Biography
Aravinda Kar received his PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a Professor of Optics, MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and MSE (Materials Science and Engineering) at UCF. His research interests are (1) Laser-Assisted Manufacturing and Materials Processing, (2) Design and processing of semiconductor materials, laser doping, sensors, detectors, light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells, (3) Laser beam shaping and laser-material interactions, and (4) Thermal and materials science, advanced material properties, biomaterials.
Awards & Honors
- President, Laser Institute of America, Two-year term (Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2025)
- A. Kar (Guest Editor) and Emeritus Prof. William M. Steen (Co-Guest Editor), Laser Additive Manufacturing Processes: From Cladding to Complex Parts, J. Laser Applications, March 2022 – April 2023, Tribute edition
- Arthur L. Schawlow Award, Laser Institute of America (LIA), October 2021
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI), since 2017
- Fellow, Laser Institute of America (LIA), since 2000
- 2018 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, IMAPS Society, 2018
- 2017 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, ICALEO 2017
- 2017 First Place Award (Poster Presentation): Eduardo Castillo, IMAPS Society 2017
- 2005 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Laser Institute of America
- 2002 TIP (UCF’s Teaching Incentive Program) Award
- 2001 ICALEO’01 Student Paper Award Competition: Yonggang Li
- 2000 ICALEO’00 Student Paper Award Competition: Jihua Du
- 2000 Fifth Annual Tibbetts Award
- 2000 American Welding Society award Henry Grajon Prize: Jian Xie
- 1999 First Prize Student Paper Award Competition: Jihua Du
- 1999 ICALEO’99 Student Paper Award Competition: Franz Josef Kahlen
- 1995 J. Mazumder and A. Kar, Theory and Application of Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition, Plenum Press, New York
Research Group
Laser-Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Micro-Processing (LAMMMP) Laboratory, mathematical modeling of process mechanism, synthesis of new materials, advanced manufacturing and process diagnostics; laser-matter interactions, melting, vaporization, plasma effects, solidification and non-equilibrium synthesis of materials; diffusion, laser doping, semiconductor processing, sensors and detectors; laser CVD; laser machining, laser ablation, laser drilling, cutting and welding; process monitoring and diagnostic techniques.
Publications
Bougdid, Y (Bougdid, Yahya) [1] ; Chenard, F (Chenard, Francois) [3] ; Sugrim, C (Sugrim, Chandraika (John)) [4] ; Kumar, R (Kumar, Ranganathan) [2] ; Kar, A (Kar, Aravinda) [1] "CO2 laser-assisted deposition of multilayer homogeneous TiO2/SiO2 nanocomposite films with varying refraction and absorption indices" Journal of Laser Applications, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Year: 2025 (2025)
Gunjan Kulkarni, Yahya Bougdid, Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Ranganathan Kumar, and Aravinda Kar "Laser Doping of n-type 4H-SiC with Boron using solution precursor for mid-wave iInfrared optical properties " Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 36, 2024, pp. 12016:1-11 (2024)
Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Gunjan Kulkarni, Yahya Bougdid, Ranganathan Kumar, Kevin Heylman, Aravinda Kar, and Kalapathy Sundaram "Numerical investigation of laser doping parameters for semi-insulating 4H-SiC substrate" Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 36, 2024, pp. 22013:1-12 (2024)
Jannatul Ferdous Mousumi, Yahya Bougdid, Gunjan Kulkarni, Tianyi Li, Ranganathan Kumar, Aravinda Kar, Kristopher O. Davis "Laser sintered silver metallization for silicon heterojunction photovoltaic cells" Solar Rapid Research Letters (Sol. RRL), 2024, pp. 2400527: 1-8 (2024)
Yahya Bougdid, Gunjan Kulkarni, Francois Chenard, Chandraika John Sugrim, Ranganathan Kumar, and Aravinda Kar "Optical properties of transparent TiO2 films by sintering anatase nanoparticles with a CO2 laser" Optical Materials, Vol. 156, 2024, pp. 115969:1-12 (2024)
Yahya Bougdid, Francois Chenard, Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Ranganathan Kumar, and Aravinda Kar "CO2 Laser sintering of TiO2 nanoparticles thin films for improved transmittance" Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Vol. 11, 2024, pp. 284-305 (2024)
