Pranay Chakraborty

Biography

Dr. Pranay Chakraborty joined SAU as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Spring semester of 2023. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), in 2021. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, till December 2022. Dr. Chakraborty also received an M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UNR in 2016. Before his study in Reno, he received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, in 2011. Between his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, Dr. Chakraborty worked in the Abul Khair steel industry in Chattogram, Bangladesh, and Haripur 412 MW combined cycle power plant in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.. His research focuses on micro-/nano-scale thermal transport, thermal-mechanical properties of materials, chemical detection, and physics-informed machine learning. His research has broad applications in technological development for thermal management, thermoelectric devices, electronic cooling technology, and human and animal health monitoring.

Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno (2021)
• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno (2016)
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2011)

Courses Taught

• Statics
• Introduction to Solid Modeling (with SolidWORKS)

Selected publications

• Chakraborty, P., Rajapakse, M. Y., McCartney, M. M., Kenyon, N. J., & Davis, C. E. (2022). Machine learning and signal processing assisted differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) data analysis for chemical identification. Analytical Methods, 14(34), 3315-3322.
• Chakraborty, P., Liu, Y., Ma, T., Guo, X., Cao, L., Hu, R., & Wang, Y. (2020). Quenching thermal transport in aperiodic superlattices: A molecular dynamics and machine learning study. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(7), 8795-8804.
• Chakraborty, P., Xiong, G., Cao, L., & Wang, Y. (2018). Lattice thermal transport in superhard hexagonal diamond and wurtzite boron nitride: A comparative study with cubic diamond and cubic boron nitride. Carbon, 139, 85-93.
• Chakraborty, P., Cao, L., & Wang, Y. (2017). Ultralow lattice thermal conductivity of the random multilayer structure with lattice imperfections. Scientific reports, 7(1), 1-8.