Ph.D. from Purdue University (Chemical Engineering, 1983) M.S. from University of Pittsburgh (Chemical Engineering, 1979) B.S. from University of Bombay, India (Chemical Engineering, 1978)

Professor Parulekar's research interests are biochemical engineering and chemical reaction engineering

Chang, H.T., S.J. Parulekar, and M. Ahmad, “A Dual-Growth Kinetic Model for Biological Wastewater Reactors,” Biotechnol. Prog. (in press). Singh, D., V.R. Mandalika, S.J. Parulekar, and A.S. Wagh, "Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Ceramic for 99Tc Immobilization," J. Nucl. Mat. (in press). Parulekar, S.J., “Numerical Problem Solving in Undergraduate Reaction Engineering,” Chem. Eng. Ed. (in press). Parulekar, S.J., “Reflections on Project-Based Learning in Graduate Courses”, Chem. Eng. Ed. , 38(4), 262-267 (2004). Cinar, A., S.J. Parulekar, C. Undey, and G. Birol, “Batch Fermentation: Modeling, Monitoring, and Control,” ISBN: 0-8247-4034-3, Marcel Dekker, New York (2003). Parulekar, S.J., “Optimal Forced Periodic Operations of Continuous Processes,” Chem. Eng. Sci. , 58, 5173-5194 (2003). Benedict, D.J., S.J. Parulekar, and S-P. Tsai, “Esterification of Lactic Acid and Ethanol With/Without Pervaporation,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 42, 2282-2291 (2003). Birol, I. , S.J. Parulekar, and F. Teymour, “Effect of Environment Partitioning on the Survival and Coexistence of Autocatalytic Replicators,” Phys. Rev. E, 66, 051916 (1-19) (2002). Khalili, N.R., J.D. Vyas, W. Weangkaew, S. Wastefall, S.J. Parulekar, and R. Sherwood, “Synthesis and Characterization of Activated Carbon and Bioactive Sorbent Produced from Paper Mill Sludge,” Sep. Purif. Technol., 26, 295-304 (2002). Birol, G., C. Undey, S.J. Parulekar, and A. Cinar, “A Morphologically Structured Model for Penicillin Production,” Biotechnol. Bioeng., 77, 538-552 (2002).