Rusi Taleyarkhan

Rusi Taleyarkhan received his B.Tech. in Mech. Engr. in 1977 from the Indian Institute of Technology followed with an Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Ph.D in Nuclear Engineering by 1982 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Instiute.  He has since worked as Senior Engineer with Westinghouse Electric. Corp. through 1988 after which he spent over 17 years where he was Program Director and Distinguished R&D Staff at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducting and leading energy, defense and energy related projects – both classified and unclassified.  He joined Purdue University in 2003 as Professor of Nuclear Engineering where he teaches and conducts research. He also serves as Chief Technology Officer of S/A Laboratories, LLC a venture capital based startup dedicated towards commercialization of technologies resulting from his research group related to: combating nuclear terrorism, thermonuclear fusion energy, materials synthesis, green-chemistry based coatings and adhesives tailored via radiation polymerization, novel metastable state-based nuclear particle sensors for homes (e.g., Radon monitors), environmental assessments, and for Nuclear Power plants, explosive burst-based hydrogen production / super-cooled powders, and cavitation prevention in fluid systems.  He has published over 200 articles in the archival literatures, and has received over 20 invention awards besides numerous industry and govt. recognitions.  He serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (past Editor of Nuclear Safety journal), Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and Honorary Fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences.