Prof. Uday Pal

UDAY PAL

Office Address and PhoneHome Address and Phone
Room 4-136, 77 Mass. Ave.96 Booth Street
MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139Needham, MA 02194
Tel. 617-253-3239 Tel. 617-455-0796

Professional Objective: To teach, direct and conduct research and development work in chemical processing involving transport phenomena, reaction and growth kinetics, interfacial phenomena and thermodynamics.

Education: B. Tech., Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology (1980); Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (1984).

Memberships: American Ceramic Society; TMS; Electrochemical Society; Tau Beta Pi (Natl. Eng. Honor Society); Alpha Sigma Mu (National Matls. Sc. and Eng. Honor Society).

Employment: July 1995 - Present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Matls. Sc. and Eng., MIT; April 1990 to June 1995, Assistant Professor Dept. of Matls. Sc. and Eng. MIT; December 1986 to March 1990, Senior Scientist, Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA; February 1984 to November 1986, Senior Research Staff, Allegheny Ludlum Research Center, Brackenridge, PA.

Research and Teaching Experience: Dr. Pal has research and teaching experience in the areas of solid state science and chemical processing of materials involving transport, reaction and growth kinetics, interfacial phenomena, and thermodynamics. He has industrial research experience in fundamental and applied areas related to fabrication and processing of solid oxide fuel cells for clean electrochemical power generation and also in steelmaking and alloy processing. Professor Pal's research at MIT is directed towards studying electrochemical phenomena in high temperature chemical processes which include fuel cells, slag-metal reactions, batteries, sensors, membrane separation, etc.. Professor Pal has authored over 40 publications and holds 12 patents.

Awards: John Chipman Chair (1990-Present); ALCOA Foundation Science Support Award (1995); Frank B. Lounsberry Award, presented by Allegheny Ludlum Corporation for outstanding technical accomplishment for 1985; Xerox Research Award, presented by the Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, for excellence in research (June 1982); ARCO Award, presented by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, for academic excellence (May 1981).

Prof. Uday Pal