Suresh Kumar Bhatia
Suresh Kumar Bhatia | |
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| Born | 8 September 1952 India |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Known for | Engineering analysis of reaction and transport processes in porous media |
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Suresh Kumar Bhatia(born 1952) is an Indian-born chemical engineer and professor emeritus at the School of Chemical Engineering,University of Queensland.[1]He is known for his studies onporous mediaand catalytic and non-catalytic solid fluid reactions.[2]He was awarded anARCAustralian Professorial Fellowship (2010–15) and is an elected fellow of theIndian Academy of Sciences(1993),[3]and theAustralian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering(2010).[4]In 1993, theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research,the Indian government's peak agency for scientific research, awarded him theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to the engineering sciences.[5]
Biography
[edit]Born on 8 September 1952, Bhatia graduated in chemical engineering (BTech) from theIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpurand gained his master's and doctoral degrees at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[6]Starting his career in the US in the chemical industry, he shifted to university research by joining theUniversity of Florida,where he worked for two years until his move to theIndian Institute of Technology, Mumbaiin 1984. He served IIT Mumbai for 12 years, winning the Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 1992. He joined the School of Chemical Engineering at theUniversity of Queenslandin 1996, where he is currently an emeritus professor.[1]
Focusing his work on transport and reaction innanostructuredporous media,Bhatia has contributed to the field ofcatalysis,specifically in vapour-liquid and reaction equilibria in small pores.[7]He elucidated multiphase reactions in catalyst particles by demonstrating the existence and consequence of partial internal wetting states.[2]
He was elected a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Australia.[4]He received theExxonMobilAward for excellence of theInstitution of Chemical Engineersin 2009,[8]and the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK (2008). He served on the ARC's Excellence in Research Australia Panel in 2012, and received the University of Queensland, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award (2011).
Selected bibliography
[edit]- Farmahini, A.H. D.S. Sholl and S.K. Bhatia (2015). "Fluorinated carbide-derived carbon: more hydrophilic, yet apparently more hydrophobic".J Am Chem Soc.137(18): 5969–79.doi:10.1021/jacs.5b01105.PMID25909685.
- Bhatia, S.K., M.R. Bonilla and D. Nicholson (2011). "Molecular transport in nanopores: a theoretical perspective".Phys Chem Chem Phys.13(34): 15350–83.Bibcode:2011PCCP...1315350B.doi:10.1039/c1cp21166h.PMID21750793.
{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Nguyen, T.X., H. Jobic and S.K. Bhatia (2010)."Microscopic observation of kinetic molecular sieving of hydrogen isotopes in a nanoporous material"(PDF).Phys Rev Lett.105(8): 085901.Bibcode:2010PhRvL.105h5901N.doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085901.PMID20868113.
{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bhatia, S.K., and D. Nicholson (2008)."Modeling mixture transport in nanopores: departure from existing paradigms"(PDF).Phys Rev Lett.100(23): 236103.doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.236103.PMID18643520.
{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bhatia, S.K. and A.L Myers (2006). "Optimum conditions for adsorptive storage".Langmuir.22(4): 1688–1700.doi:10.1021/la0523816.PMID16460092.S2CID13280752.
- Anil Kumar, A.V. and S.K. Bhatia (2005)."Quantum effect induced reverse kinetic molecular sieving in microporous materials"(PDF).Phys Rev Lett.95(24): 245901.Bibcode:2005PhRvL..95x5901K.doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.245901.PMID16384395.
- Jepps, O., S.K. Bhatia and D. Searles (2003)."Wall mediated transport in confined spaces: exact theory for low density"(PDF).Phys Rev Lett.91(12): 126102.Bibcode:2003PhRvL..91l6102J.doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.126102.PMID14525376.
{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bhatia, S.K., and D. Nicholson (2003)."Hydrodynamic origin of diffusion in nanopores"(PDF).Phys Rev Lett.90(1): 016105.Bibcode:2003PhRvL..90a6105B.doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.016105.PMID12570631.
{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bhatia, S.K. (2002). "Density functional theory analysis of the influence of pore wall heterogeneity on adsorption in carbons".Langmuir.18(18): 6845–56.doi:10.1021/la0201927.
- Bhatia, S.K. and D.D. Perlmutter (1980). "A random pore model for fluid-solid reactions I: isothermal kinetic control".AIChE J.26(3): 379–86.Bibcode:1980AIChE..26..379B.doi:10.1002/aic.690260308.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ab"Academic Staff".School of Chemical Engineering, UoQ. 2017.
- ^ab"Brief Profile of the Awardee".Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
- ^"Fellow profile".Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
- ^ab"ATSE Fellows Directory".Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. 2017.
- ^"View Bhatnagar Awardees".Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016.Retrieved12 November2016.
- ^"Faculty profile".University of Queensland. 2017.
- ^"Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners"(PDF).Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999.
- ^"2009 Winner - Professor Suresh K Bhatia".Institution of Engineers Australia. 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2017.Retrieved23 January2017.
External links
[edit]- ""S. K. Bhatia" in Author ".List of publications.Wiley Online Library. 2017.
- Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science
- 1952 births
- Indian chemical engineers
- Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
- Living people
- IIT Kanpur alumni
- University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
- University of Florida faculty
- Academic staff of IIT Bombay
- Academic staff of the University of Queensland
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering