Prof. Elias K. Stefanakos

Electrical Engineering Department

University of South Florida, USA

Email: estefana@usf.edu

Qualifications

1969 Ph.D., Washington State University, Washington, Engineering Science

1965 M.Sc., Washington State University, Washington, Electrical Engineering

1964 B.Sc., Washington State University, Washington, Electrical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Kuravi, S., Trahan, J., Stefanakos, E., Rahman, M., and Goswami, D.Y. “Thermal Energy Storage Technologies and Systems for Concentrating Solar Power Plants” Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 39, 285-319, 2013.
2. Li, C., Goswami, Y., and Stefanakos, E., “Solar assisted sea water desalination: A review,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 19, 136-163, 2013.
3. Zhang, Y., Ram, M.K., Stefanakos, E.K., and Goswami, D.Y. “Enhanced photocatalytic activity of iron doped zinc oxide nanowires for water decontamination,” Surface and Coatings Technology, 217, 19-123, 2013.
4. Zhang, Y., Stefanakos, E.K., Yogi Goswami, D. “Effect of Photocatalytic surface roughness on reactors effectiveness for indoor air cleaning,” Building and Environment 61, 188-196, 2013.
5. Abutayeh, M., Goswami, Yogi, and Stefanakos, E.K. “Solar thermal power plant simulation,” Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Wiley Online Library, DOI: 10.1002/ep.11636, April 2012.
6. Boone, J., Krishnan, S., Stefanakos, E. K., Goswami, Y., Bhansali, S. “Coplanar-waveguide-fed folded dipole slot antenna for wireless local area network applications and V-Band frequency operations,” IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation 6 (5), 583-587, 2012.
7. Krishnan, S., Goswami, Y., and Stefanakos, E. “NanoscaleRectena for thermal energy conversion to electricity,” Technology and Innovation, 14, 103-113, 2012.
8. Kuravi, S., Goswami, Y., Stfanakos, E.K., Ram, M., Jotshi, C., Pendyala, S., Trahan, J., Sridharan, P., Rahman, M., and Krakow, B. “Thermal energy storage for concentrating solar power plants,” Technology and Innovation, 14, 81-91, 2012.
9. Zhang, Y., Ram, M.K., Stefanakos, E.K., and Goswami, D.Y. Synthesis, characterization, and applications of ZnO nanowires, Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2012, Article ID 624520, DOI: 10.115/2012/624520, 2012.
10. Dalrymple, O.K., Isaacs, W., Stefanakos, E., Trotz, M.A. and Goswami, D.Y. “Lipid Vesicles as Model Membranes in Photocatalytic Disinfection Studies,” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 221 (1), 64-70, 2011.
11. Chen, H., Goswami, D.Y. and Stefanakos, E.K. “A Review of Thermodynamic Cycles and Working Fluids for the Conversion of Low-Grade Heat,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(9), 3059-3067, 2010.
12. Choudhury, P., Bhethanabotla, V.R., and Stefakanos, E. “First principles study to identify the reversible reaction step of a multinary hydrogen storage li-Mg-B-N-H system,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 35(17), 9002-9011, 2010.
13. Dalrymple, O.K., Stefanakos, E., Trotz, M.A. and Goswami, D.Y. “A review of the mechanisms and modeling of photocatalytic disinfection.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 98 (1-2), 27-38, 2010.
14. Ratnadurai, R., Krishnan, S., Stefanakos, E., Goswami, D.Y. and Bhansali, S. “Effects of Dielectric Deposition on the Electrical Characteristics of MIM Tunnel Junctions,” Procedia Engineering, 5, 1059-1062, 2010.
15. Srinivasan, S.S., Goswami, D.Y., Stefanakos, E.K. and Sharma, P.C. “Nanovariants for On-board Hydrogen Storage: A Review”, Progress in Energy and Combustion, 2010.
16. Choudhury, P., Bhethanabotla, V.R. and Stefanakos, E. “Manganese borohydride as a hydrogen-storage candidate: First-principles crystal structure and thermodynamic properties,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113(30), 13416-13424, 2009.
17. Krishnan, S., Bhansali, S., Stefanakos, E. and Goswami, Y. “Thin Film Metal-Insulator-Metal Junction for Millimeter Wave detection,” ProcediaChemsitry 1, 409-412, 2009.
18. Mbah, J., Krakow, B., Stefanakos, E. and Wolan, J.T. “A Study on H₂S Permeability of CsHSO₄ Membrane,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34 (5), 2460-2466, 2009.
19. Mbah, J., Krakow, B., Stefanakos, E. and Wolan, J. “Influence of high energy planetary milling on the ionic conductivity of CsHSO4”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 12(7), 12-16, 2009.
20. Choudhury, P., Bhethanabotla, V.R. and Stefanakos, E. “Ni-induced destabilization dynamics of crystalline zinc borohydride,” Applied Physics Letters, 92(13), Art. No. 134101, 2008.
21. Choudhury, P., Bhethanabotla, V.R. and Stefanakos, E. “Identification of a stable phase for the high-capacity hydrogen-storage material Zn(BH4)2 from density functional theory and lattice dynamics,” Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 77(13), Art. No. 134302, 2008.
22. Krishnan, S., LaRosa, H., Stefanakos, E., Bhansali, S. and Buckle, K. “Design and development of batch fabricatable metal-insulator-metal diode and micro strip slot antenna as rectenna elements,” Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 142(1), 40-47, 2008.
23. Krishnan, S., Stefanakos, E. and Bhansali, S. “Effects of dielectric thickness and contact area on current-voltage characteristics of thin film metal-insulator-metal diodes.” Thin Solid Films, 516(8), 2244-2250, 2008.
24. Lee, M.S., Goswami, D.Y. and Stefanakos, E.K. “Immobilization of calcium oxide solid reactant on an yttria fabric and thermodynamic analysis of UT-3 thermochemical hydrogen production cycle,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, 745-752, 2008.
25. Stefanakos, E., Krakow, B., Mbah, J. and Wolan, J.T. “Hydrogen Production from Hydrogen Sulfide in IGCC Power Plants”, DOE Information Bridge, http://nsdl.org/resource/2200/20080812094136518T, 2008.

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