S Kamakshi Sundaram

Glass Science & Processing
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

S. K. Sundaram, Ph.D. is a Chief Materials Scientist at PNNL, working here since 1994. He has over 20 years of scientific, technical, and managerial experience. He has made major contributions in the areas of millimeter wave diagnostics technology, materials and sensors for energy conversion, integrated infrared photonics, multiscale processing, and nanotoxicity. Under the Environmental Biomarker Initiative (EBI), he is leading a team of scientists in developing ATR-FTIR-based tool for rapid-screening of live cells for their viability on exposure to nanoparticles. He has given over 100 technical presentations, contributed to 11 books, published over 75 peer-reviewed publications, mentored over 40 students, organized several national and international symposia, and won numerous honors, including three R&D 100 awards (2001, 2006, and 2008). He is a fellow of the American Ceramic Society and American Association of Advancement of Sciences, Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (UK), and Society of Glass Technology (UK). He has held visiting appointments at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton.

Education and Credentials

Ph.D., School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1994
M.Tech., Materials Science & Engineering, Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1986
A.I.I. Ceram., Ceramic/Glass Technology, Indian Institute of Ceramics, Calcutta, India, 1983

Awards and Recognitions

2001, Invited participant in NAE 7th Annueal Frontiers in Engineering Symposium
2001, MilliWave Viscometer

Selected Publications

2009

Johnson BR, BJ Riley, SK Sundaram, JV Crum, CH Henager, Jr, Y Zhang, V Shutthanandan, CE Seifert, RM Van Ginhoven, CE Chamberlin, A Rockett, D Hebert, and A Aquino. 2009. "Synthesis and Characterization of Bulk Vitreous Cadmium Germanium Arsenide." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 92(6):1236-1243. doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03001.x
Johnson BR, JV Crum, SK Sundaram, RM Van Ginhoven, CE Seifert, BJ Riley, and JV Ryan. 2009. "DC Ionization Conductivity of Amorphous Semiconductors for Radiation Detection Applications." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 56(3, PT. 2):863-868.
Kuchibhatla SVNT, SY Hu, Z Yu, V Shutthanandan, Y Li, P Nachimuthu, W Jiang, S Thevuthasan, CH Henager, Jr, and SK Sundaram. 2009. "Morphology, Orientation Relationship and Stability Analysis of Cu2O nanoclusters on SrTiO3 (100) ." Applied Physics Letters 95(5):Art. No. 053111. doi:10.1063/1.3193530
Mahoney LA, SD Rassat, PW Eslinger, RL Aaberg, PM Aker, EC Golovich, BD Hanson, TS Hausmann, JL Huckaby, DE Kurath, MJ Minette, SK Sundaram, and ST Yokuda. 2009. EFRT M-12 Issue Resolution: Caustic Leach Rate Constants from PEP and Laboratory-Scale Tests. PNNL-18502, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Meyer PA, JA Bamberger, CW Enderlin, JA Fort, BE Wells, SK Sundaram, PA Scott, MJ Minette, GL Smith, CA Burns, MS Greenwood, GP Morgen, EBK Baer, SF Snyder, M White, GF Piepel, BG Amidan, A Heredia-Langner, SA Bailey, JC Bower, KM Denslow, DE Eakin, MR Elmore, PA Gauglitz, AD Guzman, BK Hatchell, DF Hopkins, DE Hurley, MD Johnson, LJ Kirihara, BD Lawler, JS Loveland, OD Mullen, MS Pekour, TJ Peters, PJ Robinson, MS Russcher, S Sande, C Santoso, SV Shoemaker, SM Silva, DE Smith, YF Su, JJ Toth, JD Wiberg, XY Yu, and N Zuljevic. 2009. Pulse Jet Mixing Tests With Noncohesive Solids. PNNL-18098, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2008

