Dr. Dhawan specializes in the area of process design and safety and development work with utilization of coal and polymeric waste material. He was granted a U.S. Patent on 'Method of Reclaiming Scrap Vulcanized Rubber Using Supercritical Fluids'.
Dr. Dhawan has worked for Navy Technology Center for Safety and Survivability on the development of a fuel equivalence ratio meter and teaches a graduate course in Chemical Process Safety and Design methods for calculation of Fire & Explosion Hazards. He has conducted research with Alabama coals in liquefaction and conducted techno-economic studies on coals for the Energy Mines and Resources Branch of the Govt. of Canada.
Dr. Dhawan has done consulting work for UOP, CLEER (Center for Legislative Energy & Environmental Research) and Orion Engineering Company.

