About

Dinesh Yadav, Ph.D., is a practicing theatre designer and director focusing on interdisciplinary research. He has expertise in theatre, installations, and lighting design, merging arts, technology, and health to address contemporary human issues. Yadav's creations are featured in international performing arts festivals and exhibitions. He has created 30 performances and designed for over 400. He has curated for the Prague Quadrennial and World Stage Design, serving as a juror for the latter. He has authored a book, published a journal alongside 30 conference papers, and has been invited as a master class instructor in India, the United States, Canada, Hungary, and Mexico. Yadav has taught at premier institutions in the United States and India to undergraduates and graduates, and his students are placed at prestigious positions and organizations, including Disney World, Glimmerglass Opera, META, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Indian Administrative Services (IAS). He is the current chair of the Performance Design Commission of OISTAT and the general editor for quarterly Theatre Design and Technology. He founded the nonprofit Swayambhu Foundation and led its performing company for 10 years. Yadav is a fellow of the National School of Drama, University Grant Commission, and Ministry of Culture of India, and a Wisconsin Teaching Scholar and Fellow. Currently, he is chair of the Dance, Music, and Theatre Performance and associate professor of Theatre at the College of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Composite material
• Metallurgy
• Nanotechnology
• Chemical engineering
• Biology

Selected publications

• Lattice misorientation evolution and grain refinement in Al-Si alloys under high-strain shear deformation

  Materialia · 2021 · 24 citations

  • Materials science
  • Composite material
  • Metallurgy
  DOI

• Understanding of Lithium Insertion into 3D Porous Carbon Scaffolds with Hybridized Lithiophobic and Lithiophilic Surfaces by In-Operando Study

  Nano Letters · 2020 · 32 citations

  • Materials science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemical engineering

  without noticeable dendrite formation and volume expansion. Our hybridization approach provides valuable insight to realize a high-energy-density anode by uniformly impregnating lithium into porous media.

  DOI

• Effects of dynamic recrystallization and strain-induced dynamic precipitation on the corrosion behavior of partially recrystallized Mg–9Al–1Zn alloys

  Journal of Magnesium and Alloys · 2020 · 106 citations

  • Materials science
  • Metallurgy
  • Composite material

  The corrosion susceptibility of recrystallized and un-recrystallized grains in equal channel angular pressed (ECAPed) Mg–9Al–1Zn (AZ91) alloys immersed in chloride containing media was investigated through immersion testing and an electrochemical microcell technique coupled with high resolution techniques such as scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). During ECAP, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and strain-induced dynamic precipitation (SIDP) simultaneously occurred, resulting in a bimodal grain structure of original elongated coarse grains and newly formed equiaxed fine grains with a large volume fraction of β-Mg17Al12 precipitates. Corrosion preferentially initiates and propagates in the DRXed grains, owing to the greater microchemistry difference between the β-Mg17Al12 precipitates formed at the DRXed grain boundaries and the adjacent α-Mg matrix, which induces a strong microgalvanic coupling between these phases. Additionally, the weaker basal texture of the DRXed grains also makes these grains more susceptible to electrochemical reactions than the highly textured un-DRXed grains. The influence of dynamic recrystallization and dynamic precipitation was also studied in ECAPed alloys with different levels of deformation strain through corrosion and electrochemical techniques. Increasing the strain level led to a more uniform corrosion with a shallow penetration depth, lower corrosion rate values, and higher protective ability of the oxide film. Furthermore, higher levels of strain resulted in greater hardness values of the ECAPed alloys. The superior corrosion resistance and strength of the ECAPed alloys with increasing strain level was attributed to the combination of smaller DRXed grain size, higher DRX ratio, and higher volume fraction of uniformly distributed fine β-Mg17Al12 precipitates.

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Frequent coauthors

• Kelvin Y. Xie

  28 shared

• Juran Noh

  Texas A&M University

  10 shared

• Peng Wu

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  10 shared

• Jian Tan

  Fudan University

  10 shared

• Fernando A. Soto

  UPMC McKeesport

  9 shared

• Choongho Yu

  7 shared

• Jon K. Baldwin

  7 shared

• Michael J. Demkowicz

  7 shared

Education

• Ph. D. , Performing and Visual Arts

  Indira Gandhi National Open University

  2018

• Post Graduate Diploma, Stage Management & Technical Theatre

  London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

  2010

• MFA in Theatre , Theatre Arts

  National School of Drama

  2007

• Ph. D., Chemistry

  University of Rajasthan

  2004

• M. Sc., Chemistry

  Agra College

  2001

Awards & honors

• Fellow of the National School of Drama
• Fellow of the University Grant Commission of India
• Fellow of the Ministry of Culture of India
• Wisconsin Teaching Scholar and Fellow

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