Dr. Srinivas Palanki joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of South Alabama as Professor and Chair in 2007. Prior to joining USA, he was a Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Florida State University. He has been a visiting professor at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland), Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Industries Chimiques (France) and National University of Singapore (Singapore). He obtained his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi). His research focuses on the application of systems analysis tools to problems in engineering and biology.
Representative Publications:
V. Vadlamudi and S. Palanki , "Modeling and Analysis of Miniaturized Methanol Reformer For Fuel Cell Powered Mobile Applications." Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 5, 3364-3370 (2011)
P. Kolavennu, S. Palanki, D.A. Cartes, and J.C. Telotte, "Adaptive Controller for Tracking Power Profile in a Fuel Cell Powered Automobile," J. Process Control, 18, 558-567 (2008)
B. Srinivasan, S. Palanki, and D. Bonvin, "Dynamic Optimization of Batch Processes: I. Characterization of the Optimal Solution," Comp. Chem. Eng., 27, 1, 1-26 (2003)
S. Kolavennu, J. C. Cockburn, and S. Palanki, "Robust Nonlinear Control of Multivariable Nonlinear Systems," Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 56, No. 14, 4339-4349 (2001)
M. Krothapally, B. Bennett, W.C. Finney and S. Palanki, "Experimental Implementation of an Online Optimization Scheme to Batch PMMA Synthesis," ISA Trans., 38, 185-198 (1999)
