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Email: sxp17@psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-0874 Office Address: Title: Professor Website: http://www.ems.psu.edu/~pisupati https://www.c2m.psu.edu/Research Areas: Education Background: |
About:Sarma V. Pisupati is a Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Director of the Center for Critical Minerals (C2M) at The Pennsylvania State University. Before forming the C2M and taking on its leadership, Dr. Pisupati established the first undergraduate energy engineering degree program in the U.S., led through the ABET accreditation, and served as Program Chair for eleven years until 2019. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Fuel Science and has been studying and teaching energy and environmental issues for the past 35 years. He worked in the industry for five years before joining Penn State. Dr. Pisupati’s current areas of scientific research are coal and biomass gasification and extracting critical and rare earth elements from secondary sources, promoting a circular economy. Sarma currently leads the Consortium to Assess Northern Appalachia Resource Yield (CANARY) of CORE-CM for Advanced Materials, a project funded by US DOE. His research team developed a patent-pending three-stage critical mineral extraction process from acid mine drainage. He co-authored over 225 research publications and has one U.S. and two provisional patents. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and serves on the Editorial Boards of several scientific journals. He received numerous Teaching Awards, including The George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching and the G. Montgomery and Marion Mitchell Award for Innovative Teaching. Sarma was presented with the Dr. R.A. Mashelkar Medal for Innovation and Science Leadership by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2021 and several best paper awards at professional society conferences and annual meetings, including AIChE, IIChE, ASEE, and Pittsburgh Coal Conference.Research Interests:• Numerical modeling of combustion systems for NOx emission reduction• Advanced power generation methods • Coal and biomass co-gasification • Mechanisms of agglomeration of fluidized bed ash • Extraction of rare earth and critical elements from wastes and rock samples Memberships & Committees:• Chair, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education (2008-2009)• Chair Elect, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education (2007-2008) • Member, Five-Member Expert Panel and Task Force, Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate (APP), U.S. Department of State (2007) • Chair, Petroleum Chemistry Inc. Trust Fund Committee of the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Chemistry Division (2006 - present) • Program Chair, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education (2006-2007) • Session Moderator - Energy Curriculum Advances, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 18-21, 2006 (2006) • Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Energy Resources and Technology (JERT) (2006-present) • Session Convener -12th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks. (2005) Sessions on: - Creating Adaptable and Personalized Curricula: The Effect on Student Success - Hybrid Learning 101: A three day workshop designed for faculty - Achieving scalability through organizational change - Wise Model of Collaboration: Improve Access, Increase Quality, Decrease Cost - Faculty Training Credentialing and Support • Secretary /Treasurer American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Energy Conversion and Conservation Division (ECCD). (2005-2006) • Session Moderator - Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 12-15, 2005 (2005) • Co-chair of a symposium on "Fundamentals: Nitrogen Oxides," 18th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion, May 18-21, 2005, Toronto, Canada (2005) • Newsletter Editor, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Energy Conversion and Conservation Division (ECCD) (2004-2005) • Guest Editor, Journal of Energy Resources and Technology (JERT) Special Issue June 2006 (2004 - 2005) • Chairman, ASME 17th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion, Jacksonville, FL. (2003) • Treasurer, Petroleum Division, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2002-2005) • Chair, Committee for website management, ACS Petroleum Chemistry Division (2000-2003) Program Chair, Fuel Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society (ACS). In-charge of planning and developing technical program by selecting the symposia topics, coordinating with the symposia chairs, ACS and Director of preprints for printing the preprints. (2001) Honors & Awards:• John J. Ryan Faculty Fellowship, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (2008)• Best Paper Award, 1st Place in the Best paper Award Competition, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 23-26, 2008. • Named - Penn State’s “Most Valuable Professor” (MVP) on the student produced television show “After Hours” (2008) • Nominated and Selected to Homecoming Faculty Court by students at Penn State (2007) • e-Education Faculty Fellowship in recognition of scholarship of online teaching and learning, and recognition of contribution to College’s Open Educational (OER) Initiative, John A Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State (2007) • G. Montgomery and Marion Mitchell Award for Innovative Teaching in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. This award is to "recognize faculty of the College who use innovative teaching techniques in their courses." Penn State (2007) • e-Education Faculty Fellowship in recognition of contributions to online teaching and learning, and participation in University’s Blended Learning Initiative, John A Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State (2006) • Best Paper Award, 1st Place in the Best paper Award Competition, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006. • Best Presentation Award, 2nd International Congress on Chemistry and Environment, Organized by International Research Journal for Chemistry and Environment, December 24-26, 2005, Indore, India • Best Paper Award, 2nd Place in the Best paper Award Competition, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR. (2005) • George Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, University-wide Award named after Penn State's seventh president, was established in 1989 as a continuation of the AMOCO Foundation Award. It honors excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level, Penn State University (2005) • Best Paper Award, 2nd Place in the Best paper Award Competition, Energy Conversion and Conservation Division, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.(2004) • e-Education Faculty Fellowship in recognition of contributions to e-education, John A Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State (2004) • ANGEL Course Contest Award for the development of Best Science course, EGEE 102: Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection. Nominated by the students and selected by Teaching and Learning with Technology, Penn State University (2004) • e-Education Faculty Fellowship in recognition of contributions to e-education, John A Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State (2003) • Matthew J. and Anne C. Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University. (2003) • Innovator Incentive Award, Penn State Research Foundation (2002) • Outstanding Technical Paper Award, Thirteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Center for Energy Research, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (1996) • Outstanding Service Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University (1995) • "Honorable Mention" Award (cash prize), Graduate Research Exhibition, Penn State (1990) Teaching:• EGEE 102 Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (hybrid)• EGEE 580 - Design Engineering (co-taught) Publications:Elsevier: https://pennstate.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/sarma-v-pisupati/publications/ Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=PJO2sJUAAAAJ
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