RAGHAVA R. KOMMALAPATI, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE Honeywell Endowed Professor Director, NSF CREST Center f or Energy & Environmental Sustainability (CEES) Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prairie View A&M University Phone: (936) 261-1660 (direct)/1665 (Dept), Fax: (936) 261-1662 E-mail: rrkommalapati@pvamu.edu

Last Updated: September 2021

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering 1995 – Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA-70803
MS in Civil (Environmental) Engineering 1994 – Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA-70803
M.S. in Engineering Structures 1990 – National Institute of Technology, Warangal, TG, India
B.S. in Civil Engineering 1988 – VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, AP, India
P.E. Texas No 95283 (Civil and Environmental) 2005
Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) 2009
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2015

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Honeywell Endowed Professor, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), September 2021-Present.
Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), September 2012 -Present.
Director, NSF CREST Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), January 2012- Present.
Associate Director, The Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (TranSET), which is a Region 6 University Transportation Center (USDOT), 2006-2014.
Director, Summer Transportation Institute (FHWA/TXDOT Sponsored), 2006-2014.
Interim Department Head, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), January 2010- August 2013.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), September 2004- August 2012.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University (LSU), Partial Summers of 2005 and August 2006.
Program Coordinator, Summer Transportation Institute (FHWA Sponsored) , 2000-2005.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), June 1998-August 2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University (LSU), Partial Summers of 2002 and 2003.
Research Associate (Started as level III later promoted to level V), Hazardous Waste Research Center, Louisiana State University, January 1996 – May 1998
Research Assistant (or Teaching Assistant), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, August 1990 – December 1995
Research Assistant (or Teaching Assistant), Department of Civil Engineering, Regional Engineering College (REC), Warangal, India, September 1988- July 1990.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

$18.22 Million from 52 grants (involved either as PI or co-PI) in career ($17.8 Million from 47 grants while at PVAMU).
Received $10 Million in total funding (2-$5M grants) from NSF as Director and PI to establish the Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES) in 2010 and a Phase II grant in 2019.
Received $3.58 Million funding from US Department of Education thru the Tittle III program to Enhance Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program (2010-2017).

Funded Projects:

Potential Use of Renewable Diesel for Transportation in Texas and its Environmental Impacts under Uncertainties Caused by COVID-19, PI with Du and Alam, US Department of Transportation thru LSU TranSet, 08/21-01/23, $60,000.
Investigation of the Impact of Rainfall Patterns on Highway Slope Instability, Co-PI with Alam (PI), US Department of Transportation thru LSU TranSet, 08/21-01/23, $60,000.
Coupled Situational Awareness System to Improve Transportation Infrastructure Performance during Extreme Events, Co-PI with Alam (PI) with University of Texas at San Antonio, US Department of Transportation thru LSU TranSet, 08/21-01/23, $66,687 (PV Budget $21,687).
Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI), A consortium lead by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to support OESI. PVAMU This is a consortium-style multi-university, federal, and state agency effort funded at $40M by the US Department of Interior and Department of Energy. PVAMU PI will receive $148,000 over five years (2021-2026) to administer the grant at PVAMU. Annual research funds will be based on proposals submitted each year by member institutions.
Systems-based integrated program for enhancing the sustainability of antibiotic-restricted poultry production, PVAMU PI part of a team led by Kumar Venkitanarayanan at Univ. of Connecticut, US Department of Agriculture, 09/20-09/25, $10M (PV Budget -$450,000)- 09/20-08/24.
Zero-Waste Poultry Processing with Sequential Membrane Separation and Anaerobic Digestion, PI with H. Du & R. Awal (PVAMU) and C. Coufal (TAMU), US Department of Agriculture, 04/20-03/23, $500,000.
Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES)- Phase II, NSF Center of Research Excellence in Research & Technology (CREST) program, The project is funded at $1 Million dollars per year for 5 years for total funding of $5 Million dollars. Director and PI with A. Amarasekara, D. Choe, Z. Huque and S. Reeves, 10/2019-09/24.
- Also the lead Investigator for the Energy and Environment project (one of the 3 foci of the center)
Excellence in Research: A Novel High Throughput Forward Osmosis Membrane for Produced Water Treatment, PI with Reeves and Shafer (UH), National Science Foundation, 08/19-07/22, $500,000.
Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Houston METRO System – Evaluation of Electric Alternatives PI with H. Du and D. Choe, US Department of Transportation thru LSU TranSet, 08/15/2019-02/15/2021, $46,500
Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the I-45 Corridor, PI with V. Botlaguduru and D. Choe, US Department of Transportation thru LSU TranSet, 03/15/2018-09/15/2019, $68,500
Energy and Nutrient Recovery from Goat Manure by Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Cotton Gin Trash and Food Waste, PI with V. Botlaguduru, R. Awal, US Department of Agriculture (CBG Program), 02/01/2018-01/31/2021, $300,000
Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting for Careers at Transportation Agencies, PVAMU PI with Choe (PVAMU) and Harper (PI, LSU) and Bogus Halter (UNM PI)), US Department of Transportation thru LSU Transportation Consortium of South Central States (Tran-SET), 05/08/2017-11/08/2018. $24,500
Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES), NSF Center of Research Excellence in Research & Technology (CREST) program, The project is funded at $1 Million dollars per year for 5 years for total funding of $5 Million dollars. Director and PI with P. Biney, Z. Huque and A. Amarasekara, 10/2010-09/18.
- Also the lead Investigator for the Energy and Environmental Sustainability project (one of the 3 foci of the center)
Post-combustion carbon capture using polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized titanate nanotubes, PI with Z. Huque, X. Shen and K. Lee. Department of Energy (DE-FE0023040), 10/1/2014-3/31/2019, $249,996.
Air Quality Measurement of Poultry Farms in Texas, PI with H. Du, Office of Vice President for Research, Prairie View A&M University, 05/01/2017-12/31/2017, $20,000
Examination of the Impacts of Climate Change and Life Cycle Emissions on Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Air Quality Using Photochemical Simulations, PI with A. Kadiyala, Office of Vice President for Research, Prairie View A&M University, 05/01/2015-12/31/2015, $20,000
Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, PI, US Department of Education (Title III), Year 1: $446,240 (10/2010 – 9/2011) Year 2: $578,119 (10/2011 – 9/2012), Year 3: $580,710 (10/2012-9/2013), Year 4: 613,329 (10/2013-9/2014). Year 5: $676,443 (10/2014-09/2015). Year 6: $430,625 (10/1/2015-09/30/2016) and Supplement ($250,000), Total Funding of $3.575 Million.
Host 2014 Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, with Radha, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 5/1/2/013-08/31/2013, $45,000.
ATLAS Center (Partnership of Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and University of Michigan Transportation Research Center (UMTRC), PVAMU is a partner of TTI, Kommalapati (PVAMU PI), $22,900 for 2013-16.
Host 2013 Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, with Radha, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 5/1/2/013-08/31/2013, $65,000.
Host 2012 Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, with Radha, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 5/1/2/012-12/31/2012, $65,000.
Host 2011 Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 5/1/2/011-12/31/2011, $63,695.
Transportation Workforce Development: Sustaining and Expanding High School Outreach Programs and Multi-Agency Partnerships, PI with Radha and Stockton (TTI), University Transportation Center for Mobility, 4/2011- 09/2012, $98,635.
Prairie View Scholarship Program to Enhance Minority Participation in the Nuclear Field, PI, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 5/2010-9/2013, $199,962
Development of Nuclear Option for Engineering and Science Majors, Co-PI with S. Aghara, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 7/2010-6/2011, $120,000
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Processing by a fog Cloud- field and Laboratory Studies, PI, NSF- RUI -A Supplemental grant (AGS 1007492) thru Louisiana State University for 2009-2011, $35,488.
Host Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 4/1/2/009-12/31/2009, $47,082.
Promoting workforce development for the transportation profession through a multi-university/agency partnership, PI with Judy Perkins, University Transportation Center for Mobility, 4/2008- 3/2010, $117,464.
Host Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 4/1/2/008-12/31/2008, $45,855.
Partnering to Promote Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession, PI with Judy Perkins, University Transportation Center for Mobility, 9/2007- 6/2008, $40,000.
Host Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, Federal Highway Administration thru Texas Department of Transportation, 2007, $43,000/year.
Enhancing the Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Equipment Grant, PI, Ed Rachal Foundation, Corpus Christi, TX, 2006-2008, $50,000.
Host Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, PI, Federal Highway Administration, 2006, $40,800/year.
Recruit and Prepare Underrepresented Environmental Engineers and Natural Resources Engineers, US Department of Agriculture, Co-PI with J. Perkins. 2005-2008, $199,980.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2005, $42,000/year.
Adsorption and Photochemical Transformations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at the Air-Water Interface (Fog and Ice) in the Atmosphere, PI, NSF- RUI supplemental grant thru Louisiana State University for 2004-2006, $59,800.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2004, $42,000/year.
Air-Water Interfacial Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Relevance to Atmospheric Deposition Processes, PI, NSF- RUI supplemental grant thru Louisiana State University for 2002 -2004, $32,500.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2003, $42,000.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2002, $42,000.
Evaluation of Methods to Reduce Green House Gases at Cement Manufacturing Facilities, PI, Holcim Corporation, 2001-2003, $10,000.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2001, $45,000.
Evaluation of Monitored Natural Attenuation of Potential Groundwater Contaminants of Concern at the Pantex Plant, Amarillo, TX, PI, EM Federal, 2001-2002, $30,000.
A Literature Review on The Evaluation of Design Parameters for Modern Grease Traps and High Strength Wastes, PI, Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council, 2000, $15,000.
Host Site for Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, Co-PI with R. Radha, Federal Highway Administration, 2000, $45,000.
A Literature Review on Effect of Long Term Infiltration Rate at On-site Sewage Disposal Systems, PI, Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council, 1999, $15,000.
Estimation of Time Dependent Soil Source Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration in Construction Excavations, PI, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, 1999, $15,000.

At LSU (Total $442,121)

Partition Coefficient and Bioavailability Research Projects for the PPI Site, R. Kommalapati (Co-PI) with K.T. Valsaraj, W.D. Constant and C. Zhang, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1998, $98,500.
Use of Plant-Based Natural Surfactants and Mineral-Oxide Adsorbents in Soil Remediation, R. Kommalapati (Co-PI) with K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, U.S. Dept. of Interior, 1996-1998, $213,840.
In-situ Soil Washing Using Surfactants and Colloidal Gas Aphrons to Enhance Pump and Treat Remediation, R. Kommalapati (Co-PI) with K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1997, $76,000.
Soil-Water Partition Coefficients for the Harbinger Compounds at the PPI Site to Support Natural Attenuation Project: Desorption and Column Experiments, R. Kommalapati (Co-PI) with K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1997, $16,091.
Measurement of Soil-Water Partition Coefficients for the Harbinger Compounds at the PPI Site, R. Kommalapati (Co-PI) with K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1996, $37,690.

PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS (1 Book, and 140 peer reviewed publications including 9 book chapters, 83 journal articles and 48 peer reviewed conference proceedings and extended abstracts and 194 presentations) Book Atmospheric Aerosols: Characterization, Chemistry, Modeling and Climate, 2009, K.T. Valsaraj and R.R. Kommalapati (editors), ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1005, Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Oxford University Press, ISBN13: 9780841269736. Book Chapters (Total of 9)

Ogletree, L. Du, H., and Kommalapati, R., 2021, Shale Oil & Gas Produced Water Treatment: Opportunities and Barriers for Forward Osmosis, Book Chapter in Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes, Muharrem Ince (Book Editor), IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.96001.
Hongbo Du, Subhani Bandara, Laura Carson, and Raghava Kommalapati, Association of Polyethylene Glycol Solubility with Emerging Membrane Technologies, Wastewater Treatment and Desalination, in “Polyethylene Glycol”. Arpit Sand (ed). ISBN: 978-1-83880-619-4. Publisher: InTechOpen. (In press).
Kyoungsoo Lee, Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati and SangEul Han, 2019, Effect on Torque and Thrust of Pointed Tip Shape of a Wind Turbine Blade, in Top 5 Contributions in Energy Research and Development, Avid Science, in press
Audie Thompson, Raghava Kommalapati and Felicia Nave, 2018, Introduction of Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes, in ” Osmotically Driven Membrane Process: Approach, Development and Current Status”. Hongbo Du, Audie Thompson, and Xinying Wang (eds). ISBN: 978-953-51-5688-8. Publisher: InTech Publications (Open Access).
Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque,2017, Life Cycle Assessment of a Solar Power System Designed to Meet University, in “Sustainability Practice and Education on University Campuses and Beyond”, Ashok Kumar and Dong Kim (eds), p 148-166.
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Fiifi Asah-Opoku, Hongbo Du and Ziaul Huque, 2016, Monte Carlo Simulations of Nuclear Fuel Burnup, accepted for publications in “Nuclear Materials”, O. Abdel Rahman and H. E. Mostafa Saleh (eds), InTech Publications (Open Access). 2016. DOI: 10.5772/62572
Tarkik Shahriar, Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2015, A Review of Ozone Studies in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Non-Attainment Area, In “Trace Materials in Air, Soil, and Water”, Kendra Evans, Elizabeth S. Roberts-Kirchhoff, Mark A. Benvenuto Katherine Lanigan , and Alexa Rihana-Abdalla, (Ed), ACS Symposium Series 1210. Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780841231108
R. Kommalapati and K.T. Valsaraj, Atmospheric Aerosols and their importance, 2009, Atmospheric Aerosols: Characterization, Chemistry, Modeling and Climate, K.T. Valsaraj and R.R. Kommalapati (editors), Volume 1005, Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Oxford University Press ISBN13: 9780841269736.
R. Kommalapati, W.D. Constant, and K.T. Valsaraj, 2005, A Case Study in The Application of Environmental Chemodynamics Towards The Selection of A Remediation Scheme for A Superfund Site in Water Pollution: Environmental Impact Assessment of Recycled Hazardous Waste Materials on Surface and Ground Waters, Volume 3: Engineering Modeling and Sustainability, Tarek Kassim (ed), ISBN: 3-540-23585-X, SPRINGER-VERLAG.

