Sanjay Sampath

Dr. Sanjay Sampath is currently Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at Stony Brook University(SUNY) and director of the Center for Thermal Spray Research, an interdisciplinary industry-university partnership in the field of thermal spray materials.  He received his B. Tech in Metallurgy in 1985 from Indian Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University, and  his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stony Brook in 1989.  After graduating, he spent four years at GTE Sylvania involved in research, development, and processing of refractory metal composites.  Upon joining the faculty at Stony Brook University in 1993, he has directed research efforts on various federal and industrially funded programs.  Under the auspices of the NSF Center, he directed a group of a dozen or so interdisciplinary faculty members towards fundamental understanding of thermal spray processes, materials, and applications.  The self-sustaining Center (since 2005) is home to the Industrial Consortium for Thermal Spray Technology comprising of 30 leading companies aimed at knowledge transfer from fundamental research to applications.

He was also principal investigator on the DARPA Mesoscale Integrated Conformal Electronics (MICE) project enabling 3D printing of sensors via direct write thermal spray technology. Dr. Sampath has 250 journal publications, 15 patents and winner of several best paper awards.  He has advised over 60 MS and PHD students, mentored 30 post-docs and over 100 undergraduates. He has received numerous recognition including designation as Distinguished Professor, Fellow of ASM, ACERs and IOM3, Two R&D 100 Awards, Thermal Spray Hall-of-Fame,  TMS Application to Practice, ACERS John Jeppson Award, ASM Albert Sauveur Award. He serves as Associate Editor of JACERS. He continues to contribute to Research and Education in Coatings with an emphasis on science derived implementation of advanced materials and manufacturing.