Background
Misra, Debasmita Son of Prafulla Chandra Pati and Pramila Mishra.
researcher agricultural studies educator
Misra, Debasmita Son of Prafulla Chandra Pati and Pramila Mishra.
Bachelor of Science, Orissa University Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 1984. M. England, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, St. Paul, 1994.
Lecturer Orissa University Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 1984—1985, assistant professor, 1987. Research assistant University Minnesota, Department Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, St. Paul, 1988—1994, teaching assistant, 1988—1994. Postdoctoral research associate University Minnesota, Department Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, 1994—1997.
Staff petroleum engineer National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1997—1998. Assistant research professor, Department Geological Engineering and Sciences Michigan Technological University, Houghton, 1998—2000, adjunct assistant professor, Department Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1999—2000. Senior engineer, training and simulation Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, 2000—2002.
Assistant professor University Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2002—2007, associate professor, since 2007. Honorary consultant The Rowland Company, St. Paul, 1994. Visiting scientist DLO Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research, Wageningen, Netherlands, 1996.
Alternate director Society, Mining Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado, 2005—2006, regional chair, golden nw division, 2006—2007. Technical advisor Global Experts, Bhubaneswar, since 2007. Vice chairman, sw21, hydrology committee American Society Agricultural and Biological Engineering, St. Joseph, Michigan, since 2007, vice chairman, iet254, emerging information systems committee, since 2007.
Member, committee chairman Odia Samaja, 2001—2008. Member Orissa Society of Americas, 1989—2008. Instructor, water resources technicians training program Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2002—2004.
Chairman, junior spelling bee contest North South Foundation, 2003. Founder member Odisha Bikasha Initiative, 2002—2008. Editor and member of editorial board, a web-based journal of odia samaja Duradrusti, 2003—2008.
Interviewer and judge Fairbanks district science fair, Alaska, 2003—2004. Judge for 21st competition Alaska State High School Science Symposium, 2006—2008. Member of American Water Resources Association, United States Association of Computational Mechanics, Association of Engineering Geologists, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (committee leadership), American Institute of Chemical Engineers, European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Epsilon.
Married Nilima Mohapatra, May 11, 1997. Children: Sambit, Manisha.