PUBLICATIONS
1. Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Oliver C. Mullins, Roger Wiltfong, Ballard Andrews, Go Fujisawa, and
John Larsen, Sulfur speciation in different kerogens by XANES spectroscopy, 2002 ASTM
Conference Proceedings, August, 2002.
2. Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, and Oliver C. Mullins, Sulfur species in asphaltene, resin, and oil
fractions of crude oils by XANES and IR spectroscopy methods, National APS meeting
Proceedings, March, 2002, and 2001 ASTM Conference Proceedings, July, 2001.
3. S. Mitra-Kirtley and M. Syed, Studio Physics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2000
ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June, 2000
4. Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Oliver C. Mullins, Corie Y. Ralston, And Courtney Pareis, Sulfur
characterization in asphaltene, resin, and oil fractions of two crude oils, American
Chemical Society National Conference, New Orleans, August, 1999.
5. S. Mitra-Kirtley, Thoughts on Studio Physics, Optics and Photonics News, Sept., 1998.
6. S. Mitra-Kirtley, O.C. Mullins, C.Y. Ralston, D. Sellis, C. Pareis, Determination of sulfur
species in asphaltene, resin, and oil fractions of crude oils, Appl. Spec., 52(12), 1998.
7. C. Ralston, S. Mitra-Kirtley, and O.C. Mullins : A Small Population of 1 to 3 FusedAromatic Ring Moieties in Asphaltenes, Energy and Fuels, 10, (3), 623, 1996.
8. Mitra-Kirtley, S.; Mullins, O.C.; Branthaver, J.F.; and Cramer, S.P.: Nitrogen chemistry of
kerogens from XANES spectroscopy, Energy and Fuels, 7(6), 1128, 1993.
9. van Elp, J.; Pen, G.; Searle, B.G.; Mitra-Kirtley, S; Huang, Y.H.; Johnson, M.K.; Zhou, Z.H.;
Adams, M.W.W.; Maroney, M.J.; and Cramer, S.P.; Structural aspects in nickel L-edge x-ray
absorption spectroscopy, J.Am. Chem. Soc., 116, 1918, 1994.
10. Mullins, O.C; Mitra-Kirtley, S; van Elp, J; and Cramer, S.P.: Molecular structure of nitrogen
in coal from XANES spectroscopy, Appl. Spec., 47(8), 1268, (1993).
11. Mitra-Kirtley, S.; Mullins, O.C.; van Elp, J.; George, S.; Chen, J.; and Cramer, S.P.: Nitrogen
chemical structure in petroleum asphaltenes using x-ray absorption spectroscopy, J.Am.
Chem. Soc., 115, 252-258, (1993).
12. Mitra-Kirtley, S.; Mullins, O.C..; van Elp, J.; and Cramer, S.P.; Nitrogen chemical structure in
petroleum asphaltene and coal by x-ray absorption spectroscopy; Fuel, 72(1), 133-135,
(1993).
13. Mullins, O.C.; Mitra-Kirtley, S.; and Zhu, Y.; The population distribution of chromophores in
petroleum; Appl. Spec., 46 (9), 1405-1411, (1992).
14. Mitra-Kirtley, S.; Mullins, O.C.; Chen, J.; van Elp, J.; George, S.; Chen, C.T.; O'Halloran, T.;
and Cramer, S.P.; Nitrogen chemical structure in DNA and related molecules by x-ray
absorption spectroscopy, Biochim et Biophys. Acta, 1132, 249-254, (1992).
15. Huffman, G.P.; Mitra, S.; Huggins, F.E.; Shah, N.; Vaidya, S.; and Lu, F.; Quantitative
analysis of all major forms of sulfur in coal by x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy,
Energy & Fuels, 5, 574-581, (1991).
16. Huffman, G.P.; Huggins, F.E.; Mitra, S.; Shah, N.; Pugmire, R.J.; Davis, B.; Lytle, F.W.; and
Greegor, R.B.; Investigation of the molecular structure of organic sulfur in coal by XAFS
spectroscopy, Energy & Fuels, 3, 200-205,
(1989).
