Academia and Research
Dr. Sarat Kumar Mohapatra
B. Sc. Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 1970
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Dr. Sarat Kumar Mohapatra is a B.Sc. Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) graduated from NIT Rourkela in 1970. Dr. Mahapatra joined 3M Company Corporate Labs, St. Paul, MN in 1980 as a Senior Research Specialist and started working on Large Area Photo Electronic Image Sensors for Medical X-ray Imaging, which resulted in the first demonstration of injection pumped II-VI quantum-well laser in the blue-green region of the visible spectrum. He transitioned to Medical Imaging Division of Imation as Technical Leader, where he developed the first Dry View Laser Imager (DV8700). After the hardware development effort at 3M/Imation/Kodak/Carestream Health, he started the third phase of his career in pharmaceutics research in nanotechnology and nanomedicine at the Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska and later at the University of Minnesota to develop amorphous pharmaceuticals for drug delivery. He authored a book chapter on “Special Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems” through Elsevier. Second revision of the book was released in 2023. Aside from his technical contributions, he was the co-founder of the Overseas Alumni Association known as NITROAA organization. The organization has grown from forty-seven founding members in 2014 to more than 1100 in 2023. He was the President of NITROAA (2019-2020) and is currently active in promoting the organization.