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BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Department of Chemical

Engineering BROCHURE – January 2017

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Faculty: Chemical Engg.

Faculty have extensive experience in both industry and academic

Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli

Pulp&Paper Technology Dr. D. Purnima

Polymer Technology

Dr. Balaji Krishnamurthy

Electrochemical Engg. Prof. I. Sreedhar

Process Development

Prof. Srikanta Dinda

Petroleum Engg.

Dr. Karthik Chetan

Materails Technology

Dr. Asma Ahmed

Biochemical Engg.

Dr. Vikranth K. Surasani

Mathematical Modeling Mrs. Lakshmi Sirisha

Biochemical Engg.


Looking into the rapid change in the global industry environment, Department of

Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus is determined to nurture

new talents and create leaders and entrepreneurs who can bring high level value

addition to the Chemical and Allied industries. Our mission is to drive excellence in

Chemical Engineering education and training thereby lead to the creation of a

common platform for connecting academia and industry in the exchange of

knowledge.

Chemical Engineering department comprises of qualified faculty who have received

PhDs/Postdocs from IIT’s or universities abroad. The Department offers programs in

three tiers of Chemical Engineering i.e Bachelors (B.E), Masters (M.E) and Ph.D. Our

B.E students are placed in reputed companies such as Shell, Unilever, Honeywell,

etc. Currently 13 Research scholar & 3 project fellow are working in our dept.

Department has received funding from various agencies such as DST, BIRAC (DBT),

CSIR, ABSTC Mumbai, DRDO and BITS Pilani.

We invite experts to deliver talks to our students. Our faculty are also involved in

teaching for Industry Professionals under Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP).

We have conducted conferences & workshops namely GREEN 2012 – Race to

Innovation, Innovations in Chemical Engineering (2013), Advanced Materials for

Defence and Aerospace Applications (2014). Many faculty and students are members

of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE-HRC).

About the Department


Welcome to the Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS

Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Though the department is only 9

years old, it is rapidly growing with state of the art laboratory

infrastructure with all experimental and computational

facilities. The department currently has nine young faculty

members from diverse research areas like Reaction

Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Petroleum

Engineering, Material Science, Batteries and Fuel Cells and

Polymer Science & Technology, etc. At present department

has sponsored projects of worth Rs. 1.2 crores. We are

currently offering B.E Chemical Engineering, M.E Chemical

Engineering. We are running Minor degree program in

Materials Science and Engineering. The department boasts

around 75% placement record for last three outgoing batches

and 15 % have opted for higher studies. Our students are

unique in two aspects. They undergo 7.5 months of

industrial training in 2 phases (Practice School 1 & 2)

supervised by BITS faculty. They also enroll in lab oriented

project and/or thesis under faculty as a single course.

Message from HoD

Prof. Srikanta Dinda Head, Dept. of Chemical Engg

BITS Pilani, Deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956

Technicians, Staff & Research Scholars

Sreenivasulu AppalaNaidu Chandrakala

P. Somi Reddy

Sr. Tech. Asst. N. Bhaskara Raju

Jr. Technician

P. Appala Reddy

Technician

B. Raju

Technician

Madhavi Aparna

Gouthami

Jr. Office Asst

Manasa Premnath


Ongoing Sponsored

Projects

Sl.

No

Project Name Principal

Investigator

Funding

Agency

Amount

(in lakhs)

Start date &

Duration

1. Treatment of Nitrogenous

Waste using Microalgae and

its Utilization for Production

of Biofuels and Other Value

Added Products

Dr. Asma

Ahmed

BITS-

Pilani

45 Feb. 2014

(36 months)

2. Biofuels from lignocellulosic

biomass waste:

Biosolubilization and

biomethanation of lignin

Dr. Asma

Ahmed

DST 27.2 July 2014

(36 months)

3. Nano-scale Characterization

of Human Hair Fibres by

using Indentation Technique

Dr. Ramesh

B.

