Research Group

Ramesh K. Guduru, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering

Juan C. Icaza - Doctoral Student

Joined Lamar University in 2014 to pursue D.E. in Mechanical Engineering. Working as a research assistant under Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru since spring 2015. My area of research focuses on the development of new energy storage devices with particular focus on the use of multivalent ions for supercapacitors.

M.B.A. - McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA (2014)
M.E. Mechanical Engineering - McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA (2012)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering - McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA (2010)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

Publications

Juan C. Icaza, Ramesh K Guduru – “Electrochemical Study of α-MoO3 Anode for Beryllium-ion Supercapacitor”, (under review, submitted November 2016 – Journal of Power Sources)
Ramesh K. Guduru and Juan C. Icaza (2016). A Brief Review on Multivalent Intercalation Batteries with Aqueous Electrolytes. Nanomaterials, 6(3), 41
Juan C. Icaza and Ramesh K. Guduru (2016). Effect of ion changes on double layer capacitance of activated carbon in aquoues electrolyte systems. Journal of Power Sources (in press) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.11.017

List of conferences

Icaza, J. C., & Guduru, R. K. (2016). Effect of ion size and charge on carbon based electrodes. In Joint Spring 2016 Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of the SPS. Beaumont, TX
Icaza, J. C., & Guduru, R. K. (2016). Effect of ion size and charge on capacitance of CNT based supercapacitors. In Nanotech Dubai 2016 International Conference & Exhibition (3rd ed.). Dubai. (Accepted)

Likhith Nalluri - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in 2015 to pursue Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Working as a research assistant under Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru. My area of research focuses on

Evaluation of mechanical properties of steels using miniaturized specimen testing techniques
A self-sustaining absorption system which will absorb CO₂ from atmosphere and generate electricity

B.S. Mechanical Engineering- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore, India (2014)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

List of conferences/publications:

Soheil Oruji, Nicholas A. Brake, Ramesh K. Guduru, Saeed Rabbanifar, Likhith Nalluri, - “Ultra-fine coal bottom ash as a partial cement replacement to mitigate ASR expansion”, (under review, submitted November 2016 – Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering)
Soheil Oruji, Nicholas A. Brake, Likhith Nalluri, Ramesh K. Guduru, – “Effect of pulverization in compressive strength, workability and micro-structure of mortar containing high volume ultra-fine bottom ash” – (under review, submitted October 2016 - Construction & Building Materials)
Ajit Gaikwad, Krishna Vootla, Likhith Nalluri, A.K.M. Monayem Mazumder, Ramesh Guduru (2016). Absorption of atmospheric CO₂ using banana peel waste. In Nanotech. Dubai 2016 International Conference & Exhibition (3rd ed.). Dubai. (Submitted)
Likhith N, Bharat P.C, Praveen Kumar A, Vinod Kotebavi. Preparation, study of performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fueled with waste cooking oil biodiesel. Proceedings of International Conference on Innovations and Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering. 2014
Likhith Nalluri, Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru, Capture of CO₂ using static and turbulent alkaline media, STEM conference, Lamar University, 2016

Vijaya Krishna Teja Bangi - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Spring 2015 to pursue Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working with Dr.Guduru for my thesis as a research student. My area of research is to investigate the feasibility of generating electricity using micro wind turbines fixed on a car while evaluating the effect of drag force on the performance through the experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering- Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, India (2013)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

List of conferences/publications:

Vijaya Krishna Teja Bangi, Yogendra Chaudhary, Ramesh K. Guduru, Kendrick T. Aung, and G. N. Reddy – “Preliminary investigation on generation of electricity using micro wind turbines placed on a car”, (Accepted for publication Feb 2017, submitted October 2016 - Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development)
Published a research paper on ‘Modelling and Optimization of process parameters for milling AISI 304 Stainless Steel by using Taguchi Method’. (International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) Vol. 2 Issue 8, August – 2013)
Attended and Published a conference paper to Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Early Career Technical conference the University of Alabama, Birmingham ECTC 2015 to present ‘Design and study of solar concentrator with flat hexagonal petals'
Attended 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Expo to present ‘Glue Based Thermoelectric Devices’ (Worked along with Undergrad student and the second author of the paper)

Yogendra Chaudhary - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Fall 2015. Pursuing Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Working with Dr.Guduru as a research student. My area of research is generation of electricity by micro wind turbines on automobiles. These micro wind turbines are located behind the front bumper of the car and an electric circuit in parallel is used to generate electricity. These studies are targeted to possible reduction of fuel consumption in the automotive vehicles using wind-based renewable energy for electrical applications in the cars or other automotive vehicles.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Pune University, Pune, India (2011)

Worked for 4 years as a Senior Design Engineer at GKN Sinter Metals Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India.

Expected Graduation - May 2017

List of conferences/publications:

Vijaya Krishna Teja Bangi, Yogendra Chaudhary, Ramesh K. Guduru, Kendrick T. Aung, and G. N. Reddy – “Preliminary investigation on generation of electricity using micro wind turbines placed on a car”, (Accepted for publication Feb 2017, submitted October 2016 - Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development)

Sandeep Kumar Pudi - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in 2016 to pursue Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering. Currently working on a thesis under the guidance of Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru (Advisor) and Dr. David L. Cocke (Co-Advisor). My research studies the effects of multivalent ions on electrochemical capacitors of carbon cloth in aqueous electrolyte system. The findings of this research can be useful in the development of effective supercapacitors which will be able to store more energy and while retaining high power density.

