Bishu Bandyopadhyay

Academic rank:
PhD  Mechanical Engineering  People’s Friendship University, Moscow, USSR                1979
MS    Mechanical Engineering  People’s Friendship University, Moscow, USSR                1969
BSc  (Physics Honors)  Burdwan University, India  1964

Number of years service:
20 years
Appointed  1985  Assistant Professor 
1989  Associate Professor
1995  Professor

Other related experience: 
Research Engineer, RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan, Summers 1994-98.
Research Engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN,  Summers 1991, 1993.
Research Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL, Summer 1989.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1985.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 1984.
Visiting Lecturer, University of Nederland Antilles, Curacao, 1983-84.
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 1982-85.
Faculty attachment, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1982.
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1980-82.
Visiting Lecturer, Government Polytechnic, Poona, India, 1971-75.

Consulting:
Lucas Aerospace Inc., Jamestown, ND, 1990.
Cummings Engine Company, Inc. 1999, 2000.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Honors and awards:
National Talent Scholarship throughout academic year
Scholarship offered by Ministry of Education, Government of India, for higher studies in USSR
Awarded a Gold Medal for standing First Class First in B.Sc. Physics Hons. Examination

Other assigned duties performed:
Mechanical Engineering Sophomore Student Advisor
Member, UND Faculty Research Committee, Sept. 1990-Dec. 1991, Chair, Sept. 1991-Dec. 1991
UND-Mechanical Engineering Departmental Representative, ME NEWS national publication of ASME Chair, Membership Recruitment and Retention, Red River Chapter #511, SME
Member, Graduate Faculty, University of North Dakota