Published (Total of 83)

Du, H., Kommalapati, R.R., 2021, Environmental sustainability of public transportation fleet replacement with electric buses in Houston, a megacity in the USA, International Journal of Sustainable EngineeringVol 14 (5?), https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2021.1972491
Fatima, F., Du, H., Kommalapati, R.R., 2021, Treatment of Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater with Membrane Technologies: A Review. Water, 2021, Vol 13 (14):1905. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13141905
Harjinder Kaur andRaghava R. Kommalapati, 2021, Optimizing anaerobic co-digestion of goat manure and cotton gin trash using biochemical methane potential (BMP) test and mathematical modeling, SpringerNature Applied Sciences, Vol 3, 724 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04706-1
Iqbal Hossan, Hongbo Du and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2021, Anthropogenic Source Contributions to Ozone Formation in the Greater Houston Area, Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol 12, 249-264. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2021.124016
Ayobami Orangun, Harjinder Kaur and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2021, Batch Anaerobic Co-Digestion and Biochemical Methane Potential Analysis of Goat Manure and Food Waste, Energies, Vol 14 (7), 1952. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14071952
Harjinder Kaur andRaghava R. Kommalapati, 2021, Effect of Inoculum Concentration and Pretreatment on Biomethane Recovery From Cotton Gin Trash, Journal of Agricultural Science, 13, No. 4, 2021, https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v13n4p15
Chipindula, J., Du, H., Botlaguduru, V.S.V., Choe, D. and Kommalapati, R., 2021, Life Cycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the Houston-Dallas I-45 Corridor, Public Transport, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-021-00264-2
Poojan Upadhaya, Hongbo Du and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2020, Meteorological Detrending of Ozone at Three Sites in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area: Application of KZ Filter Method, Atmosphere, Vol 11(11), 1226, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111226 (Scopus, Web of Science)
Subhani Bandara Hongbo Du, Laura Carson, Debra Bradford, and Raghava Kommalapati, 2020, Agricultural and Biomedical Applications of Chitosan-Based Nanomaterials, Nanomaterials, Vol 10(10), 1903; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101903 (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed)
Hongbo Du, Fang Deng, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ananda S. Amarasekara, 2020, Iron based catalysts in biomass processing, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 134, 110292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110292 (Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO)
Hyoung-Chul Kim, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, Xinhua Shen, 2020, Computational fluid dynamic simulation modeling of carbon capture using polyethylenimine impregnated protonated titanate nanotubes, Energy Science and Engineering, vol 8 (7), pp2311– https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.665 (Web of Science, SCOPUS)
V. Botlaguduru, and R. R. Kommalapati, 2020, Meteorological Detrending of Long-Term (2003-2017) Ozone and Precursor Concentrations at Three Sites in the Houston Ship Channel Region, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol 70 (1), 93–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2019.1694088 (Web of Science, PubMed, SCOPUS).
Kommalapati R., H. Du, M. Stewart, X. Shen, Z. Huque, The Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Carbon Capture Capacity of Polyethylenimine Impregnated Protonated Titanate Nanotubes. Science of Advanced Materials (In press).
Howard, S.V. Botlaguduru, H. Du, Z. Huque, R. R. Kommalapati, 2019, Measurements and comparative air quality analysis of a goat farm operation, Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Vol 62 (6), 1723–1733, https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13344 (Web of Science, SCOPUS)
Kommalapati R.R., H. Du, S. Potluri, V. Botlaguduru, Treatment of Shale Oil Produced Water with Zwitterion-modified Forward Osmosis Membrane. Journal of Membrane Science & Technology, Vol 9 (3) No 200. https://doi.org/10.35248/2155-9589.19.9.200
Babayev, M., H. Du, V. Botlaguduru, Kommalapati, Zwitterion-Modified Ultrafiltration Membranes for Permian Basin Produced Water Tretreatment, Water2019, 11, Article ID: 1710. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11081710
Ray, R.L., A. Ibironke, Kommalapati, and A. Fares, Quantifying the Impacts of Land-Use and Climate on Carbon Fluxes Using Satellite Data across Texas, US. Remote Sensing, 2019. 11(14): Article ID: 1733. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11141733
Amarasekara, A.S., L.H. Nguyen, H. Du, and R. Kommalapati, Kinetics and mechanism of the solid-acid catalyzed one-pot conversion of d-fructose to 5, 5′-[oxybis(methylene)]bis[2-furaldehyde] in dimethyl sulfoxide. SN Applied Sciences, 2019. 1(9): Article ID: 964.
Iqbal Hossan, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2018, Air Quality Impact of Biomass Co-firing with Coal at a Power Plant in the Greater Houston Area. Open Journal of Air Pollution, Vol 7 (3): 263-285. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojap.2018.73013
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Md Tarkik Shahriar, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, and Ziaul Huque, 2018, Relative contribution of different source categories to ozone exceedances in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area, Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol 9 (8), 847- 858, https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2018.98052
Fadoua Zemmouri, Mahmood S. Chowdhury, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2018, Static Structural Analysis of a Pointed Tip Wind Turbine Blade Using FSI, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, Vol 11 (1) 7-12.
Botlaguduru, R. Kommalapati, and Z. Huque, 2018, Long-Term Meteorologically Independent Trend Analysis of Ozone Air Quality at an Urban Site in the Greater Houston Area, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, Vol 68 (10) 1051-1064. Online version- https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2018.1466740
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Iqbal Hossan, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, 2018, Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Biomass Co-firing with Coal at a Power Plant in the Greater Houston Area, Sustainability 2018, 10 (7) 2193; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072193
Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2018, Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Onshore & Offshore Wind Farms in Texas, Sustainability 2018, 10 (6): 2022 https://doi.org/10.3390/su10062022
Du, H.; Huque, Z., Kommalapati, R. Impacts of Biodiesel Applied to the Transportation Fleets in the Greater Houston Area. 2018. Journal of Renewable Energy, Volume 2018, Article ID 7350715,https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7350715
Raghava Kommalapati, Akhil Kadiyala, Md. Tarkik Shahriar, and Ziaul Huque, 2017, Review of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation Systems, Energies, Vol 10 (3), P 350 https://doi.org/3390/en10030350
Xinhua Shen, Hongbo Du, Riley H. Mullins, and Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Polyethylenimine Applications in CO₂ Capture and Separation: from Theoretical Study to Experimental Work, Energy Technology, Vol 5, P 822-833, https://doi.org/1002/ente.201600694
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, 2017, Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine: Aerodynamic Force Evaluation and Structural Analysis using FSI analysis, Renewable Energy: An International Journal, Vo; 113, p 512-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.071
Roy, S., Z. Huque, K. Lee, and Kommalapati, 2017, Turbulence Model Prediction Capability in 2D Airfoil of NREL Wind Turbine Blade at Stall and Post Stall Region. Journal of Clean Energy Technologies, Vol 5, No 6, : p 496-500. https://doi.org/10.18178/JOCET.2017.5.6.423
Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Roy, Shrabanti, Huque, Ziaul, Kommalapati, Raghava, Han, Sang, 2017, Effect on Torque and Thrust of the Pointed Tip Shape of a Wind Turbine Blade, Energies, Vol 10(1), P. 79, https://doi.org/3390/en10010079
Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2017, Characterization of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wind Electricity Generation Systems, International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Vol 8 (1), P 55-64, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-016-0221-5
Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2016, Quantification of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nuclear Power Generation Systems, Energies, Vol 9, 863, https://doi.org/10.3390/en9110863
Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2016, Evaluation of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Feedstock Biomass Electricity Generation Systems, Sustainability, Vol 8, No 11, 1181; https://doi.org/10.3390/su8111181
Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2016, Assessment of Bioethanol Applications on Transportation Vehicles in Houston, Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications, Vol 6, No 3, 207. https://doi.org/10.4172/2090-4541.1000207
Akhil Kadiyala, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2016, Evaluation of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectricity Generation Systems, Sustainability, Vol 8, No 6, 539. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8060539
Nazia Munir, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, 2016, Impact of Different Parameters on Life Cycle Analysis, Embodied Energy and Environmental Emissions for Wind Turbine System, Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol 7, No 7, 1005-1015. https://doi.org/4236/jep.2016.77089
Kommalapati, S. Sheikh, H. Du, and Z. Huque, 2016, Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-ethanol fuel Emissions for Transportation Vehicles in Houston Area of Texas, Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol 7, No 6, P 793-804. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2016.76072
Lee, Z. Huque, R. Kommalapati, and S. Han, 2016, Evaluation of equivalent structural properties of NREL Phase IV wind turbine blade, Renewable Energy: An International Journal, Vol 86, 796-818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.07.096
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Chao Sui, Nazia Munir, 2016, Aerodynamic Noise Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Using CAA, Journal of Clean Energy Technologies, Vol 4, No 5, PP 346-352, https://doi.org/10.18178/JOCET.2016.4.5.310
Kyoungsoo Lee, Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Chao Sui and Nazia Munir, 2015, 2016, Pointed Tip Shape Effect on Aerodynamic Load for NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade, Journal of Clean Energy Technologies, Vol.4, No.4, pp. 284-289. https://doi.org/10.7763/JOCET.2016.V4.298
Kommalapati, Z. Liang, and Z. Huque, 2016, Photochemical Model Simulations of Air Quality for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area and Analysis of Ozone-NO_x-Hydrocarbon Sensitivity, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol 13 (1), pp 209-220. Online version – https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-015-0862-6
Xinhua Shen, Raghava Kommalapati, and Ziaul Huque, 2015, The Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Power Generation from Lignocellulosic Biomass, Sustainability, Vol 7, No 10, PP 12974-12987. https://doi.org/10.3390/su71012974
Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, 2015, A Study on the Sound Noise Emission of Moving Vehicle by Using Curle Surface Integral, International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Vol 5, No 2, P 7-15. http://www.ijeit.com/Vol%205/Issue%202/IJEIT1412201508_02.pdf
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, 2015, A Study on the Sound Noise Emission of Moving Vehicle by Using Proudman Model, International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Vol 5, No 2, P 30-42. http://www.ijeit.com/Vol%205/Issue%202/IJEIT1412201508_05.pdf
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati,2015, Contribution of Road Surface to Far-field Sound Noise Propagation from Moving Vehicle, International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Vol 5, No 2, P 63-73. http://www.ijeit.com/Vol%205/Issue%202/IJEIT1412201508_09.pdf
Sarker, R. Kommalapati, and Z. Huque, 2015, Ozone Simulations for HGB Area using Different Chemical Mechanisms with CAMx, International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering, Vol 4 Special Issue 1, April 2015, 458-465. http://www.ijarse.com/images/fullpdf/371.pdf
Sarker, R. Kommalapati, and Z. Huque, 2015, Influence of Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds on Ozone Production in Houston-Galveston Brazoria Area, Journal of Environmental Protection, 2015, 6, 399-408. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2015.64039
Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Huque, Ziaul, Han, Kommalapati, Raghava, Sang-Eul, 2015, A Study on the Evaluation of Structural Properties of Wind Turbine Blade-Part2, Journal of the Korean Association for Spatial Structures, volume 15, issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-73; https://doi.org/10.9712/KASS.2015.15.1.065
Lee, Kyoung-Soo, Huque, Ziaul, Kommalapati, Raghava, Han, Sang-Eul, 2014, A Study on the Evaluation of Structural Properties of Wind Turbine Blade-Part1”, Journal of the Korean Association for Spatial Structures, volume 14, issue 4, 2014, Pages 47-54; https://doi.org/10.9712/KASS.2014.14.4.047
Fiifi Asah-Opoku, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, 2014, Burnup Simulations of Different Fuel Grades using MCNPX Monte Carlo Code, Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection Journal, Vol 29 (4), pp 259-267. http://ntrp.vin.bg.ac.rs/2014_5/Kommalapati2014_5.pdf https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1404259A
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, and Sang-Eul Han, 2015, The evaluation of Aerodynamic Interaction of Wind Blade Using Fluid-Structure Interaction Method, Journal of Clean Energy Technologies, Vol 3 (4), pp 270-275. https://doi.org/10.7763/JOCET.2015.V3.207
Mohammad A. Hossain, Shubarna Khan, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2014, Isogeometric Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Airfoil Using Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS), International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 3, Issue 05, May
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Impact of Point Sources Emissions on Ozone Formation for Houston Galveston Brazoria (HGB) Area, International Journal of Biological, Ecological and Environmental Sciences (IJBEES) Vol. 2, No. 5, 2013 ISSN 2277 – 4394
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-ethanol fuel Emissions for Passenger Cars in Houston Area of Texas, International Journal of Biological, Ecological and Environmental Sciences (IJBEES) Vol. 2, No. 5, 2013 ISSN 2277 – 4394
Mohammad A. Hossain, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Propagation of Shock on NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Airfoil Under Compressible Flow, Journal of Renewable Energy, Volume 2013,Article ID: 653103, http://doi.org/10.1155/2013/653103
Shubarna Khan, Ziaul Huque, Mohammad A. Hossain and Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Wind Turbine Blade Tip Comparison as a Function of Taper using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Advances and Applications in Fluid Mechanics, Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 267-283, ISSN: 0973-4686
Raghava Kommalapati, Frederick Sunderman, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, 2013, Impact of the Use of Ambient Catalysts in Stationary Air Conditioning Systems on Houston-Galveston-Area (HGA) Air Quality, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), Vol. 2 Issue 6, June 2013.
Ziaul Huque, Isaac K. Ofuafor, Donald Harby, Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Performance Predictions of Wind Turbine Blades using Artificial Neural Network Method, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), Vol. 2 Issue 6 , June 2013.
Mohammad A. Hossain, Ghizlane Zemmouri, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, 2013, Discrete Optimization of Wind Turbine Blade Airfoil, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 2, February 2013.
Mohammad A. Hossain, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati and Shubarna Khan, 2013, Numeric Investigation of Compressible Flow Over NREL Phase VI Airfoil, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, Vol. 2, Issue 2, February 2013.
Ehrenhauser, K. Khadapkar, Y. Wang, J. Hutchings, O. Delhomme, R. Kommalapati, P. Herckes, M..Wornat, K.Valsaraj, 2012, Processing of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Fog in an Urban Environment, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Vol 14: 2566-2579, http://doi.org/10.1039/C2EM30336A
Ziaul Huque, Ghizlane Zemmouri, Donald Harby and Raghava Kommalapati, 2012, Optimization of Wind Turbine Airfoil using Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA II) and Pareto Optimal Front, International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 2012, 9 pages, http://doi.org/10.1155/2012/193021
Raja, R. Raghunathan, R.R. Kommalapati, T. Lee, X. Shen, J. Collett, and K.T. Valsaraj, 2009, Organic Composition of Fog Water in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Corridor, Atmospheric Environment, Vol 43: 4214-4222.
Huque, M. R. Ali, and R.R. Kommalapati, 2009, Boiler Slag Removal using Pulse Detonation Wave, Fuel Processing Technology, Vol 90: 558-569.
Raja, R. Raghunathan, X. Yu, T. Lee, J. Chen, R.R. Kommalapati, K. Murugesan, X. Shen, Y. Qingzhong, K.T. Valsaraj, J. Collett, 2008, Fog Chemistry in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Corridor, Atmospheric Environment Vol 42 (9): 2048-2061.
S Raja, R Ravikrishna, R. Kommalapati and K T Valsaraj, 2005, Monitoring of Fogwater Chemistry in the Gulf Coast Urban Industrial Corridor: Baton Rouge (Louisiana), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol 110 (1-3): 99-120.
Lee, R.R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj, J.H. Pardue, and W. D. Constant, 2004, Bioavailability of Reversibly Sorbed and Desorption Resistant 1,3-Dichlorobenzene from a Louisiana Superfund Site Soil, Water, Air and Soil Pollution Vol 158: 207-221.
Jones, R.R. Kommalapati, W. D. Constant, 2002, Phytobuffering of Lower Chlorinated Benzene Contamination via Willows at the PPI Superfund Site. Journal of Hazardous Substance Research, Vol 3: 5-1-5-17.
Lee, R.R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj, J.H. Pardue, and W. D. Constant, 2002, Rate-Limited Desorption of Volatile Organic Compounds from Soils and Implications for the Remediation of a Louisiana Superfund Site, Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, Vol 75(1): 93-111
R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj, and W. D. Constant, 2002, Soil-Water Partitioning and Desorption of Some Volatile Organic Compounds from a Louisiana Superfund Site Soil, Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, Vol 73(3): 275-290.
T. Valsaraj, R.R. Kommalapati, W. D. Constant and E.D. Robertson, 1999, Partition Constants and Adsorption/Desorption Hysteresis for Volatile Organic Compounds on soil from a Louisiana Superfund Site, Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, Vol 58 (2): 227-243.
R. Kommalapati, K. T. Valsaraj, W. D. Constant, and D. Roy, 1998, Soil Flushing using Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions Generated from Plant-based Surfactant Solutions, J. Hazardous Materials, Vol 60: 73-87.
T. Valsaraj, P. M. Jain, R.R. Kommalapati, and J. S. Smith, 1998, Reusable Adsorbents for Dilute Solution Separation and Wastewater Treatment, 1. Adsorption of Phenanthrene on Surfactant-Modified Alumina Particles, Separation & Purification Technology, Vol 13:137-145.
A. Jackson, R.R. Kommalapati, D. Roy and J. Pardue, 1998, Enhanced Transport of Bacteria through Soil Matrix using Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions, J. Environmental Science and Health, Vol 33(3):369-384.
R. Kommalapati, D. Roy, K.T. Valsaraj, and W.D. Constant, 1997, Aqueous Solubility Enhancement and Desorption of Hexachlorobenzene from Soil using a Plant-based Surfactant, Water Research, Vol 31 (9) 2161-2170.
Roy, R.R. Kommalapati, S. Mandava, K.T. Valsaraj, and W.D. Constant, 1997, Soil Washing Potential of a Natural Surfactant, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol 31 (3): 670-675.
R. Kommalapati and D. Roy, 1997, Bioenhancement of Soil Microorganisms in Natural Surfactant Solutions: III- Effect of Hexachlorobenzene, J. Environmental Science & Health. Vol 32A(6):1763-1779.
R. Kommalapati and D. Roy, 1997, Bioenhancement of Soil Microorganisms in Natural Surfactant Solutions: II- Anaerobic, J. Environmental Science & Health, Vol 32A(3):835-847.
R. Kommalapati and D. Roy, 1996, Bioenhancement of Soil Microorganisms in Natural Surfactant Solutions: I- Aerobic, J. Environmental Science & Health, Vol 31A (8): 1951-1964.
R. Kommalapati, D. Roy, K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, 1996, Characterization of Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions Generated from Plant-based Natural Surfactant Solutions, Separation Science & Technology, Vol 31 (17):2317-2333.
R. Kommalapati and D. Roy, 1996, Bioenhancement of Soil Microorganisms in Natural Surfactant Solutions: II- Anaerobic, Spectroscopy Letters, Vol 29(8):1635-1647.
Roy, R.R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, 1995, Soil Flushing of Residual Transmission Fluid: Application of Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions and Conventional Surfactant Solutions, Water Research, Vol 29 (2):589-595.
R. Kommalapati, G.T. Wang, D. Roy and D.D. Adrian, 1992, Transport and Retention of Microorganisms in Porous Media: Comparison of Numerical Techniques and Parameter Estimation, J. Environmental Systems, Vol 21(2):121-142.

