Raghava R. Kommalapati
Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F. ASCE
Director, Center for Energy & Environmental
Sustainability
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Prairie View A&M University, USA
Email: rrkommalapati@pvamu.edu
Qualifications
1995 Ph.D., Louisiana State University
(LSU), Civil (Environmental) Engineering
1994 M.Sc., Louisiana State University
(LSU), Civil (Environmental) Engineering
1990 M.Sc., Kakatiya University,
Engineering Structures
1988 B.Sc., Nagarjuna University,
Civil Engineering
Publications (Selected)
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Atmospheric Aerosols:
Characterization, Chemistry, Modeling and Climate, 2009, K.T. Valsaraj andR.R.
Kommalapati (editors), ACS Symposium Series, Volume 1005, Division of
Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Oxford University Press, ISBN13:
9780841269736.
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S. Sarker, R. Kommalapati, 2015, Influence
of Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds on Ozone Production in Houston-Galveston
Brazoria Area, Journal of Environmental Protection, 2015, 6, 399-408.
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Fiifi Asah-Opoku, Zhihua Liang,
ZiaulHuque, and Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2014, Burnup Simulations of Different
Fuel Grades using MCNPX Monte Carlo Code, Nuclear Technology and Radiaition
Protection Journal, Vol 29 (4), pp 259-267.
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Kyoungsoo Lee, ZiaulHuque, Raghava
Kommalapati and Sang-Eul Han, 2015, The evaluation of Aerodynamic Interaction
of Wind Blade Using Fluid Structure InteractionMethod, Journal of Clean Energy
Technologies, Vol 3 (4), July 2015
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Samarita Sarker, Zhihua Liang,
ZiaulHuque, and Raghava R. 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
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Shahzeb Sheikh, Zhihua Liang,
ZiaulHuque, and Raghava R. 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
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Mohammad A. Hossain, ZiaulHuque and
Raghava R. Kommalapati, 2013, Propagation of Shock on NREL Phase VI Wind
Turbine Airfoil Under Compressible Flow, Journal of Renewable Energy, Volume
2013,Article ID: 653103.
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ShubarnaKhan,ZiaulHuque, Mohammad A.
Hossain and Raghava R. 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 6 (October 2013), Pages
267-283, ISSN: 0973-4686
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Raghava R. 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, June2013.
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F. 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.
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ZiaulHuque, GhizlaneZemmouri, Donald
Harby and Raghava R. 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, doi:10.1155/2012/193021
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S. 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.
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S Raja, R Ravikrishna, R.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.
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S. 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.
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R.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.
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R.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.
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R.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.
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D. 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.
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R.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.
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D. 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.