Debendra Das

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneAddressFairbanks , Alaska 99775United StatesBioEDUCATION: B.S. (with honors) Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College (Presently
National Institute of Technology) Rourkela, Best Graduate, Sambalpur University, India, 1972.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, Rhode Island, 1974.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 1983.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997-1998 & 2006-2007 Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska
1993-present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska
1988-1993 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska.
1984-1988 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alaska.
1983-1984 Research Engineer, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, VA.
1979-1983 Mech. Eng. Staff Consult. (half-time); BIF, A Unit of General Signal, RI.
1980-1983 Instructor (half-time), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
1978-1980 Teaching Assistant, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
1974-1978 Mechanical Engineer, Tower Iron Works, Inc., Seekonk, MA.
1972-1974 Research Assistant, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Science Specialties

mechanical engineering

Current Research

Cold regions engineering.Cold weather testing of mechanical equipment.Arctic testing of machinery, Heat transfer and fluid dynamic characteristics of nanofluids, Energy efficiency enhancement