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Principal Investigator

 

Dr. Pratim Biswas

The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor

 

Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1180, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Office: (314)-935-5548, Fax: (314)-935-5464

Email: pratim.biswas@wustl.edu

 

 

 

Research Interests

Interests are in aerosol science and engineering; nanoparticle technology; energy, air quality engineering; envrionmentally begign energy production; combustion; materials processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, and thermal sciences. Specific focus on particle formation and growth dynamics in high temperature environments, with application in controlling particulate emissions from combustion sources and processing of materials by aerosol routes for environmental and energy technologies.

 

Education

1985   Ph.D.         California Institute of Technology

1981   M.S.           University of California, Los Angeles

1980   B. Tech.    Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

 

Professional Experience

2006 - current The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
Chair, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
2000 - 2006 The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
Director, Environmental Engr.
Washington University in St. Louis
1993 - 2000 Professor, University of Cincinnati
1995 - 1998 Director, Environmental Engineering and Science Div.
University of Cincinnati
1989 - 1993 Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
1985 - 1989 Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
1981 - 1985 Graduate Asst., California Institute of Technology
1980 - 1981 Graduate Asst., University of California, Los Angeles
1979 Trainee Engineer, Voltas India Inc. (Summer)

 

Selected Honors and Positions Held

2007-08 Member, National Academies Committee to Review Federal Strategy for Safety of Nanotechnology
2006 - 2007 President, American Association for Aerosol Research
2005-2006 Vice President, American Association for Aerosol Research
2004 Best Doctoral Thesis Award (Pramod Kulkarni), American Association of Environmental Engineering Science Professors
2003 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Science, St. Louis
1998 - 2002 Associate Editor, Aerosol Science and Technology
1998 - 2000 Chair, Critical Review Committee, AWMA
1998- current Member, Critical Review Committee, AWMA
1998 - 2000 Board of Directors, AAAR, Executive Committee (Treasurer)
1996 Conference Chair, 15th Annual Meeting of AAAR, Orlando, Florida
1995 - 1998 Director, Environmental Engineering and Science Div.
University of Cincinnati
1994 Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
1994 Neil Wandmacher, College of Engineering, Univ. of Cincinnati Teaching Award
1994 Distinguished Young Engineer, City of Greater Cincinnati, Awarded by the Engineers and Scientists of Cincinnati.
1991 Kenneth Whitby Award, Awarded by the American Association for Aerosol Research

 

AAQRL Students Awards and Honors

2009 Jingkun Jiang, Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2nd Place, Air and Waste Management Association
2009 Woo Jin An, Doctoral Scholarship Award, Air and Waste Management Association
2005 Achariya Suriyawong and Rafael McDonald, Best Student Chapter Award, Air and Waste Management Association
2004 Rafael McDonald, Best Poster Award, Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference
2004 Pramod Kulkarni, Best Doctoral Thesis Award, American Association of Environmental Engineering Science Professors
2004 Rafael McDonald, Air and Waste Management Association Scholarship, 1st Place

 

Classes That I Teach

1)    Aerosol Science and Technology, EECE 518
2)    Advanced Topics in Aerosol Science, EECE 592 (alternate (even) years)
3)   
Topics in Nanotechnology, EECE 564 (alternate (odd) years)
4)   
Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar, EECE 509
5)    Transport Phenomena, ChE 368

 

List of Publications, Book Chapters and Patents

Coming soon...