Suresh Gubbala
Mobile: (502) 649-9583
Office: (502) 852-6357
E-mail: s0gubb01@gwise.louisville.edu
Contact
Information
106 Ernst Hall
Graduate Student
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, 40292
Research
Interests
Photo-electrochemical energy conversion devices, nanoscale materials synthesis by
chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition, materials characterization
Education
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Pursuing Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Thesis: Photo-electrochemical energy conversion devices based on band edge engineered
nanowire structures
Advisor: Prof. Mahendra K. Sunkara
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
MS in Chemical Engineering, July 2004
Thesis: Synthesis and magnetic characterization of nanocrystalline ferrites
Advisor: Prof. Devesh Misra
Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
BS, Chemical Engineering, May 2002
Relevant
Coursework
Materials Characterization, Advanced Corrosion Engineering, Surface Phenomena, Physical
Electronics, Microfabrication, Advanced Materials Science, Thermodynamics, Transport
Phenomena, Advanced Reactor Design, Advanced Device Electronics
Skills
Photo-electrochemical measurements, Solar Cell Characterization, Experience in handling
Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) systems, Hot Filament CVD, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD),
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), TEM
sample preparation, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Nanoindentation, Scanning Tunneling
Spectroscopy (STS), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy(XPS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD),
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), White Light interferometery, Ultraviolet-Visible
Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman Spectroscopy,
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy, Residual Gas Analysis
Professional
Experience
Summer Internship, Nuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad
Project: Solvent Extraction of Niobium from Tantalum Raffinate.
Teaching Assistant, University of Louisiana and University of Louisville
Thermodynamics
Materials Science
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Publications
Participation of the dissolved O2 in the passive layer formation on Zn surface in neutral
media, Hamdy H. Hassan, Mohammed A. Amin, S. Gubbala and M.K. Sunkara
Electrochimica Acta, 52, 6929 (2007)
Nanowire-based electrochromic devices, S. Gubbala, J.
Sunkara, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91, 813(2007)
Thangala
and
M.K.
Synthesis of low-melting metal oxide and sulfide nanowires and nanobelts, Rao R,
Chandrasekaran H, Gubbala S, Sunkara MK, Daraio C, Jin S, Rao AM, Journal Of
Electronic Materials, 35, 941 (2006)
Magnetic behavior of nanocrystalline nickel ferrite: Part 2 - Effect of dilution, S.
Gubbala, R.D.K. Misra, Materials Science And Technology, 22, 845 (2006)
Magnetic behavior of nanocrystalline nickel ferrite: Part I. The effect of surface
roughness, H. Nathani, S. Gubbala and R.D.K. Misra, Materials Science and Engineering
B, 121,126 (2005)
Magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Ni–Zn, Zn–Mn, and Ni–Mn ferrites synthesized by
reverse micelle technique, S. Gubbala, H. Nathani, K. Koizol and R. D. K. Misra, Physica B:
Condensed Matter, 348, 317 (2004)
Magnetic behavior of nickel ferrite–polyethylene nanocomposites synthesized by
mechanical milling process, H. Nathani, S. Gubbala and R. D. K. Misra, Materials Science
and Engineering B, 111, 95 (2004)
A comparison of the magnetic characteristics of nanocrystalline nickel, zinc, and
manganese ferrites synthesized by reverse micelle technique, R. D. K. Misra, S. Gubbala,
A. Kale and W. F. Egelhoff, Materials Science and Engineering B, 111, 164 (2004)
Magnetic behavior of nanocrystalline nickel ferrite synthesized by the reverse micelle
technique, A. Kale, S. Gubbala and R. D. K. Misra, Journal of Magnetism and
Magnetic Materials, 277, 350(2004)
Conference
Presentations
Nanowire Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Electrochromic Devices, Suresh
Gubbala, Sreeram Vaddiraju, Jyothish Thangala, Biswapriya Deb, Santosh Rupa Dumpala,
Mahendra Sunkara, Energy Nanotechnology International Conference, MIT, Boston, MA,
USA, June 2006
Nanowire Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Electrochromic Devices, Suresh Gubbala,
Sreeram Vaddiraju, Jyothish Thangala, Biswapriya Deb, Mahendra K. Sunkara, Eastern
Regional Chemical and Materials Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA,
Oct. 2006
Nanowire Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Electrochromic Devices, Suresh Gubbala,
Sreeram Vaddiraju, Jyothish Thangala, Biswapriya Deb, Mahendra K. Sunkara, AIChE
annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Nov 2006
Professional
Affiliations
Honors and
Awards
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Materials Research Society
Among top 1 % of 150,000 candidates in the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by
the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-JEE 1998).
National Talent Search Scholar, (awarded by the Government of India) from 1991 to
1995.
Co curricular
Activities
Represented Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University at various Inter University
Quiz Competitions
Secretary, Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Association, University of Louisville