SHASHI B. LALVANI, P.E. Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering

Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056

lalvansb@muohio.edu (513) 529-0763

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering University of Connecticut 1982 M.S. Chemical Engineering University of New Hampshire 1979 B. Tech. Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology 1976

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003- Chairman and Professor, Paper and Chemical Engineering, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1991-2003 Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) 1995-1996 Acting Chairman, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern

Illinois University at Carbondale 1991(Spring) Acting Chairman, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern

Illinois University at Carbondale 1987-1991 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes, Southern

Illinois University at Carbondale 1982-1987 Assistant Professor, Thermal and Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois

University at Carbondale 1976-1977 Design Engineer, Polyplast, Bombay, India

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Electrochemical Engineering; Energy and Environment; Materials science

CONSULTANTSHIPS

International Paper, Inc.; Battelle Corp.; Columbian Chemicals Co.; VCH Publishers; Peccavi, Inc.; HBM Electrochemical & Engineering Co.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Abner Brenner Award for best paper by American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society, 2001.

Outstanding teacher for the years: 1999-2000, 1985-1986, and 1983-1984, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes.

Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, Hooker Chemicals, 1982.

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LICENSE

State of Illinois - License Number: 62046826

SIGNIFICANT UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Chemical Engineering Program Development (founding chair): Program accredited by ABET.

Bioengineering Program Development (founding coordinator): Program will be offered from the fall of 2010.

Established student and faculty exchange programs with the Wuhan Institute of Technology and the South China University of Technology.

Graduate Council and Graduate Council Research Committee (SIUC).

Dean (College of Engineering - SIUC), Chair of Mechanical Engineering Chair (Miami and SIUC) Search Committees.

Internal Review Committee for Dept. of Economics and Molecular Science Program (SIUC).

ABET Document Preparation (SIUC and Miami Univ).

Promotion and Tenure Committees (College and department, Miami Univ and SIUC).

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH

Researcher, “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Amorphous Alloys,” Kanchan Mondal, 2002-03.

Postdoctoral Fellow, “Removal of Metallic Impurities from Chromium Plating Solutions by Electrocoagulation,” Dr. J. Pattanayak, 1997-99.

Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. T. Wiltowski), “Photocatalytically Active Filters for VOC Removal from Gas Streams,” S. Chaudhuri, 1999-00.

Researcher, “Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Streams,” Andrea Hubner, 1996-to-1997.

Researcher, “Electrodeposition of Copper,” J.-C., Kang, 1994-96.

Postdoctoral Fellow, “Electrochemistry of High Critical Temperature Superconductors,” Chia-Jyi Liu, 1991-92.

Postdoctoral Fellow, “Lignin- and Woody Biomass-Augmented Coal Liquefaction,” Jong Won Kim, 1991-92.

Ph. D., “Environmental Catalysis Using Nano-Sized Bimetallic Particles – Selenium Remediation,” Gautham Jegadeesan, 2005.

Ph. D., “Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil,” Kanchan Mondal, 2001.

Ph.D., “Corrosion of Cu-Ni Alloy in Chloride Solution Subjected to Alternating Voltages,” Jaw-Ching Kang, 1996.

Ph.D., “The Influence of AC Fields on Corrosion of Materials in Chloride Environments,” Mark Pagano, August, 1992.

Ph.D., “Lignin-Assisted Coal Depolymerization and Liquefication,” Bilal Akash, August, 1992.

Ph.D., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors,” Alan Weston, July 1991.

M. S., “Low Trans Fatty Acid Containing Hydrogenated Edible Oils, ” Haiyi Xiao, 2007

M. S., “An Investigation of Nickel-Based Amorphous Alloys and Their Corrosion Behavior,” Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, 2005.

M. S., “Ambient Pressure Hydrogenation of Alpha-Methyl Styrene Using Hydrogen Transfer Agent,” Debalina Dasgupta, 2005.

M. S., “Removal of Metallic Impurities from Spent Chromium Plating Bath,” Gautham Jagdesan, 2002.

M. S., “ Catalytic Method for Odor Removal from Swine Farm Facilities,” Uday Prakash, 2002.

M. S., “Electrodeposition of Cu-Pt Alloys,” Jason Obert, 2002.

M. S., “Removal of Metal Impurities from Plating Solutions by Adsorbents,” Sibu Matthew, 2001.

M. S., “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Trichloroethylene and Carbon Tetrachloride using Titanium Dioxide as a Catalyst, R. Howerton, 1998.

M. S., “Electrodeposition of Fullerenes and Their Characterization Using STM,” Venkatesh Muthusubramanian, 1996.

M. S., “AC-Induced Corrosion of Carbon Steel in a Chloride Environment,” Guoquiang Zhang, 1994.

M. S., “Production and Purification of Fullerenes from Coke and Coal,” Mahesh Murthy, 1994.

M.S., “Utilization of Lignin and Newsprint by Electrochemical and Liquefaction Methods,” P. Rajagopal, August 1991.

M.S., “Electrodeposition of Amorphous Cr-P-C Alloys,” Barbara DeNeve, August, 1990.

M.S., “Preparation of Amorphous Fe-Cr-P Alloys by Electrodeposition,” Jaw-Ching Kang, November 1990.

M.S., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Ni-Cr-P Alloys,” Vinod Patel, August, 1989.

M.S., “Depolymerization of Coal by Electrolysis,” Mark Hines, August 1987.

M.S., “Characterization of Semiconductive Properties and Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Naturally Occurring Pyrite Crystals,” Alan Weston, July 1986.

M.S., “Electrochemical Oxidation of Coal Slurries in Basic Electrolytes,” Ghasan Awad, September 1985.

M.S., “Electrolytic Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Sulfur and Pyrite Slurries,” Bhasker Dave, June 1985.

M.S., “Electrolytic Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Pyrite Slurries,” Mike Shami, August 1984.

M.S., “Electrochemical Desulfurization of Coal Slurries in Acidic Electrolytes,” Karthik Ramaswami, August 1984.

M.S., “Computer Simulation of Some Enzyme Related Electrochemical Reactions,” Ali Vessal, August 1984.

REFEREE

Journal of the Electrochemical Society; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research; Journal of Applied Electrochemistry; Fuel; Separation Science and Technology; Chemical Engineering Communications, Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation, American Chemical Society, U.S. Department of Energy.

Examiner and Problem Writer; Professional Engineering Licensing and Engineers-in-Training examinations (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying).

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate:

Mass transfer, heat transfer; material and energy balances, chemical kinetics and reactor design, engineering economics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, separation processes, unit

operations lab, heat exchange equipment design; thermal systems design; environmental engineering; hazardous waste engineering, corrosion, senior capstone design.

