Papers in International Journals

1. Ashish Srivastava, Harikishor Kumar, Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai, Meghanshu Vashista (2017) “On the role of magnetizing frequency and magnetic field intensity on hysteresis loop characteristics” International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties, Vol12. No.1/2, pp. 104-115, Inderscience Publisher
2. Ashish Srivastava, Harikishor Kumar, Mohd.Zaheer Khan Yusufzai and Meghanshu Vashista (2018), Barkhausen noise signal analysis of heat treated samples at various magnetizing frequencies, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Inderscience Publisher https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMPT.2018.095120, Vol. 57, No. 4, 2018, pp.287 – 298
3. M. Vashista, Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai (2018)“Effect of magnetizing field strength and magnetizing frequency on hysteresis loop shape and its characteristics”, IOP Conf. Series: Material Science and Engineering 346 (2018) 012003 doi 10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012003
4. Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista (2018) “On the role of magnetic field intensity for better micro-structural characterization during Barkhausen Noise analysis, IOP Conf. Series: Material Science and Engineering 346 (2018) 012002 doi 10.1088/1757-899X/346/1/012002
5. Avinash ravi Raja, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista, Micro-magnetic analysis of friction stir welded steel plates, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer, (2018), DOI: 10.1007/s00170-018-2094-7
6. Harikishor Kumar, M. Vashista and M. Z. Khan (2018) “Microstructure and Wear behaviour of zircon reinforced copper based surface composite synthesized by friction stir processing route” Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Springer,doi:org/10.1007/s12666-018-1335-7
7. Harikishor kumar, M. Z. khan yusufzai and Meghanshu Vashista, Microstructure, mechanical and electrical characterization of zirconia reinforced copper based surface composite by friction stir processing, Materials Research Express, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aac9a4.
8.   Harikishor kumar, R. Prasad, A. Srivastava, M. Vashista and M. Z. Khan, Utilisation of industrial waste (Fly ash) in synthesis of copper based surface composite through friction stir processing route for wear applications, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 196 (2018) pp 460 – 468 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.029.
9. Avinash ravi Raja, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista (2018) "Micro-magnetic response of friction stir welded steel plate at various magnetizing frequency and magnetic field intensity" International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties, Inderscience Volume 13, Issue 3-4DOI: 10.1504/IJMMP.2018.096152
10. A. S. Awale,A. Srivastava,M. Vashista,M. Z. Khan Yusufzai (2018) “Influence of minimum quantity lubrication on surface integrity of ground hardened H13 hot die steel” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-018-2777-0
11. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, Avinash ravi Raja, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, M. Vashista, (2018) Barkhausen Noise analysis of friction stir processed steel plate, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences, IJEMS, (Scopus) I.F. 0.543 (accepted)
12. A. S. Awale,A. Srivastava,M. Vashista,M. Z. Khan Yusufzai (2018)Surface integrity characterization of ground hardened H13 hot die steel using different lubrication environments, Materials Research Express, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aaeae8
13. Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista and M. Z. Khan Yusufzai (2018) “Effect of heat input on microstructure and mechanical properties in gas metal arc welding of ferritic stainless steel, Materials Research Express, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aaf492
14. Vineet Dawara, M. Vashista, M. Z. KhanYusufzai (2019) Barkhausen noise signal of different steels upon face-turning process, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-019-1829-1
15. Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista and M. Z. Khan Yusufzai (2019) “Hysteresis loop analysis of gas metal arc welded ferritic stainless steel plate” , Materials Research Express, https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab2f6e

 
 
Papers in International Conference: 

1. Dinesh Kumar Shukla, Manoj Kumar, Zaheer Khan Yusufzai*, & Sunil Pandey , “Effect of Preheating on Stainless Steel Wires In Submerged Arc Welding ” proceedings of the International Welding Symposium, 11-13 Dec 2008, at BHELTiruchirappalli , India.
2. D.S. Yadav, M. Z. Khan YusufZai, M. Vashista (2013)’Microstructural characterization of different steels using Barkhausen Noise measurement’ International Conference onAdvances in Mechanical, Automobile and Aerospace Engineering, 21-22 Sept., 2013, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. M. Vashista, Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai (2017) Effect of magnetizing field strength and magnetizing frequency on hysteresis loop shape and its characteristics, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017) November 28-29, 2017, Dubai, UAE
4. Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista (2017) On the role of magnetic field intensity for better micro-structural characterization during Barkhausen Noise analysis, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017) November 28-29, 2017, Dubai, UAE
5. Avinash Ravi Raja, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista, Characterization of advancing and retreating weld of friction stir welding of Aluminum, International Conference on Advances in Materials & Manufacturing, (8-10 December 2016), Hyderabad, INDIA
6. A. Srivastava, Harikishore Kumar, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, M.Vashista “Microstructural Characterization of Pack Carburized IS-2062 Low Carbon Steel using Magnetic Barkhausen Noise.” Material Today Proceedings, 2017,Elsevier
7. A. Srivastava, Harikishore Kumar, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai, M.Vashista “Microstructural Characterization of Pack Carburized IS-2062 Low Carbon Steel using Magnetic Barkhausen Noise.” International conference on advances in Material, Manufacturing and Applied science (ICAMMAS17) , 30-31 March 2017, Sri Institute of Technology, Chennai

