. Bhargavi Rani  Anne

Department Metallurgical Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification Ph.D. (MEXT Scholar, Kyushu University, Japan); M.Tech. (University of Hyderabad, Gold medalist); B.Tech. (RGUKT-APIIIT, Nuzvid)
E-Mail branne.mme@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number https://www.bhargaviranne.in/
Areas of Interest

https://www.bhargaviranne.in/

Mechanical behavior of materials, Process metallurgy, Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysts, Electrodeposition, Additive manufacturing, Electron microscopy, Advanced materials, Surface engineering.

Publications

Research articles:

  1. J. Kundu, B. R. Anne, J. Cho, D. Cho, S.-I. Choi, Transition Metal Chalcogenides-based Heterostructures for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, Small, Accepted (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202505185 (IF: 12.1)
  2. S. Shaik, J. Kim, M. K. Kabiraz, F. Aziz, J. Y. Park, B. R. Anne, M. Li, H. Huang, K. M. Nam, D. Jo and S.-I. Choi, Rapid Outgassing of Hydrophilic TiO2 Electrodes Achieves Long‑Term Stability of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers, Nano-Micro Letters Vol. 17 (2025) 186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01696-2 (IF:36)
  3. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Tatsuya Morikawa, Shigeto Yamasaki, Masaki Tanaka, Activation enthalpy for yielding in fully-lamellar Ti-6Al-4V, Materials Transactions, Vol. 66 (2025) 548-554. https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-MC2024002 (IF: 1.9)
  4. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Shajahan Shaik, Anindya Basu, Rama Krishna RVSM, Review on electrodeposited Ni-W based composite coatings in high-temperature applications concerning oxidation behavior, Metals and Materials International (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-023-01609-1  (IF:4.0)
  5. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Joyjit Kundu, Jeonghyeon Kim, Mrinal Kanti Kabiraz, Sang Il Choi, A Review on MXene as Promising Support Materials for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts, Advanced Functional Materials (2023) 202306100. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306100. (IF: 19)
  6. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Sang Il Choi, Metallene-based Catalysts towards Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (2023) Vol. 39, 101303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101303. (IF: 6.9)
  7. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Shigeto Yamasaki, Tatsuya Morikawa, Effects of temperature and stress ratio on stage II fatigue crack propagation in bimodal Ti-6Al-4V, Materials Transactions (2021) Vol. 62 (7), 968-974. https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2020399. (IF: 1.9)
  8. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Shajahan Shaik, Masaki Tanaka, Anindya Basu, A crucial review on recent updates of oxidation behavior in high entropy alloys, Discover Applied Sciences (formerly SN Applied Sciences) (2021) Vol.3, 366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04374-1. (IF: 2.4)
  9. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Yelm Okuyama, Tatsuya Morikawa, Masaki Tanaka, Activated slip systems in bimodal Ti-6Al-4V plastically deformed at low and moderately high temperatures, Materials Science and Engineering A (2020) Vol. 798, 140211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.140211. (IF: 7.0)
  10. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Tatsuya Morikawa, Temperature dependence of activation enthalpy for yielding in bimodal Ti-6Al-4V, Materials Transactions (2019) Vol.60, No.9 1828-1832. https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.ME201902. (IF: 1.9)
  11. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Tatsuya Morikawa, Temperature dependence of mechanical properties in dual phase Ti-6Al-4V, Materials Science Forum (2018) Vol. 941, 1479-1483.  https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.941.1479. (Scopus)
  12. Arvind Gautam, Anuradha Balouria, Divya Andem, Kare Mounika, A. Bhargavi Rani, Acharyya.A and Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Thermo-Magnetic control system for Nano- ferromagnetic particle doped shape memory alloy for orthopedic devices and rehabilitation techniques, Journal of Low Power Electronics, American Scientific Publishers (2017) Vol. 13, No.4, 678-686. https://doi.org/10.1166/jolpe.2017.1514. (Scopus)

