Sesha S. Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB118
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: (813) 974-0759
Fax: (813) 974-5250
Email: sesha@eng.usf.edu

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Resume of Career

Dr. Sesha S. Srinivasan, has received his Ph.D. from Center for Advanced Studies in Physics, Banaras Hindu University, India in the year 2000. His doctoral specialization is on the “Research and Development of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials for Device Applications”. He has carried out the investigation on synthesis and characterization of various Mg- based composite materials and transition metal complex hydrides (Mg₂FeH₆) for hydrogen storage. His PhD thesis was extensively reviewed and highly commended by the Doyen of Hydrogen Technology Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu, President, International Association for Hydrogen Energy, USA. Dr. Srinivasan received "Young Scientist Award" from the International Union of Crystallography in 1998. He has been nominated for the prestigious von Humboldt Fellowship of Germany, FAPESP fellowship of Brazil and Fast Track Young Scientist of Ministry of Science and Technology, India. He played a vital role in designing the hydrogen/hydride two wheeler vehicular projects funded by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, India. He also initiated the Indo-Ukrainian joint scientific collaboration on hydrogen storage development supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, India and Ukraine. This was the outcome of his visit to Ukraine in 1999 to deliver an invited talk during International Conference on Hydrogen Material Science and Chemistry of Metal Hydrides.

Dr. Srinivasan, then joined the research group of Dr. Craig M. Jensen, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the year 2002. He actively involved in the synthesis, doping, purification and characterization of novel light weight complex materials (Ti- doped NaAlH₄) for fuel cell applications funded by US-DOE and Japan WE-NET projects. He has developed simple and efficient solvent mediated milling technique for the synthesis of complex hydrides from the elemental mixtures of NaH and Al. He was instrumental in preparing purified and doped alanate complex hydrides for the large scale testing at Japan Steel Works. Dr. Srinivasan with Dr. Jensen has established an extensive collaboration with international scientists from various labs, GE Global Research; IFE, Norway; AIST, Japan; and University of Milan (Rome), Italy, for the exploration of fundamental identification of Ti- species in NaAlH₄ complexes.

Dr. Srinivasan is associated with the Clean Energy Research Center, University of South Florida, since 2004. He leads a Hydrogen Storage task for the US Department of Energy funded project. Light weight complex chemical hydrides and nanostructures for hydrogen storage are his field of interest. Besides, he also actively involved in the development of semiconductor heterogeneous photocatalysts for UV-Visible light photocatalysis applications funded by Center for Biological Defense. He has contributed for two book chapters on hydrogen storage. He has published 30 international journal papers and 35 peer reviewed conference proceedings papers in the field of hydrogen storage and photocatalysis research. He has other responsible scholarly activities which include; M.S./Ph.D committee member, potential reviewer for major journals such as J. Alloys and Compounds, Materials Letters, J. Physical Chemistry etc.,

Current Research Interests

• Hydrogen production (photoelectrolysis and photoelectrochemical)

• Hydrogen storage (metal hydrides, composite structures, complex chemical hydrides, nano crystalline forms)

• Hydrogen conversion (stationary and automotive devices).

• Heterojunction Semiconductor Photocatalysts

Selected Publications

1.      Sesha Srininvasan, Michael Jurczyk, Elias Stefanakos and Yogi Goswami, Methods and processes for producing complex hydrides exhibiting high hydrogen storage capacity and fast sorption kinetics at moderate temperatures, Provisional patent (Electronic file application number: 61037869) , University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, 2007.

2. Sesha Srinivasan, Michael Jurczyk, Ashok Kumar, Yogi Goswami and Elias Stefanakos, Nananomaterials for Hydrogen Energy Storage, Azjomo (Journal of Materials Online) – Under review, 2008.
3. V. Renugopalakrishnan, A.M. Kannan, S. Srinivasan, V. Thavasi, S. Ramakrishna, P. Li, A. Mershin, S. Filipek, A. Kumar, J. Dutta, A. Jaya, L. Munukutla, S. Velumani and G.F. Audette, Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion Applications,  J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Ed. By Hari Singh Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, 2008.
4. Michael Jurcyzk, Sesha Srinivasan, Ashok Kumar, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos, Exotic Materials for Hydrogen Storage, Review paper, Manuscript under preparation.
5. Elias Stefanakos, Yogi Goswami, Sesha Srinivasan, John Wolan, Hydrogen Energy: Production, Storage and Conversion (Fuel Cells), Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Power Generation, Edited by Myer Kutz, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
6. SA Sherif, F. Barbir, TN. Veziroglu, M. Mahishi, and SS. Srinivasan, Hydrogen Energy Technologies, Chapter 27, Handbook of energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Kreith and Goswami (Ed.),  CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2007.
7. Sesha Srinivasan, Nanomaterials and Society, Tamil Sneham Souvenir, 2008.

