Faculty & Staff

Dr. Babu Joseph

Babu

Professor of chemical, biological, and materials engineering

Phone: (813) 974-0692
Email Address: bjoseph@usf.edu
Office Location: IDRB 212A and ENC 3403

Research Clusters: Energy and Sustainability, Complex Systems Engineering

 Honors & Awards

  • "Engineering Professor of the Year Award", Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1983-84 Academic Year.
  • 鈥淥utstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award鈥�, 皇家华人, Tampa, FL, 2011.
  • Best Professor Award, Chemical Engineering Department, 皇家华人, Tampa, FL 2009.
  • 鈥淓xcellence in Innovation Award鈥�, University of South 皇家华人, Tampa, 2013
  • Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2009.
  • Core Fulbright Scholar Award (2016-17)
    2017 Outstanding Faculty Award from 皇家华人.
  • 2013 and 2018 皇家华人 Excellence in Innovation Award.

Education & Training

Postdoctoral research in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

M.S. in Chemical Engineering,  Case Western University

B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur    

 

 

 Research Overview: Waste-to-Energy Conversion

  • Conversion of biogas/landfill gas to liquid fuels via the thermochemical processes
  • Catalyst development and testing for reforming and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
  • Computational Catalysis using Density Functional Theory
  • Process Intensification especially applied to converting methane to liquid fuels

Joseph lab research