Nitin P. Padture is the Otis E. Randall University Professor in the School of Engineering (Materials Science) at Brown University, and founding Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy (ISE). He received B.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1985), M.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University (1987), and Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from Lehigh University (1991). Padture was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, MD) for 3 years, before joining the University of Connecticut (UConn) faculty in January 1995 as Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 1998 and Professor in 2003. Padture served as Interim Department Head at UConn for one year before moving to the Ohio State University (OSU) in January 2005. At OSU he was College of Engineering Distinguished Professor, and also founding Director of the NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). He moved to Brown University in January 2012, and most recently he served as Director of Brown's Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation for about eight years.
Padture's research interests are in advanced ceramics and nanomaterials, for applications ranging from solar photovoltaics to jet engines for renewable energy and energy efficiency. His research has been funded by NSF, DOE, ONR, AFOSR, ARO, DARPA, DOEdu, state governments, private foundations, and industry.
Padture's teaching interests include: Introductory Materials Science & Engineering; Mechanical Behavior of Materials; and Introductory Composite Materials.
Padture has authored or co-authored 285 publications, including 9 awarded patents, which have been cited about 37,000 times total (Google Scholar; h-index 97). Padture has delivered 270 invited/ keynote/ plenary talks and seminars in the US and abroad. (Please see CV for complete lists.)
A Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Padture has received that society's Roland B. Snow, Robert L. Coble, and Richard M. Fulrath awards. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Materials Research Society (MRS). Padture is the recipient of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award, and he received both the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, IIT-Bombay. Recently he was awarded the Brown University Presidential Faculty Award.
Padture is Editor of the international journals Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia.
Contact: nitin_padture@brown.edu Tel. (401)863-2859
Brown launches new initiative to galvanize research in sustainable energy technology
Padture awarded $1.5 million grant from Department of Energy
Cracks in Perovskite Films for Solar Cells Easily Healed, Study Finds
NASA to launch new Brown student satellite
Nitin Padture to deliver Presidential Faculty Award Lecture
‘Molecular glue’ makes perovskite solar cells dramatically more reliable over time
Researchers Make Next-Generation, High-Toughness Battery Component
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Padture elected 2023 MRS Fellow
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Flipping a Chemical Switch Helps Perovskite Solar Cells Beat the Heat
Researchers Discover New Lead-Free Perovskite Material for Solar Cells
