PRATIM BISWAS
The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
Chair, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

 

    Coordinates

Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
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

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       Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory (AAQRL)

    Educational and Research Interests

Teaching and research interests include aerosol science and engineering; nanoparticle technology; air quality engineering; environmentally benign energy production; combustion; materials processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, and the thermal sciences.

   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  Chair, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
2000 - current The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
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

2006-07 President, American Association for Aerosol Research
2005-06 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

 

    Classes That I Teach

1)    Aerosol Science and Technology, Env/ChE 518
2)    Advanced Topics in Aerosol Science, Env/ChE 592 (alternate (even) years)
3)    Topics in Nanotechnology, Env/ChE/ME 564 (alternate (odd) years)
4)    Environmental Engineering Science Seminar, Env 5908
5)     Transport Phenomena, ChE 368

    List of Publications, Book Chapters and Patents (click here)

    Description of Current Research Projects (click here)

    The Extended Family:  Current Students     AAQRL Alumni

 

     For more information on our projects, list of alumni, current students, and publications, please click here  AAQRL


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