17. Huffman, G.P.; Huggins, F.E.; Mitra, S.; Shah, N.; Lytle, F.W.; and Greegor, R.B.; Forms of
occurrence of sulfur and chlorine in coal, Physica B. (XAFS V), 158, 225-226, (1989).
18. Huggins, F.E.; Huffman, F.P.; Mitra, S.; Shah, N.; Determination of sulfur forms in coal by
XAFS spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (ed.S.S. Hasnain), Ch.161, 610-612,
(1991).
19. Mitra-Kirtley, S.; Mullins, O.C.; Branthaver, J.F.; van Elp, J.; and Cramer, S.P.; Nitrogen
XANES studies of fossil-fuels, ACS abstracts, Fuel, 38(3), 762, (1993).
20. Kirtley, S.M.; Mullins, O.C.; van Elp, J.; George, S.; Chen, J.; and Cramer, S.P.; Nitrogen
chemical structure in petroleum asphaltenes using x-ray absorption spectroscopy, ACS
abstracts, Fuel, 010, (1992).
21. Shah, N.; Huggins, F.E.; Mitra,S.; Taghiei, M.M. ; and Huffman, G.P.; 15th Annual Electric
Power Research Inst. conf. on Fuel Science, 9.1-9.12, (1991).
22. Huggins, F.E.; Mitra, S.; Vaidya, S.; Taghiei, M. M.; Lu, F.; Shah, N.; and Huffman, G.P.; The
quantitative determination of all major inorganic and organic sulfur forms in coal from XAFS
spectroscopy: method and applications, Coal Science and Tech., (ed. P.R. Dugan, Quigley,
D.R. and Y.A. Attia),18, 13-42, (1991).
23. Huffman, G.P.; Huggins, F.E.; Francis, H.E.; Mitra, S.; Shah, N.; Structural characterization
of sulfur in bioprocessed coal, Coal Science and Tech., (ed.R. Markuszewski and T.D.
Wheelock), 16, 21-32, (1990).
24. Shah, N.; Keogh, R.A.; Huggins, F.E.; Huffman, G.P.; Shah, A.; Ganguly, G.; and Mitra, S.;
Forms of sulfur and iron, and coal liquefaction properties for the Argonne premium coals and
nine Kentucky coals, ACS abstracts, Fuel, 200, p8, (1990).
25. Mitra, S.; Shah, N.; Huggins, F.E.; and Huffman, G.P.; Investigation of organic sulfur
structure as a function of coal rank, ACS abstracts, Fuel, 199, (1990).
26. Huffman, G.P.; Huggins, F.E.; Mitra, S.; and Shah, N.; Investigation of sulfur structures in
coal by XAFS spectroscopy, 1989 Intl. Conf. Coal Science, 47-50, (1989).
Most recent presentations:
1. “Sulfur speciation in different kerogens by XANES spectroscopy”, ASTM Annual
Conference Proceedings, August, 2002.
2. “Sulfur species in asphaltene, resin, and oil fractions of crude oils by XANES and IR
spectroscopy methods”, ASTM Annual Conference, Cancun, Mexico, July, 2001.
3. Studio Physics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference
Proceedings, June, 2000.
4. “X-ray Absorption studies of heteroatoms present in complex materials, using synchrotron
radiation”, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, July 3, 1996.
5. Workshop on “Studio Physics” at The International Society for Exploring Teaching
Alternatives”, in Columbus, OH, October, 1996.
6. Workshop on “Studio Physics” in the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology-Kanazawa
Institute of Technology joint international symposium, November 4, 1996.
7. “Studio Physics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology” at American Association of Physics
Teachers, Phoenix, AZ, January, 1997.
8. “Sulfur X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy study in products from two different crude oils”,
American Chemical Society, San Francisco, April 14, 1997 (was absent due to health reasons).