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Directing the NSF's broad funding support for the creation of innovative cutting edge research centers for industry-university collaboration as well as researchers seeking to develop early stage technology towards commercial use. Programs managed: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (https://iucrc.nsf.gov)Partnerships for Innovation Program (www.nsf.gov/PFI)Grants Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) - https://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/goali.jsp Grad Student internships (INTERN) www.nsf.gov/INTERN

Arlington, Va

Directing the NSF's broad funding focus in the chemical technology, green chemistry and environmental technology arena , selecting and funding start-ups and small businesses that are developing novel and transformative high impact technologies that could disrupt and redefine their marketplace with significant commercial and societal impact.Funding areas broadly include (but not limited to): Bio-based chemicals and polymers, bioenergy, alternative fuels, energy storage, energy supply and use, electrochemical processes, novel chemical and biochemical technology in commodity, specialty and fine chemicals production; separation technologies, novel polymeric materials, water and wastewater treatment, environmental technologies, novel catalytic technologies, food technology, process intensification, sensors and moreActive funding portfolio of 70-80 Companies.

Vice President Research & Technology: 2006 - 2011Developed and rapidly commercialized over 18 months, a versatile flexible feedstock Chemical Process Technology and Plant Design for a grassroots 15 million gal/year production plant for Biodiesel production from waste vegetable oils and Animal fats • Led the in-house experimental research and process definition of a complete Process Technology for Biodiesel Production • Directed complete process design right from early Front End Loading activity to final detailed process and equipment specification and design. • Designed all key process plant equipment such as reactors, heat exchangers, distillation systems, evaporators, filtration systems, cooling towers, vacuum systems • Directed production plant startup and post-startup process optimization• Plant was sold in 2012

Pennsylvania, United States

Vice President Research & Technology: 2003-2011Co-Inventor and principal designer of key technologies in the company’s product portfolio including patented HI-FLUX™ reactor and mixing technologies, patented HI-FLO Surface Aeration System™ wastewater oxygenation technologies and patented energy efficient EPA Class A digestion technology for bio-organics treatment • Directed technology development, market development, technical sales, intellectual property management, and all aspects of Research and Development activity• Initiated and managed chemical reactor technology development with Fortune 500 clients for commodity and specialty chemicals manufacture• HI-FLUX™ Multiphase Reactors are currently in use in a broad spectrum of end uses ranging from Biodiesel production, chemical and polymer reaction systems and biotechnology applications • HI-FLO™ Surface Aerators were first commercialized in 2002, is currently in operational use in wastewater treatment in over 16 US Metros and several installations worldwide, with new projects currently under implementation. Average energy savings of 20-30% have been typically achieved with system retrofits treating roughly 1.8 B Gal/day of US Wastewater. This represents roughly 5% of US Wastewater flow. Mixing & Mass Transfer Technologies (m2t) is a US corporation founded in 2001, with headquarters in State College, PA. The company’s founders are recognized experts and leaders in the mixing, mass transfer, aeration and wastewater treatment fields, with decades of experience in environmental and industrial applications. Members of the founding group were instrumental to developing the UNOX wastewater treatment process that currently treats about 50% of US municipal wastewater flow.In 2002, m2t acquired the Lotepro from Linde A.G. Lotepro was a major supplier of environmental technologies and technical services to municipal and industrial waste treatment plant owners for more than 30 years.

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• Improvements in oxidation reaction technology for existing world scale Propylene Oxide/Styrene Monomer manufacturing plants. Reaction engineering for next generation Propylene Oxide Technology. • Rapid commercialization of Specialty Chemicals via pilot plant R&D and custom/toll manufacturing. Developed key Process Technology for Lyondell’s successful product launch of Ethacryl™ Concrete Additive in partnership with a global leader in Construction Products and additives. Spearheaded technology development, scale up and large scale Toll manufacturing to meet global demand for this new product. • Worked across multiple business lines as a corporate consultant for chemical reactor and mixing technology. Spearheaded the widespread use of CFD for process analysis and research in areas including Polyols, Isocyanate, single and multiphase reaction systems• Served as a founding member on a Global Corporate R&D Innovation Hub for rapid evaluation of promising new ideas for investments and development leading to: Improvements to existing Technology/markets/products, Novel new products within existing business areas, Innovations leading to new/unfamiliar markets requiring new strategic focus• Awarded two Lyondell Chemical Company Corporate Technical Achievement Awards

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Invented new scalable draft-tube stirred tank reactor technology for primary use in mixing and multiphase heat, mass transfer and reaction.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech

Education record

Egmore, Chennai, INDIA

Master Of Science (M.S.), Chemical Engineering

Polymer Diffusion – Molecular Dynamics • Identified fundamental aspects of the binding physics and surface diffusion dynamics of short.