Chirag Rabadia
Dr Chirag Rabadia

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Dr Chirag Rabadia

Unit Lecturer and Course Coordinator

School of Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Bentley Campus

chirag.rabadia@eit.edu.au

BEng, MEng, PhD 

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Biography

Dr. Chirag Rabadia has gained over 14+ years of extensive experience in mechanical and materials engineering while working as an academician in top Australian and overseas universities. He has accomplished a PhD in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Edith Cowan University and has won the Engineering Academic Challenge organized by Elsevier in 2017. He has published articles in top 2% of journals in the area of materials engineering and served as a reviewer in high-impact international journals. He has taught Mechanical Engineering as well as multi-disciplinary subjects and supervised engineering students at the bachelor’s and master’s levels.

In his current role at EIT, he has been serving as Unit Coordinator and Lecturer of Thermodynamics and Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning units since 2019. He has developed quality teaching materials of these units. He has expertise in face-to-face, blended and fully online delivery modes of teaching in engineering. Moreover, he has been working as a Metallurgist in a West Australian industry where he is engaged in the research and development and quality control of wear-liner materials used in leading mining industries of the world. He utilizes his industry and academic knowledge to improve EIT’s overall teaching and learning process.

Fields of Research
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Manufacturing Engineering
Research Interest
  • Materials/Alloys design, development and characterization
  • Casting and heat treatment processes
  • Submerged arc welding

Administrative Responsibilities
  • Unit Course Coordinator
 
 

 

Currently Teaching courses/programs
  • BME207S ThermodynamicsBME304S Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Teaching Experience
  • 14 years
  • Supervision

First-authored publications
  1. C.D. Rabadia, S.F. Jawed, J.C. Wang, M. Siddhpura, A. Siddhpura, Revised Semiempirical Approach to Predict the Occurrence of Twinning in Titanium Alloys, ACS Omega, Article in Press (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05474
  2. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, S.F. Jawed, L.Q. Wang, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, Deformation and toughness behavior of beta-type titanium alloys comprising C15 type Laves phase, Materials Today Sustainability 9 (2020) 100034. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2020.100034
  3. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, C.H. Zhao, J.C. Wang, S.F. Jawed, L.Q. Wang, L.Y. Chen, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, Improved trade-off between strength and plasticity in titanium based metastable beta type Ti-Zr-Fe-Sn alloys, Materials Science and Engineering A 766 (2019) 138340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.138340.
  4. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, L.Y. Chen, S.F. Jawed, L.Q. Wang, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, Deformation and strength characteristics of Laves phases in titanium alloys, Materials & Design 179 (2019) 107891. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.107891.
  5. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, S.F. Jawed, L. Wang, Y.H. Li, X.H. Zhang, T.B. Sercombe, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, Improved deformation behavior in Ti-Zr-Fe-Mn alloys comprising the C14 type Laves and β phases, Materials & Design 160 (2018) 1059-1070. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.10.049
  6. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, L. Wang, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, Laves phase precipitation in Ti-Zr-Fe-Cr alloys with high strength and large plasticity, Materials & Design 154 (2018) 228-238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.035
  7. C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, G.H. Cao, Y.H. Li, C.W. Zhang, T.B. Sercombe, H. Sun, L.C. Zhang, High-strength β stabilized Ti-Nb-Fe-Cr alloys with large plasticity, Materials Science and Engineering A 732 (2018) 368-377. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2018.07.031.
Collaborative publications
  • J.C. Wang, Y.J. Liu, C.D. Rabadia, S.-X. Liang, T.B. Sercombe, L.C. Zhang, Microstructural homogeneity and mechanical behavior of a selective laser melted Ti-35Nb alloy produced from an elemental powder mixture, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 61 (2021) 221-233. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2020.05.052.S.F. Jawed, Y.J. Liu, J.C. Wang, C.D. Rabadia, L.Q. Wang, Y.H. Li, X.H. Zhang, L.C. Zhang, Tailoring deformation and superelastic behaviors of beta-type Ti-Nb-Mn-Sn alloys, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 110 (2020) 103867. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103867

