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{{Short description|Indian polymer scientist}}
'''Anil K. Bhowmick''' (1954-) is a [[University of Houston]] professor known for contributions to polymer [[nanocomposites]], [[thermoplastic elastomer]]s, [[sustainability]], [[adhesion]], failure and degradation of rubbers and [[rubber technology]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kar |first1=K. K. |last2=Ray |first2=S. |last3=De Sarkar |first3=Mousoumi |title=Preface to the special issue in honor of Professor Anil K. Bhowmick on the occasion of his 65th birthday |journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science |date=2020 |doi=10.1002/app.49304 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/app.49304}}</ref>.
== Early Life and Education ==
Bhowmick was born in 1954 in [[Kolkata]], India. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from [[St. Xavier's College]], Kolkata in 1974. He completed his Master's degree (M.Sc.) in 1976, and his doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in 1980 under advisor S. K. De at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]]. His doctoral thesis treated the topic of [[vulcanization]] at high temperature.<ref name="phd">{{cite journal |last1=Mukhopadhyay |first1=R. |last2=Bhowmick |first2=A. K. |last3=De |first3=S. K. |title=Effect of vulcanization temperature and synergism of accelerators on the network and technical properties of efficiently vulcanized natural rubber mixes |journal=Polymer |date=1978 |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=1176-1180 |doi=10.1016/0032-3861(78)90067-8}}</ref> He worked briefly at [[Dunlop India Ltd.]] before taking a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Polymer Science, at the [[University of Akron]] from 1981-1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Fellow |url=https://insaindia.res.in/old_website/detail.php?id=P10-1508 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>
== Career ==
Bhowmick returned to IIT Kharagpur as an Assistant Professor in 1984. He achieved the rank of full Professor in 1988. He headed the rubber technology program during two periods: 1990-1991 and 2005-2007. In 2009, he was named a Professor of Eminence at IIT Kharagpur. He was a visiting scholar at the [[University of North London|London School of Polymer Technology]] in 1987 and at the [[Tokyo Institute of Technology]] in 1991-1992. He was Head of the Rubber Technology Centre during 1990-91 and 2005-2007, and Dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy during 2000-2003 at IIT Kharagpur. He was named a Professor of Eminence at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2009. He was the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna until joining the [[University of Houston]] in 2019.
Bhowmick co-authored with University of Akron professor Howard L. Stephens the popular text ''Handbook of elastomers''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhowmick |first1=A. K. |last2=Stephens |first2=H. |title=Handbook of elastomers. |date=2000 |publisher=CRC Press. |isbn=9781482270365 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Elastomers/cDFRDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> His most cited works address the subject of [[graphite]] and [[clay]] nanocomposites with [[polymer]] matrices<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sengupta |first1=R. |last2=Bhattacharya |first2=M. |last3=Bandyopadhyay |first3=S. |last4=Bhowmick, A. K. |first4=A. K. |title=A review on the mechanical and electrical properties of graphite and modified graphite reinforced polymer composites |journal=Progress in polymer science |date=2011 |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=638-670 |doi=10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.11.003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kotal |first1=M. |last2=Bhowmick |first2=A. K. |title=Polymer nanocomposites from modified clays: Recent advances and challenges |journal=Progress in Polymer Science |date=2015 |volume=51 |pages=127-187 |doi=10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.10.001}}</ref>.
==Awards==
* 1997 winner of the George Stafford Whitby award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
* 2002 winner of the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
* 2019 - Fred Schwab Education Award of the [[Society of Plastics Engineers]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bregar |first1=Bill |title=Bhowmick wins SPE education award |url=https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20190416/NEWS/190401687/bhowmick-wins-spe-education-award |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
* 2022 - [[Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award]] from [[American Chemical Society#Organization|ACS Rubber Division]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Rubber Division names winners of Science & Technology Awards |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/news/rubber-division-names-winners-science-technology-awards |access-date=4 October 2022 |work=Rubber News |publisher=Crain |date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
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{{Short description|Indian polymer scientist}}
'''Anil K. Bhowmick''' (1954-) is a [[University of Houston]] professor known for contributions to polymer [[nanocomposites]], [[thermoplastic elastomer]]s, [[sustainability]], [[adhesion]], failure and degradation of rubbers and [[rubber technology]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kar |first1=K. K. |last2=Ray |first2=S. |last3=De Sarkar |first3=Mousoumi |title=Preface to the special issue in honor of Professor Anil K. Bhowmick on the occasion of his 65th birthday |journal=Journal of Applied Polymer Science |date=2020 |doi=10.1002/app.49304 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/app.49304}}</ref>.
