Prashanta Dutta - Associate Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Prashanta Dutta - Associate Professor

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Contact Information:

office Sloan 209
telephone 509 335 7989
e-mail dutta@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Prashanta Dutta
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Prashanta Dutta

Joined MME in 2001
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2001

Research Interests:

  • Microfluidics
  • Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Electrokinetic Flow, Mixing, Separation and Concentration
  • Numerical Modeling of Bio-Fluid Flow
  • Ion Mobility Spectrometry
  • Micro Fuel Cell and Energy Conversion

Significant Publications:

  • Horiuchi, K. and Dutta, P., 2006, “Electrokinetic Flow Control in Microfluidic Chip Using A Field-Effect Transistor,” Lab On A Chip, Vol. 6, pp. 714-723.
  • Cui, H., Horiuchi, K., Dutta, P., Ivory, C. F., 2005 “Multistage Isoelectric Focusing in Polymeric Microchips,” Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 77, pp. 7878-7886.

Recent Publications:

  • Cui, H., Dutta, P., and Ivory, C. F., 2007, "Automated Electric Valve for Electrokinetic Separation in a Networked Microfluidic Chip," Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 79(4), pp. 1456-1465.
  • Zhe, J., Jagtiani, A., Dutta, P., Hu, J., and Carletta, J., 2007, "A Micromachined High Throughput Coulter Counter for Pollen Detection And Counting," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, pp. 304-313.
  • Shim, J., Dutta, P., and Ivory, C. F., 2007, "Modeling and Simulation of Isoelectric Focusing in Two-Dimensional Microgeometries," Electrophoresis, Vol. 28, pp. 572-586.
  • Horiuchi, K. Dutta, P., and Richards, C. D., 2007, "Experiment and Simulation of Mixed Flows in Trapezoidal Microchannels," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol.3, pp. 347-358.
  • Cui, H., Dutta, P., and Ivory, C. F., 2007 "Isotachophoresis of Proteins in a Networked Microfluidic Chip: Experiment and Simulations," Electrophoresis, Vol. 28, pp. 1138-1145.

Links:

Bio-Medical Materials Research Laborator
W. M. Keck Bio-Medical Materials Research Laboratory

Objectives: To establish a Bio-medical Materials Research Laboratory (BMRL) to focus on revolutionary approaches to design and manufacture of structures for skeletal disorders and implants.

Uniqueness & Innovation: Direct Laser processing and induction plasma spray processing facilities are being developed for fabrication of nanoscale powders to coatings to bulk structures of metallic and ceramic materials for biomedical applications. Innovation stems from design and fabrication of novel materials for a variety of applications with special emphasis on biomedical needs.

Principal Investigators: Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Howard Hosick

Partners: WSU School of Biological Sciences Professor, Howard Hosick

Funding Agency: W. M. Keck Foundation

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