Dr. Anil Mahapatro Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D. Materials Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Polytechnic School of Engineering, NYU (formerly known as Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, NY, January 2004
• M.Sc. Polymer Science and Technology, School of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, December 1997
• B. Eng. Polymer Engineering, Department of Polymer Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India, February 1996

Other Relevant Training

1. “ABET Fundamentals of Program Assessment”, October 19th, 2013, Dallas, TX
2. Biomedical Engineering Entrepreneurship Academy, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of California Davis, July 11-13 2012
3. “Summer Institute on College Teaching”, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, June 3-7, 2007
4. “Leadership Development Workshop”, American Chemical Society, October 30-31st, Rochester, NY, 2004

• Biomaterials and bioengineering
• 3D printing of biomaterials
• Surface modification of bio-metallic alloys
• Biodegradable metallic implants
• Tissue engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Drug delivery
• Design and optimization of bio-devices

• (2011 - Present): Department of Biomedical Engineering & Affiliate Faculty in Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wichita State University, KS
  • Chair: July 2021-present
  • Graduate Coordinator: (March 2017- May 2018)
• (2014-Present): Co-Founder and Consultant, BDM Biomedical LLC
• (2006 – 2011): Assistant Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Materials Research and Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University, VA
• (2004 – 2006): Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX,
• (2002 - 2004): Research Scientist, Diagnostic System Laboratories, Houston, TX,

1. Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), United Kingdom, 2018.
2. Dwane and Velma Wallace Excellence in Research Award (2019)
3. John A See Innovation Award (2016, 2020)
4. Brenton Myers Innovation in Engineering Education Award (2015)
5. Coleman Foundation Entrepreneurship Fellow (2015)
6. Dwane and Velma Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award (2015)
7. Assosiate editor “Nanomaterials and Tissue Regeneration” (2013-present)
8. Air force Summer Faculty Fellowship, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton OH, (Summer 2011)
9. Nominated to ISO Vascular Absorbable Implants Working Group (2010)
10. Nominated to ASTM Bioabsorbables Working Group (2010)
11. Senior Member of Society of Plastics Engineers (2006)
12. ACS-PRF Summer School on Sustainability Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, August 7 – 13, (2005)
13. Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) Leadership development award (2004).
14. Recipient of Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003).
15. NSF I/UCRC Graduate Research Assistant ( 1999-2002)
16. Recipient of Donald F. Othmer Fellowship, Doctoral Program (1998-1999).
17. Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Award (1998).