Graduate:

Transport phenomena, conduction heat transfer, convective heat transfer, mathematical methods in chemical engineering, chemical reactor design, thermodynamics, electrochemical engineering

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Director of Thermal and Energy Processes committee); American Chemical Society; American Society for Engineering Education, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industries.

CURRENT AND PAST RESEARCH SUPPORT

Shashi Lalvani, and Lei Kerr, “Center for Advanced Research on Energy (CARE)” a research challenge grant, $50,000, 2007-2009.

Shashi Lalvani, “Low Trans Fatty Acid Containing Hydrogenated Soybean Oil via a Novel Low Temperature Electrochemical Process,” $250,000, USDA, 1/1/2005-06/30/2008.

Shashi Lalvani, Doug Coffin, Marty Sikora, and Catherine Almquist, "Application of Nanomaterials in Energy and Environment Areas", a research challenge grant, $50,000 from May, 2004 - August 2005.

Co-PI (with T. Wiltowski and M. Mohanty) “Qualifications of Candle Filters for PFBC Applications,” $500,000, US DOE/NETL, 4/1/2003-3/31/2006.

“Characterization of Corrosion Products of Amorphous Alloys by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy,” Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Labs, $215,000, 2000-03.

“Removal of Selenium from Agricultural Waste Water,” Dept of Water, California, $67,000, 2002-04.

PI (with H. Ashraf and B. Jacobson) “Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil by a Novel Low Temperature Electrochemical Process, $178,964, Illinois C-FAR, 1997-01.

CO-PI (with T. Wiltowski and E. Hippo), "Fuel flexible gasification/combustion technology for production of H2 and sequestration ready CO2," Department of Energy (as a subcontract from EER), $240,000, 2000-3.

CO-PI (with T. Wiltowski and E. Hippo) “Simultaneous Production of High Purity Hydrogen and Sequestration – Ready CO2 from Syn-Gas,” $225,000, Department of Energy (as a subcontract from EER), 1999-2001.

Co-PI (T. Wiltowski, PI) “Photocatalytically Active Filters for VOC Removal from Gas Streams,” $101,253, EER (funded through the National Science Foundation, SBIR Phase II grant),1999-00.

“Removal of Metallic Impurities in Chromium Plating Solutions by Electrocoagulation,” $171,690, Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, 1997-99.

PI (with Ashraf and Jacobson) “Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil by a Novel Low Temperature Electrochemical Process, $15,000, SIUC, 1997-98.

“Corrosion Research on Chromium Conversion Coatings,” HBM Electrochemical and Engineering Co., Illinois, $6,000, 1997.

“Characterization of Amorphous Alloys,” Southern Illinois University, $20,000, 1997-99.

“Heavy Metal Removal from Mining Process Streams by Lignin,” U.S. Department of Energy, $22,000, 1995-96.

“Investigation of Zinc Titanate Sorbents,” E&A Associates, Illinois; $4,000; 1996.

“Electrodeposition of Copper,” Electroformed Nickel, Inc., (subcontract from NASA) $97,500, 1994-96.

“Prevention of Pyrite Dissolution in Acid Mine Drainage,” U.S. Bureau of Mines, National Mine Reclamation Center, $67,800, 91-94.

PI (with A. Weston) “Generation and Purification of Fullerenes,” Materials Technology Center, $46,000, 92-94.

PI (with N. Ali) “Electrodeposition of Y-Ba-Cu-O High Tc Superconductor Thin Films,” Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Materials Technology Center, $170,000, 89-92.

PI (with C.B. Muchmore and J.A. Koropchak) “Lignin-Assisted Coal Depolymerization,” Illinois Coal Development Board, $300,000, 89-92.

“Coal Flotation and Flocculation in the Presence of Humic Acids,” U.S. Department of Energy, 133,645, 88-90.

PI (with J.H. Swisher) “Development of Hard Corrosion and Oxidation Resistant Amorphous Coatings, SIUC Materials Technology Center, $50,121, 89-90.

Co-PI (with J. Swisher, PI and M. Pagano) “Chlorine-Induced Corrosion in Coal Preparation Plants,” Illinois Coal Development Board, $37,841, 88-89.

“Passivation of Pyrite Oxidation with Metal Cations,” Department of Interior. Funded by Illinois Mining and Mineral Research Institute, $20,000, 87-88.

(with J. Swisher, PI) “Chlorine-Induced Corrosion in the Processing and Utilization of Illinois Coal,” Illinois Coal Development Board, $29,774, 87-88.

“Anodic Depolarization of Pyrite Slurries,” American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund, $19,000, 84-87.

“Desulfurization of Coal by Electrolysis,” U.S. Department of Energy, $176,723, 83-87.

(with K. Miyasaka, PI), “Acquisition of LDV System for the Research on Coal Combustion and Utilization,” National Science Foundation, $44,000, 84-86.

“Sulfur Removal from Coal by Electrolysis,” Illinois Coal Research Board, Center for Research, $43,000, 84-86.

“Production of Hydrogen from Aqueous Pyrite Slurries,” Department of Interior. Funded by Illinois Mining and Mineral Research Institute, $10,000, 83-84.

PATENTS

Lalvani, S. B., and Mondal, K., “Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Vegetable Oils,” U.S. Patent Number 6,825,367, 2004.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

REFERENCED JOURNALS

Xiao, X. Kim, H. J., Min, D., Lalvani, S. B. “High Oleic and Low Trans Fatty Acid Formation by an Electrochemical Process,” Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 87, 9-17, 2010.

Xiao, H., and Lalvani, S. B., "A Linear Model of Alternating Voltage-Induced Corrosion,” the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 155, 2, C69-C74, 2008. Zhang, R.; Vairavanathan, P. R.; Lalvani, S. B, “ Perturbation Method Analysis of AC-induced Corrosion, “ Corrosion Science, 50, 6, 1664-1671, 2008 Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Low Temperature Soybean Oil Hydrogenation by an Electrochemical Process,” Journal of Food Engineering, 84, 4, 526-533, 2008. Mondal, K. Sathisuksanoh, N., Lalvani, S. B., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of NiCoP, J. Applied Electrochemistry, submitted for publication.

Xiao, H., and Lalvani, S. B., “Hydrogenation of Edible Oils: A Model Involving Competitive Adsorption of Reactants", Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 84, 11777-1181, 2007.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Copper-Platinum Deposition by Pulse Plating,” Journal of Electrochemical Society, 153, 6, 393-399, 2006.

Zhang, R, and Lalvani, S. B., "Comments on the article "Mechanical properties of the paper sheets treated with different polymers" by S. Kamel, M. El-Sakhawy, A.M.A. Nada, Thermochemica Acta 421 (1-2), 81-85, 2004, Thermochemica Acta, 436, 1-2, October, 2005.

Jegadeesan, G., Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Selenate Removal from Sulfate Containing Aqueous Solutions,” Environmental Technology, 26, 10, 1181-1188, 2005.

Jegadeesan, G., Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Arsenate Remediation Using Nanosized Modified Zerovalent Iron Particles, Environmental Progress, 24, 3, 289-296, 2005.

Wiltowski, T., Piotrowski, K., Lorethova, H., Stonawski, L., Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Neural Network Approximation of Iron Oxide Reduction Process,” Chemical Engineering and Processing, 44, 775-783, 2005.

Mondal, K., Sathitsuksanoh, N., and Lalvani, S. B., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Films of CoP,” Plating and Surface Finishing, 92(1), 42-44, January 2005.

Jegadeesan, G. Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Iron Removal and Simultaneous Regeneration of Hexavalent Chromium in Spent Plating Solutions,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society,152(2), D26-33, 2005.

Mondal, K., Lorethova, H., Hippo, E., Wiltowski, T. and Lalvani, S. B., “Reduction of Iron Oxide in Carbon Monoxide Atmosphere – Reaction Controlled Kinetics,” Fuel Processing Technology, 86, 1, 33-47, Nov., 2004.

Mondal, K., Jegadeesan, G. and Lalvani, S. B., “Removal of Selenate by Fe and NiFe Nanosized Particles,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research,43, 4922-4934, 2004.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy of Amorphous IR Transmitting Optical Materials,” J. Materials Science, 39 (3), 1065-1069, 2004.

Obert, J., and Lalvani, S. B., “Development of a Bath for Codeposition of Copper and Platinum, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 34, 397-401, 2004.

Jegadeesan, G., Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Comparative Study of Selenite Adsorption on Carbon Based Adsorbents and Activated Alumina,” Environmental Technology, 24 (8) 1049-1059, 2003.

Mondal, K., Sathitsuksanoh, N., Croft, M. and Lalvani, S. B., Characterization of Electrodeposited Amorphous Cr-P via X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, J Materials Science,Letters, 22 (9), 655-657, 2003.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Mediator-Assisted Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil,” Chemical Engineering Science, 58(12), 2643-2656, 2003.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Canola Oil using a Hydrogen Transfer Agent,” Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 80, 1135-1141, 2003.

Mondal, K., Sathitsuksanoh, N., and Lalvani, S. B., “Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Analysis of Fe-P and Ni-P at the Phosphorous K-edge,” J. Materials Science Letters, 22 (2), 95-97, 2003.

Lalvani, S. B. and Lalvani, S. B., Mondal, K., Pattanayak, J., Mandich, N. V., and Wiltowski, T., “Modeling of a Process for Removal of Metal Ions by Electromigration and Electrodeposition,” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, June, Volume 80, Number 3, 465-472, 2002 .

Mondal, K. and Lalvani, S. B., “Investigation of Amorphous Magnetic Alloys by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy,” J. Materials Science Letters, 21 (10), 793-794, May 2002.

Mondal, K., Mandich, N. V. and Lalvani, S. B., “Regeneration of Hexavalent Chromium Using Bi-doped PbO2 Anode,” Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 31, 165-173, 2001.

Wiltowski, T., Howerton, R., Lalvani, S. B., “Photocatalytic Oxidation of Trichloroethylene and Carbon Tetrachloride using Titanium Dioxide as a Catalyst,” Energy Resources, 23, 845-852, November, 2001.

Lalvani, S. B., Mondal, K., Sathitsuksanoh, N., Wiltowski, T., and Xiao, Y., “Characterization of Ni-P and Fe-P by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy,” J. Materials Science Letters, 20(12), 1097-1098, June 2001.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Reply to Comments on A Second Order Model for Catalytic-Transfer Hydrogenation of Edible Oils,” Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 77, 1331-1332, 2000.

Mondal, K. and Lalvani, S. B., “Modeling of Mass Transfer Controlled Adsorption Rate Based on Langmuir Isotherm,” Separation Science and Technology, 35, 16, 2583-2599, 2000.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “A Second Order Model for Catalytic-Transfer Hydrogenation of Edible Oils,” Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society, 77, 1, 1-8, 2000.

Pattanayak, J., Mondal, K., Mathew, S., and Lalvani, S. B., “A Parametric Evaluation of the Removal of As(V) and AS(III) by Carbon based Adsorbents, Carbon, 38, 589-596, 2000.

Mandich, N. V., Mondal, K., Pattanayak, J., and Lalvani, S. B., “Characterization of Deposits from Electrochemically Regenerated Electroplating Solutions, Plating and Surface Finishing, 87,1, 75, 2000.

Pattanayak, J., Mondal, K., Mandich, N. V., Wiltowski, T., and Lalvani, S. B., “Recovery of Metallic Impurities from Chromium Plating Solutions by Electromigration,” Metal Finishing, 39-45, March, 2000.

Lalvani, S. B., Hubner, A., and Wiltowski, T., “Chromium Adsorption by Lignin,” Energy Resources, 22, 1, 45-56, 2000.

Lalvani, S. B. and Croft, M., “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Amorphous Alloys,” Journal of Materials Science Letters,” 18, 1281-1283, 1999.

Pattanayak, J., Mondal, K., Mandich, N. V., Wiltowski, T., and Lalvani, S. B., “Removal of Iron and Nickel from Solutions by Application of Electrical Fields,” Environmental Technology, 20, 317-323, 1999.

Kim, J.W., Lalvani, S.B. and Muchmore, C.B., “Coliquefaction of Coal and Black Liquor to Environmentally Acceptable Liquid Fuels,” Energy Resources, 21, 9, 839-847, 1999.

Mandich, N. V., Lalvani, S. B., Wiltowoski, T, and Lalvani, L. S., “Selective Removal of Chromate Anion by a New Carbon Adsorbent,” Metal Finishing, 39-44, May 1998.

Lalvani, S. B. and J. C. Kang, “The Corrosion of Cu-Ni Alloy in a Chloride Solution Subjected to Periodic Voltage Modulation: Part I,” Corrosion Science, 40, 1, 69-89, 1998.

Lalvani, S. B. and J. C. Kang, “The Corrosion of Cu-Ni Alloy in a Chloride Solution Subjected to Periodic Voltage Modulation: Part II,” Corrosion Science, 40,2/3, 201-214,1998.

Lalvani, S. B., Wiltowski, Hubner, A., Weston, A., and Mandich, N., “Removal of Hexavalent Chromium and Metal Cations by a Novel Carbon Adsorbent,” Carbon, 36, 7-8, 1219-126, 1998.

