Aroon V. Shenoy

Dr. Aroon Shenoy is presently President of SAICO and functions as a Technical Consultant. He has a very wide gamut of experience that covers working in Universities, Research Institutions and Industry. He has a Ph. D. (1977) in Chemical Engineering from the Specialized Rheology Group of the University of Salford, England. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in technology by undergoing the full five-year integrated professional chemical engineering course of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, that aided him in establishing a very distinguished career of eminence and in making meritorious contributions to Science and Engineering. He has received a number of prestigious awards and honors. His career presented him with an opportunity to work closely with other engineering fields as well, such as polymer science & engineering, material science & engineering, mechanical & energy engineering, computer engineering and civil engineering. Dr. Shenoy’s excellent writing skills and deep knowledge on research areas like polymer rheology, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and heat transfer attracted the attention of publishers to extend number of invitations to write specialized books.

Dr Aroon Shenoy's Experience:

• President and CEO at SAICO, USA

December 2007 - Present

Consultant to TF Highway Research Center through SES Group on Rheology and Research Information Management Systems

• Senior Research Fellow /Rheologist and Lab. Manager at TF Highway Research Center, USA USA

February 1998 - November 2007

Research on the Fundamental Rheological Properties of Paving Asphalts

• Advisory Consultant at ASCENT Valuable Services, India

September 1993 - January 1998

Polymer Selection, Rheology and Processing

• Visiting Professor at Shizuoka University, Japan

September 1990 – August 1993

Teaching Applied Fluid Mechanics & Advanced Heat Transfer Courses

• Divisional Executive – R & D at Hindustan Ferodo Ltd., India

March 1989 - August 1990

Research and Development of Brake Linings and Clutch Facings

• Research Associate at University of Florida, USA

November 1985 - March 1989

Research on Wetting and Dispersion in Ceramic-Polymer Composites

• Project Leader at National Chemical Laboratory, India

March 1980 - October 1985

Development and Testing of Drag Reducers for Crude Oil Transport

Rheology and Processing of Ferrite-filled Polymers for Flexible Magnets

Development and Testing of Certain Polymeric Alloys

Melt Flow Index Correlation with Fundamental Rheological Properties

Chemical Modification of Asphalts for Paving Roads

Computer Simulation of Fiber-spinning for Process Optimization

• Research Associate at University of Houston, USA

January 1979 - January 1980

Research on Extensional Flow of Polymers for Tertiary Oil Recovery

• Research Assistant at University of Cambridge, England

January 1978 - October 1978

Research on CO2 Absorption in Amine-promoted Potash Solutions

Dr Aroon Shenoy's Education:

• University of Salford, Salford, England

1976 – 1978

Ph.D.

Concentration: Chemical Engineering

• University of Salford, Salford, England

1974 – 1976

M.Sc.

Concentration: Chemical Engineering

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

1969 – 1974

B. Tech

Concentration: Chemical Engineering

• Jai Hind College, Mumbai, India

1968 – 1969

First Year Science

Concentration: General Science

• St. Mary’s High School, Mumbai, India

1957 – 1968

SSC

Concentration: General Education

Interested in providing Technical Consultancy in the fields of Filled Polymer Rheology, Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing, Non-Newtonian Fluid Heat Transfer and Asphalt Technology.

Dr Aroon Shenoy's Research Publications:

Author/co-author of over 125 technical papers, about a dozen invited review articles/chapters in Encyclopedias and Handbooks, and four books, two of which are on rheology.

1. A. V. Shenoy and D. R. Saini, Thermoplastic Melt Rheology and Processing, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (1996).

2. Charles P. MacDermott and Aroon V. Shenoy, Selecting Thermoplastics for Engineering Applications, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (1997).

3. Aroon V. Shenoy, Rheology of Filled Polymer Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands (1999).

4. Aroon Shenoy, Mikhail Shermet and Ioan Pop, Convective Flow and Heat Transfer from Wavy Surfaces: Viscous Fluids, Porous Media, Nanofluids, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), Florida (2016).

The research articles list can be seen at

http://www.citeulike.org/user/draroonshenoy

Research work has attracted a number of citations as noted by the metrics of Google Scholar at

http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=FAnpykEAAAAJ

Dr Aroon Shenoy's Recognitions and Awards:

• Included in 2004Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

June 2004

Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions to Engineering in America

• Included in 2001Edition of Who’s Who in America

May 2000

Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions to Science in America

• Awarded Fellowship of ABI

February 2000

Recognition of Meritorious and Distinguished Contribution

• Chosen to be one of 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century

November 1999

Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Chemical Engineering

• Included in Who’s Who in Polymers and Plastics

June 1999

Recognition of Contribution to the Science and Technology of Plastics

• Nominated Young Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences, India

August 1985 – November 1988

Recognition of Talent and Originality in Research

• Amar-Dye-Chem Award from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, India

December 1984

Excellence in R & D given to a Chemical Engineer below the age of 35

• Visiting Research Scientist under the DAAD-CSIR Exchange Program

December 1983 – January 1984

Selected on National Level to visit University of Dortmund & Aachen

• Indian Expert at PRI-ICMA Seminar of German & Indian experts, India

January 1982

Special Lecture on the Role of Plastic Processing in the Eighties

• Research Scholar of the British Gas Corporation, London, England

October 1974 – December 1977

Selected to Receive British Gas Scholarship