Dr. Gautom Kumar Das
Non-Tenure Track
Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
About
Dr. Gautom Das is a Lecturer in the Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at UMBC. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University, and a Post-doctoral Scholar at the University of California, Davis. He earned his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
Research interests
Engineering Education
Teaching interests
Transport Phenomena, Mass and Heat Transfer, Engineering Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering Kinnetics, Chemical Engineering Capstone Design, Chemical Engineering Lab, Materials Science
Education
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Ph D, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
— Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2010) Rare earth doped nanomaterials as potential contrast agents for optical/magnetic resonance imaging
- BS, Chemical Engineering — Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004)
Publications
- Effectiveness of Checklists in Developing Technical Writing Skills 2025
- Work-in-Progress: Leveraging ChatGPT to Support Technical Communication Skills (Writing) in a Senior Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course 2025
- Teaching Engineering Economics through Role Play in a Senior Design Class 2024
- At-Home Drug Delivery Experiment: Teaching Mass Transfer Using Food Dyes, DIY Spectrometer 2023
- Nanophotonic Device in Combination with Bacteriophages for Enhancing Detection Sensitivity of Escherichia coli in Simulated Wash Water 2019
- Reduction reactions and densification during in situ TEM heating of iron oxide nanochains 2017
Presentations
- The Impact of Home Labs: Empowering Students through Open-ended At-home Experiments in a Heat and Mass Transfer Course 2029
- Work-in-Progress: Leveraging Gen AI (e.g. ChatGPT) to Support Writing in a Senior Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course 2025
- Work-in-Progress: Effectiveness of Checklists in Developing Technical Writing Skills 2025
Grants and Contracts
- Curriculum and Pedagogy (CAP) Fellowship 2026
- Global Learning Fellow 2025
Research in Progress
- Develop, test, and characterize a controlled flame combustion system of JP-8 and characterize silica aerosol using acoustic generator 2018
- Sensitive Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli in Produce Wash Water 2016
Courses Taught
- Adv Chem Reactn Kinetics
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Intro Biomed Engr
- Trans Proc II:Mass Tran
- Process Engineering Econ
- Process Engineering Econ
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Chemical Engineering Lab
- Intro Biomed Engr
- Biomedical Engineering
- Trans Proc II:Mass Tran
- Transport Phenomena
- Biomedical Engineering
- Process Engineering Economics
- Chemical Engineering Laboratory