Past Events

Dec 14, 2015
Abstract: Clathrate hydrate science has evolved over the centuries from a mere academic curiosity to being a nuisance to oil and gas industry (flow assurance) and now is being seen as a future energy…
Dec 14, 2015
Abstract: Like most organisms Escherichia coli readily metabolizes glucose as a carbon and energy source. Preventing E. coli from metabolizing glucose allows this model organism to accomplish several…
Dec 11, 2015
Abstract: Pharmaceuticals today are the biggest exports for India and we are globally regarded as THE place for producing economical safe and efficacious medicines. The past decade has seen a…
Dec 10, 2015
Abstract: Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is a novel combustion technology that offers a highly efficient route towards clean combustion of fuel with inherent CO2 capture. In CLC a fuel is…
Nov 21, 2015
Algal biofuels hold promise with the ability of micro-algae to photosynthetically convert carbon dioxide to biomass and other value added products.  This energetically unfavorable conversion is…
Nov 19, 2015
Abstract: Unique characteristics of the nanoscale object drawn the attention of research community to create novel properties and look for possibilities to solve world’s arising problems ranging from…
Nov 05, 2015
Abstract: Development and mainstreaming of Sustainable Technology- End use Packages (STEPs) has been an important stream of work in supporting sustainable development in the long run. The talk is an…
Oct 29, 2015
Abstract: Lattice Boltzmann method(LBM) is an attractive alternate to conventional computational fluid dynamics both for hydrodynamics and for gaseous microflow. In this talk I will review this…
Oct 21, 2015
Abstract: This research seminar highlights the research experience of the author while pursuing graduate studies and largely covers the author’s PhD research on Joule heating effects in insulator-…
Oct 20, 2015
Abstract: Our focus is on the development of novel high temperature polyelectrolyte membrane (PEM) for fuel cell having better proton conductivity than existing materials. We are working on PEM based…
Oct 19, 2015
Abstract: Detection of somatic mutations in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes using whole-exome sequencing (WES) is hampered by the high polymorphism of the HLA loci which prevents alignment of…
Oct 19, 2015
Abstract: Membrane technology is going to play a more and more important role in the era of renewable energy since harvest of renewable energy from their sources often impose much higher challenges…
Oct 15, 2015
Abstract: Crude oil and natural gas form an integral part of energy resources. Their contribution to the energy basket is significant and is predicted to grow in the future. This demands exploring…
Oct 09, 2015
Abstract: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic progressive movement disorder due to loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta region of mid brain.The present study was carried…
Oct 07, 2015
 Please mark your calendars for the following dates times and venues:07/20/2015 - 4 to 4:30 p.m. Room CL 230: Prof. Rajdip B. on "Nanomaterials / Materials" 1 2/10/2015 - 3 to 3:30 p.m. Room Cl 230…
Oct 05, 2015
Abstract:Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is referred to as the clustering of insulin resistance and lipid abnormalities. It is rampant throughout the world across all age groups and its prevalence is found…
Oct 01, 2015
Abstract: In this talk a hypothesis developed for accounting the transient volumetric change of a gas cap nucleated on a small surface during foaming a particulate suspension will be discussed. The…
Sep 10, 2015
Abstract: Zeolites are microporous crystalline materials with well-defined structures. Recently much emphasis has been accorded to the synthesis characterization and application of nanocrystalline…
Sep 03, 2015
Abstract: Several energy and environmental technologies require the advance of highly stable porous/nanostructures to enhance the performance of core devices such as in chemical energy storage…
Sep 02, 2015
Abstract: The mechanics of motility of single microorganisms has held the fascination of physicists and engineers for a very long time. It is however only in 2005 that Hatwalne and Ramaswamy noted in…