Kamalesh K. Sirkar is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at

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(NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is also the Foundation Professor of'Membrane Separations and Director of the NJIT Center for Membrane Technologies. He is internationally recognized as an expert in membrane separation technologies.

Education

Sirkar received his ''B.Tech.'' from the

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at Kharagpur and both his ''MS'' and ''PhD'' from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career

Sirkar was previously a ''Professor'' of ''Chemical Engineering'' at Stevens Institute of Technology and

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prior to arriving at NJIT in 1992.

His accomplishments

Sirkar is the holder of 25 U.S. patents.
He has also authored 156 refereed articles and 18 book chapters, and is a co-editor of the widely used Membrane Handbook.
He is the ''Editor'' of the ''Elsevier series Membrane Science and Technology'' and an ''Associate Editor'' of ''Separation Science and Technology''.
He has served (or is serving) on the editorial boards of the ''Journal of Membrane Science'', ''Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research'' and ''Separation Science and Technology''.

Honors and awards

Sirkar has received numerous honors and awards throughout his research life. Some of these include: * ''Kirkpatrick Award'' (1991). * ''Honorary Fellow'' of ''Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers'' (2001). *

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's ''Institute Award'' for excellence in ''Industrial Gases Technology'' (2005). * ''Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award'' in the ''Environmental Category'' of the ''Research and Development Council'' (2006). * ''Fellow'' of

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(AAAS) in 2008. * ''Clarence Gerhold Award'' of the ''Separations Division'' of AIChE (2008).
NJIT Excellence in Research Prize & Medal
(2009). *

New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame The New Jersey Inventor's Hall of Fame was established in 1987 to honor individuals and corporations in New Jersey for their inventions. Award recipients are recognized at the annual Award Banquet Dinner. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of ...

''Innovators Award'' (2009).http://www.stevens.edu/njinvent/fileadmin/njinvent/pdf/New_Jersey_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame_2009_Award_Winners.pdf 'Stevens Institute of Technology : New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame 2009 Award Winners'

References

External links

'NJIT : Experts Database - For the Media -- Kamalesh Sirkar'
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirkar, Kamalesh Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian emigrants to the United States Stevens Institute of Technology faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni New Jersey Institute of Technology IIT Kharagpur alumni