Professor
	Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Phone:	215-204-2378
	Email:	rominder.suri@temple.edu [1]

Degrees

• Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering), Michigan Technological University, 1995
• M.S. (Environmental Engineering), Michigan Technological University, 1992
• B.S. (Civil Engineering), Institute of Technology, India, 1990
• Registered Professional Engineer (Environmental Engineering)

Academic Appointments

• 2009 – current: Director, National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center
  -Water and Environmental Technology (WET) Center, Temple University.
  -The WET Center is between Temple Univ. (lead), Univ. of Arizona and Arizona State
• 2011 – to present: Univ.Director, NSF Water Technology Innovation Ecosystem, Temple University, PA
• 2011 to present, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, PA
• 2008 – 2011: Associate Professor, CEE, Temple University, PA
• 2002 – 2008: Director, Center for the Environment, Villanova University, PA
• 2000 – 2008: Associate Professor, CEE, Villanova University, PA
• 1994 – 2000: Assistant Professor, CEE, Villanova University, PA

Professional Positions

• None

Consulting & Patents

• Rominder Suri and Gangadhar Andaluri. “Electro-Sonolytic Destruction of Emerging Contaminants”, invention disclosure, 2010
• Rominder Suri and Bikash Bhattarai. “Development of Novel Adsorbents for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants (ECs) from Water”, invention disclosure, 2010

Professional Licensing

• Reigistered Professional Engineer, MD

Principle Publications (partial)

• E. V. Rokhina, N. S. Vattikonda, C. Johnson ,R. P.S. Suri (2012) Ozonation of a mixture of steroid hormones in aqueous solution: interpretation of the experimental results by computational methods, Chemosphere, 89: 1323-1329.

• Suri, R.P.S., Singh, T.S., Chimchirian, R.F., and  H. Fu. (2012), Effect of Process Conditions on the Analysis of  Free and Conjugated Estrogen Hormones by Solid Phase Extraction – Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (SPE- GC/MS). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184, 1657-1669

• Andaluri, G., Ekaterina, V. R., Suri, R.S. (2012) Evaluation of relative importance of ultrasound reactor parameters for the removal of estrogen hormones in water, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, vol 19, 4, 953-958.

• Rokhina, E., R.S. Suri. (2012) Application of density functional theory (DFT) to study the properties and degradation of natural estrogen hormones with chemical oxidizers, Science of Total Environment (417–418) 280-290

• Manickavachagam Muruganandham, Ramakrishnan Amutha,  Mahmoud S. M. Abdel Wahed, Bashir Ahmmad, Yasushige Kuroda, Rominder P.S. Suri   Mika Sillanpää, (2012) Controlled fabrication of α-GaOOH and α-Ga2O3 self-assembly and its superior photocatalytic activity. J. Phys. Chem. 116, 44-53.

• ManickavachagamMuruganandham, RamakrishnanAmutha, Bashir Ahmad, Yasushige Kuroda, Rominder P.S. Suri, Mika Sillanpää (2012): Does hydrothermal decomposition of metal-oxalates is an alternative to conventional thermal decomposition process for the self-assembled material preparation? Under review with Crystal Engineering Coummunication.

• Suri, R.S., Hilary M. Thornton, M.Muruganandham, (2011) Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Disinfection of Water using Pt, Ag /TiO2 Photocatalysts,  Environmental Technology. Vol. 33, No. 14, 1651–1659.

• Ramakrishnan Amutha, Manickavachagam Muruganandham, Marappan Sathish, Sambandam Akilandeswari, Rominder P. S. Suri, Eveliina Repo, and Mika Sillanpaa. (2011) Crystallization-Induced Top-Down Wormlike Hierarchical Porous α-Fe2O3 Self-Assembly. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2011, 115, 6367–6374.

