Dr. Shobit Omar
Professor

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Educational, Professional & Achievements Details

About Me

Dr. Shobit Omar is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at IIT Kanpur. His career began at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi (India), where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004. He has earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida at Gainesville, USA. He went on to join as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Fuel Cells and Solid-State Chemistry Division at Risø-DTU in Denmark. During this period, he was involved in the rational designing and advanced electrochemical characterizations of novel ceramic fuel cell materials, performing long-term ageing studies and electron microscopy characterization of aged ceramic materials. He has also worked in Materials Nanoarchitectonics at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, where he was involved in the electrical characterization of thin-film conductive materials for micro-fuel cells. He joined IIT Kanpur in 2011 as an Assistant Professor.

Educational Details

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
2008
Master in Science (M.S.)
Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
2007
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Department of Ceramic Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
2004

Research and professional Details


Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur
June 2022 - Present
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur
June 2018 - June 2022
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Apr 2011 - June 2018
Visting Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College PArk, USA
Oct 2015 - June 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Nov 2010 - April 2011
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark-DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Nov 2008 - Oct 2010
Graduate Research Assistant
Electroceramic Laboratory, Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Aug 2004 - Aug 2008
Visiting Research Scholar
Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA
Mar - April 2008
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Aug 2003 - April 2004

Offered Courses

  1. Fundamental and Applications of Electrochemistry (MSE673, PG/UG Elective).
  2. Solid State Ionics (MSE664, PG/UG Elective).
  3. Electrochemical Energy Systems (SEE606, PG/UG Elective).
  4. Electroceramic Materials & Applications (SEE631, PG/UG Elective).
  5. Fundamental and Applications of Electrochemistry (MSE673a, PG/UG Elective).
  6. Functional Materials Laboratory (MSE312a, UG Elective).
  7. Rate Processes (MSE202a, UG Core Course).
  8. Electroceramic Materials (MSE631a, PG/UG Elective).
  9. Powder Metallurgy (MSE659a, PG/UG Elective).
  10. Manufacturing Processes (TA201a, Institute UG level Course).
  11. Mathematics and Computation Methods (MSE617, PG Core Course).
  12. Nanomaterials: Processing and Properties (MSE688, PG/UG Elective).
  13. Manufacturing Processes: Selection and Their Design (MSE470, UG Core Course).

AREAS OF INTEREST

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Batteries, Supercapacitors, H2 generation & storage, Electro-catalysis, Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors, Electroceramic processing.