Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2450 (Aug 2003 – present)

Teaching Fellow, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920 (Jun 2003 – Aug 2003)

Graduate Assistant, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920 (Aug 2000 – May 2003)

Metallurgical Engineer, Quality Assurance Division, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO), Jamshedpur, India (Jul 1998 – Jul 2000)

Research Interests

Biomaterials for hard tissue engineering: from concept to characterization; Osteoconductive bone grafts; Matching strength-loss resorbable implants; Cell-derived information; nano-composites.

Solid Freeform Fabrication/ Rapid Prototyping: design to mimic structural intricacies of biological materials; applications in Biomedical Engineering.

Nano-ceramics for engineering and biomedical applications; Processing of ceramics and polymer-ceramic composites.

Referred Publications

2005

Kalita, S.J., Bhatt, H., and Dhamne, A., 2005. Effects of MgO-Na2O-P2O5-based Sintering additives on Densification, Mechanical Properties and, Biodegradation Behavior of Tricalcium Phosphate. Journal of the American Ceramic Society (In press, accepted for publication in October 2005).

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Bhatt, H., and Kalita, S.J., 2005. Synthesis and sintering studies of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite powders doped with magnesium and zinc. Advances in Bioceramics and Biocomposites, D. Zhu and W. M. Kriven, Editors; CESP, Vol. 26, Issue 6, p17-23.

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Hong, S.J., Bhatt, H., Suryanarayana, C., and Kalita, S.J., 2005. Synthesis of nano-size hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders by mechanical alloying. Advances in Bioceramics and Biocomposites, D. Zhu and W. M. Kriven, Editors; CESP, Vol. 26, Issue 6, p33-39.

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Bhatt, H., and Kalita, S.J., 2005. Effects of sintering additives on physical, mechanical and biodegradation behavior of tricalcium phosphate ceramics. Proceeding of 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, S04: Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, ISBN: 1-57498-230-3 (2006).

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Qiu, S., and Kalita, S.J., 2005. Synthesis and densification studies of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide ceramics. Proceeding of 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, S04: Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, ISBN: 1-57498-230-3 Published 2006.

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Bhatt, H., and Kalita, S.J., 2005. Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite ceramics. Proceeding of 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, S04: Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, ISBN: 1-57498-230-3 Published 2006.

Abstract

2004

“Effects of MgO-CaO-P₂O₅-Na₂O-based additives on mechanical and biological properties of hydroxyapatite”. S. J. Kalita, D. Rokusek, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick, A. Bandyopadhyay. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Volume 71A, Issue 1, 2004. Pages 35-44

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“CaO-P₂O₅-Na₂O Based Sintering Additives for Hydroxyapatite (HAp) Ceramics”, S. J. Kalita, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick, and A. Bandyopadhyay. Biomaterials, 25: 2331-2339 (2004).

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2003

“Development of Controlled Porosity Polymer-Ceramic Composite Scaffolds via Fused Deposition Modeling”, S. J. Kalita, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick, and A. Bandyopadhyay. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 23 (2003) 611– 620.

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“Oxide Based Sintering Additives for HAp Ceramics”, S. J. Kalita, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick and A Bandyopadhyay, Ceramic Transactions, Volume 147, edited by Veeraraghavan (V) Sundar, Richard P. Rusin, and Claire A. Rutiser (2003).

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2002

“Porous Calcium Aluminate Ceramics for Bone-Graft Applications”, S. J. Kalita, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick, and A. Bandyopadhyay, Journal of Materials Research, Vol.17 No. 12, (2002) 3042–3049.

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“Development of Porous Polymer-Ceramic Composites as Bone Grafts’, S. J. Kalita, J. Finley, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick and A. Bandyopadhyay, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 726, Q5.8, 2002.

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“Calcium Carbonate Reinforced Natural polymer Composite for Bone Grafts’, S. J. Kalita, S. Bose, H. L. Hosick, S. A. Martinez and A. Bandyopadhyay, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 724, N8.18, 2002.

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Awards and honors

· Faculty Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching, Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816.

· Best Graduate Student Poster Award 2003, The American Ceramic Society, Nashville, TN.

· John P. Hirth Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award 2003, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

· University, Pullman, WA

· Research Excellence Award 2002, School of Mech. and Mater. Eng., Washington State University.

· Govila Materials Science Scholarship 2002-2003, School of Mech. & Mater. Eng., Washington State Univ.

· John P. Hirth Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award 2002, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

· RV Subramanian Graduate Fellowship 2001-2002, School of Mech. & Mater. Eng., Washington State Univ.

· National Merit Scholarship 1994-1998, North Eastern Council Secretariat, Govt. of India, Shillong.

Professional Affiliation

· American Ceramic Society

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