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Professor Tam Sridhar

Professor Tam Sridhar

B.Tech., Madras University, 1971
M.E., Indian Institute of Science, 1973
Ph.D., Monash University, 1978

Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor and Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Email: Tam.Sridhar@eng.monash.edu.au
Tel: + 61 3 9905 3419
Executive Assistant: Ms Helen Leonard
Tel: + 6 1 3 9905 3419
Room 108, Building 72 Engineering

Professional Appointments

  • 2003-current : Dean, Faculty of Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University
    • 1992-2003: Professor and Chairman
    • 1987-1992: Reader
    • 1982-1986: Senior Lecturer
    • 1978-1980: Senior Teaching Fellow
    • 1977-1978: Research Assistant
  • 1981-1982: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA .

Awards

  • Centenary Medal for service to Chemical Engineering
  • ESSO award for significant contributions to Chemical Engineering
  • G.P.Kane Chemical Weekly Distinguished Speakership award

Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
  • Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • Australian Society Rheology (Past President)
  • Co Editor, Korea-Australia Rheology Journal

Current Research and Professional Interests

  • Gas liquid reactions: Studying the effect of mass transfer on chemical reaction especially at high pressures and temperatures in organic oxidations.
  • Polymer rheology: Measurement of extensional viscosity of polymer solutions and analysis of the behaviour of macromolecules in this flow field.