Lalvani, S. B., Wiltowski, T. S., Murphy, D. and Lalvani, L. S., “Metal Removal from Process Water by Lignin,” Environmental Technology, 18, 1163-1168, 1997.

Wiltowski, T. S., and Lalvani, S. B., “Thermogravimetric Studies of Coal Desulfurization with Carbon Monoxide,” accepted for publication, Fuel Science and Technology International.

Lalvani, S.B., Lin, X., “A Revised Model for Predicting Corrosion of Materials Induced by Alternating Voltages,” Corrosion Science, 38, 10, 1709-1719, 1996.

Lalvani, S. B., Zhang, G. and Lalvani, L. S., “Coal Pyrite Passivation Due to Humic Acids and Lignin Treatment,” Fuel Science and Technology International, 14, 9, 1291-1313, 1996.

Weston, A., Murthy, M. and Lalvani, S.B., “Synthesis of Fullerenes from Coal,” Fuel Processing Technology, 45, 203-212, 1995.

Lalvani, S.B., Kang, J.-C. and Murthy, M., “The Passivation of Electrodeposited Chromium Due to Electrochemical Pretreatment,” Corrosion Science, 37, 10, 1599-1604, 1995.

Lalvani, S.B. and Zhang, G., “The Corrosion of Carbon Steel in a Chloride Environment Due to Periodic Voltage Modulation - Part I,” Corrosion Science, 37, 10, 1567-1582, 1995.

Lalvani, S.B. and Zhang, G., “The Corrosion of Carbon Steel in a Chloride Environment Due to Periodic Voltage Modulation - Part II,” Corrosion Science, 37, 10, 1583-1598, 1995.

Kang, J.-W., Lalvani, S.B. and Melendres, C.A., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr-Based Alloys,” J. Applied Electrochemistry, 25, 376-383, 1995.

Qiu, Wei Wei, Pagano, M., Zhang, G. and Lalvani, S.B. “A Periodic Voltage Modulation Effect of the Corrosion of Cu-Ni Alloy,” Corrosion Science, vol. 37, 97-110, 1995.

Kim, J. W., Lalvani, S. B., and Akash, B. A., “Coliquefaction of Coal and Black Liquor,” Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 12, 382-385, 1995.

Lalvani, S.B. and Lin, X., “A Theoretical Model for Predicting AC-Induced Corrosion,” 36, 6, 1039-1046, Corrosion Science, 1994.

Pagano, M. and Lalvani, S.B., “Corrosion of Mild Steel in Seawater Subjected to Alternating Voltages,” Corrosion Science, 36, 1, 127-140, 1994.

Lalvani, S.B. and Zhang, G., “Mitigation of Pyrite Dissolution Due to Humic Acids Addition,” Fuel Science and Technology International, 12 (7&8), 963-982, 1994.

Akash, B., Muchmore, C.B. and Lalvani, S.B., “Coliquefaction of Coal and Newsprint-Derived Lignin,” 37, 203-210, Fuel Processing and Technology, 1993.

Lalvani, S.B., Rajagopal, P., Akash, B., Koropchak, J. and Muchmore, C., “Liquefaction of Newsprint and Cellulose Under Mild Reaction Conditions,” Fuel Processing Technology, 35, 219-232, 1993.

Akash, B., Muchmore, C.B., Koropchak, J.A., Kim, J.W. and Lalvani, S.B., “Investigations of Simultaneous Coal and Lignin Liquefaction: Kinetic Studies,” Energy and Fuels, 6, 629-634, 1992.

Kim, J., Akash, B., Muchmore, C.B., Koropchak, J.A., and Lalvani, S.B., “Stability of Liquids Derived from Reaction of Coal and Lignin, Fuel Processing Technology, 33, 175-190, 1993.

Lalvani, S.B., Rajagopal, P., Koropchak, J., Chavez, C., Akash, B. and Muchmore, C., Electro-lytic Pretreatment of Coal for Enhanced Liquefaction,” Fuel Processing Technology, 31, 221-232, 1992.

Lalvani, S.B. and Rajagopal, P., “Lignin-Augmented Water Electrolysis,” Journal of the Electro-chemical Society, 139, 1, L1-L2, 1992.

Lalvani, S. B. and Rajagopal, P., “Hydrogen Production from Lignin-Water Solution by Electrolysis,” Holzforschung, 47, 283 286, 1993.

Weston, A.J., Lalvani, S.B. and Ali, N., “Electrodeposition of YBaCuO and ErBaCuO Super-conductor Precursor Films,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 181, 233-239, 1992.

Lalvani, S.B. and DeNeve, B.A., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Amorphous Cr-P Thin Films,” Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 22, 341-346, 1992.

Lalvani, S.B. and Kang, J.-C., “Coal Flotation in the Presence of Humic Acids,” Fuel Science and Technology International, 10, 8, 1291-1312, 1992.

Kang, J.-C. and Lalvani, S.B., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Amorphous Fe-Cr-P-C Thin Films,” Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 22, 787-794, 1992.

Lalvani, S.B. and Kang, J.-C., “Investigations of Structural and Compositional Properties of Amorphous Fe-Cr Alloys Produced by Electrodeposition,” J. Materials Science Letters, 11, 835-839, 1992.

Weston, A., Lalvani, S.B. and Ali, N., “Synthesis of Y-Ba-Cu-O Thin Films by an Electrodepo-sition Technique,” J. Materials Science: Electronic Materials, 2, 129-132, 1991.

Lalvani, S.B., Muchmore, C.B., Koropchak, J., Akash, B., Chivate, P. and Chavez, C., “Lignin-Augmented Coal Depolymerization Under Mild Reaction Conditions,” Energy and Fuels, 5, 347-352, 1991.

Lalvani, S.B., Muchmore, C.B., Koropchak, J., Akash, B., Chavez, C. and Rajagopal, P., “Coal Liquefaction in Lignin-Derived Liquids Under Low Severity Conditions,” Fuel, 70, 1433-1438, 1991.

Lalvani, S.B., DeNeve, B.A. and Weston, A., “Prevention of Pyrite Dissolution in Acidic Media,” Corrosion, 47, 1, 55-61, 1991.

Lalvani, S.B., Weston, A. and Masden, J.T., “Characterization of Semi-Conducting Properties of Naturally Occurring Polycrystalline FeS2(pyrite), Journal of Materials Science, 25, 107-112, 1990.

Lalvani, S.B., Swisher, J.H. and Pagano, M.A., “A Review of Chlorine-Induced Corrosion in Underground Mines and Coal Preparation Plants, Fuel Processing Technology, 25, 17-32, 1990.