Peer Reviewed Proceedings/Extended Abstracts (48)

Hongbo Du and Raghava Kommalapati, Sensitivity Analysis of Potential Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail System, Proceedings of the 2021 Tran-SET Conference (Virtual), Jonesboro, AR, June 3–4, 2021.
Jesuina Chipindula, Hongbo Du, Doeun Choe and Raghava Kommalapati, Sensitivity Analysis of Potential Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail System, Proceedings of the 2020 Tran-SET Conference (Virtual), Albuquerque, NM. September 1–2, 2020
Raghava Kommalapati, Venkata Botlaguduru, and Hongbo Du. “Meteorological Detrending Evaluation of Ozone and Precursor Concentrations Monitored in the Houston Ship Channel Region”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Raghava Kommalapati, Iqbal Hossan, and Hongbo Du. “Anthropogenic Source Contributions to Ozone Formation in the Greater Houston Area”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, and Doeun Choe. “Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail System using Life Cycle Assessment”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Doeun Choe. “Lifecycle Environmental Impact of a High-Speed Rail System in the I-45 Corridor”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Quebec City, Canada. June 25–28, 2019. (SCOPUS)
Poojan Upadhaya, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, ,. “Meteorological Detrending of Ozone at Three Sites in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area: Application of KZ Filter and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.” A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Quebec City, Canada. June 25–28, 2019. (SCOPUS)
Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata Botlaguduru, Doeun Choe and Raghava Kommalapati, 2019, “Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the Houston-Dallas I-45 Corridor”, MATEC Web conferences, Vol 271, 05001 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201927105002
Metro, Kristal; Hernández, Julia; Bogus, Susan M.; Harper, Christofer; Kommalapati, Raghava; and Choe, Doeun (2019). “Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting for Careers at Transportation Agencies.” MATEC Web conferences, Vol 271, 05002 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201927105001
Metro, Kristal; Hernández, Julia; Harper, Christofer; Bogus, Susan M.; Kommalapati, Raghava; and Choe, Doeun (2019). “Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion for Careers at Transportation Agencies.” Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 98^th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 13–17, 2019.
Iqbal Hossan, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du and, Raghava Kommalapati, , Air Quality Effects of Biomass Co-firing with Coal at a Houston Area Power Plant, Proceedings of the A&WMA 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25–28, 2018. (SCOPUS)
Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata SV Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, and Raghava Kommalapati (2018), “Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms in Texas: Sensitivity Analysis for Material and Manufacturing Stages,” Proceedings of the A&WMA 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25–28, 2018.
Raghava Kommalapati, Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, and Venkata Botlaguduru (2018). “Analysis and Development of Emission Factors for Goat Farm Operations.” A&WMA’s 111th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25–28, 2018.
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, (2018) “Life Cycle Emission Analysis of Renewable Diesel and Ethanol-Diesel for Freight Trucks,” Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 7–11, 2018.
Hongbo Du, Arndreya Howard, Raghava Kommalapati. “Emission Analysis of Diesels Derived from Biomass used for Hybrid Transportation Fleet” Transportation Consortium of South Central States (Tran-SET) Conference New Orleans, LA. April 3–4, 2018.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, Esther Armah, 2017, “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gases and Pollutants Emissions of Electric Vehicles in the US,” Proceedings of the A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5–8, 2017.
Xinhua Shen, Natalie Gallegos, Riley Mullins, Molly Standard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, “Characterizations of air quality weekend effect in Houston,” Texas. Proceedings of the A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5–8, 2017. (SCOPUS)
Iqbal Hossan, Hongbo Du, Venkata Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati. 2017, “Effects of Biomass Cofiring with Coal on Air Quality in the Greater Houston Area,” Proceedings of the A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5–8, 2017. (SCOPUS)
Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Turbulence Model Prediction Capability in 2D Airfoil of NREL Wind Turbine Blade at Stall and Post Stall Regions”, 2017 7^th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy (ICFEE-2017), January 8–10, 2017, Penang, Malaysia.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, Esther Armah, 2017, “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gases and Pollutants Emissions of Electric Vehicles in the US,” Proceedings of the A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5–8, 2017. (SCOPUS)
Xinhua Shen, Huanxin Zhang, Hawra Algazwi, Riley Mullins, Tyler Schley, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, “Estimating Surface PM2.5 Using Satellite AOD Observations and the NASA MERRA2 Model Simulations”, Proceedings of the A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5–8, 2017.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, Sumal Shah, and Ziaul Huque, “Effects of Biodiesel Applications on the Transportation Fleet in Houston,” Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20–23, 2016. (SCOPUS)
Xinhua Shen, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Polyethylenimine Applications in Post Combustion Carbon Capture: From Theoretical Study to Experimental Work,” Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20–23, 2016. (SCOPUS)
Raghava Kommalapati, Md. Tarkik Shahriar, Akhil Kadiyala, Hongbo Du, and Ziaul Huque, “Analyzing Weekday and Weekend. Ozone Concentrations in Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area During 2012 Summer Episode using CAMx,” Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20–23, 2016. (SCOPUS)
Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Chao Sui, Nazia Munir, “Aero-acoustic Noise Analysis of 3-D Wind Turbine”, International Conference in Mechanical Engineering ICME-15, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19–21, 2015.
Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati and Ziaul Huque, Life Cycle Assessment of bioethanol Used in Passenger Cars in Houston (Paper ID 1215030), Proceedings of the 4^th international conference on Chemical, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences (ICEES 2015), December 15–16, 2015, Pattaya (Thailand).
Samarita Sarker, Raghava Kommalapati, and Ziaul Huque, 2015, “Ozone Simulations for HGB Area using Different Chemical Mechanisms with CAMx,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Technology and upcoming Research in Computer Science, DAVIM, Faridabad, India April 25, 2015 (ISBN: 978-81-931039-3-7)
Nazia Binte Munir, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati, “A Study of Aerodynamics Force Evaluation of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) Blade Using 2D and 3D Comparison “, Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA. (SCOPUS).
Sui, Chao, Lee, Kyoung Soo, Huque, Ziaul, Kommalapati Raghava, “Transitional Effect on turbulent model for wind turbine blade,” Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA. (SCOPUS)
Shrabanti Roy, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, “A study on various Aerodynamic effects of pointed-tip blade,” Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA. (SCOPUS)
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “Development of Finite Element Model of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade,” “Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “A Study on the Unsteady Aero-acoustic Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade,” “Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA.
Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “3D Parametric Shape Optimization of Simple Wind-blade Using CFD”, “Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA.
Ziaul Huque, Shrabanti Roy, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, “2D CFD simulation of S809 airfoil in pre and post stall region,” “Proceedings of the 2015 ASME Power and Energy Conference, June 28 – July 2, 2015, San Diego, CA.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, and Sang-Eul Han, “The Evaluation of Aerodynamic Interaction of Wind Blade Using Fluid Structure Interaction Method,” 2014 International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER2014), Madrid, Spain, July 18–19, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Xinhua Shen, Raghava Kommalapati, “Numerical Aerodynamic Noise Characteristics of NREL Phase VI wind blade using CFD,” Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 107^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, June 24–27, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Xinhua Shen, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “Validation and Application of CFD for Urban City Microenvironment,” Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 107^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, June 24–27, 2014.
Zhihua Liang, Shahzeb Sheikh, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, “GREET model simulations of criteria air pollutant emissions from hybrid electric vehicles on alternative fuels”, Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24–27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA. (SCOPUS)
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Xinhua Shen, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Impact of Mobile Source Emissions on Air Quality of East-Texas Using Emission Processing System (EPS3) and CAMx Simulations”, Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24–27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA. (SCOPUS)
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Kyoungsoo Lee, Yuzhong Yan, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati. “Impact of current and future transportation on air quality in Houston”. Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24–27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA. (SCOPUS)
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati. Analysis of soil moisture in southeast Texas based on NLDAS data. Proceedings of the Third In-situ and Remote Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference. March 12–14, 2014, Houston, Texas.
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Impact of Point Sources Emissions on Ozone Formation for Houston Galveston Brazoria (HGB) area, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Agricultural, Environment and Biological Sciences, Dec. 17–18, 2013, Pattaya, Thailand.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-ethanol fuel Emissions for Passenger Cars in Houston Area of Texas, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Agricultural, Environment and Biological Sciences, Dec. 17–18, 2013, Pattaya, Thailand.
Mohammad A. Hossain, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Numeric Investigation of Fluid Solid Interaction on Wind Turbine Blade,” Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2013-65647, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, California. (SCOPUS)
B. Mahmud Hasan, Ziaul Huque, Donald Harby, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Tapered and Angle of Attack Performance Comparison for Untwisted Blade Wind Turbine,” Proceedings of the International Conference in Mechanical Engineering (ICME-11), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2011.
ABM Hasan, G Zemmouri, Z. Huque, D. Harby and Kommalapati, “Wind Turbine Blade Tip with Twist Performance Comparison Using CFD,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2011 (ICME2011), 19-21 December 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Donald Harby, Isaac Ofuafor, Ziaul Huque, ABM Hasan and R Kommalapati, “Surrogate Models for Stall Regulated Wind Turbines for Improved Performance Predictions”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2011 (ICME2011), 19-21 December 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
D. Constant, E. McLaughlin, and R.R. Kommalapati, 1997, “Role of the University as Court’s Expert in the Cleanup of the Petro Processors Superfund Site, Proceedings of the AWRA/UCOWR Symposium on Water Resource”s Education, Training, and Practice: Opportunities for the Next Century, Keystone, CO, June 29-July 3, 1997.

