Activities of Azad's Research Group
Currently Available Research Projects
Sulfur-tolerant Anodes for SOFCs
Synthesis of Monodispersed Ceramic Powders with Exotic Shapes
1-D Functional Ceramic Nanofibers
Electrospinlacing - The Art of Making Protective Garments of Future
Funding Agencies for the Past and Current Projects
NASA Glenn Research Center
Department of Energy (DoE)
US Army
Ohio Department of Develoment (ODOD)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC)
University Research and Fellowship (URAF)
Industrial Partners/Research Sponsors
Ohio Companies (Catacel Inc., Essential Research Inc., Replex Inc., Total Compliance LLC, SEM-COM, Precision Engineering Technology)
Other Industries (Henkel Corp., Delphi, AirFlow Catalysts Inc., DePuy)
Current Students
Sirhan Al-Batty - MS
Ryan Hershey - MS
Robert Kinner - MS
Eric McDaniel - ChemE Undergrad intern (Fall 2009)
Recent Students
Eric McDaniel - ChemE Undergrad Co-op (Summer 2009)
Moiz Hasan - Junior, St. John Jesuit High School (Summer Intern 2009)
Saqib Ali - Pre-Med, The Ohio State University (Summer Intern 2009)
Desikan Sundararajan - PhD ChemE (Summer 2009)
Robert Kinner - ChemE Undergrad Intern (Spring & Summer 2009)
Abdul Aziz Alanazi - GRA (MS/HSC) (Fall 2008)
Mohammed Alsaab - ChemE Undergrad Intern (Fall 2008)
Gregory Faller - ChemE Undergrad Co-Op Intern (Summer 2008)
Jesse Wright - MS ChemE (Spring 2008)
Sathees Kesavan - PhD ChemE (Fall 2007)
Sirhan Al-Batty - ChemE Undergrad (Summer 2007)
Sara McKelvey - ChemE Undergrad (Summer 2007)
Zainab Al-Firdaus - 8th grader, Perrysburg Junior High School, Perrysburg, OH (Summer 2007)
Andrew Bachna - ChemE Undergrad Honors Thesis Research (Fall 2006)
Martin Duran - MS ChemE (Fall 2006)
Muralidharan Ramachandran - MS ChemE (Summer 2006)
Stephanie Lau - ChemBE Undergrad Intern (OSU, Summer 2006)
Elisa Vogel - ChemE Undergrad (Summer 2006)
Nathan Schurr - ChemE Undergrad Honors Thesis (Spring 2006)
Abhishek Kumar - Metallurgical Engineering visiting undergrad (12/05-01/06)
Morayo Noibi - ChemE Undergrad (spring 2005)
Neil Schweitzer- ChemE Undergrad (spring 2005)
Jonathan Gach - Junior, Ashville Day School, Ashville, NC (summer 2004)
Tom Matthews - ChemE Undergrad (summer 2004)
Jessica Swary - ChemE Undergrad (summer 2004)
Titles of the Supervised Research
Desikan Sundararajan, Nanoscale Sulfur Tolerant Catalysts and Desulfurizers: Performance Evaluation for JP-8 Fuel, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (July 2009).
Jesse C. Wright, Evaluation of Lanthanum Phosphate Ceramic as Alternative Nozzle Material in Sulfuric Acid Incineration, MS Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (May 2008).
Sathees Kumar Kesavan, Conversion of Mill-Scale Waste to Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron (nZVI) for ‘Green’ H2 Generation via Metal-Steam Reforming, PhD Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (November 2007).
Andrew Bachna, Synthesis of Nanoscale Magnets Using a Microemulsion Technique, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (December 2006).
Martin Duran, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Sulfur-Tolerant Catalysts and Desulfurizers for Jet Fuel Reforming, MS Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (December 2006).
Muralidharan Ramachandran, Development of New Electrolyte Material for Intermediate Temperature – Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs), MS Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (August 2006).
Nathan Schurr, Development of Carbon Nanostructures on Metallic Preforms, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UT (May 2006).
Lucia Liew Woan Shyan, Synthesis, processing and characterization of CaSnO3-based smart materials, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (September 1997).
Pang Toh Yen, Investigation on strontium stannate SrSnO3 as a smart material, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (September 1997). (Best Thesis Award)
Nee Chen Hon, Structure-property correlation of BaSnO3 - thermally stable capacitor, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (September 1997).
Liew Foo Er, Development of new solid electrolyte materials for solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1998). (Best Thesis Award)
C. Aravindraj, Development of new anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells: An investigation on sysnthesis and microstructural characterization, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1998).
Liew Jing Min, Processing, structural and electrical investigation on Mg-Sn-O system, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
Lee Siew Kim, Development of new fuel cell hearts: Li2O-doped LaGaO3, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
Haw Su Cheng, Study on AlN-CuO and AlN-NiO composites for humidity sensing application, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
Tang Kok Kwan, Fabrication of ultralow capacitance-high resistance components from clay composites, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
Wong Kok Loong, Fabrication of electronic components from inexpensive materials, Final Year Undergraduate Project, Department of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
S. Selvarajan, Development of dense BaZrO3 as a technical ceramic, MS Thesis, Dept. of Physics, UPM (November 2000).
Iftetan Ahmad Taha, Correlation of some dielectric properties with processing and microstructure in Mg-Sn-O system, MS Thesis, Dept. of Physics, UPM (March 1999).
Saleh A. Khawaldeh, Superconducting properties of sol-gel derived Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system, MS Thesis, Dept. of Physics, UPM (March 1998): Cosupervised.