Lalvani, S.B., DeNeve, B.A. and Weston, A., “Passivation of Pyrite Due to Surface Treatment,” Fuel, 69, 1567-1569, 1990.

Lalvani, S.B. and Patel, V.V., “A Model for Cathodic Protection of Materials and Its Application to Multiple Chloride Environments,” Corrosion, vol. 46, no. 9, 755-763, 1990.

Lalvani, S.B. and Weston, A., “Coal Cleaning in a Semi-Continuous Flow Reactor: Galvanostat-ic Conditions,” Fuel Processing Technology, 21, 117-123, 1989.

Nand, S., El-Abd, H., Coughlin, R.W. and Lalvani, S.B., “Properties and Reactivities of Solid Residue from Coal Electrolysis,” Fuel Processing Technology, 21, 125-134, 1989.

Lalvani, S.B. and Ramaswami, K., “Mediator-Assisted Electrochemical Desulfurization of Coal,” J. Energy Resources Technology, Trans. of the ASME, vol. 110, 269-275, 1988.

Rane, M.A., Lalvani, S.B. and Helmer, W.A., “A New Method to Correlate and Predict Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Salt Solutions to be Used for Heat Pump Simulations,” ASHRAE Trans., vol. 94, part 2, 2078-2094, 1988.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Indirect Electroxidation of Pyrite Slurries: Reaction Rate Studies,” Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 70, 215-225, 1988.

Wapner, P.G., Lalvani, S.B. and Awad, G., “Organic Sulfur Removal from Coal by Electrolysis in Alkaline Media,” Fuel Processing Technology, 18, 25-36, 1988.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Passivation of Pyrite Oxidation with Metal Cations,” J. Materials Science, 22, 3503-3507, 1987.

Lalvani, S.B. and Dave, B., “Electroxidation of Sulfur Slurries: Reaction Rate Studies,” Interna-tional Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 12, No. 8, 639-642, 1987.

Lalvani, S.B., “Kinetics of Coal Slurry Electroxidation,” Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 48, No. 4-6, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B. and Dave, B., “Simultaneous Production of Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid from Aqueous Sulfur Slurry,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. XI, No. 10, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Electrochemical Oxidation of Pyrite Slurries,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 133, 7, 1364-68, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B., Pata, M. and Coughlin, R.W., “Electrochemical Oxidation of Coal in Basic Electrolytes,” Fuel, 65, 122-128, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Anodic Depolarization by Aqueous Pyrite Slurries in the Produc-tion of Hydrogen,” Fuel, 64, 1075 78, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B., Nand, S. and Coughlin, R.W., “Electrolytic Pretreatment of Illinois No. 6 Coal,” Fuel Processing Technology, 11, 25-36, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Pyrite-Assisted Water Electrolysis,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 10, No. 718, 447-452, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B. and Coughlin, R.W., “Solubility Enhancement of Electrolyzed Coal Residues,” Fuel Processing Technology, 11, 37 46, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B. and Coughlin, R.W., “Sulfur Removal from Coal by Electrolysis,” Fuel, 62, 427-437, 1983.

PROCEEDINGS

Lalvani, S. B., and Mondal, K., “Modeling of an Electrochemical Process for Hydrogenation of Vegetable Oils”, Sixth ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India, January 5-7, 2004.

Lalvani, S. B., and Mondal, K., “Regeneration of Hard Chromium Plating Bath by Electromigration”, Fifth ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Science City, Calcutta, India, January 3-5, 2002. Lalvani, S. B., Kulkarni, M., and He, W., “A Comprehensive Treatment of Heat Exchanger Analysis in the Presence of a Third Medium," Proceedings of the Fourth ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 1021-1026, January 12-14, 2000.

Lalvani, S. B., Wiltowski, T., and Weston, A., “Metal Ions Removal from Wastewater by Adsorption,” ACS Fuel Reprints, 42, 3, 877-879, 1997.

Lalvani, S.B., Muchmore, C.B., Koropchak, J.A., Kim, J. and Akash B., “Lignin-Catalyzed Liquefaction of Coal,” 1993 International Conference on Coal Science Proceedings, Banff, Alberta, Canada, I, 544-547, 1993.

Pagano, M. and Lalvani, S. B., “Using Rectified Signals to Study Corrosion of Mild Steel,” Proceedings of ASME Winter Conference, New Orleans, La, pp.1-4, Dec 3, 1993.

Liu, C.-J. and Lalvani, S.B., “Low Temperature Synthesis of La1.76Sr0.24Cu0.93Ni0.07O4-x Using TMAOH: An Alkali-Free Coprecipitating Agent,” The 3rd IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials, 1993.

Muchmore, C.B., Lalvani, S.B., Koropchak, J.A. and Akash, B., “Lignin-Assisted Coal Depolymerization,” 1991 International Conference on Coal Science Proceedings, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., pp. 786-789, 1991.

Kang, J.-C. and Lalvani, S.B., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Fe-Cr-P-C Amorphous Alloys,” Proc. of the Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering and Small Scale Electrolytic Processes (Ed. C.W. Walton), The Electrochemical Society, Inc., Pennington, NJ, Proc. Vol. 90-10, pp. 230-240, 1990.

Rane, M.A., Lalvani, S.B. and Helmer, W.A., “A New Method to Correlate and Predict Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data for Salt Solutions to be Used for Heat Pump Simulations,” ASHRAE, Ottawa, Canada, June 1988.

Lalvani, S.B., “Prevention of Pyrite Dissolution in Aqueous Media.” Proc. 2nd Intl. Conf. Proc. and Utilization of High Sulfur Coals, 456-462, Carbondale, IL, Sept. 1987.

Lalvani, S.B. and Hines, M., “Depolymerization and Sulfur Removal from Coal by Electrolysis,” Proc. 2nd Intl. Conf. Proc. and Utilization of High Sulfur Coals, 282-287, Carbondale, IL, Sept. 1987.

Lalvani, S.B., “Investigations of Anodically Oxidized Coal,” American Chemical Society, Div. of Fuel Chemistry, Vol. 32, No. 1, 107-117, 1987.

Lalvani, S.B., “Simultaneous Hydrogen Production and Coal Desulfurization by Electrolysis,” World Congress III of Chemical Engineering, vol. I, 440-443, Tokyo, Japan, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B. and Avni, E., “Anodic Oxidation of Lignin in Aqueous Electrolytes,” Proc. of the Second Intl. Symp. on Hydrogen Produced from Renewable Energy, 69-73, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Oct. 1985.

