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DR. CHALLA S. S. R. KUMAR
The ScienceDaily article
Working To Improve Efficiency Of Ethanol Fuel said
Lowering fuel emission levels is a topic facing constant scrutiny by the
global public. Rising gas costs, environmental concerns and conflicts in
oil-producing areas have made consumers, corporations and researchers
more than curious about the potential of alternative, or "green" fuels,
such as ethanol.
James Spivey, McLaurin Shivers professor of chemical engineering at LSU,
and Challa Kumar, group leader of nanofabrication at LSU's Center for
Advanced Microstructures and Devices, or CAMD, are working diligently
with partners from across the nation to make ethanol fuel an efficient
reality.
"We're working with our project partners to produce ethanol from a
coal-derived syngas, a mixture of primarily carbon monoxide and
hydrogen. The United States has tremendous reserves of coal, but
converting it to affordable, clean fuels is a challenge — one that
we are addressing in this DOE-funded project," said Spivey. "Because
ethanol is a liquid, it can be more easily distributed to the end user
than gaseous hydrogen. It can be converted into a hydrogen-rich gas at
the point of use, such as a fuel cell. The net result is clean energy
produced from a domestic resource."
Challa S. S. R. Kumar, Ph.D. is Group Leader for Nanofabrication at
the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) at Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is President and CEO
of
Magnano Technologies.
He is winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award
for his work in Magnetic-Based Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging &
Treatment.
Magnano Technologies is an emerging nanotechnology
company specializing in the development of nanomaterials and
nanotechnologies for life sciences. The company has expertise in
wet-chemical synthesis of a variety of nanomaterials and their
biofunctionalization for a number of applications in life sciences. In
addition to technology development, the company is also focusing on
information management and consultancy services related to
nanotechnologies for the life sciences.
Challa edited
Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis,
Nanomaterials for Medical Diagnosis and Therapy,
Biological and Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials,
Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy,
Biofunctionalization of Nanomaterials,
Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues,
Nanomaterials for Biosensors,
Nanosystem Characterization Tools in the Life Sciences,
Nanodevices for the Life Sciences, and
Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering, and
coedited
Nanofabrication Towards Biomedical Applications: Techniques, Tools,
Applications, and Impact.
He authored
Nanotechnology and Life Sciences and coauthored
Magnetic Switch of Permeability for Polyelectrolyte
Microcapsules Embedded with Co@Au Nanoparticles,
Fabrication of an SU-8 based microfluidic reactor on a PEEK substrate
sealed by a "flexible semi-solid transfer" (FST)
process, and
Efficacy of Lytic Peptide-Bound Magnetite Nanoparticles in Destroying
Breast Cancer Cells.
Read the
full list of his publications!
Challa earned his Ph.D degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Sri
Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashantinilyam, India. He was
a post doctoral fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemie,
Munich, Germany, followed by eight years of experience working in
different chemical industries in various capacities.
His patents include
Fabrication of a completely polymeric microfluidic reactor for
chemical
synthesis and
Core-shell nanostructures and microstructures.
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