Surendra K. Singh

Dr. Singh is a thermal scientist and well-known expert in chemical reactivity and dust explosion testing. His experience includes the evaluation of the stability of chemicals and their fire and explosion hazard potential using various instrumental techniques including; adiabatic calorimetric, minimum ignition energy (MIE) apparatus, 20-liter sphere for dust and gas explosion (KSt value), BAM oven for flammability, and blasting cap testing for shock sensitivity. Dr. Singh has been involved in incident investigations, where self-heating resulted in thermal runaway or catastrophe. His work has included determining the origin and cause of thermal runaway reactions and/or explosions. Dr. Singh’s technical work in battery technology includes; failure analysis, process hazard analysis, thermal hazard evaluation of battery & battery components, and electrochemical performance evaluation including cycle life/calendar life for various applications (Medical devices, portable power, power tools, hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), etc.) Prior to starting Belmont Scientific, Dr. Singh worked at ioKinetic, ioMosaic, Exponent, TIAX, LLC and Arthur D. Little, Inc. Dr. Singh holds a Ph.D. in Process Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a MS in Organic chemistry from Kanpur University, India, and BS in Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany from Lucknow University, India.