L. Doraiswamy
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Honors and Awards
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University, 1996
CACHE Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi Association (National Engineering Honor Society), 1992
Padma Bhushan, Government of India, 1990
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science of the University of Wisconsin, 1991
Richard H. Wilhelm Award (for Chemical Reaction Engineering) of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990
Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University, 1989-92
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science of the University of Salford (U.K.), 1982
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1952
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1950
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Madras, 1946
Interest Areas
Theoretical and experimental studies in catalytic reactions and reactors (including phase-transfer reactions), modeling of gas-solid (noncatalytic) reactions, and sonochemical reaction engineering.
Publications
Naik, S.D. and Doraiswamy, L.K., “Phase transfer catalysis: Chemistry and engineering,” AIChE J., 44, 612 (1998).
Naik, S.D. and Doraiswamy, L.K., “Mathematical modeling of solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 52, 4533 (1997).
Hagenson, L.C. and Doraiswamy, L.K., “Comparison of the effects of ultrasound and mechanical agitation on a reacting solid-liquid system,” Chem. Eng. Sci., in press (1998).
Desikan, S. and Doraiswamy, L.K., “The diffusion-reaction problem in triphase catalysis,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 34, 3524 (1995).
Sofekun, O.; Rollins, D.; and Doraiswamy, L.K., “A random particle model for catalysis distribution,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 2611 (1994).
Shendye, R.V.; Dowd, M.K.; and Doraiswamy, L.K., “The influence of surface non-idealities on catalyst effectiveness,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 48, 1995 (1993).