List of MTech Projects for First-Year MTech Students (2011 Batch)

The projects will be allotted on CGPA basis on January 20, 2012 at 4:30 PM in Room No. 311.

All 56 students must be present and sign the allotment form to complete the allotment process.

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Project Title Supervisor(s) Pre-assignment, if any

1 Studies on Gas Separation by Ceramic Membranes Prof. N C Pradhan (NCP)

2 Studies on Ion Exchange by Zeolite in Packed Bed NCP

3 Modeling & Simulation of Downflow Bubble Column Prof. D Mukherjee

4 Study on Grinding Energy Prof. D D kar (DDK)

5 Experimental studies on Ultra-fast cooling (UFC) of steel plate

Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty (SC)

6 Experimental studies on enhancement of heat transfer in a moving steel plate

SC

7 Modelling and simulation of a boiler reactor with teflon coated lithium pellets (DRDO Project)

SC

8 Development of Nano-Catalyst for the production of petro-chemicals

SC + NCP

9 Initiation of Droplet Movement through Electrowetting Prof. S DasGupta (SDG)

10 Effect of Electric Field in Thin Film Evaporation SDG

11 Electrowetting Initiated formation of Micro-bubbles SDG

12 Fluoride removal from groundwater using mixed matrix membrane

Prof. S De (SDe) Shomak Chatterjee

11CH60R52

13 Casting of dialysis membrane and comparison with commercial ones

SDe ParthoProtim Biswas

11CH60R59

14 Casting, characterization and application of flat sheet membranes

SDe Sankha Karmakar

11CH60R48

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Project Title Supervisor(s) Pre-assignment, if any

15 Flow modeling of arsenic containing groundwater (strong numerical expertise required)

SDe

16 Morphology of polymer blend thin films on topographically patterned substrate

Prof. R Mukherjee (RM)

Debarati Biswas

11CH60R42

17 Morphology of spin coated and dewetted polymer thin films on t patterned substrates

RM Namrata Salunke

11CH60R10

18 Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater by Dolochar Prof. B C Meikap (BCM)

19 Capture of CO2 in a Multi-Satge Fluidized Bed Reactor by surface modification of adsorbents

BCM

20 CFD Simulation and separation of particles from water in a Hydrocyclone with Ribs

BCM + Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty

21 Beneficiation of Bauxite Ore in an Air Dense Fluidized Bed Column

BCM + Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty

22 Modeling & Control studies in Type-I diabetes Prof. A N Samanta (ANS)

23 CO2 capture from flue gas - VLE & Kinetic measurements ANS

24 CO2 capture from flue gas - Modeling & Simulation ANS

25 Hydrodynamical studies on two phase downflow bubble column with multihole nozzle ejector system

Prof. Gautam Kundu (GK)

26 Rheologocal studies on coal/mineral suspension in Newtonian/non Newtonian liquid

GK

27 Studies of Hemocompatibility of Plasma Treated Polymer Substrates

Prof. Sudarsan Neogi (SN)

28 Studies of Cell Compatibility of Plasma Treated Polymer Substrates

SN

29 Lifetime estimation of nano-FRP composites for marine applications (sponsored by NMRL, DRDO)

Prof. Swati Neogi (SWN)

30 Design, fabrication and testing of type 4 all composite CNG gas cylinder (potential sponsor GAIL, India)

SWN

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Project Title Supervisor(s) Pre-assignment, if any

31 Measurement of permeability of prepregs used in missile components (sponsored by ASL, DRDO)

SWN + SN

32 Characterization of prepregs used in missile components (sponsored by ASL, DRDO)

SWN + SN

33 Surface rheology of nanodispersions - Co-supervisor - Dr. Chris I Lindsay, Huntsman Corporation, Everberg, Belgium.

Prof. G Harikrishnan (GHK)

34 Probing sorption kinetics of nanostructured blended polymeric coatings (polybutadiene-polyurethane) for under water marine applications. Co-supervisor - Dr. Sangram K Rath, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (under DRDO), Mumbai. Parts of the work will be carried out in NMRL, Mumbai

GHK

35 Multiphase dynamics in non-Newtonian media - Co-supervisor - Prof. Gargi Das

GHK + Prof. Gargi Das

36 Oxidation of aromatic alcohols with potassium compounds using phase transfer catalyst

Prof. Sonali Sengupta (SS)

37 Application of microwave modified activated carbon derived from acacia wood for adsorption of water impurities

Prof. J K Basu (JKB)

38 Oxidative desulphurisation of a synthetic fuel in a flow reactor : Experiment and modelling

JKB + SS

39 Selective alkylation using ceramic foam supported catalysts

JKB + SS

40 Preparation of titania-composite catalyst and application in degradation of pharmaceutical pollutants

JKB + SS

41 Process Internsification in millireactors by pulsating and vibrating flows

Prof. Gargi Das (GD) + Prof. S Ray

42 Study of flow fluctuation problem in recycle hydrogen loop of Hydrocracker Unit of Haldia refinery

GD + Prof P K Das (Mech Engg Dept, IIT KGP)

43 Prediction of properties for unconverted oil (UCO) stream from the Hydrocracker Unit of Haldia refinery

Prof. S Ray (SR)

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Project Title Supervisor(s) Pre-assignment, if any

44 Process model development for naphtha catalytic reforming unit of Haldia refinery

SR

45 Experimental studies on Mixing Effects on the production of Cellulosic Bioethanol

Prof. Saikat Chakraborty (SaC)

46 Experimental studies on Ionic Liquid based Bioethanol production from Lignocellulosics

SaC

47 Placement of foam gel in a thin channel Prof. Somenath Ganguly (SNG)

48 Fabrication of porous chitosan scaffold SNG

49 Dynamic performance investigation of a catalytic distillation process for biodiesel production

Prof. A K Jana (AKJ)

50 Modeling and simulation of a reactive process for hydrogen production

AKJ

51 Dynamics of an industrial sugar crystallization process AKJ

52 Reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in a bioethanol production process: feasibility and analysis

AKJ + Prof. A N Samanta

53 Effect of additives on crystal morphology Prof. Jayanta Chakraborty (JC)

54 Measurement of Crystal morphology JC + Prof. D Sarkar (DS)

55 Experimental studies on control/optimization of batch crystallization of organic chemicals

DS

56 Genome-scale modeling and bioprocess optimization (computational work on MATLAB platform)

DS

 

 

 

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