Lalvani, S.B., Muchmore, C. and Ramaswami, K., “A Low Temperature Technique for Coal Cleaning,” Proc. of the First Intl. Conf. on Processing and Utilization of High Sulfur Coals, 287-295, Columbus, Ohio, August, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B. and Coughlin, R.W., “Anodic Oxidation of Coal Slurries,” Proc. of the Workshop on Electrochemistry of Carbon, Electrochemical Soc. Proc., 84-85, 492, May, 1984.

Coughlin, R.W., Lalvani, S.B., Dorris, A. and Pata, M., “Electrochemical Oxidation of Coal,” Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress of Chemical Engineers, vol. 3, pp. 203-205, August, 1981.

Hickey, J., Lalvani, S.B. and Coughlin, R.W., “Electrochemical Coal Gasification - Operating Conditions, Variables and Practical Implications,” API, 70, 388, 1980.

PAPER PRESENTATION (not included in proceedings)

S. B. Lalvani, G. Jegadeesan, K. Mondal, “Low Cost Carbon-based Adsorbents for Selenium Removal,” 37th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Cincinnati, March 21-23, 2007.

S. B. Lalvani, “Mediator-Assisted Electrochemical Hydrogenation,” University of Akron, April 2006.

S. B. Lalvani, G. Jegadeesan, K. Mondal, “Enhancing Arsenate Remediation using Nanosizedd Modified Zerovalent Iron Particles,” AIChE, Austin, TX, Nov. 2004.

K. Mondal and S. B. Lalvani, “Removal of Anions of Toxic Metals by Fe and NiFe Nanoparticles,” AIChE, San Francisco, Nov. 2003

K. Mondal and S. B. Lalvani, “Hydrogenation of Oil by an Electrochemical Process,” AIChE, San Francisco, Nov. 2003.

G. Jegadeesan, K. Mondal and S. B. Lalvani, “Adsorption of Selenite and Selenate by Modified Low Cost Carbons,” San Francisco, AIChE, Nov. 2003.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Copper-Platinum Deposition via DC and Pulsing Techniques using a New Plating Bath,” J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, Paris, France, May 2003.

Mondal, K., and Lalvani, S. B., “Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Vegetable Oil,” J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, Paris, France, May 2003.

Mondal, K., Mandich, N. V., and Lalvani, S. B., “A Comprehensive Model For the Rejuvenation Of Spent Hard Chrome Plating Solution By Electromigration, Electrodeposition and Electro-oxidation”, accepted for publication, J. Electrochemical Society meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2000.

Wiltowski, T. and Lalvani, S. B., “Novel Photocatalytic Poruous Filters for Environmental Clean-up,” accepted for prsentation, 5th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis, Kazimierz, Poland, May 31-June 3, 2000.

Mondal, K., Ashraf, H., Jacobson, B., and Lalvani, S. B., “Low Temperature Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Soybean Oil,” The 90th American Oil Chemists Society meeting at Orlando, Florida, May 9-12, 1999.

Lalvani, S. B., Wiltowski, T., and Weston, A., “Metal Ions Removal from Wastewater by Adsorption,” ACS conference, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 1997.

Lalvani, S. B., “Heavy Metal Adsorption by Lignin,” SME conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 1996.

Lalvani, S. B., “Commercialization Plan for the Removal of Heavy Metals Employing Lignin,” presented at the Technology Commercialization Conference sponsored by U.S. DOE, San Diego, Jan. 1996.

Zhang, Q. and Lalvani, S.B., “AC-Induced Corrosion of Carbon Steel in a Chloride Environ-ment,” Corrosion, NACE Conference, Baltimore, MD, Feb. 27-March 4, 1994.

Pagano, M.A., Qiu, W.-W. and Lalvani, S.B., “Corrosion of Alloys in a Marine Environment Under AC Conditions,” The J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1992.

Kang, J.-C., Melendres, C.A. and Lalvani, S.B., “Micromorphology in Electrocrystallization,” The J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1992.

Pankuch, M., Melendres, C.A., Kang, J.-C., Lalvani, S.B. and Li, Y.S., “Laser Raman Spectro-electrochemical Studies of Fe, Ni, Cr and Their Glassy Metal Alloys,” The J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1992.

Weston, A., Ali, N. and Lalvani, S.B., “Synthesis of Superconducting Films via an Electro-chemical Pathway,” J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 1992.

DeNeve, B.A., DeNeve, B.F., Swisher, J.H. and Lalvani, S.B., “Electrodeposition and Charac-terization of Amorphous Thin Films,” The J. Electrochemical Society Meeting, Seattle, Washington, Extended Abstracts, pp. 489, Oct. 14-19, 1990.

Herrmann, A.C., Brower, W.E. and Lalvani, S.B., “Oxidation Kinetics of Metastable Electro-deposited and Sputtered Nickel Thin Films via Thermogravimetric Analysis,” Material Research Society (Spring Meeting), San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1990.

Lalvani, S.B., DeNeve, B. and Weston, A., “Prevention of FeS2 Dissolution in Acidic Media,” Extended Abstracts, The Electrochemical Society Meeting, p. 520, Montreal, Canada, May 6-11, 1990.

Weston, A.J., Lalvani, S.B. and Ali, N., “Electrodeposition of High, Tc, Y-Ba-Cu-O Supercon-ducting Thin Films,” Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Montreal, Canada, May 1990.

Lalvani, S.B., Patel, V.V. and Swisher, J.H., “An Evaluation of Cathodic Protection of Materials in High Chloride Environment,” Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) Meeting, Anaheim, CA, February 1990.

Pagano, M.A., Lalvani, S.B. and Swisher, J.H., “Alloy Corrosion and Erosion in Coal Preparation Plants,” Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Meeting, Anaheim, CA, February 1990.

Lalvani, S.B. and Patel, V., “Electrodeposition and Characterization of Amorphous Ni-Cr-P Thin Films,” Extended Abstracts, pp. 481, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Hollywood, FL, October, 1989.

Lalvani, S.B., “An Overview of Electrochemical Oxidation of Coal Slurries,” Gordon Conference, Fuel Science Meeting, New Hampshire, June 30-July 4, 1986.

Lalvani, S.B., Ramaswami, K. and Weston, A., “Coal Slurry Desulfurization by Electrochemical Techniques,” AIChE, Seattle, August, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B. and Dave, B., “Simultaneous Production of Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid from Aqueous Sulfur Slurry,” AIChE, St. Louis, April, 1985.

Lalvani, S.B., “Pyrite-Assisted Water Electrolysis,” 5th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Toronto, Canada, July, 1984.

Lalvani, S.B. and Shami, M., “Production of Hydrogen from Aqueous Pyrite Slurries, Extended Abstracts, pp. 817-818, Electrochemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 1984.

