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Rishi Raj (born 1944) is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1] His expertise is in Polymer-based methods, and additive manufacturing, used to create novel ceramic nanostructures.[2] He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society[3] and winners of various awards.
Education
Raj was awarded a B.Ss degree from Allahabad University (India) in 1961 in Pure Sciences. He traveled to England for B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Durham. He received his degree in 1964 with First Class Honors and two prizes. After taking a break and working for a year, he went on to pursue his Ph.D. in 1965 at Harvard. He graduated in 1970 with a Ph. D. in Engineering and Applied Sciences[4], under the tutelage of Mike Ashby[5] and David Turnbull.[6]
Career
Raj had a short stint at Standard Telephones and Cables (1964-1965) as a Staff Engineer, where he worked on Concorde control systems. After graduating with his Ph. D., Raj worked from 1971-1972 as a Staff Scientist at Chase Brass and Copper Company in Cleveland, OH. He returned to Academia in 1972 when he became an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (1972-1975).
In 1975, Raj accepted a position as Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. He worked at Cornell for 21 years from 1975-1996. In 1996, he moved back to Boulder and is currently employed as Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO. Through his career, he has published more than 375 peer reviewed articles in refereed International Journals, with over 20,000 citations of his work on Google Scholar.[7]
Research
Raj focuses his groups research in two areas- flash sintering, and high temperature ceramic matrix-composites from polymer derived ceramics.[8]
Flash sintering was discovered in Raj's lab in 2010 and has been heralded as “the most significant discovery in the field of Ceramics over the last twenty-five years, with both scientific and technological implications for the coming decade".[8] Flash sintering has been commercialized by Lucideon[9] in collaboration with the University of Colorado.[10] In 2016, American Manufacturing, Inc., in collaboration with the University of Colorado received an $850,000.00 grant from Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the project “Flash Sintering System for Manufacturing Ion-Conducting Solids”.[11] ARPA-E is a United States government agency which promotes and funds research and development of advanced energy technologies.[12]
He is currently working (co-P.I.) on a NSF PIRE (Partners for International Research and Education) Grant on Polymer derived ceramics (PDCs), with Gurpreet Singh (P.I.).[13][14] This grant is a five year, approximately $5 M grant to create high-temperature ceramics for use in gas turbine engines. These PDCs can withstand higher temperatures than metal alloys and are designed to replace metallic materials in gas turbines. This would allow gas turbines to operate at higher temperatures, which may result in increasing engine thrust by as much as 25%, while reducing fuel usage by 10%.[14] This grant has participants from the US, Germany, Italy, India, France and Japan.
Personal life
Raj has written letters and guest opinions to Boulder Daily Camera.[15] His wife Jyotsna is an artist and former professor; she ran for city council in 2015.[16] They have three children and two grandchildren.[17]
Awards
•2017, Served as Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). •2015, Elected Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society – the highest honor conferred upon the Members of the Society; •2013, Edward C. Henry Best Paper Award, with J-C M’Peko, J.S.C. Francis, “Impedance Spectroscopy and Dielectric Properties of Flash versus Conventionally Sintered Yttria-Doped Zirconia Electroceramics viewed at the Microstructural Level”, American Ceramic Society. •2011-2017, Distinguished Chair Professor at POSTECH, Korea South; •2011-2012, Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship to Tokyo Tech, Japan
References
- ↑ "Rishi Raj". colorado.edu. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "Rishi Raj". colorado.edu. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "Rishi Raj - The American Ceramic Society". ceramics.org. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ http://ceramics.org/?award_winners=rishi-raj,https://experts.colorado.edu/vitas/108413.pdf
- ↑ "Professor Michael F Ashby". www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "David Turnbull". harvard.edu. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "Rishi Raj - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://experts.colorado.edu/vitas/108413.pdf
- ↑ "Materials & Products Consultancy, Testing & Technology". Lucideon. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "About Flash Sintering Technology". Lucideon. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ https://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=slick-sheet-project/flash-sintering-system
- ↑ https://arpa-e.energy.gov/
- ↑ "Gurpreet Singh - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering - Kansas State University". www.mne.k-state.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "NSF Award Search: Award#1743701 - PIRE: High Temperature Ceramic Fibers: Polymer-Based Manufacturing, Nanostructure, and Performance". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Raj's letters to Boulder Daily Camera:
- Raj, Rishi (May 1, 2016). "Rishi Raj: Disaster in the making". Boulder Daily Camera – Opinion: Letters to the editor. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- Raj, Rishi (April 5, 2018). "Rishi Raj: Who does city government serve?". Boulder Daily Camera – Opinion: Guest opinions. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- Raj, Rishi (December 13, 2017). "Rishi Raj: The 'white culture'". Boulder Daily Camera – Opinion: Letters to the editor. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- Raj, Rishi (February 17, 2017). "Rishi Raj: For immigrants, it's the distance within". Boulder Daily Camera – Opinion: Letters to the editor. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Anas, Brittany (September 29, 2015). "Jyotsna Raj, candidate comes from a family rooted in academics, women's leadership". The Blue Line. Boulder, Colorado. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Jyotsna Raj: Boulder City Council Q&A". Broomfield Enterprise. October 8, 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
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