Voiland CollegeWSU School of Mechanical and Materials EngineeringSusmita Bose

Susmita Bose

  1. Westinghouse Distinguished Chair Professor
  2. Affiliate Faculty, Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
  3. Affiliate Faculty, Elson Floyd College of Medicine
Email Addresssbose@wsu.edu
LocationDana 103A
Phone509-335-7461

Biography

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Physical-Organic Chemistry, Rutgers University, 1998
  • M.S. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Kanpur, India, 1992
  • B.S. in Chemistry, University of Kalyani-West Bengal, India, 1990

Professional Preparation

  • Research Assistant Professor, MME, WSU, 1998-2001
  • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) – Fellow in CSIR-CGCRI, India, fall of 2007
  • Visiting Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), spring of 2008 & 2014
  • Visiting Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) 2021

Research Interests

  • Additive manufacturing or 3-D printing of ceramics and ceramic-polymer composites for bone scaffolds
  • Natural medicinal compounds
  • Surface modification of metallic load-bearing implants
  • In vitro bone cell material interactions
  • Microwave and plasma processing of materials

Research Areas

Recognition and Honors

  • 2026 WSU Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award, the University’s highest faculty honor
  • 2023 Board of Directors, Washington State Academy of Sciences
  • 2023 Outstanding Mentor Award, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU
  • 2022 Westinghouse Distinguished Professorship
  • 2019 Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
  • 2019 WSU Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for research scholarship and arts
  • 2018 Class of Fellows, Materials Research Society (MRS)
  • 2018 Distinguished Faculty Address Award, Washington State University (DFA)
  • 2018 Class of Fellows, American Society for Materials (ASM International)
  • 2017 Class of Fellows, National Academy of Inventors.
  • 2017 Elected to the Washington State Academy of Science
  • 2016 Class of Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2016 International Society for Ceramics in Medicine research excellence award
  • 2015 Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association (WBBA), Life Science Innovation Northwest (LSINW), Women to Watch in Life Science Honoree
  • 2015 WSU Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) advisor excellence award
  • 2014 Richard M. Fulrath Award, American Ceramic Society
  • 2013 Class of Fellows, American Ceramic Society
  • 2013 Class of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
  • 2012 Outstanding researcher award, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  • 2009 American Ceramic Society – Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award
  • 2006 “Kavli Fellow” – National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award (2002 / 2004)

Selected Publications

Dr. Bose has published over 350 technical articles, more than 280 journal articles, over 40 conference proceedings, 32 book chapters, 11 edited books, and 13 issued patents, with citations about 44,000 times, an h-index of 106. Her Google Scholar profile is below

Complete List of Publications on Google Scholar

A few selected papers – Review and research articles

  1. S Bose, B White, VS Chaudhari, “Gingerol encapsulated lipid nanoparticles on 3D-printed scaffolds for orthopedic and dental applications”, Biomaterials Advances, 172, 214194 (2025).
  2. A. Bhattacharjee, U. Majumdar, WS. Dernell, A. Bandyopadhyay, and S. Bose; “ZnO-Hydroxyapatite-Coated Ti-6Al-4V With Curcumin and Ginger Extract for Load-Bearing Implants”, J Journal of the American Ceramic Society, in press, https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.70532 (2026).
  3. A Dahiya, VS Chaudhari and S Bose “Bone Healing via Carvacrol and Curcumin Nanoparticles on 3D Printed Implants”, 20 (50), 2405642, Small, 2405642, (2024)
  4. Connor Toulou, V. S. Chaudhari and S. Bose, “Extrusion 3D-Printed TCP-PCL Biocomposites for Quercetin-KCl Delivery in Bone Tissue Engineering”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 112 (9), 1472-1483, (2024).
  5. S. Bose, N. Sarkar and Y. Jo, “Natural Medicine Delivery from 3D Printed Bone Substitutes”, Journal of Controlled Release, 365, 848-875, (2024).
  6. P Kushram, S Bose; “Improving Biological Performance of 3D-Printed Scaffolds with Garlic-Extract Nanoemulsions”; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16 (37), 48955-48968, (2024).
  7. S. Bose, and N Sarkar, “Natural Medicinal Compounds in Bone Tissue Eng.” Trends in Biotech.,38(4),404 (2020).
  8. D. Ke, A. A. Vu, A. Bandyopadhyay, and S. Bose, “Compositionally graded doped hydroxyapatite coating on titanium using laser and plasma spray deposition for bone implants”, Acta Biomaterialia, Volume 84, 15, Pages 414-423 (2019).
  9. S. Bose, D. Banerjee. And N. Sarkar, “Effects of PCL, PEG and PLGA polymers on curcumin release from calcium phosphate matrix for in vitro and in vivo bone regeneration”, Materials Today Chemistry, 8, 110-120, (2018).
  10. S Bose, D Ke, H Sahasrabudhe, A Bandyopadhyay, “Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials,” Progress in Materials Science, 93, 45-111, (2018).
  11. C Koski, S Bose, “Effects of amylose content on the mechanical properties of starch-hydroxyapatite 3D printed bone scaffolds”, Additive Manufacturing 30, 100817 (2019).
  12. Bose S., Robertson S. F. and Bandyopadhyay A., “Surface Modification of Biomaterials and Biomedical Devices using Additive Manufacturing,” Acta Biomaterialia, 66, pp. 6-22 (2018).
  13. S Bose, S. Vahabzadeh, and A. Bandyopadhyay, A, (2013) “3-D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds”, Materials Today, 16 (12), 496-504 (2013).
  14. S. Bose, G, Fielding, S. Tarafder and A. Bandyopadhyay, “Understanding of dopant – induced osteogenesis and angiogenesis in calcium phosphate ceramics” Trends in Biotechnology, October; 31(10): 594–605 (2013).
  15. S. Bose and S. Tarafder, “Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Systems in Growth Factor and Drug Delivery for Bone Tissue Engineering – A Review”, Acta Biomaterialia, 8, 1401–1421 (2012).
  16. S. Bose, M. Roy and A. Bandyopadhyay, “Recent advances in bone tissue engineering scaffolds,” Trends in Biotechnology, Vol 30, no. 10, pp. 546-554 (2012).