Bhakta B. Rath

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Bhakta B. Rath
Born
Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive Award
S. Chandrasekhar Award
George Kimball Burgess Memorial Award
Charles S. Barrett Medal
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Leadership Award

Bhakta B. Rath is an Indian American material physicist and head of the Materials Science and Component Technology of the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.[1] He is the chief administrative officer for program planning, interdisciplinary coordination, supervision and control of research and is the associate director of research for Materials Science and Component Technology at NRL.[2]

He was elected a member of the

Presidential Rank Award three times.[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2009, for his contributions to science and technology.[4]

Biography

Born in

University of Maryland, and the Colorado School of Mines as their adjunct professor.[6] In 1976, he joined the Naval Research Laboratory as the head of the Physical Metallurgy Division[7] where he rose in ranks to become the superintendent of the Materials Science and Technology Division in 1982 and the head of the Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate in 1986, a post he holds to date.[2] He also served on the Engineering and Computer Science jury for the Infosys Prize in 2016 and 2017.[8]

Rath is a member of the Advisory Boards of several organizations and agencies such as

Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.[9] He sits in the planning committee on methane hydrates of the Department of Energy of the Government of India as well as the Indo-US Joint Commission on Science and Technology as the representative of US Navy. He has also represented the US Navy at The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP) countries such as UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.[2]

Rath, who is married to Sushama,[10] has published several articles and scientific papers,[11][12] co-authored a text, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology[13] and has contributed chapters to books written by others.[14] He served as the president of the ASM International the Materials Information Society in 2004–2005.[15] He has also been associated with organizations such as Education Foundation, the Federation of Materials Society and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society as a member of the board of trustees and has been a member of the editorial boards of three global research journals on material physics.[2]

Awards and honors

Rath, a

Republic Day Honors list in 2009, for the civilian award of the Padma Bhushan.[19] In 2015, his alma mater, the Illinois Institute of Technology awarded him the Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.[20] He is also a recipient of S. Chandrasekhar Award, Charles S. Barrett Medal and the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Leadership Award and several other Oration awards.[5]

Rath is an elected fellow of such scientific societies as

honoris causa doctorate.[22] One of the departmental libraries at Colorado School of Mines has been named after him, post his donation of a number of rare technical books to the school and Michigan Technological University has instituted an annual award, Bhakta B. Rath Research Award, which is awarded to the best doctoral thesis in science and engineering.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Members Directory - NAE". National Academy of Engoneering. 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "AIME Honorary Membership". American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Associate Director of Research for Materials Science and Component Technology". US Naval Research Laboratory. 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Bhakta B. Rath, Ph.D" (PDF). Secretariat of the Navy. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  6. ^ "2004-2005 President of ASM International". ASM International. 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Dr. Bhakta Rath honored by President of India". Eureakalert. 26 May 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "Infosys Prize - Jury 2016".
  9. ^ "Distinguished Visiting Professor". Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar. 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  10. ^ "Dr. Bhakta Rath on Mich Tec". Michigan Tech University. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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  12. ^ Bhakta B. Rath (January 2005). "Material Changes". Advanced Materials & Processes.
  13. ISBN 978-3-642-28030-6
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  14. ISBN 978-1-4684-4769-9
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  15. ^ "Past Presidents". ASM International. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  16. ^ "Presidential Rank Award to Bhakta Rath". Advanced Materials & Processes. April 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2016.[dead link]
  17. ^ "Dr. Bhakta Rath Wins 2005 Saalfeld Award". Naval Research Laboratory. 22 September 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  18. ^ "TNA Members receive 2008 Acta Materialia Awards" (PDF). TMA. November 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  19. ^ "Dr. Bhakta Rath Receives Honors of the Padma Bhushan Award". NRL. 19 February 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  20. ^ "Professional Achievement Award". Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Association. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  21. ^ "Foster a culture of invention and creativity". Indian Express. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  22. ^ "Honoris Causa for Bhakta B Rath". Indian Express. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  23. ^ "Rath Research Award". Michigan Technological University. 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.

External links

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