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Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Advanced Process Control
Process Monitoring and Control
Sensors and Microreactors
Catalysis and Pyrolysis
Applied Wavelet Analysis
Reactive Distillation
Modeling and Simulation
Consciousness Studies

Thesis/Dissertation:

PhD Thesis : Wavelet-based Identification and Control of Chemical Processes, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani – 333031, Rajasthan, July 2006.
M.Tech. Thesis : Magnesium Aluminate Catalyzed Pyrolysis of n-Heptane, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur – 200106, UP, April 1998.
B.E. Thesis : Manufacture of Urea by Mitsui Toatsu C-Improved Process, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (former Regional Engineering College), Rourkela – 769008, Orissa, April 1995.

PhD Students:

Sl. No.	Name of the Candidate	Title of the Thesis	Role	Date of Completion
1.	Ajaya Kumar Pani (2007PHXF405P)	Design of Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Cement Manufacturing Processes	Supervisor	August 13, 2015
2.	Parikshit Kishor Singh (2007PHXF432P) (Co-supervised with Prof. Surekha Bhanot)	Design and Implementation of Intelligent Control Schemes for pH Neutralization Process	Co-Supervisor	April 22, 2016
3.	Shweta Sharma (2014PHXF002P) (Co-supervised with Prof. Banasri Roy)	Development of metal/ceramic oxide and related nano-catalyst systems for hydrogen and hydrogen rich fuel production from biomass derived hydrocarbon	Co-Supervisor	Feb 24, 2020
4.	S. Venkata Vijayan (2016PHXF0017P) (Co-supervised with Dr. Ajaya Kumar Pani)	Design of Adaptive Soft Sensor for Monitoring and Control of Industrial Processes	Co-Supervisor	Submitted on Dec 31, 2022
5.	Ajita Neogi (2018PHXF0004P) (Co-supervising with Dr. Priya C. Sande)	Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of a Bench-Scale Fluidised Bed of Geldard A Particles	Co-Supervisor	On-going (Jan 13, 2020 – till date)

Higher Degree Dissertation (HDD) Students:

Sl. No.	Name of the Candidate	Title of the Dissertation	Date of Completion
1	Sreelakshmi Rajesh	Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Ethyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Column	May, 2022
2	Aditya Ranpura	Wavelet Neural Network Based Design of Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Complex Industrial Processes	May, 2021
3	Hemanand T	Mathematical Modeling of Reactive Distillation Column Using Tearing Equations Methodology	Dec, 2018
4	Pritish Prayag Sahoo	Design of Soft Sensor for a Reactive Distillation Column	May, 2018
5	Dhivya Jagadish	Development of Soft Sensor for Methyl Acetate Reactive Distillation System	May, 2017
6	Akanksha Pathak (Co-supervised with Dr. Banasri Roy)	Development of Metal Doped Bismuth Vanadate Nanocatalyst System for Hydrogen Production from Ethanol by Low Temperature Steam Reforming Method	May, 2016
7	Annie Christina Jenifer	Application of Existing Kinetic Model for Coke Oven Gas Reforming	May, 2016
8	Harshvardhan Singh	A Comparative Study on the Performance of Different Training Set Design Techniques	May, 2016
9	Dhrumil Gandhi	Implementation of Advance controller in Process Control Trainer using LabVIEW	May, 2016
10	Madana Venkata Sai Teja	Application of Advanced Controllers to a Fluid Catalytic Cracker	May, 2015
11	Dipankar Kalita	Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Drum Boiler	May, 2014
12	Yantrapati Taraka Revanth Kumar	A Comparative Control Study for Reactive Distillation of Methyl Acetate	May, 2013
13	Chhayakanta Acharya	Fuzzy Logic Based Nonlinear Control of Online pH-Neutralization Process	Dec, 2012
14	Vamsi Krishna Vadlamudi	Modeling and Simulation of Cement Rotary Kiln	May, 2011
15	Sonal K. Thengane	Modeling and Simulation of Spray Pulse Catalytic Dehydrogenation Reactor	May, 2011
16	Dipesh Shikchand Patle	Application of Generic Model Control in Online Control of Temperature in a Plate-type Heat Exchanger Unit	Dec, 2009
17	Unmesh Rameshrao Dhummal	Modeling, Simulation and Control of Hydrodealkylation Process	Dec, 2008
18	Amit Jaykumar Kanashetti	Modeling, Simulation and Control of Reactive Distillation	Dec, 2008
19	Naga Deeepika Kommuri	Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Debutanizer Column	Dec, 2007
20	Anil Kumar M.	Modeling, Simulation and Control of a pH Neutralization Process	Dec, 2006
21	Nikhil Prakash	Process Control using Wavelet Transform	May, 2003
22	Kunwarjit Singh	Application of Wavelet Transform in Removal of Noise from a Signal	May, 2002

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