Raji Sundararajan
Raji Sundararajan, PhD in EE
Professor
raji@purdue.edu
765-494-6912knoy 187
walk-ins are welcome
Faculty Appointments
08/12 – present Professor, ECET, Purdue University
08/06-07/12 Associate Professor, ECET, Purdue University
07/00-06/06 Associate Professor, ECET, Arizona State University
08/96-06/00 Assistant Professor, ECET, Arizona State University
01/94-05/96 Faculty Associate, EE, Arizona State University
08/90-12/93 Teaching Associate, EE, Arizona State University
Industry appointments
Summer 2000 Summer Faculty Fellow, Motorola, Chandler, AZ
05/82-08/86 Dept. of Space, India, Engineer/Scientist
11/81-05/82 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, India, Engineer Trainee
Visiting Scientist/Faculty appointments
01/14-08/18 Visiting professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras), Chennai, India
05/06-08/06 Visiting Faculty, Biomolecular Eng. Dept., Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
01/05-08/05 Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
05/03-08/03 Visiting Scientist, Johns Hopkins Medical School, MD
Research positions
08/89-07/90 Research Associate-EE, Arizona State University
04/88-08/89 Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Science
Education:
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Dec1993
M.S.E.E., High Voltage Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India, Mar 1988
B.S.E.E. (Honors) Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Madras, India, Dec 1981 (Gold Medalist-Government College of Engineering, Salem, and University of Madras Endowment Prize for highest marks in 3 consecutive years)
2014 Best Paper award-A Novel Wireless Vein Finder- International Conference on Circuits, Control, Communication, and Computing, India
2014 Best paper award-Enhancement of Paddy Germination and Growth using High Electric Field-International Conference on Power, Control, and Embedded Systems, India
2014 Distinguished Service Award, Electrostatics Society of America (ESA)
2010-2011 Study in a Second Discipline, Bindley Biosciences Center, Purdue University
2010 Indiana Women & Hi Tech Leading Light Award for Distinguished Use of Technology in Healthcare Life Science
2007-2009 Invited Management Review Committee Member for Proton Radiation Therapy Tier-1 devices for FDA approval by the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility
2005 Outstanding Educator award, IEEE Phoenix Section, AZ
2003 Researcher of the Year Award –College of Technology & Applied Sciences, ASU East
2002 ASU East Teacher of the Year Award
2003 Outstanding Educator award, IEEE Phoenix Section, AZ
2004-2005 Task Force Chair and Principal Author for IEEE Standard 957-Insulator Cleaning
2008-2010 Task Force Chair and Principal Author for IEEE Standard 1651-IEEE Guide for Reducing Bird-related Outages
2009-2011 President, Electrostatics Society of America (ESA)
2010-2011 Conference Chair, IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation & Dielectric Phenomena
2013-present Invited (with strong recommendation by IEEE) Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Access
2008-2013 Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Power Delivery
2009-2013 Associate Editor, IEEE Power and Energy Letters
2014 Ten talks in India as invited keynote/plenary speaker for various international conferences related to electrical engineering and , workshops and short course related to Biomedical Instrumentation, from Jan to June 2014
2013 Chief Guest and Invited Key note speaker, Summer School on Medical Devices: Innovation & Design, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology-Medical Electronics Dept, Bangalore, July 2013.
2012 Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric materials, CPRI, Bangalore, July 2012
2011 Invited Keynote Speaker, 14th International Symposium on Electrets, France
2011 Invited Tutorial Speaker, 14th International Symposium on Electrets, France
2010 Invited Plenary Speaker on Long term performance of polymeric insulators, International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, NIT Suratkal, India
2009 Invited Workshop and Plenary Speaker on insulators, International Conference on Power Systems, IIT Kharagpur, India
2010 Invited Reviewer for NIH proposal on electroporation
2010 Invited NSF Graduate Fellowship Panelist, Biomedical Engineering
2007 Invited NSF Graduate Fellowship Panelist, Electrical Engineering
2005 Invited NSF Graduate Fellowship Panelist, Electrical Engineering
2003 Invited NSF Panelist, Research Award Proposals Reviewer
2003 Invited NSF Panelist, CCLI Award Proposals Reviewer
2000 Invited NSF Panelist, CAREER Award Proposals Reviewer
2010-2012 Invited reviewer for US International Science & Technology Center grant proposal, and US National Research Council Twinning Scholarship Proposal
2004-2005 Canadian Government proposals – Invited reviewer for
1) Canada NSERC (Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council, equivalent to NSF) – 5 year research proposals, 2005, and 2004, each time several 10s of proposals, worth 20Million+
2) Canada NSERC Instrumentation proposals – 10’s of proposals, worth over $10 Million
3) Prestigious Killam Fellowship, Canada, 2005, and 2006
4) Collaborative Research and development grant (CRD), Canada
1989-1993 ASU Board of Regents Graduate Scholarship for PhD in EE
1976-1981 Government of India Merit Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in refereed journals (*indicates lead author(s) and + represents students)
1) J. Shi+ (and R. Sundararajan) (2014). A new strategy of drug delivery-Electric field distribution in brain tumor due to electroporation. Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research.
2) Campana L., et al. (2012). Superficial disease control in melanoma patients treated with electrochemotherapy in a palliative setting. British J of Surgery.
3) Sundararajan, R.*, Xiao, F. +, Salameh, T.+, Reece, L.M., Campana, L.G.*, & Camarillo, I.G. (2012). Effective proliferation control of human cancer cells using electrical pulses. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation.
4) Varadarajan, G.*, Udayakumar, K., & Sundararajan, R*. (2011). Electric field analysis of breast tumor cells. International Journal of Breast Cancer. Vol. 2011 (2011), Article ID 235926.
5) Sankaranarayanan, K.*, Ramachandran, R.*, Kumar. R.+, Muralitharen, S.+, Usman, S.M.+, Sriram Kumar, M.+, Madan Kumar, V. +, Vignesh, S. +, Malini, V., Cherian, K.M., Madhivanan, S., Sankaranarayanan, K., Natarajan, A., & Sundararajan, R.* (2011). Effective Electro-Chemo-Therapy for Proliferation Control of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Journal of Electrostatics. 69, 267-274 (invited).
6) Sundararajan, R. (2009). Nanosecond Electroporation: Another look. Journal Molecular Biotechnology. 41, 69-82 (invited, 126 citations, 52 views).
7) Capaccio, C.+, Stoykov, N.*, Sundararajan, R.,* & Dean, D.A.* (2009). Quantifying induced electric field strength during gene transfer to the intact rat vasculature. Journal of Electrostatics. 67, 652-662 (1 citation).
8) Camarillo, I.G.*, Nichols, M.*, Zheng, M.+, Sonnenburg, D.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). Electro-endocrine combination Therapy for aggressive breast tumors. Journal of Electrostatic. 66, 2008, 99-106 (invited, 5 citations).
9) Dean, D.A.*, Ramanathan, T., Machado D.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008).
Electrical impedance spectroscopy study of biological tissues. Journal of Electrostatics. 66, 165-177.
10) Sundararajan, R. (2008). Multistress aging of 28kV silicone rubber insulators under west and east coast conditions of USA. The Journal of Central Power Research Institute (CPRI). Vol. 4, No. 2, 125-134.
11) Parmentier, M.J.* & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). A multidisciplinary masters program in global technology and development. The Technology Interface Journal (online)/fall 2008. Vol. 9. No. 1.
12) Sundararajan, R.*, Olave, C.+, Romero, E.+, & Trepanier, B. (2007). Modified IEC 5000h multistress aging of 28kV thermoplastic elastomeric insulators. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 22 (2), 1006-1012 (4 citations).
13) Sundararajan, R.*, Mohammed, A.+, Soundarajan, E.+, & Graves, J.+ (2006). Multistress accelerated aging of polymer housed surge arresters under simulated coastal Florida conditions. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (DEI). 13 (1), 211-226 (17 citations).
14) Ellappan, P., + & Sundararajan, R.* (2005). A Simulation study of the electrical model of biological cells. Journal of Electrostatics. 63, 297-307 (invited, 9 citations).
15) Sundararajan, R.*, Nagabhushana, G.R.*, Kishore, N.K.*, & Soundarajan, E. + (2005). Influence of peaking capacitors in reducing rise times of high voltage nanosecond pulses. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications. 41 (3), 690-97 (3 citations).
16) Farzaneh, M.*, et al.*, including Sundararajan, R. (2005). Selection of station insulators with response to ice and snow-Part I: Technical context and environmental exposure. A position paper. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 20 (1), 264-270.
17) Farzaneh, M.*, et al., including Sundararajan, R. (2005). Selection of station insulators with response to ice and snow-Part II: Methods of selection and options for mitigation. A position paper. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 20 (1), 264-270.
18) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gorur, R. (2005). When birds and power lines collide. Transmission & Distribution World Magazine.
19) Chaney, A.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2004). Simple MOSFET-based high-voltage nanosecond pulse generator. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 32 (5), 1919-24 (11 citations).
20) Sundararajan, R.*, Shao, J. +, Soundarajan, E. +, Gonzales, J. +, & Chaney, A. + (2004). Performance of solid state high voltage pulsers for biological applications – A preliminary study. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 32 (5), 2017-25 (10 citations).
21) Sundararajan, R.*, Mohammad, A. +, Chaipanit, N. +, Karcher, T., & Liu, Z. (2004). In service aging and degradation of 345kV EPDM transmission line insulators in a coastal environment. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 11 (2), 348-361 (34 citations).
22) Sundararajan, R.*, et al. (2004). Preventive measures to reduce bird-related power outages-Part I – Electrocution and collision. A position paper prepared by the IEEE Task Force on Bird-related outages. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 19 (4), 1843-47.
23) Sundararajan, R.*, et al. (2004). Preventive measures to reduce bird-related power outages-part II – Streamer and contamination outages. A position paper prepared by the IEEE Task Force on Bird-related outages. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 19 (4), 1848-53.
24) Farzaneh, M.*, et al. (2003). Insulator icing test methods and procedure. A Position paper prepared by the IEEE Task Force on Insulator Icing Test Methods. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 8 (4), 1503-1515.
25) Felix, A. +, Karady, G.G.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2002). Linear stochastic analysis of polluted insulator leakage current. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 17 (4), 1063-69 (29 citations).
26) Nowlin, R.*, Soman, S.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2002). Synthesis modeling techniques in VHDL. Journal of Engineering Technology. pp. 44-50.
27) Felix, A. +, Karady, G.G.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2001). Level crossing analysis of leakage current of polluted insulators. IEEE Power Engineering Review.
28) Nowlin, R.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (1999). A forward looking electronics and computer engineering technology program. IEEE Transactions on Education. 42 (2) (4 citations).
29) Nowlin, R.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (1998). A VHDL course for electronics engineering technology. Computers in Education Journal. 17-20 (invited).
30) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gorur, R.S. (1996). Role of non-soluble contaminants on the flashover voltage of porcelain insulators. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 3 (1), 113-118.
31) Sundararajan, R.*, Sadureddy, N.R. +, & Gorur, R.S. (1995). Computer aided design of porcelain insulators under polluted conditions. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 2 (1), 121-127.
32) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gorur, R. S*. (1994). Effect of insulator profiles on dc flashover voltages under polluted conditions - A Study using a Dynamic Arc Model. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 1 (1), 124-132 (5 citations).
33) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gorur, R.S.* (1993). Dynamic Arc Modeling of Pollution Flashover of Insulators under DC Voltages. IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation. 28 (2), 209-18.
HighLights:
Top 20 Articles, in the Domain of Article 18821065, Since its Publication (2009)
8. Nanosecond electroporation: another look.
Sundararajan R.
Mol Biotechnol; 2009 Jan;41(1):69-82.
Campana, LG and Sundararajan, R. Featured Interview. In Zheng E, Zhong NQ. Electrochemotherapy: an active treatment for chest wall metastases from breast cancer. Gland Surg 2012;1(3):173-175. DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2227.
Sundararajan, R. (2014). Nanocurcumin-based electrochemotherapy for pancreatic cancer: the answer the world is looking for. Editorial. J of Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutic Discovery-June 09 2014 (Article usage: Total views-7686, HTML page views-6907, PDF downloads-779).
Conference or symposium proceedings ((* indicates lead author(s) and + represents students)
Research-related
1) Sarathi, R., Rayala, R., Vignesh, C., Praveen Kumar, and Sundararajan, R. (2015). Efficient and economical electrical therapy for pancreatic cancers. Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Michigan, Oct 2015.
2) Raman, V., Camarillo, C., Sundararajan, R. (2015). Irreversible electroporation of aggressive triple negative breast cancer cells. CEIDP 2015.
3) Vadlamani, A., Zhuang, J., Sundararajan, R., Kolb. J., and Garner A. (2015). Temperature effects on Dielectric properties of biological cells. CEIDP 2015.
4) Guo, Y., Jiang, X., and Sundararajan, R. (2015). A dynamic model of dc arc discharge on polluted porcelain insulators at high altitudes. CEIDP 2015.
5) Marathe, M., Bhatt, N., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). A novel wireless vein finder. International Conference on Circuits, Control, Communication, and Computing (I4C-2014), Nov 2014, Bangalore, India.
6) Sarathi, R., Rayala, S., Kumar, P., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Effective pancreatic cancer treatment using electrical pulses: an in vitro model study. Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Des Moines, IA.
7) Sampath, B., Sivakumar, V., Sankaranarayanan, K., Camarillo, I.G., Lin, W., Natarajan, A., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Breast cancer treatment using curcumin, the natural dielectric. CEIDP, Des Moines, IA.
8) Venuturumilli, S. and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Electric field distribution in brain tumors. CEIDP, Des Moines, IA.
9) Lin, W., Cooper, C., Camarillo, I.G., Reece, L.M., Clah, L., Natarajan, A., Campana, L.G., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). The effectiveness of electroporation-based nanocurcumin and curcumin treatments on human breast cancer cells. Proc. ESA Annual Meeting on Electrostatics, Univ. of Notre Dame, IN.
10) Venuturumilli, S., Sji, J., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Electric field distribution study of brain tumors for various electrode geometries. Proc. ESA Annual Meeting on Electrostatics, Univ. of Notre Dame, IN.
11) Gowrishankar, S., Gowrisree, V., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Enhancement of paddy germination and growth under high electric field. International Conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems (ICPCES-2014), Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, India.
12) Sundararajan, R., Xiao, F., Salameh, T., Otto, K., & Camarillo, I.G. (2012). The dielectric properties of electroporated human breast cancer cells. International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM). CPRI, Bangalore, India.
13) Sada Sivam, P., et al. (2012). Electrical field analysis of pentagonal needle array electrode for electrochemotherapy applications. Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP). Montreal, Canada.
14) Varadarajan, G., Kumaran, V., & Sundararajan, R. (2012). Electric field distribution of malignant breast tissue under needle electrode configuration. CEIDP. Montreal, Canada.
15) Sathiyanathan, K.V., Varadarajan, G., Kothandaraman, U. & Sundararajan, R. (2012). Microbial growth reduction in tomato juice using electrical pulses. CEIDP. Montreal, Canada.
16) Varadarajan, G., Ramakrishnan, R., & Sundararajan, R. (2012). Effective water treatment using pulsed electric field technique. Electrostatics Society of America (ESA) Annual Conference. Cambridge, Canada.
17) Varadarajan, G., Kalimuthu, K., & Sundararajan, R. (2012). High intensity electric field assisted germination of paddy. ESA Annual Conference. Cambridge, Canada.
18) Kung, W. & Sundararajan, R. (2012). Electrochemotherapy for brain tumors: Electric field distribution study. ESA Annual Conference. Cambridge, Canada.
19) McMullen, K.J., Sundararajan, R., & Fisher, T.S. (2012). Thermionic electron emission from petal-like carbon nanosheets grown on carbon fibers. International Conference on Renewable Energy Utilization, Kovai, India.
20) Sundararajan, R.*, Salameh, T.+, Camarillo, I.G., and Campana, L. (2011). Effective use of electrical pulses on cancer cells to control proliferation. 14th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE14). Montpellier, France (invited).
21) Sundararajan, R.*, Ramachandran, R., and Sankaranarayanan, K. (2011). Efficient, electrically-enhanced proliferation control of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. 14th International Symposium on Electrets. Montpellier, France (invited).
22) Heish, M.+, Salameh, T.+, Camarillo, G. I.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2011). Irreversible electroporation of various cancer cells. Electrostatics Society of America (ESA) Annual Conference. Ohio, USA.
23) Sundararajan, R.*, Rajendran, R. +, Shahid, S. +, Kanagaraj, S. +, Radhakrishman, S., Kathirvel, P., Sunderesan, V., Udayakumar, V., Ramachandran, R., Natarajan, A., & Sankaranarayanan, K.* (2011). Effect of irreversible Electroporation on Antiproliferation control of Fibroblasts. ESA Annual Conference. Ohio, USA.
24) Agoramurthy, P. +, & Sundararajan, R.* (2011). 3D Analysis of electric field distribution of large tumors using multiple needle electrodes. Proceedings of the ESA Annual Conference. Ohio, USA.
25) Agoramurthy, P. +, Campana, L.,* & Sundararajan, R.* (2011). Finite element modeling and analysis of human breast tissue for electrochemotherapy. Annual Report Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP). Cancun, Mexico.
26) Bommakanti, S. +, Campana, L.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2011). A Simulation analysis of the multi electrode needles on electroporation efficiency of a cancer tissue. Annual Report CEIDP. Cancun, Mexico.
27) Sundararajan, R.*, et al. (2011). Irreversible electroporation of cancer cells. Annual Report CEIDP. Cancun, Mexico.
28) Sundararajan, R.*, Xiao, F. +, Salameh, T. +, Camarillo, I.G., Leary, J.F., Reece, L.M., Madhivanan, S., & Natarajan, A. (2010). Nanosecond, Low Voltage Electro-Endocrine-Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment. Annual Report CEIDP. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
29) Sankaranarayanan, K.*, et al. (2010). The lethal pulse-viability of cancerous cell lines as a function of energy delivered. Annual Report CEIDP. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
30) Gowri Sree, V.*, Nandhini, N.A. +, Udayakumar, K., & Sundararajan, R.* (2010). Electric field analysis in tumor tissues. Annual Report CEIDP. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
31) Agoramoorthy, P. +, & Sundararajan, R.* (2010). Electric Field Distribution of Human Breast Tissue. Annual Report CEIDP. West Lafayette, IN, USA.
32) Sankaranarayana, K.*, et al. (2010). Electro-molecular therapy using adult mesenchymal stem cells. ESA Annual Conference. Charlotte, NC, USA.
33) Dykstra, C. +, Salameh, T. +, Camarillo, I.G., Xiao, F., & Sundararajan, R.* (2010). Enhanced Doxorubicin uptake in malignant breast cells using electrical pulses. ESA Annual Conference. Charlotte, NC, USA.
34) Sundararajan, R. (2010). Long term acid rain multistress performance of thermoplastic and thermoset polymeric insulators. International Conference on Information and industrial Systems (ICIIS). NITK Suratkal, India (invited).
35) Amin, M.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2010). Performance of silicone rubber insulators under acid rain + multistress conditions. International conference on High Voltage Eng (ICHVE). New Orleans, USA (invited).
36) Sundararajan, R.*, et al. (2009). Efficient and Economical Electro-Drug Delivery. IEEE International Conference on Science & Technology for Humanity. Toronto, Canada.
37) Xiao, F.+, Salameh, T.+, Camarillo, I.G., Dykstra, C.+, Lenarduzzi N.+, Reece, L.M., Leary, J.F., Natarajan, A., & Sundararajan, R.* (2009). Electrically-enhanced chemodrug delivery to human breast cancer cell. ESA Annual Conference. Boston, USA (4 citations).
38) Gowri Sree, V.*, Udayakumar, K., & Sundararajan, R.* (2009). Pulsed-electrical field-mediated inactivation of tumor cells, ESA Annual Conference. Boston, USA.
39) Xiao, F+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2009). A simulation study of the electrode profile on electroporation efficacy. ESA Annual Conference. Boston, USA.
40) Kumar, R.+, Muralitharen, S.+, Usman, M.+, Ramachandran, R.*, Sundararajan, R.*, Madhivanan, S., Cherian, K.M., Begam, S., Guhathakurta. S., Sankaranarayanan, K.* (2009). Electrically-enhanced proliferation control in adult human mesenchymal stem cells. Annual Report CEIDP, VA, USA (1 citation).
41) Xiao, F.+, Salameh, T.+, Camarillo, I.G., Otto, K., Natarajan, A., & Sundararajan, R.* (2009). Impedance studies of electroporated human breast cancer cell. Annual Report CEIDP, Biodielectrics Session. VA, USA.
42) Sundararajan, R.* Chapman, R.+, & Nowlin, R. (2009). Realistic multistress long term aging of 28kV polymeric insulators. International Conference on Power Systems, IIT Kharagpur.
43) Zheng, M.+, Salameh, T.+, Lenarduzzi, N.+, Camarillo, I.G.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). Enhanced uptake in normal and malignant cell lines using electrical pulses. ESA Annual Conference. Minneapolis, USA (7 citations).
44) Harper, J.+, Campbell, D.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). A compact high voltage nanosecond pulser. ESA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, USA (1 citation).
Cited by the Air Force, in its call for proposal,
AF093-029TITLE: Short Pulse Radio Frequency (RF) Field Measurement System
45) Sundararajan, R.*, Campbell, D.+, Harper, J.+, Natham, V.+, Xiao, F.+, & Otto, K. (2008). Characterization of fruit juices treated with electric pulses. Annual Report CEIDP. Quebec City, Canada (1 citation).
46) Sundararajan, R.*, Godinez, V. +, & Amin, M.* (2008). Performance of thermoplastic elastomeric and thermoset insulators under accelerated acid rain multistress conditions. National Power Systems Conference. India.
47) Xiaoxia, G.+, Guangning, W.*, Bo, G., Liren, Z.+, Kai, Z.+, & Sundararajan, R. (2008). Insulation degradation of electric motor windings under high frequency square wave pulses. Proceedings of the IEEE EMECW. FL, USA.
48) Amin, S.+, Amin, M.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). Comparison of multistress aging of thermoplastic elastomeric and silicone rubber insulators under a Pakistani environment. Annual Report CEIDP. Quebec, Canada.
49) Sonnenburg, D.+, Nichols, M.*, Zheng, M.+, Camarillo, I.G.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (2007). Electro-endocrine therapy for aggressive breast cancer tumors caused by obesity. ESA Annual Conference. IN, USA.
50) Sundararajan, R.*, Gutierrez, A.+, & Harding, G. (2007). Electrical-pulse mediated sterilization of fruit juices. ESA Annual Conference. IN, USA.
51) Godeinez, V.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2007). Low voltage pulse-mediated sterilization of liquid food, Annual Report CEIDP, Montreal, Canada.
52) Sundararajan, R. (2007). Performance of Polymeric Arresters and Insulators under Multistress Conditions. International Conference on Polymeric Materials in Power Engineering. Bangalore, India (invited).
53) Sundararajan, R.*, Olave, C.+, Romero, E.+, & Kannan, A.M.* (2007). Impedance Analysis of Long Term aged Thermoplastic Elastomeric Insulators. CEIDP. Montreal, Canada.
54) Dean, D.A.*, Machado, D.*, Ramanathan, T., Molina, I., & Sundararajan, R.* (2006). Electrical properties of Biological Tissues – An Impedance Spectroscopy Study, Annual Report CEIDP. Kansas City, USA.
55) Dean, D.A.*, Ramanathan, T., Machado, D., & Sundararajan, R.* (2006). Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy study of Rat Lung and other Tissues In vivo. ESA Annual Conference. University of California, Berkeley, USA.
56) Dean, D.A.*, Machado, D., & Sundararajan, R.* (2006). Electrical properties of biological tissues due to Electroporation - In vivo. ESA Annual Conference. University of California, Berkeley, USA.
57) Sundararajan, R.*, Kannan, A.M., Romero, E.+, Godinez, V.+, & Molina, I. (2006). Characterization of Aging and Degradation of 28kV Polymeric Insulators using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy. Annual Report CEIDP. Kansas City, USA (2 citations).
58) Sundararajan, R.*, Olave, C.+, Molina, I., & Kannan, A.M. (2006). Very Long Term Performance of TPE Insulators under Slightly Modified IEC 61109 Multistress Conditions. INSUCON. Birmingham, UK.
59) Curd, T.+, Vernon, B.*, Pauken, C., & Sundararajan, R.* (2005). Optimization of Electroporation Parameters for Human Ovarian Cancer Cell. ESA Annual Conference. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
60) Capaccio, C.+, Stoykov, N.*, Sundararajan, R., & Dean, D.A.* (2005). Electric Field Distribution and Nuclear Transport in Vasculature due to Electroporation: A Mathematical Modeling and Analysis. ESA Annual Conference. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
61) Capaccio, C.+, Stoykov, N., Cortes, F., Sundararajan, R.*, & Dean, D.A.* (2005). Parametric Analysis of Electrical Field Distribution of Rat Vasculature using Finite Element Time domain Technique. FEMLAB Conference 2005. Boston, USA (1 citation).
62) Mitchell, W. +, & Sundararajan, R. (2005). Electric Field Distribution in Biological Tissues for Various Electrode Configurations-A FEMLAB Study. FEMLAB Conference 2005. Boston, MA, USA.
63) Olave, C.+, Molina, I., & Sundararajan, R.* (2005). Influence of Acid Rain+Multistress Conditions on the long term performance of 28kV Polymeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. Nashville, USA (1 citation).
64) Olave, C.+, Romero, E.+, Sundararajan, R.*, & Trepanier, B. (2005). 5000h Aging of 28kV TPE Insulators. IEEE PES Annual Meeting. USA.
65) Graves, J.+, & Sundararajan, R. (2004). Electric Field Simulation of Biological Cells. Proceedings, ESA Annual Conference, Rochester. USA.
66) Ellappan, P.+, & Sundararajan, R. (2004). Simulation Study of Electrical Modeling of Biological Cells. ESA Annual Conference, Rochester. USA.
67) Venkatanarayanan, S.+, Jackson, E.+, Olave, C.+, Brignone, G., Sundararajan, R.*, & Trepanier, B. (2004). Performance of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Insulators under IEC 5000h Multistress Conditions. Annual Report CEIDP. Colorado, USA (1 citation).
68) Soundarajan, E.+, Jackson, E.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2004). A Realistic Multistress Aging/Ranking Test for High Voltage Outdoor Polymeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. Colorado, USA.
69) Liu, Z., Sundararajan, R.*, Mohammed A.+, & Graves, J.+ (2004). SEM and FTIR Analysis of Field Aged vs. Laboratory Aged Polymeric Surge Arresters. Microscopy/Microanalysis Conference. Savannah, GA.
70) Sundararajan, R.*, Soundarajan, E.+, Shao, J.+, Gonzales, J.+, & Karady, G. (2003). Nanosecond MOSFET High Voltage Pulsers for Biological Applications – a Simulation Study. IEEE IAS/ESA Joint Meet. AR, USA.
71) Sundararajan, R.*, Nagabhushana, G.R., Kishore, N.K.*, & Soundarajan, E.+ (2003). Influence of Peaking Capacitor in Reducing Rise Times of High Voltage Nanosecond Pulses. IEEE IAS/ESA Joint Meet. AR, USA.
72) Sundararajan, R.*, Mohammed, A.+, Soundarajan, E.+, & Graves, J.+ (2003). Field and Lab Aging of EP Compound Arresters. Annual Report CEIDP. Albuquerque, NM, USA.
73) Mohammed, A.+, & Sundararajan, R. (2003). Investigation of Breakdown of an EPSB Polymeric Arrester Based on the Life Estimation using a Multiple Regression Model. Annual Report CEIDP. NM, USA.
74) Soundarajan, E.+, Jackson, E.+, King, A.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2003). Performance of Novel High Voltage Outdoor Thermoplastic Elastomeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. Albuquerque, NM, USA.
75) Sundararajan, R.*, Graves, J.+, Mohammed, A.+, & Baker, A. (2003). Performance Evaluation of Polymeric Insulators in the Lab and Field. Power Engineering Society (PES) Annual Conference Proceedings. USA.
76) Rattanakhongviput, C.+, Mohammed, A.+, Soundarajan, E.+, & Sundararajan, R*. (2002). Surface Analysis of Polymeric Surge Arresters under Coastal Florida Conditions. Annual Report CEIDP. Cancun, Mexico.
77) Chaipanit, N.+, Rattanakhongviput, C.+, Mohammed, A.+, Graves, J.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2002). Field Aging of EPDM Transmission Line Insulator Surfaces. North American Power Symposium (NAPS). USA.
78) Chaipanit, N.+, Rattanakhongviput, C.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2001). Accelerated Multistress Aging of Polymeric Insulators under San Francisco Coastal Environment. Annual Report CEIDP. Kitchener, Canada (7 citations).
79) Sundararajan, R.*, Pelletier, C.+, Chapaman, R.+, & Nowlin, R. (2001). Accelerated Multistress Aging of Polymeric Insulators – A Case Study: Detroit. International Symposium on High Voltage engineering (ISH). Bangalore, India.
80) Sundararajan, R.+, Pelletier, C.+, Chapman, R.+, Pollock, T.+, Nowlin, R., & Baker, A. (2000). Multistress Aging of Polymeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. Victoria, BC, Canada (2 citations).
81) Sundararajan, R.*, Sundhar, S., & Asokan, T. (1999). Electrohydrodynamics of Water Droplets on Polymer Surfaces. IEEE Conference on Industrial Applications Society. Phoenix, AZ, USA (4 citations).
82) Pollock, T.+, Pelletier, C.+, Chapman, R.+, Sundararajan, R.*, Nowlin, R., Mendez, R., & Baker, A. (1999). Performance of Polymeric insulators under Multistress Conditions. Annual Report CEIDP. Austin, TX, USA (7 citations).
83) Karady, G.*, Amarh, F.+, & Sundararajan, R. (1999). Dynamic Modeling of AC Insulator Flashover Characteristics. International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH). UK (5 citations).
84) Pollock, T.+, Sundararajan, R.*, Nowlin, R., Thomas, K., & Lynch, M. (1998). Analysis of Polymeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. USA.
85) Sundararajan, R.*, Madhavan, S.+, Lynch, M., & Sundhar, S. (1997). Surface Properties of Artificially Contaminated Polymeric Cable Terminations. Annual Report CEIDP. USA (1 citation).
86) Sundararajan, R.*, Nowlin, R. (1996). Effect of High Altitude on the Flashover Voltage of Contaminated Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. USA (13 citations).
87) Sundararajan, R. (1996). A Computational Study of Flashover Voltage of Iced Insulators. 58th American Power Conference. Chicago, USA.
88) Sundararajan, R. (1995). Preliminary Theoretical Study on the Flashover Voltage of Polymeric Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. USA.
89) Sundararajan, R., & Gorur, R.* (1994). Influence of Inert Particles on the Pollution Flashover Voltage of Porcelain Insulators. Annual Report CEIDP. USA.
90) Sundararajan, R., & Gorur, R.* (1993). Study of Pollution Performance of DC Station Post Insulators Using a Dynamic Arc Model. Annual report CEIDP. USA (1 citation).
91) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gorur, R. (1992). Influence of Profiles on DC Insulator Performance Under Polluted Conditions. Annual Report CEIDP, Canada.
92) Sundararajan, R., * & Gorur, R. (1991). Dynamic Modeling of Flashover on Dielectric Surfaces. IEEE International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials. Tokyo, Japan.
93) Sundararajan, R., & Gorur, R. (1990). Dynamic Arc Modeling of DC Flashover Under Contaminated Conditions. Annual Report CEIDP, USA.
94) Ravindra, G.S., Rajput, C., Sundararajan, R.*, Kishore, N.K.*, & Nagabhushana, G.R.* (1989). Lightning Protection of a Nose Radome. International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility (INCEMIC). Bangalore, India.
95) Kishore, N.K.,* Sundararajan, R.,* & Nagabhushana, G.R. (1989). Ground Potentials and Currents Due to Lightning Strokes. INCEMIC. Bangalore, India.
Learning-Related
96) Foreman, C., Halim, K., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). The future of coal. ASEE, Indianapolis, IN.
97) Turner, M., Foreman, C., and Sundararajan, R. (2014). Computer simulation tools to enhance undergraduate power systems education. ASEE, Indianapolis, IN.
98) Koch, D.*, & Sundararajan, R. (2010). Energy practices in residential buildings: A global look. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition.
99) Weir, E.* + , & Sundararajan, R. (2010). Detroit’s rise to glory. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences. Hawaii, USA.
100) Sundararajan, R.*, Dangelo, D., Kishore, N.K., Mogilisetti, H., Somasundaram, S.+, & Umadevi, S. (2008). Electrical Engineering education in India: Another Look. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
101) Dangelo, D.*, Campbell, D.+, Harper, J.+, & Sundararajan, R.* (2008). Technical knowledge transfer for low-cost buck-boost converters. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
102) Kulatunga, N.A.*, Persson, E.*, & Sundararajan, R. (2008). Energy saving potential and characteristics of motors for consumer appliances. In Proceedings of the IEEE EIC/EME Conference. TN, USA.
103) Persson, E.*, Kulatunga, A.*, & Sundararajan, R. (2007). Challenges of applying variable speed motor drives for consumer appliances. In Proceedings of the IEEE EIC/EME Conference. TN, USA.
104) Harris, L.*, Sundararajan, R.*, Machada, D.*, & Dean, D.A.* (2006). Non-viral Gene therapy Education for Lung Diseases through Multimedia. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
105) Dangelo, D.*, Macia, N., & Sundararajan, R. (2006). A New Approach to Simulating Factory Control System Problems through a PC and Four Microcontrollers. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
106) Parmentier, M.J.*, Sundararajan, R.*, Haritha M., Kishore, N.K., & Umadevi, S. (2006). Engineering Education, Development, and the Digital Divide: Basis for a comparison of India and Latin America. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
107) Rogers, B.*, Henderson, M.* Roberts, C., Grondin, R., Danielson, S. & Sundararajan, R. (2006). Using a Wind Power Assessment project on the Hopi Reservation as a problem-Based Learning Experience for Undergrad and Graduate Students. In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
108) Sundararajan, R.*, Kishore, N.K., & Parmentier, M.J.* (2006). A Preliminary Model Curriculum For The Global Engineer. 5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Brazil.
109) Parmentier, M.J.,* Sundararajan, R.*, Kishore, N.K., Mogilisetti, H., & Umadevi, S. (2006). Engineering Education, Development, and the Digital Divide: Basis For A Comparison Of India And Latin America . 5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Brazil.
110) Parmentier, M.J.*, Sundararajan, R.*, & Macia, N. (2006). A Model Engineering Curriculum For Local Development In Latin America . 5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Brazil.
111) Dangelo, D.* +, Sundararajan, R., & Macia, N. (2006). A Novel approach to simulating factory control system problems through a PC and four Microcontrollers. 5th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Brazil.
112) Parmentier M.J.*, & Sundararajan, R. (2005). Designing Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in Technology and the Social Sciences. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
113) Tamizhmani, G.*, Rogers, B., & Sundararajan, R. (2004). A Multidisciplinary course on Fuel Cells: Their Science and Engineering. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
114) Sundararajan, R., Rogers, B., & Tamizhmani, G.* (2004). A Practice-Based Multidisciplinary Fuel Cell Course. In World Congress for Education. Brazil.
115) Rogers, B., Tamizhmani, G.*, Sundararajan, R. & Danielson, S. (2003). An Innovative Fuel Cell Theory, Testing, and Manufacturing Course. American Society of Mechanical Engineering. USA.
116) Sundararajan, R. (2003). A Power Electronics Course for Electronics Engineering Technology. NSF-ONR Sponsored Faulty Workshop Proceedings. ASU, Tempe, AZ, USA.
117) Sundararajan, R.*, & Chowdhury, F.* (2001). Incorporating Research into Undergraduate Courses: A Case Study. In ASEE GSW. Texas, USA.
118) Nowlin, R.*, Gao, Q.+, & Sundararajan, R. (2000). Building Interactive Tutorials Using Visual Basic. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
119) Lipari, C.*, Sisterna, C.+, Sundararajan, R. & Nowlin, R. (1999). VHDL Modeling & Synthesis in the Laboratory. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition (Nominated for Best paper award).
120) Nowlin, R.*, Soman, S.+, & Sundararajan, R. (1998). Synthesis Modeling Techniques in VHDL. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
121) Nowlin, R.*, & Sundararajan, R. (1997). A VHDL Course for Electronics Engineering Technology. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
122) Nowlin, R.*, & Sundararajan, R.* (1996). The State of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology at Arizona State University. ASEE-PSW Annual Conference. San Jose, USA.
Conference summaries or abstracts (100% with students)
1) Sundararajan, R.*, et al.(2008). Enhanced tamoxifen uptake for breast cancer treatment using electroporation. MedChem India. Bangalore, India.
2) Sundararajan, R.*, Gonzales, J.+, & Shao, J.+ (2003). Solid state high voltage pulsers for biological applications - A preliminary study. ElectroMed, TX.
3) Sundararajan, R.*, & Gonzales, J+. (2003). Design and building of high voltage nanosecond pulse generators for biological applications. IEEE IAS/ESA Joint Meeting, Little Rock, AR
Books
Sundararajan, R. (2014). Electroporation-based Cancer Therapies: Basic to Clinical Applications. Woodhead Publishing (Editor and author/coauthor of 9/12 articles).
Invited Chapters in books
1) Camarillo, I.G., Xiao, F.+, Natarajan, A. & Sundararajan, R*. (2013). Electrically-enhanced Tamoxifen delivery for breast cancer treatments. In Tamoxifen: Concepts and cancer: New Paradigms. Ed. R. Mello. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, USA.
2) Natarajan, A.*, Campana, L., & Sundararajan, R.* (2012). Electrically-enhanced delivery of immune particles for breast cancer therapy, in Antibody-mediated (mAB) Drug Delivery Systems (DDS): Concepts, Technology, and Applications, John Wiley and Sons.
3) Natarajan, A.*, Sundararajan, R., & DeNardo, S. (2008). Magnetic nanoparticles for Cancer imaging and Therapy, in Magnetic Nanomaterials. Edited by S.S.R. Kumar, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2009, Chapter, 6, pp. 209-258 (Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences Vol. 4).
4) Sundararajan, R. (2008). Nano-Electroporation: A First Look. In Electroporation Protocols: Experimental and Clinical Medicine. Ed. Shulin Li, Methods in Molecular Biology 423, Chapter 7, 109 - 130, Humana Press, New Jersey.
5) Sundararajan, R.*, Peterson, E.*, & Nowlin, R. (2007). Attenuators. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Wiley & Sons, New York.
6) Sundararajan, R.*, Peterson, E.*, & Nowlin, R. (1999). Attenuators. Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 2, 17 - 45, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Government, University, Industrial Reports and Standards
1) High frequency fuse characteristics, American Electric Power Company (AEP), Ohio, Aug 2008.
2) 5000h Aging of TPE insulators under modified IEC 61109 conditions – GLP Hi-Tech, Canada, 2005.
3) Bird-related outages, EPRI, 2003.
4) Multistress aging of Polymeric Insulators in various in-service conditions. Final Report, NSF, 2002.
5) Investigation of long Term Electrical Performance of Polymeric Insulators under Multistress Environments, Final Report, NSF, May 1999.
IEEE Standards:
1) IEEE Std 1651 - Guidelines for Reducing Bird-related outages (2011). Sundararajan, R. (Chair of the Task Force and Principal Author), et al. IEEE Press, NJ, USA.
2) IEEE Std 957 - Guidelines for Reducing Bird Related Outages (2005). IEEE press. Sundararajan, R. (Chair of the Task Force and Principal Author), et al. IEEE press, NJ, USA.
3) IEEE Std 1067 - Guide for in-service use, care, maintenance, and testing of conductive clothing for use on voltages up to 765kV ac and ±750kV dc (2003). IEEE Press. Schweitzer, L, et al.
4) IEEE Std 1783 - Guidelines for test methods and procedures to evaluate the electrical performance of insulators in freezing conditions (2009). IEEE press. Farzaneh, M. et al.
Professional Affiliations:
Memberships in academic, professional, and scholarly societies
1) Senior Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2000-present
2) Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India, 2010 onwards
3) Member, Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, 2007-present
4) Member, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, 2010-present
5) Member, Birck Nanotechnology Center, 2010-present
6) Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006-present
7) Member, IEEE Standards Association, 2002-present
8) Member, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, 1996-present
9) Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES), 1996-present
10) Member, American Society for Engineering Education, 1997-present
11) Member, Electrostatics Society of America (ESA), 2006-present
12) Member, American Society of Gene therapy, 2005
13) Member, Bioelectrochemical Society (2004)
14) Member, Tau Alpha Pi national Honor Society, 1998-present
15) Member, New York Academy of Sciences, 1995-1996