FACULTY - ACADEMIC

Giridhar Madras Professor B.E., Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University (1988) M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (1989) Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (1993) Phone : +91-80-2293-2321    Fax: +91-80-2360-8121 Email : giridhar[AT]chemeng.iisc.ernet.in For more details, visit the Personal Homepage

Research Interests          Synthesis and degradation of polymers          Separations and reactions in supercritical fluids  Honors    • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, 2009, awarded by CSIR, India.    • Presidential Swarnajayanthi Fellowship, 2006, awarded by Department of Science and Technology, India.    • Scopus Young Scientist, 2006, awarded by Elsevier.  Selected Publications Nagaveni K, Hegde M S and Madras Giridhar (2004). Structure and photocatalytic activity of ti1-xMxO2±d (M= W, V, Ce, Zr, Fe and Cu) synthesized by solution combustion method. J. Phys. Chem. B. 108, 20204-20212. McCoy B J and Madras Giridhar (2004). Cluster kinetics of density relaxation in granular materials. Phys. Rev. E. 70, 051311. Sivalingam G, Priya, M H and Madras Giridhar (2004). Effect of substitution on the photocatalytic degradation of phenol using combustion synthesized tiO2: mechanism and kinetics. Appl. Cat. B: Environmental. 51, 67-76. Sivalingam G and Madras Giridhar (2004). Oxidative degradation of poly (e-caprolactone), poly (vinyl acetate) and their blends in solution. Chem. Eng. Sci. 59, 1577-1587. Sivalingam G, Agarwal N, and Madras Giridhar (2004). Distributed midpoint chain scission in ultrasonic degradation of polymers. AIChE J 50, 4835-4847