Selected Publications

  • A.K. Suresh, T. Sridhar and O.E. Potter, "Mass transfer and solubility in autocatalytic oxidation of cyclohexane", AIChEJ, 34, 55 (1988)
  • A.K. Suresh, T. Sridhar and O.E. Potter, "Autocatalytic oxidation of cyclohexane - Modelling reaction kinetics", AIChEJ, 34, 69 (1988)
  • A.K. Suresh, T. Sridhar and O.E. Potter, Mass Transfer and Chemical Reaction - Autocatalytic Oxidation of Cyclohexane", AIChEJ, 34, 81 (1988) R.K. Gupta and T. Sridhar, "Extensional Rheometers", Chapter 8 in "Rheological Measurements", D. Clegg and A.A. Collyer (Eds.), Elsevier Applied Science (1988)
  • T. Sridhar, "Overview of Project M1", J. non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 35, 85 (1990)
  • A.K. Suresh, T. Sridhar and O.E. Potter, "Catalysed oxidation of cyclohexane in the liquid phase", AIChEJ, 36, 137 (1990)
  • T. Sridhar, V. Tirtaatmadja, D.A. Nguyen and R.K. Gupta, "Measurement of extensional viscosity of polymer solutions", J. non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 40, 270 (1991)
  • A.K. Suresh, T. Sridhar and O.E. Potter, "Rate oscillations in cyclohexane oxidation", AIChEJ, 37, 1242 (1991)
  • T. Sridhar, V. Tirtaatmadja, D.A. Nguyen and R.K. Gupta, "Measurement of Extensional Viscosity of Polymer Solutions", J. non-Newt. Fluid Mech. 40, 270, (1991)
  • V. Tirtaatmadja and T. Sridhar, "A filament stretching device for measurement of extensional viscosity", J. Rheol. 37 , 1081 (1993).
  • Y.W. Ooi and T. Sridhar, "Extensional rheometry of fluid S1", J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 52, 153-162 (1994)
  • Y.W. Ooi and T. Sridhar, "Uniaxial Extension of a Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Solution", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 33, 2368-2373 (1994)
  • D.F. James and T. Sridhar, "Molecular Conformation during Steady-State Measurements of Extensional Viscosity", J. Rheology, 39:4 713-724 (1995
  • V. Tirtaatmadja and T. Sridhar, "Modelling of the extensional viscosity of polymer solutions", J. Rheol., 39,1133 (1995).
  • D.F.James and T.Sridhar, "Molecular conformation during steady state measurements of extensional viscosity", J.Rheol.,39,1081 (1995).
  • D.A.Nguyen and T.Sridhar, "Solvent effects in the carbonylation of methanol", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 35,3044 (1996).
  • N.V. Orr and T.Sridhar, "Stress relaxation in extensional flows ", J. non-Newt. Fluid Mech., 67, 77 (1996).
  • Y.Wen, O.E.Potter and T.Sridhar, "Oxidation of cyclohexane in a continuous reactor", Chem. Eng. Sci., 52, 4593 (1997).
  • J. Remmelgas, L. Gary Leal, N.V. Orr and T. Sridhar, "Viscous and Elastic Stresses in Extensional Rheometry", J. Non-Newt. Fluid Mechanics, 76,111 (1998).
  • N.V. Orr and T. Sridhar, “Probing the dynamics of polymer solutions in extensional flow by step strain rate experiments “J. Non-Newt. fluid Mechanics, 82, 203-232 (1999).
  • S.M.Mahajani, M.M.Sharma and T.Sridhar “ Uncatalysed oxidation of Cyclohexene” Chem Eng Sci., 54, 3967 (1999).
  • R.K.Gupta, D.A.Nguyen, T.Sridhar,“Extensional viscosity of dilute polystyrene solutions: Effect of concentration and molecular weight"” Physics of Fluids, 12, 1296 (2000).
  •  L.Lei, R.G.Larson, T.Sridhar “Brownian dynamics simulations of dilute polystyrene solutions”, J.Rheol., 44, 291 (2000).
  • T.Sridhar, D. A.Nguyen, and G.G.Fuller “Birefringence and stress in uniaxial extension of polymer solutions” , J. Non-Newt. fluid Mechanics, 90, 299 (2000).
  • T.Sridhar “From rheometry to rheology”, Korea_Aust. Rheol. J., 12, 39(2000). A.K.Suresh, M.M.Sharma and T.Sridhar”, “Engineering aspects of liquid phase air oxidations of hydrocarbons”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 39, 3958-3997(2000).
  • S. L. Anna, G.H.McKinley, D.A. Nguyen, T.Sridhar, S.J. Muller, J.Huang, and D.F.James “An interlaboratory comparison of measurements from filament-stretching rheometers using common test fluids” J.Rheol. 45, 83-114(2001).
  • S.M.Mahajani, M.M.Sharma and T.Sridhar, “Extractive hydration of n-Butene with solid acid catalysts in liquid phase and under supercritical conditions”, Chem Eng Sci., 56, 5625 (2001).
  • X.Ye and T.Sridhar “Shear and Extensional properties of three-arm polystyrene solutions”, Macromol, 34, 8270 (2001)
  • G.H.McKinley and T.Sridhar, “Filament stretching rheometer”, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mechanics, by invitation, 34, 375-415 (2002).
  • S.M.Mahajani, M.M.Sharma and T.Sridhar, “Direct hydration of propylene in the liquid phase and under supercritical conditions in the presence of a solid acid catalyst”, Chem Eng Sci., 55, 4877 (2002).
  • H. Zhang, S.M.Mahajani, M.M.Sharma and T.Sridhar, “Hydration of cyclohexene with solid acid catalysts”, Chem Eng Sci., 57, 315 (2002).
  • P.K.Bhattacharjee,J.Oberhauser,G.H.Mckinley,L.G.Leal and T.Sridhar, “Extensional Rheology of Entangled Solutions”, Macromol, 35,10131-10148, (2002).
  • X. Ye, R. G. Larson, C. Pattamaprom and T. Sridhar, “Extensional properties of monodisperse and bidisperse polystyrene solutions”, J. Rheol, 47,443-468, (2003).
  • P.K.Bhattacharjee, D.A.Nguyen, G.H.Mckinley and T.Sridhar, “Extensional stress growth and stress relaxation in entangled polymer solutions”, J.Rheol, 47,269-290 (2003).