Trikur A. Ramanarayanan
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
 

B.E., Indian Institute of Science, 1968
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1971
 

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Research Interests

Dr. Ramanarayanan is interested in the fundamental phenomena that are involved in the interaction between solids and molecular species that result in property deterioration of the solid phase. He is also interested in the application of electrochemical techniques to the study of both transport and interface related phenomena and in controlling the transport behavior of inorganic solids (ceramics) through chemical and microstructure design approaches. Dr. Ramanarayanan has close to one hundred external publications including patents related to the above areas. His current focus areas are:

  • Ceramic electrochemistry for electricity and chemicals production
  • Ceramic membranes for reactive separation of molecules
  • Nanostructures for modifying reactivity and transport in solids
  • Corrosion chemistry and corrosion-resistant materials

Awards and Honors

  • Exxon Corporate Research "Golden Tiger Award," 1995
  • Exxon Corporate Research "Golden Tiger Award," 1994
  • Exxon Research and Engineering Award of Excellence, 1992
  • Certificate of Meritorious Contribution to The Electrochemical Society, 1991.

Selected Publications

"Optimization of Ionic Transport through Mixed Conducting Oxide Ceramics," S. Ling, T.A. Ramanarayanan and M.P. Anderson, Solid State Ionics, 59 (1993) 33.

"Kinetics of Sulfur Transfer from H2S to a-Ag2+xS," V.K. Pareek, T.A. Ramanarayanan and J.D. Mumford, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142 (1995) 1784.

"Electrochemical Filters," T.A. Ramanarayanan, S. Ling, J.D. Mumford, A. Ozekcin and V.K. Pareek, Solid State Ionics, 94 (1997) 259.

"Adsorption and Reaction of Thiophene on the Fe(100) Surface: Selective Dehydrogenation and Polymerization," L. Cheng, A.B. Bocarsly, S. Bernasek and T.A. Ramanarayanan,
Surface Science, 374 (1997) 357.

"Relationship between Coking and Metal Dusting," T.A. Ramanarayanan, C.M. Chun and J.D. Mumford, Materials and Corrosion, 50 (1999) 634

"High Temperature Ion-conducting Ceramics," T.A. Ramanarayanan, S.C. Singhal and E.D. Wachsman, Interface, 10 (2001) 22.

"Metal Dusting Corrosion of Cobalt," C.M. Chun, J.D. Mumford and T.A. Ramanarayanan, J. Electrochem. Soc., 150 (2003) B76.