{"id":11,"date":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T04:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/sen-new\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:47:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/sen\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11\" class=\"elementor elementor-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49bcd8b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49bcd8b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41738cdf\" data-id=\"41738cdf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd37c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd37c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Sen&#8217;s research focuses on both the structural and dynamical characterization of amorphous and crystalline materials, including glasses and ceramics, and the rheological behavior of highly viscous liquids. His work combines spectroscopic, electrical and rheological measurements to develop a fundamental understanding of the interplay between the structure and transport properties of chalcogenide and oxide glasses, ceramics and glass-forming liquids. Sen formulates predictive models of the physical behavior and processing of these materials for a wide variety of modern technologies used in industries that range from photonics and telecommunication to energy storage and remote sensing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e68c5d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e68c5d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Interests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7765006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7765006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more information please visit my research lab:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/amrg\/\">Amorphous Materials Research Group<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a06dc9f\" data-id=\"4a06dc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61aa54de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61aa54de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Professor Sabyasachi Sen<\/b><br \/>Blacutt-Underwood Distinguished Professor and Chair<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a262a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a262a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mse.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/\">Materials Science and Engineering<\/a><br \/>University of California, Davis<br \/>Davis, CA 95616<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f221abd elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3f221abd\" 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