Ph.D. Dissertation: Remediation of Contaminated Soils using a Plant Based Surfactant M.S. Thesis: Soil Flushing of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids using Conventional Surfactant Solutions and Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions. M.Tech. Thesis: Stress-Strain Characteristics of Axially Loaded Concrete Compression Members Confined by Ferro-Cement Shell in addition to Lateral Ties. Conference Presentations – (194)

Hongbo Du and Raghava Kommalapati, Sensitivity Analysis of Potential Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail System, Presented at the 2021 Tran-SET Conference (Virtual), Jonesboro, AR, June 3–4, 2021
Jesuina Chipindula, Hongbo Du, Doeun Choe and Raghava Kommalapati, Sensitivity Analysis of Potential Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail System, Presented at the 2020 Tran-SET Conference (Virtual), Albuquerque, NM. September 1–2, 2020
Raghava Kommalapati, Venkata Botlaguduru, and Hongbo Du. “Meteorological Detrending Evaluation of Ozone and Precursor Concentrations Monitored in the Houston Ship Channel Region”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Raghava Kommalapati, Iqbal Hossan, and Hongbo Du. “Anthropogenic Source Contributions to Ozone Formation in the Greater Houston Area”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, and Doeun Choe. “Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Houston-Dallas High Speed Rail System using Life Cycle Assessment”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
Hongbo Du, Hyoung-Chul Kim, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Huque Ziaul, and Xinhua Shen, “Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes Studied from Small to Large Scale.” F&R Energy 2020, Houston, TX. February 17–19, 2020.
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Jesuina Chipindula, and Hongbo Du. “Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms in Texas.” F&R Energy 2020, Houston, TX. February 17–19, 2020.
LaTisha Salsman, Hongbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, “Evaluating the pretreatment of shale oil produced water with caustic soda softening, ultrafiltration, and forward osmosis.” The 16th Annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Research Symposium, Laredo, TX. November 7–8, 2019.
Jamal Baker, Harjinder Kaur, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, “Evaluation of cotton gin trash as a substrate for anaerobic digestion and biofuel source.” The 16th Annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Research Symposium, Laredo, TX. November 7–8, 2019.
Ayobami Orangun, Harjinder Kaur, Hongbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, “Batch anaerobic digestion and biochemical methane potential analysis of food waste and goat manure.” The 16th Annual Texas A&M University System Pathways Research Symposium, Laredo, TX. November 7–8, 2019. Won 3^rd place award.
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Doeun Choe. “Lifecycle Environmental Impact of a High-Speed Rail System in the I-45 Corridor”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Quebec City, Canada. June 25-28, 2019.
Raghava R. Kommalapati, Poojan Upadhaya, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du. “Meteorological Detrending of Ozone at Three Sites in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area: Application of KZ Filter and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis”. A&WMA’s 112th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Quebec City, Canada. June 25-28, 2019.
De Jaune’ C. Bickham, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Honbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati. “Determination of the Bio-Methane Potential of Food Waste at the Prairie View A & M University Campus Dining Facility”. Presented at the 14^th Annual Research Symposium “Reaching New Height: Ignite Your Passion for Research” at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. April 11, 2019.
Ayobami Orungun, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Honbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati. “Determination of the Bio-Chemical Methane Potential from Anaerobic Digestion of Goat Manure”. Presented at the 14^th Annual Research Symposium “Reaching New Height: Ignite Your Passion for Research” at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. April 11, 2019.
Cayla Guillory, Honbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati. “Pretreatment of Shale Oil and Gas Produced Water with Soda Ash Softening for Sequential Treatment”. Presented at the 14^th Annual Research Symposium “Reaching New Height: Ignite Your Passion for Research” at Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX. April 11, 2019.
Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata Botlaguduru, Doeun Choe and Raghava Kommalapati, Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the Houston-Dallas I-45 Corridor, Presented at the 2019 Tran-SET Conference, San Antonio, April 11-12, 2019
Brittani Turner, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. “Pretreatment of Shale oil Produced Water with Softening, Coagulation and Flocculation”. Presented at Department of Defencse HBCU-MI Workshop Poster Presentation, Paririe View A&M University. Prairie View, Texas. November 7, 2018.
De Jaune’ Bickham, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. “Investigating the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste at the Prairie View A & M University Campus Dining Facility”. Presented at Department of Defencse HBCU-MI Workshop Poster Presentation, Paririe View A&M University. Prairie View, Texas. November 7, 2018.
Ayobami Orangun, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati. “Investigation of Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Goat Manure for Biochemical Methane Recovery” Presented at Department of Defencse HBCU-MI Workshop Poster Presentation, Paririe View A&M University. Prairie View, Texas. November 7, 2018.
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. “Life Cycle Emissions Analysis of Diesels Derived from Biomass used for Hybrid Heavy Duty Trucks”. Presented at the 15th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium. Canyon, Texas. November 1-2, 2018. Won 3^rd place award
Brittani Turner, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. “Pretreatment of Shale oil Produced Water with Softening, Coagulation and Flocculation”. Presented at the 15th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium. Canyon, Texas. November 1-2, 2018.
De Jaune’ Bickham, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. “Investigating the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste at the Prairie View A & M University Campus Dining Facility”. Presented at the 15th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium. Canyon, Texas. November 1-2, 2018. Won 3^rd place award
Ayobami Orangun, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati. “Investigation of Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Goat Manure for Biochemical Methane Recovery” Presented at the 15th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium. Canyon, Texas. November 1-2, 2018.
Arndreya Howard, Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, and Venkata Botlaguduru. 2018, Analysis and Development of Emission Factors for Goat Farm Operations. A&WMA’s 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25-28, 2018.
Raghava Kommalapati, Iqbal Hossan, Hongbo Du and Venkata Botlaguduru, 2018, Air Quality Effects of Biomass Co-firing with Coal at a Houston Area Power Plant, A&WMA’s 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25-28, 2018.
Raghava Kommalapati, Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata Botlaguduru, and Hongbo Du, 2018, Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms in Texas: Sensitivity Analysis for Material and Manufacturing Stages, A&WMA’s 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Hartford, CT. June 25-28, 2018.
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, and Raghava Kommalapati, Emissions Analysis of diesels Derived from Biomass used for Heavy Duty Trucks. The 2018 Land Grant Research Symposium at Prairie View A&M University. April 18, 2018.
Osayuki Iyawe, Hongbo Du, and Raghava Kommalapati, Environmental Impact of Monocrystalline PV System in Texas. The 2018 Land Grant Research Symposium at Prairie View A&M University at Prairie View A&M University. April 18, 2018.
Mirjalal Babayev, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, and Raghava Kommalapati, The Effect of Pretreatment with L-DOPA Modified Ultrafiltration on the Forward Osmosis for Produced Water Treatment. The 2018 Land Grant Research Symposium at Prairie View A&M University at Prairie View A&M University. April 18, 2018.
Arndreya Howard, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du and Raghava Kommalapati, Analysis of Air Pollutant Emissions from a Goat Farm Operation. The 2018 Land Grant Research Symposium at Prairie View A&M University at Prairie View A&M University. April 18, 2018.
Cynthia Lewis, Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Shrabanti Roy. “Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine (PEI) Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes.” 2018 National Energy Technology Laboratory Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research Portfolios, Pittsburgh, PA. April 10-12, 2018.
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, Analysis of Air Emissions from a Goat Farm Operation, 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Mirjalal Babayev, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, The Effect of Pretreatment with L-DOPA Modified Ultrafiltration on the Forward Osmosis for Produced Water Treatment, 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, Emissions Analysis of Diesels Derived from Biomass used for Heavy Duty Trucks, 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Cynthia Lewis, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, Graphene Grafted Titania/Titanate Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Compounds in Produced Water, 13^thAnnual Research Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View April 5, 2018.
Ansaarullah Diop, Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, Analysis of Air Emissions at a Goat Farm Operation, 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Osayuki Iyawe, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, Environmental Impact of Monocrystalline PV System in Texas” 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Brittani Turner, Mirjalal Babayev, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, Evaluation of Coagulation and Flocculation as Pretreatment of Produced Water for COD and Turbidity Reduction, 13^th Annual Research Symposium, Prairie View, April 5, 2018.
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, Emission Analysis of Diesel Derived from Biomass used from Hybrid Transportation Fleet, 2018 Tran-SET Conference, New Orleans, April 3-4, 2018
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Venkata Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, Analysis of Air Pollutant Emissions and Meteorological Impacts at a Goat Farm Operation, 2018 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, D.C., February 22-25, 2018
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Life Cycle Emission Analysis of Renewable Diesel and Ethanol-Diesel for Freight Trucks, Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97^th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 7-11, 2018
Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Where are we Heading?, Invited Keynote speech at the 2^nd International Conference on Smart Sustainable Cities, Vijayawada, AP, India, December 28-29, 2017.
Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Outlook, Challenges and Opportunities, Invited Lecture to more than 250 Civil Engineering students at RVR and JC College of Engineering, Guntur, AP, India, December 22, 2017.
Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Energy Outlook and Opportunities, Invited Lecture to Business Group, Organized by NSL Power, Hyderabad, TG, India, December 19, 2017.
Raghava Kommalapati, Jesuina Chipindula, Venkata Botlaguduru, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, 2017, Evaluation of the Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms in Texas, presented at the 4^th International Conference on Environmental Systems Research (ICESR 2017), Nanyang View, Singapore, December 14-16, 2017
Fadoua Zemmouri, Mahmood S. Chowdhury, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2017, Static Structural Analysis of a Pointed Tip Wind Turbine Blade Using FSI, 2^nd World Congress on Engineering and Applications (WCEA – 2017), December 15-16, 2017, Pattaya, Thailand.
Mahmood S. Chowdhury, Fadoua Zemmouri, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2017, Effect of Winglet for Wind Turbine Blade, Presented at the 12th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 20-22 December 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Monitoring air Pollutant Emissions from Goat Farm Operations, Presented at the 14^th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium, November 2-3, 2017
Mirjalal Babayev, Sai Pradeep, Hongbo Du, Venkata S.V. Botlaguduru, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Treatment of Produced Water from Shale Oil Extraction with L-DOPA Coated Forward Osmosis (FO) membranes and Reverse Osmosis (RO) process, Presented at the 14^th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium, November 2-3, 2017
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Life Cycle Emissions of Passenger Vehicles Powered by Different Technologies, Presented at the 14^th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium, November 2-3, 2017
Cynthia Lewis, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Direct Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Ambient Air, Presented at the 14^th Annual Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) Pathways Student Research Symposium, November 2-3, 2017
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, Esther Armah, 2017, Life Cycle Greenhouse Gases and Pollutants Emissions of Electric Vehicles in the US. A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5-8, 2017.
Xinhua Shen, Hawra Algazwi, Riley Mullins, Tyler Schley, Huanxin Zhang, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. 2017, Estimating Surface PM2.5 Using Satellite AOD Observations and the NASA MERRA2 Model Simulations. A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5-8, 2017.
Xinhua Shen, Natalie Gallegos, Riley Mullins, Molly Standard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. 2017, Characterizations of air quality weekend effect in Houston, Texas. A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5-8, 2017.
Iqbal Hossan, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. 2017, Effects of Biomass Cofiring with Coal on Air Quality in the Greater Houston Area. A&WMA 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA. June 5-8, 2017.
Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati, 2017, Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine (PEI) Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, D.C., March 2-4, 2017
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2017, Life Cycle Analysis of Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Electric Vehicles, Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, D.C., March 2-4, 2017
Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, Shrabanti Roy, 2017, Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, 2017 National Energy Technology Laboratory Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research, Gasification Systems, and Rare Earth Elements Research Portfolios, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20-23, 2017.
Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Turbulence Model Prediction Capability in 2D Airfoil of NREL Wind Turbine Blade at Stall and Post Stall Regions”, 2017 7^th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy (ICFEE-2017), January 8-10, 2017, Penang, Malaysia.
Arndreya Howard, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Air Quality Measurement of Poultry Farms. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Esther Armah, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Life Cycle Analysis of Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Electric Vehicles. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016. (2^nd place recipient)
Cynthia Lewis, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Titanium Nanomaterials Synthesized via Hydrothermal Treatment. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Iqbal Hossan, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Evaluation of Emissions from Electricity Generation for Biomass Cofiring with Coal. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Jesuina Chipindula, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Evaluating the Impact of A Wind Farm In Texas. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Carbon Capture with Polyethylenimine Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Sai Pradeep Potluri, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati. Produced Water Treatment Using a Forward Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis Hybrid System. The Texas A&M University System 13th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium. November 3-4, 2016.
Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du, Sumal Shah, and Ziaul Huque, 2016, Effects of Biodiesel Applications on the Transportation Fleet in Houston, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2016.
Xinhua Shen, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati 2016, Polyethylenimine Applications in Post Combustion Carbon Capture from Theoretical Study to Experimental Work, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2016.
Raghava Kommalapati, Md. Tarkik Shahriar, Akhil Kadiyala, Hongbo Du, and Ziaul Huque, 2016, Analyzing Weekday and Weekend Ozone Concentrations in Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area During 2012 Summer Episode using CAMx, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 109^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2016.
Melisa Stewart; Hongbo Du; Raghava R. Kommalapati; Ziaul Huque; Shrabanti Roy; Xinhua Shen; Post Combustion Carbon Capture Using Polyethylenimine Functionalized Titanate Nanotubes; Crosscutting Research & Rare Earth Elements Portfolios Review, Pittsburgh, PA, April 18, 2016
Tarkik Shahriar, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Hongbo Du, 2016, Analysis of pollutant emissions from elevated point sources in the 8-counties of the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area during 2012 summer episode, Presented at the 251^st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016.
Hongbo Du, Melisa Stewart, Xinhua Shen, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2016, Carbon-dioxide capture using polyethylenimine impregnated titanate nanotubes, Presented at the 251^st American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016.
Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2016, Carbon (CO2) capture with a novel solid absorbent of polyethyleneimine (PEI) impregnated titanate nanotubes (TNTs), Presented at the 2016 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, DC, February 25-27, 2016.
Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Chao Sui, Nazia Munir, “Aero-acoustic Noise Analysis of 3-D Wind Turbine,” International Conference in Mechanical Engineering ICME-11, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2015.
Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati and Ziaul Huque, Life Cycle Assessment of bioethanol Used in Passenger Cars in Houston (Paper ID 1215030), 4^th International conference on Chemical, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences (ICEES 2015), December 15-16, 2015, Pattaya (Thailand).
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Huanxin Zhang, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, Assessment of 2012 on-road mobile source episode specific emissions on air quality in Houston, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 14-18, 2015.
Riley Mullins, Xinhua Shen, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Advanced Nano-engineered Materials, Seventh Annual American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Conference, American Chemical Society Illinois-Iowa Section, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA, November 14, 2015.
Travis Burrell, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, “Biodiesel Effects On Vehicle Emissions in Houston Studied From Life Cycle Assessment”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Mahmood Chowdhury, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Chao Sui, “Aircraft Impact Simulation On The National Critical Infrastructure Using Missile Target Analysis Method”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Nazia Munir, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Sadia Shormin, “The Aero-Dynamic Acoustic of High-Speed Vehicle Using Broadband Noise Source Model”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Shrabanti Roy, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Chao Sui, Nazia Munir, “Aero-Acoustic Characteristics of 3D Wind Turbine Using CAA”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Sumal Shah, Hongbo Du, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, “Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Diesel Fuel Emissions”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Md Tarkik Shahriar, Akhil Kadiyala, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati “Analyzing Weekday And Weekend Ozone Concentrations In Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area During 2012 Summer Episode Using CAMx”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Sadia Shormin, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Nazia Munir, “The Pitch-Angle Optimization of 3D Wind Turbine Using CFD/FSI”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015
Melisa Stewart, Hongbo Du, Raghava Kommalapati,“Carbon Capture With A Novel Solid Absorbent of Polyethylenimine Impregnated Titanate Nanotubes”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Chao Sui, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Shrabanti Roy, Mahmood Chowdhury, “The Advanced Fluid Structure Interaction Analysis Of 3D Wind Turbine”, Texas A&M University System 12^th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas, October 22-23, 2015.
Nazia Binte Munir, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, ” A Study of Aerodynamics Force Evaluation of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) Blade Using 2D and 3D Comparison “, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “A Study on the Unsteady Aero-acoustic Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade”, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015.
Sui, Chao, Lee, Kyoungsoo, Huque, Ziaul, and Raghava Kommalapati, CFD predictions on transitional turbulent effects of wind turbine blade, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
Shrabanti Roy, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, A Study on Various Aerodynamic Effects of Pointed Tip Blade, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, and Sang-Eul Han, Development of Finite Element Model of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, and Sang-Eul Han, A Study on the Unsteady Aero-acoustic Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, 3D Parametric Shape Optimization of Simple Wind-blade Using CFD, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
Ziaul Huque, Shrabanti Roy, Kyoungsoo Lee, Raghava Kommalapati, 2D CFD simulation of S809 airfoil in pre and post stall region, 2015 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power & Energy Conference, San Diego CA. June 28- July 2, 2015
