Current Research
Dr Soumyajit Mojumder is a Research Associate at Centre of Advanced Structural Ceramics (CASC) group in the Department of Materials. His research focuses on studying the characteristics of the environmental degradation suffered by SiC/SiC CMCs in aeroengine representative conditions. He applies a variety of advanced characterisation techniques to understand and quantify the effect of environmental degradation in the material. These include techniques such as Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Focused Ion Beam (FIB), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), and in-situ SEM meso/micro-mechanical testing.
Biography and previous position
Soumyajit obtained his Master of Technology (M.Tech) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, India and a joint PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India and Monash University, Australia.
At IIT Dhanbad, Soumyajit was a member of the Tribology group and conducted an experimental study of the wear aspects for potential implant materials under dry and lubricated sliding conditions using a tribometer. Thereafter, he joined a joint PhD program, where he investigated reverse detail fractures in railway systems in high rails on curved tracks. He moved to the UK after his PhD and joined the Exeter Technologies Group (ETG), Exeter University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on an INNOVATE UK funded project, where he developed a new type of low cost, ultra-low friction pipe centraliser with good wear resistance properties.