Dr. Soobhankar Pati

Assistant Professor

School of Minerals, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Office : 603

Phone : (+91)-674-713-6922

Email : spati@iitbbs.ac.in

Education

Degree	Discipline	Year	School
Ph.D.	Materials Science and Engineering	2010	Boston University

Research Interests

Extraction and Recycling of Metals, Electrochemical and Photo-electrochemical synthesis of gases, Fuels Cells, Batteries, Inert Anodes for Metal Production

Brief Resume

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Recent Publication (International Journals)	Author(s)/Speaker(s)
"A Solid Oxide Membrane for Production of Hydrogen and Syngas from Steam and Hydrocarbon Waste in Single Step," Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, Vol 36, pp.152-159 (2011).	Soobhankar Pati, Srikanth Gopalan, U.B. Pal
"Hydrogen Production Using Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzer with Solid Carbon Reductant in Liquid Metal Anode," J. of Electrochemical Soc., 156, pp. B1067-B1077 (2009).	Soobhankar Pati, K. J. Yoon, Srikanth Gopalan, Uday B. Pal
"Electrochemical Characterization of a Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzer for Production of High Purity Hydrogen," Met. & Mat. Trans B., Vol 40B, pp. 1041-1053 (2009).	Soobhankar Pati, K.J.Yoon, Srikanth Gopalan, Uday B. Pal
"Solid oxide membrane technology for environmentally sound production of titanium," Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (Trans. IMM C), Vol. 117, (2), pp.118-122 (2008).	M. Suput, R. Delucas, S. Pati, G. Ye, A. Powell IV, U. B. Pal
"Scaling up SOM Electrolyzer for Magnesium Production" Magnesium Technology 2012, TMS (2012).	S. Pati, A. Powell, S. Tucker, S. Derezinski
"Effect of Electronic Current on the Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Magnesium Production" Electrometallurgy 2012, TMS (2012).	E.Gratz, S. Pati, Milshtein A.Powell, U. B. Pal
"Characterization and Kinetics of SiC deposition on Graphite by CVD Process" Materials and Systems Vol. 1, MS&T, 2006, pp. 93-106 (2006)	B. K. Dhindaw, S. Pati

Recent Publication (International Conferences)	Author(s)/Speaker(s)
"Scaling up SOM Electrolyzer for Magnesium Production" Magnesium Technology 2012, TMS (2012).	S. Pati, A. Powell, S. Tucker, S. Derezinski
"Multi-Physics Modeling of Molten Salt Transport in Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM), Electrolysis and Recycling of Magnesium" (Keynote Talk) in Laurentiu Nastac, ed., CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing, Warrendale, PA: TMS, March 2012.	Powell and S. Pati
"Control of Yttrium Diffusion Out of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia during SOM Electrolysis for Magnesium Production", Magnesium Technology 2012, TMS (2012)	E.Gratz, S. Pati, Milshtein A.Powell, U. B. Pal
"Effect of Electronic Current on the Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Magnesium Production" Electrometallurgy 2012, TMS (2012).	E.Gratz, S. Pati, Milshtein A.Powell, U. B. Pal
"Electrolyzer for Waste to Energy Conversion" ECS Transactions 2011, to be published in Electrochemical Utilization of Solid Fuels Symposium 2011.	S.Pati, S. Gopalan, U.B. Pal
"Efficiency and Stability of Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzers for Magnesium Production," Magnesium Technology 2011, pp -39-42, TMS (2011).	E.Gratz, S. Pati, A.Powell, U. B. Pal
"Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Solar Grade Silicon Production Directly from Silicon Dioxide," 140th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Supplemental Proceedings, Volume 1, Materials Processing and Energy Materials, TMS (2011).	A.Roan, S. Pati, S. Basu, U. B. Pal
"Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzer Utilizing the Energy Value in Solid and Gaseous Reductant for Hydrogen Production," ECS Transactions, Vol 19, pp 1-8, (2009)	S. Pati, K. J. Yoon, S. Gopalan, U. B. Pal
"Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Calcium Production Directly from Its Oxide," EPD Congress, S.M. Howard, ed., TMS, Warrendale, PA, pp.121-26 (2008)	S. Pati, M. Suput, R. Delucas, U. B. Pal
"Magnesiothermic Reduction of Titanium Oxide using Solid Oxide Membrane Process," EPD Congress, S.M. Howard, ed., TMS, Warrendale, PA, pp.121-26 (2008)	S. Pati, R. Delucas, U.B. Pal
"Processing of SiC coatings on Graphite Substrates by CVD Process," Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Adv. Materials and Composites, 2007, pp. 99-107(2007)	B. K. Dhindaw, S. Pati
"Characterization and Kinetics of SiC deposition on Graphite by CVD Process" Materials and Systems Vol. 1, MS&T, 2006, pp. 93-106 (2006)	B. K. Dhindaw, S. Pati

Academic Honors & Awards

2012 TMS Young Professional Development Award
2009 Mann Redmayne Award (IOM3)

Patents

Uday B Pal, Rachel Delucas, Soobhankar Pati, “Magnesiothermic SOM process for production of Metals” Publication Number: WO/2008/046018.
Adam Powell, Soobhankar Pati, Jason Douglas, Steve Derenzinski, “Method and Apparatus for Condensing Liquid Magnesium and Other Volatile Metals from Low-Pressure Metal Vapor” USPTO Application Number: 61505958
Adam Powell, Soobhankar Pati, Uday B Pal, Steve Derezinski, “Liquid Anodes and Fuels for Production of Metals from Their Oxides by Molten Salt Electrolysis with a Solid Electrolyte” USPTO App Number: 61526129.

Professional Experience

April 2010 August - 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston University
August 2010- August - 2010 Research Engineer at Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies

Academic Honors & Awards

Patents

Professional Experience

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