Santoshrupa Dumapla
Department of Chemical Engineering Office : (502) 852-6357
Room # 308, Ernst Hall, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, 40292 Email:
Research Interests
· Synthesis of Conical Carbon Tubular structures on larger area using Chemical Vapor Deposition and study of their potential use in Fluid flow, Drug delivery and Field emission applications.
Education
· Doctor of philosophy, Chemical Engineering Aug 05 - Present
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY GPA – 3.85/4.00
· Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering Nov 01 - July 05
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU),
AP, India GPA – 3.75/4.00
Relavant Course work
· Chemical Vapor Deposition, Transport Phenomena, Reactor Design, Thermodynamics, Electro analytical chemistry, Physical Electronics and Microelectromechanical Systems.
Experince
Graduate Research University of Louisville (Chemical Engineering) May 06 - Present
· Synthesis of carbon nanopipettes, metal oxide nanowires and diamond films using microwave plasma reactor.
· Growth of diamond on carbon nanopipttes and study of effect of pretreatments on the nucleation.
· Electrochemical studies of as synthesized and diamond coated carbon nanopipette arrays and Electroplating measurements on synthesized boron doped diamond films.
Teaching Assistant University of Louisville (Chemical Engineering) Jan 06 – Aug 07
· Evaluating and assisting the graduate students taking Transport Phenomena course.
· Offering Technical and Lab assistance to undergraduates for the course, Reaction Kinetics
· Cnducting the labs and evaluating the projects of undergraduates taking Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering class.
Academic Projects Jan 05 – Mar 05
· “Air and Water pollution monitoring” at National Thermal Power Coorporation in India, which includes evaluating different pollutants levels including air and water and estimating the level of pollution.
Publications
· “Synthesis of Diamond-Tipped and Diamond-Coated hallow, tubular conical carbon nanostructures”, to be submitted in September 2007.
Presentations
· Oral presentation on “Nano Diamond Tip Array Electrode” at Material Research Society Annual meeting in Fall 2006.
· Poster Presentation on “Synthesis of Diamond –Tipped and Diamond – Coated Carbon nanopipettes” at New Diamond Nano Carbon conference at Japan in May 2007.
· Poster Presentation on “Diamond Nanoelectrodes for Neurotransmitter Detection” in E-Expo, Student Research Competion held at Unveristy of Louisville in March 2007.
· Oral presentation on “Nanowire Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Electrochromic Devices”, Energy Nanotechnology International Conference, MIT, Boston, MA, USA, June 2006
Laboratory Skills
· Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactors: Efficient handling of Plasma enhanced Microwave reactor, Electron Cyclotron Resonance reactor and hot filament reactor.
· Electrochemical Devices: Potentiostat techniques for Electrode performance and Electroplating.
· Material Characterization Tools: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDAX), Raman Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) , Ultraviolet and Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).
Computer Experience
· Research software: Chemkin, MATLAB, POLYMATH, and FLUENT.
· MS Office Tools : MS-word, Power point, Excel.
· Programming Languages: C and C++
Accomplishments
· Winner of E-Expo Poster Presentation competition under Chemical Engineering Section at University of Louisville.
· Recipient of State Merit Scholarship for under graduation from 2001-2005 and for High School from 1999-2001.
· One of Top 10 students among 1,80,0000 students in state in high school and in class X.
Extra-curricular activities
· Served as the Secretary of Indian Student Association, ISA at University of Louisville from 2006-2007
· Trainee of Six Sigma Program.
Professional Affiliations
· Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE).
· Member of Material Research Society (MRS).