Susmita Sarkar

Susmita is a Bilsland Dissertation Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Her research focuses on exploring material science, chemistry, and mechanics to design and manufacture next-generation energy storage devices and improving the performance, reliability, and yield of the existing battery chemistries. She has received numerous awards, including Hommert Engineering Excellence Fellowship, Hillberry Graduate Scholarship, Outstanding Service Award, and was selected as an MIT Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering. She is the founding president of the ECS student chapter at Purdue University, and under her leadership, they received the Chapter of Excellence Award.