Subodh A. Chaudhari

Subodh Chaudhari is currently an Associate R&D Staff Member & Technical Account Manager for Better Plants Program at ORNL. He completed his graduate studies in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University.  His experience in the field of energy efficiency and sustainability over last 15 years pans from poultry farms to petroleum refineries. He has led energy assessments at manufacturing plants and commercial buildings. Prior to joining ORNL he worked as an Energy Engineer with Hudson Technologies leading product development effort for MBCx and FDD platform for Chillers, Cooling Towers, and Plate Heat Exchangers. He served as project manager for building and commissioning of distillation column projects for two production plants of Hudson Technologies. Subodh worked as Engineering Scientist with National Research Center for Coal and Energy and WVU Industrial Assessment Center to provide energy efficiency assistance to local manufacturers through federal and state energy assistance programs. Subodh is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and USDOE certified Qualified Specialist in the areas of process heating, steam, and pumps. 

Research Interest & Technical Skills

• Industrial Energy and Decarbonization Assessments
• Process heating, Process cooling, Compressed air systems
• Manufacturing Waste Reduction and Analysis
• Circular Economy
• Energy modeling of industrial systems for simulation
• Statistics and performance modeling