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Hydrogenation Technology
20-22 October 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dr. A.K.S. Murthy; Technology Fellow, The Linde Group

Dr. A.K.S. Murthy is a Technology Fellow at Linde Engineering in Murray Hill, New Jersey, responsible for technical development and technoeconomic assesment of novel technologies for the production and applications of industrial gases such as hydrogen, syngas and oxygen. He also supports business development around the world in the oil, gas and chemical market sectors. His prior experience includes managing process engineering at Jacobs Engineering in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and various technical and management positions in Honeywell in Morristown, New Jersey. As a consultant to petroleum, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, he has provided expertise in the areas of Reactor Design, distillation and “Process Scale-up”. His hydrogenation experience consists of the design and trouble shooting of commercial reactors as well as lab and pilot plant scale process development.

Murthy (as he prefers to be called) holds a Sc.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Columbia University in New York. He is a Professional Engineer, registered in New Jersey.

As an Adjunct Professor for over ten years, Murthy has taught graduate courses in Chemical Engineering at the Columbia University in New York and the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. He has also directed courses on Gasification, Nitration and Amination Technologies, offered by The Center for Professional Advancement. He holds fifteen patents and is the author of over thirty publications.