School of Engineering

Shekhar Garde
Professor
Department Head, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering http://www.rpi.edu/~gardes/

Department Affiliation:

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Education:

Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1997
Chemical Engineering

B.S., University of Bombay, 1992
Chemical Engineering

Background:

Read More: http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/%7Egarde/

Research Interests:

See http://www.rpi.edu/~gardes

Dr. Garde's research interests include molecular thermodynamics and simulations of biological systems, statistical mechanics of liquids and polymers, and solvation phenomena -- especially in aqueous solutions (water structure, hydrophobic interactions). We focus on understanding and modeling the role of water structure in inducing interactions between various hydrophobic, polar, and ionic molecules which ultimately leads to many important self-assembly processes in water. For an overview, see brief descriptions of ongoing projects in my research group.