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Bharat Bhushan

Ohio State University, IBM Almaden Research Center, University of Tyumen, University of Kragujevac, IBM General Products Division, VA Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7161-6601
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Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the College of Engineering, and the Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) and affiliated faculty in John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. In 2013-14, he served as an ASME/AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, House Committee on Science, Space & Technology, United States Congress, Washington, DC. He has served as an Expert Investigator on IP related issues in the U.S. and International Courts. He holds two M.S., a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/mechanics, an MBA, and three honorary, and two semi-honorary doctorates. His research interests include fundamental studies with a focus on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics. He has authored 10 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters, 900+ scientific papers (One of Google Scholar’s 1410 Highly Cited Researchers in All Fields (h>100), h-index - 125+ with 75k+ citations, i10-index - 740+; Fourth Highly Cited Researcher in Mechanical Eng.; Web of Science h-index - 95+; Scopus h-index - 100+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry, 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry, 2011; Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-field Category, 2018), and 60+ technical reports. . His research was listed as Top Ten Science Stories of 2015. He has also edited 50+ books and holds more than 25 U.S. and foreign patents. He is co-editor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies, and member of editorial board of PNAS. He has given more than 400 invited presentations on six continents and more than 200 keynote/plenary addresses at major international conferences. He has delivered a TEDx 2019 lecture.

He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Life Achievement Tribology Award, Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK) Global Award, and NASA’s Certificate of Appreciation to recognize the critical tasks performed in support of President Reagan’s Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident. He has organized various international conferences and workshops. His research was listed as the top ten science stories of 2015. He is a member of various professional societies, including the International Academy of Engineering (Russia). He has previously worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA. He has held visiting professorship at University of California at Berkeley, University of Cambridge, UK, Technical University Vienna, Austria, University of Paris, Orsay, ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, Univ. of Southampton, UK, Univ. of Kragujevac, Serbia, Tsinghua Univ., China, Harbin Inst., China, and KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

Employment

  • Ohio State University Ohio Eminent Scholar/Winbigler Professor; Graduate Research Faculty Advisor; Affiliated Faculty Member
    1991 - Present
  • IBM Almaden Research Center Senior Engineer/Research Staff Member/Manager
    1986 - 1991
  • IBM General Products Division Advisory Engineer; Development Engineer/Manager
    1981 - 1986
  • SKF Industries Inc. Research Scientist
    1980 - 1981
  • Mechanical Technology Inc. Program manager, Senior Engineer, Physical Tribologist
    1976 - 1980

Education

  • University of Tyumen Honorary Doctorate
    2019 - 2019
  • University of Kragujevac
    ? - 2011
  • VA Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute Doctor Honouris Causa
    ? - 2000
  • Warsaw University of Technology Doctor of Technical Sciences
    ? - 1996
  • University of Trondheim Doctor Technicae
    ? - 1990
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.B.A.
    ? - 1980
  • University of Colorado Boulder Ph. D.
    ? - 1976
  • University of Colorado Boulder Master of Science
    ? - 1973
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Science
    ? - 1971
  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science Bachelor of Engineering
    ? - 1970

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