Computational Metallurgy, Nanostructured Materials Deformation, Multi-component Alloy Thin Film and Coating, Nanoindentation Deformation, Multi-component Alloy and Composite Design and Processing, Powder and Process Metallurgy, etc.

1. June 2014-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical& Materials Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.
2. July 2013-Oct 2013, Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, GIET, Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha, India.

1. Computational Modeling & Simulation
2. Design & Processing of Multi-component Alloy and Composite
3. Processing & Characterization of HEA Thin Film & Coating
4. Nanoindentation Deformation
5. Powder Metallurgy
6. Process Metallurgy
7. Iron & Steel - Heat Treatment & Characterization

1. Life member in "The Indian Institute of Metals“ [AO2-LM-55725]
2. Life member in "Society for Failure Analysis“ [FLM-SFA-0591]
3. Life Associate member in "The Institution of Engineers (India)" [AM170967-7]

International Publications

1. Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Rutuparna Pattanaik, Gourahari Behera, Renu Prava Dalai, Sushant Kumar Badjena "Development of Al-SiC-TiO2 hybrid composite using powder metallurgy route and the influence of TiO2 variation on microstructure and mechanical properties. International Journal of Materials Research, , 0 (2023). 1-6.
2. Saroj Kumar Sahu, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Ajit Behera, and Renu Prava Dalai "An overview on the effect of heat-treatment and cooling rates on Ni-based superalloys." Materials Today: Proceedings 47 (2021): 3309-3312.
3. G. M. Naik, B. N. Anjan, R. I. Badiger, Sadashiv Bellubbi, and Dinesh Kumar Mishra "An investigation on effects of wire-EDT machining parameters on surface roughness of INCONEL 718." Materials Today: Proceedings 35 (2021): 474-477.
4. R. P. Dalai, S. Nath, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and G. Behera "Fabrication of an Al matrix hybrid composite reinforced with Cu, Al2O3 and TiC by mechanical alloying." Materials Today: Proceedings 26(2020): 1841-1844.
5. BishnupriyaBehera, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, S. K. BadJena and R. P. Dalai "Development and Characterization of Al2O3 and SiC reinforced Al-Cu Metal Matrix Hybrid Composites." Materials Science Forum 978, ISSN: 1662-9752 (2019): 202-208.
6. Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Md. Meraj,S. K. BadJenaand Snehanshu Pal "Structural evolution and dislocation behaviour study during nanoindentation of Mo20W20Co20Ta20Zr20 high entropy alloy coated Ni single crystal using molecular dynamic simulation." Molecular Simulation 45, no.7 (2019): 572-584.
7. Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Md. Meraj,S. K. BadJenaand Snehanshu Pal "Dislocation Interaction and V-Shaped Growth of the Distorted Structure During Nanoindentation of Cu 20 Ni 20 Al 20 Co 20 Fe 20 (high-entropy alloy)-Coated Copper: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation-Based Study." Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 72, no.1 (2019): 167-180..
8. Shubhank Gupta, Aditi Panda, RuchiraNaskar, Dinesh Kumar Mishra and Snehanshu Pal "Processing and refinement of steel microstructure images for assisting in computerized heat treatment of plain carbon steel." Journal of Electronic Imaging 26, no. 6 (2017): 063010.
9. Swagatika Mishra, Punyapriya Mishra, Deepak Kumar Mohapatra, Punyatoya Mishra, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and Krushna Prasad Shadangi "Study of frequency dependence properties of CCTO-BT/polymer composites" Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2023): 09544062231192178.
10. Renu Prava Dalai, Sushree P Mohapatra, Debasis Nayak, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and Ajit Behera "Microstructure, Mechanical, and Tribological Relationship in Cu-12Al-Ni Alloy with Respect to the Variation of Ni Content" Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2023): 1-13.
11. Dibyasha Mohapatra, Dibya Ranjana Behera, and Dinesh Kumar Mishra "Prospective of functionalized graphene as shape memory and self-healing polymer: A review" Materials Today: Proceedings (2023).
12. Prince Kumar Singh, Prvan Kumar Katiyar, A. Lava Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Mishra, and Ajit Behera. "Agglomeration behavior of solid waste materials in steel plants." Emerging Materials Research 5, no. 1 (2016): 171-176.

