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Lakshmi N. Sridhar, Ph.D.

   

Ph.D.  Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University,  1991.

B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 1985.

Areas of Expertise

Applied Mathematics, Process Analysis, Design and Synthesis, Process control, Thermodynamics, Numerical Methods,  Separation Processes Mass Transfer in Polymer Nanocomposites

Professional Experience

  1. Professor: UPR Mayaguez July 2002-present
  2. Associate professor:  UPR Mayaguez  July 1997-June 2002
  3. Assistant professor :  UPR Mayaguez  July1993-June 1997
  4. Post-Doctoral Research University of Massachusetts: 1991-1993
  5. Post Doctoral research Clarkson University 1993
  6. Visiting Professor. Summer of 1995 CMU
  7. Visiting Prof. Summer of 1996 Univ. Of Wisconsin at Madison
  8. Visiting Prof. Jan 2004-Dec 2004 WVU

Grants obtained

  1. Rate-based heterogeneous separation process problems (NSF)
  2. Using ASCEND and GAMS for undergraduate teaching and research (NSF)
  3. Stability predictions for drug products (INDUNIV)
  4. Analysis and design of non-equilibrium separation processes  ( NSF)
  5. NOAA Co-operative Center for remote sensing science and technology (NOAA)
  6. Issues in Non-Equilibrium Reactive distillation NSF

Papers Published

  1. Sridhar, L. N. and A. Lucia, “Analysis and Algorithms for Multistage Separation Processes”, I & EC Research 28, 793-803, 1989.
  2. Sridhar, L. N. and A. Lucia, “Tearing algorithms for Separation Process simulations”, Computers and Chemical Engineering 14, 8, 901-905, 1990.
  3. Sridhar, L. N. and A. Lucia, “Analysis of Multicomponent, Multistage Separation processes – Fixed temperature and pressure profiles”, I & EC Res. 29, 1668-1675, 1990
  4. Process Analysis in complex Domain in AIChE Journal authors L.N. Sridhar and Angelo Lucia, AIChE Journal. Vol. 41, No. 3, page 585, March 1995.
  5. Analysis of Two-stage Separation Process problems in AIChE journal (sole Author), AIChE Journal. Vol. 42. No. 10,  page 2761, October 1996.
  6. Global Stability Analysis and calculation of Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium in Multicomponents Mixtures, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., S. Wasylkiewicz,                       L. N. Sridhar, M.F. Doherty and M.F. Malone.  I & EC Res.,  Vol. 35 No. 5,  pages 1396-1408, April 1996.
  7. The Multistage Standard Specifications, AIChE Journal. May 1997, Vol 35, No. 4,  pages1395-1408, April 1996.
  8. Stability Calculation for Non- equilibrium separation process, by L. N. Sridhar and Monica Torres, AIChE Journal,  Vol. 44 No. 10, October 1998
  9. The three Liquid Phase Non-equuilibrium Problem by L. N. Sridhar and M. Torres, Chem. Eng. Commun., Vol. 172, 1999 pages 1-14.
  10. Analysis of single Stage Nonequilibrium Problems, L. N. Sridhar, C. Maldonado, A.M. Garcia Atilio de Frias, AIChE Journal, Vol. 46 No. 11, Nov 2000, page 2237.
  11. Thermodynamic Stability of Solid Pharmaceutical formulations, L. N. Sridhar, N. Ramirez Beltran and Harry Rodriguez, Chem Eng. Commun., Vol 185, pages 59-66, 2001.
  12. Design and Analysis of Non-equilibrium separation processes, L. N. Sridhar, C. Maldonado, A.M. Garcia, AIChE Journal. Vol. 48, No. 6, 2002, page 1179.
  13. Heterogeneous non-equilibrium mole fraction  maps,   L. N. Sridhar, C. Maldonado Anamaria Garcia and Jon Irizzarry, I & EC res 44, 2845 2005.
  14.  Measurement of Moisture Diffusivity through Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites, H. T. Rana, R. K. Gupta, H. V. S. GangaRao  and L. N. Sridhar AIChE J in press
  15. Barrier Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites , L. N. Sridhar, R. Gupta and M. Bharadwaj; submitted to I & EC res. under review

 

 

 

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