Abstract: Nature is unparalleled in its structural and functional diversity. Living organisms make fantastic materials under myriad conditions with properties we cannot emulate today using…
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Jan 29, 2015
Abstract : Nature has created a wide array of fascinating molecular machinery and their efficiency is unparalleled when compared to their man-made counterparts. Be it photosynthesis (conversion of…
Jan 28, 2015
Abstract: We will discuss a green and inexpensive technological alternative using biotechnology for harnessing the energy potential of coal. Communities of microorganisms can be injected below ground…
Jan 22, 2015
Abstract: Dense active systems spontaneously generate turbulent-like flow states where the velocity field is highly disordered with a continually changing pattern of vortices. Examples include…
Jan 20, 2015
Abstract : I will be talking about concept of Lipid-Biorefinery that I have worked upon and developed along the course of my PhD studies here at Technical University of Denmark. I will be presenting…
Jan 15, 2015
Abstract: With increase in the computing power available optimization models used to make business and engineering decisions are becoming more and more complex.As the size of such models continues to…
Jan 12, 2015
Abstract : Most models in polymer solution rheology assume that the steady state stress is uniquely determined by the rate of deformation. Yet in 1974 de Gennes suggested that the time history of…
Jan 12, 2015
Abstract: To comply with the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)’s Renewable Fuel Standard 2 (RFS2) at least 16 billion gallon of cellulosic biofuels need to be sold in the US by 2022. Given…
Jan 08, 2015
Abstract : Biodiesel is produced from vegetable oils animal fats and acid oil using heterogeneous/homogeneous acid/ base catalyst. In the present work synthesis of biodiesel is carried out in three…
Jan 05, 2015
Abstract : Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and there is an unmet medical need in order to treat patients with surgically incurable disease. The underlying…
Jan 01, 2015
Abstract: Multiphase reactors (bubble/slurry bubble columns packed beds fluidized and circulating beds) and multiphase flow systems (blenders/mixers separators conveyers heat exchanges flow in pipes…
Dec 18, 2014
Abstract: In the first part of the talk I will discuss the hydrodynamic aspects of microfluidic size based separation of colloidal suspensions vis-a-vis "deterministic lateral displacement" a method…
Dec 17, 2014
Abstract : Swollen polymer gels are used in a wide variety of applications ranging from bioimplants to food materials to drug delivery to tissue engineering. In many of these applications gels are…
Dec 11, 2014
Abstract : Crystalline forms of matter are the backbones of many technologies. For example the semiconductor devices and solar cell industry requires high quality crystalline silicon (si) wafers…
Nov 27, 2014
Abstract: Part I: “Thermodynamic analysis of resource use in Indian society over four decades to assess efficiency irreversibility and emissions” Previous studies on the resource assessment of…
Nov 24, 2014
Abstract: It is widely recognized that conservation of natural capital is vital for sustainable development. Industrial societies are increasingly recognizing the need for shifting to more…
Nov 20, 2014
Abstract: The research for development of new materials and evaluation of these materials for potential applications in environmental pollution control is a growing subject of research. The recent…
Nov 05, 2014
Abstract : Droplet microfluidic technology helps is achieving spatio-temporal control of pico to femto liters of chemicals in a pre-defined network topology. The next generation droplet based lab-on-…
Oct 30, 2014
Abstract: Nature remains inspiration behind various interesting findings in literature and one of them is anti-wetting property that noticed in several living objects such as lotus leaves rice leaves…
Oct 16, 2014
Abstract: Multi-objective Optimisation (MOO) is an advanced process design tool. It may be used to facilitate process synthesis of chemical processes incorporating techniques such as Process…