Dr. Prodip Kumar Sarkar
B.E. (BESU Shibpur, 2008), ME (IIEST Shibpur, 2014), PhD (IIT Kharagpur, 2021), Post-Doctoral Fellow (Spanish Research Council, CSIC, Feb, 2022-Sept, 2025)
Date of Joining:
23rd September, 2025
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Structural Engineering Lab Civil and Env Engineering BIT Mesra
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prodipkumar.sarkar@bitmesra.ac.in
Research Areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Computational Material Science
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Cement and Ceramic
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Earthquake Engineering
Work Experience
- Teaching: 1 Years
- Research: 5 Years
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Academic Profile
Project
Leadership & Institutional Service
Teaching & Mentorship
Current Sponsored Projects
- Amount: Rs. 51,24,480
- Current TES systems predominantly use molten salts (e.g., nitrate salts, freezing point ≈220 °C), but they suffer from high material and anti-freezing costs, corrosion, and low thermal conductivity. Solid-state TES materials such as concrete offer a promi
- Title: Engineered Concrete as a Solid-State Thermal Battery for Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant
- Project Summary:
Fellowship
- Organization: Materials Physics Center CFM (CSIC-UPV/EHU) Location: San Sebastián, Spain Employer: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Supervisor: Jorge S. Dolado, HOD of the Ceramic and Cement-based Materials section Duration: 07.02.2022 TO 16.12.2024 Organization: Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc) Location: Madrid, Spain Employer: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Supervisor: Roman Nevshupa Group: Sustainable Interaction of Construction Materials with the Environment Duration: 20.12.2024 to 10.09.2025