L. K. Doraiswamy
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor
Herbert L. Stiles Professor
1031 Sweeney Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2230
Phone (515)294-4117
Fax (515)294-2689
dorai
iastate.edu
Education
B.S., ChE, University of Madras, 1946
M.S., ChE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1950
Ph.D., ChE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1952
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University, 1996
CACHE Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi Association (National Engineering Honor Society), 1992
Padma Bhushan, Government of India, 1990
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science of the University of Wisconsin, 1991
Richard H. Wilhelm Award (for Chemical Reaction Engineering) of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990
Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering at Iowa State University, 1989-92
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science of the University of Salford (U.K), 1982
Research Interests
Theoretical and experimental studies in catalytic reactions and reactors (including phase-transfer reactions), modeling of gas-solid (noncatalytic) reactions, and sonochemical reaction engineering.
Other Information
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Iowa State University, 1996
Herbert Stiles Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1992-present
Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1989-1992
Selected Publications
Naik, S. D. and Doraiswamy, L. K., "Phase transfer catalysis: Chemistry and engineering," AIChE J., 44, 612 (1998).
Naik, S. D. and Doraiswamy, L. K., "Mathematical modeling of solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis," Chem. Eng. Sci., 52, 4533 (1997).
Hagenson, L. C. and Doraiswamy, L. K., "Comparison of the effects of ultrasound and mechanical agitation on a reacting solid-liquid system," Chem. Eng. Sci., in press (1998).
Desikan, S. and Doraiswamy, L. K., "The diffusion-reaction problem in triphase catalysis," Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 34, 3524 (1995).
Sofekun, O., Rollins, D., and Doraiswamy, L. K., "A random particle model for catalysis distribution," Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 2611 (1994).
Shendye, R. V., Dowd, M. K., and Doraiswamy, L. K., "The influence of surface nonidealities on catalyst effectiveness," Chem. Eng. Sci., 48, 1995 (1993).