Matyas J, SK Sundaram, BJ Hicks, AB Edmondson, and BM Arrigoni. 2008. "Slag-Refractory Interaction in Slagging Coal Gasifiers." In 7th International Symposium on High-Temperature Corrosion and Protection of Materials: Materials Science Forum, vol. 595/598, no. Part 1, ed. P Steinmetz, pp. 397-408. Trans Tech Publications, Inc., Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland.
Henager CH, Jr, DJ Edwards, AL Schemer-Kohrn, SK Sundaram, BJ Riley, and M Bliss. 2008. "Electron Backscatter Diffraction of a Ge Growth Tip from a Vertical Gradient Freeze Furnace." Journal of Crystal Growth 311(1):10-14.
Matyas J, SK Cooley, SK Sundaram, CP Rodriguez, AB Edmondson, and BM Arrigoni. 2008. "An Empirical Viscosity Model for Coal Slags." In Twenty-Fifth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference , vol. 3, pp. 1425-1431. Pittsburgh Coal, Pittsburgh, PA.
Matyas J, SK Sundaram, CP Rodriguez, AB Edmondson, and BM Arrigoni. 2008. "Slag Penetration into Refractory Lining of Slagging Coal Gasifier." In Twenty-Fifth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference., vol. 4, pp. 2209-2218. Pittsburgh Coal, Pittsburgh, PA.
Williford RE, KI Johnson, and SK Sundaram. 2008. "Modelling of High-Chromia Refractory Spalling in Slagging Coal Gasifiers ." Ceramics International 34(8):2085-2089. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.08.011
Williford RE, KI Johnson, SK Sundaram, and SP Pilli. 2008. "Effective Diffusivity and Spalling Models for Slagging Coal Gasifiers." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 91(12):4016-4022. doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02755.x

2007

Dutta D, SK Sundaram, JG Teeguarden, BJ Riley, LS Fifield, JM Jacobs, RS Addleman, GA Kaysen, BM Moudgil, and TJ Weber. 2007. "Adsorbed Proteins Influence the Biological Activity and Molecular Targeting of Nanomaterials." Toxicological Sciences 100(1):303-315. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfm217
Riley BJ, SK Sundaram, BR Johnson, and LV Saraf. 2007. "Differential etching of chalcogenides for infrared photonic waveguide structures." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 354(10-11):813-816. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.08.061

2006

Allen PJ, BR Johnson, RT Baran, NC Anheier, JR, SK Sundaram, MH Engelhard, and BT Broocks. 2006. "Surface Degradation of As2S3 Thin Films." Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 47(6):681-687.
Lucas P, EA King, AD Horner, BR Johnson, and SK Sundaram. 2006. "Photostructural relaxation in As�Se�S glasses: Effect of network fragility." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 352(21-22):2067-2072. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.03.004
Riley BJ, BR Johnson, SK Sundaram, MH Engelhard, RE Williford, and JD Olmstead. 2006. "Pressure-temperature dependence of nanowire formation in the arsenic-sulfur system ." Physics and Chemistry of Glasses 47(6):675-680.

2005

Johnson BR, MJ Schweiger, and SK Sundaram. 2005. "Chalcogenide nanowires by evaporation-condensation ." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 351(16-17):1410-1416. doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.02.018
Johnson BR, MJ Schweiger, and SK Sundaram. 2005. "Chalcogenide nanowires by evaporation-condensation." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 351 :1410�1416.
Anheier NC, JR, PJ Allen, N Ho, K Krishnaswami, BR Johnson, SK Sundaram, BM Riley, JE Martinez, HA Qiao, and JF Schultz. 2005. FY 2005 Infrared Photonics Final Report. PNNL-15581, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2004

Sundaram SK, PP Woskov, and WE Daniel, Jr.. 2004. "Millimeter Wave Diagnostics of Materials and Melts." In Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Sep 27-Oct 1 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany, pp. 799-800. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., New York, NY.
Anheier NC, JR, PJ Allen, PE Keller, WD Bennett, PM Martin, BR Johnson, SK Sundaram, BJ Riley, JE Martinez, HA Qiao, and JF Schultz. 2004. FY 2004 Infrared Photonics Final Report. PNNL-15209, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Sundaram SK, BR Johnson, MJ Schweiger, JE Martinez, BJ Riley, LV Saraf, NC Anheier, JR, PJ Allen, and JF Schultz. 2004. "Chalcogenide glasses and structures for quantum sensing." In Quantum sensing and nanophotonic devices, PROCEEDINGS- SPIE THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING , vol. 5359, ed. Manijeh Razeghi, Gail J. Brown, pp. 234-245. S.P.I.E., Bellingham, WA, WA.
Woskov PP, SK Sundaram, WE Daniel, Jr., and DH Miller. 2004. "Molten salt dynamics in glass melts using millimeter-wave emissivity measurements ." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 341(1-3):21-25.