8. Michael Jurczyk, Sesha Srinivasan, Ayala Phani, Ashok Kumar, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos, Room temperature hydrogen storage in Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers, Nano Letters, Manuscript under preparation, 2008.
9. Michael Jurczyk, Sesha Srinivasan, Ashok Kumar, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos, Nanocrystalline effects in complex composite hydrides, American Ceramic Society Proceedings, Under preparation, 2008.
10. J. Gass, H. Srikant, N. Kislov, S.S. Srinivasan, Magnetization and magneto-caloric effect in ball milled Zinc Ferrite powder, 52^nd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Nov. 5-9, 2007, Tampa, FL, USA, J. Appl. Phys.
11. Michael Jurczyk, Sesha Srinivasan, Ashok Kumar, Elias Stefanakos, Effects of Nano MgH₂ on the reversible sorption behavior of Li-B-N-H quaternary materials, Manuscript under preparation, 2008.
12. Eric Weaver, Jonathan Mbah, Sesha Srinivasan, Burton Krakow, John Wolan, Elias Stefanakos, Silicon electrodes for the low voltage electrochemical hydrogen production in the presence of ruthenium oxide catalysts,  Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Manuscript under editorial review, 2008.
13. Diego Escobar, Sesha Srinivasan, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos, Effects of catalysts doping on the thermal decomposition behavior of Zn(BH₄)₂, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Manuscript under review.
14. Sesha Srinivasan, Diego Escobar, Michael Jurczyk, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos, Nanocatalyst doping of Zn(BH₄)₂ for on-board hydrogen storage, J. Alloys and Compounds, Article in Press.
15. Diego Escobar, Sesha Srinivasan, Yogi Goswami and Elias Stefanakos, Hydrogen storage behavior of ZrNi70/30 and ZrNi30/70 composites, J. Alloys and Compounds, Article in Press.
16. Nikolai Kislov, Sesha Srinivasan, Yusuf Emirov, Elias Stefanakos, Quantum size effects in ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles, Mat. Sci. and Eng. B, Submitted, 2008.
17. Jonathan Mbah, Sesha Srinivasan, Burton Krakow, John Wolan, Elias Stefanakos, Synthesis, structural, microstructural, surface, optical and catalytic properties of MoS₂ nanoclusters for the electrochemical hydrogen production, J. Eloctrochem. Soc., Manuscript under preparation.
18. Michael Jurczyk, Ashok Kumar, Sesha Srinivasan, Elias Stefanakos, Polyaniline based nanocomposite materials for hydrogen storage, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Article in Press.
19. Sesha Srinivasan, Jeremy Wade, Elias Stefanakos, Visible light photocatalysis via nanocomposite CdS/TiO₂ materials, J. Nanomaterials, Web published, Article ID 87326, DOI 10.1155/JNM/2006/87326.
20. Sesha Srinivasan, Jeremy Wade, Elias Stefanakos, Synthesis and characterization of photocatalytic TiO₂-ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles, J. Nanomaterials, Web published, Article ID 45712, DOI 10.1155/JNM/2006/45712.
21. Sesha S. Srinivasan, Jeremy Wade, Elias K. Stefanakos, Yogi Goswami, Synergistic effects of sulfation and co-doping on the visible light photocatalysis of TiO₂, J. Alloys and Compounds, 424, 1-2, 322-326, 2005.
22. O. Palumbo, R. Cantelli, A. Paolone, CM Jensen, SS. Srinivasan, Motion of point defects and monitoring of chemical reactions in sodium aluminum hydride,  J. Alloys and Compounds, 404-406,  748-751, 2005.
23. Hendrik W. Brinks, Bjorn C. Hauback, Sesha S. Srinivasan, Craig M. Jensen, Synchrotron x-ray studies of Al_1-yTi_y formation and re-hydriding inhibition in Ti-enhanced NaAlH₄, J. Phys. Chem. B, 109(33) 15780-15785, 2005.
24. C.M. Andrei, J.C. Walmsley, H.W. Brinks, R. Holmestad, S.S. Srinivasan, C.M. Jensen, B.C. Hauback, Electron microscopy studies of NaAlH₄ with TiF₃ additive: hydrogen cycling effects, Appl. Phys. A, 80, 709, 2005.
25. Oriele Palumbo, Rosario Cantelli, Annalisa Paolone, Craig M. Jensen, Sesha S. Srinivasan, Point defect dynamics and evolution of chemical reactions in alanates by anelastic spectroscopy,  J. Phys Chem B, 109, 1168-1173, 2005.
26. Sesha S. Srinivasan, Dalin Sun, Hendrik W. Brinks, Tetsu Kiyobayashi and Craig M. Jensen, Long term cycling behavior of Titanium doped NaAlH₄ prepared through solvent mediated milling of Titanium ad-mixed NaH and Al., J. Alloys and Compounds, 377, 283-289, 2004.
