Name:
Sai S Prakash
Country:
USA
City:
Arlington
State/Province:
MA
ACS Member:
Non-member
Local Section:
L101,Central Massachusetts
International Chapter:
Technical Division Membership:
Technical Division Membership Emeritus:
Subdivision Member:
ACS Activities:
Company/Institution Name:
Career Stage:
Professional
Research and Special Interests:
Staff Scientist at Pall Corporation, a global, membrane filtration company. Worked there since 2000, after graduating with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Current industrial research involves filtration modeling using advanced fluid mechanics, modeling of asymmetric membrane formation and mass transfer modeling of gas separation processes.
Area of Expertise:
chemical engineering, polymer science, materials science, applied mathematics, cryogenic scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM), phase inversion membrane formation, polymer phase behavior, microstructure evolution, thin films, coatings, sol-gel science, imaging ellipsometry, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), membrane filtration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, gas separation, thin film composites, finite difference modeling, MATLAB, stochastic modeling, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, multicomponent diffusion modeling of membrane formation, stress development
Years of Expertise:
6-10