R. Kommalapati, S. Sarker, X. Shen, A. Kadiyala, , and Z. Huque, Examining the Role of Anthropogenic Emissions in Combination with Biogenic Emissions on Air Quality in Houston-Galveston-Brazoria and Dallas-Fort worth Areas, Presented at the 2015 Air and Waste Management Association Annual conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC June 22-16, 2015.
Samarita Sarker, Raghava Kommalapati, and Ziaul Huque, 2015, Ozone Simulations for HGB Area using Different Chemical Mechanisms with CAMx, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Technology and upcoming Research in Computer Science, DAVIM, Faridabad, India April 25, 2015 ( ISBN: 978-81-931039-3-7)
Upadhaya, A. Kadiyala, R. R. Kommalapati, and Z. Huque, Review of the Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Technologies with emphasis on polyethylenimine, presented at the 249^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22-26, 2015.
Shahriar, A. Kadiyala, R. R. Kommalapati, and Z. Huque, Analyzing the correlation of volatile organic compounds with ozone formation in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area using CAMx, Presented at the 249^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22-26, 2015.
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati. Comparative life cycle assessment of two C4 energy crops for power generation, Presented at the 248^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. August 10-14, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati and Sang-Eul Han, “The Evaluation of Aerodynamic Interaction of Wind Blade Using Fluid Structure Interaction Method”, 2014 International Conference on Energy and Environment Research (ICEER 2014), Madrid, Spain, July 18-19, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Xinhua Shen, Raghava Kommalapati, “Numerical Aerodynamic Noise Characteristics of NREL Phase VI wind blade using CFD”, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 107^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, June 24-27, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque, Xinhua Shen, Raghava Kommalapati, Sang-Eul Han, “Validation and Application of CFD for Urban City Microenvironment”, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) 107^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, California, June 24-27, 2014.
Zhihua Liang, Shahzeb Sheikh, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, GREET model simulations of criteria air pollutant emissions from hybrid electric vehicles on alternative fuels, Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24-27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA.
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Xinhua Shen, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Impact of Mobile Source Emissions on Air Quality of East-Texas Using Emission Processing System (EPS3) and CAMx Simulations, Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24-27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA.
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Kyoungsoo Lee, Yuzhong Yan, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati. Impact of current and future transportation on air quality in Houston. Air & Waste Management Association 107th Annual Conference & Exhibition. June 24-27, 2014, Long Beach, California, USA.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Shrabanti Roy, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, “3D Parametric Shape Optimization of Simple Wind-blade Using CFD Analysis”, AWEA Wind Power Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 5-8, 2014.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Sangeul Han, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, “The Safety Evaluation of Prestressed Concrete Containment Building Subjected by Large Commercial Aircraft Impact”, Sustainable Nuclear Energy Conference, Manchester, UK, April 9-11, 2014.
Xinhua Shen, Samarita Sarker, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati. Analysis of soil moisture in southeast Texas based on NLDAS data. Third In-situ and Remote Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference. March 12-14, 2014, Houston, Texas, USA
Chiaka Opara and Raghava Kommalapati, Treatment of spent water produced from hydraulic fracturing processes. TAMUS LSAMP 10th Annual Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 13-14, 2014.
Shahzeb Sheikh and Raghava Kommalapati. GREET modeling of emissions from algae feedstock based bio-diesel production. TAMUS LSAMP 10th Annual Symposium, Houston, Texas, February 13-14, 2014.
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Impact of Point Sources Emissions on Ozone Formation for Houston Galveston Brazoria (HGB) area, 2^nd International Conference on Agricultural, Environment and Biological Sciences, Dec. 17-18, 2013, Pattaya, Thailand.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-ethanol fuel Emissions for Passenger Cars in Houston Area of Texas, 2^nd International Conference on Agricultural, Environment and Biological Sciences, Dec. 17-18, 2013, Pattaya, Thailand.
Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, “Effect of Pointed Tip on Aerodynamic Load on NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade”, 10^th International Conference in Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2013), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 20-22, 2013
Mohammad A. Hossain, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, “Numeric Investigation of Fluid Solid Interaction on Wind Turbine Blade”, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2013-65647, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, California.
Shrabanti Roy, Mohammad A. Hossain, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati; Effects of Deflection on Aerodynamic Load of NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade; 11th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, TX, November 9–10, 2013.
Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, Raghava Kommalapati, Processing of Point Source Emission Data Using Emission Processing System (EPS3) for Air Quality Analysis, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Fiifi Asah-Opoku, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, MCNP Simulation of Different Fuel Grade Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Patrik Bush, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Inventory Assessment of Emissions and Energy Input of Power Plants Fuelled by Coal and Natural Gas, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Emissions Analysis of the Production of Bio-ethanol Fuel Blends for Passenger Cars, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Pegdwende Kafando, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Zhihua Liang, Hydrogen production from Wind Energy for Fuel Cell cars, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Javier Bonilla, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Nuclear Power Plants Safety Analysis based on Major Nuclear Accident Evaluations, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Gabriella Koenig, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, Disposal of nuclear waste by Partitioning and Transmutation for sustainable nuclear fuel cycle, Texas A&M University System 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, Texas, November 8, 2013.
Raheem Willis and Raghava Kommalapati; Minimizing Nuclear Waste; 11th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, TX, November 9–10, 2013.
Dennis Perry, Kyoungsoo Lee, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati; “Effects Of Rotation And Blade Taper On Aerodynamic Load Of Pointed Tip NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade”; 11th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, TX, November 9–10, 2013.
Ebere Ekenna, Raghava R. Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, Kyoungsoo Lee; “Effects Of Rotation And Pitch Angle On Aerodynamic Load Of Pointed Tip Wind Turbine Blade”; 11th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Kingsville, TX, November 9–10, 2013.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, GREET Modeling of Biodiesel from Various Feedstocks and Blends, SHPE Conference 2013, October 30 – November 3, Indianapolis, IN (student travel was covered by SHPE)
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Simulation of Various Pollutants Emissions from the Production of Soybean based Bio-Diesel Blends, 85^th Annual National Technical Association Conference, Wilberforce, OH, September 18-20, 2013.
Mohammad Hossain, Ziaul Huque, Raghava R. Kommalapati, “Design of Wind Turbine Blade Using New Optimized Aerodynamic Simulator” AWEA Wind Energy Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. May 2013
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, VOC and NOx Emissions Reductions of Transportation Vehicles Utilizing Alternative Bio-Fuels for Houston Area, 11th MGE@MSA/Western Alliance (More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance/ Western Alliance) Annual Student Research Conference 2013, Tempe, Arizona, March 4, 2013.
Mohammad A. Hossain, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, “Design of Wind Turbine Blade Using Optimized Aerodynamic Simulator”, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Shubarna Khan, Ziaul Huque and Raghava R. Kommalapati,” Aerodynamic Load Analysis of a Pointed Tip Wind Turbine Blade as Function of Taper”, 10^th Annual TAMUS Pathway Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9-10, 2012.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Greenhouse Gases Emission Reductions of Transportation Vehicles Utilizing Alternative Bio-Fuels for Houston Area of Texas, SHPE National Conference 2012, Fort Worth, TX, November 14 – 18, 2012.
Pegdwende Kafando, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions and Energy inputs for Wind Energy, SHPE National Conference 2012, Fort Worth, TX, November 14 – 18, 2012.
Samarita Sarker, Sunny Anighoro, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, Comprehensive Analysis of Ozone Emissions Using CAMx Modeling for Houston Galveston and Brazoria Area, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Fiifi Asah-Opoku1, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, Radiological Safety Analysis for Sustainable Nuclear Power Generation, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Jazmyn Sabu, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Assessment of CO₂ Emissions from Power Plants Fueled by Coal and Natural Gas,10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Rejo Thomas, Zhihua Liang, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Energy inputs for Biofuel Production, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Pegdwende Kafando, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, Life Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Energy inputs for Wind Power Generation, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang, Ziaul Huque, and Raghava Kommalapati, GREET Modeling Analysis on Greenhouse Gases Emissions Reductions by Utilizing Alternative Bio-Fuels for Houston Area, 10th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9–10, 2012.
Omo Sunny Anighoro, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Simulations of Ozone Levels and Its Limiting Precursors in HGB area Using CAMx, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Jesus Williams, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Optimal Design of a Portable and Collapsible Wind Turbine Tower Prototype, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Jazmyn Sabu, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions and Energy from Coal and Natural Gas, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Aldo Lopez, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions and Energy from Biofuels, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Issa Joseph, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions and Energy from Petroleum Based Fuels, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Pegdwende Kafando, Raghava Kommalapati, Ziaul Huque, and Donald Harby, Life Cycle Analysis of Emissions and Energy inputs from Wind Energy, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Erick Reddic, William Brown, Ziaul Huque, Donald Harby and Raghava Kommalapati, Airfoil Representation in the Design of Wind Turbine Blades, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Zemmouri, G., Judge, T., Huque, Z., Harby, D.W. and Kommalapati, R. , “Optimization of Airfoil Profile for Wind Turbine Blade Using Genetic Algorithm”, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
Monika Patel, Amy Fritz, Ziaul Huque, Donald Harby and Raghava Kommalapati, “Structural Analysis of an NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade With a Pointed Tip Ending at Pitch Axis”, CREST-RESSACA Environmental and Energy Sustainability Conference, Houston, Texas, April 26-27, 2012.
B. Mahmud Hasan, Ziaul Huque, Donald Harby, and Raghava Kommalapati, “Tapered and Angle of Attack Performance Comparison for Untwisted Blade Wind Turbine”, International Conference in Mechanical Engineering (ICME-11), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2011.
ABM Hasan, G Zemmouri, Z. Huque, D. Harby and Kommalapati, Wind Turbine Blade Tip with Twist Performance Comparison Using CFD, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2011 (ICME2011), 18-20 December 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Donald Harby, Isaac Ofuafor, Ziaul Huque, ABM Hasan and R Kommalapati, Surrogate Models for Stall Regulated Wind Turbines for Improved Performance Predictions, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2011 (ICME2011), 18-20 December 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Anighoro, O.(Advisor: Kommalapati), Comparative Assessment of Different Transportation Fuels and Associated Energy and Emissions with both Conventional/Advance Vehicles for Houston Area, Presented at the 19^th Annual D. D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Research Showcase, 2012 TRB Meeting, January 22-24, 2012.
Anighoro, Omo and Kommalapati R.R., 2011, HGB Area Ozone Simulation/Analysis Using CAMx, Presented at the 9^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, College Station, TX, November 11, 2011.
Joseph, Issa. Kommalapati R.R., Huque, Z., Harby, D., 2011, Modeling of Vehicle Emission Reductions Utilizing Alternative Fuels for Houston, TX, Presented at the 9^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, College Station, TX, November 11, 2011.
Anighoro, Omo and Kommalapati R.R., 2011, Use of Comprehensive Air Quality Model with Extensions (CAMx) to Study Environmental Impact of Energy Technologies, 2011 AMIE conference, Prairie View, TX, September 7-9, 2011.
Walker, L. and Kommalapati R.R., 2010, Effect of Selected TCMs on the Air Quality of Houston Metro Area, Poster Presented at the 8^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Canyon, TX, October 22-23, 2010.
Olufunki P., Ahmed I. and Kommalapati R.R., 2010, Impact of Various forms of energy on Ozone Concentration Levels, Poster Presented at the 8^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Canyon, TX, October 22-23, 2010.
Ogunjobi, O., Kommalapati R.R., and Huque, Z., 2009, Biochemical and Thermo Chemical Processes for Generating Biofuels: a Review, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Onwodi, K., Onwuachi, C., and Kommalapati R.R., 2009, Remediation of a Contaminated Site using In-situ Chemical Oxidation, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Onwuachi, C., Kommalapati R.R., and Huque, Z., 2009, Biodiesel Production from Algae, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Galvis J., Lemeh, B., Huque, Z., and Kommalapati R.R., 2009, Optimization of Wind Turbine Blade, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Walker, L. and Kommalapati R.R., 2009, Effect of Selected TCMs on the Air Quality of Houston Region, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Kaur, M., Galvis J., Huque, Z., and Kommalapati R.R., 2009, Effect of Mass Flow Rate and Cooling Tube Spacing on PBMR Spent Fuel Tanks, Poster Presented at the 7^th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, Laredo, TX, November 13-14, 2009.
Raghava Kommalapati, Suresh Raja, Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Kalliat T. Valsaraj, 2009, Air Quality and Fog Chemistry and Their Interactions in the Gulf Coast Corridor, 2009 AEESP Conference, Iowa, City, IA, July 26-28, 2009.
T. Valsaraj, S. Raja, R. Raghunathan, R.R. Kommalapati, T. Lee, X. Shen, and J. Collett, 2008, Organic Composition of Fog Water in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Corridor, 64^th Southwest Regional ACS meeting, Little Rock, AR, October 1-4, 2008.
Biney, R. Kommalapati, Michael Gyamerah, A Annamalai, P. Obiomon, X. Peng, M. Ketkar, N. Sarker, R. Iyengar, 2008, Development of Performance Criteria for Assessing Program Outcomes in Engineering, Engineering Technology & Computer Science Programs, 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 22 – 25 – Pittsburgh, PA
Cooksey, T., Wheeler C. and Kommalapati R.R., 2007, Synthetic Drilling Mud Improves the Environmental Impact of Drilling, Presented at the 5^th annual TAMUS Pathways Symposium, Stephenville, TX, November 2-3, 2007.
Obioma S., Alkarboly Y. and Kommalapati R.R., 2007, Long Term Effectiveness of Bioremediation for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Clean-Up, Presented at the 5^th annual TAMUS Pathways Symposium, Stephenville, TX, November 2-3, 2007.
L. Collett, L. Rinehart-Mazzoleni, P. Herckes, X. Shen, T. Lee, A. Sullivan, S. Raja, R. R. Kommalapati, K. T. Valsaraj, 2007, Carbonaceous aerosol processing by clouds and fogs, The 234^th National meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 19-24, 2007, Boston, MA.
S Raja, R Ravikrishna, X-Y Yu, T Lee, J Chen, R. Kommalapati, K Murugesan, Y Qingzhong, X Shen, J L Collett, K T Valsaraj, 2007, Fog Water Chemistry in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast of the United States, 4^th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew, 22-27^th July, City of La Serena, Chile.
R. Kommalapati, S Raja, R Ravikrishna, K Murugesan, J L Collett, K T Valsaraj, 2007, Fog water Chemistry and Air Quality in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Corridor, 2007 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, 22-25 May, 2007, Acapulco, Mexico.
Sanga, K. Murugesan, R. R. Kommalapati, 2006, Effect of Fog Events on Air Quality Characteristics in the Gulf Coast Region: A Preliminary Study. Presented at the 4^th annual TAMUS Pathways Symposium, Prairie View, TX, November 27-29, 2006.
R. Kommalapati, R. Radha and J. Perkins, 2006, Return on Investment: A Case Study of Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Prairie View A&M University, 2006 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, March 14-16, 2006.
Murugesan, R. R. Kommalapati, 2005, Fog water Characteristics in the Gulf Coast Region: A Preliminary Study. Presented at the 3^rd annual TAMUS Pathways Symposium, Kingsville, TX, November 4-5, 2005.
T. Valsaraj, S. Raja, R.R. Kommalapati, R. Ravikrishna, 2003, Adsorption of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Vapors at the Air-Water Interface and Wet Deposition Processes, 96^th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Diego June 23-27, 2003.
Raja, S., Valsaraj, K. T., Andrews, T., Kommalapati, R. R., Ravikrishna, R., 2003, Adsorption of aromatic hydrocarbon vapors at the air-water interface and atmospheric wet deposition process, 225^th National Meeting of American Chemical Society, March 23-27, 2003, Extended Abstracts: 43(1), 892-898.
R. Kommalapati, 2001, Evaluation of Design Parameters for Modern Grease Traps and High Strength Wastes, Presented at the annual Meeting of the Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
R. Kommalapati, 2001, Small Business Mentoring Program at Prairie View A&M University, DOD Technical Assistance Conference, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL, January 29-31, 2001.
R. Kommalapati, 2000, Effects of Long-Term Effluent Infiltration Rates at On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
R. Kommalapati, 2000, Remediation of Contaminated Soils Using a Plant-based (Natural) Surfactant, Presented at the Symposium “Convergence of Higher Education and New Economy: Faculty’s Role in Empowering Change”, Hempstead, TX, November 9, 2000.
R. Kommalapati, 1999, Potential Opportunities for Collaboration on EPA-SBIR R&D Awards, Presented at the EPA SBIR Conference in Washington, DC, September, 9, 1999
R. Kommalapati, 1999, A Literature Review on Effects of Long-Term Effluent Infiltration Rates at On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
R. Kommalapati, W.D. Constant, K.T. Valsaraj, 1998, Soil Flushing Using Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions in 1-D and 2-D Systems, Spring Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, March 1998.
Kommalapati, R., K.T. Valsaraj and W.D. Constant, “Wastewater Reclamation using Polyaphrons and Colloidal Gas Dispersions, presented at Water Environment Federation Annual Conf. and Exposition, Oct 18-22, 1997 Chicago, IL.
Valsaraj, K.T., W.D. Constant and R. Kommalapati, “Use of Plant-Based Natural Surfactants and Mineral-Oxide Adsorbents in Soil Remediation”, presented at the AWRA 1997 Fall Symposium, October 8, 1997, Gonzales, LA.
R. Kommalapati, W.D. Constant, K.T. Valsaraj, 1997, Soil Flushing of Superfund Site Waste Using Conventional Surfactant Solutions and Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions in a Two Dimensional System, Proceedings of the I&EC Special Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management IX, ACS, Sept. 14-17, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.
D. Constant, M.L. Smith, R.R. Kommalapati, and K.T. Valsaraj, 1997, Mobilization and Recovery of Hexachlorobenzene using Conventional Surfactant Solutions and Colloidal Gas Aphron Suspensions, Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC 1997 Joint Conference on the Environment, April 22-24, 1997, Albuquerque, NM.
L. Smith, R.R. Kommalapati, W.D. Constant, and K.T. Valsaraj, 1996, Soil Flushing of Hexachlorobenzene using Surfactant and Colloidal Gas Aphrons in a Two Dimensional System, Poster Presented at the HSRC/WERC Joint Conference on the Environment, May, 1996, Albuquerque, NM (Outstanding Poster).
R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj, W.D. Constant, and D. Roy, 1996, Remediation of Contaminated Soils using Plant-Based Surfactants, Proceedings of the I&EC Special Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VIII, ACS, September 1996, Birmingham, AL.
R. Kommalapati, M. L. Smith, W.D. Constant, and K.T. Valsaraj, 1996, Soil Flushing of Hexachlorobenzene using Surfactant and Colloidal Gas Aphrons in a Two Dimensional System, Proceedings of the I&EC Special Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VIII, ACS, September 1996, Birmingham, AL.
R. Kommalapati and D. Roy, 1995, Application of a Natural Surfactant in the Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Proceedings of the I&EC Special Symposium on Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VII, ACS, September 1995, Atlanta, GA.
R. Kommalapati, D. Roy and P. Chaphalkar, 1994, Application of CGA Suspensions for In-situ Flushing of Soils Contaminated with Hydrophobic Organic Compounds, Proceedings of the 87^th Annual Meeting of Air & Waste Management Assoc., June 1994, Cincinnati, Ohio.
R. Kommalapati, P. Chaphalkar and M. Liu, 1992, Washing of 2,4-D, Anthracene and Automatic Transmission Fluid from Soil using Colloidal Gas Aphrons, Proceedings of the 23^rd Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society, July 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Muirhead, D. Roy, D. D. Adrian, P. Chaphalkar, R. R. Kommalapati, C. Hinz, A. Jackson, M. Liu, and G. T. Wang, 1992, Enhancement of Subsurface Oxygen Transport using Colloidal Gas Aphrons, Proceedings of the 23^rd Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society, July 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Grant Reports

