About the Author

Dr. Ramana G. Reddy is an ACIPCO Endowed Professor of Department of  Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MTE), The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His academic administration and research work experiences include: Department Head of the MTE  and Associate Director of Center for Green Manufacturing at The University of Alabama; Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Nevada, Reno; and Visiting Researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago; and  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA.

Professor Reddy has over 36 years of teaching and research experience in the field of chemical and materials engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah. He has conducted projects involving thermodynamics and kinetics of metallurgical reactions; electrochemical processing of materials, plasma processing of materials, energy efficient and environmental cleaner technologies, ionic liquids, fuel cells and energy storage. As an Endowed Chair Professor in the college of engineering and administrator of many research projects (funding from including NSF, DOE. DOD, Industries), Dr. Reddy advised and worked with over 100 graduate students, research scholars and visiting scientists.