Academic qualifications
• December 2014: Certificate of Open University Professional and Academic Development (OpenPAD) (leading to FHEA), The Open University, UK [Date of recognition 6th January 2015]
• 2004-2010 (20 January 2010): PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK [Thesis: Acoustic Emission Analysis for Quality Assessment of Thermally Sprayed Coatings]
• 1995-2001 (26 March 2001): BSc Engineering (Mechanical) [4 year degree, First Class – Distinction], Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology (MACET, Patna), Magadh University, India
• 1993-1995: BSc Honours (Physics), Patna Science College (Patna University), Patna, India [not completed]
• 1991-1993: ISc (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), [First Class], Patna Science College, Patna, India
• 1991: Matriculation (10th), [First Class, High School Topper], Aadarsh High School, Biharsharif, India
Experience
• 1st December 2021 – Present (full-time): Professor (Surface Engineering & Micromechanics), School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• 1st July 2019 – 30 November 2021: Reader (Micromechanics & Surface Engineering), School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• 1st June 2018 – 30 June 2019 (full-time): Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering), School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• 3rd January 2013 – 31st May 2018 (full-time): Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering), School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• April 2014 (one week, full-time): Visiting Research Fellow, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
• 30th June 2010 – 31st December 2012: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, College of Engineering, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• September 2009 – March 2010: Teaching Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
• August 2008 – March 2009 (part-time): Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• June 2005 – August 2005 (part-time): Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• October 2004 – May 2009 (part-time): Teaching and Lab Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
• November 2001 – June 2003 (full-time): Junior Research Fellow, Surface Engineering Division, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, India
Research Group Lead
• Advanced Materials, School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Professional Membership
• Member of the UK’s EPSRC Full College member (2018-Present)
• FHEA, The Higher Education Academy [ref. PR079979], UK (2015- Present)
• CEng MIMechE, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (2015- Present)
• Member, Council of The Mining Institute of Scotland – IOM3 local society (2019-Present)
• Member, RSE’s Young Academy of Scotland (2020-Present)
• MIMMM, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK (2016- Present)
Editorial work
• Guest Editor, Journal of Nanomaterials (Hindawi) [Materials Properties Characterization by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Techniques], 2015
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