Bidyut Pal

About

Dr. Pal currently works as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at IIEST Shibpur. Previously, he served at the University of Portsmouth, UK, as a Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. Before that, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Biomechanics Research Group (Mechanical Engineering Department) at Imperial College London, followed by a brief stint as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Medical Engineering Research Group at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. His broad research area is computational and experimental orthopaedic biomechanics. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. During his doctoral research study, he was also actively engaged in the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) collaborative research project between the University of Southampton, UK, and IIT Kharagpur. While working at the University of Portsmouth, he received a Research Grant from the Royal Society, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, and a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK. He is currently serving as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature. 

• Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK, November 2018 - May 2019.
• Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering (erstwhile School of Engineering), University of Portsmouth, UK, May 2015 - October 2018.
• Research Fellow, Medical Engineering Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK, January 2015 - April 2015.
• Research Associate, Biomechanics Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, UK, July 2010- December 2014.
• Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, October 2009 - May 2010.
• Project Assistant, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, September 2005 - July 2006.

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2010
• Master of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Jadavpur University, 2005
• Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Government Engineering College, University of Kalyani, 2003

Research Statement

Dr Pal's research expertise lies in the field of orthopaedic biomechanics. He has worked extensively on the design, development and analysis of orthopaedic implants. His approach is a combination of Finite Element (FE) modelling and advanced experimental techniques. His current focus is on implant fixation, a key area concerning how implants are secured to the bone and the influence of implant design on the long-term integrity of such fixation. He is also interested in the mechanobiology of bone and gait analysis.

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