 
Papers in National Conference:

1. MohdZaheer Khan Yusufzai*, Sunil Pandey, Rajesh Prasad & L Prasanna, “Friction Stir Welding of Steel” National Confrence on Welding Technology, 13th - 14th Feb 2009, organized by IWS & SLIET, Longawal, Punjab.
2. Dinesh Kumar Shukla, Manoj Kumar, Zaheer Khan Yusufzai, & Sunil Pandey , “Welding current behavior in advanced submerged arc welding,” NWS-2009, National Welding Seminar, 4th - 6th Feb 2009, organized by Indian Institute ofWelding, Mumbai.
3. MohdZaheer Khan Yusufzai*, Sunil Pandey, Rajesh Prasad &Karamjit Singh, “Defects in Friction Stir Welding of Steel” CD proceeding of the 24^th Engineering congress at NIT Surathkal, Mangalore from 10th - 13th December 2009.
4. Delivered a talk on “Friction stir welding of steel” in QIP short term course held at NIT Jalandhar in December 2009
5. Avinash Ravi Raja, Harikishor Kumar, M. Vashista, M.Z.KhanYusufzai “Residual Stress Assessmentafter Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium” National Welding Seminar (NSW-2015), 9^th-11^th December 2015, at Vashi,Navi Mumbai organized by Indian Institute of welding.
6. Harikishor Kumar, Avinash Ravi Raja, M.Z.KhanYusufzai “Friction Stir Processing of Aluminium”, National Welding Seminar (NSW-2015), 9^th-11^th December 2015, at Vashi,Navi Mumbai organized by Indian Institute of welding.
7. Avinash Ravi Raja, Harikishor Kumar, M. Vashista, M.Z.Khan Yusufzai “Residual Stress Assessmentafter Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium” National Welding Seminar (NSW-2015), 9th-11th December 2015, at Vashi, Navi Mumbai organized by Indian Institute of welding.
8. Atul K. Shrivastava Akash Awale Dr. M. Vashista Dr. M. Z. Khan Yusufzai Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Analysis of Elastically Stressed Mild Steel, Indian Institute of Metals, NMD-ATM 71stAnnual Technical Meeting November 11-14, 2017, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
9. Pai Namit Narasimhan, Shivansh Mehrotra, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista, Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai “Usage of waste metal chips as filler for MIG welding of thick plates” National Welding Seminar Kochi, 13-15 Dec., 2018 organized by IIW Cochin Branch
10. Anamika Pandey, Pai Namit Narasimhan, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista, Mohd Zaheer Khan Yusufzai “Welding of thin sheets using indirect electric arc”National Welding Seminar Kochi, 13-15 Dec., 2018 organized by IIW Cochin Branch
11. Vikram Singh Rana, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Avinash Ravi Raja, Meghanshu Vashista, Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai“TIG welding of Commercially Pure Titanium of grade 2” National Welding Seminar Kochi, 13-15 Dec., 2018 organized by IIW Cochin Branch
12. M. Vashista, Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai (2017) Effect of magnetizing field strength and magnetizing frequency on hysteresis loop shape and its characteristics, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017) November 28-29, 2017, Dubai, UAE
13. Mohd. Zaheer Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista (2017) On the role of magnetic field intensity for better micro-structural characterization during Barkhausen Noise analysis, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (IMMT 2017) November 28-29, 2017, Dubai, UAE

 
Posters

1. Presented a poster on “Microstructural evolution during Friction Stir welding of Steel” on National Metallurgical Day December 2010.
2. Presented a poster on “Friction Stir welding of Steel” on National Science Day 28^th February 2009 at I.I.T.-Delhi, New Delhi.
3. Avinash Ravi Raja, Sanjay Singh, M.Z. Khan Yusufzai, M. Vashista, Study the surface modification upon Friction stir processed mild steel, in NMD at IIT Kanpur during 11-14 November 2016
4. Avinash Ravi Raja, Aditya Kumar Yadav, M. Z. Khan Yusufzai,  M. Vashista Multipass surfacing of mild steel using friction stir welding, Indian Institute of Metals, NMD-ATM 71^st  Annual Technical Meeting November 11-14, 2017, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus (Short presentation also)