== Early Life and Education ==
Bhowmick was born in 1954 in [[Kolkata]], India. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from [[St. Xavier's College]], Kolkata in 1974. He completed his Master's degree (M.Sc.) in 1976, and his doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in 1980 under advisor S. K. De at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]]. His doctoral thesis treated the topic of [[vulcanization]] at high temperature.<ref name="phd">{{cite journal |last1=Mukhopadhyay |first1=R. |last2=Bhowmick |first2=A. K. |last3=De |first3=S. K. |title=Effect of vulcanization temperature and synergism of accelerators on the network and technical properties of efficiently vulcanized natural rubber mixes |journal=Polymer |date=1978 |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=1176-1180 |doi=10.1016/0032-3861(78)90067-8}}</ref> He worked briefly at [[Dunlop India Ltd.]] before taking a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Polymer Science, at the [[University of Akron]] from 1981-1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Fellow |url=https://insaindia.res.in/old_website/detail.php?id=P10-1508 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>
== Career ==
Bhowmick returned to IIT Kharagpur as an Assistant Professor in 1984. He achieved the rank of full Professor in 1988. He headed the rubber technology program during two periods: 1990-1991 and 2005-2007. In 2009, he was named a Professor of Eminence at IIT Kharagpur. He was a visiting scholar at the [[University of North London|London School of Polymer Technology]] in 1987 and at the [[Tokyo Institute of Technology]] in 1991-1992. He was Head of the Rubber Technology Centre during 1990-91 and 2005-2007, and Dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy during 2000-2003 at IIT Kharagpur. He was named a Professor of Eminence at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2009. He was the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna until joining the [[University of Houston]] in 2019.
Bhowmick co-authored with University of Akron professor Howard L. Stephens the popular text ''Handbook of elastomers''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhowmick |first1=A. K. |last2=Stephens |first2=H. |title=Handbook of elastomers. |date=2000 |publisher=CRC Press. |isbn=9781482270365 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_Elastomers/cDFRDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> His most cited works address the subject of [[graphite]] and [[clay]] nanocomposites with [[polymer]] matrices<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sengupta |first1=R. |last2=Bhattacharya |first2=M. |last3=Bandyopadhyay |first3=S. |last4=Bhowmick, A. K. |first4=A. K. |title=A review on the mechanical and electrical properties of graphite and modified graphite reinforced polymer composites |journal=Progress in polymer science |date=2011 |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=638-670 |doi=10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.11.003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kotal |first1=M. |last2=Bhowmick |first2=A. K. |title=Polymer nanocomposites from modified clays: Recent advances and challenges |journal=Progress in Polymer Science |date=2015 |volume=51 |pages=127-187 |doi=10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.10.001}}</ref>.
==Awards==
* 1997 winner of the George Stafford Whitby award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
* 2002 winner of the Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers award of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
* 2019 - Fred Schwab Education Award of the [[Society of Plastics Engineers]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bregar |first1=Bill |title=Bhowmick wins SPE education award |url=https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20190416/NEWS/190401687/bhowmick-wins-spe-education-award |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=16 April 2019}}</ref>
* 2022 - [[Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award]] from [[American Chemical Society#Organization|ACS Rubber Division]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Rubber Division names winners of Science & Technology Awards |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/news/rubber-division-names-winners-science-technology-awards |access-date=4 October 2022 |work=Rubber News |publisher=Crain |date=5 October 2021}}</ref>
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