Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1993
• M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT- Kanpur, India, 1988
• B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, India, 1986

Academic Positions

• November, 2004 - August 2011: Chair, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
• July 2007 - present: Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
• July 2004 - June 2007: Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
• Aug. 1998 - July 2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
• Fall 1994: Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, City University of New York
• Spring 1993: Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University.

Research Interests

• Aerogels
• Nanofibers
• Processing of self-assembled bottom-up polymer nanocomposite materials
• Chaos-induced multi-scale structures
• Chaotic mixers as reactors
• Chaotic mixers for nanofiller dispersion
• Polymer nanocomposites
• Shape memory polymers
• Shape memory polymer nanocomposite materials
• Shape memory aerogels for space applications
• Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells

Administrative Experience

• Department Chair, Department of Polymer Engineering (2004 – 2011)
• Chair, New Technology Committee, Society of Plastics Engineers (2011-2013)
• Chair, Education Award Committee, Society of Plastics Engineers (2011-2012)
• Chair, Co-operative Research Award Committee, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Division, American Chemical Society (2011-2013)
• Chair, Board of Directors, Engineering Properties and Structures Division, Society of Plastics Engineers (2009-2010)
• Chair, National Polymer Innovation Center Building Committee (2007-2010)
• Chair and Chair-elect, Board of Directors, Engineering Properties and Structures Division, Society of Plastics Engineers (2008-2009; 2009-2010)
• Chair of Graduate Admission Committee (2002-2004), Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
• Chair, Awards Committee, Engineering Properties and Structures Division, Society of Plastics Engineers (2005-2008)
• Vice Chair, New Technology Committee, Society of Plastics Engineers (2009-2010)

Editorial Activities

• Associate Editor, Polymer Engineering & Science, Society of Plastics Engineers journal, published by Wiley
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Polymer Science
• Editorial Board, Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting
• Review Board, Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Editor (G. Mago, D. Kalyon, and F. Fisher coeditors) Polymer Nanocomposite Processing, Characterization, and Applications, special issue, published by Journal of Nanomaterials, 2010
• Editor (G. Mago, and D. Kalyon coeditors), Polymer Nanocomposite Processing, Characterization, and Applications, special issue, to be published by Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012
• Editor (Jie Feng coeditor) Biocomposites: Mechanical Properties and Biomedical Applications to be published by CRC Press, a Taylor and Francis Company
• Editor (R. Gupta and A.Ray coeditors), Polymer Engineering & Science, October 2011 special issue in honor of Santosh K. Gupta

Biographical Listing

• WHO’S WHO in America
• WHO’S WHO in the World
• WHO’S WHO in American Education
• WHO’S WHO in Science and Engineering
• WHO’S WHO in Plastics and Polymers

Awards and Honors

• 2011 William C. Zekan Memorial Award, Akron Section, Society of Plastics Engineers
• 2011 Excellence in Education, featured in December 2011 issue of Ohio Magazine
• Honorary Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, Bogota, September 2010
• 2010 Education Award, Society of Plastics Engineers
• Elected Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers, May 2008
• Mentor of the Year Award, University of Akron, 2007
• Perkin Elmer Award (with graduate student S. Gunes), Composites Division, Society of Plastics Engineers ANTEC 2006
• CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, IIT Delhi, India, 2005
• CNR Rao Medal, CHEMCON 2005, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, IIT Delhi, India, 2005
• Mentor of the Year Award, University of Akron, 2005
• Best Paper Award, Composites Division, Society of Plastics Engineers ANTEC 2005
• Board Member, Engineering Properties Division (EPSDIV), Society of Plastics Engineers, 2005 – present
• Member, Committee on New Technology, Society of Plastics Engineers, 2007 – present
• NASA Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Glenn Research Center, 1999, 2005
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2002)
• Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, University of Calcutta (2001)
• Gold Medal, University of Calcutta (1986)
• National Merit Scholar-Government of India (1977)