ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
ACADEMICS
OPPORTUNITIES
FACULTY AND STAFF
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
AND RESEARCH
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sarwan Sandhu

Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, England, 1973
D.I.C., Imperial College, London, England, 1973
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1970
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Punjab University, India, 1966
B.Sc., Science, Punjab University, India, 1961

Research and work experience
Professor, University of Dayton, 1990-present

Research interests

  • Air pollution engineering
  • Chemical kinetics
  • Combustion science/combustion engineering
  • Electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering
  • Fluidization
  • Synthetic fuels
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transport phenomena
  • Optics
  •       

    Selected publications
    Fellner, J.P. and Sandhu, S.S., "Modeling High Rate Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Fundamental and Empirical Methods", accepted for presentation at the AIChE 2008 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

    Sandhu, S.S., Fellner, J.P and Brutchen, G.W., "Mathematical formulation for the Design/Performance Analysis of a Lithium-Ion Insertion Cell," accepted for presentation at the AIChE 2008 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

    Sandhu, S.S., Brutchen, G.W. and Fellner, J.P., "Mathematical Formulation for the Performance Analysis of a Lithium-Ion Insertion Cell", published in the Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Products, Vol. 15, pp. 41-50 (2008). Product Safety Corporation, P. O. Box 13080, Sissonville, West Virginia 25360. This paper was also presented at the 15th International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Products, The Greenbrier, White Sulfer Springs, West Virginia, January 14-15, 2008.

    Sandhu, S.S., Fellner, J.P. and Brutchen, G.W., "Lithium/Air Battery Model," published in the 2007 Spring National Meeting Conference Proceedings CD-ROM. This paper was also presented at the AIChE Spring National Meeting, Session #12 - Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technology, Hilton, Houston, Texas, April 22-27, 2007.

    Sandhu, S.S., Brutchen, G.W. and Fellner, J.P., "Lithium/Air Cell: Preliminary Mathematical Formulation and Analysis," Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 170, pp. 196-209, 2007.

    Sandhu, S.S., Fellner, J.P., Brutchen, G.W., "Diffusion-Limited Model for a Lithium/Air Battery with an Organic Electrolyte," Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 164, pp 365-371, 2007.

    Sandhu, S.S., Saif, Y.A and Fellner, J.P., "A reformer performance model for fuel cell applications," Journal of Power Sources, 140, pp. 88-102, 2005.

    Sandhu, S.S., et al., " Prediction of transport fluxes of species through a solid polymer electrolyte membrane of a direct methanol fuel cell," accepted for publication in  International Journal of Electrochimica Acta, 2005.

    Sandhu, S.S., et al., "Direct methanol fuel cell thermodynamic simulation," AIChE Topical Conference Proceedings of the Fuel Cell Technology on CD-ROM, Paper 514h, Fuel Cell Technology II, 2004.

    Sandhu, S.S. et al., "Reformer performance model for fuel cell applications," AIChE Topical Conference Proceedings of the Fuel Cell Technology on CD-ROM, Paper 25c, Fuel Processing: Reactor Development and Modeling, 2004.

    Sandhu, S. S., Crowther, R.O., Krishnan, S.C. and Fellner, J.P., "Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Modeling: Reversible Open-Circuit Voltage and Species Flux Equations," Journal of Electrochimica Acta, 48, pp.2295-2303, 2003.

    Sandhu, S. S., et al. "Direct Methanol Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Modeling: Open Circuit Voltage Equation," 34th International Conference on Fire Safety and 8th International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Products, 34, pp. 233-253, Product Safety Corporation, Sissonville, West Virginia, 2002.

    Sandhu, S. S. and Fellner, J. P., "Methanol Fuel Cell Development," 33rd International Conference on Fire Safety, 33, pp. 36-40; Product Safety Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, 2001.

    Sandu, S. S., "An Investigation of Fire Spread on a Fibrous Bed," in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Fire Safety, 31, pp. 147-157; Product Safety Corporation, Columbus, Ohio, 2000.

    Memberships
    American Association of Engineering Societies
    American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    American Society of Engineering Education
    Combustion Institute
    Materials Research Society
    Mathematical Society of America

    Contact 
    Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
    University of Dayton
    300 College Park Drive
    Dayton, OH 45469-0246

    Phone: 937-229-2627
    Fax: 937-229-3433
    E-mail: sarwan.sandhu@notes.udayton.edu



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