Subrata Roy (
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
: সুব্রত রায়) is an Indian-born American inventor, educator, and scientist known for his work in
plasma-based flow control and plasma-based self-sterilizing technology. He is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the
University of Florida
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and the founding director of the Applied Physics Research Group at the
University of Florida
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.
Biography
Subrata Roy earned his Ph.D. in engineering science from the
University of Tennessee
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in
Knoxville, TN
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in 1994. Roy was a senior research scientist at Computational Mechanics Corporation in Knoxville, Tennessee, and then professor of mechanical engineering at the
Kettering University
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up to 2006. In 2006, Roy joined the
University of Florida
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as a faculty member of the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the founding director of the Applied Physics Research Group at the University of Florida.
He has also worked as a visiting professor at the
University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
and the
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay or IITB) is a public research university and technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered as one of the best engineering universities in India and is top ranke ...
.
Scientific work
Subrata Roy's research and scientific work encompasses
Computational Fluid Dynamics
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(CFD),
,
heat transfer
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,
magnetohydrodynamics
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, electric propulsion, and
micro/nanoscale flows.
In 2003, Roy incorporated
Knudsen's theory that handles surface collisions of molecules by diffusive and specular reflections into hydrodynamic models, which has been used in shale gas seepage studies. In 2006, Roy invented the
Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle
The Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle (WEAV) is a heavier than air flight system developed at the University of Florida, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The WEAV was invented in 2006 by Dr. Subrata Roy,
plasma physicis ...
(WEAV) which was included in ''Scientific American'' in 2008 as the world's first wingless, electromagnetically driven air vehicle design.
Roy is known for introducing various novel designs and configurations of
plasma actuator
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s for applications in mitigation of flow drag related fuel consumption,
noise reduction
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, and
active film cooling of
and
propulsion
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. These designs and configurations include
serpentine geometry plasma actuator
The serpentine plasma actuator represents a broad class of plasma actuator. The actuators vary from the standard type in that their electrode geometry has been modified in to be periodic across its span.
History
This class of plasma actuators wa ...
s, fan geometry plasma actuators,
micro-scale actuators,
multibarrier plasma actuators,
and plasma actuated channels of atmospheric plasma actuators.
Roy also led multidisciplinary research on innovating eco-friendly ways of
microorganism
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decontamination
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using plasma reactors.
Roy served as the Technical Discipline Chair for the 36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference in 2003, the 48th Aerospace Sciences Meeting (for Thermophysics) in 2010, the
AIAA
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SciTech Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Conference in 2016, and served as the Forum Technical Chair for AIAA SciTech in 2018. Roy served (20052007) as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Fluids Engineering and served (20122017) as an Academic Editor of
PLOS One.
Roy serves as a nation appointed member to the
NATO
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Science and Technology Organisation working group on plasma actuator technologies;
a member of the editorial board of
Scientific Reports
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-
Nature
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; and, an Associate Editor of Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer.
Roy is an inducted Fellow of the
National Academy of Inventors
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, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Engineering
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The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
, a Fellow of the
Royal Aeronautical Society
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, a lifetime member and Fellow of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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, and an Associated Fellow of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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.
Honors
* Fellow,
National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is a US non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging inventors in academia, following the model of the National Academies of the United States. It was founded at the University of South Florida in 2010. ...
* Distinguished Visiting Fellow,
Royal Academy of Engineering
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The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
* Fellow,
Royal Aeronautical Society
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* Lifetime Fellow,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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