Service

• American Nuclear Society (ANS), Lifetime Member since 1989

• American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME), Member since 1989

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Member since 1988

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Member since 2005

• Electro Chemical Society (ECS), Active Member since 2004

• Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), Life Member since 2004

Editorial Activities

1. Associate Editor, Heat Transfer Engineering, 2006-2009

2. Associate Editor, Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology,  2007-2010

Industrial and Consulting Experience  

• 1988-90     University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Department of Mechanical Engineering

•                  (on conductivity probe design)

• 1984-84     Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (on Two-phase critical flow)

• 1982-83     Ontaro Hydro Industries, Canada (on Gamma Densito-meter for reboiler)

• 2000-02     Korean Atomic Energy Institute (on reactor safety experimental design and scaling)

• 2001-03   Korean Power Engineering Corporation (KOPEC)  (Integral Loop Scaling and design

• 2002-03     Korean Atomic Energy Institute (KAERI) (on thermalhydraulic and integral loop operation)

• 2004-pre    Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) (on regenerative fuel cell power system)

• 2004-06 Samsung Corp. (USA) (On portable fuel cell development)

Referee of Professional Journals &  Conferences

• International J. of Heat and Fluid Flow, Papers Review

• International J. Multi-phase Flow, Papers Review

• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Papers Review

• National Heat Transfer Conference, Papers Review

• NURETH and ICONE Conferences, Papers Review

• International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Papers Review

• Nuclear Engineering Design Journal, Papers Review

• ASME J. of Heat Transfer, Papers Review

• ASME J Fluid Engineering, Papers Review

• ASME J Fuel Cell and Technology, Papers Review

• ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Papers Review

• Energy & Fuels, Papers Review

• Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Papers Review

• Chemical Engineering Science, paper Review

• Canadian Journal of Physics, Papers Review

• Experimental Heat Transfer, Papers Review

• Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, papers review

Referee for technical proposals

• NSF proposal 

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (UK) Research Proposal

• DOE-NEER and NERI proposal 

• International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) proposal 

• U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF) proposal 

• NASA Microgravity Fluid Physics Review Panel, 2003, 2004, 2005

• DOE URI grant Review Panel, 2003, 2004

• NSF Review Panel Member 2006

Conference Organizing Activities  (National and International Levels)

• Session Chair ANS Annual / International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) Hollywood, FL, June 2002,

• Session Organizer and Chair,  ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition- IMECE New Orleans, CA, November, 2002

• Session Organizer and Chair, NURETH-10 (Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics) Seoul, Korea, 2003.

• TRAC Leader, Multiphase Heat Transfer, Organized 14 sessions, AMSE National  Heat Transfer Conference, Las Vegas August 2003.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ASME Heat Transfer Conference, Charlotte, NC, July 2004.

• Session Organizer and Chair, NUTHOS6, Nara, Japan, October 2004.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ANS Annual Winter Meeting, Washington DC, November 2004.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ANS Annual Winter Meeting, San Diego CA, June 2005.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ASME Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco CA, July 2005.

• Session Organizer and Chair, NURETH11, Avignon France October 2005

• TRAC Leader, Multiphase Heat Transfer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition- IMECE Orlando FL, November, 2005.

• Session Organizer and Chair, Indian 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Guwahati, India January 4-6, 2006

• Session Organizer and Chair, ANS Summer Meeting, Reno, NV June 2006.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ANS Winter Annual Meeting, Albuquerque , NM November 2006.

• Session Organizer and Chair, ASME  IMECE, Chicago, November 2006

Extension, Service, And University Outreach Activities

Schools of Engineering, University  Committee Membership

• Vice Chair -Academic Personnel Grievance Committee (1998-1999)

• Member, New Millennium Engineering Building Committee (1999-2000)

• Member - Engineering Committee for Faculty Relations (CFR) (1999-2005)

• Member Engineering Junior Faculty Committee (2003-present)

• Member CORO Purdue Reactor PUR-1 (1999-present)

• Member Engineering Education Committee (1999-2002)

• Member,  Purdue Grievance Committee (2000-2002)

• Member,  Academic Progress and Records Committee (2001-2004)

• Member, International Education Programs Committee (IEPC) (2002-2005)

• Member Committee on Faculty Documents and Records (2003-2008)

• Member University Library Committee (2002-2005)

School of Nuclear Engineering Committee Membership

• Computer Committee  Member (1992-present)

• Chair Under-Graduate Committee (2002-present)

• Graduate Committee member (1997-present)

• Faculty-In-Charge Purdue Reactor PUR-1 Operation and Maintenance (1999-2003)

• Academic Review Report Committee (2004)

Counseling

• Advisor Undergraduate (2002-present)

• Under-Graduate Committee member(1987-1988, 1997-2002)

• Freshmen Engineering Award Student (1998, 1999)

• NASA/RISE Summer intern student (2001)

• Senior Engineering Design (2001-2002,2002-present)

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow program (2004, 2005)

     Professional and Multi Cultural Development

• Attended 3 days Multicultural Awareness Workshop Part 1, January 6-8, 1998

• Attended 2 days Multicultural Awareness Workshop Part 2, May 11-12, 1998

• Attended 1/2 day Multicultural Awareness Workshop Part 3, July 15, 1999

• Attended 1 day Multicultural Awareness Workshop Part 4, September 7, 2000

      Outreach Activities

• Nuclear Reactor and Radiation Experiments outreach to High School Students and teachers. The School of Nuclear Engineering has a statewide program on Nuclear Reactor education and research. Over 800 high school students and several high school teachers visit the school each year. They perform daylong hands-on experiments at the reactor and radiation lab, learn about radiation science, and measurement and application.

• News Media. Prof. Revankar has given interview to various media on the research and technology development work including Purdue News Service, local TV and local, national and international newspapers.

His research on phase change and latent energy storage project for NASA has been featured in the various news media including followings.

• Purdue News, June 8, 2001, Title: Engineer brings cost of experiments down to earth.

• The Exponent, June 25, 2001, Title: Purdue engineer’s research of solar power may benefit NASA financially.

• High-Tech Materials Alert, Vol. 18, No. 8, August 2001, Title: Capsules could enable phase-change solar power.

• The Asian Age, News Paper (India), 25 June 2001, Title: Dharwad scientist helps NASA in power research.

• Taranga, Kannada Weekly (India), August 10, 2001, Title: NASA tests-financial savings by kannadiga

• Space Daily, June 27, 2001, Title: Engineer brings cost of experiments down to earth.

• Laser Focus World, June 25, 2001, Title: News test method can check out a new space based solar-power system.

• Berriak Labur, 4, Elhuyar, 2001, Rails, Title: Espazioan energia ekoizteko metodo berria

• Boetin El Hijo de El Cronopio, No. 126, 25 de junio de 2001, Title: Nuevo sistema de generacion electrica satellites.

• Web News:

•  http://www.thatskannda.com/sahitya/jana/sripad_revankar.html

• http://www.thatskannda.com/sahitya/nri/sripad.html

• http://www.thatskannda.com/news/2001/06/25/scientist.html

• http://www.eletestudomany.hu/eltu/g_hireink5641.html

Fuel cell work has been featured in the following media:

• The Exponent, Jan 29, 2003, Title: Purdue aims to research gasless cars engineer’s research of solar power may benefit NASA financially.          

• His interview on fuel cell was featured in TV18, WLFI (Lafayette) evening and morning news on April

           His work on fuel cell simulation for high altitude airship has bean featured in various news:

• Purdue Team To Float High-altitude Airship For Weather, Security Powered by Fuel Cells, Fuel Cell Works Publication Date:01-April-2005, http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage2367.html

• Purdue Develops High-Altitude Aircraft, InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report, 3/21/2005 http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=13279

• Purdue Team to Float High-Altitude Airship for Weather, Security, Newswise Tue 22-Mar-2005,  Science Daily  Date: 2005-04-01, Purdue University News, March 21, 2005, http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/510609?sc=swtn http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050329135943.htm http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2005/050321.Sullivan.airship.html

• News Article: Purdue University Team to Float High-Altitude Airship, Fuel Cell Today, 22 March 2005. http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5726,00.html

• Fuel Cells Included in Airship Research , Renewable Energy Access, March 25, 2005 http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=24176

Recently his work on the high thermal conductivity nuclear fuel was featured in the news:

• Purdue Researchers Create a Fuel That Will Last Longer, Nuclear News (A publication of the American Nuclear  Society), November 2005, pp 69-71.

• Purdue Engineers Create Safer, More Efficient Nuclear Fuel, Model Its Performance, Science Daily,  2005-10-06 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051005075932.htm

• Engineers Create Safer, More Efficient Nuclear Fuel, Model Its Performance, NewsWise, Wed 28-Sep-2005, http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/514912

• Purdue engineers create safer, more efficient nuclear fuel, model its performance, PhysOrg.com, http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=6834

• Purdue Develop Advanced Nuclear Fuel that Could Save Millions of Dollars Annually, AZOM.com http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=404