Lalvani, S.B., Nand, S. and Coughlin, R.W., “Coal Desulfurization by Electrolysis,” ASME Conference, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 1984.

Lalvani, S.B. and Coughlin, R.W., “Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis of Acidic Coal Slurries,” presented at the Spring Meeting of Electrochemical Society, Extended Abstracts, vol. 83-1, 1243, San Francisco, CA, May, 1983.

Coughlin, R.W., Lalvani, S.B. and Hickey, J., “Hydrogen Production by Coal-Assisted Water Electrolysis,” International Association for Hydrogen Energy, Tokyo, Japan, July 1980.

BOOK CHAPTER

Lalvani, S.B., “Reaction Pathways of Coal Slurry Electrolysis in Basic Electrolytes,” Coal Science and Chemistry, 265-288, A. Volborth, Editor, Elsevier, 1987.

Popular and Creative Writing

Wrote a small recreational mathematical column (about 12) for a magazine, Science Today, 1973-77.

PERSONAL

Born June 29, 1954, Bombay, India; married and father of two children; hobbies include playing bridge; U.S. citizen.

VISION STATEMENT

Shashi B. Lalvani

The most important expectations from a dean are, in my opinion, the following:

Building of Trust

In order for a college to achieve excellence, the first expectation of the leader is to build trust amongst the faculty. It is my opinion that the following are some of the methods for building trust. The first and foremost task of a dean ought to be to establish excellent communication links, and to create an atmosphere in the college so that faculty, staff, and students alike feel included. In an open atmosphere they are more likely to take pride in the institution and feel that in working hard and by contributing to the college they are promoting their professional interests. Loyalty to the institution and to the college is very important. Building trust and loyalty is the key to enhancing productivity in an academic environment.

Trust building can be achieved by establishing open links of communication between faculty, staff, students and the college dean. The first step would be to follow the spirit and the letter of the governance document for the college. Regular faculty meetings with well-defined agenda, workshops, retreats and informal meetings should be held. Most importantly, crucial decisions regarding the operation and future plans for the college should be done by consensus building and by obtaining approval from the faculty. The decision making process should be transparent to earn the trust of stakeholders. Regular staff meetings should be arranged to address any problems and to ensure smooth functioning of the college.

Faculty Development

The major asset of any academic institution is its faculty. The role of a good leader is primarily to articulate and guide the collective voice of the faculty so as to realize the goals that are consistent with the strengths of the faculty and missions of the department, the college and the university.

Although the contribution of all, from the leadership to the groundskeepers, is equally important and necessary for the functioning of the university, exclusively it is the faculty who carry out the mission of the university (teaching and research). Investments in faculty development and in retaining successful faculty in a competitive environment give the highest return, since faculty quality is the dominant factor that determines the

viability and the ranking of the college and, therefore, the quality and magnitude of enrollment, as well as the level of research funding.

An integral part of the engineering dean is to recruit, with faculty consent, those individuals who have high potential development and attitudes and an outlook that is compatible with the direction and goals of the college. The hiring of the faculty is most often an irreversible process, the impact of which, positive or negative, remains with the institution for a long time, long after the dean is gone. It is vital that constant investment must be made to ensure professional growth of our faculty.

Resources available on and off campus must be pursued vigorously. Faculty should be encouraged and rewarded to seek out funding from the state, federal and private sources in order to conduct research. Collaboration with centers on campus must be encouraged. In addition, seed grants available through college and university funds must be sought out. Faculty support for travel and support of services should be made available. Also, we need to be sensitive to the needs of new faculty as well as that of the faculty who are trying to change their professional focus from one area of activity to another.

Pursuit of Academic Excellence

Academic performance is mainly evaluated in the area of teaching and research. Both, teaching and research are integral parts of academic life. Excellence in teaching and research not only give the visibility to faculty but to the entire institution. In the long run, it is the visibility that helps recruit quality students. In order to achieve this recognition, excellence at all levels of teaching and research should be emphasized and encouraged.

Innovative methods of teaching must be encouraged. Student participation in activities outside the classroom must be emphasized. The use of Co-Op (Intern and Extern) programs, industrial cooperation, and participation of students in professional organizations such as AIChE, ASME, and IEEE should be strongly encouraged. Advisement is of great consequence in imparting quality education to our students. In addition to graduate research, undergraduate participation in research must be strongly encouraged. The faculty must be encouraged to disseminate data related to their research and novel teaching methods at professional meetings.

New Initiatives

In order to develop the state-of-the-art technology, to create new opportunities, to fully exploit the expertise of our faculty, to enhance the image of the institution, and to assume the role of leadership, new timely initiatives that reflect the strengths of the faculty and future needs of the society and profession must be undertaken. This process should require a lot of reflection and consensus building. All stakeholders must be involved in the decision making process. Although the cost of launching such

initiatives (such as establishing new majors, and centers of excellence) is at times significant, the payoffs are very high as well.

Undergraduate Education

Although it is somewhat difficult to precisely predict the undergraduate enrollment, care should be taken during recruitment so as to ensure that an appropriate student-to-faculty ratio is maintained. This ratio is also in part determined by factors such as the extent of faculty research activity, the quality of students enrolled, and the resources available. All attempts must be made to recruit students of highest quality.

The college should actively participate in enrollment management activities by making presentations to high school and junior college students, encouraging merit scholars to apply, conducting open houses so that students can visit the lab demonstrations of science and engineering projects. In addition, we must encourage recruitment of international students, who eventually serve as ambassadors of US institutions in their home countries. Assistance in formulating plans for enhancing enrollment should be vigorously sought from alumni and the Industrial Advisory Board.

Mentoring programs for undergraduate students are of great consequence and should be encouraged. In addition, timely revision of undergraduate curriculum and support of excellent lab and computing facilities is necessary to ensure accreditation from EAC/ABET. It is my belief that most of our students ought to appear for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination during their senior year as the passing of this examination is the first step towards obtaining the PE license.

Integration of Teaching and Research

In many cases of research-intensive colleges, the striving for increased external research funding has caused research and undergraduate education to become separate and competing priorities. Even research funding agencies like NSF have recognized the problem of integrating teaching and research at undergraduate level, and have introduced programs to encourage undergraduate participation in research programs. Research and undergraduate education should be integrated to ensure that the students benefit directly from research and that optimum balance between research and education is maintained.

