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Mission: Technology Development for Cleaner Environment
Dr. Mukesh Sharma
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/CIVIL/faculty/mukesh/mukesh.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Environmental Health and Risk Assessment
Air Quality Modeling and Management
Fate Processes of Organic Pollutants
Control Technologies for Volatile
Organic Compounds
Dr. Sidhartha
Panda
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/che/spanda.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Chemical Sensors: Our research
group focuses of the research and development of
chemical sensors
Utilizing semiconducting materials
(conducting polymer and silicon) based devices
For environmental and healthcare
applications
Dr. Deepak Kunzru
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/che/dk.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Microstructured reactors
Catalytic and chemical reaction
engineering
Pyrolysis of hydrocarbons
Petroleum processing
Dr. Tarun Gupta
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/ce/CIVIL/faculty/tarun/tarun.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Development of instruments for
aerosol measurement
Engineering control of particles
in ambient and indoor settings
Physico-chemical characterization
of atmospheric pollutants
Personal exposure assessment and
health effects of inhaled particles
Dr. S. N. Tripathi
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~snt/
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Laboratory simulation of fog life
cycle
Weather modification and cloud
seeding
Direct and Indirect effects of
aerosols
Dr. Nishith Verma
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/che/nv.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Adsorption
Development of novel adsorbents
for aqueous system
Development of filters in particulate
control
Dr. Ashok Kumar
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Bio-engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/Ashok.html
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Design and development of polymeric
materials and macroporous membranes and filters
for environmental biotechnology and health
Monitoring and removal of environmental
endocrine disruptors using molecular imprinted polymers
Bioremediation of industrial effluents
using genetically engineered microorganisms
Biofuel production using immobilized
microbial systems
Dr. Arnab Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/arnabb/
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Sensor networks
Interests in data mining
Dr. Ashutosh
Sharma
Professor
Department of Chemical and Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in:80/che/as.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Synthesis of catalytic filtration
media for air, water and industrial pollution control
Carbon MEMS as energy and biological
platforms
Metal nanoparticles and organic-inorganic
frameworks
Membrane separations
Biomimitic green adhesives
Dr. Shantanu
Bhattacharya
Assistant
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~bhattacs/
RESEARCH
INTERESTS in Environmental Science and Engineering:
BioMEMS
Microfluidic Systems for pathogen
Sensing and detection
Nanotechnology approaches for
sensitive molecular identification
Dr.
Jayant K. Singh
Assistant
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/che/jks.htm
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Adsorption in porous material
Functional surfaces for sensor
applications
Removal of contaminants from aqueous
systems
Dr.
Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Associate
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/erl
RESEARCH
INTERESTS in Environmental Science and Engineering:
Alternative Fuels, Biodiesel Development
and Characterization, Utilization of Straight Vegetable
Oils, Field Trial Investigations of Alternative Fuels,
Automotive Emissions and Control, Particulate Characterization
and Control, Non-Regulated Emissions, Optical Techniques
for engine to understand Pollutant formation, Non-Conventional
Sources of Energy
Dr.
PK Bhattacharya
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/che/pkb.htm
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Industrial effluents and waste-water
teatments through membrane processes
Dr. Nalini
Sankararamakrishnan
Research Scientist - Gr
I
Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
WEBSITE link:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/cese/nalini/
RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
• Treatment of Industrial Effluents
• Development of novel adsorbents for arsenic
removal from drinking water
• Mechanism of arsenic mobilization in Indo-Gangetic
Plains
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Nishith Verma
Coordinator
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur 208016, India
Phone:
+91-512-259 6124 (Off.)
259 8270 (Res.)
Fax: +91-512-259 0104