Positions Held

Advisement and Mentoring

Visiting Scientists/Scholars

Dr. Y.-K. Eom (1998-99), currently, Professor, Andong National University, South Korea

Dr. K. Muralidhar (1997), currently, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Dr. N. Rudraiah (1996), INSA Senior Scientist and Former Vice-Chancellor, Gulbarga University, India

Dr. M. J. Malashetty (Spring 1993), currently, Professor, Gulbarga University, India

Dr. Jiin-Yuh Jang (Summer 1990), currently, University Distinguished Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan

Ms. Q. Tian (1987-89), from Shanghai Institute of Electric Power, China

Research Scientists/Post-Doctoral Fellows

Srinivas Pendurti, Ph.D. (’03), Stony Brook University (5/03 – 9/06); currently, Lead Engineer, Heat Transfer and Fluid Systems Department, General Electric - Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio

Govindhan Dhanaraj, Ph.D. (’97), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (12/99 – 8/2001); currently, Manager (Crystal Growth Technology), ARC-Energy, Nashua, New Hampshire

Qi-Sheng Chen, Ph.D. (‘97), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (9/97 – 6/02); currently, Professor, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

Arun K. Saha, Ph.D. ('99), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (7/99 – 8/00); currently, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Debasish Mishra, Ph.D. ('98), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (1/99 – 3/00; 4/01– 5/03); currently, Senior Technologist, General Electric Global Research Center, Bangalore, India

Athonu Chatterjee, Ph.D. ('98), Stony Brook University (1/99 – 8/00); currently, General Electric – Corporate R&D, Schenectady, New York

Abhra K. Roy, Ph.D. ('98), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (8/98 – 11/00); currently, Principal Engineer at CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Guo-Xiang Wang, Ph.D. (‘95), University of California, Santa Barbara (1/96 - 7/98); currently, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio

Hui Zhang, Ph.D. (‘93), Polytechnic University (1994 - 1997); currently, Professor of Engineering Physics and Associate Director, Center for Public Safety Research, Tsinghua University, Beijing; previously Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University

Chin-Chih Fang, Ph.D. (‘92), Columbia University (1993 - 1996)

Pradip Dutta, Ph.D. (‘92), Columbia University (Summer 1992); currently, Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Doctoral Advisement

1. 
   Ronghui Ma (‘03), Co-advisor with Prof. Hui Zhang, currently, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore,
   
2. 
   Srinivas Pendurti (’03), currently, Lead Engineer/Technologist, Heat Transfer and Fluid Systems Department, General Electric - Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio
   
3. 
   Ijaz Jafri ('99), currently, Vice President of Engineering, Qualtre, Inc., Marlborough (Boston), MA.
   
4. 
   Debdeep K. Mukherjee ('99)
   
5. 
   Athonu Chatterjee ('98), currently, General Electric – Corporate R&D, Schenectady, New York
   
6. 
   Ramendra K. Sahoo ('98), currently, Senior Vice President (Computation and Analysis), Citigroup, New York City; previously Researcher, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM n, Yorktown Heights, NY
   
7. 
   Chien Ouyang ('97)
   
8. 
   Yunfeng Zou (’97)
   
9. 
   John Paniagua ('96)
   
10. 
    Andrew Anselmo ('94), Consultant, previously, Member of Technical Staff, Evergreen Solar, Marlborough, Massachusetts and Capitals Markets Officer, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
    
11. 
    Vijay Shukla ('94), currently, Research Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey
    
12. 
    Ragu Murtugudde ('93), currently, Professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
    
13. 
    C.-C. Fang ('92)
    
14. 
    O. Adetutu ('92)
    
15. 
    Rajiv V. Joshi ('90), currently, IEEE Fellow and Research Staff Member, T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation, Yorktown Heights, NY
    
16. 
    Nick Kladias ('88), Previously, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Xerox Corporation, Webster Research Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
    

Masters Students

Many master’s students conducted research (with or without theses) and published papers.

Undergraduate Students

Many undergraduate students from mechanical engineering, computer science and/or electrical engineering have conducted research under Dr. Prasad. Several of them succeeded in writing journal and/or conference papers and joined graduate studies

Doctoral Committees

Served on numerous committees for doctoral dissertations in Applied Mathematics, Bioengineering, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geosciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Philosophy and Religion.

Research Collaboration with Industry and Research Labs

Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT

ASE Americas, Billerica, MA

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY

Ferrofluidics Corporation, Nashua, NH

General Instruments/General Semiconductor, Westbury, NY

GT Solar, Inc., Nashua, NH

GT Equipment Technologies, Inc., Nashua, NH

IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NH

Idaho National Energy and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., St. Peters, MO

Sterling Semiconductor, Inc., Sterling, VA

USAF Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA

Editorship, Patents, and Publications

Book/Journal Editorship:

Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Editor/Co-editor with G. Chen (Masschusetts Institute of Technology) and Y. Jaluria (Rutgers University); (Founding Editor: Late Dr. C.-L. Tien, Chancellor, UC Berkeley), Begell House Publishing, Redding, CT.

