Rama Krishna Dadi

Award-winning experienced industrial professional with PhD in Chemical engineering focused on modeling and design of chemical systems. Highly effective at leading R&D modeling/reaction engineering projects that can meet the business needs of various cross-functional teams in and out of an organization

• Dadi, R.K., Luss D., and Balakotaiah, V., 2016. "Dynamic hysteresis in monolith reactors and hysteresis effects during co-oxidation of CO and C2H6", Chemical Engineering Journal 297 (2016): 325-340.
• Dadi, R.K., Luss D., and Balakotaiah, V., 2016. "Bifurcation features of mixtures containing CO and HCs in DOC", Chemical Engineering Journal 304, 941-952
• Kota A.S, Dadi, R.K., Luss D., and Balakotaiah, V., 2017. "Analysis of light-off during oxidation of reactant mixtures on Pt/Al2O3 using micro-kinetic models." Chemical Engineering Science 166 320-333.
• Daneshvar, K, Dadi, R.K., Luss D., and Balakotaiah, V., Kang S.B., Epling W.S., Kalamaras C.M., 2017. "Experimental and modeling study of CO and hydrocarbons light-off on various Pt-Pd/- Al2O3 diesel oxidation catalysts". Chemical Engineering Journal 323, 347-360
• Dadi, R.K., Daneshvar, K, Luss D., Epling W.S., Balakotaiah, V., 2017. "Comparison of light-off performance of Pt-Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ dual layer and dual brick configurations in diesel oxidation catalysts." Chemical Engineering Journal 335, 1004-1017
• Ratnakar R.R, Dadi, R.K, Balakotaiah. V, 2017. "Multi-scale Averaging for Transient Simulation of Multilayered Catalytic Monolith Reactor Models." Chemical Engineering Journal 352, 293-305
• Daya, R., Joshi, S. Y., Luo, J., Dadi, R. K., Currier, N. W., & Yezerets, A. (2019). "On kinetic modeling of change in active sites upon hydrothermal aging of Cu-SSZ-13". Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 118368
• Daya, R., Joshi, S. Y., Dadi, R. K., Tang, Y., Trandal, D., Srinivasan, A., & Cunningham, M. (2020). "An explicit reduced-order model of Cu-Zeolite SCR catalyst for embedding in ECM". Chemical Engineering Journal, 127473.
• Dadi, R. K., Daya, R., Kumar, A., Joshi, S. Y., An, H., Cunningham, M. J., & Yezerets, A. "A modeling and experimental study on hydrothermal aging deactivation of NO oxidation activity on Pt-Pd catalyst". Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 283, 119655.
• Daya, R., Trandal, D., Dadi, R. K., Li, H., Joshi, S. Y., Luo, J., ... & Yezerets, A. (2021). Kinetics and thermodynamics of ammonia solvation on Z2Cu, ZCuOH and ZCu sites in Cu-SSZ-13-Implications for hydrothermal aging. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 297, 120444.
• Dadi, R. K., Daya, R., Reddy, G. K., Kumar, A., Srinivasan, A., An, H., ... & Yezerets, A. (2022). Modeling and experimental insights on oxidation of heavy chain HCs on diesel oxidation catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 435, 134996.
• Kim, M.Y., Dadi, R.K., Gong, J. and Kamasamudram, K., 2023. Experimental and Modeling Study on the Thermal Aging Impact on the Performance of the Natural Gas Three-Way Catalyst (No. 2023-01-0375). SAE Technical Paper.
• Kim, M.Y., Dadi, K.V., Gong, J. and Kamasamudram, K., 2024. Sulfur Impact on Methane Steam Reforming over the Stoichiometric Natural Gas Three-Way Catalyst (No. 2024-01-2633). SAE Technical Paper.

Project Management Foundations

Managing Teams

• Strong academic background with 14 publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals
• 3 Patents on Diesel Engine Emission control catalysts on behalf of Cummins Inc
• Staff recognition award from Cummins Emission Solutions for quick and timely modeling support on off-highway system certification
• Cummins Technical Business Impact Award (2021) for developing an out of box simulation tool for identifying the state of health of catalyst based on thermal/mileage history
• Cummins Global Business Impact Award (2022): Investigation of Phosphorus poisoning of field-aged oxidation catalyst used in Cummins products
• Reviewer for applied catalysis and chemical engineering journal like Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, Applied Catalysis Environmental: B, Applied Catalysis A: General, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• American Chemical Society