Prithwish Tarafder

Dr. Prithwish Tarafder

Department of Management & Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden

Biography

My research interest is in metal additive manufacturing. Starting from the process optimization and actual fabrication of components, I take interest in state-of-the-art characterization of additively manufactured metallic materials. The final goal is to understand the process-structure-property relationships, and to enable site-specific control of microstructure-properties coupling via different process optimization techniques. I completed my PhD on electron beam powder bed fusion processing of pure copper at North Carolina State University. Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral researcher at Linköping University where I am broadly researching on powder bed fusion-based metallic materials, with focus on process-property and process control.

Affiliations

Linköping University

Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden

Department of Management & Engineering

Honors and Awards

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Travel grant

Jernkontoret (Sweden), Stockholm, Sweden

Travel grant of 19000 SEK.

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Travel grant

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Travel grant of 25000 SEK.

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Seed Money Project 2025

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Seed money project approved by Linköping University where 4 different divisions within the department of Management & Engineering collaborated of a project related to monitoring of electron beam powder bed fusion process. The grant amount was 400000 SEK.

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

01 Oct 2023 - present

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Baker Hughes (United States), Houston, USA

20 Jun 2022 - 29 Sep 2023

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

08 Aug 2016 - 10 Jun 2022

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

Technical University, Berlin, Germany

09 Sep 2013 - 10 Oct 2015