Asit K. Ray, ph.d.
Professor & Packaging Certificate & Lab Coordinator

B.S., Calcutta University
M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Phone: (901) 321-3418
E-mail: aray@cbu.edu  
Office: Nolan 127




Dr. Asit Ray is a professor of chemical engineering at CBU. He earned his Ph.D. from Lehigh University and has over 20 years of teaching/research experience at Auburn and CBU. Dr. Ray spent seven years in the polymer industry, and was four times a NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow engaging in polymer research at NASA Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center. He is actively engaged in laboratory research in polymeric and biomaterials in collaboration with professors from the University of Memphis and Rhodes College and has published over fifteen refereed papers.

Dr. Ray co-teaches packaging classes with Mr. Yongquan Zhou. He has chaired the Packaging Sessions and presented packaging-related papers at the MAESC conferences. He was also the opening speaker at the 2007 Medical Device Packaging workshop jointly hosted by CBU Packaging and Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). He also serves as the Coordinator of the Packaging Engineering Certificate and Labs at CBU and is a member of IoPP. He was recognized as the 2003 Featured Engineering Faculty by the School of Engineering at CBU.