/Group personnel/..


Principal Investigator

Venkat Subramanian, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina
B. E., Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, CECRI, India








Research Assistant Professor

Vijayasekaran Boovaragavan, Ph.D. (Curriculum Vitae)
Ph.D., Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, CECRI, India
M. E., Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, India
B. E., Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, India








Senior Research Associate

James C. Pirkle Jr., Ph.D. (Curriculum Vitae)
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1967, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., Chemical Engineering, 1962, Georgia Institute of Technology
B. Ch.E., (Cooperative Plan) 1961, Georgia Institute of Technology







Research Associate

Ravi N. Methekar, (Ph.D.)
(Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
M. Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
B. E., Chemical Engineering, Amaravati University, India








Graduate Student Researcher (Doctorate)

Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina
B. Tech., Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering, CECRI, India








Graduate Student Researcher (Doctorate)

Akshay Sunil Bauskar
M.E., Chemical Engineering, Lamar University
B.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Mumbai, India








Graduate Student Researcher (Doctorate)

Shilpa Beravelli
M.E., Chemical Engineering, Lamar University
B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, India








Graduate Student Researcher (Masters)

Mounika Arabandi
B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, India









NSF - REU Researcher

Nancy A. Burns
Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Tech University








Alumni from the group

- Deepak Tapriyal, M.S - Summer 2004, currently a Ph.D. candidate at Univ. of Pittsburgh
- Vamsi K. Maddirala, M.S - Fall 2004, currently employed in Seattle, WA
- Vinten D. Diwakar, M.S - Fall 2004
- Kartik Potukuchi, M.S - Fall 2006, currently with Freudenburg non-wovens, KY
- Anupama Guduru, M.S - Fall 2007, currently with Bechtel corp., Houston, TX
- Dr. Harinipriya Seshadri, Post Doc., 2007, currently with GM, Bangalore, India
- Robert Phillips, M.S - Fall 2008.
- Dr. Vinten D. Diwakar, Ph.D - Spring 2009.