Pranoy Ray

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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.

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News
  • [Jan 2024] Named Novelis Graduate Scholar 2024 : Novelis Innovation Hub, USA [open]
  • [Sep 2023] Journal article published (DFT: Hydrogen Storage) [open]
  • [Dec 2022] Named EIIF 2022 Fellow : Invited Talk delivered @ 2nd EIIF (Oahu, Hawaii)
  • [May 2022] Named CMS3 2022 Fellow : Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
  • [Nov 2020] First Journal article published (DFT: Hydrogen Storage) [open]
  • [Nov 2019] Poster presented: Department of Atomic Energy Computational Chemistry Symposium, Mumbai
  • [Aug 2018] News feature: A startup which Pranoy co-founded [open] [news article]
Education
GT 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
GT-COC Master of Science (MS)
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [open]

Major: Computational Science and Engineering
Minor: Materials Science and Engineering
NIT-DGP 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

DBPC 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
GT Management of Technology (MOT)
Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [details]

May 2024
Support: Federal Funding Agencies
Type: Graduate Certificate
GT 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
TAMU 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]
Grants & Accolades
  • [2024] Novelis Graduate Scholar : Novelis Innovation Hub (GA & KY, USA)
  • [2022] EIIF Fellow : TokyoTech + Strategic Energy Institute @ GT (Oahu, HI, USA)
  • [2022] CMS3 Fellow : NSF + Texas A&M University (College Station, TX, USA)
  • [2019] TEQIP III Grant (NIT Durgapur) Travel Grant to present my poster at DAE-CCS 2019 (Mumbai, MH, India)
Technical Skills
  • [Programming Languages] : Python, Java, R, C, LaTeX
  • [Simulation Packages] : VASP, LAMMPS
  • [Softwares] : VESTA, Origin, Ovito, BlueJ, Adobe Photoshop, MS Office
  • [Frameworks] : Shell Scripting, Flask, PyQt4
Professional Experiences


GT Materials Scientist Intern
Multiscale Technologies Inc, Seattle, USA [open]

January 2024 to Present

Advisor: Vasu Kalidindi

◦ Developing AI based Materials Design workflows for transnational clients
◦ Integrating new and pre-existing workflows in the pursuit of accelerated materials discovery.

GT Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA [open]

August 2021 to Present

Advisor: Dr. Surya Kalidindi

◦ 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.

GT Head Teaching Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA [open]

January 2023 to May 2023

Syllabus: Spring 2023

◦ ME-8813 : AI4ME (ML Fundamentals for Mechanical Engineering).
◦ Introduction of machine learning methods and computational algorithms to solve materials science & mechanical engineering problems
◦ Teaching lectures, preparing & grading Homeworks.

BARC Research Assistant
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai, India [open]

May 2019 to July 2021

Advisor: Dr. Brahmananda Chakraborty

◦ 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.

IITKgp Research Intern
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India [open]

July 2020 - Nov 2020

Advisor: Dr. Alankar Alankar

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]

SRM-IST, Chennai Research Intern
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India [open]

June 2020 - Oct 2020

Advisor: Dr. Shibayan Roy

◦ Worked on a Phase-Field Modelling project involving DFT & MD Simulations.
◦ Managed Collaborations with Washington University at St. Louis & IIT Kanpur

SRM-IST, Chennai Project & Industrial Intern
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [open]

May 2018 to July 2018

Advisory Department: Foundry & Forge Division

Completed two Projects, namely: [open]
◦ The Identification of Post Investment Casting Defects
◦ Preventive Measures for Quality Control using Lean Management

SRM-IST, Chennai Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics Department, NIT Durgapur

Summer-Winter 2017

Advisor: Dr. Hirok Chaudhuri

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.

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