1. Convener cum coordinator in MME society sponsored two-days Annual National Symposium Dravya 2k24 on 12th-13th April, 2024 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
2. Convener cum coordinator in MME society sponsored two-days Annual National Symposium Dravya 2k23 on 18th-19th March, 2023 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla to celebrate 10 years of Excellence of MME Department.
3. Convener cum coordinator in MME society sponsored one-day seminar on Current Status in Biomaterials and Implants (CSBI - 2022) on 16th February, 2022 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
4. Convener cum coordinator in MME society sponsored one-day webinar on Advanced Concept in Corrosion and Battery (ACCB - 2022) on 6th February, 2022 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
5. Convener cum coordinator in TEQIP-III sponsored one-week FDP Webinar on AMPCA 2020 from 8th-12th September, 2020 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
6. Master Trainer in TEQIP-III sponsored Workshop on “Hands-on Training on Solar Study Lamp Assembly & Let's Create Non-violence towards Environment” in Association with Gandhi Global Solar Yatra, IIT Bombay (VSSUT, Burla) 2nd October 2019.
7. Co-convener cum coordinator in TEQIP-III sponsored two-week short-term training programme on SPCAM-2019 from 7th-16th April, 2019 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
8. Convener in TEQIP-III sponsored one-week workshop on LSDMB-2019 from 10th-14th February, 2019 organized by Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
9. Co-convener cum coordinator in TEQIP-III sponsored 2-days workshop on Experiments in Non Destructive Testing from 17th-18th February, 2018 organized by Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT Burla.
10. Faculty coordinator in Dravya 2018, annual national symposium organized by Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
11. Faculty coordinator in Metaphilia 2017, annual national symposium organized by Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

1. Faculty Advisor of Training & Placement from Department of MME, VSSUT, Burla (29.07.2024 - Present).
2. Moderation Committee Member from Department of MME, VSSUT, Burla (02.09.2024 - Present).
3. Conducting Board Member from Department of MME, VSSUT, Burla (26.08.2023 - 01.09.2024).
4. Faculty Advisor of Plantation Drive Event under Social Service Society, VSSUT, Burla (06.10.2023 - Present).
5. International Student Advisor and Nodal Officer for Government Nominee Students Admission, VSSUT, Burla (09.05.2023 - Present).
6. Assistant Warden of Pulaha Hall of Residence, VSSUT, Burla (24.02.2021 - 10.03.2023).
7. Member of Veer Surendra Sai Space Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) (25.10.2021 - Present).
8. Professor In charge of MME society (03.08.2021 - 05.08.2024).
9. Departmental IQAC (NAAC/NBA) coordinator (09.09.2023-Present).
10. Professor Incharge (PIC) of Mineral Processing laboratory, Process Metallurgy and Metallurgical Thermodynamics & Kinetic laboratory.
11. Member of Departmental Academic Committee (DAC) (15.02.2022 - Present).
12. Industrial Visit/Expert Talk coordinator.
13. Department/Central Library coordinator.

