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HOD and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Soumitra Kumar Dinda
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering · National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela · Rourkela
IMPARC ID IMP-MM-ENGG-OR-IN-2026-2465
Member since 2026
Expertise
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Bioenergy & Biofuels
- Nanotechnology
- Calorimetry/Heat Transfer
- Catalysis
- Chemical Engineering
- Green Chemistry
- Petroleum Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Renewable Energy
- Process Design
Mentorship offered
- Operations Consulting
- Regulatory Consulting
- Manufacturing Consulting
- Scientific and Technical Consulting
- Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC)
- Product Evaluation
- Formulation
- Concept Development
- Manufacturing
- Product Validation
- Statistical Analysis
- Predictive Modeling
- Data Insights
- Gap Analysis
- Scientific and Technical Research
- Technology Scouting
- Secondary Data Collection
- Feasibility Study
- General Proofreading & Editing
- Technical Writing
Mode: Hybrid · Capacity: More than 5 researchers
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About
Dr. Soumitra Kumar Dinda is an accomplished academician, researcher, and materials engineer specializing in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, with expertise in Welding Metallurgy, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Materials Characterization, Process Metallurgy, Optimization, and Machine Learning applications in manufacturing. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, he has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he contributed to advanced physical modelling, computational simulations, and machine learning-driven steel manufacturing research. His research focuses on advanced welding technologies, continuous casting, computational metallurgy, artificial intelligence in manufacturing, and sustainable process optimization. He has authored numerous high-impact SCI/Scopus indexed publications, books, conference papers, patents, and internationally funded research projects, while actively mentoring undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral scholars. His work bridges fundamental materials science with industrial applications through cutting-edge computational and experimental research.
Publications 3
Journal articles
- S.S. Mahapatra, Md. B. Sk., P. Srirangam, S.K. Dinda (2025). In-situ Investigation on the Morphological Evaluation of Bainitic Microstructure of Medium C-Steel. Journal of Discover Materials.Scopus
Books
- (2020). Electron Beam Welding of Different Steel to Al-Alloys. Lambert Academic Publishing.ISBN978-620-0-65681-0
Conference papers
- (2021). X-Ray Radiography Study on Defect Analysis of Electron Beam Welded Plain C-Steel and Fe-7% Al Alloy Joints. TMS 2021 Annual Supplemental Proceedings, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).Peer-reviewed (not in the indexes above)
Experience
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Assistant Professor
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
May 2023 - Present (current)
Education
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Completed 2019
Ph.D., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
Awards
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IIT Kharagpur SGR International Research Scholar Support Program
IIT Kharagpur · 2017
Events & training
- 2020
International Research Fellowship · University of Toronto
MITACS International Research Programme
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