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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.
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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
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Energy consortium created
Washington University research to advance clean coal technology
Dec. 2,
2008 -- Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced during a Dec. 2 news conference the establishment of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization. The university has dedicated more than $60 million in financial resources during the past year to advance education and research related to energy, environment and sustainability. The new consortium will receive additional support in the form of research partnership commitments of $5 million each from Arch Coal and Peabody Energy and $2 million from Ameren, to be paid over five years. The consortium's goal is to bring university researchers, industries, foundations and government organizations together to research clean coal technology, making St. Louis the nation's center for clean coal research.
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Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall
Groundbreaking held for new building devoted to energy and environmental engineering research, education
Oct. 29,
2008 --
A groundbreaking ceremony for a new energy, environmental engineering and biomedical engineering building on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis was held Wednesday, Oct. 29, on the parking lot adjacent to Whitaker Hall, near the corner of Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway. The building, which will be named in honor of Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer, will be east of and adjoining to Whitaker Hall, home of the biomedical engineering department.
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Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall
Groundbreaking set for new building devoted to energy and environmental engineering research, education
Oct. 29,
2008 -- A groundbreaking ceremony for a new energy and environmental engineering building on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis will be held Wednesday, Oct. 29, on the parking lot adjacent to Whitaker Hall, near the corner of Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m., with the groundbreaking scheduled for 1:45 p.m. The building, which will be named in honor of Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer, will be east of and adjoining to Whitaker Hall, home of the biomedical engineering department.
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Size matters
Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers
Dec. 3,
2007 --
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| Pratim Biswas has a method that controls the size of the nanoparticles he makes, opening up possibilities for new nanotechnology applications and different techniques. |
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In a world that constantly strives for bigger and bigger things, WUSTL's Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, is working to make things smaller and smaller. Biswas conducts research on nanoparticles, which are the building blocks for nanotechnology. For the first time, Biswas has shown that he can independently control the size of the nanoparticles that he makes, keeping their other properties the same. He's also shown with his technique that the nanoparticles can be made in large quantities in scalable systems, opening up the possibility for more applications and different techniques.
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WUSTL appoints new assistant vice chancellor
Malten appointed University's first assistant vice chancellor for sustainability
July 23,
2007 -- Matthew Malten has been appointed assistant vice chancellor for campus sustainability at Washington University in St. Louis. His appointment marks the first time that Washington University has given a person the responsibility for campus sustainability.
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Call for action
Universities must tackle global energy, environmental woes, says international call to action
May 7,
2007 -- Proclaiming that "energy and environmental issues represent the greatest challenges of this century," Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton today joined presidents of six other premier research universities in calling for universities worldwide to marshal their resources for a global effort to secure a brighter, sustainable future. Plans for collaborative academic programs involving education, research, university operations, social sciences and policy studies are detailed in a statement issued May 7.
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WUSTL chancellor announces a call to action for research universities worldwide
May 7,
2007 -- Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will announce a call to action for research universities worldwide to focus on the energy and environment as the greatest challenge of this century. The announcement, which comes as part of a conference involving the presidents of 12 premier research universities from Asia and the Middle East, will be made at noon May 7 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium, Washington University's Danforth Campus.
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Presidents of 12 premier universities in Asia and Middle East to gather at WUSTL May 4-7 to discuss global energy and environment
May 3,
2007 -- For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 12 premier research universities from around the world will gather at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. From Israel and Turkey in the Middle East, and in Asia from Korea in the north, Indonesia in the south, Japan to the east and India to the west, 20 major research universities have joined Washington University in a partnership — the McDonnell International Scholars Academy — to build cooperation and understanding among people and institutions of the world.
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Electricity in a thermos
Device generates electricity using bacteria
July 7,
2005 --
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| Angenent and He's microbial fuel cell may be scaled up for industrial use. |
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An environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has created a device similar to a hydrogen fuel cell that uses bacteria to treat wastewater and create electricity. Lars Angenent, Ph.D., assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, and a member of the University's Environmental Engineering Science Program, has devised a microbial fuel cell which he calls an upflow microbial fuel cell (UMFC) that is fed continually and, unlike most microbial fuel cells, works with chambers atop each other rather than beside each other.
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New generation of hybrid filter
Device traps, UV zaps pathogens
June 8,
2005 -- A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Colorado at Boulder has removed bioaerosols - airborne biological particulate matter -- from the air of a hospital therapy pool using a new generation of hybrid filters. The bioaerosols identified in the unnamed Midwestern hospital pool had sickened nine lifeguards who had become ill with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a lung condition that mimics pneumonia symptoms. This forced the pool to shut down. It is now reopened.
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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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