pranoy [at] gatech [dot] edu
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Pranoy is a computational materials science researcher focused on building data-driven models and automation tools to address fundamental and applied problems in the pursuit of accelerated materials discovery. Presently, he is counducting his doctoral research at the MINED Group in GeorgiaTech(advised by Dr. Surya Kalidindi), where he is developing autonomous systems for robust materials design and modeling.
Prior to joining GT, Pranoy conducted research with Dr. Brahmananda Chakraborty (scientist @ High Pressure and Synchroton Radiation Physics Division) at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai (India), where his research focused on the discovery of sustainable and efficient materials for solid-state Hydrogen Storage using Density Functional Theory(DFT) and Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics(AIMD).
When he doesn't </>, he loves to get off the grid and go on hikes. Pranoy plans on getting his private pilot's license (PPL) soon.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [open] August 2021 - Present Advisor: Dr. Surya Kalidindi Research Lab Link: MINED Group Major: Materials Informatics Minor: Management of Technology
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India[open] July 2016 - June 2020 Graduated with First Class
Defended undergradute thesis "Study of microstructure-property and wear behaviour of hypereutectic Al-17Si alloy" [open] Supervisors : Prof. K.S.Ghosh and Prof. B.K.Show, MME, NIT Durgapur
High School (10+2) Don Bosco School Park Circus, Kolkata, India [open] April 2002 - April 2016 Class 12 Graduated with 95.25% (ISC 2016 - eq. to A Level) Class 10 Graduated with 94.60% (ICSE 2014 - eq. to O Level)
Professional Certifications
Management of Technology (MOT) Scheller College of Business Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [details] May 2024 Support: Federal Funding Agencies Type: Graduate Certificate
Computational Materials Science & Engineering (CMSE) School of Materials Science & Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [details] May 2023 Support: Federal Funding Agencies Type: Graduate Certificate
Computational Materials Science Summer School (CMS3) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX [details] July 2022 Support: CMS3 2022 Fellow (NSF+TAMU) Type: Summer School Diploma
Research
Invited Talks
2023
Voxelized representations of atomic systems for machine learning applications Authors: Surya Kalidindi*, Matthew Barry, Pranoy Ray The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting Talk Details: San Deigo, CA, USA - March 2023
2022
Feature engineering of electron charge density fields for building AI/ML models to predict material properties Authors: Pranoy Ray*, Surya Kalidindi 2nd Energy & Informatics International Forum (TokyoTech) Talk Details: Oahu, HI, USA - December 2022
Journal Publications
2023
Ti-decorated C30 as a High-capacity Hydrogen Storage Material: Insights from Density Functional Theory Authors: Heera T Nair, Ajit Kundu, Pranoy Ray, Prafulla K Jha, Brahmananda Chakraborty Royal Society of Chemistry - Sustainable Energy & Fuels [Vol. 7 Issue 20] Date Accepted:August 2023[open/DOI]
2021
High capacity reversible hydrogen storage in titanium doped 2D carbon allotrope Ψ-graphene: DFT investigations Authors: Brahmananda Chakraborty, Pranoy Ray, Nidhi Garg, Srikumar Banerjee Elsevier - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Vol. 46 Issue 5] Date Accepted:November 2020[open/DOI]
Conferences & Symposiums
2019
Ti-doped Carbon Nanostructure as an Efficient Medium for Hydrogen Storage Authors: Pranoy Ray*, Brahmananda Chakraborty 1st Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Computational Chemistry Symposium 2019 POSTER | Details: Mumbai, MH, INDIA - November 2019 : PUBLISHED in Proceedings[open]
Contributed Talks
2022
Designing a green hydrogen power grid for domestic use Authors: Pranoy Ray*, Yumin Huang*, Takuto Ishiyama* 2nd Energy & Informatics International Forum (TokyoTech) Talk Details: Oahu, HI, USA - December 2022 : [open]
* Indicates the presenting author
Volunteering & Leadership
Reviewer: SciPy Conference - Tacoma, WA, USA [2024]
Reviewer: Springer Nature - Journal of Materials Science [2023]
Reviewer: SciPy Conference - Austin, TX, USA [2023]
Internal VP: Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association (MEGA), GT, USA [2023-24]
Contributor: JARVIS Project, National Institute of Standards (NIST) USA [2021-present]
President: Entrepreneurship Development Cell, NIT Durgapur, India [2016-2020]
Treasurer: Strokes (Art & Photography Club), NIT Durgapur, India [2017-2020]
Contributor: Mozilla Foundation, Kolkata, India [2016-2020]
◦ Developing AI based Materials Design workflows for transnational clients
◦ Integrating new and pre-existing workflows in the pursuit of accelerated materials discovery.
Graduate Research Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA [open] August 2021 to Present
◦ Working on an undisclosed Materials Discovery project using AI to surrogate DFT simulations.
◦ Developed proficiency in using HPC protocols to parallelize code structures for optimizing performance on supercomputers.
Head Teaching Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA [open] January 2023 to May 2023
◦ Completed multiple projects to predict novel materials for efficient Hydrogen Storage using DFT (Density Functional Theory), Bader Charge Ananlysis & MD Simulations.
(1 Research Article Published | 2 in review)
◦ Poster Presented on general work done in BARC at DAE CCS 2019
◦ Prediction of optimal Nuclear Coolant Materials for Molten Salt Reactors The variation of properties of fluoride and chloride salts against various factors & conditions were studied.
Research Intern Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India [open] July 2020 - Nov 2020
Worked on a Materials Informatics project using the Random Forest - Machine Learning Algorithm in Python. The determination of Mechanical Properties of various binary and ternary alloys with the aid of Materials Informatics and ML-driven approaches was analyzed. [weblink]
Research Intern Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India [open] June 2020 - Oct 2020
◦ Worked on a Phase-Field Modelling project involving DFT & MD Simulations.
◦ Managed Collaborations with Washington University at St. Louis & IIT Kanpur
Project & Industrial Intern Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [open] May 2018 to July 2018
Completed two Projects, namely: [open]
◦ The Identification of Post Investment Casting Defects ◦ Preventive Measures for Quality Control using Lean Management
Undergraduate Research Assistant Physics Department, NIT Durgapur Summer-Winter 2017
Determination of Water Contamination Content Profile in a Steel Plant Belt(Durgapur)- Project completed at the Physics Department, NITD. The determination of the impurity content profile in water and their effect in our daily lives, besides a few other detrimental physical factors were measured, which were further used as inputs to fabricate an experimental anti-polluting membrane.
ACHIEVEMENTS & EXPERIENCES
Delivering a Lecture AI for MechE GT@Spring-2023
Invited Talk 2nd EIIF-TokyoTech Hawaii USA-2022
Summer School Diploma CMS3-TAMU-NSF Texas USA-2022