Professor
Tiernan Hall, Room 380
973-596-5605
barat@njit.edu

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD 1990
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, MS 1983
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, BS 1980

Research Interests

• Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging for homeland security
• Environmental pollutants monitoring and intelligent process control
• Applied optics in engineering and research
• High intensity combustion, incineration, flame velocities
• Pharmaceutical reaction engineering and control

Publications

• T. Slanvetpan, and R. Barat,  “Staged Combustor Control Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Chemical Engineering Communications (accepted
• A. Sengupta, A. Bandyopadhyay, J. Federici, R. Barat, “Study of Morphological Effects on Terahertz Spectra using Ammonium Nitrate”, presented at the Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST) 2005 conference Orlando, FL.
• Feng Huang, John F. Federici, RobertBarat, Dale Gary,  “Detection of the agent inside or behind a barrier material”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5584, p. 32-41, 2004.
• Feng Huang, John F. Federici, Robert Barat, Dale Gary, David Zimdars,  “Optical properties around resonance peaks by THz-TDS”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5584, p. 23-31, 2004.
• John F. Federici, Brian Schulkin, Feng Huang, Dale Gary, Robert Barat,  Filipe Oliveira,  and David Zimdars, ”THz Imaging and Sensing for Security Applications – Explosives, Weapons, and Drugs” Semiconductor Science and Technology. (accepted)
• F. Huang, J. Federici, D. Gary, R. Barat, D. Zimdars,  “Noninvasive Study of Explosive Materials by THZ Time Domain Spectroscopy”, Present at the Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE) Conference, (2004)
• F. Huang,  B. Schulkin,  H. Altan, J. Federici, D. Gary, R. Barat, D. Zimdars,  M. Chen,  and D. Tanner,  “Terahertz Study of 1,3,5-Trijnitro-s-triazine (RDX) by Time Domain Spectroscopy and FTIR”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85 5535 (2004).
• K.P. Walsh, B. Schulkin, D. Gary, J.F. Federici, R. Barat, D. Zimdars,  “Terahertz near-field interferometric and synthetic aperture imaging”, Proc. SPIE 5411, 9 (2004)
• F. Oliveira, R. Barat, B. Schulkin, F. Huang, J. Federici, D. Gary,  and D. Zimdars, D., “Analysis of THz Spectral Images of Explosives and Bio-Agents using Trained Neural Networks”, Proc. SPIE, 45 (2004).
• S. Brukh,  S. Mitra, R. Barat, “ Pathways to Methylene Chloride Destruction “, Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 176, pp. 531-555 (2004).
• T. Slanvetpan,  and R. Barat,  “Control of Nitric Oxide Emissions from a Laboratory Combustor Using Artificial Neural Networks”, Combustion Science and Technology, vol. 175, pp. 1761-1782 (2003).
• C. Bass, R. Barat, P. and Lemieux, “Identification of an Ideal Reactor Model in a Secondary Combustion Chamber”, AIChE Journal, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 2619-2630 (2003).
• C. Bass, and R. Barat,  “Detailed Mechanism Simulation of a Toroidal Jet-Stirred Combustor Using a Partially Stirred Reactor Model”, Combustion and Flame, vol 135, pp. 249-259 (2003).
• T. Slanvetpan, R.B. Barat,  and J.G. Stevens,  “Process Control of a Laboratory Combustor Using Neural Networks”, Computers and Chemical Engineering, vol 27, no. 11, pp. 1605-1616 (2003).
• F. Oliveira, R. Barat, B. Schulkin, J. Federici, and D. Gary, “Detection of Hidden Explosives and Bio-Agents, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco (2003)
• J. Federici, J., D. Gary, B. Schulkin, F. Huang, H. Altan, R. Barat,  and D. Zimdars, “Terahertz Imaging using an Interferometric Array,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 2477 (2003).
• F. Oliveira, R. Barat, B. Schulkin, J. Federici, D. Gary, and D. Zimdars,  “Neural Network Analysis of Terahertz Spectra of Explosives and Bio-agents”, Proc SPIE 5070, 60 (2003).
• J. Federici, D. Gary, B. Schulkin, F. Huang, H. Altan,  and R. Barat,  “THz Imaging using an Interferometric Array”, Ther International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research (ISSSR) 2003, Santa Barbara, CA June 2003.
• R. Brukh, T. Salem, T. Slanvetpan, R. Barat,  and S. Mitra,  “Process Modeling and On-Line Monitoring of Benzene and Other Species During the Two-Stage Combustion of Ethylene in Air”, Advances in Environmental Research vol. 6, pp. 359-367 (2002).
• V. Callahan, R. Barat, D. Cedio-Fengya, and J. Stevens,  “The Effect of Partical Size Distribution on the Deposition of Charged Particles in Tubes”, Advances in Environmental Research vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 105-115 (2002).

Patents

• U.S. Patent No. 6,815,683, Terahertz imaging system and method, issued  November 9, 2004,  co-inventors, John Federici and Dale Gary.

Awards and Honors

• Saul K Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award 2003