    S.F. Jawed, C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, L.Q. Wang, P. Qin, Y.H. Li, X.H. Zhang, L.C. Zhang, Strengthening mechanism and corrosion resistance of beta-type Ti-Nb-Zr-Mn alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: C 110 (2020) 110728. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.110728

    S.F. Jawed, C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, L.Q. Wang, Y.H. Li, X.H. Zhang, L.C. Zhang, Mechanical characterization and deformation behavior of β-stabilized Ti-Nb-Sn-Cr alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 792 (2019) 684-693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.04.079

    S.F. Jawed, C.D. Rabadia, Y.J. Liu, L. Wang, Y.H. Li, X.H. Zhang, L.C. Zhang, Beta-type Ti-Nb-Zr-Cr alloys with large plasticity and significant strain hardening, Materials & Design 181 (2019) 108064. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108064
Recent Publications

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EIT publication

Revised Semiempirical Approach to Predict the Occurrence of Twinning in Titanium Alloys


2 December, 2021
A revised semiempirical approach, considering the average values of the valence electron to atom ratio (e/a̅) and a difference in atomic radii of alloying element/s and the base element (Δr̅), is proposed to predict the twin formation in titanium alloys. The revised e/a̅ versus Δr̅ diagram is plotted, considering the...Read More
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Deformation and toughness behavior of β -type titanium alloys comprising C15-type Laves phase


25 February, 2020
Laves phases are effective in tailoring the mechanical properties of alloys used for structural engineering applications. Therefore, it is an emerging research significance to investigate the deformation features of alloys comprising a Laves phase. In this work, the Ti–33Zr–xFe–yCr (x = 5, 7 wt% and y = 2, 4 wt%) alloys were designed in such a...Read More
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Improved trade-off between strength and plasticity in titanium based metastable beta type Ti-Zr-Fe-Sn alloys


26 August, 2019
An impressive strengthening ability of Laves phases is favorable to develop titanium alloys with an improved trade-off between strength and plasticity. Therefore, the Ti-xZr-7Fe-ySn (x = 25, 30, 35 wt% and y = 1, 2 wt%) alloys were first designed in such a manner that a Laves phase would precipitate in these alloys and then the investigated alloys...Read More
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Deformation and strength characteristics of Laves phases in titanium alloys


27 May, 2019
The superior reinforcement nature of Laves phases make them suitable for high-strength applications. Therefore, investigations on the deformation and strength characteristics of Laves phases are useful in development of an improved Laves phase-reinforced alloy. In this work, the Vickers micro-indentation method is used to evaluate and compare the deformation and strength characteristics...Read More
EIT publication

Improved deformation behavior in Ti-Zr-Fe-Mn alloys comprising the C14 type Laves and β phases


31 October, 2018
Laves phase alloys are promising materials for several structural applications, but the extreme brittleness is the predominant shortcoming of a Laves matrix. One potential solution to overcome this shortcoming is to alloy Laves matrix with some soft matrix. A group of Ti-35Zr-5Fe-xMn (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 wt%) alloys was cast with an...Read More
EIT publication

High-strength β stabilized Ti-Nb-Fe-Cr alloys with large plasticity


9 July, 2018
A group of Ti-27Nb-7Fe-xCr (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 wt%) alloys were designed on the basis of the DV-Xα cluster method, molybdenum equivalent and valence electron to atom ratio. The designed alloys were produced using the cold crucible levitation melting process for studying their microstructures and mechanical properties. The alloying of Cr renders...Read More
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Laves phase precipitation in Ti-Zr-Fe-Cr alloys with high strength and large plasticity


16 May, 2018
In this work, a novel serial of Ti-33Zr-xFe-yCr (x = 3, 5, 7 wt% and y = 2, 4 wt%) alloys was designed first with an expectation to obtain Laves phase in microstructure and then these alloys were produced using cold crucible levitation melting. Microstructure and phase analyses suggest the precipitation of a C15 type Laves...Read More
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