Research Areas

  • Dr. Samita Maitra: Chemical Engineering, Fuel Alternative, Interfacial Phenomena, and Soil Remediati
  • Dr. G.N. Rameshaiah: Bio Process & Chemical Engineering
  • Dr. C.T. Puttaswamy: Environmental Engineering
  • Dr. Chetan A Nayak: Food Engineering , Downstream Processing & Membrane Separations, Microfluidics,
  • Dr. Sreelakshmi Diddi: Chemical Engineering & Soil Remediation
  • Dr. Y K Suneetha: Polymer and Bio-separations
  • Dr. Sainath K: Chemical Engineering, Nanomaterial synthesis and Characterization, Water treatment
  • Dr. Shivakumar R: Microfludics, Energy Efficient Materials, Surfactants, Clean Coal Technology

Research Supervisor Details

# Research Supervisor Specialization Awarded University Year of Award
1.Dr. Samita MaitraChemical Engineering, Fuel Alternative, Interfacial Phenomena, Soil Remediation and Liquid CrystalsIISc Bengaluru2000
2.Dr. G. N RameshaiahBio-Process & Chemical EngineeringIIT Madras2010
3.Dr. Chetan A NayakFood Engineering , Downstream Processing & Membrane Separations, MicrofluidicsCSIR-CFTRI, Mysore 2011
4.Dr. C. T. PuttaswamyEnergy, Environment, Process and Plant Design, Risk and Safety Management in process Industries and Environmental LawV.T.U. Belagavi2017
5.Dr. Sreelakshmi DiddiChemical Engineering & Soil RemediationV.T.U. Belagavi2018
6.Dr. Y K SuneethaPolymer and biosepeartions V.T.U Belagavi2019
7.Dr. Sainath KNanotechnology, AI in Chemical Engineering, Membrane Technology for Water Treatment, Wastewater TreatmentIIT Bombay2021

Research Scholars

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1.

Guide Name : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Student Name : Mr. Madhu MJ

Field of Study : Artificial intelligence in process industries

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2024

2.

Guide Name : Dr. G N Rameshaiah

Student Name : Mrs. Shruthi S B

Field of Study : Sustainability Studies in Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Full Time

Details : Encapsulation and sustained release of nono-sized micro-nutrients.

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

3.

Guide Name : Dr. Y K Suneetha

Student Name : Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Registered at NIT Warangal as an external student; 3-D printing of nanocomposite polymers and applications

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2021

Status : PURSUING

4.

Guide Name : Dr. Sreelakshmi Diddi

Student Name : Mr. K K S IYANGAR

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Process Development, Optimization and Modelling for production of Bio-oil by Induction Pyrolysis of Biomass

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2021

5.

Guide Name : Dr. G N Rameshaiah

Student Name : Mrs. Kavya M V

Field of Study : Equipment Design

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Synthesis of biopolymer composites and study of its characteristics for its application

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2020

Status : PURSUING

6.

Guide Name : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Student Name : Mr. Jayashima K N

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Forward Osmosis membrane process for water Treatment

Qualification : M.Sc (Engg by Research)

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

7.

Guide Name : Dr. G N Rameshaiah

Student Name : Mr. Rajesh Kumar K

Field of Study : Biochemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

8.

Guide Name : Dr. Samita Maitra

Student Name : Mr. Shivakumar. R

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering: Clean Coal Technology and alternate fuel

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : The main aim of the doctorial work is to propose suitable blends of coals that can be used in Indian power sectors. Selected coal samples are blended with the coconut shell and maize.

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2013

Status : COMPLETED

9.

Guide Name : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Student Name : Mr. Pradeep. H. N

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : “MICROENCAPSULATION OF C-PHYCOCYANIN BY MICROFLUDICS”

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2012

Status : COMPLETED

10.

Guide Name : Dr. Samita Maitra

Student Name : Mrs. H. S. Usha

Field of Study : Chemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Surfactant bases separation of azetropes

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2010

Status : COMPLETED

11.

Guide Name : Dr. Samita Maitra

Student Name : Mrs. Sreelakshmi Diddi

Field of Study : Soil Remediation

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2010

Status : COMPLETED

12.

Guide Name : Dr. G N Rameshaiah

Student Name : Mrs. Y K SUNEETHA

Field of Study : Biochemical Engineering

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin-process analysis and development

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2010

Status : COMPLETED

Contact Person: Dr. Y K Suneetha
Research Facility: Gas chromatography, Muffle furnace, Flame photometer, Bomb Calorimeter, TOC, UV Spectroscopy, Rotavapor, and COD and BOD
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Research Facility: PG-Research Laboratory
Description: The PG Research Laboratory have analytical facilities like 1. Industrial Fermentor 2. Deep freezer 3. Microscope for Image processing
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Contact Person: Dr. Sreelakshmi Diddi
Research Facility: Analytical Instruments Lab
Description: This Lab has analytical instruments for analysis like 1. U-V Spectrophotometer 2. FTIR 3. Flame Photometer 4. Karl-Fisher titrator for moisture Analysis 5. Auto titrator
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Research Facility: Gas Chromatography and High pressure Vessel
Description: Preparation of metal oxide catalyst for desulphurization of diesel, carrying out water shift reactions with heterogenous catalytic materials.
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Contact Person: Dr. Chetan A Nayak
Research Facility: Buchi Rotovap
Description: Buchi R210 Rotovap System includes heating bath, vacuum pump and controller. It is a compact and eazy to use for lab sovlent evaporation. This equipment was procured under TEQIP-II grants for PG Lab upgradation to Dr. Chetan A Nayak
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Research Grants

Project Title : Leaves-based hydrochar for hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution

Sanctioned Year : 2023

Amount : 2.0 lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Dr. Sainath K

Project Title : Development of 3D Printed Structured Absorbent for Removal of Anionic and Cationic Dye Composite

Sanctioned Year : 2022

Amount : 2.0 lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE FRPS

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Project Title : Preparation of Polyglycerol Esters for Azeotrope Separation

Sanctioned Year : 2022

Amount : 2.0 lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE- FRPS

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Dr. Shivakumar R

Project Title : Enhancing styrene selective oxidation by synthesizing efficient metal organic framework based catalyst

Sanctioned Year : 2022

Amount : 195000/-

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE -FRPS Grant detail R&D/FRPS/2022-23/CH/01 dated 21.10.2022

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Project Title : Synthesis and Biodegradation of Polydimethylsiloxane for application as media in AFFM

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 10.28 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : CMTI, Bengaluru

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Y K Suneetha Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Project Title : Development of Low-cost electrodes for vanadium Redox Flow battery

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 1.6 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-III-Under Center of Excellence Research Grants

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Mr. Shivakumar R and Dr. Sreelakshmi Diddi

Project Title : Polluted Water treatment by Novel membrane prepared using plant waste based carbon Nanoparticles

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 2.5 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-III-Under Center of Excellence Research Grants

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Gurumurthy Hegde and Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Project Title : Development of Hydrophilic TiO2/Chitosan Photo catalytic Composite membrane for treatment of agro-food industry effluent

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 50,000

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-III-Under Center of Excellence Research Grants

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Y K Suneetha and Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Project Title : Recovery of Stannous salt from process by products

Sanctioned Year : 2021

Amount : 1.00 Lakh

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-III-Under Center of Excellence Research Grants

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. C T Puttaswamy

Project Title : Technology Innovation: Wealth from Waste

Sanctioned Year : 2020

Amount : 92000

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE, ATAL

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. C T Puttaswamy and Dr. H S Usha

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Project Title : Development of Efficient Electrode and Design of continuous Microbial Fuel Cells to generate electricity from waste water

Sanctioned Year : 2018

Amount : 5.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Mr. Soumen Panda

Project Title : Carbon Nanomaterial – Polymer in hybrid as advanced Material for catalytic reactions

Sanctioned Year : 2017

Amount : 1.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Gurumurthy Hedge

Project Title : Photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants

Sanctioned Year : 2017

Amount : 1.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. G. Keerthiga

Project Title : Study of various effects of heavy metals present in bore well water on human system

Sanctioned Year : 2016

Amount : 8.16 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : GAIN: MHRD: Govt. of. India

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Samita Maitra

Project Title : Up gradation of PG -Biochemical Engg

Sanctioned Year : 2016

Amount : 10.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Project Title : Electrodeposited Mixed Metal Chalcogenide-Graphene Composites For Visible Light Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

Sanctioned Year : 2016

Amount : 28.62 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : DST-SERB, Govt. of India/Early career Research Award

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. G. Keerthiga Dr. K. L. Nagashree

Project Title : Experimental Investigation of Burning behavior of biomass blends in Oxy-fuel environment

Sanctioned Year : 2016

Amount : 6.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Mr. Shivakumar R & Dr. Samita Maitra

Project Title : Liquid Crystals carbon nano-spheres incorporated composite mixture for enhancing phase transition

Sanctioned Year : 2015

Amount : 13.3 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Gurumurthy Hedge

Project Title : PG Biochemical Engineering Equipment

Sanctioned Year : 2013

Amount : 54.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP-II

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Samita Maitra

Project Title : Forward Osmosis Membrane Process for concentration of liquid foods

Sanctioned Year : 2013

Amount : 5.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Project Title : Synthesis of hyper branched polymers as entertainers for extractive distillation

Sanctioned Year : 2012

Amount : 1.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. H.S. Usha

Project Title : Process development for the production of bio-fertilizer- using Fungi

Sanctioned Year : 2012

Amount : 1.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr.  G.N.Rameshaiah

Project Title : Novel athermal membrane processing for downstream processing of biomolecules

Sanctioned Year : 2012

Amount : 1.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Project Title : Study of effectiveness of surfactants in removal of organic compounds from contaminated sand

Sanctioned Year : 2012

Amount : 1.0 Lakh

Funding/Sanction agency : BMSCE

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Sreelakshmi Diddi

Project Title : Glycerol Purification from Biodiesel Plant

Sanctioned Year : 2008

Amount : 6.5 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE: RPS Scheme

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Samita Maitra

Project Title : Development of Process for Dehydroaromatisation and Desulpherisation of Diesel

Sanctioned Year : 2005

Amount : 17.0 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE: TAPTEC

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Bhavikatti and Mrs. Y K Suneetha

Project Title : MODROBS for Instrumental Analysis lab

Sanctioned Year : 2002

Amount : 14.5 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : AICTE: Under MODROBS

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Samita Maitra

Research Students Publications

Student Name : Rajesh Kumar Kodi

Title of the Paper : Activated bentonite clay–based dry‐wash purification of waste, cooking oil biodiesel in comparison with a wet washing process

Research Description : Biodiesel obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils and fats is an alternative for petro-diesel fuel. Purification of biodiesel is one of the crucial steps in the production of biodiesel. The conventional wet washing of biodiesel involves huge quantities of water, energy, and time. Therefore, dry washing was carried out with raw bentonite clay, sulfuric acid–activated bentonite clay, and calcinated bentonite clay. Bentonite clay of 200 mesh size, activated with 0.5 M sulfuric acid mediated dry washing, showed best results in the removal of soap residue and free fatty acids with stirring for 60 min at 60 °C temperature. The comparative studies with wet washing using bore well water, reverse osmosis water, and distilled water showed that the sulfuric acid activated bentonite to be efficient in the purification of biodiesel.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2022

File Name : Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

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Student Name : Kiran Prasad JP, Suryamurthy M

Title of the Paper : A case study of Beirut Explosion

Research Description : International Conference on Recent Innovations in Chemical and Biological Engineering (RICBE-2k21), 16th to 18th September, 2021, CHE S5 PP04 P86

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2021

Student Name : Munukutla Shruthi, Patel Sakshi

Title of the Paper : Recent Progress Study on Cooling Towers

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2021

Student Name : Debankur Kumar Saha

Title of the Paper : An Overview Of Recent Developments In Nuclear Reactors And Energy Production

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2021

Student Name : Hemanth Chandrashekar, Anirudh T Gudi, Gurudatt S Shenvi, Abhishek Kishanlal Bagamar

Title of the Paper : Simulation Studies of Selective Methylation of Toluene using UNISIM and Spreadsheet Interface

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Shivakumar R

Year : 2021

Student Name : Shishir Neupane, Anish Anand, Afthab Ahmed Sheikh

Title of the Paper : Development of Efficient Electrode and Design of Microbial Fuel Cell to Generate Electricity from Waste Water.

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Soumen Panda

Year : 2021

Student Name : Devika R Balasubramaniama

Title of the Paper : Acoustic Field Assisted Demixing Studies in Aqueous Two-Phase System with Peg and Potassium Phosphate

Research Description : CHEMCON 2021. 12/2021

Faculty Coordinator : Shivakumar R and Chetan A Nayak

Year : 2021

Student Name : Manasa A.

Title of the Paper : Preparation of Edible Water Bubble

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2021

Student Name : Mookambika N C

Title of the Paper : Synthesis and slip casting of barium strontium alumino silicate.

Research Description : 2nd International Conference on advanced Materials & Technology (ICMAT-20). 2020/1.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Y. K. Suneetha

Year : 2020

Student Name : VS Vishal, TS Sumanth, Vasthi Sai Praneeth, DM Nishant, Sirisha Nallakukkala

Title of the Paper : Synthesis of Graphene Oxide and its Applications in Wastewater Treatment and Power Storage.

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Soumen Panda

Year : 2020

Student Name : Priya Poulose

Title of the Paper : Synthesis and Properties of a New Chitosan‐Based Shape Memory Polymer and its Composites.

Research Description : Chemistry Select 6 (4), 2020, 808-819.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Y. K. Suneetha

Year : 2020

Student Name : Vivek Amrita Prabhu K, Ferrao Rebecca De Maria, Karan Manoj, Nidhi Satish, Sai Harshitha S

Title of the Paper : Analysis of Prepared Acoustic Boards from Natural Waste Materials using Actran Software and Its Application.

Research Description : Application. Global Journal of Material science and Engineering 1, 2020, 23-30.

Faculty Coordinator : Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Year : 2020

Student Name : Vinaya Masali

Title of the Paper : TREATMENT OF GELATIN BASED INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT WITH DE-OILED GROUNDNUT CAKE AS NATURAL COAGULANT AND OZONATION

Research Description : The hard gelatin capsule production pharmaceutical companies produce a high strength colored wastewater with a high protein content, a high COD and TSS concentrations. Effluents are highly complex in nature and applying conventional methods to treat would be difficult. Hence the techniques li e Electrocoagulation (EC), Chemical coagulation, chemical oxidations are being investigated by the researchers.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. C T Puttaswamy

Year : 2020

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Student Name : Pradeep HN

Title of the Paper : Enhanced stability of C-phycocyanin colorant by extrusion encapsulation

Research Description : .J Food Sci Technol 56, 4526–4534.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Year : 2019

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Student Name : Shwetha

Title of the Paper : Biodegradable Fabric Development and Testing.

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. G. N. Rameshaiah

Year : 2019

Student Name : H.N. Pradeep

Title of the Paper : Enhanced stability of C-phycocyanin colorant by extrusion encapsulation

Research Description : C-phycocyanin (C-PC) a blue color phycobiliproteins used as a food colorant, therapeutics, medicines, health food and biomarkers. In the present study, morphological property of encapsulated C-PC and its stability under various conditions like temperature, pH conditions are discussed. Microencapsulated droplets formed by extrusion found to be spherical with average size 1.2 ± 0.1 mm. SEM micrographs of freeze dried encapsulate confirmed the spherical shape. The effect of droplet formation with varying alginate percentage (1.5%, 2.0% and 2.5% w/v) was studied. In the stability test at 70 °C and 80 °C relative concentration (CR %) was found to be 86.89 and 88.19%, respectively. The encapsulated C-PC showed a slow degradation at higher temperature compared to without encapsulated C-PC which was confirmed by UV–visible absorbance.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Year : 2019

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Student Name : Mohammed Riyaz A M and Drishya Priya S

Title of the Paper : Fluidized Bed Drying of Carrot and Beetroot Cubes

Research Description : International Conference SPICE’18. 6/2018.

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Sainath K

Year : 2018

Student Name : Gajendra Prasad J.

Title of the Paper : Development of Effective Electrodes and Electricity Generation in Continuous Microbial Fuel Cell using Poultry Wastewater

Research Description : International Journal of Renewable Energy and its Commercialization. 4(1), 2018, 1-11.

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Soumen Panda

Year : 2018

Student Name : R Pranesh, Namrata Shanmukh Panji, Tarun Malhotra, Keshav AV

Title of the Paper : Development of electrodes for use in Microbial Fuel Cells for wastewater treatment and power generation.

Research Description : Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology. 2(2), 2018, 987-994.

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Soumen Panda

Year : 2018

Student Name : Sahana C Hiremath

Title of the Paper : Isolation of Omega 3 Fatty Acid from Fish Oil.

Research Description : Sahyadri International Journal of Research, Vol 4, Issue 1, 2018.

Faculty Coordinator : Prof. CT Puttaswamy

Year : 2018

Student Name : Gajendra Prasad

Title of the Paper : Microbial Fuel Cells: Types of MFC and Different Source of Substrate

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Soumen Panda

Year : 2018

Student Name : Kalghatgi Sameer and Gayathri Nair

Title of the Paper : Rotating Double Pipe Heat Exchanger

Faculty Coordinator : Mr. Sainath K

Year : 2018

Student Name : Chaitra Chikkagoudar Akash M.B. Kaushal, Vindhya K. Masthi, and R Neelakandan

Title of the Paper : CFD Simulation of Nano fluid as a Coolant in Double Pipe Heat Exchanger

Faculty Coordinator : Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Year : 2018

Student Name : Aishwarya S. Rao and Gayathri Nair

Title of the Paper : Development of a device to capture particulate matter from vehicle exhaust

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Y K Suneetha

Year : 2018

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Student Name : Tejashwini D. E.

Title of the Paper : Nano -sized Chitosan Particles in Bioremediation of aqueous media contaminated by Toxic Chromium (VI)

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Y. K. Suneetha

Year : 2017

Student Name : H. N. Pradeep

Title of the Paper : Microencapsulation of C-Phycocyanin by Microfludics

Research Description : C-phycocyanin a blue colored pigment from Spirulina platensis is selected as encapsulating biomaterial. This pigment is a phycobiliprotein is used as natural dye and has good therapeutic values. In the present study, C-phycocyanin is encapsulated within calcium alginate gel matrix using microfluidic device. A microfluidic device comprising of two cross-junction channels (100 µm depth, 200 µm width) is designed for encapsulation of the pigment. Micro-fluidic devices have been used for continuous synthesis, control, and characterization of high-quality droplets, in which the synthesis process can deliver mono dispersed size distribution. C-phycocyanin pigment is mixed with sodium alginate solution dispersed through the microfluidic channel.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Year : 2016

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Student Name : Shoaib Sharief

Title of the Paper : Concentration of C-Phycocyanin from Spirulina Platensis using forward osmosis membrane process

Research Description : Forward osmosis is a novel membrane process used for removal of water from dilute aqueous solutions and concentrating them, products such as liquid foods and natural colors can be concentrated while retaining organoleptic and nutritional properties. The concentration of a natural colorant called C-Phycocyanin (C-PC) extract from a Cyanobacteria Spirulina platensis was explored by forward osmosis process. The effect of various parameters such as change in Feed and Osmotic Agent (OA) flow rate (25–125 mL/min), OA concentration (1–6 M NaCl) was studied during the concentration of C-PC by using two different modules having different membrane area for forward osmosis. An attempt was made in order to obtain a food grade C-PC. The extract of crude C-PC content was concentrated from 0.288 mg mL−1 initial concentration to 0.313 mg mL−1.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Chetan A Nayak

Year : 2016

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Student Name : H. N. Shalini

Title of the Paper : Forward osmosis membrane concentration of raw sugarcane juice

Research Description : Conventional thermal evaporation and pressure driven process that is reverse osmosis are widely used to concentrate liquid foods, but they are highly energy intensive and expensive. Forward osmosis which is promising membrane process is extensively studied as an alternative process to concentrate liquid foods. This paper focuses on comparison of thermally concentrated and forward osmosis membrane processes to concentrate sugarcane juice. Forward osmosis (FO) stands next in cutting edge membrane technology to concentrate the sugarcane juice to syrup. The difference in osmotic pressure across the membrane is the driving force for FO, wherein the water from sugarcane juice is transferred to the other side that is to draw solution through the membrane at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature.

