Arjak Bhattacharjee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
- Email: arjak.bhattacharjee@haotanche.com
- Office: 575-835-5920
- Location: 126 Jones hall
Research Areas
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Sustainability with Industrial and Plastic Waste
- Additive Manufacturing of Polymer-Ceramic Composites for Tissue Engineering
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Ancient Material Science and Technologies
Current Students
- Mr. Lukman Abubakar - MS Thesis in Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
- Mr. Ian Ahlen - Accelerated Masters student in Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
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Ms. Claire Putelli - BS junior year researcher in Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
- Mr. Joel Pilli - BS junior year researcher in Biology
- Mr. Sameer Jain - BS junior year researcher in Mechanical Engineering
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Ms. Gwenevere Gatto - BS freshman year researcher in Biology
Education
- Postdoctoral Scholar
- The Kaplan lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford (Boston), MA, USA
- Date: 2023
- PhD Materials Science and Engineering
- Washington State University, Pullman, WA, US
- Graduation: 2022
- Master's in Technology (M Tech) Materials Science and Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India
- Graduation: 2018
- Bachelor’s in Technology (B Tech) Ceramic Technology
- Govt. College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkata, India
- Graduation: 2016
Current Research Collaborators
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Prof. David L. Kaplan, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
- Prof. Markus J. Buehler, Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT), MA, USA
- Prof. Suman Chakraborty, IIT Kharagpur, India
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Prof. Satyam Suwas, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India
Team Motto
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Ancient Sanskrit Proverb -Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha(translates to "for the happiness of the many, for the welfare of the many)
Team Policies
- Family first then coursework and then research.
- Put your spiritual and emotional wellbeing as the top priority.
- Stay happy and enjoy teamwork.
- Never take part in the rat race of modern society.
- Try to be "the most unique one" as opposed to being "the best one" .