- Education
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- Ph.D., 1971 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- M.S., 1967 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- B.Sc., 1964 Physics Honours Delhi University Delhi, India.
- Fellowships of Societies
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- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016, “for major contributions to the development of computational algorithms and important advances in theory of electronic and optical properties of solid state and semiconductor materials.”
- Fellow of the AVS (The Science and Technology Society), 2014, “for the development of advanced algorithms to optimize the design methods for mid-IR quantum well lasers, for advancing the paradigm of wavefunction engineering, and for mentoring students in optoelectronics and quantum mechanics simulations.”
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, July 2003.
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America, 2001, "for developing the paradigm of wavefunction engineering, and through software, making it practical for optimizing quantum well laser design."
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics, 2000, "for his distinguished reputation and significant contribution to the subject of Physics."
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1999, "for his development of powerful analytic and computational methods for the investigation of the properties of novel semiconductor structures."
- Awards and Scholarships
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- The Chairman of the Trustees' Exemplary Faculty Prize at WPI, awarded in May 2011.
- Clark Way Harrison Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, during January-May, 2005.
- The Sigma Xi Senior Faculty Award for Research Excellence at WPI. April 2005, "given in recognition of his development of the finite element method as an invaluable calculational tool in the fields of quantum mechanics, solid state and semiconductor physics, and for the international pre-eminence that he has earned for this work."
- Engineering Excellence Award of the Optical Society of America for 2003 "for the development ofadvanced algorithms to optimize the design methods for mid-IR quantum well lasers, for advancing the paradigm of wavefunction engineering, and for mentoring students in optoelectronics and quantum mechanics simulations advanced algorithms for the successful optimized design methods for mid-IR quantum well lasers, for advancing the paradigm of wavefunction engineering, and for mentoring students in optoelectronics." This is a national award of the OSA.
- Department of the Air Force Certificate of Achievement awarded "in recognition of the outstanding technical accomplishments, involving fundamental theoretical issues in optoelectronics and the modeling and simulation of physical systems, made during 2001-2003" at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; August 2003.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award of Purdue University School of Science; April 1996.
- The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching; April 1994.
- The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Creative Scholarship and Research; April 1990.
- The Senior Research Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy, for pursuing independent research; University of Delhi, India, 1973-1975.
- The K.Lark-Horovitz Award of the Physics Department, Purdue University, for the best graduate research in 1970.
- The All-India Delhi University Entrance Scholarship, throughout undergraduate study (1961-1964).
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Center for Computational NanoScience (CCNS)
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