Professor Sudipta Roy
Professor of Electrochemical Nanomaterials

  • Email: sudipta.roy@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7274
  • Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 5292
  • Address: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced materials.

Introduction

I am interested in applying electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering to fabricate novel materials at the micro- and nano-scale, mitigate corrosion and manufacture micro and nano devices for electronic applications. I collaborate with a variety of industrial partners and other university departments.

 

Roles and Responsibilities

Professor in Electrochemical Nanomaterials, Newcastle University, U.K. 

Founder and Director of Royenface Ltd, a University Spinout Company.

CEAM representative on Faculty Ethics Committee and Faculty Enterprise and Exploitation Cmmittee.

nanoLABS Steering Group member and N8 Shared Equipment Committee.

 

Qualifications

BTech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (1985)
MS in Chemical Engineering, Tulane Ubiversity New Orleans, USA (1990)
PhD in Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA (1992)

 

Previous Positions

Royal Academy Industrial Secondment Fellow at JDS-Uniphase (2001 - 2002)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (1992 - 1994)

Technical Consultant for the Ministry of Industrial Development, India (1985 - 1986)


 

Memberships

Member of the IChemE                                                                                                                   

Fellow of the Institute of Metal Finishing

Founding Member of EDNANO European Society
Member of SCI-ECTG (have been the excecutive treasurer)
Member of The Electrochemical Society

 

Honours and Awards

Keynote Speaker, Gordon Research Symposium on Electrodeposition (July 2012).  

Lecturer, Sterling Group organised by the Royal Academy of Engineering (2011 - present).

Second prize for Knowledge Transfer Business Plan, Blueprint Competition (October 2010). 


Invited to Queen's Achievers Reception at Buckingham Palace, (December, 2006)

Winner, Angels' Den, NANOMED for Business Plan Competition, 2006

SMART award for Corrosion Sensor, 2003

Royal Academy Fellow supported by Industry (2001 - 2002)

ACE Novartis Fellowship for shape memory alloys, 1996

Elected to Omega Pi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honours Society, USA (1988) and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honours Society, USA (1987)

Best science student amongst 63,500 students, India, 1979

Informal Interests

Cycling

Music and painting

Undergraduate Teaching

CME 1003 - Chemistry for Chemical Engineers
CME 2015 - Reactor Engineering 1
CME 4003 - Materials
CME 8002 - Sustainable Materials and Processes
2nd Year laboratory for chemical engineering students

Postgraduate Teaching

CME 8002 and CME 4003