Ph.D. and Project Guidance
Ph.D. Thesis Awarded:
1. Akanksha Saini- Thesis Title : Computation of Thermodynamic, Excess, Transport & allied Properties to study Intermolecular Interactions in binary and higher order Liquid Mixtures. Awarded in July 2017. Presently Senior Associate Regulatory Writer at Novartis.
2. Amrita Natekar Rudreshwar- Thesis Title – Molecular Interaction Studies of Liquiid Mixtures based on Thermophysical Properties. Awarded in July 2022. Presently Assistant Professor in DMR PG College, Assagao, Goa.
Ph.D. Thesis Ongoing:
1. Aditi Prabhune – Thesis Title : Study of intermolecular interactions based on thermodynamic, transport, interfacial and optical properties. Status: Submitting Soon.
FD Semester Projects ( Last 5 years)
More than 50 undergraduate students had done their Study and Design Projects ( SP & DP ) in the past five years. These have resulted in publications in International Peer Reviewed journals and Paper Presentations in National and International Conferences.
1. 1. Dey-Biswas Equation is Highly Effective for Viscosity Prediction of Binary and Multi component Liquid Mixtures Including Ionic Liquid Mixtures, Aaditi Basarkar, Ranjan Dey, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 367 120457 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120457
2. 2. A Fresh look at the Hind Ubbelohde approach: Simple yet effective modification, Sanyukta Jain, Ranjan Dey, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 333, 115919 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115919.
3. A reliable and novel approach based on Thermodynamic property estimation of Low to High Salinities Aqueous Sodium Chloride Solutions for Water Energy Nexus (WEN) applications, Lubna Rehman, Ranjan Dey, Lai Zhiping, Asim Ghosh, Anirban Roy, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59 (36), 16029-16042(2020).
4. 4. Performance Evaluation of Wind - Solar Hybrid System in Indian Context, Rahul Shityalkar, Ranjan Dey, Anagha Pathak, Niranjan Kulhare, Sandesh Jadkar, Springer Nature, doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5955-6_22; (2020).
5. 5. Densities, Viscosities and excess parameters of octanol with alkyl(C1-C4) acetates at varying temperatures, D. Venkatesan, Joshua Amarnath D., T. Srinivasa Krishna, Piyashi Biswas, Ranjan Dey, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 299(2020)11221. N.R. Vinay, K. Sivakumar, Ranjan Dey,
6.Molecular Interaction studies based on transport, thermodynamic and excess properties of aniline and alkanol mixtures at varying temperatures, M. Swetha Sandhya, Piyashi Biswas,Journal of Molecular Liquids, 278, 219-225 (2019).
7. A Novel and effective approach for viscosity prediction of binary and multicomponent liquid mixtures, Ranjan Dey and Piyashi Biswas, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 265, 356-360 (2018).,
8. Acoustical and Optical properties of binary liquid mixtures: A Comparative Study, Ranjan Dey, Praveen Rangnath P., Kartikeya Tiwari and Aditya P PandeyIndian Journal of Chemistry-A, 57 A, 920-925(2018).
Several Students have presented their Projects and won Prizes and Accolades in International and National Conferences and Events.
· TADA LAHARI WON THE BEST PAPER PRESENTATION IN APOGEE 2021.
· HARDIK HINGORANI AND SHASHWAT VERMA WON FIRST AND SECOND BITSAA RESEARCH AWARDS.
· SANYUKTA JAIN PRESENTED HER WORK IN THERMAM 2020 IN GERMANY AND THE WORK WAS PULBISHED IN Journal of Molecular Liquids 333 (2021) 115919.
· PIYASHI BISWAS DEVELOPED A VOLUME FRACTION BASED MODEL FOR VISCOSITY PREDICTION( DEY-BISWAS MODEL) WHICH WAS PRESENTED IN THERMAM 2017 IN ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY, GERMANY AND PUBLISHED. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 265, 356-360 (2018).
· PRAVEEN RANGNATH WON THE SECOND PRIZE IN THE RSC YOUNG RESEARCHERS MEET IN 2018.
· AADITI BASARKAR PRESENTED HER FINDINGS IN 9TH INTL CONF. ON TECHNICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN 2021 & PAPER PUBLISHED IN 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120457 ( IMPACT FACTOR- 6.63)