Graduate Research

For the most part, the research quality of any program is determined by the quality of graduate students, therefore, a concentrated effort must be made to recruit graduate students. Since the job opportunities for engineers at B.S. level are extremely good, there is a very small pool of good and motivated students from which to recruit graduate students. Therefore, a considerable amount of effort must be made to seek out

students, and to guide them to progress through the program. The program should be tailored so as to prepare them to do research either in an industrial or in an academic environment while they work on their degree. In a typical program, most of the students earn their M.S. degrees. However, in order to achieve the highest quality of research produced, it would be of great benefit to enhance the number of Ph. D. students as they do contribute greatly to help achieve the research mission of the college.

Enhancing the Visibility

Often faculty perform outstanding research while conducting superior teaching, but their achievements are not highlighted. Therefore, the image of the college is usually not consistent with the facts. It is very important that the college invest significantly in enhancing its image particularly to the prospective students and their families, the career advisors in high schools, community colleges, and funding agencies. A modest investment in this area could have significant impact in enhancing the quality enrollment and increasing research opportunities.

Global Education

In a very integrated world, it is imperative that we engage in activities that enhance the competitiveness of our students and faculty alike. In order to enhance learning and scholarship, exchange programs for students and faculty must be encouraged. Since most engineering curricula are generally rigid, extra effort and care must be exercised to realize meaningful global leaning opportunities.

Commitment to Diversity

One of the primary goals of an institution is to provide a high quality experience in education in an academic environment that effectively recognizes, appreciates, and responds to the diverse backgrounds and abilities of students. The academic program should be designed for the development and/or enhancement of communication, technological, analytical, team building, and other skills essential for graduates to competitively perform and advance in a changing and global society with a diverse workforce. The college’s basic emphasis on effective teaching and learning is fostered by the availability, continued improvement, and productivity of the faculty for instruction, as well as the advisement, research, and for service to the university, the community, and the professions. All efforts must be made to recruit and retain minority students, faculty and staff so as to follow the Affirmative Action policies in spirit as well as in the letter.

Metrics and Measurements

In order to improve and enhance the success of engineering programs, it is important to measure and research the quality, satisfaction, and other drivers that impact education. In addition to measurement, there is a strong need to monitor and report the data in a logical and systematic way. In most institutions, there is not a lot of coordination

between the university institutional research and reporting office. Thus, the responsibilities of a dean, in my opinion, is to review the existing processes, and, if necessary, develop plans to align, measure, monitor, and report overall program quality to the stakeholders. This task is of importance in that it can help identify ways in which important resources can be realigned to achieve the maximum impact.

Fund Raising

Perhaps the biggest advantage of this activity is in that it helps us enhance our visibility. Of course, the other advantage is that it would enable us to carry out activities that are directly in line with the college’s interests. The focused effort for fund raising in cooperation with the Dean’s office should be targeted to that select audience, who is in a position to make a big impact in this endeavor.

During my service to the two institutions of 27 plus years, I have demonstrated the ability to work effectively and efficiently. The areas of action outlined above, all of equal importance, could and should be pursued aggressively to build upon the past and current successes, and to accelerate the progress of the department. With openness, fairness, dedication, hard work, persistence and the support of the faculty and administration, this vision can be realized in a relatively short time.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Shashi B. Lalvani

Research Interests

My research interests are threefold: electrochemical engineering, energy and environment, and materials science. The application of electrochemical principles for synthesis, addressing environmental problems, deposition of thin films and determination of their corrosion (electrochemically), and hydrogenation is of great interest to me. For the last few years, I have been engaged in exploring a novel electrochemical route for hydrogenation of vegetable oils in a way that the amount of deleterious trans fatty acid formation is minimized. In commercial high pressure gaseous hydrogenation processes, large amounts of trans fatty acids are produced due to the necessity of maintaining a high reaction temperature. In our research the trans fatty acid production is minimized due to near room temperature hydrogenation, which is accomplished by the use of a mediator that transfers protons from the cathode of an electrochemical cell to the vegetable oil. The mediator itself is regenerated electrochemically with very high current efficiency. We have obtained a patent for the process, and further we are exploring the application of this methodology for producing vegetable and soybean oil based lubricants.

In a separate study, we have studied the application of electrical fields for the removal of metallic impurities from hard chrome plating solutions. In another study, we have and continue to synthesize novel amorphous materials by electrochemical methods. Very rapid thermal quenching of the liquid mixtures of metals and metalloids generally produces amorphous materials. The thermal quenching methods have their major shortcoming in that it is difficult to produce films. Electrochemical methods allow us to deposit on most substrates films of required thickness of amorphous materials that have unique magnetic and corrosion resistant properties. We have been investigating structural and corrosion properties of these glassy substances by x-ray absorption spectroscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The other environmental engineering project that was completed relatively recently involved the removal of selenium from agricultural water using nanoparticles and other carbonaceous adsorbents.

The two other major research projects that I was involved are related to the processing of syn gas and coal for the production of clean hydrogen gas, and simultaneous sequestration of carbon dioxide.

Thus, I would conclude that my research interests are fairly broad and multidisciplinary. I have conducted funded research in collaboration with individuals with backgrounds in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science, food and nutrition, and physics.

Teaching Interests

My teaching methodology involves first explaining to the students the basic principles underlying the seemingly complex processes, and then to build upon it the techniques of problem formulation through a thorough understanding of concepts in fundamentals of engineering followed by problem solution techniques, and analysis of the results obtained, rather than the plug-and-chug approach of a practicing technologist. This is accomplished in classes by lectures, homework assignments, discussions, quizzes and tests, and out of class by emphasizing the problem solving approaches on a one-to-one basis. In order to promote the life learning skills, I try to show to the students the similar underlying principles in their various classes by emphasizing the same nature of fundamental equations involving mass, heat and momentum transfer. As far as I am concerned, the most necessary tools for student learning are the development of critical thinking, understanding contexts, engaging with other learners, and reflecting and acting.

During my professional career spanning over a period of nearly twenty seven years, I have taught classes in material and energy balance, mass transfer, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, engineering economics, environmental engineering, electrochemical engineering, chemical kinetics and reactor design, corrosion, senior capstone design, unit operations lab, and separation processes. For graduate students, I have taught courses in transport phenomena, chemical engineering mathematical methods, chemical reaction engineering, conduction heat transfer, convective heat transfer, electrochemical engineering, and graduate seminar.

Given the wide selection of courses that I have had the opportunity to teach at both undergraduate as well as graduate levels, I am very comfortable to teach any of the classes listed above. In addition, should the need arise, I can teach the process control class as well. Like a typical faculty member, I have also developed numerous courses that were subsequently taught by me. I also volunteer my time every semester to conduct a review course for students who prepare for the Fundamentals of Engineering examination.

I must also add that I have been a recipient of several teaching awards. Also, I have been involved in writing problems for the Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineering examinations conducted by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. Nonetheless, I still participate in workshops to improve my teaching skills.