Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran
Lead Research Engineer
One East Hazelwood Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61820
phone: 217-300-1477
fax: 217-333-8944
schandr@illinois.edu
Dr. Sriraam Chandrasekaran is a Lead Research Engineer at the
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) and has been with ISTC
since in May 2013.
Education
- Bachelors of Technology in Chemical Engineering from Anna University (India)
- Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY)
- Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering at Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY)
Research Interests
- Alternative energy
- Reduction of wastes and air emissions
- State of art pyrolysis, combustion, gasification, hydrothermal
liquefaction and carbonization, and anaerobic digestion process for
plastics, biomass, algae, municipal sewage wastes, and electronic
wastes
Current Projects
- Energy Efficient Waste Heat Coupled Forward Osmosis for Effluent Water Management at Coal Fired Power Plants
- Implementation
Project Proposal: Cost Savings and Revenue Potential from IDOT Right-of-Ways
Analytical Skills
- Analytical Instruments: Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA),
XRF, Py-GCMS, GC-MS, GC-FID, UV Spectrometer, SEM, Bomb calorimeter,
Total Organic Carbon analyzer (TOC), and extraction processes for
organics, inorganics and ions
- Stack Sampling: Dilution sampling system EPA Conditional Test Methods (CTM-039), EPA-Method 5 and OTM-28
- Field Instruments (for Air Quality Measurements): Ambient gas
monitors (CO, NOx, SO2), FMPS, FDMS, TEOM, High Volume samplers, MOUDI
and nano MOUDI
Professional Affiliations
- Sigma Xi, AIChE, AWMA and AAAR
- Reviewer of several journals from ACS and Elsevier
Funded Grants
Awards and Highlights
- Recipient of Student Assistantship for American Association of Aerosol Research2010
- Recipient of Student Assistantship for workshop on cookstoves testing at EPA facilities, NC
- Awarded “VICAL AWARD” by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
(IIChE) for a research paper published in National Conference
S-Chemcon 2008
- The Final year project during Bachelors titled “The Interplay
between the Feedstock Quality and the Esterification Technology on
Biodiesel production” was awarded the BEST PROJECT of the year 2009 by
the Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara college of
Engineering
Recent Publications