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PROFESSOR UDAY B. PAL

Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
110 Cummington Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
E-mail: upal@bu.edu; Phone: 16173537708

 

Education and Training
B. Tech, Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India (1980)
Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA (1984)

Research and Professional Experience
Six years of industrial and thirty years of academic research experience in high temperature chemical and electrochemical processes, including fuel cells, sensors, membrane separation, batteries, and metals extraction and refining. Authored and co-authored over 300 publications including 28 issued patents

Teaching
Thermodynamics, kinetics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, solid-state chemistry, transport phenomena, materials processing, environmental engineering and green manufacturing

Employment
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

September 2011 to Present , Professor, Division of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering
July 2008 to August 2011
, Division Head of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
September 2005 to June 2008
, Interim Chairman and Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering
September 2000 to August 2005
, Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering
January 1998 to August 2000
, Associate Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
July 1995 to December 1997,John Chipman Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
April 1990 to June 1995
, John Chipman Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

December 1986 to March 1990, Senior Scientist
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Research Center, Brackenridge, PA, USA
February 1984 to November 1986, Senior Engineer

Honors
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020)
2015 AIME James Douglas Gold Medal for outstanding achievement in nonferrous metallurgy (2015)
TMS Extraction and Processing Division Distinguished Lecturer Award ( 2015)
Student team Advisor, Silver Medal at the 2014 TECO Green Tech International Contest in Taiwan (2014)
Richard E. Tressler Lecture and Award in Materials, Pennsylvania State University (2014)
Acad. Master for China's 111 Project at University of Science and Technology Beijing (2014)
2012 Distinguished Foreign Scientist Award, CSIR, India (2012)
Mann Red Mayne Medal from the Inst. of Metals, Minerals and Mining (2009)
TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Resource Education Award (2008)
TMS Extraction and Processing Technology Award (2003)
TMS Extraction and Processing Technology Award (2000)
John Chipman Chair at MIT (1990-1997)
ALCOA Foundation Science Support Award (1995)
Frank B. Lounsberry Award, presented by Allegheny Ludlum Corporation (1985)
Xerox Research Award, Penn State University (1983)

Student Awards
Stephen Britten (2000 TMS Extraction and Processing Technology Award for most notable research contribution)
Prashant Soral (2003 TMS Extraction and Processing Technology Award for most notable research contribution)
Kyung Joong Yoon (3rd prize, 2009 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Awards for Fuel Cell Research)
Wenhua Huang (1st prize, 2009 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Awards for Fuel Cell Research)
Marko Suput (2009 Mann Redmayne co-author award for best paper (IOM3))
Soobhankar Pati (2009 Mann Redmayne co-author award for best paper (IOM3))
Lincoln Miara (2nd prize, 2010 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Awards for Fuel Cell Research; 2011 Best MSE PhD Thesis Award from Boston University)
Eric Gratz (2012 Henry DeWitt Smith Scholarship presented by the TMS and the 2012 MSE PhD Thesis Award for Commercial Potential from Boston University)
Jarrod Milshtein (TMS 2013 Best Student Paper in Energy Related Research)
Xiaofei Guan (2013 Best MSE PhD Thesis award from Boston University)
Yihong Jiang, Shizhao Su, and Abhishek Patnailk, 1st Prize, MRS Sustainability @ My School Poster Competition, 2014 MRS Fall Meeting
Shizhao Su, Yihong Jiang, Yiwen Gong, and Xiao Han won the silver medal at the 2014 Green Tech International Contest in Taiwan
Xiaofei Guan (2015) TMS EPS Young Leader Professional Development Award
Ruofan Wang (2018 Best MSE PhD Dissertation of the Year Award from Boston University)
Paul Gasper (2020 Best MSE PhD Dissertation of the Year Award from Boston University)

Major Services and Memberships
Editorial Board, Advances in Manufacturing, Springer
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, Springer
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Electrochemical Society and TMS
Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
Alpha Sigma Mu (National Materials Science and Engineering Honor Society)
Associate, Editor (Past), J. of Materials Chemistry and Physics, Elsevier
Principal Editor (Past), Journal of Materials Research
Key Reader (past) for 'Metallurgical and Materials Transactions', Springer
Advisor (past), Journal of Metals