Shankar Chellam

Professor
UH Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
N107 Engineering Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-4003
tel: 713-743-4265 | fax: 713-743-4260 | chellam@uh.edu

Awards and Honors

• Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science and Technology, 2008
• W.T. Kittinger Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, 2007-2008 (College's highest teaching award)
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2006-2007
• Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Service as Chair of the Masters Thesis Award Subcommittee, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, 2005
• Certificate of Merit Award at the 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2004
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2003–2004
• Junior Faculty Research Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2003
• National Science Foundation CAREER award—Disinfection Using Membranes: Optimizing Virus and Disinfection By-Product Control, 2002–2007
• Invited paper in Environmental Science and Technology, Wiesner, M.R. and S. Chellam, 1999. "The Promise of Membrane Technology", 33 (17), 360A
• Doctoral fellowship, Rice University, 1994–1995
• Larson Aquatic Research Scholarship for Ph.D. study, American Chemical Society and
  American Water Works Association, 1992–1993
• Eleanor and Mills Bennett Fellowship, Rice University, 1992–1994

STUDENT AWARDS

• Appala Raju Badireddy, 1st prize in Water Environment Association of Texas, Student Paper Presentation Contest, San Antonio, TX, 2008
• Ashima Bagga, Graduate Scholarship, Water Environment Association of Texas, 2008
• Ashima Bagga, 3rd prize in Water Environment Association of Texas, Student Paper Presentation Contest, Fort Worth, TX, 2007
• Ashima Bagga, 2nd prize at the Gulf Coast Environmental Challenges and Innovations Conference, Houston, TX 2007
• Pranav Kulkarni, 2nd prize in Water Environment Association of Texas Student, Paper Presentation Contest, Galveston, TX, 2005
• Wendong Xu, Graduate Fellowship Award (El Paso Corp. and Exxon Mobile), 2004
• Rachana Agrawal, 3rd prize in Water Environment Association of Texas, Student Paper Presentation Contest, Corpus Christi, TX, 2003
• Ramesh Sharma, 2nd prize in Water Environment Association of Texas Student, Paper Presentation Contest, San Antonio, TX, 2002

Committees

• Scientific Committee Member, International Water Association (IWA) Conference, "Particle Separations and Nanoparticles in Water", Duke University, June 3–5, 2009.
  
• Scientific Committee Member, International Water Association (IWA) Regional Conference on Membrane Technology and Water Reuse, Istanbul, Turkey 2010
• Co-Chair, Ultrafiltration, Nanofiltration, and Reverse Osmosis session, North American Membrane Society Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2007
• Invited participant, Nanotechnology-enabled Water Treatment (NeWT) workshop, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University, Houston, TX, February 2007
• Participant, Center for Sustainability Engineering Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, July 2006
• Member, AEESP Lectures Sub-Committee, 2006–present
• Invited participant, NSF workshop on “Chemistry and Sustainability”, Pacific Northwest National Labs, Richland, WA, November 2005
• Chair, AEESP Awards Masters Thesis Sub-Committee, 2005
• Member, AEESP Awards Masters Thesis Sub-Committee, 2003–2004
• Reviewer (ad hoc), National Science Foundation (Biocomplexity in the Environment), 2004
• Moderator, Research session on “Membrane Modeling” AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, 2003. Atlanta, GA
• Member, AWWA University Student Activities Committee 2003–present
• Chair, Research Committee, Texas Section AWWA, 2000–2003
• Chair, Research Committee on Membrane Technology, AWWA, 1998–2001
• Member, Research Committee on Particulate Contaminants, AWWA, 1997–present
• Member, AWWA Membrane Technology Conference Planning Committee, 1998 and 2000
• Chair, "Membranes: Surface and Performance" session, American Chemical Society
  221st National Meeting, April 1–5, 2001. San Diego, CA
• Organizer, Research Workshop on "Research Thrusts in Membrane Technologies",
  AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, March 4–7, 2001. San Antonio, TX
• Chair, "Research II - New Developments and Fundamental Studies" session,
  AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, March 4–7, 2001. San Antonio, TX
• Member, Planning Committee for 2001 AWWA Specialty Conference on Membrane Technology
• Member, EPA panel on Treatment and Monitoring of Drinking Water, September 2001
• Invited Participant, AWWA Research Foundation and US Bureau of Reclamation
  "Membrane Research Needs Workshop", July 27–28, 2000. Golden, CO
• Organizer, Research session on "Disinfection Using Membranes" AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition, 2000. Denver, CO
• Member, Planning Committee for 1999 AWWA Specialty Conference on Membrane Technology
• Chair, Research session on "Membrane Fouling" AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, 1999. Long Beach, CA
• Organizer, research session on "Membrane Modeling" AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition, 1999. Chicago, IL
• Member, Project Advisory Committee for Development of Integrated Adsorbent/Membrane Systems. AWWARF 1998–2001
• Member, Project Advisory Committee for Treatability of Perchlorate-Containing Water by RO and NF. AWWARF 1998–2001
• Member, Technical Working Group for the interpretation of ICR data. U.S. EPA 1998