PhD Thesis Topic: MODELING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE AND ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES

Publications (Reverse Chronological Order)

R.Chandrasekaran, A.Magasinski,G.Yushin, T.F.Fuller," Analysis of Lithium Insertion/Deinsertion in Silicon Electrode Particle at Room Temperature", J.Electrochem.Soc, 157(10), 2010 (accepted).

Rajeswari Chandrasekaran, Wu Bi and Thomas F.Fuller, Robust Design of Battery/Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems-Methodology for Surrogate Models for Pt Stability through System Controls, J.Power Sources, Volume 182, Issue 2, 1 August 2008, Pages 546-557.

Rajeswari Chandrasekaran, Godfrey Sikha and Branko N.Popov, J. Applied Electrochemistry, 35(10), 1005 – 1013 (2005).

Mohan.S. , Venkatachalam.R., Renganathan.N.G., Rajeswari.C.,Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing,79 (2), 73-76 (2001).

Conference Presentations/Proceedings (Reverse Chronological Order)

R.Chandrasekaran, A.Magasinski, G.Yushin,T.F.Fuller, "Silicon Composite Electrode for Lithium Insertion Cell: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Electrode Processes", presented at 217th ECS Meeting, Abstract # 218, B1 session, Vancouver,Canada, April 2010.

R.Chandrasekaran, T.F.Fuller, Talk# 568a, Lithium Ion Battery Technology session, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov 2009.

R.Chandrasekaran et al, Talk# 518d, Lithium Battery Technology and Materials, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov 2009.(available on ChemE on Demand at AIChE website).

R.Melsert, R.Chandrasekaran, T.Bandhauer, T.F Fuller, J.Meisel, “Design of hybrid electric vehicle”, Poster presented at IEEE Energy 2030 Conference, Atlanta, November 17-18, 2008.

R.Chandrasekaran, J.Denis, M.Skinner, T.F. Fuller, Abstract # 457c (ID :133925), Technical talk at the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA.

Rajeswari Chandrasekaran, Thomas F.Fuller, Technical talk at the G2 Session-Modeling and Simulation of Electrochemical Systems, 213th ECS meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2008.

Internship

Graduate Summer Internship at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, May 2008-Aug 2008

Workshops

Georgia Tech team member in the EcoCar: Next Challenge Fall Workshop at GM Renaissance Center, Detroit,September 24-28, 2008.

Research Interests

Alternate energy storage and energy conversion devices

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant for : ChBE 3210 (Transport Phenomena) Summer 2006 (Faculty: Dr.Dan Tedder), ChBE 3210A (Transport Phenomena II) Spring 2008, Fall 2008 (Faculty :Dr.Thomas F.Fuller)
and ChBE 4300A (Kinetics and Reactor Design) Fall 2009 (Faculty:Dr.Carsten Sievers)

Awards

• Electrochemical Society(ECS) Battery Division Student Travel Grant for the 217th ECS Meeting–2010
• AIChE Women's Initiative Committee Travel Grant–2009
• Electrochemical Society's IEEE Division Travel Grant to the 213th ECS Meeting–2008
• Gamma Beta Phi Society member–2006, 2008
• ChBE's Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award–2006