Maruthi Devarakonda
Post Doctorate RA B
Energy and Environment Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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P.O. Box 999 / K2-03
Richland, WA 99352
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, March 2008.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2003.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Nagarjuna University, India, 2000.
Biography
Dr. Maruthi Devarakonda conducts research in exhaust aftertreatment modeling and control, optimal control, surface science, and fuel cells. In addition to his work at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, he is also an adjunct assistant professor of mechnical engineering at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, and an adjunct assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Washington State University.
Current and Upcoming Publications and Conference Proceedings
Maruthi Devarakonda, Russell Tonkyn and Jonathan Male, "Modeling of a Fe-zeolite Catalyst based on Langmuir Isotherms" Submitted to the Chemical Engineering Journal.
Maruthi Devarakonda and Russell Tonkyn, "Experimental and Modeling Studies of H2O Inhibition of NOx Oxidation on a Fe-zeolite Urea-SCR Catalyst" Submitted to Catalysis Letters.
Russell Tonkyn and Maruthi Devarakonda, "Experimental Studies on Toluene Inhibition of NOx Oxidation on a Fe-zeolite Urea-SCR catalyst", Manuscript in Preparation.
Maruthi Devarakonda and Russell Tonkyn, "A Neural Network Model for H2O Inhibition of NOx Oxidation on a Urea-SCR Catalyst", Manuscript in Preparation.
Maruthi Devarakonda and Russell Tonkyn, "Hydrocarbon Effect on a Fe-zeolite Urea-SCR Catalyst: An Experimental and Modeling Study", SAE World Congress, 2010.
Devarakonda, M., Parker, G., Johnson, J., Strots, V., and Santhanam, S. In press. "Model Based Control System Design in a Urea-SCR Aftertreatment System Based on NH3 Sensor Feedback", International Journal of Automotive Technology.
Devarakonda, M., Parker, G., Johnson J., Strots, V., and Santhanam, S. 2008. "Model Based Estimation and Control System Development for a Urea-SCR Aftertreatment System", SAE Transactions Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 2008.
Devarakonda, M., Parker, G., Johnson J., Strots, V., and Santhanam, S. 2008. "Model Based Estimation and Control System Development for a Urea-SCR Aftertreatment System", SAE 2008-01-1324 presented at SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April 2008. Also accepted as a special publication in SP-2154.
Devarakonda, M., Parker, G., Johnson, J., Strots, V., and Santhanam, S. 2008. "Adequacy of Reduced Order Models for Model Based Control in a Urea-SCR Aftertreatment System", SAE 2008-01-0617 presented at SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April 2008. Also accepted as a special publication in SP-2155.
Awards
- Biography listed in Marquis Who's Who in America - 2009.
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, 2008.
- Best Abstract Award in GSC Poster Competition, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI, Nov 2004.
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, May 2003.
