Soumendra Basu, PhD

Professor (ME, MSE) Associate Division Head (MSE)

Office 730 Commonwealth Ave, EMA 204
Email basu@bu.edu
Phone (617) 353-6728
Website Soumendra Basu

In the News

Dean’s Catalyst Awards Announced for 2025
April 18, 2025
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Publications

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Research Areas

Professor Basu’s present and past research include: i) solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), ii) optical fibers for mid-IR transmission, iii) wide bandgap materials for solid state lighting, iv) thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine applications, and v) nanostructures in rare-earth doped silicon, vi) effects of interfacial structure and segregation on interfacial strength, vii) high Tc superconducting materials, and viii) high temperature oxidation and corrosion of alloys. Recent research in SOFCs include enhancing catalytic activity of anodes by infiltration, understanding and mitigating surface instabilities in cathode materials, understanding and mitigating cathode poisoning using coatings on interconnections, and quantitative characterization of porous 3-D electrode microstructures. Recent research in optical fibers include understanding processing/structure/property relationships in germanium-, silicon- and germanium/silicon alloy-core optical fibers fabricated by the molten core method.

Honors and Awards

Chair, TMS: Energy Conversion and Storage Committee, 2020
Subject Editor, Journal of the Mineral, Metals, and Materials Society (JOM), 2018-present
Member, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, 2017
Silver Medalist, TECO Green Tech International Contest in Taiwan, 2014
Award Recipient, Boston University Dean’s Catalyst Award for Innovative Research, 2012

Additional Affiliations

Division of Materials Science & Engineering
Photonics Center
Institute for Sustainable Energy at BU

Departments or Divisions: Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Affiliations: Administration & Staff, Convergent Faculty, Energy, Sustainability & Climate, Materials by Design, Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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