About
Hema Ramsurn, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the A. Paul Buthod Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Ramsurn directs the Bioproducts Laboratory at The University of Tulsa. Her lab investigates the synthesis of value-added chemicals (biofuel) and products (graphene, activated carbon, biochar) from biomass using liquefaction, gasification, and carbonization for several applications (heavy metal removal, corrosion prevention, catalysis, CO2 sequestration). She has also done some work on catalytic methane-to-benzene/hydrogen conversion using zeolites. Another area of research of the Ramsurn Lab is the synthesis of carbon/carbon composites, as well as their anti-oxidative coatings for extreme environment using techniques like packed cementation, chemical vapor deposition, and slurry/dip coating.
Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 2013
- M.S., Environmental Science with Legislation, Brunel University, 2002
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Mauritius, 2000
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Synthesis of composites (C/C, SiC/C)
- Anti-oxidative coatings (CVD, Slurry, packed cementation)
- Biofuels (hydrothermal liquefaction, gasification, carbonization)
- Biobased materials (biochar, activated carbon, graphene)
- Supercritical reactions in water