1)     DR. AMIT KUMAR GUPTA

Assistant Professor

Research  Area:

1.         Deformation of an oil droplet on solid substrate in shear flow.
2.         A systematic approach for optimal positioning of heated side walls in a side vented open cavity under natural convection and surface radiation.
3. Coupled laminar natural convection surface radiation in partially right side open cavities
4. Deformation and detachment of CCL4 droplet in the presence of different concentrations of surfactant
5. Deformation and detachment of Crude oil droplet in the presence of different concentrations of surfactant.
6. To study the effect of Ph in red mud for adsorption of arsenic and mathematical modeling.

2)     DR. AMAR KUMAR

Assistant Professor

Research Area:

1.         Deformation and detachment of CCL4 droplet in the presence of different concentrations of surfactant
2.         Deformation and detachment of Crude oil droplet in the presence of different concentrations of surfactant.

3) DR. Usha Kumari

 Assistant Professor

Research Area :

1.  A novel acid modified alumina adsorbent with enhanced defluoridation property: Kinetics, isotherm study and applicability on industrial wastewater,
2. Effective defluoridation of industrial wastewater by using acid modified alumina in fixed-bed adsorption column: Experimental and breakthrough curves analysis
3. Facile method to synthesize efficient adsorbent from alumina by nitric acid activation: Batch scale defluoridation, kinetics, isotherm studies and implementation on industrial wastewater treatment
4. Calcium and zirconium modified acid activated alumina for adsorptive removal of fluoride: performance evaluation, kinetics, isotherm, characterization and industrial wastewater testing
5. Defluoridation characteristics of modified ferroalloy electric arc furnace slag: Batch, column, isotherm, kinetic study and treatment of industrial wastewater
6. Defluoridation of synthetic and industrial wastewater by using acidic activated alumina adsorbent: characterization and optimization by response surface methodology
7. Batch and continuous closed circuit semi-fluidized bed operation: Removal of MB dye using sugarcane Bagasse Biochar Alginate Composite adsorbents
8. Performance analysis of a double-chambered microbial fuel cell employing a low-cost sulfonated polystyrene proton exchange membrane
9. A synergetic study of reaction kinetics and heat transfer with multi-component modeling approach for the pyrolysis of biomass waste
10. Extensive thermogravimetric and thermo-kinetic study of waste motor oil based on iso-conversional methods
11. In-depth physicochemical characterization of detailed thermo-kinetic study of biomass wastes to analyze its energy potential.
12. A review of chemical leaching of coal by acid and alkali solution
13. A comprehensive insight into devolatilization thermo-kinetics for an agricultural residue: Towards a cleaner and sustainable energy
14. A comprehensive review of the pyrolysis of waste lubricating oil to generate high grade fuel oil.
15. Hydrodynamic study and particulate matter removal in a self-priming venturing scrubber
16. Utilizing agricultural residue for the cleaner bio-fuel production and simultaneous air pollution mitigation due to stubble burning: A net energy balance and total emission assessment

Achievements

1. Winner (first runner-up) of an innovative research based competition titled Rural Drinking Water Hackathon, 2019, organized by IIT Kharagpur, and MHRD, India, in association with University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Certificate and cash prize awarded by deputy director (Dr. S.K. Bhattacharya) of IIT Kharagpur.
2. Selected as Best Researcher by the website www.sciencefather.com for one of the research papers published in Elsevier.
3. Awarded for securing School Top Rank in matriculation

4) Sunil Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor

Research Paper :

1. Efficient microextraction process exploiting spontaneous interfacial convection driven by Marangoni and electric field induced instability: A computational fluid dynamics study
2. Nanometer-Thick Superhydrophobic Coating Renders Cloth Mask Potentially Effective against Aerosol-Driven Infections
3. Carbon dots and Methylene blue facilitated photometric quantification of Hemoglobin
4. Chiral Resolution of Racemic Amines in µ-ReactorCrystallizer (under review)
5. Noise Activated DNA Translocation in Gel Electrophoresis for Faster Resolution (under review).

5)Prof. (Ms.) Devina Ratnam

Assistant Professor

Research Area

• Nanotechnology (Synthesis of a Boron Based Nanosheet Through Ultrasonication)

6)Prof.Mahendra Ram

Assistant professor

Research area

• )Biomass Thermochemical Conversion
• )Water Treatment

International Journal

• ) Comparative study of native and impregnated coconut husk with pulp and paper industry waste water for fuel gas production.

• ) Pyrolysis of chemically treated corncob for biochar production and its application in Cr(VI) removal.

Achievement

• ) Awarded the “First Prize” in the group seminar presentation during BRNS-AEACI, SAC-12, held at BITS Pilani Goa campus during 15-22 Nov 2016.   

7) Dr Ch V Raghunath

Assistant professor

Research Area

• )Air pollution control Multi-component absorption
• )Process development

International Journal

• ) New experimental results of simultaneous SO2 and NO removal from simulated gas stream by NaClO as low-cost absorbent.

• ) Solubility SO2 in aqueous blend of Sodium citrate and sodium hydroxide.

• ) Removal of SO2 and NO by complex absorbent using wet Scrubbing.

• ) Reactive absorption of NO and SO2 into aqueous NaClO in a counter current spray column.

