Soumendra N. Basu

About

Soumendra N. Basu is a professor whose work encompasses research areas including plasma sprayed coatings and environmental barrier coatings. He mentors graduate students working on topics such as plasma sprayed coatings and environmental barrier coatings, indicating a focus on materials science and surface engineering. His recent graduate students have completed theses on subjects like microstructural evolution in chemically vapor deposited mullite coatings, epitaxial growth of III-V nitrides and phase separation and ordering in InGaN alloys, and the structure, chemistry, and strength of FeCrAl(Y)/Al2O3 interfaces. These research topics reflect a strong emphasis on advanced coating technologies and materials characterization. Professor Basu's academic lineage includes students who have gone on to work in industry positions at companies such as Nortel Networks, Boston MicroSystems Inc., and Texas Instruments Inc., demonstrating the applied nature of his research and its relevance to technological development.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Metallurgy
• Optoelectronics
• Chemical engineering
• Composite material
• Optics
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Inorganic chemistry

Selected publications

• Experimental review of the performances of protective coatings for interconnects in solid oxide fuel cells

  Journal of Power Sources · 2023-03-30 · 49 citations

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  Ferritic stainless steel interconnects are used in solid oxide fuel cells; however, coatings are required to improve their performance. Although several types of coatings have been proposed, they have been scarcely investigated under similar conditions. This study compares the characteristics of uncoated Crofer 22 APU and eight different coatings on Crofer 22 APU for up to 3000 h at 800 °C. The coatings were deposited at various research laboratories around the world, and the experiments were pe…

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• Comparison of chromium poisoning between lanthanum strontium manganite and lanthanum strontium ferrite composite cathodes in solid oxide fuel cells

  Journal of Power Sources · 2020 · 41 citations

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• Recent progress in germanium-core optical fibers for mid-infrared optics

  Infrared Physics & Technology · 2020 · 37 citations

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• Electrochemical cleaning: An in-Situ method to reverse chromium poisoning in solid oxide fuel cell cathodes

  Journal of Power Sources · 2020 · 34 citations

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• Reversible solid oxide cells: Early performance and microstructural evolution during electrolysis and switched mode operation

  Journal of Power Sources · 2023-04-27 · 23 citations

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Recent grants

• Processing of Layered Semiconductor-Core Optical Fibers for Mid-IR Applications

  NSF · $444k · 2013–2018

• FRG: Functionally Graded High-Al Mullite Environmental Barrier Coatings

  NSF · $652k · 2003–2008

Frequent coauthors

• Uday B. Pal

  129 shared

• Srikanth Gopalan

  125 shared

• Karl Ludwig

  27 shared

• V.K. Sarin

  24 shared

• Jacob N. Davis

  Boston University

  17 shared

• Boshan Mo

  16 shared

• Ruofan Wang

  16 shared

• J. C. Woicik

  Material Measurement Laboratory

  15 shared

Labs

• Soumendra N. Basu LabPI

Education

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering

  University of California, Berkeley

  1990

• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering

  University of California, Berkeley

  1986

• B.S., Metallurgical Engineering

  Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  1984

Awards & honors

• Dean's Catalyst Award for Innovative Research (2012)
• Silver Medalist, TECO Green Tech International Contest in Ta…

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