Past Events

Nov 29, 2019

Institute lecture:

The economic, political and technological environment is rapidly changing world-wide, especially with fourth industrial revolution on the…

Nov 29, 2019

Abstracts:
Department lecture:
Projections of global energy demand are expected to hit 736 quadrillion BTUs by 2040, a 28% increase from 590 quadrillion BTUs…

Nov 14, 2019

Abstract:
Multiphase flow reactors are widely used in process and energy industries. Understanding the complex phenomena of gas-particle flows is necessary when…

Nov 07, 2019

Abstract: Graphene is a single layer networks of atoms and provides ballistic transport of charge carriers. This is essentially an attractive feature for low power…

Oct 31, 2019

Abstract : Metastasis – the spread of cancer cells from one organ to another – remains an unsolved clinical challenge and causes above 90% of all cancer-related deaths.…

Oct 24, 2019

Abstract : Distillation is widely used in chemical and allied industries to separate fluid mixtures into pure components. It consumes a huge amount of energy in an…

Oct 10, 2019

Abstract:
As a child I grew up in one of the few green lungs on the outskirts of Bombay, and so witnessed many a fox, owl, vulture, snake and on one strikingly memorable occasion a panther.…

Sep 26, 2019

Abstract : This seminar will focus on the effects of viscoelasticity on passive fluid flows and active living system. It is well known that viscoelasticity affects the…

Sep 05, 2019

Abstract: Experimental studies are often conducted in vitro in a thermodynamically closed system, and in a 'clean' environment where impurities and other components are…

Sep 04, 2019

Abstract:
Life appeared on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago. Through evolution, unsustainable species/processes have been weeded out such that the currently…

May 23, 2019

Abstract: Traditionally, omniphobic surfaces were fabricated mainly by mimicking Lotus leaves, Shark skin, bird feathers, flower petals [1]. Those surfaces are vulnerable to mechanical damage and…

Apr 18, 2019

Abstract: Understanding reaction coupled transport in a porous media is very critical for the design and operation of electrochemical engineering systems such as batteries, fuel cells, and…

Apr 11, 2019
Abstract: Recent advances in particles synthesis lead to the fabrication of nanometer-to-micrometer sized particles that can interacts each other via patches having anisotropic interactions. These…
Apr 04, 2019
Abstract: Concerted efforts in the past decade have demonstrated the viability of spray-drying techniques to produce useful nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. Specific studies carried out…
Mar 28, 2019
Abstract: Processes that span multiple length scales and timescales are common in nature, and this multiscale nature often limits our knowledge of many biological systems. Systematic models based on…
Mar 20, 2019
Abstract: Complex molecules from crude oil, such as asphaltenes, may cause several difficulties in oil recovery and oil spills because they can adsorb onto oil/water interfaces where they create a…
Mar 19, 2019
Abstract: In this talk, I will start by outlining the different research themes that I have been working on. First, I am going to briefly summarize my contributions in understanding self-assembly of…
Mar 14, 2019
Abstract:Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) is the structural material of the first clinically-approved bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS), a promising alternative to permanent metal stents for treatment of…
Mar 13, 2019
Abstract:Biomedical micro and nanotechnology have attracted a wide range of materials and nanostructures for their potential application in regenerative therapies, drug delivery, tissue mending and…