About Me
Shobit Omar is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at IIT Kanpur. He has received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Florida at Gainesville, USA. He has worked 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 study, and electron microscopy characterization of aged ceramic materials. He has also worked in Materials Nanoarchitectonics at National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, where he was involved in the electrical characterization of thin-film conductive materials for micro-fuel cells.
Shobit Omar’s main research interest involves solid-state ionic materials with the main focus on the development of solid oxide fuel cells. His research also encompasses understanding materials properties at high temperatures. Specific materials under investigation in Dr. Omar’s group include oxide ionic conducting perovskites and fluorites, mixed ionic-electronic conductors, and fluorite oxides for thermal barrier coatings. The basic characterization tools used for the study ranges from XRD, SEM, TEM and impedance spectroscopy under a variety of configurations.
CV of Dr. Shobit Omar
Employment History
- Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur (June 2018 - Present) - 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)
Teaching Experience
- Rate Processes (MSE202a, UG Core Course), Semester II, 2014-2015 (3 Lectures + Tutorial)
- Solid State Ionics (MSE664, PG/UG Elective), Semester I, 2014-2015 (3 Lectures)
- Rate Processes (MSE202a, UG Core Course), Summer Semester 2014 (3 Lectures + Tutorial)
- Rate Processes (MSE202a, UG Core Course), Semester II, 2013-2014 (3 Lectures + Tutorial)
- Solid State Ionics (MSE664, PG/UG Elective), Semester I, 2013-2014 (3 Lectures)
- Rate Processes (MSE202a, UG Core Course), Semester II, 2012-2013 (3 Lectures + Tutorial)
- Solid State Ionics (MSE664, PG/UG Elective), Semester I, 2012-2013 (3 Lectures)
- Nanomaterials: Processing and Properties (MSE688, PG/UG Elective), Semester II, 2011-2012 (3 Lectures)
- Manufacturing Processes: Selection and Their Design (MSE470, UG Core Course), Semester I, 2011-2012 ( 3 Lectures + Laboratory)