27. H.W. Brinks, C.M. Jensen, S.S. Srinivasan, D. Sun, B.C. Hauback, D. Blanchard, K. Murphy, Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron diffraction studies of Ti- doped NaAlH₄, J. Alloys and Compounds, 376,  215-221, 2004.
28. Dalin Sun, Sesha S. Srinivasan, Guorong Chen and Craig M. Jensen, Rehydrogenation and cycling studies of dehydrogenated NaAlH₄, J. Alloys and Compounds, 373, 265-269,2004.
29. Tetsu Kiyobayashi, Sesha S. Srinivasan, Dalin Sun and Craig M. Jensen, Kinetic study and determination of the enthalpies of activation of the dehydrogneation of Titanium and Zirconium doped NaAlH₄ and Na₃AlH₆, J, Phys. Chem. A, 107(39), 7671-7674, 2003.
30. Dalin Sun, Sesha S. Srinivasan, Tetsu Kiyobayashi, Nobuhiro Kuriyama and Craig M. Jensen, Rehydrogenation of dehydrogenation NaAlH₄ at low temperature and pressure, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107(37),  10176-10179, 2003.
31. D.J. Davidson, S.S. Sai Raman, M.V. Lototsky and O.N. Srivastava, On the Computer Simulation of the isotherms of ZrFe₂ type hydrogen storage materials, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 28, 12 1425-1431, 2003.
32. S.S. Sai Raman, D.J. Davidson, J.L. Bobet and O.N. Srivastava, Investigations on the synthesis, structural and microstructural characterizations of Mg-based K₂PtCl₆ type (Mg₂FeH₆) hydrogen storage material prepared by mechanical alloying, J. Alloys and Compounds, 333, 282–290, 2002.
33. O.N. Srivastava, D.J. Davidson, S.S. Sai Raman and Akanksha Singh, On the development of Mg.xwt.% AB₅ [A = Mm, B = Ni, Fe] type and mechanically pulverized AB₅ type materials as new viable hydrogen storage materials, Hydrogen Energy Progress XIV, 2002.
34.  S.S. Sai Raman, D.J. Davidson and O.N. Srivastava, On the synthesis, characterization and hydrogenation behavior of Mg-based composite materials Mg-30wt.% CFMmNi₅ prepared through RF induction melting and mechanical alloying – A comparative study, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 71, 2002.
35. D.J. Davidson, S. Srivastava, S.S. Sai Raman, P.K. Shukla and O.N. Srivastava, On the development of AB4.9 – type alloys (A = Mm, La, Ti; B = Ni, Co, Al, Mn, Mo) for Ni – MH batteries, Trans. of the SAEST, 36 (1x2) 59-63, 2001.
36. V. Venkateswara Sarma, S.S. Sai Raman, D.J. Davidson and O.N. Srivastava, On the Mechanically Pulverized MmNi_4.6Fe_0.4 as a viable hydrogen storage material, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 26, 231-236, 2001.
37. Sumita Srivastava, S.S. Sai Raman, B.K. Singh and O.N. Srivastava, On the synthesis and characterization of some new AB₅ type MmNi_4.3Al_0.3Mn_0.4, LaNi_5-xSi_x (x=0.1,0.3,0.5) and Mg-xwt.% CFMmNi₅-ywt% Si hydrogen storage materials, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 25(5) 431-440, 2000.
38. S.S. Sai Raman, D.J. Davidson and O.N. Srivastava, On the synthesis, characterization and hydrogenation behavior of Mg-based composite materials Mg-xwt.% CFMmNi₅ prepared through mechanical alloying, J. Alloys and Compounds, 292 (1-2) 202-211, 1999.
39. D.J. Davidson, S.S. Sai Raman and O.N. Srivastava, Investigation on the synthesis, characterization and hydrogenation behavior of new Mg-based composite materials Mg-xwt.% MmNi_4.6Fe_0.4 prepared through mechanical alloying, J.  Alloys and Compounds, 292 (1-2) 194-201, 1999.
40. B.K. Singh, S S. Sai Raman., Arvind Kr. Singh, B.B. Bansal and O.N. Srivastava, On the development of new hydrogen storage materials FeTi (Zr), Mg-xwt.% CFMmNi₅ and Mg₂Ni (nano-Particle) for improved hydrogenation characteristics, Hydrogen Power: Theoretical and Engg. Sources (Hypothesis), T.O. Saetre (ed.), 2 (1997) 275-289, 1997.
41. S. S. Sai Raman and O.N. Srivastava, Investigation on synthesis and hydrogenation /dehydrogenation characteristics of the composite materials Mg-xwt. % CFMmNi₅, Hydrogen Energy Progress XI, 3, 2335-2348, 1996.
42. S. S. Sai Raman and O. N. Srivastava, Hydrogenation behavior of the new composite storage materials, J. Alloys and Compounds, 241 (1-2) 167-174, 1996.
43. S.S. Sai Raman and O.N. Srivastava, Investigation on the synthesis and hydrogenation /dehydrogenation characteristics of the composite material   Mg-xwt. % CFMmNi₅, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 21, 3, 207-211, 1996.