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Chariman of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering; the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
Expertise: aerosol science, nanoparticle technology, air quality engineering, combustion, material processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, thermal sciences, transport phenomena
Bio:
Biswas received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, has published extensively in his field and served on many international organizations and conferences. His research interests include aerosol science and engineering, nanoparticle technology, air quality engineering, combustion, materials processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, thermal sciences, bioterrorism, critical infrastructure, environment, natural disasters, and sensors. He holds a patent for a device that traps and deactivates microbial particles. The work is promising in the war on terrorism for deactivating airborne bioagents and bioweapons such as the smallpox virus, anthrax and ricin, and also in routine indoor air ventilation applications such as in buildings and aircraft cabins.
WUSTL Contact Information:
| Work: | (314) 935-5482 |
| Home: | (636) 519-0869 |
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Education:
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Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology
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M.S. at University of California, Los Angeles
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B.Tech. at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
U.S. Colleges Get Serious With Partners Overseas
WUSTL chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is trying to establish meaningful relationships with foreign universities, in hopes of engaging large numbers of WUSTL students and faculty members, encouraging robust research collaborations, and cultivating a more global campus.
References:
- Feb. 27,
2009
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U.S. Colleges Get Serious With Partners Overseas
in the The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Arch Coal set to release 4Q earnings
Arch Coal Inc., one of the world's biggest coal producers, reports earnings for the fourth quarter and full-year 2008 before the market opens Friday. Last month, Arch Coal and Peabody announced they are combining with Ameren Corp. and WUSTL to try and make St. Louis the nation's center for clean coal research and education.
References:
- Jan. 29,
2009
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Arch Coal set to release 4Q earnings
in the Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 3 others.
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Story on the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization
In a Dec. 8th news conference in Hong Kong, twenty-five premier research universities from around the world, including WUSTL, announced the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization to promote research and applications of clean coal technology.
References:
- Dec. 9,
2008
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Story on the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization
in the Xinhua News Agency (China)
and 11 others.
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Effort would make St. Louis clean coal focal point
Two major coal companies and one of the Midwest's largest utilities are combining with WUSTL to try and make St. Louis the nation's center for clean coal research and education.
References:
- Dec. 2,
2008
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Effort would make St. Louis clean coal focal point
in the Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 13 others.
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Getting Rid Of Mercury
Anticipating a national rule on mercury removal from coal flue gas, technology providers jockey for position in this new market. Pratim Biswas, who chairs the department of energy, environmental, and chemical engineering at WUSTL, says titanium dioxide shows promise as an efficient mercury-removal mechanism.
References:
- Nov. 24,
2008
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Getting Rid Of Mercury
in the Chemical & Engineering News
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Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers
WUSTL's Biswas can control size of the nanoparticles he makes, opening up new nanotechnology applications and different techniques.
WUSTL chemical engineering professor Pratim Biswas has a method that controls the size of the nanoparticles he makes, opening up possibilities for new nanotechnology applications and different techniques.
Biswas described the technique and his work in a recent issue of Nanotechnology.
He is currently collaborating with WUSTL radiology professor Sam Achilefu, who is working to selectively deliver chemotherapy drugs in cancer patients.
References:
- Dec. 3,
2007
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Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers
in the Nanotechnology Now online
and 2 others.
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Airborne bacteria
U.S. researchers have patented a new device for trapping and deactivating airborne microbes. The researchers, at Washington University in St. Louis, said the device can be employed in the war against terrorism because it can deactivate airborne bioagents and bioweapons such as the smallpox virus, anthrax and ricin. It also can be used in routine indoor air ventilation applications such as in buildings and aircraft cabins, they said.
References:
- March 11,
2004
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Device traps airborne bacteria
in the The Washington Times
and 4 others.
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Additional Background: Biswas received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, has published extensively in his field and served on many international organizations and conferences. His research interests include aerosol science and engineering, nanoparticle technology, air quality engineering, combustion, materials processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, thermal sciences, bioterrorism, critical infrastructure, environment, natural disasters, and sensors. Biswas has published extensively in his field - (click for a full list of refereed journal papers). He has made several presentations at national and international conferences, and has been invited to lecture worldwide. He has supervised the thesis work of several masters and doctoral degree students. Several of his doctoral students are on the teaching faculty of various Universities in the US and worldwide. He is a member of several technical and professional organizations such as the American Association for Aerosol Research, Air and Waste Management Association, American Society for Mechanical Engineers, Combustion Institute, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Biswas has also served on several national committees - he was the conference chair for the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, he is the chair of the Critical Review Committee of the Air and Waste Management Association, serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Aerosol Research and is the treasurer, and is an Associate Editor of the Aerosol Science and Technology Journal. He has won several teaching and research awards. He was the recipient of the 1991 Kenneth Whitby Award given for outstanding contributions by a beginning scientist by the American Association for Aerosol Research and was the recipient of the Neil Wandmacher Teaching Award of the College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, in 1994.
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