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Dr. Suhas Eswarappa Prameela is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, College of Mines and Earth Sciences. He previously held dual postdoctoral fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2022 to 2024, serving as an MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and as an MIT Engineering Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Prameela earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University (2016–2022) and his M.S. in the same field from Arizona State University (2014–2016).

Dr. Prameela has received numerous accolades for his contributions to materials science and aerospace research. In 2023, he was recognized as a Future Leader in Aerospace at MIT and received the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award from the University of California, Irvine. He also earned the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Acta Materialia and previously received the 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. His research excellence has been further acknowledged through the 2022 MIT Open Data Prize (Runner-up) and the 2021 Inphi Engineering Graduate Scholarship. Additionally, he won the Best Poster Award – People’s Choice at the MACH 2019 Conference.