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Dr. Sushant Kumar

 
 
Dr. Sushant Kumar
Asst. Professor
Ph.D., Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
B.Tech., Institute of Chemical Technology (erstwhile UDCT), Mumbai, India
Ph: +91-612-302 8670
sushantkumar[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Research Areas : Clean Hydrogen Production Methods, Hydrogen Storage using metal hydrides, CO2 Utilization and Capture, Catalysts for clean energy applications.
Other Interests : Photography
Courses taught at IITP : CB404 (Plant Design and Economics)
Current Sponsored projects :
Title Value (Rs.) Principal Investigator Sponsored by Status
Low pressure ammonia synthesis using nitrides as catalysts 33.08 lacs Dr. Sushant Kumar SERB-DST Ongoing (2018-2021)
Professional Experience : Postdoctoral Researcher (May 2014- July 2016) in Nanoparticles by Design Unit at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan.
Awards & Honours :
  • Awarded Honorary Membership for the National Academy of Inventors, NAI, USA, 2013.
  • Recognized for Outstanding performance as Doctoral Graduate, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, FIU, fall 2013.
  • Nominated as Best Doctoral Graduate for Fall-2013 in School of Engineering and Computing, FIU.
  • Recipient for Dissertation Evidence Acquisition Fellow.
  • Recipient for Dissertation Year Fellow: University Graduate school, FIU
  • Invitation to publish book for Springerbriefs in Energy, 2014, Springer.
Journals Reviewed :
  • International Journal of Energy Research
  • Journal of CO2 Utilization
  • Scientific Reports
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • RSC Advances
Member of Professional bodies :
  • International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)
  • American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
  • The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Books :
  • Clean Hydrogen Production Methods, Sushant Kumar, SpringerBriefs in Energy, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-14087-2.
Book Chapter :
  • Role of sodium hydroxide for hydrogen gas production and storage, Sushant Kumar, Suredra K. Saxena, in “Materials and processes for energy: communicating current research and technological developments” Ed. A. Mendez-Vilas, Formatex Research Center (Badajoz, Spain), ISBN 9788493984373, 2013, Page no. 452-463.
Patent :
  • Sushant Kumar, Vadym Drozd, Andriy Durygin, Surendra K. Saxena, “Method and system for sequestering carbon dioxide and producing hydrogen gas, US Patent Application no. 14/559,699. Publication date: 03/12/2014.
Publications :

Selected Publications:

  • Sushant Kumar, T. Pavloudis, V. Singh, H. Nguyen, S. Steinhauer, C. Pursell, B. Clemens, P. Grammatikopoulos, M. Sowwan, “Hydrogen flux through size selected Pd nanoparticles into underlying Mg nanofilms”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 1701326 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201701326 (Impact factor: 16.721).
  • Sushant Kumar, V. Singh, C. Cassidy, C. Pursell, C. Nivargi, B. Clemens, M. Sowwan, “Hydrogenation of Mg nanofilms catalyzed by size-selected Pd nanoparticles: Observation of localized MgH2 nanodomains”, Journal of Catalysis, vol. 337, 2016, pp. 14-25 (Impact factor: 7.354).
  • Sushant Kumar, Vadym Drozd, Andriy Durygin, Surendra K. Saxena, “A novel method to capture CO2 at iron industries using mixture of magnetite and iron”, Energy Technology, vol. 4, 2016, pp. 560-564 (Impact factor: 2.557).
  • Sushant Kumar, Surendra K. Saxena, “A Comparative study of CO2 sorption properties for different oxides”, Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol. 3, 2014, pp. 30 (Impact factor: N/A).
  • Sushant Kumar, “The effect of elevated pressure, temperature and particles morphology on the carbon dioxide capture using zinc oxide”, Journal of CO2 Utilization, vol. 8, 2014, pp.60-66 (Impact factor: 4.764).
  • Sushant Kumar, Surendra K. Saxena, Vadym Drozd, “A modified method for production of hydrogen from methane”, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 36, 2012, pp. 1133-1138 (Impact factor: 2.529).
  • Surendra K. Saxena, Sushant Kumar, Vadym Drozd, “A modified steam-methane-reformation reaction for hydrogen production”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 36, 2011, pp. 4366-4369 (Impact factor: 3.205).
Presentations :
  • Site-selective hydrogen absorption in Mg thin films using Palladium Nanoparticles” at Gordon Research Conference (Hydrogen-Metal Systems Boston, July 11- July 17, 2015).
  • “Role of NaOH for hydrogen production” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013).
  • “Post-combustion CO2 capture using metal oxides” at SMEC (Miami- Puerto Rico-St. Thomas-St. Maarten-Miami, March 23- March 30, 2013).
  • “Mineral Carbonation using MgO” at MCARE, (Hilton clear water beach, Florida, February 26-March 1, 2012).
  • “Zero Carbon emission methods for hydrogen Production” at SMEC, (Miami- Belize-Mexico-Miami, March 27- April 2, 2011).
  • “Combining Carbon dioxide sequestration and hydrogen production” at FESC (Orlando, Florida, September 28-29, 2010).

 

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