Malay Mazumder has been serving the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) for more
than 25 years as a faculty member, and for about 10 years of which he
served as the Head of the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation
and as the Director of the University Of Arkansas Graduate Institute Of
Technology. Dr. Mazumder is now a University Professor of Applied
Science, and is engaged in teaching and research in the field of
particle technology and electrostatic engineering with applications to
material science, thin film coatings and biomedical engineering.
He received his Ph.D. in Instrumentation Science from the University of
Arkansas and worked on the development of Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV).
Under a fellowship program at Harvard University, Dr. Mazumder performed
research in the areas of aerosol science and particle technology, before
joining UALR. He is now serving as the principal investigator for two
NASA-funded projects on the assessment and mitigation of dust hazards
related to robotic and human missions to the Moon and Mars. The first
one is on the development of an instrument for characterizing the
particle size and electrostatic properties of dust on the Moon and Mars
and
the second project is on the development of transparent electrodynamic
shields for protecting
solar panels, camera windows and extravehicular activity (EVA) suits
for space missions The particle size and charge analyzer for Mars and
Moon dusts and a nanoparticle analyzer for
studying electrostatic self-assembly processes (under an NSF project)
are both based on the LDV-based Electronic Single Particle Relaxation
Time (E-SPART) analyzer patented by
Dr. Mazumder for which he received the 1988 R&D 100 Award.
He serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Particulate Science and
Technology: An International Journal. Dr. Mazumder is also active in
community service, including serving as a Commissioner
of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, under appointment by
Gov. Mike Huckabee. Dr. Mazumder is now serving MIT as a visiting
professor collaborating with Prof. Markus Zahn
of the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems on his
research projects. Website:
Dr. Malay
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