
Nitin P. Padture, Brown University
Nitin P. Padture is the Otis E. Randall University Professor in the School of Engineering (Materials Science) at Brown University. He received BTech in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1985), MS in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University (1987), and PhD degree in Materials Science & Engineering from Lehigh University (1991). He was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, before joining the University of Connecticut (UConn) faculty in 1995. Padture served as Interim Department Head at UConn before moving to the Ohio State University (OSU) in 2005. At OSU, he was College of Engineering Distinguished Professor and also founding Director of the NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). He moved to Brown University in 2012 and most recently he served as Director of Brown's Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation for about eight years. Padture's research interests are in advanced ceramics and nanomaterials, for applications ranging from solar photovoltaics to jet engines for renewable energy and energy efficiency. His research has been funded by NSF, DOE, ONR, AFOSR, ARO, DARPA, DOEdu, state governments, private foundations, and industry. A Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, Padture has received that society's Roland B. Snow, Robert L. Coble, and Richard M. Fulrath awards. He is also a recipient of the ONR Young Investigator Award, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Padture received both the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater,
IIT-Bombay. Most recently he was awarded the Brown University Presidential Faculty Award.