Kommalapati, Amarasekhara, Choe, Huque, Reeves, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-Phase II, 1^st Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, September 2020.
Kommalapati, Du and Choe, Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Houston METRO System– Evaluation of Electric Alternatives, Final report submitted to US Department of Transportation thru LSU Tran-SET. September 2020.
Kommalapati, Botlaguduru, Awal, and Du, April 2020, Energy and Nutrient Recovery from Goat Manure by Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Cotton Gin Trash and Food Waste, 2^nd Annual report submitted to USDA-NIFA.
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekhara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 10^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, September 2020.
Kommalapati, Botlaguduru and Choe, Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the I-45 Corridor, Final report submitted to US Department of Transportation thru LSU Tran-SET. September 2019.
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekhara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 9^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, September 2019.
Kommalapati, Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Final Report submitted to Department of Energy,June 2019.
Kommalapati, Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Quarterly Reports submitted to Department of Energy, January, April, July and October 2018
Harper, Christofer; Bogus, Susan; Kommalapati, Raghava; and Choe, Doeun, “Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting for Careers at Transportation Agencies” (2018). Publications. 19. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/transet_pubs/19
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 8^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, August 2018.
Kommalapati, Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Quarterly Reports submitted to Department of Energy, January, April, July and October 2017
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 7^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, August 2017.
Kommalapati, Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Quarterly Reports submitted to Department of Energy, January, April, July and October 2016
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2016
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 6^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, August 2016.
Kommalapati, Post Combustion Carbon Capture using Polyethylenimine (PEI) functionalized Titanate Nanotubes, Quarterly Reports submitted Department of energy, January, April, July and October 2015
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2015
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 5^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, August 2015.
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 4^th Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, August 2014.
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2014
R. Kommalapati and R. Radha (2014), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Final Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2013
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 3^rd Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, July 2013.
R. Kommalapati and R. Radha (2013), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Final Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
R. Kommalapati and R. Radha (2012), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Final Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
Kommalapati, Biney, Huque, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2^nd Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, July 2012.
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2012
R. Kommalapati and R. Radha (2011), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Final Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
Aghara, Huque, Kommalapati, Biney, and Amarasekara, Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Annual Report Submitted to National Science Foundation, July 2011.
Kommalapati and Ahmed. Enhancing Student Learning and Quality of Graduates through Laboratory Experiences in the Civil Engineering Program, US Department of Education (Title III), Annual Report, October 2011
R. Kommalapati (2010), Summer Transportation Institute and STI Scholars Program at Prairie View A&M University, Final Report Submitted to University Center for Transportation Mobility.
R. Kommalapati (2009), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
R. Kommalapati (2008), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
R. Kommalapati (2008), Enhancing the Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Grant Report submitted to Ed Rachal Foundation.
R. Kommalapati (2008), Partnering to Promote Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession, Report submitted to University Center for Transportation Mobility.
R. Kommalapati (2007), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to Texas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration.
R. Kommalapati (2006), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to National Summer Transportation Institute Resource Center, South Carolina State University (FHWA Program).
R. Kommalapati, and R. Radha, 2005, Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to National Transportation Institute Resource Center, South Carolina State University (FHWA Program).
R. Kommalapati, and R. Radha, 2004, Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Report Submitted to National Transportation Institute Resource Center, South Carolina State University (FHWA Program).
R. Kommalapati, and R. Radha (2000-2003, total 4 reports), Summer Transportation Institute at Prairie View A&M University, Annual Reports Submitted to National Transportation Institute Resource Center, South Carolina State University (FHWA Program).
R. Kommalapati, 2003, Methods to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions at Cement Manufacturing Facilities, Submitted to Holcim, Inc.
R. Kommalapati, 2002, Work Plan for Additional Testing to Support Natural Attenuation of Explosive Compounds at The Pantex Plant, EM Federal Foundation, Inc.
R. Kommalapati, 2000, A Literature Review On the Evaluation of Design Parameters for Modern Grease Traps and High Strength Wastes, Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
R. Kommalapati, K.T. Valsaraj, and W.D. Constant, 2000, Soil-Water Partition Coefficients, Adsorption/Desorption Hysteresis, Desorption Kinetics and Bioavailability of Chlorinated Organic compounds at the PPI Site, Submitted to Hazardous Substance Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
R. Kommalapati, 2000, Estimation of Time Dependent Soil Source Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration in Construction Excavations, submitted to Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.
R. Kommalapati, 1999, A Literature Review on Effects of Long-Term Effluent Infiltration Rates at On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems, Texas On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council.
T. Valsaraj, W.D. Constant and R. R. Kommalapati, 1996, In-Situ Soil Washing using Surfactants and CGAs to Enhance Pump & Treat Remediation, Research Report Submitted to Hazardous Waste Research Center, College of Engineering, Louisiana State University.
T. Valsaraj, W.D. Constant and R. R. Kommalapati, 1996, Measurement of Soil-Water Partition Coefficients for the Harbinger Compounds at the PPI Site, Research Report Submitted to Hazardous Waste Research Center, College of Engineering, Louisiana State University.
D. Adrian, D. Roy, G. Breitenbeck, C. Hinz, G. T. Wang, D. Muirhead, S. Kallur, R. R. Kommalapati and A. Jackson, 1993, Accelerated Biodegradation of Herbicides Applied in the Roadside Environment using Adopted Soil Microorganisms, Research Report Submitted to Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Guest Editor, Special Issue of Air Pollution and Health, Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research, 2021
Guest Editor, Special Issue of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Energies 2020-21
Guest Editor, Sustainability of Energy Technologies and Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability, 2018-19.
Editorial Board Member, Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research, 2020-
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Pollution, 2016- Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Protection, 2009- Present
Editorial Board Member, SciFed Journal of Environmental Studies, 2017- 20.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Pollution and Protection, 2016- 19.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Studies in Atmospheric Science, 2013- 19.
Editorial Board Member, Current Advances in Environmental Science, 2013- 16.
Editorial Board Member, International Open Journal of Energy Engineering, 2013- 16.
Editorial Board Member, International Open Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy, 2013- 16.
Editorial Board Member, Scientific World Journal, Environmental Chemistry, 2011-16.
Session Chair, Power Plant Related Air Quality Monitoring, at the Air & Waste Management Association, 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Hartford, CT. June 25-28, 2018.
Session Chair, Energy Engineering, and Emission Reduction, at the 4^th International Conference on Environmental Systems Research -2017 (ICESR 2017), Singapore, December 14-16, 2017.
Session Co-Chair for Atmospheric Chemistry of Persistent Organic Pollutants Atmospheric Aerosol Processes, Scheduled at the Spring National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Session Co-Chair (2 Sessions) for Atmospheric Aerosol Processes, at the 234^th National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, August 19-24, 2007, Boston, MA.
Session Co-Chair for Atmospheric Aerosol Processes, at the 2007 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), May 22-25, 2007, Acapulco, Mexico.
Session Vice-Chair for “Innovative Techniques for Site Remediation” at the 1998 spring meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New Orleans, March 1998.
Session Co-Chair for “Mobilization and Fate of Contaminants in Surfactant Augmented Pump and Treat Systems,” I&EC Special ACS Symposium on “Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management IX, Pittsburgh, PA, September 15-17, 1997.
Session Co-Chair for “Application of Surfactants for Remediation of Contaminated Soils,” I&EC Special ACS Symposium on “Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VIII, Birmingham, AL, September 9-11, 1996.