Adusumalli

DST 29.9 August 2014

(36 months)

4. Studies on CO2 Capture

from Flue Gases using

Regenerable Solid

Adsorbents

Prof.

Srikanta

Dinda

CSIR 23 Oct. 2015

(36 months)


Completed Sponsored

Projects in last 5 years

Project Title Principal

Investigator

Funding

Agency

Amount

(in lakhs)

Start date &

Duration

Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Dr. Balaji

Krishnamurthy ABG 12 2011-2014

Increase in productivity of

monoclonal antibody by

upstream process

optimization

Dr. Asma Ahmed

Aryogen

Biophar

ma, Iran

4.05 2013

(12 months)

Development of Synthetic

Resin Product Prof. Srikanta Dinda DST 22 August 2013

(36 months)

3-D Printer Filaments that

are Biomaterial-Based and

Eco-Friendly

Dr. Karthik Chethan

V.

BIRAC 34 June 2014

(18 months)

Characterization of Fibre /

Matrix interface in

Advanced Composites

Dr. Ramesh B. A, ASL

(DRDO)

9.96 Aug. 2015

(12 months)

Bioconversion of Coal

Rejects to Biogas and

Humic Acid

Dr. Asma Ahmed

( Ardee Hi-tech Pvt

Ltd,)

BIRAC 1.8 June 2015

(12 months)


Research Scholars Details

Sl.

NO.

Name Category Supervisor Topic of Research

1 Mr. B.

Sreenivasulu

Full time Prof. I.

Sreedhar

Kinetics and Engineering of Carbon Capture

by Chemical Looping Combustion

2

Mr. U. Appala

Naidu

Full time Prof. Srikanta

Dinda

Polymerization and Kinetic studies of Ketonic

resin synthesized by Environmentally friendly

method

3

Ms. Lakshmi

Sirisha . P

Full time Dr. Asma

Ahmed

Development of an environmental friendly

process for the production of biofuels and

value added products from Lignocellulosic

biomass residues.

4 Ms. K.

Chandrakala

Full time Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli

Mechanical Characterization of Human Hair

Fibers

5 Ms. Madhavi Full time Dr. Balaji Modelling of Fuel Cells

6 Ms. S. Aparna Full time Dr. D. Purnima Polymer blends and Composites

7 Ms. S N Manasa

Dhakshayani

Full time

Dr.

Karthik Cheth

an. V

Development and Characterization of

Electrospun Nanocomposites

8. Mr. Premanath

Full time Prof. Srikanta

Dinda

Studies on CO2 Capture from Flue Gases

using Regenerable Solid Adsorbents


Research Scholars (part time) and Project Fellows

Sl.

NO.

Name Category Supervisor Topic of Research

1. Mr. Pathi

Suresh

Part time Prof. I.

Sreedhar

Experimental and Modeling Studies of

Continuous Wet Granulation

2.

Ms. P. Madhuri Part time Dr. Ramesh

Adusumalli

Study of Pulp Characteristics after Cooking

and Bleaching for optimization of Process

parameters

3. Mr.Venkata

Surendra Part time

Dr. Vikranth

Surasani Process system Engineering

4. Mr. Sundaraiah

Konda Part time

Prof. Srikanta

Dinda Development of Endothermic fuel

5. Mrs. M. Vasavi

Part time Dr. Karthik

Chethan. V

Electrospinning nanofibers for purification

applications


Prof. Srikanta Dinda Associate Professor, Head of the Dept.

B.Sc. Chemistry : Vidyasagar

University, WB

B.Tech. : Calcutta University

M.Tech. : Calcutta University

Ph.D. : IIT Kharagpur

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303586

Email:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Reaction Engineering & catalysis,

• Petroleum Refining,

• CO2 capture,

• Synthetic & bio polymer,

Latest Publications

• Srikanta Dinda, Vijay Ravisankar, Palak Puri,

Development of Bio-epoxide from Nahor (Mesua

ferrea Linn) Oil, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of

Chemical engineers, 2016, 65, 399-404.

• Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Ramesh

babu A. Bio-epoxide and Bio-adhesive from Plant

oil, Korean journal of Chemical

Engineering, 2016, 33, 2915-2922.

• Appala Naidu U, Srikanta Dinda, Pravallika K,

Karthik C. V., Preparation and charecterization of

ketonoc polymer for coating applications,

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2016, 99, 251-

262.

• Chinthala Praveen K., Sukumar Mandal, Gopal

Ravichandran, Srikanta Dinda, Amit V. Gohel,

Ashwani Yadav, Asit kumar Das, Development of

a FCC catalyst/additive combination with high

tolerance to calcium contamination from lower

cost feedstock. Catalysis, PTQ, 2016, 21 57-63.


Prof. I. Sreedhar Associate Professor

B.Tech. : NIT Warangal

M.Tech. : IIT Delhi

Ph.D. : BITS Pilani, Pilani

Campus, India

Contact:

Tel: +91-40-66303512

E-mail:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Reaction Engineering,

• Process Development,

• Fluid Rheology,

• Carbon Capture,

Latest Publications

I.Sreedhar, R.Vaidhiswaran, Bansi M Kamani,

A.Venugopal, "Process and Engineering Trends in

Membrane based Carbon Capture", Renewable

and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 68, 2017, 659-

684.

I. Sreedhar, Y Kirti Kishan, "Process

Standardization and kinetics of Ethanol Driven

Biodiesel Production by Transesterification of

Ricebran Oil", International Journal of Industrial

Chemistry, 7 (2), 2016, 121-129.

B.Sreenivasulu, Ishan Vyas, Bansi M Kamani, I

Sreedhar, K V Raghavan, "Effect of Composition,

Synthesis Protocol and Pellet size of Cost Effective

Adsorbents doped with Flyash on Carbon

Capture", International Journal of Environmental

Science and Development", 7(11) 2016, 801-804.

B. Sreenivasulu, P. Suresh, I Sreedhar, K V

Raghavan, "Development Trends in the Porous

Adsorbents for Carbon Capture", Environmental

Science and Technology, 49(21), 2015, 12641-61.


Dr. D. Purnima Assistant Professor

B. Tech : Osmania University,

Hyderabad

M. Tech: Osmania University,

Hyderabad

Ph. D. : IIT Delhi

Contact:-

Tel :+91-40-66303554

Email : [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Blends and Composites,

• Natural Fibers,

• Characterization of Materials,

• Polymer processing.

Latest Publications

“A Review on Various Compatibilizers and its

Effect on Mechanical Properties of Compatibilized

Nylon Blends”, S. Aparna, D. Purnima, and R. B.

Adusumalli, Polymer-Plastic Technology and

Engineering. (Accepted - September 2016) .

“Interfacial Adhesion through Maleic Anhydride

Grafting of EPDM in PP/EPDM Blend”, D.

Purnima, S. N. Maiti, A. K. Gupta, Journal of

Applied Polymer Science, 2006, 102, 5528-5532.


Dr. Balaji Krishnamurthy Assistant Professor

B.Tech. : CECRI, Karaikudi,

Tamilnadu

Ph.D. : Univ. of South Carolina,

USA

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303552

Email: [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Batteries & Fuel cells,

• Energy systems,

• Electrochemical Engineering,

• Mathematical modeling of

Electrochemical systems.

Latest Publications

An Empirical rate constant based model to

study capacity fading in lithium ion batteries,

Srivatsan Ramesh and Balaji Krishnamurthy,

International Journal of Electrochemistry,

Volume 2015, Article ID 439015;

A Mathematical model to study the capacity

fading in lithium ion batteries-formation and

dissolution reactions, Srivatsan Ramesh and

Balaji Krishnamurthy, Journal of

Electrochemical Society, 162(4), A 545(2015);

Modeling the effect of potential drop across the

SEI layer on the performance of lithium ion

batteries, Saksham Phul, Abhishek Deshpande

and Balaji Krishnamurthy, Electrochimica Acta,

164, 281 (2015).

