Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee

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Email: subrata@voyager5.sdsu.edu
Home Page: http://eng.sdsu.edu/sb
Tel:  619-594-6080; Fax: 619-594-3599

Professor Bhattacharjee earned a B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur in 1983 and his Ph.D. from Washington State University, Pullman, USA in 1988. He joined San Diego
State University in 1991 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted as a Professor in 2000. He is currently serving
as the Graduate Advisor for the department. Recipient of Faculty Friend Award, Outstanding Faculty Award, and
Distinguished Faculty Award, Prof. Bhattacharjee offers thermal science related classes at the graduate and
undergraduate levels.

Prof. Bhattacharjee has been actively involved in research on microgravity combustion and radiation heat transfer.
Several of his experiments on flame spread over solid fuels have been conducted aboard NASA's Sounding Rockets,
Space Shuttles and Russia's Mir Space Station. Other research interests include fire detection, infra-red pyrometry and
knowledge-based distributed intelligence. Recently Prof. Bhattacharjee and his collaborators from Gifu University,
Japan, have been awarded a prestigious NASA grant for studying flame dynamics in the combustion module of the
International Space Station.  Developing Java-based object-oriented software tool for thermal engineers is his hobby
that led to the development of TEST, The Expert System for Thermodynamics (www.thermofluids.net), regularly
accessed by a large number of students, professionals and educators from around the world.

Professor Bhattacharjee is married and has three children, Robi, Sarah and Neil.