Technical Reviews of Professional Journal Articles/Proposals

Served as Reviewer for Journal of Environmental Engineering, Environmental Progress, Energy & Fuels, Fuel Processing Technology, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, The Scientific World Journal , Chemosphere, Current Advances in Environmental Sciences, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Open Journal of Physical Chemistry, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal, Louisiana State University, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, Journal of Environmental Protection Science SAE International, ASCE GeoCongress 2008, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology, Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA), Journal of Hazardous Substance Research, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, Chemosphere, Water Research (Journal of International Water Association), The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. Also reviewed several text books and book chapters for various publishers.

TEACHING

Developed 15 new courses (9 UG and 6 Grad) and redesigned one course. New courses developed are identified with a * next to it.

Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courses

Energy & Environment (^*CVEG 4113)
Energy and Sustainability (*CVEG 4103)
Global Warming and Climate Change(*CVEG 4103)
Engineering and Natural Resources (co-developed^* CVEG 4103)
Nuclear Waste Management (co-developed^* CVEG 4103)
Water Quality Modeling^* (CVEG 4233)
Application of GIS in Environmental & Natural Resources^* (CVEG 4103)
Water Resources Management^* (CVEG 4103 Special Topics)
Environmental Engineering (Lecture with Lab, CVEG 3043)
Environmental Engineering Design^*(CVEG 4043)
Hydraulics (lecture with Lab, CVEG 3063)
Waste Management* (CVEG 4103 Special Topics , Now CVEG 4223)
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (CVEG 3024 lab part)
Construction Materials Laboratory (CVEG 3031)
Air Pollution and Control* (MCEG 4163 Special Topics, Now CVEG 4243)
Water Quality Management* (CVEG 4103 Special Topics)
Computer Applications in Engineering (ELEG 1043)
Engineering and Technology Seminar (TECH 1002)

Graduate Courses

Global Warming and Climate Change (*GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Energy and Sustainability (*GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Renewable Energy * (co-developed, GNEG 5193 Special Topics )
Geo-Environmental Engineering* (GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Environmental Modeling^*(GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Physical/Chemical Unit Ops. in Environ. Eng.*(GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Application of Information Tech.* (co-developed ,GNEG 5193 Special Topics)
Engineering Probability and Statistics (GNEG 5033)
Hazardous Waste Management (CVEG 5143)
Biological Wastewater Treatment (CVEG 5153)
Air Pollution (CVEG 5163)
Remediation Technologies (CHEG 5043)

STUDENTS ADVISED Graduate Students-Current

Layla Ogletree
Faryal Fatima
Lashavio Little
Deping Wang
Mahmoud Soliman

Past Graduate Students Thesis Advisor

Ayobami Orangun (Thesis Advisor, Expected December 2019)
Mirjalal Babayev (Thesis Advisor, and Committee Chair 2018)
Poojan Upadhaya (Thesis Advisor, and Committee Chai 2018)
Arndreya Howard (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2018)
Sai Pradeep Potluri (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Iqbal Hossan (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Jesuina Chipindula (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Melisa Stewart (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Ademola Ibironke (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Shahriar Tarkik (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2017)
Samarita Sarker (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2014)
Fiifi Asah-Opoku (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2014)
Jesus Williams Sequera (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2013)
Sunny Anighoro (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2012)
Frederick Sunderman (Thesis Advisor and Committee Chair, 2003)

