Research Interests:

• Materials Science Engineering
• Smart Coatings (e.g. fire-retardant, self-healing coatings)
• Computer-aided product design, Computer aided molecular design
• Heat Exchangers Network Design
• Modeling of Atmospheric dispersion of toxic gases, Consequence analysis
• Wastewater treatment
• Energy recovery / conservation
• PCMs for energy storage
• Process System Engineering

Submitted Ph.D. Thesis:

2017PHXP0004U Pankaj Vyas - Formulation of high-performance fire retardant - Intumescent coatings based on novel fillers including nano particulate fillers

Ongoing Ph.D. research:

2021PHXP0902U Jigneshkumar D Thakkar - Design and Development of Sustainable Self-Healing Smart Coating for Various Substrates

Ongoing Undergraduate Projects:

2020A1TS0244U Swastik Shailendrakumar Nagrikar - Alternate sources of sustainable raw materials for coatings

Completed Undergraduate Projects:

2020A1PS0092U - Priyanka Saginala – Heat Exchangers

2019A1PS0164U Ankita Anil Ambore - Cooling System in Solar Cells

20A9PS0070U - Natasha Ranjan Basu - Crystallization and its applications in the pharmaceutical industry

2020A1PS0202U - Kaeshaun Singh - Water Desalination

2020A1PS0096U - Ummal Fahadha - Chemical Sensors

2018A1PS0055U - Prarthanaa Sankaranayanan - Synthesis of Adhesives and their Applications in various fields

2018A1PS0158U - Karwa Anugraha Anand - Formulation of Emulsion Based Adhesive / Binder

2019A1PS0005U - Lakshya Bhartia - Building a Hydrogen Economy: The Most Efficient Method of Producing Hydrogen on an Eco-Friendly Manner

2017A1PS0284U - Krishi Punjabi -  Sustainable Use of Alternate Sources of Energy in Cement Industry

2017A1PS0047U - Viniith Sarawate -  Characterization and optimization of Inorganic PCMs for micro and nano-Encapsulation of  Thermal Energy 

2017A1PS904U - Rigveda Janai -  Encapsulating Organic Phase Change Materials in different Polymers and improving it as a Thermal Energy Storage Medium

2016A1PS0157U - Sonu - Applications of Lignin

2016A1PS0308U - Simran Sajnani - Extraction and Characterization of Lignin from Non-wood Biomass

2016A1PS0180U - Shifa Sanaur - Simulation of Heat Integrated Distillation column using a software tool

2016A1PS0182U - Anna Joy - Wastewater Management through Electrocoagulation

2016A1PS0222U - Urvashi Satwani - Using Artificial Intelligence to Find Ways to Replace Animal-based Food Products

2015A1PS0200U - Mit Desai - Optimization of heat exchanger network - review of various methods and application to a case study 

2015A1PS0406U - Varun Selvam - Optimization of Water Treatment in Metallurgical Industries 

2016A1PS0222U - Urvashi Satwani - Review on Plant-Based Cheese Manufacturing Process 

2016A1PS0333U - Sania Suaris - Storage of Solar Energy 

2017A1PS0028U - Rohit Bharadwaj Kallakuri - Review of Multi-effect Desalination techniques 

2015A1PS0340U - Shivank Gupta - Extraction of essential oils for production of bio-additives using vacuum distillation

201A1PS024U - Jithin Gopakumar - Computer Aided Property Estimation for Pure Components

2014A1PS267U - Amardeep Singh - Computer Aided Property Estimation for mixtures