Bachelors of Technology in Chemical Engineering – Jawaharlal Nehru technological university, India (2014)

Expected Graduation - Dec 2017

List of Projects/publications:

Electrochemical Treatment of Toxic Hexavalent Chromium paper presented with merit at Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers CHEMCON-2011 at MSRIT Bangalore.
Enriching the grade of coal by reduction of ash content using organic techniques, project titled ‘Optimization of acid recovery during chemical leaching of coal’ at TATA research and development.
Manufacturing of ethanol using non-convectional sources, project titled ‘Production of Ethanol using fruit waste’ done at GVPCOE lab.
Worked on developing a model prototype of Mr. Salvus “smart safety helmet” using augmented reality technology, for Jack M. Gill Business plan competition.

Deep Narula - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Fall 2015 to pursue M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as a research assistant under Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru since summer 2016. My area of research is generation of green electricity from living plants using plant microbial fuel cell with nano-structured current collecting electrodes, the plant used is Spartina Patens which is abundantly available on the coastal regions of USA.

Bachelors of Technology in Mechanical Engineering - BSAITM, India (2011)

Worked for two years in an automobile ancillary in India as a maintenance engineer.

Expected Graduation - May 2017

Avinash Bajaj - Master's Student

I started studying at Lamar University from Jan 2016 as an international student from India to Pursue M.E.S. in Chemical Engineering. Currently working under Dr. Ramesh Guduru (Main advisor) & Dr. Clayton Jeffery (Co-advisor) as a thesis student. My research area is Production of Bio-Electricity using plants & Storage of electricity using Multivalent Ions.

I have done my Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from "Dharamsinh Desai University" Nadiad (Gujarat) 2012.

Then, I worked for 3 .5 years as a Process Engineer in Aditya Birla Chemicals (Vilayat) in Chloar -Alkali unit.

Expected Graduation December 2017

Darshil Patel - Master's Student

Joined lamar University in Fall 2015 to purse Masters in Industrial Engineering. Transferred to Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering and took up thesis project under Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru. Area of research is “Fabrication of solid state battery” also known as a Ceramic battery. Aim is to make a next gen battery with higher efficiency, capacity, durability and a wide range of working temperature.

B.E. Mechanical Engineering - Gujarat Technical University, Ahmedabad, India (2014)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

Onkar Vivek Relekar - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Fall 2015 for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working with Dr.Guduru for my thesis. My area of research includes absorption of CO₂ gas from the atmosphere or flue gases and further using it for storage of electricity using supercapacitors.

Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering- Pune University, Pune, India (2014)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

Tazmin Rashid Mumu - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Fall 2014 to pursue Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently doing thesis under the supervision of Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru. My area of research focuses on electrochemical storage devices particularly on supercapacitors and the effect of multivalent ions on them.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering - Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2013)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

List of conferences/publications:

Tazmin Rashid Mumu and Ramesh K. Guduru (2016). Effect of Electrolyte Ion Charges on the Supercapacitance Behavior of MoO3. 4th annual STEM Conference. Lamar university.

Smith Desai - Master's Student

Joined Lamar University in Spring 2016 to pursue Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Presently working with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru as a Research student. My area of Research is Manufacturing of Solar cell. We are working on SnS solar cell with different deposition techniques of materials related to its efficiency. This research is targeted to achieve continuous Production of Solar cells and make it cost efficient.

B. S. Mechanical Engineering - Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, India (2015)

Expected Graduation - May 2017

List of conferences/publications:

Attended and Published conference paper on "Design and analysis of Heat transfer rate in Industrial Fin tube heat exchanger" in National Conference on Recent Advanced in Engineering for Sustainability (NCRAES), 2015.

Jiaxuan xu - Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Lamar University in 2013 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru on a project -"Plant Microbial Fuel Cell.”

Quaid W. Campbell - Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Lamar University in 2014 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru on funded OUR grant -" Hydrophobic Structural Steels"

Nasim Abedelwahab - Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Lamar University in 2014 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru on an OUR project, "Supercapacitors from Recycled Industrial Mill Scale Waste"

Jancy Varghese - Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Lamar University in Fall 2015 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Currently working as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru on a project regarding biofouling of a ship's hull.

Scott Girdwood - Undergraduate Research Assistant

Joined Lamar University in 2015 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Hoping to work as an undergraduate research assistant with Dr. Ramesh K. Guduru on ‘Maritime efficiency applications for nanomaterials’

Alumni of the group - Graduate Students

Ketan S. Solanki - M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Graduated in Dec 2016
Miguel Sierra Ortiz - - M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Graduated in Dec 2016 (Employed at Liberty Forge)

Alumni of the group - Undergraduate Students

Logan Bryant - B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Graduated in May 2015
Hung Ho - SURF Fellow - B.S. Mechanical Engineering, (Expected to graduate by May 2017)