Niket S. Kaisare

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai 600036, India
Tel: [+91] (44) 22574176, Fax: [+91] (44) 22574176, nkaisare[at]iitm.ac.in

Education

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PhD, Chemical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Advised by: Prof. Jay H. Lee
December 2004
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), Mumbai, India
May 1999

Awards and Honors

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Work Experience

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Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Department of Chemical Engineering

Assistant Professor (June 2007 onwards)
Modeling, Design and Control of Fuel Processing and Fuel Cell Systems

University of Delaware, Department of Chemical Engineering

Post Doctoral Fellow (January 2005 to April 2007)
Multi-scale modeling of reacting flows in integrated micro-reactors for power generation
Super-structure-based optimization of reactor network to determine the optimal temperature and reactant feed profiles in fuel processing applications
Microkinetic model development for ammonia decomposition and oxidative dehydrogenation

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Graduate Research Assistant (August 2000 to December 2004)
Modeling of hydrogen generation in a microreactor with flow reversal
Time scale analysis for optimal operation of the reverse-flow microreactor
Simulation-based Dynamic Programming (sim-DP)for bioreactor control
Exploration of state space to improve sim-DP performance
Two-step model identification and control of Kamyr pulp digester
Design of L-optimal input test signals for MIMO model identification
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Undergraduate Process control (course and lab): Grading, design project, tutorials
Advanced Process Control: Grading, two-lecture series on "Optimization in MPC," tutorials
Math Modeling: Grading, developed project on multiple steady states in CSTR
Prepared tutorials for Java-based control modules

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, WA

Summer Intern (May - August 2001)
Labview modules for model identification and controller design for paper mill

University of Mumbai, India

Undergraduate Research Assistant (May - August 1997)
Photocatalytic degradation of industrial waste in solar illuminated TiO2 slurry
Advisor: Prof. A. B. Pandit
Won the best undergrad research project award for 1997

Publications and presentations

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Books / Book Chapters

  1. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D.G. Vlachos (2008), "Transport Phenomena in Microscale Reacting Flow," In Handbook of Microprocess Engineering, Part A: Fundamentals, Operations and Catalysts, A. Renken and Y. Wang (Eds.), Wiley-VCH, Berlin, in press

Peer reviewed journals

  1. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2003), "Simulation based strategy for nonlinear optimal control: Application to a microbial cell reactor," Int. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control, 13: 347-363.
  2. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 1. Model formulation and scaling," A.I.Ch.E.Journal, 51: 2254-2264.
  3. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 2. Simulation and Analysis," A.I.Ch.E.Journal, 51: 2265-2272.
  4. Peroni C. V., N. S. Kaisare and J. H. Lee (2005), "Optimal control of a fed batch bioreactor using simulation-based approximate Dynamic Programming," IEEE Trans. Control Sys. Tech., 13: 786-790.
  5. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Operability analysis and design of a reverse-flow microreactor for hydrogen generation," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44:8323-8333.
  6. Lee J. M., N. S. Kaisare and J. H. Lee (2006), "Choice of approximator and design of penalty function for an approximate dynamic programming based control approach," J. Process Control, 16: 135-156.
  7. Kaisare N. S. and J. H. Lee (2005), "L-Optimal design of periodic test input signals for multivariable impulse response models," Automatica, submitted.
  8. Vlachos D. G., A. B. Mhadeshwar and N. S. Kaisare (2006), "Hierarchical multiscale model-based design of experiments, catalysts, and reactors for fuel processing," Comput. Chem. Eng., 30: 1712-1724.
  9. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2007), "Optimal reactor dimensions for homogeneous combustion in small channels," Catal. Today, 120: 96-106.
  10. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2007), "Extending the region of stable homogeneous micro-combustion through forced unsteady operation," Proc. Combust. Insti., 31: 3293-3300.
  11. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos (2008), "Stability and Performance of Catalytic Microreactors: Simulations of Propane Catalytic Combustion on Pt," Chem. Eng. Sci., 63: 1098-1116.
  12. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos (2009), "Comparison of Ignition Strategies for Catalytic Microdevices," Proc. Combust. Insti., 32: accepted.
  13. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos (2008), "Millisecond production of hydrogen from alternative, high hydrogen density fuels in a co-current multifunctional microreactor," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., submitted
  14. Stefanidis G. D., N. S. Kaisare, M. Maestri, E. Tronconi and D. G. Vlachos (2008), "Methane steam reforming at microscale: Operation strategies for variable power output at millisecond contact times," AIChE Journal, submitted

Proceedings and Presentations (Representative list)

  1. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos, "Ignition Strategies for Catalytic Microdevices," IMRET - 10: 10th International Conference on Microreactor Technologies, April 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  2. Stefanidis G. D., N. S. Kaisare, M. Maestri, E. Tronconi and D. G. Vlachos, "Design Principles of Multifunctional Microdevices for Hydrogen Production Via Short Contact Time Steam Reforming," IMRET - 10: 10th International Conference on Microreactor Technologies, April 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  3. Prasad V., A. Karim, N. S. Kaisare, D. Hansgen and D. G. Vlachos, "A unified modeling framework for design of multi-site catalysts: Application to NH3 decomposition for H2 production," 20th North American Meeting of Catalysis Society, June 2007, Houston, TX.
  4. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos, "Optimization of heat recuperating reactor strategies for autothermal hydrogen generation," 20th North American Meeting of Catalysis Society, June 2007, Houston, TX.
  5. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos, "A numerical investigation of stability and performance of catalytic combustion in microreactors," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  6. Federici J. A., N. S. Kaisare, E. Wetzel and D. G. Vlachos, "Enhancing microburner stability for portable power generation through heat recuperation," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  7. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2006), "Extending the region of stable homogeneous micro-combustion through forced unsteady operation," 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany.
  8. Vlachos D. G., A. B. Mhadeshwar and N. S. Kaisare (2006), "Hierarchical multiscale model-based design of experiments, catalysts, and reactors for fuel processing," Chemical Process Control 7, Alberta, Canada.
  9. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos (2005), "On the stability of micro-scale heat sources," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2005, Cincinnati, OH
  10. Deshmukh S. R., N. S. Kaisare and D. G. Vlachos (2005), "Hierarchical modeling of integrated microdevices for hydrogen production," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2005, Cincinnati, OH
  11. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2005), "Empirical results on convergence and exploration in simulation-based Approximate Dynamic Programming," In proceedings of IFAC World Congress, July 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.
  12. Kaisare N. S., A. G. Fedorov and J. H. Lee (2004), "Hydrogen generation in a microreactor with periodic flow reversal: Simulation and Analysis," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2004.
  13. Peroni C. V., J. H. Lee and N. S. Kaisare (2003), "Optimization of a fed-batch bioreactor using simulation-based approach," In proceedings of ADCHEM 2003, Jan 2004, Hong Kong
  14. Lee J. H. and N. S. Kaisare (2003), "Control relevant L-optimal design of periodic test input signals for iterative open-loop identification of multivariable FIR systems," In proceedings of 13th symposium on System Identification, SYSID-2003, August 2003, Rotterdam
  15. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2002), "Simulation based optimization for nonlinear optimal control," In proceedings of IFAC World Congress, July 2002, Barcelona, Spain
  16. Kaisare N. S., R. Amirthalingam and J. H. Lee (2001), "Inferential control of a two-vessel kamyr digester," In proceedings of Pulp Digester Monitoring and Control Workshop, June 2001, Annapolis, MD
  17. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2002), "Comparison of value iteration, policy iteration and temporal difference in dynamic programming based optimal control," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2002, Indianapolis
  18. Lee J. M., N. S. Kaisare, T. Thosukhowong and J. H. Lee (2002), "Detection of abnormalities at their onset," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2002, Indianapolis
  19. Kaisare N. S., A. A. Namjoshi, J. H. Lee and D. Ramkrishna (2000), "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of hybridoma cell reactor using cybernetic modeling," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2000, Los Angeles
  20. Bedekar, A. S. and N. S. Kaisare (1998), "Reactive distillation for production of MTBE: A review," Cheminar-98, March 1998, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. First prize in the review paper category

Invited Talks

  1. National Institute of Technology - Trichy, January 2008
  2. North Carolina State University, April 2007
  3. IIT-Bombay, May 2006
  4. IISc-Bangalore, May 2006
  5. National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune, April 2006
  6. University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai, December 2004

Computer Skills

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Other Activities

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