B I O G R A P H Y

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Prof. B C Ray graduated in the year 1986 from Jadavpur Universty, Kolkata in the discipline of Metallurgical Engineering and subsequently obtained his M.Tech (1988) and Ph.D (1992) degrees from IIT, Kharagpur, India. Bankim Chandra Ray has been pursuing investigation mostly in the area of science and technology of ageing behavior in fiber reinforced polymeric (FRP) composites. The research is largely focused to assess the implications of environmental and experimental parameters on mechanical behavior of FRP composites. The environmental parameters include thermal shock, thermal fatigue, thermal spikes, hygrothermal, hydrothermal, liquid nitrogen temperature, changing and cyclic environments and sea water conditioning like many others harsh and hostile environments. One of most important experimental variables is the variation of loading speed in considering its role in nucleating and propagating cracks to determine the failure modes emphasizing microscopic examination. Recently I am venturing into metal matrix composites with an aim to comprehend my understanding on the science of composites by making and characterizing nano-composites to explore the impact of interfacial status on mechanical performance and structural integrity. I have been lucky enough with my scholar in getting a small success by exploring the interest in preparing nano-structured thin film by modifying conventional electro-deposition technique in a sub-zero environment with an impinging sonication effect. I had an opportunity in doing a small exploratory investigation in computer modeling in phase transformation and heat treatments, and also a bit on showering effect of centrifugal force on solidification behavior of alloys.

He is the author of more than 160 scientific papers out of which more than 127 in International Journals and regular reviewer of many high impact Journals of Composites and Materials Science areas. He has published 17 number of international publications as a single author and out of which few numbers are having 100 and 50 citations. He is a regular examiner of Ph.D and Master degree thesis from inland as well as overseas countries. Prof. Ray’s research has been funded by different governmental and private agencies. Further, he has more than 29 years and 8 months of teaching experience at one of the premier institutes of the nation.

Mentoring as a Project leader of multi-crores integrated Research and Development proposal for the setting-up of Steel Technology Centre with a multi-disciplinary dimension at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

Publication impact: Professor Ray is having Google Scholar h-index 34, i-10 index 88 and Web of science h-index 25 as of 16 November 2021.

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