Project Advisor

Nikith Sarsam (Masters Project Advisor, 2020)
Olufunke Momoh (Masters Project Advisor, 2010)
Kenneth Onwodi (Masters Project Advisor, 2010)
Charles Onwuachi (Masters Project Advisor, 2009)
Karthik Murugesan (Masters Project Advisor, 2008)
Surekha Sanga (Masters Project Advisor, 2008)
James Owiti (Masters Project Advisor, 2007)
Jessica Carey (Masters Project Advisor, 2005)
Reza Mossaffa (Masters Project Advisor, 2005)
David Karimi (Masters Project Advisor, 2005)
Dennis McCormick (Masters Project Advisor)
Ahmed Noman (Masters Project Advisor)
Rupel Johnson (Masters Project Advisor)
Allysia Kizzee (Masters Project Advisor)

Thesis Committee Member

Asaad Alhajwadi (Thesis Committee Member, 2020)
Pranay Katari (Thesis Committee Member, 2020)
Oluwatoyin Salami (Thesis Committee Member, 2019)
Mahmood Chowdhury (Thesis Committee Member, 2017)
Fadoua Zemmouri (Thesis Committee Member, 2017)
Silver Enyinnia (Thesis Committee Member, 2017)
John Miles (Thesis Committee Member, 2015)
Nazia Munir (Thesis Committee Member, 2015)
Shrabanthi Roy (Thesis Committee Member, 2015)
Chao Sui (Thesis Committee Member, 2015)
Shubarna Khan (Thesis Committee Member, 2013)
Monika Patel (Thesis Committee Member, 2012)
Ghizlane Zemmouri (Thesis Committee Member, 2011)
Issac Ofuafor (Thesis Committee Member, 2011)
Cecil Shy ((Thesis Committee Member, 2011)
Norman Alban (Thesis Committee Member)

Undergraduate Students

In Civil and Environmental Engineering Department an advisor is assigned to each undergraduate student when they join the department. Each faculty are given roughly the same number of students. Typically I advised 15-20 undergraduate students each semester.

SERVICE

University

Member, Search Committee, Director, Contracts & Grants Office of Research & Innovation, 2020-21
Co-Chair, Policy, and Procedures Standing Committee, Graduate Council, Office of Graduate Studies (AY 2020- Present)
Co-Chair, Thesis, Dissertation, and Doctoral (T/D/DP) Project Forms Committee, Graduate Council, Office of Graduate Studies (AY 2020- Present)
Member, Graduate Program Review Committee, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering (AY 2017-20)
Member, Graduate Council, Office of Graduate Studies (AY 2019- Present)
Chair, College Tenure and Promotion Committee, Roy G. Peery College of Engineering, (AY 2018-19)
Committee Member, Promotion Committee for Professor Rank, Department of Mechanical Engineering (AY 2018-19)
Member, Graduate Program Review Committee, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering (AY 2017-18)
Committee Member, University Adhoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure Appeal. AY 2016-17.
Committee Member, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering’s Professor Promotion Committee, AY 2016-17.
Committee Member, University Adhoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure Appeal. AY 2015-16.
Committee Member, Promotion Committee for Professor Rank, Department of Mechanical Engineering (AY 2015-16)
Chair, Search Committee for the position of Associate Director for Research compliance at PVAMU, Office of Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, 2015
Member, Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (AY 2014-15)
Member, IAC Scholarship Committee, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (AY 2014-15)
Co-Chair, VP Research and Dean of Graduate School Search Committee (2013)
Committee Member, Promotion Committee for Professor Rank, College of Engineering (AY 2013-14)
Member, Program Manager Search Committee, College of Engineering (2010)
Chair, Water Resources/Environmental Faculty Search Committee, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (2009)
Member, College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Review Panel (2009)
Chair, Water Resources/Environmental Faculty Search Committee, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (2008)
Member, College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Review Panel (2008)
Member, College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Committee (2007-2008)
Member, Search Committee for Dean of Engineering (2007)
Member of the University Tuition and Fees Advisory Committee (2004-2008)
ABET Committee (Fall 2002-2009)
Member, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Scholarship Committee (2000-2009)
Member of the Departmental Post-Tenure Review Advisory Committee (2005, 2006)
Alternate Property Officer for the Civil Engineering Department (2005-Present)
Member of Faculty Senate (2003- 2007, two terms)
Members of 3 faculty senate committees and chair of the nominating committee and chair of the election committee within the Senate
University Committee on Research (2000- 2004)
PVAMU Public Safety Council (2000- 2004)
Developed Environmental Engineering Concentration in Master of Science in Engineering
Civil Engineering Strategic Planning Committee (1998-2004)
Alternate Property Officer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (2004-2009)
Developed Curriculum for Environmental Engineering Minor
Special Assistance to Department Head on ABET Preparation and Laboratory Development and other ABET related issues.
Freshman Advisor (Fall 1998- Spring 2002)
Faculty Advisor for American Society of Civil Engineers, PVAMU Student Chapter, 2009-10, and 2002-2005.

Community/State/Profession

Member, National Science Foundation’s CREST Review Panel (2020)
Serving as Editorial Board Member for 7 journals
Chaired 3 sessions at national and international professional conferences.
Reviewed several manuscripts for publication in professional journals
Director (2006- 2014) for FHWA sponsored Summer Transportation Institute, offered every summer since 2000 for high school students in the state of Texas and beyond with the objective of exposing the young minds to careers in transportation industry.
Member of Technical Advisory Panel, Research Management Committee-2 (previously under 3 (1999-present), oversee the Texas Department of Transportation research in hydraulics, environment and Right of way divisions.
Program Coordinator (2000-2005) for FHWA sponsored Summer Transportation Institute, offered every summer since 2000 for high school students in the state of Texas and beyond with the objective of exposing the young minds to careers in transportation industry.
Collaborated with University Research Director, Dr. Kumar, on Small Business Mentoring program funded by EPA and DARPA through the Science and Engineering Alliance (2000- 2004) and made several presentations to small businesses on how to apply for SBIR grants from EPA

HONORS AND AWARDS

Major Awards

2014 Outstanding Researcher of the year, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University
2010 Outstanding Faculty Service Award, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University
Faculty Senate Recognition for Outstanding Commitment, Meritorious Service, Integrity and Dedication to the Senate as an Ambassador for the Professorate, 2007
Recipient of University Award for Outstanding Performance at Prairie View A&M University, 1999.

Other Awards

Service Award in Recognition of Service and Dedication to Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES), 2009
Majors Fair Service Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2005.
TAMUS Symposium Participation Award as Advisor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2005
Award for invaluable Contribution to Summer Transportation Institute, 2005, Prairie View A&M University.
Award in Recognition of Outstanding Performance in Department Level Course Assessment for ABET Review, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2004
Award in Recognition of Dedication and Outstanding Service During ABET Review, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, 2004
Award for invaluable Contribution to Summer Transportation Institute, 2005, Prairie View A&M University.
Award for invaluable Contribution to Summer Transportation Institute, 2003, Prairie View A&M University in 2003.
Award for Outstanding Organizer, Summer Transportation Institute 2002, Prairie View A&M University in 2002.
Award for Outstanding Poster Presented by the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center and Waste Management Education and Research Consortium, 1996.

Honors

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member of Tau Beta Phi, the Engineering Honor Society
Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Member of Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society (Honor society).
Obtained a GPA of 4.0 during the MS. and Ph.D. programs, (1990-1995), Louisiana State University.
Recipient of University Grants Commission, India, Fellowship during Masters Program, Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India (1988-1990).

News Articles

Recognized on the PVAMU main webpage in Fall 2019 when his team received the $5M funding for CEES Phase II (2019).
Featured in Roy G. Perry College of Engineering Research Magazine (Spring 2013 issue)
Appeared in the May/June 2008 Issue of US Black Engineer and Information Technology.
Appeared in The July 2008 issue of the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM) newsletter, Upwardly Mobile, Vol 2, No. 2, http://utcm.tamu.edu/publications/newsletter/v2n2/index.stm
Featured in the 2010 Annual Report of the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM).
Featured in the 2009 Annual Report of the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM).

Certificates

Certificate of Appreciation from Texas On-site Wastewater Treatment Research Council for participation as a speaker at the 2001 Annual Conference, February 2001.
Certificate of Appreciation from Texas On-site Wastewater Treatment Research Council for participation as a speaker at the 2001 Annual Conference, February 2000.
Certificate of Appreciation from American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Environmental Division for outstanding Contribution as Vice-Chair of the session titled “Innovative Techniques for Site Remediation”, March 1998.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)- Fellow
American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES)
Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society(HKCBEES)
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
Past President, AWRA LSU Student Chapter, 1992, 1993 and 1994.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2020 Tran-SET Conference (Virtual), Albuquerque, NM. September 1–2, 2020
2020 Air and Waste Management Association, 112th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 30 – July 2, 2020.
2019 Air and Waste Management Association 112^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 25-28, 2019.
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Annual Research Conference, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), College Station, TX, May 21-22, 2018
2018 Air and Waste Management Association 111^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Hartford, CT, June 25-28, 2018
2017 – 4^th International Conference on Environmental Systems Research -2017 (ICESR 2017), Singapore, December 14-16, 2017.
2017 – 2^nd International Conference on Smart Sustainable Cities, Vijayawada, AP, India, December 28-29, 2017.
2017 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 20-22, 2017
2017 Air and Waste Management Association 110^th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, June 05-08, 2017
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Annual Research Conference, Prairie View A&M University, College Station, TX, May 24-25, 2017
2017 National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Project Review Meeting for Cross Cutting Research, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20-23, 2017
2016 Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 20-23, 2016
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Annual Research Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, June 6-7, 2016
Texas AEESP-NSF Grand Challenges Workshop, March 31-April1, 2016, Rice University, Houston, TX
2016 Spring National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, March13-17, 2016, San Diego, CA.
2015 Fall National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, August 16-20, 2015, Boston, MA.
2015 Air and Waste Management Association Annual conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC June 22-16, 2015.
2015 Spring National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, March 22-26, 2015, Denver, CO
2014 Fall National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, August 10-14, 2014, San Francisco, CA
2013 National Civil Engineering Department Heads meeting, Organized by American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), Las Vegas, NV, June 9-11, 2013
2012 American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) 142^nd Annual Civil Engineering Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 18-20, 2012
2012 National Civil Engineering Department Heads meeting, Organized by American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), White Plains, NY, June 3-5, 2012
2012 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) organized by National Science Foundation for all the PIs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Washington, DC, June 12-15, 2012
2012 National Civil Engineering Department Heads meeting, Organized by American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), White Plains, NY, June 2-5, 2012
2011 AMIE (Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering) Conference, Houston, TX, 7-8, September 2011.
2011American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011.
2011 National Civil Engineering Department Heads meeting, Organized by American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), Madison, WI, May 22-24, 2011
2010 Spring National Meeting & Exposition, American Chemical Society, March 21-25, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Integrating Sustainability into Environmental Engineering: Design principles and tools to expand your educative capacity, invited workshop, 2009 AEESP conference, Iowa city, IA, July 26-28, 2009.
Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Fuel Cycle Separations, Short Course Organized by School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, December 16-18, 2008.
Celebrate a Decade of Best Assessment Processes Symposia, Organized by ABET, Atlanta, GA, April 25-26, 2008
234^th Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 19-24, 2007.
2007American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI, June 24-27, 2007.
2007 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, Acapulco, Mexico, May 22-25, 2007,
ABET Evaluator Training at the 2006 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 06), October 22, 2006.
2006 Dane and Mary Louise Miller (NAE/CASEE) Symposium, Learning from Each Other: Findings from CASEE Affiliates, San Diego, CA, October 27, 2006.
2006 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Diego, CA, October 28-31, 2006
2006 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 06), Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2006.
2006 American Society for Engineering Education Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 18-22, 2006.
Introduction to GIS (I &II), 1-week training session, ESRI, San Antonio, TX, Feb13-17, 2006.
2005 Dane and Mary Louise Miller (NAE/CASEE) Symposium, Defining Research and Development Opportunities in Engineering Education, Indianapolis, IN, October 17-19, 2005.
Pedagogies and Technologies for the Emerging Global Economy, Frontiers in Education 2005 Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 19-22, 2005.
Translating How People Learn into a Roadmap for Institutional Transformation, Project Kaleidoscope 2005 National Colloquium, Kansas City, MO, September 30-October 2, 2005.
Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering Education(RREE) workshop organized by Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, July 31-August 5, 2005
General Education and Assessment Conference Organized by American Association of Colleges and Universities, February 2005.
Faculty Advisor Training Workshop for ASCE Faculty Advisors, American Society of Civil Engineers, September 2002.
Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd), 1-Week Workshop Sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers for Civil Engineering Faculty, July 14-19, 2002.
First Annual Distance Education Workshop, Sponsored by the University Distance Education Council, PVAMU, April 2001.

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