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Arvind Gautam, Mounika Kare, Divya Andem, Pallavi Karhade, A. Bhargavi Rani, Amit Acharyya, Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Thermo-Magnetic Shape Control of Nano-Ferromagnetic particle doped Shape Memory Alloy for Orthpedic devices and Rehabilitation Techniques, 6th International Symposium on Embedded Computing & System Design (ISED), (2016) 127-131. DOI: 10.1109/ISED.2016.7977068.
  2. Arvind Gautam, A.Bhargavi Rani, Miguel A Callejas, Swati Ghosh Acharyya, Amit Acharyya, Dwaipayan Biswas, Vasundhra Bhandari, Paresh Sharma, Ganesh Naik, Shape Memory Alloy Smart Knee Spacer to Enhance Knee Functionality: Model Design and Finite Element Analysis, 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), (2016) 6046-6049. DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7592107.

International/National conference presentations:

  1. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Tatsuya Morikawa, Masaki Tanaka, Temperature dependence of fatigue crack propagation in Ti-6Al-4V at different stress ratios, 167th Annual meeting (Fall), Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Conducted online, 2020.
  2. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Yelm Okuyama, Tatsuya Morikawa, Masaki Tanaka, Temperature dependence of activated slip systems in Ti-6Al-4V, 165th Annual meeting (Fall), Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Okayama, Japan, 2019.
  3. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Tatsuya Morikawa, Temperature dependence of mechanical properties in bimodal Ti-6Al-4V, Joint academic lecture, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, Kumamoto, Japan, 2019.
  4. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Tatsuya Morikawa, Temperature dependence of fatigue crack growth in Ti-6Al-4V, 9 th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Osaka, Japan, 2018.
  5. Bhargavi Rani Anne, Masaki Tanaka, Tatsuya Morikawa, Temperature dependence of mechanical properties in dual phase Ti-6Al-4V, 10th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials-THERMEC’2018, Paris, France, 2018.
Other Info.

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor (Feb 2024-present) in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Raipur.
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc, Jan 2023-Jul 2023) in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Warangal. Courses taught: Iron making technology, Mineral processing, Material characterization technologies laboratory.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar 2022~Jan 2023) in Department of Chemistry and Green-nano Materials Research Centre, Kyungpook National University, South Korea (with Prof. Sang-Il Choi)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Apr 2021~Feb 2022) in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST-Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (With Prof. Pyuck-Pa Choi)
  • Research Assistant Professor (Jun 2020~Feb 2021) in Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan (with Prof. Masaki Tanaka)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Apr 2020~May 2020) in Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan. (with Prof. Masaki Tanaka)
  • Research-MEXT Scholar (Oct 2016-Mar 2017) in Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan. (with Prof. Masaki Tanaka)

Sponsored Projects:

1. Improvement of corrosion, oxidation, wear properties of Ni-W-based composite coatings by pulse electrodeposition, Grant Amount: 5,00,000 INR, Research-in-aid Grant by NIT Raipur, 2024-2027.

Achievements:

  • Top Viewed Article in Advanced Functional Materials (IF 19, Vol. 33 (2023) 202306100)
  • Recipient of Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam gold medal for excellence in academics by Central University of Hyderabad for the year 2014-2016.
  • Recipient of MEXT scholarship by Japanese Government for the selected proposal for conducting doctoral studies.

Academic associations:

Divisonal Editor for ASM Handbook - Volume 27, Renewable Materials.

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Fatigue (Elsevier).

Reviewer for Journal of Materials Science (Springer), Materials Science and Engineering A (Elsevier), International Journal of Fatigue (Elsevier), Materials Letters (Elsevier), Physica Scripta (IOP), Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (ASM International), Dalton Transactions (Royal Society of Chemistry), Corrosion Science (Elsevier).

Institutional Administrative works:

● Acted as departmental coordinator for 3rd Research Scholar Conclave at NIT Raipur.

● Acting as faculty advisor since June 2024.

● Acting as institutional coordinator for MoU between NIT Raipur and AIET Vishakapatnam.

● Acting as institutional coordinator for MoU between NIT Raipur and AIET Vizianagaram.

● Acting as institutional mentor for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering for Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).