CAS Head - 050809

Pat Nandakumar

Education

  • B.S. Physics, 1992, Pondicherry University, India
  • M.S. Material Science and Technology, 1994, Pondicherry University, India
  • Ph.D. Physics (Materials Science), 2001, Pondicherry University, India

Postdoctoral Experience

Department of Chemistry, UTPB, Electrochemical Recycling in Biomass Process under Prof. Dr. Michael Robinson, 2002-2004

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Boston 2004-2005

Membership

  • ACS Permian Basin Section
  • American Ceramic Society
  • American Chemical Society
  • Electro Chemical Society

Honors

  • University Topper, Gold Medalist in Masters Degree, 1994
  • Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, 1997-2000
  • Junior Research Fellowship awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. 1995-1997
  • GATE-96 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)

Research Field

  • Electrochemistry
  • Nano-Particle Synthesis
  • Solid State Battery studies
  • Ion conducting Membrane studies 

Selected Publications and Presentations

“Superionic conductivity of Lithium based electrolytes in the LiI-Li2O-MoO2-V2O5 (LMV) quaternary glass system”, Stewart C. Mann, Zachary Reynolds, Pat Nandakumar, 215th Electrochemical Society meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 24-29, 2009

 “Solid state Batteries and their role in powering our future”,Stewart Mann, Zachary Reynolds, Pat Nandakumar, Futuropolis 2058: Creating Sustainable Urban Environments through Innovation, Singapore, October 21-22, 2008
 
“Superionic conductivity of lithium (LMV) electrolytes”, Stewart Mann, Pat Nandakumar, The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, the University of Texas at El Paso, Sep 18-19, 2008
 
“Preparation and characterization of silver based solid state ionic electrolytes”, Zachary Reynolds, Pat Nandakumar, The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, the University of Texas at El Paso, Sep 18-19, 2008
 
"Impedance Spectroscopy Studies of Ionic Conducting Glasses", Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) June 29 - July 2, 2008
 
 “Solid State Battery Studies on Super Ionic Conducting Silver Chromo Phosphate Systems”, International Battery Materials Association (IBA), Shenzhen (China) Nov 19-20 2007

Continuous Electrochemical Reduction of Iodine in Biomass to Fuel Process, Patcheammalle Nandakumar, J. Michael Robinson and Louis S. Ornelas, The 204th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Orlando, FL, Oct 12-16, 2003

 Conversion of polyhydric alcohols into hydrocarbons; the search for a coupled reducing agent, J. Michael Robinson, Patcheammalle Nandakumar, Thomas Millstead and Louis S. Ornelas, The 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 200

 Conversion of polyhydric alcohols into hydrocarbons; the search for a coupled reducing agent, The 4th Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, The University of Texas at El Paso, Oct 3-5, 2002.

 “Preparation, characterization And impedance studies of the superionic conducting AgI-Ag2O-CrO3–V2O5 glassy system,”Solid State Ionics, 2000, 136-137, 1097

Contact Information

Dr. Pat Nandakumar
UTPB Chemistry
4901 E. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79762

Office: Founders Bldg. Rm 30C
Phone: (432)552-2241
Fax: (432)663-2236
Email: nandakumar_p@utpb.edu