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Shobit Omar

Shobit Omar

PhD (University of Florida)

Assistant Professor, Department of MSE

[email protected]

512-259-7427 (O)

0512-259-7505 (O)

Office

203(E),
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Labs addresses: Electroceramics Laboratory,
109 Western Labs.,
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Specialization

  • Defect Chemistry in Solids
  • Oxygen Ion Conductors
  • Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conductors based Ceramic Membranes
  • Thermal Barrier Coatings
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

Education

PhD, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. August 2008Thesis Title:Doped Ceria Electrolyte Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Application.Supervisor:Prof. Juan C. Nino

M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. April 2007

B.Tech., Department of Ceramic Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. April 2004

Teaching Area

Structure and Properties of Materials

Selected Publications

Abhinav Rai, Prashant Mehta and Shobit Omar, "Ionic Conduction Behavior in SmxNd0.15−xCe0.85O2−δ", Solid State Ionics, 263 190-196 (2014).
Shobit Omar and Juan C. Nino, "Consistency in the chemical expansion of fluorites: A thermal revision of the doped ceria" Acta Materialia 61 (14)5406-5413 (2013).
Jin Soo Ahn, Shobit Omar, Eric D. Wachsman, and Juan C. Nino, "Performance of Anode-Supported SOFC using Novel Ceria Electrolyte", Journal of Power Sources, 191 2131-2135 (2010).
Shobit Omar, Eric D. Wachsman, Jacob L. Jones, and Juan C. Nino, "Crystal Structure-Ionic Conductivity Relationships in Doped Ceria Systems", Journal of the American Ceramics Society, 92 [11] 2674-2681 (2009).
Shobit Omar, Eric D. Wachsman, and Juan C. Nino, "Higher Conductivity Sm3+ and Nd3+ Co-Doped Ceria Based Electrolyte Materials", Solid State Ionic, 178 [37-38] 1890-1897 (2008).

Extra Curricular Activities

Trekking

Research Group

Postdoc

  • Ashutosh Rai

PhD Students

  • Alka Gupta (Co-advisor)
  • Vandana Upadhyaya (Co-advisor)
  • Rahul Bhattacharyya

M.Tech. Students

  • Ram Pyar Singh
  • Sunil Kumar
  • Amit Das (Co-advisor)
  • Ishamol L B (Co-advisor)
  • Mohit Sanbui
  • Suraj Chandra
  • Ravi Godara

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher: Nov 2010 - April 2011International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Postdoctoral Research Scientist: Nov 2008 - Oct 2010Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark-DTU, Roskilde, Denmark.

Visiting Research Scholar: Mar- April 2008Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA.