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biography
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Role
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| 2003- |
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London
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| 2002-2003 |
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California at Santa Barbara
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| 1998-2002 |
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, USA
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| 1996-1998 |
Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
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| 1990-1994 |
Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, Anna University, Madras, India
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research interests
My research deals with process modelling, optimisation and control. I am interested in the development of process models by the incorporation of information at the nano-, micro- and meso-scales of the processes. The aim is to revisit traditional processes such as crystallisation and polymerisation, and develop better models that are commensurate with the wealth of process knowledge, the state-of-the-art in instrumentation capabilities, and the computational resources. Several of the processes studied in my group employ the population balance concepts for model development. This enables the optimisation and control of various distributed variables (such as the crystal size distribution), which find strong correlations with the end-use properties, and thereby improve the quality of the end-products to a substantially better level than is feasible with lumped parameter models. The research themes addressed by the group include fundamental model development and efficient numerical solution techniques, process sensitivity analysis, and robust optimal feedback control. Experimental validation constitutes an integral part of the research.
selected research projects
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