Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik is the Head of the Research and Projects at School of Engineering and Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering at School of Engineering, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India and Adjunct Professor: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Dr. Shantanu Bhowmik received his Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. Before joining Amrita, Dr. Bhowmik has worked as Associate Professor at Department of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, Senior Scientist at Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) under Govt. of Singapore and Scientist at Royal Military College of Canada (under National Defence of Canada).
He has been honored by number of international research awards such as prestigious Research Award of Swiss National Science Foundation of Federal Government of Switzerland in February 2016. This program provides outstanding academicians/researches as Visiting Professorship in Swiss Universities. Marie Curie Research Award from European Union 7th Framework Program from European Commission in February 2014. Brain Pool Korea Research Award from Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Government of Korea in July 2013 for his exemplary work. This program provides outstanding academicians/researches as Adjunct Professorship in Korean Universities. DST-DAAD PPP-2000 Research Award during his doctoral research and part of the doctoral research was carried out at Technical University of Berlin, Germany, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Visiting Fellow Research Award of Government of Canada as one of the most promising and emerging scientists and the work was carried out at Royal Military College of Canada (under National Defence of Canada) and the Research Award of Prestigious National Academies (National Research Council of USA) for NASA’s Vision of Space Exploration to work at NASA-Marshal Space Flight Centre.
Dr. Bhowmik has published over 120 research articles in polymeric composite, nano composite adhesive bonding and surface engineering related to aviation, space and nuclear applications in international journals and international conferences, 3 book chapters, filed 3 patents and 6 invention disclosures and member of editorial boards of Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Science, International Journal of Surface Engineering and Materials Technology and Journal of
New Dimensions of Science and Technology. He is an executive member of Asian Polymer Association, Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), European Society of Composite Materials (ESCM) and Advisor of number of International Conferences.
Dr. Bhowmik has presented research articles in leading international conferences and delivered invited lectures at various countries such as Germany, UK, Switzerland, Canada, USA, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, South Korea, Austria, Spain, Bulgeria, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia and India. He is an eminent speaker of Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (ISAMPE). He is also having international collaborations with Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Japan Space Exploration Agency, Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany, Fraunhofer Institute of Technology, Bremen, Germany and IWK Institut für Werkstofftechnik und Kunststoffverarbeitung, Switzerland as Visiting Professor.
Dr. Bhowmik has established International Centre for Nano Technology and Applied Adhesion at Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, India and his research articles have been cited by number of industries including Lockheed Martin (USA), Israel Aerospace Limited, Leoni Studer AG (Switzerland), Dutch Space (The Netherlands) and Ventracor Limited (Australia).
Under Dr. Bhowmik’s supervision three Ph. D dissertations and eight M. Tech. dissertations have been awarded. He is currently supervising eight Ph.D research scholars and one Post Doctoral research scholar and has number of national and international funded projects.