Vol. XII, C.L. Tien, V. Prasad, and F. Incropera, Eds., 7 Articles (2002)

Vol. XIII, V. Prasad, Ed., 4 Articles (2003)

Vol. XIV, V. Prasad, Y. Jaluria, and G. Chen, Eds., 26 Articles (2005)

Vol. XV, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds., Nine Chapters (2012)

Vol. XVI, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds., Thirteen Chapters (2013)

Vol. XVII, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds., Thirteen Chapters (2014)

Vol. XVIII, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds., Nine Chapters (2015)

Vol. XIX, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds., Eight Chapters (2016)

Vol. XX, G. Chen, V. Prasad, and Y. Jaluria, Eds. (Under Preparation, 2017)

Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth, Eds. G. Dhanaraj, K. Byrappa, V. Prasad, and M. Dudley, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2010.

ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Associate Editor (2002-05).

Journal of Crystal Growth, Co-Guest Editor, Volume 230, 2001.

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (Journal),

Former Member, Editorial Advisory Board.

Heat Transfer Research, Member, Editorial Advisory Board.

Symposium Volumes (Edited):

1. 
   Heat and Mass Transfer 2000, Proceeding of the 4^th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Eds. M.S. Loknath, S.P. Venkateshan, B.V.S.S.S. Prasad, B. Basu, and V. Prasad, Tata-McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2000.
   
2. 
   Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing 1996, Eds. Prasad, V., et al., ASME HTD-Vol., American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996.
   
3. 
   Thermal Processing of Materials: Thermo-Mechanics, Control and Composites, Eds. Prasad, V. and others, ASME HTD-Vol. 289, ASME, 1994.
   
4. 
   Advances in Computer-Aided Engineering of Polymer Processing, Eds. Himasekhar, K., Prasad, V, Osswald, T., and Batch, G., ASME MD Vol. 49/HTD-Vol. 283, ASME, 1994.
   
5. 
   Heat and Mass Transfer in Materials Processing and Manufacturing, Eds. Zumbrunnen, D. A., Seyed-Yagoobi, J., Prasad, V. and Charmchi, M., ASME HTD-Vol. 261, ASME, 1993.
   
6. 
   Transport Phenomena in Non-Conventional Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Eds. Chan, C.-L., Incropera, F. P. and Prasad, V., ASME HTD-Vol. 259, ASME, 1993.
   
7. 
   Advanced Computations in Materials Processing, Eds. Prasad, V. and Arimilli, R. V., ASME HTD-Vol. 241, ASME, 1993.
   
8. 
   Thin Film Heat Transfer - Properties and Processing, Eds., Alam et al., ASME HTD-Vol. 184, ASME, New York, 1991.
   
9. 
   Computational Techniques and Numerical Heat Transfer on PCs and Workstations, Eds., Pepper et al., ASME HTD-Vol. 185 & AD-Vol. 23, ASME, New York, 1991.
   
10. 
    Heat Transfer in Geophysical Media, Eds., Couvillion, R. J., Prasad, V., Krause, W. B., and Kececioglu, I., ASME HTD-Vol. 172, ASME, New York, 1991.
    
11. 
    Mixed Convection Heat Transfer - 1987, Eds., Prasad, V., Catton, I., and Cheng, P., ASME HTD-Vol. 84, ASME, New York, 1987.
    
12. 
    Heat Transfer in Geophysical and Geothermal Systems, Eds., Vafai, K., Prasad, V., and Catton, I., ASME HTD-Vol. 76, ASME, NY, 1987.
    
13. 
    Natural Convection in Porous Media, Eds., Prasad, V. and Hussain, N. A., ASME HTD- Vol. 56, AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Boston, 1986.
    

Patents:

“Solar Concentrated Graphene Thermionic Emission based High-Efficiency Photovoltaic (PV) Device,” (with Wonbong Choi and Weihuan Zhao), Disclosure (2017).

W. Choi, S. Roy, K. Mathee, and V. Prasad, “Nanoscale DNA Detection System Using Species-Specific and/or Disease-Specific Probes for Rapid Identification Thereof,” Patent No. 8,597,492 (2013).

M. Chandra, K. P. Gupta, J. Talbott, I. Jafri, and V. Prasad, “Cold Wall Reactor and Method for Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor for Polysilicon Deposition,” Patent No. 6,365,225 (2002).

M. Chandra, I. Jafri, K. P. Gupta, V. Prasad, and J. Talbott “Method and Apparatus for Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polysilicon,” Patent No. 6,284,312 (2001).

M. A. Constatini, J.A. Talbott, M. Chandra, V. Prasad, A.M. Caster, K. P. Gupta, and , P.O. Leyvraz, “Method and Apparatus for Improved Wire Saw Slurry," Patent No. 6,113,473 (2000).

Refereed Articles and Review Papers: