Dr. Misra

Dr. Manoranjan Misra


Director, Renewable Energy Center
Professor, Materials Engineering Division

Phone: (775) 784-1603
Fax: (775) 784-4949  
Email: misra@unr.edu
Webpage: www.unr.edu/mse/misra

Shipping Address:
1664 North Virginia Street MS 388
Reno, NV 89557-0042, USA

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Education


B. Sc. Chemistry, Utkal University, 1970
  • M. Sc. Chemistry, Regional Engineering College, 1972
  • M.S. Metallurgical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines, 1977
  • Ph. D. Metallurgy, University of Utah, 1981

 

Research Areas


  • Photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation;
  • Hydrogen storage using CNT and titania composites;
  • Materials for high temperature nuclear reactors;
  • Nanotube and nanowire materials and devices
  • Boron nitride nanotubes;
  • Nanoporous materials;
  • Second generation nuclear waste-package design;
  • Corrosion of materials used in YMP;
  • Radiation detectors;
  • Arsenic removal;
  • Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel; and
  • Biofuels: coffee grounds and nonfood materials

 

Brief Bio


Eight (8) US patents and over 175  publications; UNR Outstanding Researcher (1996); UNR 1998 Foundation Professor; and recipient of 2002 Gunnerman Award for Excellence in Science & Technology.

Renewable Energy Center


Dr. Manoranjan Misra is the new director of th Rebewable Energy Center at the University if Nevada, Reno.

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