ABSTRACT

Dr. Venkataramana Runkana is currently a Principal Scientist and leads the particle science and nanotechnology research programs at TRDDC. He has extensive experience in developing and implementing industrial research projects on process modeling, simulation and optimization, predictive data analytics, and process development, scale-up and design.Venkat has initiated and lead research programs on modeling and optimization of processes involving particulate solids such as granulation and sintering of iron ore fines, balling and induration of iron ore fines, direct reduction of iron ore by coal, and dispersion-flocculation of colloidal suspensions. His current areas of interest are nanoparticle synthesis in aerosol flame reactors, production of nanoparticles through high energy milling, drug delivery through polymer hydrogels, and development and/or application of population balance, computational fluid dynamics and discrete element modeling techniques for particulate processes. Venkat is currently an AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Kanpur.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Amit Agrawal joined IIT Bombay in 2004 and is currently Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained BTech from IIT Kanpur and PhD from the University of Delaware, USA. He has worked as Engineer in Tata Motors, Pune and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research interests are in Micro-scale flows, Turbulent flows and Convective Heat Transfer. His work has appeared on the cover page of Journal of Fluid Mechanics and SPIE Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS. He was recently awarded the Prof. K.N. Seetharamu Medal by the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer.