List of MTech Projects for First-Year MTech Students (2011 Batch)

The projects will be allotted on CGPA basis on January 20, 2012 at 4:30 PM in Room No. 311. All 56 students must be present and sign the allotment form to complete the allotment process.

Project Title Sl No. 1 Studies on Gas Separation by Ceramic Membranes

Supervisor(s)

Pre-assignment, if any

Prof. N C Pradhan (NCP) NCP Prof. D Mukherjee Prof. D D kar (DDK) Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty (SC) SC

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Studies on Ion Exchange by Zeolite in Packed Bed Modeling & Simulation of Downflow Bubble Column Study on Grinding Energy Experimental studies on Ultra-fast cooling (UFC) of steel plate Experimental studies on enhancement of heat transfer in a moving steel plate Modelling and simulation of a boiler reactor with teflon coated lithium pellets (DRDO Project) Development of Nano-Catalyst for the production of petrochemicals Initiation of Droplet Movement through Electrowetting

SC

SC + NCP

Prof. S DasGupta (SDG) SDG SDG Prof. S De (SDe) Shomak Chatterjee 11CH60R52 SDe ParthoProtim Biswas 11CH60R59

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Effect of Electric Field in Thin Film Evaporation Electrowetting Initiated formation of Micro-bubbles Fluoride removal from groundwater using mixed matrix membrane Casting of dialysis membrane and comparison with commercial ones

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Casting, characterization and application of flat sheet membranes

SDe

Sankha Karmakar 11CH60R48

Project Title Sl No. 15 Flow modeling of arsenic containing groundwater (strong numerical expertise required) Morphology of polymer blend thin films on topographically patterned substrate Morphology of spin coated and dewetted polymer thin films on t patterned substrates Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater by Dolochar

Supervisor(s)

Pre-assignment, if any

SDe

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Prof. R Mukherjee (RM) RM

Debarati Biswas 11CH60R42

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Namrata Salunke 11CH60R10

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Prof. B C Meikap (BCM) BCM

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Capture of CO2 in a Multi-Satge Fluidized Bed Reactor by surface modification of adsorbents CFD Simulation and separation of particles from water in a Hydrocyclone with Ribs Beneficiation of Bauxite Ore in an Air Dense Fluidized Bed Column Modeling & Control studies in Type-I diabetes

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BCM + Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty BCM + Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty Prof. A N Samanta (ANS) ANS ANS Prof. Gautam Kundu (GK) GK

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CO2 capture from flue gas - VLE & Kinetic measurements CO2 capture from flue gas - Modeling & Simulation Hydrodynamical studies on two phase downflow bubble column with multihole nozzle ejector system Rheologocal studies on coal/mineral suspension in Newtonian/non Newtonian liquid Studies of Hemocompatibility of Plasma Treated Polymer Substrates Studies of Cell Compatibility of Plasma Treated Polymer Substrates Lifetime estimation of nano-FRP composites for marine applications (sponsored by NMRL, DRDO) Design, fabrication and testing of type 4 all composite CNG gas cylinder (potential sponsor GAIL, India)

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Prof. Sudarsan Neogi (SN) SN

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Prof. Swati Neogi (SWN) SWN

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Project Title Sl No. 31 Measurement of permeability of prepregs used in missile components (sponsored by ASL, DRDO) Characterization of prepregs used in missile components (sponsored by ASL, DRDO) Surface rheology of nanodispersions - Co-supervisor - Dr. Chris I Lindsay, Huntsman Corporation, Everberg, Belgium. Probing sorption kinetics of nanostructured blended polymeric coatings (polybutadiene-polyurethane) for under water marine applications. Co-supervisor - Dr. Sangram K Rath, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (under DRDO), Mumbai. Parts of the work will be carried out in NMRL, Mumbai Multiphase dynamics in non-Newtonian media - Cosupervisor - Prof. Gargi Das Oxidation of aromatic alcohols with potassium compounds using phase transfer catalyst Application of microwave modified activated carbon derived from acacia wood for adsorption of water impurities Oxidative desulphurisation of a synthetic fuel in a flow reactor : Experiment and modelling Selective alkylation using ceramic foam supported catalysts Preparation of titania-composite catalyst and application in degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants Process Internsification in millireactors by pulsating and vibrating flows Study of flow fluctuation problem in recycle hydrogen loop of Hydrocracker Unit of Haldia refinery

Supervisor(s)

Pre-assignment, if any

SWN + SN

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SWN + SN

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Prof. G Harikrishnan (GHK)

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GHK

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GHK + Prof. Gargi Das Prof. Sonali Sengupta (SS)

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Prof. J K Basu (JKB)

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JKB + SS

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JKB + SS

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JKB + SS

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Prof. Gargi Das (GD) + Prof. S Ray GD + Prof P K Das (Mech Engg Dept, IIT KGP) Prof. S Ray (SR)

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Prediction of properties for unconverted oil (UCO) stream from the Hydrocracker Unit of Haldia refinery

Project Title Sl No. 44 Process model development for naphtha catalytic reforming unit of Haldia refinery Experimental studies on Mixing Effects on the production of Cellulosic Bioethanol Experimental studies on Ionic Liquid based Bioethanol production from Lignocellulosics Placement of foam gel in a thin channel

Supervisor(s)

Pre-assignment, if any

SR

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Prof. Saikat Chakraborty (SaC) SaC

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Prof. Somenath Ganguly (SNG) SNG a catalytic Prof. A K Jana (AKJ)

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Fabrication of porous chitosan scaffold Dynamic performance investigation of distillation process for biodiesel production

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Modeling and simulation of a reactive process for hydrogen production Dynamics of an industrial sugar crystallization process Reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in a bioethanol production process: feasibility and analysis Effect of additives on crystal morphology

AKJ

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AKJ AKJ + Prof. A N Samanta Prof. Jayanta Chakraborty (JC) JC + Prof. D Sarkar (DS) DS

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Measurement of Crystal morphology

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Experimental studies on control/optimization of batch crystallization of organic chemicals Genome-scale modeling and bioprocess optimization (computational work on MATLAB platform)

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DS

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