• Reviewer
  • Dinesh Kumar Mishra -Certificate for reviewed contribution to the International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology - Industry 4.0 (ETETI-2023)” (Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology Sarang), 6th – 7th May, 2023.
• Invited Talk
  • Dinesh Kumar Mishra -“High Entropy Alloys (HEAs): New Trends of Multi-Component Alloy Systems”(Veer Surendra Sai University Technology, Burla), 10th – 14th February, 2019.
  • Dinesh Kumar Mishra -“High Entropy Alloys: A New Hope in the Modern Scientific Society” (Advanced Engineering Research Foundation (AEMRF), Bhubaneswar), 24th-25th December, 2018.
• Number of Certification Courses: 07
  • Certified Micro-Credit course on "Laser Assisted Additive Manufacturing of Steel (LAMS)" from 9th-16th January, 2023 offered by IIT Kharagpur.
  • Certified with succesfully completion of NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Programme Certification Course on "Properties of Materials (Nature & Properties of Material-An Introductory Course)" from 22nd July-13th September, 2024 with a consolidated score of 70% with performance (Elite & Topper of the Course).
  • Certified with succesfully completion of NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Programme Certification Course on "Properties of Materials (Nature & Properties of Material-III)" from 21st February-15th April, 2022 with a consolidated score of 77% with performance (Elite+Silver).
  • Certified with succesfully completion of NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Programme Certification Course on "Phase Equilibria in Materials (Nature & Properties of Material-II)" from 26th July-17th September, 2021 with a consolidated score of 84% with performance (Elite+Silver).
  • Certified with succesfully completion of Industrial Training from 13rd August-04th September, 2021 at Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited, Burla.
  • Certified with successive completion of SSA101x: Hands-on training on Solar study lamp assembly from 1st May-31st December 2019 offered by IITBombayX.
  • Certified with successive completion of Non Destructive Test Training – (Level-II)
• Short-term courses, FDPs, Workshops & Symposium Attended:
  • Workshop on “Recent Advances in Materials and Mechanics (RAMM-2022)” (IIT BBSR), 12th – 13th Nov, 2022
  • Faculty Development Programme on “Advanced Material Characterization Techniques (AMCT-2022)” (OPJU, Raigarh), 7th – 11th November, 2022
  • QIP Short Term Course on “Advances in Energy and Functional Materials” (IIT BBSR), 14th – 26th June, 2021
  • Short Term Course on “Fracture Mechanics and Its Applications to Laminated Composites” (IIT Guwahati), 01st – 05th March, 2021
  • Faculty Development Programme on “Fundamentals and Advances in Powder Metallurgy” (IIT Indore), 8th – 10th December, 2020
  • Certification courses (completed module) on
  1. Book writing(13th June 2020)
  2. Fundamentals of manuscript preparation(15th June 2020)
  3. Ethics (26th June 2020) by Researcher Academy Module (Elsevier)
  • Certification course on “Focus on Peer Review” byNature Masterclasses (Springer Nature)on 17th June 2020
  • Digital Transformation in Teaching Learning Process (DTITLP) NPIU and IIT Bombay(SWAYAM)from 16th – 30th March 2020.
  • Workshop on “Hands-on Training on Solar Study Lamp Assembly & Let's Create Non-violence towards Environment” in Association with Gandhi Global Solar Yatra, IIT Bombay (VSSUT, Burla),2nd October 2019
  • Short Term Course on “First Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Development, Application and Analysis (FCCFD-2018)” (IIT Bombay), 25th – 29th June, 2018
  • Workshop on TEQIP-III Faculty Induction Program, (IIT Kharagpur),24th – 28th May, 2018
  • Short Term Course on “Numerical Techniques for Chemical Process Simulations” (IIT Kharagpur), 20th – 26th November, 2017
  • Workshop on “High Resolution X-Ray and Electron Diffraction” (IIT Kanpur), 01st – 05th February, 2016
  • Workshop on “Advanced Techniques in Materials Characterization” (NIT, Raipur), 22nd – 23rd January, 2016
  • Workshop on “Microstructure Engineering via Heat Treatment” (IIT, Kanpur), 19th – 21st October, 2015
  • Short Term Course on “Aerospace Materials: Processing, Characterization & Applications” (IIT, Roorkee), 01st – 06th June, 2015
• Lecture Notes Uploaded in the University Site:
  • Metallurgical Thermodynamics & Kinetics (MME-202), [prepared by Dinesh Kumar Mishra, RenuKumariand S. K. BadJena]
  • Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy (MM-15035), [prepared by Dinesh Kumar Mishra, GautamBehera and A. Lava Kumar]
  • Iron Making (MM-15020), [prepared by GautamBehera, SuneetiPurohit and Dinesh Kumar Mishra]
  • Heat Treatment (MM-15-015), [prepared by A. Lava Kumar, Dinesh Kumar Mishra and S. K. BadJena]
  • Mineral Engineering & Fuel Technology (MME - 203), [prepared by GautamBehera, Dinesh Kumar Mishra and A. Lava Kumar]