Prathap Haridoss
Associate Professor

Office :   MSB 203
Phone : (91)-44-2257-4771
Email :
 prathap@iitm.ac.in

 Education

  • Ph.D., Materials Science, 1999, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
  • B.Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, 1992, IIT Madras.

Experience

    Senior Scientist, Plug Power Inc., Latham, NY, USA
    (July 1999- October 2001)

 

   Visiting Faculty, Department of Metallurgical and Materials    

   Engineering, IIT Madras (November 2001 – January 2003)

 

   Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical and

   Materials Engineering, IIT Madras (January 2003 – March   

   2009)

Research Activities

  • PEM Fuel Cells
  • Production and characterization of Carbon nanotubes
  • Synthesis of CdS nanocrystals

 

Research Guidance

CATEGORY

NO.

PhD.

1 (completed)+4(ongoing)

MS

3 (completed)+2(ongoing)

M.Tech.

9 (completed)

Courses:

 

ID110:  

2009

Photos from first design contest

 

2007

Photos from first design contest

Photos from second design contest

Railway Compartment Assignment

 

 

US PATENTS GRANTED:

  • 6,774,637: Method of Qualifying At Least a Portion of a Fuel Cell System and an Apparatus Employing the Same; R. Hallum, C. Comi, Y. Wu, P. Haridoss, and C. Karuppaiah; Plug Power
  • 6,821,661: Hydrophilic Anode Gas Diffusion Layer: P. Haridoss, C. Karuppaiah, and J. McElroy; Plug Power
  • 6,696,190: Fuel Cell System & Method: P. Haridoss; Plug Power

US PATENT APPLIED FOR:

  • 20030031916 Fuel Cell Electrode: P. Haridoss, C. Karuppaiah, J. McElroy, and G. Eisman; Plug Power


PUBLICATIONS:

International Journals:

  • Ravi Joshi, Jorg Engstler, Prathap Haridoss, Jorg J. Schneider; “Formation of carbon nanotubes from a silicon carbide/carbon composite “; Solid State Sciences; Volume 11, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 422-427

 

  • Ravi Joshi, Jorg Engstler, P. Kesavan Nair, Prathap Haridoss, Jorg J. Schneider; “High yield formation of Carbon Nanotubes using a rotating cathode in open air”; Diamond and Related Materials, 17 (2008) 913 – 919

 

  • Ravi Joshi, Roland Schierholz, Jorg J. Schneider, Prathap Haridoss; “Catalytic Induced Thermal Conversion Amorphous Carbon to Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes”; J. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2008, 634, 911-915

 

  • T.S. Vaishnavi, Prathap Haridoss, C. Vijayan; “Optical properties of Zinc Oxide nanocrystals embedded in Mesoporous silica”, Materials Letters, Volume 62, Issues 10-11, 15 April 2008, Pages 1649-1651

 

 

  • R. Vetri Murugan, S. Bharat, Abhijit P. Deshpande, Susy Varughese, and Prathap Haridoss, "Milling and separation of the multi-component printed circuit board materials and the analysis of elutriation based on a single particle model“; Powder Technology, Volume 183, Issue 2, 9 April 2008, Pages 169-176

 

  • K. Suresh Kumar, Prathap Haridoss, and S. K. Seshadri; "Synthesis and Characterization of Electrodeposited Ni-Pd Alloy Electrodes for Methanol Oxidation“; Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 202, Issue 9, 1 February 2008, Pages 1764-1770

 

  • K. Suresh Babu, C. Vijayan and Prathap Haridoss; "The influence of Parameters of Chemical Synthesis on the Optical properties of CdS nanocrystals", Materials Research Bulletin, Volume 42, Issue 7, 3rd July 2007, Pages 1251-1261.

 

  • K. Suresh Babu, C. Vijayan and Prathap Haridoss; "Properties of size-tuned PbS nanocrystals stabilized in a polymer template", Materials Research Bulletin, Volume 42, Issue 6, June 2007, Pages 996-1003

 

  • K. Suresh Babu, C. Vijayan and Prathap Haridoss; "Effect of PbS nanocrystal concentration on the physical properties of a polymer-nanocrystal composite", Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 27, Issue 4, 16th May 2007, Pages 922-927

 

  • K. Suresh Babu, C. Vijayan and Prathap Haridoss; "Synthesis of Size Tunable and Stable CdS nanocrystals in DMF", Materials Letters, Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 124-128

 

  • K. Suresh Babu, T. Ranjith Kumar, Prathap Haridoss and C. Vijayan; "Effect of the organic solvent on the formation and stabilization of CdS and PbS semiconductor nanoclusters", Talanta, 66, 2005, Pages160-165

 

  • Mohan Chand Paladugu, K. Maneesh, P. Kesavan Nair, Prathap Haridoss; "Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by Arc Discharge in Open Air", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, May 2005, Pages 747 - 752

 

  • P. Haridoss, F. A. Uribe, F. H. Garzon, T. A. Zawodzinski, Jr.; "Structural Modifications of Disordered Mesocarbon Microbeads with Lower Temperatures of Heat Treatment." Journal of Materials Research, Vol 13, #7, July 1998, Pages 2015-2022


Papers presented in National and International Seminar/ Conference and published in Proceedings of Seminar/ Conference

·         Vetrimurugan, R., A. P. Deshpande, S. Sankara Narayanan, Susy Varughese and Prathap Haridoss; “Studies on size reduction and air classification of printed circuit boards for material recycling”, International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2005), pp 113-122, Dhanbad, (2005)

 

·         Vetri Murugan R. A., A. P. Deshpande, S. Varughese, P. Haridoss, Recycling of printed circuit boards, International Seminar on Advances in Polymer Technology, pp 334-341, Kochi, (2004).

 

  • "Size dependent linear and non linear optical properties of CdS and PbS Nanocrystals synthesized by chemical methods", K. Suresh Babu, Prathap Haridoss and C. Vijayan, International Symposium of Research Students on Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Madras, 20-22 December, 2004.

 

  • "The effect of Protonic conductivity on the ORR at the Pt/recast ionomer interface" P. Haridoss, F. A. Uribe, S. J. Paddison, and T. A. Zawodzinski; abstracts of papers of the american chemical society , v. 217(pt.2) pp. 375-PMSE. Presented at the 217th American Chemical Society national meeting in Anaheim, California March 21 - 25, 1999.
  • "The microwave Region of the Dielectric Spectrum of hydrated Nafion and other sulfonated membranes" S. J. Paddison, G. Bender, P. Haridoss, K. D. Kreuer, N. Nicoloso, and T. A. Zawodzinski Jr.; Submitted as an extended abstract to the 3rd International Symposium on New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, July 4th-8th, 1999, Montreal, Canada.
  • "The effect of Protonic conductivity on the ORR at the Pt/recast ionomer interface" T. A. Zawodzinski, P. Haridoss, G. Bender, F. A. Uribe, S. J. Paddison, and C. Hagedorn; Presented at the 196th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 17th-22nd, 1999.
  • "Enhanced CO tolerance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with PtMo Anodes" T. Zawodzinski, J. Bauman, T. Rockward, P. Haridoss, F. Uribe and S. Gottesfeld, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Proton Conducting Membrane Fuel Cells. 194th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, November 1998.