Faculty Profile

Dr. Soumitra Basu

AFFILIATE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Room: C203
Email: sbasu@stevens.edu
School:  Schaefer School of Engineering & Science
Department:  Mechanical Engineering
Education
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Windsor, 1996
  • M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (State College), 1992
  • M.S., Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 1988
  • B.S., Production Engineering, BIT MESRA, India, 1984
Research
  • Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
  • Laser Welding
  • Fuzzy Logic Application in Material Handling
Experience
  • BOEING (Shared Services)
  • Vanguard Financials (Software Testing)
  • Andrew Yule (India) (Switchgear Manufacturing)
  • Tata Motors (India) (Design office Intern)
Institutional Service
Engineering Technology Undergraduate Program Director
Honors & Awards
  • Gold Medal: Academic Achievement at Bachelor's degree from BIT Mesra
  • Gold Medal: Academic Achievement at Master's degree from Jadavpur University
  • SME Certificate of appreciation
Appointments
Sept. 2008 as Affiliate Assistant Professor
Selected Publications
Journals
  1. S. Basu. (Sep 2005). "Treatment efficiency of wastewater from manufacturing processes", Institution of Engineers (India) Journal of Production Engineering, 86.
  2. S. Basu and S. P. Dutta. (1999). "A Process Modelling Framework for AGV Control", International Journal of Production Research, 37 (16), 3671-3696.
  3. S. Basu, V. M. Huynh and S. P. Dutta. (1996). "Modeling Intelligent Materials Handling in a Goods Distribution Center", International Journal of Production Research, 34 (5), 1381-1398.
  4. S. Basu and T. DebRoy. (1992). "Liquid Metal Expulsion during Laser Irradiation", Journal of Applied Physics, 12 (8), 3317-3322.
  5. T. DebRoy, S. Basu and K. Mundra. (1991). "Probing Laser Induced Metal Vaporization by Gas Dynamics and Liquid Pool Transport Phenomenon", Journal of Applied Physics, 70 (3), 1313-1319.
Conference Proceedings
  1. Menon, S. Basu, V. Iyer and V. Kaku. (Aug 11-13, 2003). "Machine Vision Applications in Packaging", Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland.
  2. S. Basu, N. Soni, J. W. Sutherland and W. W. Olson. (Jul 1999). "Decision Making for Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing", Proceedings of CIRP conference on Life Cycle Analysis, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  3. Y. Yue, Y. Zheng, S. Basu and J.W. Sutherland. (Jul 13-15, 1998). "Cutting Fluids: Performance Measures and Health-Related Characteristics", Proceedings of the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Shiga, Japan.
  4. S. Basu and J. W. Sutherland. (Dec 14-15, 1998). "Waste Reduction in Machining Processes", Region 5 EPA Conference, Hyatt Regency, Chicago.
  5. S. Basu and S. P. Dutta. (1997). "Modeling Intelligent Control of Material Handling Equipment in a Distribution Center", Proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization.
  6. S. Basu and J. Saha. (Nov 1987). "Design of Flat Form Tools: A Computer Aided Design Approach", 6th International Conference on Production Engineering, Osaka, Japan.
  7. S. Roy, S. Basu and K. P. Sinha. (Feb 1986). "A Critical Analysis of Wear Parameters", Proceedings of the Conference on Machine Tools Design, Benaras, India.
  8. S. R. Deb and S. Basu. (Apr 12-14, 1985). "Man-Robot-Machine Interface Technology - An Aid to Teleoperative Maintenance Tasks in Hazardous Situations", National Conference on Effective Maintenance for High Productivity, CMERI Durgapur, India.
Presentation/Meeting
  1. J. W. Sutherland, S. Basu, and A. Gandhi. (1998). "Pollution Prevention In Machining", National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Cincinnati.
Courses
  • ME 354 Heat Transfer
  • ME 483 Control Systems
  • ME 491 Manufacturing Processes and Systems
  • ME 234 Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics