Pradeep K. Agrawal
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and the ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow
Contact Information
Building: Ford ES&T
Office: 1202 & L1230
Phone: 404.894.2826 &
404.894.3274
Fax: 404.894.2866
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Pradeep K. Agrawal
Education
B.S. 1975, University of Roorkee, India
M.S. 1977, University of Delaware
Ph.D. 1979, University of Delaware
Research Interests
Dr. Agrawal's research interests lie in the fields of heterogenerous catalysis, modeling of chemical reaction processes, and biotechnology. His work in catalysis includes alkali promotion of supported transition-metal catalysts, bimetallic-supported clusters in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, and the role of metal-support interaction in catalyst activity and selectivity. His interest in the field of catalysis includes the phenomenon of hydrogen spillover in supported metal catalysts. The reaction studies, when integrated with the results of various physicochemical characterizations of supported catalysts, provide a basic and complete understanding of the catalyst behavior, which has been a central theme of his research efforts. More recent research interests involve the modeling of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes for the synthesis of cermic composites (A1N and BN), liquid-membrane encapsulated enzymes for biochemical reactions, gas-liquid reaction systems, and microbial transformation of syngas to oxygenates.