Kulkarni, G (Kulkarni, Gunjan) [1] , [2] ; Bougdid, Y (Bougdid, Yahya) [2] , [3] ; Sugrim, C (Sugrim, Chandraika (John)) [4] ; Kumar, R (Kumar, Ranganathan) [3] ; Kar, A (Kar, Aravinda) [1] , [2] "Laser doping of n-type 4H-SiC with boron using solution precursor for mid-wave infrared optical properties" Journal of Laser Applications 36(1) (2024)
Yahya Bougdid, Francois Chenard, Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Ranganathan Kumar, and Aravinda Kar "CO2 Laser Sintering of TiO2 Nanoparticles Thin Films for Improved Transmittance" Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40516-023-00241-6 (2024)
Steen, WM (Steen, William M.) [1] ; Kar, A (Kar, Aravinda) [2] "Tribute edition to Professor Jyotirmoy (Jyoti) Mazumder laser additive manufacturing from cladding to complex parts" Journal of Laser Applications 35(3) (2023)
Yahya Bougdid, Francois Chenard, John Sugrim, Ranganathan Kumar and Aravinda Kar "CO2 Laser-Assisted Sintering of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Transparent Films" Y. Bougdid et al., Journal of Laser Applications 35, 012012 (2023) (2023) PDF
Rahaman, A (Rahaman, Arifur) [1] ; Kar, A (Kar, Aravinda) [1] "Microstructures formed in polypropylene by a single pulse of near-infrared ultrafast laser with nonlinear absorption" Optics and Laser Technology, 158 (2023) PDF
Tianyi Li, Kristopher O. Davis, Ranganathan Kumar, and Aravinda Kar, "Diffraction and thermal effect of Bessel-Gaussian laser for Ag nanoparticle deposition" Optics Express, Vol. 30, 2022, pp. 19246-19272. (2022) PDF
J.F. Mousumi, G. Gregory, J.P. Ganesan, C. Nunez, K. Provancha, S. Seren, T. Jurca, P. Banerjee, A. Kar, R. Kumar and K.O. Davis "Process-Structure-Properties Relationships of Passivating, Electron-Selective Contacts Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Phosphorus-Doped Polysilicon" Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters, A. 2100639 (2022) PDF
A. Rahaman, X.P. Du, A. Kar and X.M. Yu "Experimental observation of the effect of pulse duration on optical properties in ultrafast laser micro-processing of polymers" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(4), A. 042003 (2021) PDF
T.Y. Li, A. Kar and R. Kumar "Volumetric laser heating of nanosuspension microdroplets: Slow evaporation to mid-air explosion" International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 177, A. 121433 (2021) PDF
P. Pathak, E. Castillo-Orozco, R. Kumar, A. Kar and H.J. Cho "Effect of laser power on conductivity and morphology of silver nanoparticle thin films prepared by a laser assisted electrospray deposition method" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), A. 012034 (2021) PDF
T.Y. Li, R. Kumar and A. Kar "Enhanced heating by microdroplet lens in nanoparticle electrospray laser deposition" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), A. 012012 (2021) PDF
B. Zhou, A. Kar, M.J. Soileau and X.M. Yu "Invariance of the r2-ln(F) relationship and attainable precision in ultrafast laser ablation experiments" Optics Express, 29(4), pp. 5635-5643 (2021) PDF
X.P. Du, A. Rahaman, A. Kar, M. Chase, D. Wolfe, J. Mathy and X.M. Yu "Laser processing over a large area by wavefront-controlled scanning" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), A. 012052 (2021) PDF
A. Rahaman, X.P. Du, B.Y. Zhou, A. Kar and X.M. Yu "Pulse-to-pulse evolution of optical properties in ultrafast laser micro-processing of polymers" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), A. 012020 (2021) PDF
Alumni
PhD
Arifur Rahaman, Optics Ph.D., Summer 2020Jeffrey M. Jennings, Materials Science Ph.D., Fall 2018
Eduardo Castillo, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Summer 2018
Victor Huge Velez, Electrical Engineering Ph.D., Summer 2017
Tian Si Wang, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2017
Sen-Yong Chen, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2012
Zhaoxu Tian, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2006
Islam A. Salama, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2003
Yonggang Li, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2002
Jihua Du, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2000
Wen Guo, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2000
Franz-Joseph Kahlen, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 2000
Jian Xie, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 1998
Jinhua Xia, Materials Science Ph.D., Spring 1997
Tianyi Li, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Unknown