About the Series Editor-in-Chief
Kamal K. Kar
Advanced Nanoengineering Materials
Laboratory, Materials Science Programme
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, India
Advanced Nanoengineering Materials
Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur, India
Prof. Kar pursued higher studies at the Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur, India, and Iowa State University, USA, before joining as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary
Programme in Materials Science at IIT Kanpur in 2001.
He was a BOYSCAST Fellow in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA, in 2003. Prof. Kar is currently holding the Champa Devi Gangwal Chair Professor of the
Institute. Before this, he has also held the Umang Gupta
Institute Chair Professor (2015–2018) at IIT Kanpur. He
was the Head of the Interdisciplinary Programme in
Materials Science from 2011 to 2014 and Founding
Chairman of Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering Kanpur Chapter from
2006 to 2011.
Prof. Kar is an active researcher in the broad areas of
nanostructured carbon materials, nanocomposites, functionally graded materials, nano-polymers, and smart
materials for structural, energy, water, and biomedical
applications. His research works have been recognized
through the office of the Department of Science and
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