SWOMITRA KUMAR MOHANTY portrait
  • Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Professional Service

  • AIChE. Role: Chair/Organizer. Chair and Organizer of Chemical Engineers in Medicine Topical Conference. 2019 - 2022
  • Role: Chair. Entity: AICIHE Chair and OrganizerTopical Session on Chemical Engineers in Medicine. 2017 - 2017
  • Entity: National Institutes of Health Reviwer for R21 Rapid Proposal for Zika Virus. 2016 - 2016
  • Role: Reviewr. Entity: National Science foudation Reviwer Nano Biosensing Program. 2016 - 2016
  • Role: Reviewer. Entity: NIH Reviewer for NIH/NIBIB Panel For Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13). 2014 - 2014
  • Entity: NanoUtah Organization Committee Help in making decisions regarding conference venue and judging of scientific posters during the conference. 2011 - present

Honors & Awards

  • University wide Teaching Award for Excellence in Online Teaching (2020). University of Utah, 2020
  • Top 15% instructor College of Engineering. University of Utah, 2015
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship. California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), 2009
  • NIH Graduate Training Grant. NIH, 2000

Internal Service

  • Committee for the Advancement of Inclusion and Diversity, CMES. Member, 2020 - present. service.
  • Academic Policy Advisory Committee. Committe Member, 2020 - 2020. service.
  • Field Safety Program Working Group. Committee Member, 2020 - 2020. service.
  • UPSTEM Inclusing Teaching Training. 2020 - 2021. service.
  • Chemical Engineering Instrumentation Core Development. 2019 - present. service.
  • CTLE Fellow for Development of Active learning methods and inclusive teaching traiing. 2019 - 2021. service.
  • Undergraduate Committee. 2018 - present. service.
  • Presentation at Ensign Elementary to Discuss Role of Science in Society. Presenter, 2017 - present. service.
  • Engineering Day COE and CMES. Presenter, 2016 - present. service.
  • Graduate Student Recruitment Fly In. Tour Of Renewable Energy Lab, 2016 - present. service.
  • Undergraduate Committee. 2016 - present. service.
  • Development of Renewable Energy Demonstration Lab on campus located at William Browning Buidling. Over-See Implentation, 2012 - present. service.
  • Development of off-campus Additive Manufacturing Laboratory for researching friction surfacing methods for depositing coatings. Over-See Implentation, 2012 - present. service.

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