Dr. Som Karamchetty

Sole Member, SomeTechnologies LLC
Potomac, Maryland

Industrial Waste Heat Recovery Project at Drexel University:

In 1976, I took sabbatical leave from my faculty position at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and joined Drexel University as a Visiting Research Professor. I worked as the anchor person on the Industrial Waste Heat Recovery Project. Working closely with and under the direction of the two professors (Dr. Harry Brown, and Dr. Bernie Hammel) who were the Principal Investigators (PIs) for the US Department of Energy (DOE) project, I put a team together to execute the project. I worked with several subcontractors and consultants with expert knowledge of the industrial sector. I had several graduate and undergraduate students working with me on collecting data and information. I organized the project so that people from various organizations contributed the most that they could at an affordable cost. In less than twelve months, we were able to develop a premier industrial energy database for the US. Impressed by the results of that study, the US DOE gave a multi-million dollar follow-on contract to Drexel to develop a comprehensive database.

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