Biography
Dr. Tate is a mechanical engineer by training. He earned BS and MS degrees in Mechanical engineering from the University of Pune, India, in 1990 and 1996, respectively. He had nine years of teaching experience in India before joining a Ph.D. program in the USA in 2000. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical engineering specializing in Mechanics and Materials from NC A&T SU in 2004. After one year of a Research Associate position at NC A&T SU, Dr. Tate joined Texas State in the fall of 2005. He has 27-plus years of academic and two years of industry experience. He has provided consultation to many private companies and has numerous funding from federal and private entities. He is well known for his expertise in advanced composite materials and nanotechnology safety.
Dr. Tate is a recipient of a prestigious national teaching award, The Educator of the Year 2020 and 2009, by the ‘Society of Plastics Engineers’ Composites Division.
At Texas State, he received the Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service in 2020, the Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018, and the College Achievement Awards for Excellence in Teaching in 2019 and 2009.
Dr. Tate is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA, SPE, and SAMPE. He is a faculty advisor of the SAMPE Student Chapter and serves as a member of the Board of Directors at SAMPE North America. He served as Technical Chair of the CAMX 2020 International Conference and Technical Co-Chair of the SAMPE 2021 International Conference.
Dr. Tate is a recipient of a prestigious national teaching award, The Educator of the Year 2020 and 2009, by the ‘Society of Plastics Engineers’ Composites Division.
At Texas State, he received the Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service in 2020, the Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018, and the College Achievement Awards for Excellence in Teaching in 2019 and 2009.
Dr. Tate is a member of AIAA, ASME, ACMA, SPE, and SAMPE. He is a faculty advisor of the SAMPE Student Chapter and serves as a member of the Board of Directors at SAMPE North America. He served as Technical Chair of the CAMX 2020 International Conference and Technical Co-Chair of the SAMPE 2021 International Conference.
Research Interests
Dr. Jitendra S. Tate, professor of manufacturing engineering at Texas State University, has established safe handling practices for industrial (such as nanoclay) and engineered (such as carbon nanotubes) nanoparticles in his research and teaching, dealing with advanced polymer nanocomposites. His research areas include developing, manufacturing, and characterizing the high-performance polymeric thermoplastics and thermoset nanocomposites for Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), rocket ablatives, fire-retardant interior structures of mass transit and aircraft, lighter and damage-tolerant wind turbine blades, fiber-reinforced high-temperature composites, replacement of traditional composites using bio-based materials, sustainable composites from renewable resources, cellulose nanofibers, conductive/magnetic/high-temperature polymers for 3D printing, nanotechnology education, and nanotechnology safety.
Dr. Tate has acquired $632k in external funding as Principal Investigator and another $4.17M as co-Principal Investigator and Senior Collaborator. His external funding is from NSF, NASA, Jacobs Engineering, Evonik Corporation, KAI LLC, Quantum Copper, DoD, and Applied Nanotech.
Dr. Tate has 133 peer-reviewed articles published, of which 41 were journal articles and 93 full-length peer-reviewed conference papers. He has presented his research at 50-plus conference presentations. He has published two editions of an edited book, "Nanotechnology Safety" and written six book chapters.
He has been a major supervisor on 4 Ph.D. dissertations and 21 theses. He has served on numerous dissertation and theses' committees.
Dr. Tate has acquired $632k in external funding as Principal Investigator and another $4.17M as co-Principal Investigator and Senior Collaborator. His external funding is from NSF, NASA, Jacobs Engineering, Evonik Corporation, KAI LLC, Quantum Copper, DoD, and Applied Nanotech.
Dr. Tate has 133 peer-reviewed articles published, of which 41 were journal articles and 93 full-length peer-reviewed conference papers. He has presented his research at 50-plus conference presentations. He has published two editions of an edited book, "Nanotechnology Safety" and written six book chapters.
He has been a major supervisor on 4 Ph.D. dissertations and 21 theses. He has served on numerous dissertation and theses' committees.
Teaching Interests
Polymers Properties and Processing, Composite Materials, Materials engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Design of Machine Elements, and Mechanics of Materials.