Mitra Dutta

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Mitra Dutta (born 1953) [1] is an Indian-American physicist and electronics engineer known

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Mitra Dutta
Born1953
NationalityIndian-American
OccupationEngineer
TitleDistinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Chicago (former)
Academic background
EducationUndergrad of Gauhati University, Physics Graduate at the University of Delhi and The University of Cincinnati

for her research on optoelectronics. She is a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the university's former vice chancellor for research. [2]

Education and career

Dutta is a graduate of Gauhati University, and has a master's degree in physics from the University of Delhi. She earned a second master's degree and PhD in physics at the University of Cincinnati. [3]

She was a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, the City College of New York, and Brookhaven National Laboratory before becoming a team leader and eventually division director of physics at the United States Army Research Laboratory. She moved to the Army Research Office in 1996, as head of the electronics division and later director of research technology and integration. [4]

Dutta moved to the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001, [5] and was named a Distinguished Professor in 2004. [6] She headed the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for over ten years, from her 2001 appointment until being named vice chancellor for research in 2012. [3] [4] [5] She stepped down as vice chancellor in 2018, and was succeeded by geneticist Joanna Groden. [7]

Books

Dutta is the coauthor of Phonons in Nanostructures (with Michael A. Stroscio, Cambridge University Press, 2001), [8] and of Introduction to Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Nanostructures (with Stroscio, V. V. Mitin, and V. A. Kochelap, Cambridge University Press, 2019), and the editor of multiple edited volumes. [9]

Recognition

Dutta became a Fellow of the Optical Society in 1998. [6] She was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 1999, "for contributions to heterostructure-based optoelectronic and electronic devices", [10] and in 2000 the IEEE gave her the Harry Diamond Memorial Award for "innovative design, characterization and realization of high performance heterostructure optoelectronic devices, and establishment of major research programs in this field". [11] The Society of Women Engineers gave her their Achievement Award in 2003. [12]

She became a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2012, after a nomination by the APS Forum on Physics and Society, "for research leadership and administration in government and academia, through which she has supported the applications of physics for society, outreach to the public, and enhancement of physics education". [13] She is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6]

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  1. ↑ Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2021-06-22
  2. ↑ MacArthur, Kate (15 September 2015), "How UIC narrows gender gap among science, technology professors", Chicago Tribune
  3. 1 2 "People on the move: Mitra Dutta, University of Illinois at Chicago", Crain's Chicago Business, 5 July 2012, retrieved 2021-06-22
  4. 1 2 "Mitra Dutta", Members, The Chicago Network, retrieved 2021-06-22
  5. 1 2 "Indian-American engineer-physicist named US varsity VC", Deccan Herald, 19 June 2012, retrieved 2021-06-22
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  7. ↑ "New vice chancellor for research aims to support, highlight campus innovation", UIC Today, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1 November 2018, retrieved 2021-06-22
  8. ↑ Leburton, Jean-Pierre (June 2002), "Review of Phonons in Nanostructures", Acta Crystallographica Section A, 58 (4): 414, doi: 10.1107/s0108767302009972
  9. ↑ Brosseau, Christian (2019), "Review of Introduction to Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Nanostructures", Optics & Photonics News, retrieved 2021-06-22
  10. ↑ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2021-06-22
  11. ↑ Harry Diamond Memorial Award: Past Recipients, IEEE, retrieved 2021-06-22
  12. ↑ Individual award, Society of Women Engineers, retrieved 2021-06-22
  13. ↑ "Fellows nominated in 2012 by the Forum on Physics and Society", APS Fellows archive, retrieved 2021-06-22
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