• Manickavachagam Muruganandham, Ramakrishnan Amutha, Marrapan Sathish, Tony Singh,  Rominder P.S. Suri, and Mika Sillanpaa, (2011) Facile Fabrication of Hierarchical α-Fe2O3 Self-Assembly and its Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties ^[2]. J. Phys. Chem. C., 2011, 115 (37), 8164–18173

• Suri, R.P., T. Singh, S. Abburi, (2010) “Influence of Solution Alkalinity and Salinity on the Sonochemical Degradation of Estrogen Hormones in Aqueous Solution”, Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (4), pp. 1373-1379

• Weiyue, Q., R. Suri , X. Bi, G. Sheng and J. Fu, (2010) “Exposure of Young Mothers and Newborns to Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in Guangzhou, China”, Science of the Total Environment, 408(16): 3133-3138

• Cyr, Patrick J., E. G. Helmig, R. P. S. Suri and S. Stoddard, (2010) “Methods to Control Steam-Stripper Fouling so Wastewater will be Treated Effectively”, Industrial Wastewater, pp.7-12

• Velicu, M. and R. Suri , (2008) “Presence of Steroid Hormones and Antibiotics in Surface Water  of Agricultural, Suburban and Mixed-Use Areas”, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 154 (1-4), pp. 349-359.

• Suri, R.P., A. Kamrajapuram and H. Fu, (2008) “Ultrasound Destruction of Aqueous 2- Chlorophenol in Presence of Silica and Peroxide”, Environmental Engineering Science, 25 (10), pp. 1447-1453

• Suri, R. P., G. Andaluri, S. Abburi and M. Velicu, (2008) “Ultrasound Assisted Removal of Estrogen Hormones”, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 109, pp. 13-19.

• Fu, H., R. Suri, R. Chimchirian, E. Helmig and R.Constable, (2007) “Ultrasound Induced Destruction of Low Levels of Estrogen Hormones in Aqueous Solutions”, Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (16), pp. 5869-5874.

• Chimchirian, R.F., R. Suri and H. Fu, (2007) “Free Synthetic and Natural Estrogen Hormones in Influent and Effluent of Three Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants”, Water Environmental Research, 79 (9), pp. 969-974.

• Suri, R.P., M. Nayak, U. Devaiah and E. Helmig, (2007) “Ultrasound Assisted Destruction of Estrogen Hormones in Aqueous Solution: Effect of Power Density, Power Intensity and Reactor Configuration”, Hazardous Materials, 146 (3), pp. 472-478.

• Velicu, M., H. Fu, R. Suri and K. Woods, (2007) “Use of Adsorption Process to Remove Organic Mercury Thimerosal from Industrial Process Wastewater”, Hazardous Materials,  148 (3) ^[3], pp. 599-605.

Scientific & Professional Society Membership

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Chemical Society
• Water Environment Federation
• Association of Environmental Engineers and Science Professors

Honors & Awards

• Dissertation advisor of Ph.D. student who received first-place paper award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Stockton, NJ, April 22, 2010
• Dissertation advisor of Ph.D. student who received first-place research award from the PA Water Environment Association, Lancaster, PA, 2009
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals presented a plaque as acknowledgment for research support (1998-2009), November, 23, 2009
• Dissertation advisor of Ph.D. student who received Young Professional Research Award, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Pennsylvania Section, May 2008
• Dissertation advisor of Ph.D. student who received first place poster award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (HDC-SETAC), 2007
• Thesis advisor of M.S. student who received research award from the PA Water Environment Association, 2007
• Thesis advisor of M.S. graduate student who received the second place research paper award from Water Environment Federation, 1999
• Thesis advisor of M.S. student who received the second place Poster award at the 44th Annual Conference of Air and Waste Management Association, Mid-Atlantic States Section, Philadelphia, November 11-13, 1998
• Thesis advisor of M.S. graduate student who received the second place research paper award from Water Environment Federation, 1997
• Recipient of second place Ph.D. research paper award from Water Environment Federation, 1994
• Recipient of first place M.S. research paper award from Water Environment Federation, 1993

Institutional & Professional Service (last five years)

• Reviewer for: Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering Science, J. of Hazardous Materials, Water Research, USDA, US EPA, NSF, NASA, and others.

Percentage of Time Available for Research & Scholarly Activities

• 50%

Percentage of Time Committed to Teaching & Services Activities

• 50%