Faculty Resume

FACULTY RESUME

Name: Mridul Gautam

Academic Rank:

Professor Dept. of MAE 05/15/99-present

Associate Professor Dept. of MAE 08/16/94-05/15/99

Assistant Professor Dept. of MAE 08/07/90-08/16/94

Research Assistant Professor Dept. of MAE 06/30/89-08/15/91

Research Assistant Professor Dept. of MAE 8/16/88-06/30/89

Degrees with Fields Institutions and Dates:

Ph.D Mechanical Engr. WVU, Morgantown, WV 1989

M. Tech. Mechancial Engr. Indian Institute of Tech., New Dehli, 1984

B. Tech. Mechancial Engr. G.B. Pant U. of Agric. & Tech., Pantnagar, India 1982

Number of Years Service on this Faculty: 14 years

Other Related Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, WV 1984-1999

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, WV 1988-1994

Consulting, and Patents, etc.: Member, Mid-Atlantic Research Institute LLC, Morgantown, WV;

“Gautam-Bugarski Area Cyclone Sampler”, A patent application is being processed for a novel area cyclone sampler was designed, developed and tested by M. Gautam.

Principal Publication of Last Five Years:

Journal or magazines: (Career Total: 62 papers):

Kim*, Dong-Hee, Gautam, M., and D. Gera. (2001) “On the Prediction of Concentration Variations in a Dispersing Heavy-duty Truck Exhaust Plume Using k-e Turbulent Closure”, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 35, pp. 5267 – 5275.

Clark, N.N., Prucz, J., Gautam, M. and D.W. Lyons. (2001) “Heavy Duty Vehicle Chassis Dynamometer Emissions Data as a Resource for Inventory & Comparative Studies”, SAE Transactions, Journal of Fuels & Lubricants (printed in 2001) (Also reported as a conference paper)

Abdul-Razzak, W., and M. Gautam. (2001), “Discovery of Magnetite in Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 78, No. 14, pp. 2018.

Gautam, M., Xu*, Z., and S. Mehta. (2001), “Cumulative Frequency Fit for Particle Size Distribution”, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygine Journal, Accepted.

Kim*, Don-Hee, Gautam, M., and D. Gera. “Modeling Nucleation and Coagulation Modes in the Formation of Soot Particles Inside a Turbulent Exhaust Plume of a Diesel Engine”, Journal of Colloidal Science (In-Review).

Conference proceedings: (Career Total: 167 papers):

Kim, D.-H., M. Gautam, and D. Gera. 2001. Prediction of pollutant concentration variation inside a turbulent dispersing plume using PDF and gaussian models. SAE Congress, SAE 2002-010-654.

Scientific and Professional Societies of which a Member:

Faculty Advisor, Pi Tau Sigma, National Mechanical Engineering Honorary Fraternity, 1994-present

Honors and Awards in the Last Five Years:

Outstanding Researcher in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, 1989-1999

Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

Member, CEMR Associate Dean, Research Search Committee, 2001.

Member, MAE P&T Committee, 1999-2001 Chairman and Member, MAE New Faculty Search Committee, 2000.

Member, MAE P&T Guidelines Committee, 1998-2000

Research Awards in the Last Five Years:

“Development of a Test Method to Measure Stationary and Portable Engine Emissions”, Sponsor: California Air Resources Board. Contract: $284,019. Period of Performance: 02/02/01-11/01/03.

“Chemical Characterization of Natural Gas-Fueled Heavy-duty Vehicle Exhaust Emissions”, Sponsor: South Coast Air Quality Management District. Contract: $48,000. Period of Performance: 05/22/01-02/01/02.

“Heavy-duty Vehicle Chassis Dynamometer Testing for Emissions to Inventory Air Quality Modeling, Source Apportionment and Air Toxics Emission Inventory”, Sponsor: Coordinating Research Council. Period of Performance: 08/22/01-08/22/03.

“Heavy-duty Truck Emissions Test Procedures and Test Cycle Validation”, Sponsor: Coordinating Research Council. Contract: $59,772. Period of Performance: 06/18/02-09/18/01.

“Heavy-duty Truck Emissions Test Procedures and Test Cycle Validation”, Sponsor: Coordinating Research Council. Contract: $41,328. Period of Performance: 06/18/01-12/31/01.