A generalized mathematical model to study

capacity fading in lithium ion batteries-Effect of

Solvent and lithium transport, Journal of

Electrochemical Science and Engineering, 2015,

10.5599/jese.197.

mailto:[email protected]




Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli Assistant Professor

B. Tech : CBIT College (Osmania

Univ.), Hyderabad

M.S : University of Applied

Sciences, Reutlingen, Germany

Ph.D. : University of Natural

Resources and Applied Life

Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Contact :

Tel : +91-40-66303554

Email :

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Composites,

• Wood, Pulp & Paper Technology,

• Fibre Technology,

Latest Publications

Jakob Schwiedrzik, Rejin Raghavan, Markus

Rüggeberg, Silla Hansen, Juri Wehrs, Ramesh B.

Adusumalli, Tanja Zimmermann & Johann

Michler. Identification of polymer matrix yield

stress in the wood cell wall based on micropillar

compression and micromechanical modelling.

Philosophical Magazine: Part A Materials Science;

DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2016.1235292

Aparna S, Purnima D, Ramesh Babu Adusumalli.

A Review on Various Compatibilizers And Its Effect

On Mechanical Properties Of Compatibilized Nylon

Blends. Polymer-Plastics Technology and

Engineering; DOI:

10.1080/03602559.2016.1233280;

Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil Sainath and R.B.

Adusumalli. Production of bio-epoxide and bio-

adhesive from non-edible oil. Korean Journal of

Chemical Engineering. 33(10), 2915-2922; 2016

Shubham Mishra, Chandrakala Kunchi, Karthik

Chethan Venkateshan, Ravi Chandra

Gundakaram, Ramesh Babu Adusumalli.

Nanoindentaion and Tensile testing of Human

Hair Fibres. Journal of Materials Science 51(22)

10191-10204; 2016


Dr. Karthik Chethan Assistant Professor

B.E. : University Of Mysore,

Karnataka

M.S. : University Of Utah, USA

Ph.D. : McMaster University,

Canada

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303613


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Biomaterials,

• Encapsulation and composite

applications,

• Protein denaturation,

• Liquid-liquid phase separation

latest Publications

Physicochemical Properties of Soy Protein:

Effects of Subunit Composition. Guangyan Qi,

Karthik Venkateshan, Xiaoqun Mo, Lu Zhang,

and Xiuzhi Susan Sun, J. Agric. Food Chem., 59,

18, 9958-9964 (2011),

Functional, Physiochemical, and Rheological

Properties of Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)

Protein. Yu, G., Liu, H., Venkateshan, K., Yan, S.,

Cheng, J., Sun, X. S. and Wang, D.

Transactions of the ASABE. 54(2), 555-561

(2011).

Book Chapter: Thermodynamic and microscopy

studies of urea-soy protein composites.

Venkateshan, K and Sun, X. S., ACS Symposium

Series: Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis

and Biomaterials, 1043, Chapter. 5, 59-70

(2010).

Mechanical and Thermal Properties, Morphology,

and Relaxation Characteristics of Poly (lactic acid)

and Soy Flour/Wood Flour Blends. Li, Y.,

Venkateshan, K. and Sun, X. S., Polymer

International, 59, 8, 1099 (2010).





Dr. Asma Ahmed Assistant Professor

B.Tech. : CBIT College (Osmania Univ.,

Hyderabad

Ph.D. : Oklahoma State University,

USA

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303618


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Production of biofuels from biomass.

• Bioreactor design for solid state

fermentation.

• Cell Culture process optimization

• Biopharmaceutical production.

