Bharat Gwalani

Assistant Professor of MSE and CAMAL

Email: bgwalan@ncsu.edu
Office: 3030 F, Engineering Building I
Website: https://mse.ncsu.edu/gwalani

Bharat Gwalani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and his B.E. from the National Institute of Technology in Jaipur, India. He spent three years in the steel industry before pursuing his doctorate, then joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2019 as a senior materials scientist. Gwalani came to NC State in 2022, where his research explores how materials behave in extreme environments and how phase transformations can be controlled through deformation.

Publications

Dynamic Microstructural Evolution During Friction Stir Processing of an Al4Si Binary Model Alloy: an in situ study: Escobar, J., Gwalani, B., Bhattacharjee, A., Olszta, M., Bergmann, L., Maawad, E., … Devaraj, A. (2026, April 1), Acta Materialia, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2026.122191
Solid-State Reactive Processing of Al–Fe 3 O 4 Nanothermites for In Situ Formation of Soft-Magnetic Fe Nanoparticles in an Aluminum Matrix: Uddin, M. J., Lastovich, M., Tsai, F.-Y., Malakar, A., Ishrak, F., Perkins, C., … Gwalani, B. (2026, March 24), ACS Materials Au, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialsau.5c00250
Spatiotemporal Defect Dynamics and Microstructural Hierarchy under Extreme Shear: Devaraj, A., Liu, T., Park, C., Sinogeikin, S., Olszta, M., Gwalani, B., … Powell, C. (2026, March 30), Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8768356/v1
Carbon‐Doped NiCuMn Supercapacitor with Excellent Energy Storage and Rate Capability: Kumar, A., Lastovich, M., Gwalani, B., & Arora, H. S. (2025, May 13), Energy Technology, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202500260
Comprehending interface shearing behavior within a bulk Cu-Nb alloy using micromechanical testing: Ajantiwalay, T., Ishrak, F., Malakar, A., Pole, M., Li, L., Soulami, A., … Gwalani, B. (2025, March 10), Materials Characterization, Vol. 223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2025.114928
Effect of graphene nanoplatelets fraction on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 718 composites prepared by spark plasma sintering: Karki, S., Mugale, M., Digole, S., Choudhari, A., Garg, M., Schenck, C., … Borkar, T. (2025, May 23), Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148531
Enhancing cold spray coatings: Microstructural dynamics and performance attributes of Inconel 625 with chromium carbide incorporation for hydropower applications: Pole, M., Srivastava, A., Escobar, J., Silverstein, J., Gwalani, B., Ross, K., & Smith, C. (2025, February 18), Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.131932
High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Anion-Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers through Acoustic Cavitation: Thomas, A., Narayanan, A., Pillai, S. M., Bhar, R., Lastovich, M., Gwalani, B., & Arora, H. S. (2025, March 10), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c21071
In-situ thermo-mechano-chemical transformation and consolidation of Sm-Co powders via a single-step route for bulk magnet fabrication: Malakar, A., Martin, A., Ishrak, F., Schenck, C., Yu, A., Pole, M., … Gwalani, B. (2025, August 13), Nature Communications, Vol. 16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62804-9
Liquid metal embrittlement during FAST joining of magnesium and galvanized steel: Wang, T., Upadhyay, P., Das, H., Tsai, F.-Y., & Gwalani, B. (2025, October 11), Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.09.009

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