Susmita Bose
Dr. Susmita Bose
Westinghouse Distinguished Chair Professor
Washington State University
Prof. Bose is a Westinghouse Distinguished Chair Professor at Washington State University’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Affiliate Faculty of Chemistry and the Elson Floyd College of Medicine at WSU. She has worked with additively manufactured bone scaffolds and coated metal implants for drug delivery vehicles since 1998. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Materials Research Society (MRS), ASM International, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS). In 2023, she was elected as a Board of Directors member of WSAS. She received the NSF CAREER/PECASE award, given at the White House by the President of the United States.

Prof. Bose’s interdisciplinary research interest lies at the interface of materials science, mechanical engineering, chemistry, bioengineering and biology, with a focus on additive manufacturing, implant materials and drug delivery. She has co-edited books on additive manufacturing and published over 300 technical articles, more than 280 journal articles, 24 book chapters, 9 edited books, 13 issued patents and her work has been cited approximately 35,300 times. Her group's research on 3D-printed ceramic bone scaffolds and natural medicine has been featured by the AP, BBC, NPR, CBS News, MSNBC, ABC News, R&D magazines, Science Daily News and many other TV and radio stations and news sites worldwide.