Latest Publications

• Improved Ammonium Removal from

Industrial Wastewater through systematic

adaptation of wild type Chlorella

pyrenoidosa. Ahmed, A. Nimmakayala, J.,

Ramesh, A (2016) Water Science and

Technology doi: 10.2166/wst.2016.507

• Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural

Residues by locally isolated

fungus Neurospora discreta. Pamidipati, S. &

Ahmed, A.(2016). Appl Biochem

Biotechnol doi:10.1007/s12010-016-2302-6

• Effects of Biomass-generated Producer Gas

Constituents on Cell-growth, Product

Distribution and Hydrogenase Activity

of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T. Ahmed,

A., Cateni,B. G., Huhnke, R.L., Lewis, R.S.

(2006) Biomass and Bioenergy 30(7): 665-672.

• Fermentation of Biomass-generated

Synthesis Gas: Effects of Nitric Oxide.

Ahmed, A. and Lewis, R.S.(2007), Biotechnology

and Bioengineering 97(5): 1080-1086





Dr. Vikranth K. Surasani Assistant Professor

B. Tech: RV College, Bangalore

M.E.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Ph.D.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303633


pilani.ac.in

Latest Publications

V. K. Surasani, F. Kretschmer, P. Heidecke, M.

Peglow and E. Tsotsas, "Biomass combustion in a

fluidized-bed system: an integrated model for

dynamic plant simulations", Industrial &

Engineering Chemistry Research 50(17): 9936-

9943, 2011,

V. K. Surasani, L. Li, J. B. Ajo-Franklin, C.

Hubbard, S. S. Hubbard, Y. Wu, “Selective

Bioclogging and Permeability Alteration by L.

mesenteroides: a Reactive Transport Modeling

Study at Reservoir Scale”, Energy and Fuels 2013,

27 (11), pp 6538–6551,

Wu, V. K. Surasani, L. Li, S. S. Hubbard,

“Geophysical monitoring and reactive transport

modeling of bioclogging processes induced by

leuconostoc mesenteroides”, Geophysics 2014,

79(1), E61–E73,.

Sashank Srinivasan, V. K. Surasani, “CFD

Analysis of Effects of Surface Fouling on Wind

Turbine Airfoil Profiles”, Volume 4, Issue 5,

Pages:1-11, International Journal of Energy and

Power Engineering, 2015,

Research Interest: • Pore Network Modeling in Process

Engg.

• Reactive transport in porous media.

• Modeling of Biogeochemical

Interaction

• Numerical Simulation of Souring and

Desouring phenomena


Ms Lakshmi Sirisha Lecturer

B. Tech: Chemical Engineering,

University of Mumbai, Mumbai.

M.E.: BioProcess Technology, UDCT,

Mumbai.

Ph.D.: Pursuing


pilani.ac.in

Selected Publications

Pamidipati, S. & Ahmed, A. (2016),

Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues

by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora

discreta. Appl Biochem Biotechnol

doi:10.1007/s12010-016-2302-6

Koli, A. C., Subhedar, P. B., Pamidipati, S.

and Gaikar, V. G. (2016), Mathematical model

for reactive recovery of invertase by chemical

permeabilization of baker's yeast. J. Chem.

Technol. Biotechnol., 91: 1266–1273.

doi:10.1002/jctb.4716

Research Interest:

Research area: "Biofuels and other

value added products

from lignocellulosic biomass“

.





Patents by Dept. Faculty

Patents Granted /issued

1. G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) additive and catalyst preparation method, 2016, CN10381856B.

2. S. Dinda, P. K. Chinthala, A. Gohel, A. Yadav, S. Mandal, G. Ravichandran and A. K. Das, Process and

catalyst compositions / additive, for reducing the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)process in the fuel gas

yield. 2016, CN103703105 B.

