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Srinivasan Ambatipati
 
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
PO Box 5707, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699
Phone # 315-268-6655, Fax # 315-268-6654
Email:
ambatips@clarkson.edu

Research

Ø      Gas-liquid mass transfer in slug flow through narrow channels

Ø      Solvent removal studies on spinning disc

Ø     Continuous nano-particle production using narrow channel reactor

Schematic diagram of experimental setup to study the mass transfer characteristics of slug flow in narrow channel reactor

Pilot plant setup to study the removal rate of organic solvent from an emulsion using Spinning disc reactor technology

Particle synthesis in narrow channel reactor

Entire setup for particle synthesis

 

Academic

2004 - Present, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NewYork, U.S.A, Ph.D Candidate - Chemical Engineering, GPA 3.75/4.0

2001 - 2004, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.A, Master of Engineering - Chemical Engineering, GPA 4.0/4.0

1997 - 2000, University of Madras, Chennai, India, Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering, First Class

1993-1996, Institute of Chemical Technology, Chennai, India, Diploma in Chemical Technology, First Class with Honors.

Ph.D Thesis

"Gas-liquid mass transfer in slug flow through narrow channels"

Master’s Thesis

“Statistical Online Process Control Using Hotelling’s T2” - Investigated and evaluated a statistical tool to improve a process control method

Conference Presentations

Srinivasan Ambatipati*, Roshan Jachuck, "Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer in Slug Flow through Narrow Channels", to be presented at the Annual meeting of AIChE, San Francisco, CA, Novermber, 2006.

Srinivasan Ambatipati, Roshan Jachuck*, "Process Intensification: Mass Transfer Characterization of Slug Flow in a Narrow Channel Reactor", presented at Process Intensification and Innovation Process (PI)2 Conference II Cleaner, Sustainable, Efficient Technologies for the Future, Christchurch, New Zealand, September, 2006.

Srinivasan Ambatipati*, Roshan Jachuck, “Process Intensification: Mass Transfer Characterization of Slug Flow in Narrow Channel Reactor”, presented at the Annual meeting of AIChE , Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 2005.

Department Seminars

Srinivasan Ambatipati, "Physical Absorption and Desorption in Narrow Channels", to be presented at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, Fall 2006.

Srinivasan Ambatiapati, "Process Intensification: Mass transfer characterization of slug flow in capillaries", presented at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, Fall 2005.

Srinivasan Ambatipati, "Removal of an organic component from an aqueous emulsion using spinning disc reactor technology", presented at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, Spring 2005.

Srinivasan Ambatipati, "Process Intensification: Spinning disc reactor", presented at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, Fall 2004.

Poster Presentations

Presented a poster entitled “Use of Hotelling's T2 to improve internal model control” at Joint Statistical Meeting, August 2003 held at San Francisco, CA.