#CBEC#2207, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology,

501 East St Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701

(605) 394-1231 (O),  Rajesh.Shende@sdsmt.edu

 

· Visiting Professor (Sabbatical Appointment) Green Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

· Best paper award, 25^th Army Science conference –Nanotechnology, USA.

· Best oral presentation award– Advanced Materials, 8th GCGW Global Warming, Qatar, 2019

· CHEMCON Distinguished Invited Speaker Award, 2018. 

· 2^nd prize for the paper, Environment Management conference, India.

· Paper published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (37, 2012)- cited as key scientific article among 5000 peer-reviewed article by Renewable Energy Global Innovations (REGI). 

· 7 US patents granted, 10 US patent applications are in progress. 

· Received research grant awards from National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, ARDEC, Department of Energy-EERE, Office of Naval Research, Tyndall AFRL, U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center, and several industries; ~ $10 million research funding awards

· Chair, Technical Sessions – Green Energy conference at SDSM&T (3 years), ASEE (2013), AIChE (2015), 8th GCGW Conference, Qatar, Chair-Plenary Session and other multiple sessions (2019);  Hydrogen production and storage, Biomass & biofuels,    CO₂ capture, utilization and storage, Perspectives and Approaches to Teaching Simulation and Design-Based Courses, Alternative Fuels and New Technologies

· Reviewer to more than 30 scientific journals- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Environmental Science and Technology , Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Transactions on Nanotechnology, Journal of Materials Science, Colloids and Surfaces A, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. WIREs Nanomedicine & Nano biotechnology, Catalysis Today, Bioresource Technology, Materials Science and Engineering B, Energy & Fuels, Applied Energy, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, MRS Proceedings,  Solar Energy, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Biomass and Bioenergy, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Catalysis Communication, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, RSC Advances, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, Renewable Energy, Vacuum

· Reviewer to proposal panels- National Science Foundation.

· Reviewer to joint proposal panels- National Science Foundation and Department of Energy

· Ad-hoc reviewer to National Science Foundation, USDA, DOE

· Delivered many invited talks at national and international conferences

· Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship Lecture presented at ICT, India, 2017.

· Senior member, AIChE

· Editorial board, International Review of Chemical Engineering (IRECHE)

· Editorial board, Journal of Chemical and Process Engineering (JCPE)

· Editorial board, Science Journal of Education

· Received award as outstanding student organization-India Club advisor, 2010.

· India Club advisor; the organization received South Dakota Board of Regents community service award in 2010, ‘Most Beautiful Tree’ in parade of trees event 2011, Leadership hall of Fame as Outstanding Organization in 2012.

· National Science Foundation- June 6 2012, certified messenger– communication workshop.

· Senior research fellowship for Ph.D., University Grants Commission, India.

· His-Holiness the Pope Merit Scholarship for MS, India. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Students’ major or co-major advisor (17 students at SDSM&T)

 

1. Bharat Maddipuddi (Ph.D. 2018, current, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Rapid response on-chip sensors for food production and value added products from hydrothermal biomass processing)

2. Joseph Houck (Ph.D. 2017, current, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Synthesis and fabrication of supercapacitors, and power capture from microbial fuel cell)

3. Rajneesh Jaswal (Ph.D. 2016, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Integrated hydrothermal processing of wood and plastic wastes for hydrogen generation and value added products)

4. Vinod Amar (Ph.D. 2016, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Thermally stabilized redox materials for hydrogen generation from thermochemical water-splitting reaction)

5. Ian Walters (Ph.D. 2016, completed, co-major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Solution combustion synthesis of redox materials for hydrogen production from thermochemical water-splitting)

6. Abdulmenan Hussein (Ph.D. 2015, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Conjoined heterophase nanocomposites for solar hydrogen generation and solar cell applications)

7. Richa Tungal (Ph.D. 2014, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Catalytic hydrothermal processing of biomass for hydrogen and biocrude generation)

8. Rahul Bhosale (Ph.D. 2012, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Thermochemical water-splitting for hydrogen generation using sol-gel derived ferrites)

9. Alok Vats (Ph.D. 2011 completed, co-supervisor) Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project: Alternative nanostructured electrodes for dye sensitized solar cell applications).

10. Jordan Shannon (MS, 2017 current, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project topic: Biofuels and sustainable energy solutions)

11. Rishi Kesh Ederada (MS, 2017, current, co-major advisor) Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project topic: Polymer degradation in the presence of extraterrestrial radiation)

12. Max Lampert (MS, 2017, completed major advisor) Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project topic: Design of a pilot scale continuous hydrothermal liquefaction reactor system for biofuels production)

13. Yayaha Normah (MS 2013, completed, co-supervisor) Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Fabrication of pyrophoric films: electrokinetic and rheological studies)

14. Xavier Pasala (MS, 2012 completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Hydrogen generation from thermochemical water-splitting reaction using ferrites modified with grain growth inhibitors)

15. Venu Buddineni (MS 2012, completed, major advisor) Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (project title: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements of ferrite materials)

16. Kirk Ohlsen (MS 2011, completed, major advisor) Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project title: Aqueous phase reforming of switchgrass for hydrogen production)

17. Anurag Kawde (MS 2011, completed, major advisor), Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Project topic: Synthesis of TiO2 nanotube membranes for H2 production from photocatalytic water-splitting)

 

Graduate students’ research co-supervision with major advisor (5 students at University of Missouri-Columbia)

 

18.Steven Apperson (Ph.D.2010 completed), Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia (project title: Characterization and MEMS applications of nanothermite materials) 

19.Syed Barizuddin (MS, 2008 completed, co-advisor), Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia (Project title: Mesoporous iron oxide energetic composites with slow burn rates, sustainaed pressure and reduced ESD sensitivity for propellant applications)

20.Senthil Subramanian (MS, 2007 completed), Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia (project title: Self-assembled nanoenergetic composite of CuO and Al nanoparticles)

21.Bhushan Mehendale (MS, 2006 completed), Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri (Project title: Synthesis pf ordered nanoenergetic composites)

22.Dan Krueger (MS 2004 completed), Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri (Project title: High voltage multilayer ceramic capacitors)

 

 

 

Students Achievements

 

· Rahul Bhosale, a Ph.D. student, awarded with the prestigious ‘Mines Medal Graduate Student Fellowship’ by South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for the excellent and outstanding research work performed during the doctoral education, 2011.

· Rahul Bhosale also received runner-up award for the 2010 AIChE-Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) outstanding student paper and presentation award competition, 2010.

· Richa Tungal, a Ph.D. student received the South Dakota Innovative Fellow — NSF award, 2012.

· Rajesh Khadka (B.S. student) and Rahul Bhosale received 3^rd prize for the student poster award in the “Fuels, Petrochemicals, and Energy" poster session, at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010.

· Vinod Amar, a PhD student has received best student award, 2013.

· Ashley Kern, BS Chemical Engineering, Best overall presenter, 1st prize oral, SDSMT  Research Symposium, 2015

· Ellen Kodzomoyo, AAAS Best undergraduate poster award, 101st Annual Meeting, South Dakota Academy of Science, 2016.

 

 

 

Dr. Shende’s Honors and Awards