02/21/2024: Evaluating Firefighters’ Hyperthermia Level with a CNT Based Cooling System During Live Burn Firefighting

Dr. Amit Bhattacharya holds a Ph.D. degree in biomedical/mechanical engineering and a M.S. in fluid mechanics/heat transfer, both from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. He is the Director, Cincinnati Education Research Center Training Grant. He is the founding Director of EDDI Lab – Early Detection of Degenerative Disorders & Innovative Solutions in the Department of Environmental & Public Health Sciences. He is also the founding director of the Pilot Research Training program sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). His research activities include topics of gene-environment interaction and its impact on human neuromuscular system and application of Nano-sensors/BIOMEMS technology for early detection of neurodegenerative and degenerative skeletal disorders. Over the years, Dr. Bhattacharya’s research at the University of Cincinnati has been sponsored by federal agencies and private organizations (cumulative funding as P.I. and Co-Investigator: ~$39.0 million). Dr. Bhattacharya has made significant contributions in the areas of biomechanics of traumatic injuries in the workplace, heat stress and prediction of hyperthermia among firefighters, development of countermeasures for cardiovascular deconditioning resulting from weightlessness, and the development of noninvasive, sensitive techniques for the quantification of postural imbalance as an indicator of neurotoxicity and identification of preclinical biomechanical parameters of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. He is a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society & Senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. Also, he is a full member of the, Human Factors & Ergonomic Society.