• ) New experimental data for absorption of SO2 into DMA solution.
• ) Absorption phenomenon of (SO2 + NO + NaClO) system.

8) Professor (Ms).Poornima Pandey

Assistant professor:

Research area

• )Air pollution control
• )Catalytic Separation process

 International Journal

• ) SO2 absorption in aqueous Sodium Perborate.

• ) Optimization of Fenton oxidation for the removal of methyl parathion in aqueous solution.

• ) Absorption of SO2 and NO through an integrative process with a cost-effective aqueous oxidant.

9) MR. MANISH KUMAR

Assistant professor

RESEARCH:

1. Experimental study of friction factor during convective heat transfer in miniature double tube Hair-pin heat exchanger.

2. Experimental convective heat transfer in miniature double tube Hair-pin heat exchanger.

•       AREA OF INTEREST: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics etc.

10)  DR. DIWAKAR PANDEY

Assistant professor

• RESEARCH:

1. Diwakar Pandey and Monoj Kumar Mondal, Thermodynamic modeling and new experimental CO2 solubility into aqueous EAE and AEEA blend, heat of absorption, cyclic absorption capacity and desorption study for post-combustion CO2 capture, Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier Publication), (2021), 410, 128334. Impact factor: 13.273.
2. Diwakar Pandey and Monoj Kumar Mondal, Experimental data and modeling for density and viscosity of carbon dioxide (CO2)-loaded and -unloaded aqueous blend of 2-(ethylamino) ethanol (EAE) and aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA) for post-combustion CO2 capture, Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier Publication), (2021), 330, 115678. Impact factor: 6.165
3. Diwakar Pandey and Monoj Kumar Mondal, Viscosity, density, and derived thermodynamic properties of aqueous 2-(ethylamino)ethanol (EAE), aqueous aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA), and its mixture for post-combustion CO2 capture, Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier Publication), (2021), 332, 115873 . Impact factor: 6.165.
4. Shweta Singh, Diwakar Pandey, and Monoj Kumar Mondal, New experimental data on equilibrium CO2 loading into aqueous 3-dimethylamino-1-propanol and 1,5-diamino-2- methylpentane blend: Empirical model and CO2 absorption enthalpy, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (ACS Publication), (2021), ), 66, 740-748. Impact factor: 2.694.
5. Diwakar Pandey and Monoj Kumar Mondal, Equilibrium CO2 solubility in the aqueous mixture of MAE and AEEA: Experimental study and development of modified thermodynamic model, Fluid Phase Equilibria (Elsevier Publication), (2020), 522, 112766. Impact factor: 2.775.
6. Diwakar Pandey and Monoj Kumar Mondal, Experimental data and modeling for viscosity and refractive index of aqueous mixtures with 2-(methylamino)ethanol (MAE) and aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA), Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (ACS Publication), (2019), 64, 3346-3355. Impact factor: 2.694.

• Achievement:

1. Published 6 research papers in the Science Citation Index (SCI) journals of the Q1 quartile indexed.
2. Qualified 8 times in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with a very good score in the Chemical Engineering discipline.

11)  DR. ABHISHEK ANAND HEMBROM

Assistant professor

• RESEARCH :

1. Evaluation of the performance of water-only cyclone for fine coal beneficiation using the optimization process.
2. Cleaning performance of high ash Indian coal fines < 3 mm using a Water Only Cyclone.

• Area of Specialization:

 Coal and Mineral processing and its Beneficiation, Coal Preparation, Fluid-Particle interaction, Gravity Separation, Size Enlargement Processes, Fine particle operation, Fluidization Engineering, Water-only cyclone, Modelling and Optimization by BoxBehnken design- Response Surface Methodology (BBD-RSM), Iron ore pelletization.

12)  DR. ASHOK BARNWAL

Assistant professor

• RESEARCH:

1. Effect of Prandtl number on free convection from two cylinders in a square enclosure.
2. Free convection in confined power-law fluids from two side - by - side cylinders in a square enclosure.
3. Effect of Prandtl number on free convection in Newtonian and power - law fluids from a cylinder adjacent to an adiabatic wall.
4. Effect of fluid yield stress on natural convection from horizontal cylinders in a square enclosure.
5. Laminar forced convection in power law fluids from two heated horizontal cylinders in a square duct.
6. Effect of fluid yield stress on free convection from an isothermal cylinder adjacent to an adiabatic wall.
7. Laminar Free convection in power law fluids in a right angle triangular duct with heated base.

• Achievement:

1. GATE RANK  : 465

13)  DR. NIRUPAMA

Assistant professor

• RESEARCH:

1. Thermo-chemical potential of solid waste seed biomass obtained from plant Phoenix dactylifera and Aegle marmelos L. Fruit core cell.
2. Cadmium removal from aqueous solution by jackfruit seed bio adsorbent.
3. Thermal degradation of coir fiber reinforced low-density polyethylene (LDPE) composites.
4. Hybridization effect of coir fiber on physico-mechanical properties of polyethylene banana/coir fiber hybrid composites.
5.  Banana Fiber Reinforced Low Density Polyethylene Composites: Effect of Chemical Treatment and Compatibilizer.
6. Physico-mechanical properties of coir fiber/LDPE composites: Effect of chemical treatment and compatibilizer.

• ACHIEVEMENT:

1.  GATE RANK : 530