Pratyush Sen received the degree in naval architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur, India, in 1971 and received the Ph.D. degree in naval architecture from the University of Trondheim in 1975.
He is Professor of Marine Design and Construction, Head of the Department and Associate Director of the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. His current research interests include multiple criteria decisionmaking, adaptive optimization, knowledge-based design systems, design for safety, ship control using neural networks, parallel processing techniques, and design and analysis of marine transport systems. He is the author of numerous papers in international journals and is a member of several professional and international committees.