2003

Sundaram SK, CB Schaffer, and E Mazur. 2003. "Microexplosions in Tellurite Glasses." Applied Physics A, Materials Science and Processing 76(3):379-384.
Schultz JF, MS Taubman, WW Harper, RM Williams, TL Myers, BD Cannon, DM Sheen, NC Anheier, JR, PJ Allen, SK Sundaram, BR Johnson, PM Aker, M Wu, and EK Lau. 2003. "Quantum cascade transmitters for ultra-sensitive chemical agent and explosives detection." In Quantum Sensing: Evolution and Revolution from Past to Future, SPIE Proceedings, vol. 4999, ed. M Razeghi and GJ Brown. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Bellingham, WA.
Thevuthasan S, A Meldrum, SK Sundaram, and LM Wang. 2003. "Editorial." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 207(1):vii.
Willwater TM, JV Crum, SM Goodwin, and SK Sundaram. 2003. "RUTHENIUM - SPINEL INTERACTION IN A MODEL HIGH-LEVEL WASTE (HLW) GLASS." In Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries VIII, vol. 143, pp. 141-148. American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.

2002

Sundaram SK, and E Mazur. 2002. "Inducing and Probing Non-thermal Transitions in Semiconductors Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses." Nature Materials 1:217-224.
Bredt PR, CC Ainsworth, FJ Brockman, DM Camaioni, OB Egorov, AR Felmy, YA Gorby, JW Grate, MS Greenwood, BP Hay, NJ Hess, TL Hubler, JP Icenhower, SV Mattigod, BP McGrail, PD Meyer, CJ Murray, PD Panetta, DM Pfund, D Rai, Y Su, SK Sundaram, WJ Weber, and JM Zachara. 2002. Science to Support DOE Site Cleanup: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Environmental Management Science Program Awards -- Fiscal Year 2002 Mid-Year Progress Report. PNNL-13928, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Johnson AB, Jr, SK Sundaram, and FA Garner. 2002. Program Plan for Acquiring and Examining Naturally Aged Materials and Components from Nuclear Reactors. PNNL-13930, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Sundaram SK, BD Macisaac, AR Cooper, CH Tschauner, and JJ Holbrook. 2002. Evaluation and Testing of Noble Metals Surrogates. PNNL-13681, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Woskov PP, and SK Sundaram. 2002. "Thermal Return Reflection Method for Resolving Emissivity and Temperature in Radiometric Measurements." Journal of Applied Physics 92(10):6302-6310.

2001

Li H, Y Su, and SK Sundaram. 2001. "Raman Spectroscopic Study of Nd-Doped 10Na(2)O-90TeO(2) Glasses." Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 293:402-409.
Vick SC, and SK Sundaram. 2001. "Redox of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glass Forming Melts ." Journal of Undergraduate Research 1:47.

2000

Sundaram SK, and JM Perez, JR. 2000. Noble Metals and Spinel Settling in High Level Waste Glass Melters. PNNL-13347, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Sundaram SK, PP Woskov, YI Ogito, and J Tuovinen. 2000. Millimeter-/Submillimeter - Wave Technology Materials, Devices, and Diagnostics, MRS Proceedings, vol. 631, ed. SK Sundaram, PP Woskov, Y-I Ogita & J Tuovinen, p. N/A. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.
Kumta P, A Manthiram, SK Sundaram, and YM Chiang. 2000. Preparation and Characterization of Electrochemical Materials and Devices, Ceramic Transactions, vol. 109, p. 397. The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.
Manthiram A, P Kumta, SK Sundaram, and G Ceder. 2000. Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, Ceramic Transactions, vol. 127, p. 260. The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.

1999

Sundaram SK, DF Bickford, and EJ Hornyak, Jr. 1999. Electrochemistry of Glass and Ceramics, Ceramic Transactions, vol. 92, ed. SK Sundaram, DF Bickford &. J Hornyak, p. 316. The American Ceramic Society , Westerville , OH.
Sundaram SK, ML Elliott, and DF Bickford. 1999. Technical Exchange on Improved Design and Performance of High Level Waste Melters - Final Report. PNNL-13030, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Sundaram SK, S Thevuthasan, and DE McCready. 1999. "Quantification of Water-Content of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glasses Using Nuclear Reaction Measurements." In Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII; Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 556, ed. D.J. Wronkiewicz and J.H. Lee, pp. 353-358. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.
Sundaram SK. 1999. "Refractory Corrosion in Processing of Mixed Waste Glass Melt Using a DC Plasma Arc Melter." In Electrochemistry of Glass and Ceramics; Proceedings of the Electrochemistry of Glass and Ceramics Symposium, held at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 3-6, 1998; Ceramic Transactions, vol. 92, ed. S. K. Sundaram, D. F. Bickford and E. J. Hornyak, pp. 277-290. American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH.
Sundaram SK, and MR Elmore. 1999. "Corrosion Resistance of Candidate Heater Sleeve Materials for Application in the Slag Pit of a Chemical Agent Incinerator." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, ed. Cohen, Lori B. , pp. 791-796. University of California, Irvine, CA.