BIO

Dr. Bijaya Bikram Samal is serving as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (SMSS) Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is leading the team working on developing the Cargo Hyperloop system. Previously, he received his Ph.D. in "Four-Dimensional Printing: Shape Programming, Material Characterization, and Parametric Optimization" from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, W.B., India, in 2024. He completed his M.Tech in Production Engineering with a specialization in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, India, in 2018, where he was awarded the University Gold Medal. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, India, in the year 2015.

 He is the first person in India to start research in 4D printing in the year 2016, and he has been doing research in this area for the past 9 years. In 2018, he created the world's strongest 4D printed part, making him the first person in the world to achieve this feat. His research works on 4D printing and related topics are published in many reputed journals, books, and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of the Bose Science Society, a Chartered Engineer (India), and a Member of the Institute of Engineers, India. He is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, the Bose Science Society, the International Association of Engineers, and the Institute for Engineering Research and Publication. He is a senior member of the Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors. He is a graduate and was an executive member of the IEEE Young Professional (YPAG), Kharagpur section.

He was invited by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T), as a Chief Guest to deliver a lecture on his recent research explorations of 4D printing technology in 2023. He was invited to deliver a keynote lecture on his research at the "9th Annual National Conference on Advanced Technologies and Research in Understanding Medicine" at Sastra Deemed University, India, and the "International Conference on 4D Printing and Meta Materials," Netherlands, in the year 2022. He was an organizer and member of the scientific committee for a symposium on "Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Materials" at the International Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Congress 2024, held in Darmstadt, Germany. He has also served as a co-chair for the International Research Symposium on Advancements in Precision Healthcare Robotics and Assistive Technology, 2024, held in IIT Kanpur. In addition to his research contributions, he is a series editor of the book series "Advances in Additive Manufacturing Technologies" at John Wiley & Sons and Scrivener Publishing LLC and is also the lead editor of the book "4D Printing Technology: Principles, Materials and Application" (John Wiley & Sons and Scrivener Publishing LLC), expected to publish online in 2025. He has participated as a reviewer across different SCI/Scopus-indexed journals in the field of additive manufacturing and smart materials. 

 He is skilled in various additive manufacturing processes (FDM, DMLS, DIW, TPP, DLP, etc.) and material characterization methods, such as SEM, FTIR, XRD, nanoindentation, UTM, AFM, and statistical methods, such as the Design of Experiments (DoE) and optimization tools. He has also completed professional courses on CAD (CATIA V5R19), CAM (MasterCAM X3), injection molding, and FEA (Ansys 16) from reputed organizations like CTTC, Bhubaneswar, and CIPET, Bhubaneswar. Some of his innovative work has garnered numerous awards and grants, including the Best Research Paper award at the International Conference on Futuristic Research in Engineering Smart Materials, hosted by the CMR Institute of Technology, India, and Gyeongsang National University, South Korea; the Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, Trusted Reviewer Award 2024; and the Institute International Travel Grant for attending the best conference, IIT Kharagpur. He was also awarded by the Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha, India, for his innovation in 2018, which led to him receiving start-up incubation and a grant (Nidhi-Prayas) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.