P.T.Vasudevan
P.T. Vasudevan, Professor and Sr. Vice Provost-Academic Affairs
Education
Ph.D., Clarkson University
M.S., State University of New York at Buffalo
B.S., University of Madras, India
Research Interests:
- Biocatalysis, HDS Catalysis, Biofuels, Protein Purification
Courses Taught:
- ChE 761/861 Biochemical Engineering
- ChE-ENE 752/852 Process Dynamics and Control
- ChE-ENE 708 Chemical Engineering Design
Recent Publications:
- P. O. Jones and P.T. Vasudevan, “Cellulose Hydrolysis by Immobilized Trichoderma reesei Cellulase,” Biotechnology Letters. 32(1), 103 (2010).
- P.T. Vasudevan, M. D. Gagnon and M. S. Briggs, “Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels – The Case for Biodiesel, Biobutanol and Cellulosic Ethanol,” in Sustainable Biotechnology: Natural Resources and New Perspectives, Eds. Steven Harvey and Om Singh, Springer, pp. 43-62 (2010).
- B. Fu and P.T. Vasudevan, “Effect of Solvent-Cosolvent Mixtures on Lipase Catalyzed Transesterification of Canola Oil,” Energy and Fuels, 4 (9), 4646 (2010).
- P.T. Vasudevan and B. Fu, "Environmentally Sustainable Biofuels: Advances in Biodiesel Research," Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1 (1), 47 (2010).
- M. D. Gagnon and P.T. Vasudevan, "Effect of Enzyme Source and Solvent on Transesterification Activity.” Energy and Fuels. In Press. (2011).