Engineering Mechanical

Sushil Adhikari

Mail Stop ****, Mississippi State University, MS 39762

*****@*******.***, Tel: 662-***-****

Research Interest

Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production from biomass, Renewable Energy

Resources, Sustainable Urban Transportation.

Education

2005 Present Doctoral Student in Bioenergy

Dept. of Ag. and Bio. Engineering, Mississippi State University, USA

Research Topic: Hydrogen Production from Glycerin by Steam Reforming Process

Master of Engineering in Energy Technology

2002 2003

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

Master Thesis: A Study on Residential Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems

1996 2000 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal

Work Experiences

2005 Present Graduate Assistant

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

2003 2004 Research Associate

Asian Regional Research Programme in Energy, Environment and

Climate (ARRPEEC) Project

Energy Program, AIT, Thailand

2000 - 2001 Lecturer

Kantipur Engineering College, Nepal.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Sandun Fernando, Sushil Adhikari, Chauda Chandrapal, and Naveen Murali, 2006.

Biorefineries: current status, challenges and future direction. Energy and Fuel (in

press).

Sushil Adhikari, and Sandun Fernando, 2006. Hydrogen separation techniques.

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, pp. 875-881.

Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, Naveen Murali, and Sushil Adhikari, 2005. Current

status of hydrogen production techniques by steam reforming of ethanol: a review.

Energy and Fuel, Vol. 19, pp. 2098-2106.

Ram M Shrestha, Nazrul Islam, N T Kim Oanh, Sushil Adhikari, Sudhakar Yedla,

Kejun Jiang, Ucok Siagian, Nguyen Dinh Tuan, and Joy Abrenica, 2005. Strategies for

the promotion of cleaner and energy efficient technologies in the urban transport system

in selected Asian cities. International Journal of Environment and Pollution (in press).

Ram M. Shrestha, Gabrial Anandarajah, Sushil Adhikari, Kejun Jiang and Zhu Songli,

2005. Energy and environmental implications of NOx emission reduction from the

transport sector of beijing: a least-cost planning analysis. Transportation Research Part

D: Transport and Environment, Vol.10, pp.1-11.

Sushil Adhikari, S. Kumar and Pinij Siripuekpong, 2003. Performance of household

grid-connected pv system in Thailand. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and

Applications, 11: pp.1-8 (DOI: 10.1002/pip. 512).

Peer Reviewed Abstracts

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando and Agus Haryanto, 2006. Glycerin steam reforming

for hydrogen production. International Symposium on Hydrogen from Renewable

Sources and Refinery Applications. American Chemical Society Meeting, March 26-30,

Atlanta, GA.

Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando and Sushil Adhikari, 2006. Producing sustainable

hydrogen from biomass gasification coupled with water gas shift catalysis.

International Symposium on Hydrogen from Renewable Sources and Refinery

Applications. American Chemical Society Meeting, March 26-30, Atlanta, GA.

Presentation at Conferences/Workshops

Glycerin steam reforming for hydrogen production at International Symposium on

Hydrogen from Renewable Sources and Refinery Applications. American Chemical

Society Meeting, March 26-30, 2006, Atlanta, GA written by Sushil Adhikari, Sandun

Fernando and Agus Haryanto.

Exploration of glycerin based automotive fuel for sustainable transportation at Institute

of Biological Engineering Meeting, March 10-12, 2006, Tucson, Arizona written by

Sandun Fernando and Sushil Adhikari.

Hydrogen separation from synthesis gas at Annual International Meeting. American

Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, July 17-20, 2005, Tampa, Florida

written by Sushil Adhikari, and Sandun Fernando.

Current status of hydrogen production techniques by steam reforming of ethanol.

International conference on Energy, Environment and Disaster, July 24-30, 2005,

Charlotte, North Carolina, written by Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernandoa, Naveen

Muralia, and Sushil Adhikari.

Comparison of amorphous and single crystal silicon based residential grid-connected pv

systems: case of Thailand at 14th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering

Conference, January 26-30, 2004, Bangkok, Thailand written by Sushil Adhikari, S.

Kumar and Pinij Siripuekpong.

Experience from a grid-connected PV system: case of Thailand at 2nd International

Conference on Role of Renewable Energy Technology for Rural Development. October 12-14,

2003, Kathmandu, Nepal written by Sushil Adhikari, S. Kumar and Pinij Siripuekpong

Nanoparticles production from glycerin via electrospray and size measurement. Annual

International Meeting. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, July

9-12, 2006, Portland, Oregon, written by Sushil Adhikari and Sandun Fernando

(abstract accepted for oral presentation)

Others

Agus Haryanto, Sandun Fernando, and Sushil Adhikari, 2006. Producing sustainable

hydrogen from biomass gasification coupled with water gas shift catalysis.

International Symposium on Hydrogen from Renewable Sources and Refinery

Applications. American Chemical Society Meeting, March 26-30, Atlanta, GA.

Editor of the Journal entitled E-Vision published by Mechanical students from

Institute of Engineering (IOE), TU, 1999.

Publications Submitted

Peer Reviewed Journals

Sushil Adhikari and Sandun Fernando, 2006. Nanoparticles production from glycerin

via electrospray and size measurement; submitted to Transaction of ASAE.

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando and Agus Haryanto, 2006. Glycerin steam reforming

for hydrogen production; submitted to Transaction of ASAE.

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, Steven Gwaltney, S. D. Filip To, R. Mark Bricka,

Philip H. Steele, and Agus Haryanto, 2006. A thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen

production by steam reforming of glycerol; submitted to Int. Journal of Hydrogen

Energy.

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2006. Production of hydrogen

by steam reforming of glycerin over alumina supported metal catalysts; submitted to

Catalysis Today.

Conferences

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, Steven R. Gwaltney, and Agus Haryanto, 2006. A

thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production by steam reforming of glycerol.

Division of Fuel Chemistry. American Chemical Society Meeting, September 26-30, San

Francisco, CA.

Sushil Adhikari, Sandun Fernando, and Agus Haryanto, 2006. Sugar reforming for

hydrogen production. Division of Fuel Chemistry. American Chemical Society Meeting,

September 26-30, San Francisco, CA.

Awards The AIT Alumni Association Prize, AIT, 2003.

The Yoshiro Takasaki Prize, AIT, 2003

Outstanding Student Award, IOE, TU, 2001

Memberships Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological

Engineers (ASABE)

Member of Nepal Engineering Association, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Member of Engineering Council, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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