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Year : 2016

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Student Name : Bipin R Sagar

Title of the Paper : Production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass

Research Description : This study deals with the use of renewable lignocellulosic biomass to synthesis ethanol as an alternative energy source to crude oil using a low-cost feasible process. Lignocellulosic biomass usually contains hemicellulose and cellulose which could be converted to fermentable sugar like glucose. Renewable agricultural byproducts like sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw, water hyacinth, ragi, and rice straw were selected for producing ethanol. They were pretreated with mild, dilute acid using 2% H2SO4 (v/v), followed by enzymatic saccharification using locally isolated fungal species Aspergillus niger to convert complex polysaccharide into simple sugar. Optimization of reaction condition was carried out with the help of chemically predefined media at temperature of 38 C and pH 4.8. The reduced sugars were estimated using the dinitrosalicylic acid method. Fermentation was carried using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by stationary fermentation method at temperature of 35 C under anaerobic conditions. Produced ethanol was estimated using NaOH-Iodine precipitation method. Maximum ethanol yield was obtained with sugarcane bagasse around 11.90 g/lit followed by wheat straw 9.56 g/lit, rice straw 8.84 g/lit, ragi straw 7.01 g/lit, and water hyacinth 6.19 g/lit of ethanol in fermentation.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. C T Puttaswamy

Year : 2016

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Student Name : Divya S Tuppad

Title of the Paper : Study on different parameters during hydrolysis of colloidal chitin using Trichoderma harzianum, a vegetative fungus

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. G N Rameshaiah and Dr. Y K Suneetha

Year : 2016

Student Name : J. Pallavi

Title of the Paper : Nano fertilizers and nano sensors – an attempt for developing smart agriculture

Research Description : Biochemical Engineering

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. G N Rameshaiah and Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Year : 2015

File Name : Journal Paper, 2015

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Student Name : Saurabh N Hegde, Ranjith R, Avinash S M , Suprith N

Title of the Paper : CFD Studies on Suitability of Blending Imported Coal with an Indian Coal during Normal Air Combustion

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Samita Maitra and Dr. Shivakumar R

Year : 2015

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Student Name : Ranol. D. Souza and T.P. Nithin

Title of the Paper : Review of action of cationic and anionic surfactants on corrosion inhibition of steel in acidic medium

Faculty Coordinator : Mrs. N. Sirisha

Year : 2015

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Student Name : Govindarajan Varsha and Malini Dasgupta

Title of the Paper : Review on synthesis of selected Mesoporous particles

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Sainath K

Year : 2015

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Student Name : M. L. Jagadish Reddy

Title of the Paper : Applications of Ligninolytic Enzymes from a White-Rot Fungus Trametes versicolor

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. G N Rameshaiah

Year : 2015

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Student Name : Aishwarya Sriraman and Namratha Prabhu

Title of the Paper : Outcomes of Laboratory Experimentation in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Research Description : Outcome Based Education

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. G N Rameshaiah, Dr. Y K Suneetha, and Mrs. Shabnam Siddiqui

Year : 2015

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Student Name : Anup L, Syed Faraaz Hussain, Subramaniam T.G, Sandeep S

Title of the Paper : Supercapacitor Using a Liquid Dielectric Material

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Samita Maitra

Year : 2014

Student Name : Manas Manohar, Srijan Kumar Vaidyanathan

Title of the Paper : Study of Flow Behaviour in Capillary Channel for Acetic Acid/Kerosene System

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Samita Maitra

Year : 2014

Student Name : Shubham Singh, Soham Roy Chowdhury, Bindushree R P, Kinnera P

Title of the Paper : Removal of CO2 using Aqueous Blends of Amines by Chemical Absorption Method: Modeling

Research Description : Carbon capture from point source emissions has been recognized as one of the several
strategies necessary for mitigating unfettered release of greenhouse gases (GHG’s) into
the atmosphere to prevent global warming. To keep the GHG’s at manageable level,
large decrease of CO2 should take place through capture technologies like chemical
absorption. Alkanolamines such as monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA),
and N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) have been used for gas treating at industries.
There has been a growing interest today for gas treating by using blended amines. The
mixed amine systems, which combine the higher equilibrium capacity of the tertiary
amine with the higher reaction rate of the primary or secondary amine, can bring about
considerable improvement in gas absorption like MDEA/MEA and MDEA/DEA are
compared based on the reaction kinetics. Modeling is applied for absorption rate
constants for the above blended amines using MATLAB.

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Sainath K

Year : 2014

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Student Name : Rohan Bhatnagar and Prajwal Kumar

Title of the Paper : Effect of activation parameters on corrosion rate of mild steel plates for different concentration of caffeine as inhibitor

Faculty Coordinator : Dr. Samita Maitra and Dr. Shivakumar R

Year : 2013

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Research Documents

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Title : Name of company: Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bengaluru

Description: Duration: 04.06.2024 to 03-06-2027 The primary objectives of MOU are a) BMSCE and CMTI to recognize each other as Centers of Excellence for Academic and research collaborations and to share their facilities and resources for research and other mutual benefits. b) To undertake collaborative research in Materials, Surface Engineering, Additive manufacturing and other Advanced Manufacturing Technology. c) To seek CMTI’s expertise to revitalize and upgrade the research potential of BMSCE. d) To undertake joint research activities with National and International Funding support (for Ex. GOI S&T agencies like DST, CSIR, SERC etc.) e) CMTI may offer full semester industry relevant PG projects at CMTI to the eligible final year students of BMSCE, subject to their meeting. CMTI’s prescribed selection criteria and availability of projects and project guides.

Year : 2024

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Title : Name of company: Renalyx Health Systems Private Limited, Bengaluru

Description: Duration: 11.05.2022 to 10-05-2025 Objectives 1. Recognize the mutual interest in the fields of research training and development and dissemination of knowledge and recognize the importance of research preclinical role in promoting industry and research activities provides sufficient knowledge to Students of the Institution. 2. Provides Internship to students to cater to the needs of Industry. 3. Enhances Practical exposure to students.

Year : 2022

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Title : Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Between Vision Science Research Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia and B.M.S. College

Description: The NDA Agreement Between Vision Science Research Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia and Dr. Shivakumar. R and Dr. Samita Maitra, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru. The Agreement between the Parties is to explore a patent cooperation arrangement with the Vision Science Research Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia in the field of Electrode materials for battery applications.

Year : 2021

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Title : Synthesis and Biodegradation of Polydimethylsiloxane for application as media in AFFM

Description: Legal Agreement with Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bengaluru. 1. The company had taken BMSCE Chemical Engineering students for a project for specific research work 2. Hired students to conduct testing of Protocol for their IPR filing. Students were paid scholarships. 3. Developed the fume hood present in the department for testing purposes.

Year : 2021

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Title : Name of company: Udjan Energy Private Ltd, Bengaluru

Description: Duration: 21.04.2018 to 20-04-2019 Output: a. College facility was utilized for R&D work by Udjan Energy Pvt. Ltd. b. Two engines were donated to the BMSCE by the company

Year : 2018

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Title : Name of company: Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bengaluru.

Description: Duration: 10.12.2018 to 09-12-2021 Outcomes: a. Three R and D projects were undertaken and completed successfully i. Synthesis and characterization of viscoelastic polymer- One UG project ii. Synthesis of photo polymerized polymer- Two UG projects iii. Biodegradation of synthesized polymer- One UG Project and one PG project b. Free analytical facility was extended during the above period from CMTI c. Two faculty published research article in journal Manufacturing Technology Today (MIT) indexed in Indian Citation Index (ICI) and is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) Sl. No. 41, Journal No. 3830. d. One of the projects is funded as the properties of the synthesized polymer were convincing. Polymer synthesized in our lab is synthesized first time in India for the specific application. e. An institute level seminar was arranged on 13th November 2021 on Nano sensors and IoT, delivered by Mr. Shanmugaraj V, Head, Vision Tech. and Controls at CMTI. f. Two faculty and one PG student presented research paper in the national level conference conducted by CMTI in March 2018 at CMTI, Bengaluru. g. The project undertaken was converted to collaborated research project and funded by CMTI. A project fellow was appointed and the material development and degradation study is in progress.

Year : 2018

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Title : Name of company: Yokogawa India Ltd., Bengaluru

Description: Duration of MoU: 29-07-2015 to 28-07-2016 Output: a. 5 days of industrial training on Field instrumentation and programmable logic controller during Sept. 2015, was conducted b. Job interview conducted for final year student of 2015 batch c. Company continued to hire BMSCE students

Year : 2015

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Title : Name of company: Yokogawa India. Ltd, Bengaluru

Description: Duration: 18-07-2014 to 17-07-2015 Output: a. 5 days of industrial training on process instrumentation with distributed control system concepts during June 2014, was carried out b. An expert talk was arranged on 5th Feb 2015

Year : 2014

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Title : Name of company: Intellectual Ventures

Description: 01-08-2013 to 31-08-2014 I. Student internship provided and fume hood was procured

Year : 2013