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 Webpage
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.
  • “Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award”, USF, Tampa, FL, 2011.
  • Best Professor Award, Chemical Engineering Department, USF, Tampa, FL 2009.
  • “Excellence in Innovation Award”, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2013
  • Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2009.
  • Core Fulbright Scholar Award (2016-17)
    2017 Outstanding Faculty Award from USF.
  • 2013 and 2018 USF 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