IIT Bombay Chemical Engineering
Bharatkumar Suthar

Location

Chemical Engineering

Contact Information

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  • +91 (22) 2576 7243 (O)

Email

  • bharat [dot] k [dot] suthar [at] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in

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Prof. Bharatkumar Suthar

Core Faculty

Assistant Prof.

Background

  1. B.Tech., Department of Chemical Engineering, IITB, Powai, Mumbai, India, 2005-2009

  2. M.Sc., Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WUStL), MO, USA, 2011-2013

  3. Ph.D. (with Prof. Venkat Subramanian), Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WUStL), MO, USA, 2011-2015

  4. Postdoctoral Researcher (with Prof. Paul Kohl), School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2015-2017

  5. Postdoctoral Researcher (with Prof. Hubert Gasteiger), Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, 2017-2019

Professional Appointments

  1. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), Mehsana, Gujarat, 2009-2011

Awards & Fellowships

  • McDonnell International Scholar – Corning Corporate Fellow, 2011-2015

Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation

Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies.

Fast Charging and Optimal Design of Li-ion batteries

Parameter Measurement and Estimation

Design of experiments to determine transport parameter of a porous media and kinetic parameters of energy storage and conversion materials

Transport parameters

Kinetic parameters

  • SoC dependent cathode and anode kinetics for battery electrodes.

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)

  • Design of Experiments and modelling of EIS (based on physical processes rather than fitting circuit elements).
  • EIS using micro-reference electrode