• PhD (Completed)
  • Dr. Binayaka Nahak Topic "Assessment of surface integrity upon EDM using Barkhausen noise analysis technique"
  • Dr. Avinash Ravi Raja, Thesis Topic "Friction stir welding of steel and its characterization"
  • Dr. Harikishore Kumar, Thesis Topic "Characterization of Copper Based Surface Composite Fabricated by Friction Stir Processing"
  • Dr. Ashish Srivastava, Thesis Topic, "Grinding of Case hardened steel"
• Ph.D. (Ongoing)
  • Akash Awale (Area: MQL Grinding)
  • Sanjay Kumar Gupta (Area: Friction stir processing)
  • Adarsh Kumar (Area: Pulsed Gas Tungsten Arc Welding)
  • Mithlesh Mahto (Area: Friction Stir Welding)
  • Abhimanyu Choudhary (Grinding)
    Ashwani Sharma (Grinding)
• M. Tech. (Completed)

• M Tech (Ongoing)
  • Ms Sakshi Gautam
  • Mr. Jitendra Kumar Meena
  • Mr Rohan Guru

• Project Title: Assessment of residual stress upon friction stir welding of steel sponsored by DST (India) , Amount - Rs. 45 Lacs/-(PI)
• Project Title: “Material characterization in welding” Research project under sprouting grant for faculty scheme, Amount - Rs. 15 Lacs, (CI)

Awards

1. Second prize in poster presentation in International conference on metals and alloys (METALLO 2007) at IIT-Kanpur in December 2007.
2. Best paper award in National Conference on welding Technology at SLIET, Longowal (Punjab) in February 2009
3. Best project award by I.I.T.-Delhi Alumni association in I² tech 2009

Professional Associations

1. Member of The Institution of Engineers (India)
2. Member of Mechanical Engineering Society, I.I.T.(BHU)
3. Life Member, Indian Institute of Welding
4. Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals
5. Life Member, Indian Welding Society
6. Life member, Indian Society of Non-destructive testing

Keynote/guest lecture delivered

1. Delivered a talk on “Friction stir welding of steel” in QIP short term course held at NIT Jalandhar in December 2009.
2. Invited talk on “µ- Joining and Welding Processes” at MNNIT Allahabad in a short term course on “Micromanufacturing: Materials, Processes and Systems (MMPS-2013)”.
3. Invited talk on “Advanced Welding Technology” at O.P. Jindal Institute of Technology in an International Conference on “Advances in steel, power and construction technology (ICASPCT 2015)”.
4. Invited talk at Diesel Locomotive works, Varanasi
5. Invited Talk on “Metallurgy of Welding of steel”MNNIT, Allahabad on 2^nd Feb, 2015.
6. Invited talk M.P. DTE short term courseon Welding Technologies in Automotive Industries at Rustamji Institute of Technology, BSF Academy, Gwalior in 25^th November 2015 “Topic: Metallurgy of Welding”.
7. Invited lecture on Special Welding Processes for Steels in QIP STC CEP on Steel Technologies, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, on 7^th March 2017.
8. JUDGE for the Old Guard Oral Presentation competition at the E-FEST Asia Pacific Student convention of ASME held at LNMIIT Jaipur on 3-5 March 2017.
9. Attended Meeting of National Club members on 08 March, 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
10. Invited talk in Faculty Development Program (FDP) - 2017 on , on 1^st May 2017 in , Bhubaneswar.
11. Expert lecture in Short Term Course on ‘ADVNCES IN DESIGN & MANUFACTURING (ADM-2016)’ on 20^th March 2018, M.M.M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur.
12. Expert in MALAVIYA RESEARCH CONCLAVE-2017 (organized during 8^th – 11^th July 2017 by M.M.M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur.
13. Expert lecture in TEQIP-III sponsored, one week Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on (CMCME-2018) on 20^th March 2018, M.M.M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur.
14. Expert Lecture in TEQIP-III one week workshop on “Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAIM-18)” being organized by BIT, Sindri, Dhanbad on 1^st December 2018.
15. Expert Lecture on "Friction Stir Processing"in one week TEQIP III sponsored Short Term Training Programme entitled "Advances in Mechanical Engineering" AME-2018 on 21^st December 2018 at M.M.M. University of Technology, Gorakhpur.

1. Member, EWSS, BHU, Varanasi.
2. Treasurer, Mechanical Engineering Society, Mech. Engg. Dept (IT-BHU), 2003 – 2005.
3. Chairman Design and Innovation Hub, I.I.T.(BHU).
4. Warden, Rajputana Hostel from 2014-2016.
5. Admin Warden – Aryabhatta –II hostel 2016-2018.
6. Conciliator – Science and Technology Council, I.I.T.(BHU) from 2014-2017.
7. Member Press & Publicity Committee, I.I.T.(BHU).
8. Member, I.I.T.(BHU) Main Workshop Committee.
9. Coordinator, Guru Rabindranath Tagore Apartment from April 2019 to till date.