Sandeep Kumar

Dr. Sandeep Kumar earned a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering and has been an Assistant Professor and Director, Energy Cluster in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. His areas of interest are supercritical fluids (CO2 and water), biofuels, and the applications of chemical and environmental engineering concepts to produce renewable fuels. He has been a regular reviewer for several scientific international journals and have served on numerous NSF proposals grant panels for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs. He has set up a biofuel laboratory consisting of advanced instruments and have been able to generate more than $750,000 of sponsored research including the prestigious NSF CAREER award. Besides the current academic career, he has more than 12 years of experience in industry and R&D including 10 years as Scientific Officer (C, D, & E) at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India, with responsibilities in new process development, process engineering, and project management. Full current CV with publication lists can be found at http://www.odu.edu/directory/people/s/skumar , http://www.odu.edu/eng/research/clusters/energy .