Dr. Anand D. Sharma

   

Office: S-606

(787) 832 - 4040, Ext. 3544

a_sharma@rumad.uprm.edu

 

 
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL:

Educational Background:

Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1980 
M.S. in Agricultural Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1976 
B. Tech (Hons.), Indian Institute of Technology, 1974 

Memberships and other information:

Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 
Member, College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR) 
Member, Caribbean Solar Energy Society (CSES) 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS:

Research:

Post-harvest processing operations of principal agricultural commodities such as rice and coffee; heated-air drying.

Teaching:

Courses in applied mechanics, rural electrification, numerical methods, agricultural processing. 

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS:

Sharma, A. D., O. R. Kunze and N. N. Sarker, "Impact Damage on Rough Rice", Transactions of ASAE,
35(6):1929-1934, 1992 

Sharma, A. D. and A. L. Phillips, "Coffee Drying Potential Using a Rotary Honeycombe Dehumidifier", Journal of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, 2(8):28-30, 1988 

Sharma, A. D., "Carbon Dioxide Evolution Rate Decrease of Anthuriums as Affected in Storage", Journal of Agriculture of U.P.R., 63(3):269-274, 1984 

Sharma, A. D., G. H. Brusewitz, and R. L. Huhnke, "The Economics of Dehumidification in Swine Housing", Energy in Agriculture, Elsevier Science Publishers, The 
 
Netherlands, 3:71-84, 1984 Brusewitz, G. H. and A. D. Sharma, "Variable-Depth Sorption Bed for Dehumidification", Transactions of ASAE,
26(1):228-232, 1983 
Sharma, A. D. and O. R. Kunze, "Post-Drying Fissure Development in Rough Rice", Transactions of ASAE,
25(2):468-474, 1982 
Sharma, A. D., O. R. Kunze and H. D. Tolley, "Rough Rice Drying as a Two-Compartment Model", Transactions of ASAE, 25(1):221-224, 1982 

Other papers and works pending.
  
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