Abstract: Thermodynamically work of adhesion is determined by the energy released when two surfaces are brought in contact which in turn is determined by the interfacial interactions. However in our…
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Nov 06, 2012
Microstructured Reactors for Heterogeneous Reactions Abstract: In recent years the use of microstructured reactors to produce a variety of chemicals has significantly increased. The successful…
Oct 11, 2012
Abstract: This colloquium presents our attempts at developing theoretical models and simulation methodologies to understand the dynamics of few interesting processes in condensed phase. The dynamics…
Oct 11, 2012
Abstract: The 137 genes encoding 78 different ribosomal proteins (RPs) in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are tightly co-regulated at the transcriptional level yet their promoters display…
Aug 23, 2012
Abstract: Spincoating is a decades-old technology for making thin polymer films and is in turn a spin-off of the centuries-old technology of the potter's spinning wheel. It is one of a small handful…
Aug 09, 2012
Contents: Laboratory hazards and control measures. Causes of accidents. Accident reporting. Safety precautions in handling of chemicals gas cylinders and biosamples. Equipment safety. Types of…
Jul 18, 2012
Abstract: Particulate air pollutants (particulate matter; PM or aerosols) consist of material in solid or liquid phase suspended in the atmosphere. They may be either emitted into the atmosphere or…
Apr 30, 2012
Course website: http://www.che.iitb.ac.in/faculty/ganesh/ISSB/. Systems and synthetic biology are two important emerging inter-disciplinary inter-related fields. Systems biology approaches use the…
Apr 17, 2012
Abstract: Arsenic contamination has become a grave problem to mankind in various parts of the world. Several places in India specially gangetic plains in West Bengal and plains of Bangladesh are…
Apr 17, 2012
Abstract Pressure driven membrane based processes are used frequently nowadays.The applications range from effluent treatment to production of purified biotechnological products. Appropriate modeling…
Apr 16, 2012
Abstract: Membrane is a phase that allows selective transport of a species through them resulting to physical separation of a species. Polymers are one of the key components to prepare these…
Apr 11, 2012
Abstract: There is a strong focus on fire and explosion safety on facilities handling highly flammable gases and liquids. High equipment density coupled with storage under pressure and many potential…
Mar 22, 2012
Abstract: This work is a part of a continuing program of study in the area of molecular design of materials. Network polymers formed by catalytic polymerization of di-cyclo-penta-diene (DCPD) is…
Mar 17, 2012
Academia has always been considered as a bastion of research. Current trends in Indian industries are also increasingly oriented towards R&D activities. It is therefore of mutual interest for…
Mar 12, 2012
Abstract: Successful scaling of unit operations is an important requirement in biopharmaceutical industry where process operations are distinguished by strict adherence to validation cGMP and…
Mar 12, 2012
Abstract: In many biopharmaceutical filtration applications filter sizing safety factors of 1.5 are commonly used. This may lead to oversizing or undersizing of a process unit operation depending on…
Feb 27, 2012
Abstract: Engineering a surface for desired properties is very important for many industrial and medical applications. The rational design of a surface requires fundamental understanding of the…
Feb 16, 2012
Abstract: Particle laden turbulent flows find applications in many industrial processes. There are strong interactions between the turbulent fluctuations in the fluid velocity fields and the velocity…
Feb 02, 2012
Abstract: Membrane based technologies have drawn considerable attention from diversified research communities due to their versatility energy and economic benefits enhanced process efficiency and…
Jan 30, 2012
Abstract: I am broadly interested in biochemical and biomolecular engineering aiming towards emerging practical applications to green technology drug discovery and tailored therapy. My presentation…