SANAT K. KUMAR Office Address: Home Address: Department of Chemical Engineering 241 W 108th St, #7A Columbia University New York, NY 10025. New York, NY 10027 Phone:(347)351-5314 E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Doctor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, February, 1987. GPA = 5.0/5.0. Additional Graduate Courses taken in the areas of Properties of Polymers, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Methods, Statistical Physics and Critical Phenomena. Thesis topic: "Precipitation Polymerizations and Partitioning in Supercritical Fluids." Supervisors: Profs. R.C.Reid and U.W.Suter. Minor programs in Statistical Physics and Modern Greek. S.M. degree in Chemical Engineering, January 1984. Thesis topic: "Equations of State in Modelling Supercritical Extraction." Thesis Supervisor: Prof. R.C.Reid. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS, INDIA. Bachelor of Technology (First Class with distinction) in Chemical Engineering, June 1981. Thesis with Prof. M.S. Ananth on "Computer Modelling of Blast Furnaces." Additional courses in Operations Research, Electronics and Economics. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY. 2016- Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering 2010-2016 Chair, Chemical Engineering 2006- Professor of Chemical Engineering 2002 -2006 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TROY, NY Professor of Chemical Engineering 1988-2002 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. 1988-1993 Assistant Professor of Materials Science. 1993-1997 Associate Professor of Materials Science. 1997-2002 Professor of Materials Science. 2001-2002 Professor of Chemical Engineering 1987-1988 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES SAN JOSE, CA. Visiting Scientist at IBM's Almaden Research Center with Dr. Do. Yoon. Worked on the theoretical aspects of polymer interfaces, and semi-crystalline polymers.