Debrupa Lahiri

Debrupa Lahiri is a PhD student in the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Florida International University since Fall, 2007 and is expected to receive the degree by the first half of 2011. She has received her M. Tech degree in Materials & Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India in 2000 and B.E degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Bengal Engineering College, West Bengal, India in 1998. She has eight years of experience in industry and research environment. She worked as Metallurgist in research and development department of Indian Aluminum Company, India for 2 years. Thereafter she worked as Scientific Officer in Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Dept. of Atomic Energy, Hyderabad, India. She has experience in the fields of X-ray diffraction, residual stress measurement, dilatometry and SEM of materials related to nuclear industry from her past research activities. Her current research interests include plasma sprayed coatings, CNT and BNNT reinforced composites, bioceramics and polymers for orthopedic applications and nano-mechanics of materials and biological substances. She has 19 publications in peer reviewed journals. She is the recipient of Dissertation Evidence Acquisition Fellowship (2009-2010) from Florida International University during her PhD program.