3. G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, FCC catalyst additive and a method for its preparation, 2015, US9067196 B2.


composition of catalyst/additive for reducing fuel gas yield in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)

process. 2015, Pat. No: EP 2729553 A4.


composition of catalyst/additive for reducing fuel gas yield in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process. 2015,

Pat. No: IN 2013MU02755 A1.


composition of catalyst/additive for reducing fuel gas yield in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)

process. 2014, Pat. No: US 20140116923 A1.

7. Hasnat Abul, Bhaskar Krishna Arumugam, Pamidipati Sirisha. Reactive Distillation Process for the

Preparation of Acetaminophen, US 20120065423 A1.

8. Mo. X., Liu, J. and Greenberg, M. (Wrigley, Inc.), Sun, X. S., Qi, G., Venkateshan, K. and Zhang, L. Chewing

Gum Elastomers from Soy Protein Fractions. US Patent Filed, 2012 Application No. 13420751.


Books/ Book Chapters published in last 5 years

1. Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Appala Naidu U., S. Girish, Materials, Energy and

Environment Engineering, Springer nature, 2016, ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4.

2. Ramesh Babu Adusumalli, Karthik Chethan V, Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter. Micromechanics

of Cellulose Fibres and their Composites. Wood is Good: Current Trends and Future

Prospects in Wood Utilization; ISBN 978-981-10-3115-1.

3. Srikanta Dinda, Nihit Bandaru, Radhev Paleti, Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, ISBN-

9781771880770 CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2015.

4. I.Sreedhar, K.Radhakishan and K.V. Raghavan. “Industrial Catalysis and Separations:

Innovations for Process Intensification” CRC Press (2014). ISBN 9781926895963

5. Srikanta Dinda. Epoxidation of Vegetable Oils. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,

ISBN:978-3-659-31622-7 (2013)

6. Srikanta Dinda, Karthik Chethan V, Vikranth K. Surasani. Proceedings of National

Conference on "Innovations in Chemical Engineering (ICE 2013)", Nov 15-16, BITS, Pilani

Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad. BS Publications. ISBN: 978-81-7800-3290.

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Major Thrust Areas and Faculty Specialization

Specialization Number of Faculty Members

Separation Processes 3

Material Science and Nano Materials 3

Polymer Technology 3

Reaction Engineering and Catalysis 3

Modelling and Simulation 2

Biochemical Engineering 2

Energy and Environment Studies 2

Fuel Cells and Batteries 1

Paper and Pulp Technology 1

Petroleum Engineering 1


Sl.

No.

Teaching Lab Title

1. Selected Chemical Engineering Operations

(Workshop2)

2. Transport Phenomena (Workshop2)

3. Process Control (D 226)

4. Chemical Reaction Engineering lab (D 228)

5. Petroleum Engineering Lab (D 227B)

Teaching labs


Teaching labs

Transport Phenomena

Lab Selected Chemical

Engg Operations Lab Process Control Lab

Petroleum Lab


Sl. No. Research Lab

1. Environmental Engineering lab - D 209

2 Advanced Separations Lab – D 210

3. Materials Science & Engineering Lab (D227A)

4. Multiphase System Lab (D212)

Research labs


Sophisticated Equipment


Programm

e Type

Programme

Name

Total

number of

courses

Breakup

Common

courses*

Disciplinary

core courses

Disciplinary

electives

First

Degree

(UG)

B.E.

Chemical

Engineering

43 courses

in seven

semesters

23 (including

3 humanities

and 5 open

electives)

15 courses

spread over

2nd and 3rd

year

5 courses

spread over

3rd year and

4th year

B.E. Programme Structure

• Single degree students generally do practice school (PS) -1 and PS-2)

• Dual degree students generally do thesis (16 units) or thesis+electives (9+6

units) and PS-2 in 09th and 10th semesters.

• Out of 5 discipline electives 3 can be project type courses like Study oriented

project (SOP), Lab Oriented project (LOP), Design oriented Project (DOP).

