Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Shirshak Dhali

757-683-3744

203C KAUFMAN HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Received his BTech degree in electronics and electrical communication from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur in 1978, the MS and PhD degree in electrical engineering from TexasTech University in 1981 and 1984, respectively. His research interests include generation and application of atmospheric pressure plasmas for surface treatment of metals and polymers, pollution prevention, thin film deposition, and microbial sterilization. He is also working on developing design automation tools for analog VLSI circuits. He has worked as an avionics design engineer at Hindustan Aeronautics, India, and was a Summer Fellow at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. From 1984 to 2005 he was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University in the Spring of 2006 and is currently Professor and Chair of this department.

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, (1984)

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, (1981)

Other in Electronics and Electrical Communication, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, (1978)

Profesiional Engineer
Sponsoring Organization: National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
Date Obtained: 1992-01-01

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Dhali, S. K. and Joshi, R. "Electrical requirements for an off-shore wind farm" $55,000. Old Dominion University. July 2007 - June 2008
Dhali, S. K. and Asari, V. "Multi-Sensor Electro-Optic Image Based Scene Understanding for Navy Security Automation" $958,000. Federal. September 2006 - August 2007
Albin, S., Dhali, S. K., Baumgart, H., Cooper, J. B. and Hao, J. Z. "Biological and Chemical Deployable Nanosensors for Homeland Security Applications based on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Technology Platform" $75,000. January 2007 - June 2007
Hao, J. Z., Dhali, S. K., Baumgart, H., Cooper, J. B. and Albin, S. "Biological and Chemical Deployable Nanosensors for Homeland Security Applications based on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Technology Platform " $75,000. January 2007 - June 2007
Dhali, S. K. "Use of Plasma for Destruction of Microbial Hazards in Food" $134,860. State. July 2005 - June 2007
Dhali, S. K. and Dave, B. "Ambient non-thermal plasma for use in manufacturing" $260,000. Federal. July 2000 - June 2006
Dhali, S. K. "Material characterization with APS synchrotron source" $45,000. State. August 1, 2003 - August 31, 2004
Dhali, S. K. "Non-thermal Plasma for removal of SO2/NOx" $68,000. State. November 1999 - October 2000
Dhali, S. K. "Dual Pressure Discharge for the Generation of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma" $197,644. Federal. September 1996 - August 1999
Dhali, S. K. "Combined Removal of SO2 and Ox from flue gas using non-thermal plasma" $59,000. State. September 1994 - August 1995
Dhali, S. K. "Plasma-Assisted Cleanup of Flue gas" $59,000. State. September 1993 - August 1994
Dhali, S. K. "Plasma-Assisted Cleanup of Flue gas" $65,000. Federal. September 1992 - August 1993
Dhali, S. K. "Enhancement of phases of high Tc superconductors using magnetic separation" $56,000. Federal. February 15, 1992 - February 14, 1993
Dhali, S. K. "Laser-Triggered Superconducting Opening Switch" $40,000. Federal. May 15, 1991 - November 15, 1992
Dhali, S. K. "Laser-Triggered Superconducting Opening Switch" $40,000. Federal. April 15, 1990 - April 14, 1991
Dhali, S. K. "Laser-Triggered Superconducting Opening Switch" $25,000. Federal. April 1, 1989 - January 31, 1990
Dhali, S. K. "Corona Enhanced Absorption of SO2/NOx" $80,000. Federal. January 1, 1988 - December 31, 1989
Dhali, S. K. "Pulsed Nitrogen Discharges for Plasma Processing" $20,000. Federal. January 2, 1987 - December 31, 1987
Dhali, S. K. "Electrical Breakdown of Gases in Long Gap. October 1985 - October 1986
Dhali, S. K. "Characterization of Thin Films of Pyrite (FeS2" $10,000. State. July 1985 - June 1986

Research Interests

Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Processing, Wind Energy and Analog VLSI.

