Dr. Shankar Raman Dhanushkodi

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Chemical Engineering
Department : Chemical Engineering

Educational Details

University of Waterloo, Canada

Ph.D
Chemical Engineering: Degradation studies on PEM Fuel cell catalyst layer
Graduated in 2013

University of Regina, Canada

M.A.Sc
Process System Engineering: DeNOx Catalysis process
Graduated in 2008

AC Tech., Anna University

B.Tech
Chemical Engineering
Graduated in 2000

Post Doctoral Experiences

Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of British Columbia), Postdoctoral Fellowship (Queen’s)

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Electrochemical engineering systems (Fuel cell
  • Electrolyser
  • Battery)
  • Reference Electrodes
  • electrocatalysis and durability studies

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Durability in fuel cells with CaRPE-fuel cell network and University of British Columbia (2015) NSERC, Canada
Development of new characterization tools for fuel cell, Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy Systems, Germany, 2014 -2015 Germany- Canada Strategic Grant
Investigation of mechanical and electrochemical properties of electro-spun layers, Automotive fuel cell cooperation, Burnaby, BC, Canada, 2014 AFCC (Ballard) power systems

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology Grant (2009 – 2010) ($10000) – Electrode fabrication for fuel cells
Development of nano-porous Pt Catalysts for PEM fuel cell NSERC IPS Grant (2011 – 2013) ($63000) Diagnostics of different failure modes in PEM fuel cell

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Shankar Raman Dhanushkodi and V, Veeran, Design of continuous rechargeable seawater battery system, 201941025521, Indian Patent, applied (2019) 201941025521

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
PHOTOELECTRIC CELL FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION 375437-001

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Dhanushkodi, S.R., Fowler, M.W., Pritzker, M.D. and Merida., Phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole membranes: A promising electrolyte membrane for high temperature PEMFC, In Nanostructured polymer membranes: applications, Scrivener Publishers, chapter 9, Vol 2, 357 -378 (2016) Scrivener Publishers 2016
Dhanushkodi, S.R., Fowler, M.W., Mazza, A.G., and Pritzker, M.D., MEA contamination, H. Li, Z. Shi, J.W. Van Zee (Eds.), Proton exchange membrane fuel cells: contamination and mitigation strategies, CRC Press, 151. (2010) CRC 2010

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Mrs.Chinnamaul Memorial Prize for thebest technical paper in CHEMCON, 2021
  • Best conference paper award, International conference on art, education and business 21, (2021), Bangalore, India
  • Best paper award, IICHE CHEMCON conference, Kolkata, India (2020) (Conceptualized, Supervised and Co-authored with 3 undergraduate students)
  • Outstanding reviewer, Journal of power sources (2018)
  • 5. PDF stipend, UBC, BC, Canada (2013)

International Collaborations

  • University of Waterloo, Canada (Dr.Fowler) - DFT analysis of electro catalysts and Fuel cells
  • Queen's University (Dr.Peppley), Canada- Machine learning in electro catalysts
  • Crackow University of Technology, Poland (Dr.Jan Taler)- Electrolyser and Pourbaix for metal air batteries
  • University of Calgary (Dr.Mahinpey) - Machine learning of MeCl processes
  • Zhaw school of engineering, Switzerland (Dr.Mathias Schimid) - Photoelectrochemical Cell

Industry Collaborations

  • IGCAR, Kalpakkam (Dr.Nani Babu Matcha) - Corrosion and Electrochemical Testing
  • ZF , Chennai (Mr.Balaj) - Adsorption
  • Armature, Chennai (Mr. Robin Samson and Dr.Sangeetha Subraj (Anna University) - Electrical Vehicle

Other Information

Editorial Experience : 1. Journal of power sources (50+ papers) 2. Electrochemical Society (ECS) (5+ papers) 3. IEE conferences and conference proceedings (CONDUIT 2020)