• Discipline electives pool: Environmental Pollution Control, Transport

Phenomena, Process Plant safety, Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering,

Chemical Process Technology, Biochemical Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Petroleum

refining and petrochemicals, Polymer technology, Paper and Pulp technology, Alternate

energy resources, Electrochemical Engineering, Introduction to Nanoscience, etc.


Minor in Materials Science and Engineering

Courses: 5 courses (min) Units: 15 (min)

Core Courses:

CHE F243 / ME F213/MF F213

Materials Science and Engineering 3 0 3 (2 0 2)

MST F331: Materials Characterization 3 1 4

(3rd year first semester)

MST F332: Materials Processing 3 0 3

(3rd year second semester)

Electives: Two from a pool of 15 electives

(4th year first semester or second semester)


M.E Chemical Engineering

Course Curriculum

To accomplish M. E. in Chemical

Engineering, student have to complete

minimum 64 credits.

Core Courses

• CHE G622 Adv. Chem. Engg.

Thermodynami

• CHE G523 Math. Methods in Chem.

Engg.

• CHE G641 Reaction Engineering

• CHE G552 Advanced Transport

Phenomena

• BITS G661 Research Methodology 1

Year Semester I Semester II

I 4-5 courses

(16 credits)

4-5 Courses

(16 credits)

II Dissertation (32 credits)

Elective Courses (any three)

CHE C421 Biochemical Engineering

CHE C473 Advanced Process Control

CHE G512 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals

CHE G513 Environmental Management Systems

CHE G522 Polymer Technology

CHE G524 Introduction to Multiphase flow

CHE G525 Chem. Process and Equipment Design

CHE G526 Nuclear Engineering

CHE G527 Energy Conservation and Management

CHE G528 Introduction to Nano Science & Technology

CHE G529 Paper and Pulp Technology

CHE G532 Alternate Energy Resources

CHE G533 Petroleum Product Characterizatio

CHE G551 Advanced Separation Technology

CHE G617 Petroleum Refinery Engineering

CHE G618 Petroleum Downstream Processing

CHE G619 Process Intensification

CHE G620 Energy Intergration Analysis

BITS F429 Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy and

Environment

BITS F418 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

CHE G553 Statistical Thermodynamics

CHE G554 Computational Fluid Dynamics

CHE G556 Electrochemical Engineering

CHE G557 Energy Systems Engineering

CHE G558 Chemical Process Optimization


The student has to

write a Qualifying

exam in any two of

these Research Areas:

• Transport Phenomena & Separation Processes

• Chemical Reaction Engineering &

Thermodynamics

• Material Science and Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Energy and Process System Engineering

• Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering

• Biochemical Engineering

Ph.D. qualifying

exam

Research

Proposal

Thesis

Presentation

Ph.D. at Our Department


Aspirant scheme; Full semester fee; MoU between company and BITS; no stipend.

Full time; Institute fellow or Project fellow

Part time; employee should be working close to the campus.

Ph.D. for

6-10

Semesters


Semester-wise Registration

Year First Semester Units Second Semester Units

I BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C791T Teaching Practice I

1

BITS E661 Research Methodology-I BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis

1 10

(For part time students) BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I

1 1

(For part time students)

BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E661 Research Methodology-I

1 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10

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Invited talks

• 3D Printing of Metals: Challenges and Opportunities by Prof.

Upadrasta Ramamurthy from IISc, Bangalore, Nov. 24, 2016.

• Advances in size reduction operations in process industries by Dr.

D. V. Ramana Rao from Institute of Particulate technology

International, 29 Aug. 2016.

• Conventional zeolites and Hierarchical Materials for Methanol to

olifine and biotransformation by Dr. V. R. Reddy Marthala from

Erlangen catalysis Research Center, Germany, 22-Aug 2016.


Placements

POLMON


CONTACT

Prof. Srikanta Dinda HoD, Department of Chemical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar

Shamirpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

Secunderabad, Telangana State - 500078

E-mail:- [email protected]

Tel.No.:- +91-040 66303586 (Office)

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