Articles

Dhali, S. K. and Nandigam, M. (2017). Design of electrical layout of offshore wind farms. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 9 (4) , pp. 043303.
Rawat, D. S., Taylor, N., Talapatra, S., Dhali, S. K., Ajayan, P. M. and Migone, A. D. (2006). Effect of surface cleaning and functionalization of nanotubes on gas adsorption. Physical Review B 74.
Shakir, S., Mynampati, S., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (2006). rf-generated ambient-afterglow plasma. Journal of Applied Physics 99.
Dave, B. C., Hu, X., Devaraj, Y. and Dhali, S. K. (2004). Sol-gel derived Corrosion-Protection coatings. Journal of sol-gel science and technology 32 , pp. 143.
Seethamsetty, S., Dhali, S. K. and Dave, B. (2001). A Wet Plasma Reactor for Remediation of SO2. Applied Physics Letter , pp. 4298-4230.
Park, H. and Dhali, S. K. (2000). Generation of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma with Dual Chamber Discharge. Applied Physics Lett 77 , pp. 2112-2114.
Sankaranarayanan, R., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (2000). Laser-Induced Fluorescence of OH Radicals in a dielectric-barrier discharge. Applied Physics Letters 77 , pp. 2970-2972.
Sankaranarayanan, R., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (1999). Characteristics of a barrier discharge in monatomic and molecular gases. Applied Physics Letters 74 (21) , pp. 3119.
Durbhakula, K. and Dhali, S. K. (1999). Computer generated images of streamer propagation. IEEE Tran. On Plasma Science 27 (1) , pp. 24.
Pashaie, B., Sankaranarayanan, R. and Dhali, S. K. (1999). Experimental investigation of microdischarges in a dielectric-barrier discharge. IEEE Tran. On Plasma Science 27 (1) , pp. 22.
Dhali, S. K. (1998). Analysis of the differential amplifier with an active load. IEEE Tran. On Education .
Li, J. and Dhali, S. K. (1997). Simulation of microdischarges in a dielectric-barrier discharge. J. Appl. Phys 82 , pp. 4205-4210.
Pashaie, B., Li, J., Dhali, S. K. and Honea, F. I. (1996). Non-Thermal Plasma for Cleanup of Flue Gas. Emerging Technology in Hazardous Waste Management 6 , pp. 209-223.
Sun, W., Pashaie, B., Dhali, S. K. and Honea, F. I. (1996). Non-thermal plasma remediation of SO2/NO using a dielectric-barrier discharge. J. Appl. Phys 79 , pp. 348-3444.
Li, J., Wanmong, S., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (1995). Streamer Discharge Simulation in Flue Gas. IEEE Tran. Plasma Science 23 , pp. 672.
Pashaie, B., Dhali, S. K. and Honea, F. I. (1994). Electrical Characteristics of a coaxial dielectric-barrier discharge. J. Physics D 27 , pp. 2107.
Wang, L. and Dhali, S. K. (1993). Measurement of the critical current of high-Tc superconductors. Supercond. Sci. Technol. 8 , pp. 199-202.
Dhali, S. K. and Mohsin, M. (1992). High-Tc Superconducting Switch. Review of Scientific Instruments 63 , pp. 220-224.
Ganesh, S., Rajabooshanam, A. and Dhali, S. K. (1992). Numerical Studies of Streamer to Arc Transition. J. Appl. Phys. 72 , pp. 3957.
Dhali, S. K. and Wang, L. (1992). Transient response of a high-Tc superconducting thin film. Appl. Phys. Lett. 61 , pp. 1594-1596.
Dhali, S. K. and Sardja, I. (1991). Dielectric-barrier discharge for processing of SO2. J. Appl. Phys. 69 , pp. 6319-6324.
Segers, M. and Dhali, S. K. (1991). Thin film deposition using a dielectric-barrier discharge. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 138 , pp. 274.
Sardja, I. and Dhali, S. K. (1990). Plasma Oxidation of SO2. Applied Physics Letters 56 (1) , pp. 21-24.
Dhali, S. K. (1989). Electrical Characteristics of Pulsed Glow Discharges. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 17 , pp. 603-309.
Dhali, S. K. and Pal, A. K. (1988). Numerical Simulation of Streamers in SF6. J. Appl. Phys. 63 , pp. 1355-1363.
Dhali, S. K. and Low, L. H. (1988). Transient Analysis of Bulk Nitrogen Glow Discharge. J. Appl. Phys. 64 , pp. 2917-2923.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1987). Two-dimensional Studies of Streamers in Gases. J. App. Phys. 62 , pp. 4696-4707.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1985). Numerical Simulation of Streamer Propagation in Nitrogen at Atmospheric Pressure. Physical Review A 31 (2) , pp. 1219-1221.
Dhali, S. K., Williams, P. F., Crumly, R. J. and Gundersen, M. A. (1980). Electron Densities in Laser-Triggered Hydrogen Sparks. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 8 , pp. 164.

Conference Proceeding

Nandigam, M. and Dhali, S. K. (2008). Optimal Design of an offshore wind farm layout 9th International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electric Drives, Automation and Motion, Speedam 2008, IEEE Catalog Number CFP0848A-CDR.
Nandigam , M. and Dhali, S. K. (2008). Optimal design of a HVDC offshore wind farm layout Ischia: 19th International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion.
Dhali, S. K., Sun , W., Pashaie, B. and Honea, F. I. (2005). Dielectric-Barrier Discharge for removal of SO2/NO from Flue Gas Honolulu, HI: International Chemical Conference of Pacific basin Society.
Shakir, S., Mynampati, S., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (2005). Ambient Afterglow Plasma (pp. 236) 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Bankupalli, S., Dhali, S. K. and Madigan, M. (2005). Ambient Plasma in Decontamination of Microorganisms (pp. 1072) 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Sahu, S., Dhali, S. K. and Dave, B. (2005). Sol-gel Coatings on Ambient Plasma on Polymers (pp. 745) 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Dhali, S. K. (2004). Non-thermal plasma technology: A tool for sustainable product development Berlin: Global Conference on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering.
Dhali, S. K. (2004). Atmospheric Pressure Plasma in Manufacturing Dallas, Texas: 2004 NSF design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.
Nuamatha, P. and Dhali, S. K. (2003). Ambient Plasma for metal Surface Treatment (pp. 73) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K., Yellina, R. and Pashaie, B. (2003). Atmospheric Pressure Afterglow plasma (pp. 52) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Muthuswamy, N., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (2003). Atmospheric Pressure Afterglow Plasma in Argon University of Bari: CD ROM proceedings of the16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Nuamatha, P., Madella, J., Dhali, S. K. and Dave, B. (2003). Atmospheric pressure plasma for metal surface preparation University of Bari: CD ROM proceedings of the16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Nuamatha, P., Pashaie, B., Dhali, S. K. and Dave, B. (2002). Ambient non-thermal plasma for metal surface treatment (pp. 31) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Muthuswami, N., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (2002). Radio frequency atmospheric pressure plasma in Argon (pp. 52) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K., Muthuswamy, N. and Dave, B. (2001). A RF Discharge in Argon at Atmospheric Pressure (pp. 39) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Seethamsetty, S., Dhali, S. K., Dave, B. and Carty, R. (2001). A Wet Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Scrubber (pp. 3129) GREMI, CNRS/University of Orleans: 15th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry.
Dhali, S. K., Seetamsetty, S. and Dave, B. (2001). A wet plasma Scrubber for Removal of Sulfur Dioxide (pp. 34) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Seethamsetty, S., Dhali, S. K., Dave, B. and Carty, R. (2001). A wet plasma scrubber for use in Industrial pollution Control (pp. 1818-1821) IEEE Pulsed Power Plasma Science Conference.
Park, H., Muthuswamy, N. and Dhali, S. K. (2000). Dual Chamber Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure (pp. 49) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K., Sankaranarayanan, R. and Pashaie, B. (1999). LIF of OH radicals in a dielectric-barrier discharge (pp. 76) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Sankaranarayanan, R., Pashaie, B. and Dhali, S. K. (1998). Experimental Investigation of an Atmospheric Pressure barrier Discharge (pp. 1426) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Pashaie, B., Sankaranarayanan, R. and Dhali, S. K. (1998). Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of OH radicals in an Atmospheric Discharge Raleigh, NC: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
Pashaie, B., Sankaranarayanan, R. and Dhali, S. K. (1998). Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of OH Radicals in an Atmospheric Pressure Discharge Raleigh, NC: 25th IEEE international Conference on Plasma Science.
Etienne-Cummings, R., Pourboghrat, F., Marubyina, H. K., Abrate, S. and Dhali, S. K. (1998). Architecture for Distributed Actuation and Sensing Using Smart Piezoelectric Elements (pp. 708-716m) San Diego, CA: SPIE, Smart Structures and Integrated Systems.
Dhali, S. K. and Li, J. (1997). Investigation of a Dielectric-barrier Discharge for Plasma Processing at Atmospheric Pressure Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K. (1997). Atmospheric Pressure Non-thermal Plasma San Diego, CA: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
Li, J. and Dhali, S. K. (1997). Simulation of Microdischarges in a dielectric barrier discharge San Diego, CA: IEEE International conference on Plasma Science.
Dhali, S. K. and Li, J. (1996). Simulation of microdischarge in a dielectric-barrier discharge Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K., Sun, W., Pashaie, B. and Honea, F. I. (1995). Dielectric-barrier Discharge for the removal of SO2/NO from Flue Gas Gaithersburg, MD: Workshop on the Treatment of Gaseous Emission via Plasma Technology, NIST.
Dhali, S. K., Pashaie, B. and Honea, F. I. (1994). Non-thermal plasma for cleanup of flue gas Atlanta, GA: Emerging Technology in Hazardous Waste Management VI, American Chemical Society.
Dhali, S. K., Pashaie, B. and Honea, F. I. (1994). Dielectric-barrier Discharge for Cleanup of Flue gas London, Canada: The first international conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air remediation.
Dhali, S. K. and Pashaie, B. (1993). Plasma-Assisted Cleanup of SO2/NOx in Flue Gas (pp. 437-443) Albany, CA: First International EPRI/NSF Symposium on Advanced Oxidation.
Dhali, S. K. and Wang, L. (1992). Triggered high TC Superconducting Switch Chicago, IL : Applied Superconductivity Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Moshin, M. (1991). Superconducting Opening Switch (pp. 701-703) San Diego, CA: 8th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Mohsin, M. (1990). laser-triggered superconducting opening switch (pp. 353-359) Application of Optical Engineering: Proceedings of OE/Midwest.
Sayeh, M., Viswanathan, R. and Dhali, S. K. (1990). Neural networks for smart structures with fiber optics sensors (pp. 417-423) Application of Optical Engineering: Proceedings of OE/Midwest.
Dhali, S. K. and Sardja, I. (1989). Dielectric-Barrier Discharge for the Removal of SO2 from flue gas Buffalo, NY: IEEE Conference on Plasma Science.
Dhali, S. K. and Rajabppshanam, A. (1989). Streamer to Arc Transition (pp. 527-529) Monterey, CA: 7th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Sardja, I. (1989). Plasma Oxidation of SO2 in Flue Gas Palo Alto: 42nd Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Rajabooshanam, A. (1989). Streamer to arc transition in nitrogen Palo Alto: 42nd Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Low, L. H. (1988). Numerical Analysis of a Self-sustaining Bulk Pulsed Discharge in Nitrogen (pp. 147) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K. and Sarkar, A. (1988). Streamer Propagation in Attaching Gases Minneapolis, Minnesota: 41st Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K. (1988). Transient Analysis of Glow Discharges in Nitrogen Minneapolis, Minnesota: 41st Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Low, L. H. (1988). Numerical Analysis of Pulsed Discharges in Nitrogen Seattle, Washington: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
Dhali, S. K. and Pal, A. K. (1987). Two-dimensional Simulation of Streamers in Atmospheric Pressure SF6 6th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Pal, A. K. (1987). Streamer Propagation in SF6 Arlington, Virginia: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1985). Numerical Simulation of Streamers in Atmospheric Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1985). Numerical Simulation of Streamer Propagation VXVII International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1985). 2-D Numerical Simulation of Streamers in Atmospheric Pressure 5th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1984). Space-Charge Dominated Phenomena in Electrical Breakdown of Gases St. Louis, Missouri: IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1983). Numerical Simulation of Space-Charge Controlled Transport 4th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1982). Multiphoton Ionization in Xenon-Nitrogen Mixtures Dallas, Texas: 35th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K., Crumly, S. K., Williams, F. F., Kunhardt, E. E. and Gundersen, M. A. (1981). Electron Densities in Laser-Triggered Hydrogen Sparks (pp. 716) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1981). Multiphoton Ionization of Xe as a Charge Source for Electrical Breakdown Boston, Massachusetts: 34th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference.
Dhali, S. K. and Williams, P. F. (1981). Multiphoton Ionization - A Potential Trigger and/or Control for Electrical Breakdown 3rd IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.
  • 2005: Certificate of Appreciation, National Society of Black Engineers, SIUC Chapter
  • 2005: Outstanding Teacher Award, Society of Women Engineers SIUC Chapter
  • 2004: Best Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SIUC
  • 2004: Recipient of the College Excellence through Commitment Outstanding Teaching Award,
  • 2003: Best Teacher Award in College of Engineering , SIUC
  • 2002: Best Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SIUC
  • 1998: Best Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SIUC
  • 1997: Best Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SIUC
  • 1996: Best Teacher Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, SIUC

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