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AREAS
Financial
Support
We thank Council
of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR),
Department of
Science and Technology
(DST), Tata
Chemicals, The
Procter and Gamble (P&G)
Company, Cincinnati ,
Defense Research
and Development Organization
(DRDO), European
Union Framework Program
7 (EUFP7), startup
funds from Industrial
Consultancy and Sponsored
Research (IC&SR), IIT-Madras
and Department
of Chemical Engineering,
IIT-Madras for
continued support.
Electrochemistry
Problems of interest include
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Chemically modified
electrodes of use
in energy storage
(capacitive) and generation
(photo-electrochemical)
under high heat and
humidity conditions
with support from
Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research
(CSIR)
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Electrochemical
solutions towards
water desalination
using Electrogenerated
Chemiluminescence
(ECL) with support
from Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research
(CSIR)
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Designing experiments
to test the Point-
Defect model with
support from Industrial
Consultancy and Sponsored
Research (IC&SR),
IIT-Madras and Department
of Chemical Engineering,
IIT-Madras
Solid state synthesis
Problems of interest include
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Hydrothermal synthesis
of zeolites and mesoporous
materials as potential
catalysts
-
Conductive Magneli
phases of Titanium
with support from
Defense Research and
Development Organization
(DRDO)
- Evanescent wave chemical
sensors with support
from Department of Science
and Technology (DST)
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Moving cations
and anions into desired
locations in solids
Fuels
and Ion Exchange
Problems of interest include
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Integrated chemical
and electrochemical
systems for fuel generation
(photochemical and
photo-electrochemical)
and fuel storage utilizing
heat and humidity
to advantage
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Examining concepts
in ion-exchange towards
water desalination
- Making Hydrogen from
water with support from
Tata Chemicals
Metrics for competing technologies and game theory
I look for quantifiable metrics for evaluating competing technologies. I am trying to apply game theory concepts to evaluate competition and collusion.
Scale-out
This concept will be
examined based on problems
and solutions in business,
finance, sciences and
engineering that lie
outside of "economy
of scale" arguments,
seeking to delineate
utility and economics.
Problems in energy,
services sector and
health insurance are
first attempts with
the emphasis on increasing
rate-of-return on investment.
The broad question that
I seek is a logical
(maybe foolish) attempt
at defining the role
of finance clearly in
these evaluations. Integrated
chemical systems may
offer one example in
the sciences and engineering.
The services sector
offer examples in business
and finance. Health
insurance is another
problem of interest,
specifically when withdrawals
(from a given insurance
scheme) are more than
ones paying into it;
and health coverage
in small businesses.
I also work with students
on thought experiments
connecting-dots-between
disciplines that may
lead to new insights,
through the classes
I teach and the research
we do.
Folks
who did all the work
-
Sundar
M. Project
Associate. Sundar
is working on polymer
based evanescent
wave sensors and
surface modification
of oxides for chemical
sensing
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Shubhamangala
B. Project
Associate. She works
on synthesis of
conductive titanium
oxides at low temperatures
and characterizing
them. She also worked
on soft chemistry
of layered double
hydroxides.
- Kripal Singh
(B. Tech & M.
Tech) Chemical Engineering,
2011. Kripal works
on problems in sensing
and photo-electrochemistry.
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Anand
Natarajan
(B. Tech & M.
Tech) Chemical Engineering,
2009, will join
Deloitte, Hyderabad.
Anand made composites
of zinc oxide.
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Aditya
Chowdary
(B. Tech & M.
Tech) Chemical Engineering,
2009, will join
PhD program in ChemE,
Colorado School
of Mines, Golden,
Colorado. Aditya
made ozone in the
lab and studied
assembly of millimetre
scale objects by
weak forces.
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Balaji
Gupta M.
Tech Chemical Engineering
(joint with T Swaminathan),
2009, will join
private firm in
Chennai. Balaji
made modified titanium
oxide to photobleach
effluent dyes.
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Anand
Rengarajan
(B. Tech) Chemical
Engineering, 2009,
is at Adventity,
a Financial Consultancy
in Mumbai. Anand
made mesoporous
materials.
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Sarvesh
Rajagopal
(B. Tech) Chemical
Engineering, 2009,
is at Indian Institute
of Management, Kolkata.
Sarvesh synthesized
conductive titanium
oxides
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Sai ganesh
Bhaskaran
(B. Tech) Chemical
Engineering, 2009,
will join private
firm in Chennai.
Saiganesh compared
energy options and
applied game theory
concepts
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Janani
Kannan
Dual Degree (B.
Tech & M. Tech)
Chemical Engineering,
2008 currently at
Shell Technology
India, Bangalore.
Janani made Ruthenium
based OrganicLEDs
and studied the
photophysics of
the precursors..
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Mysore
Raghavendra
M. Tech Chemical
Engineering, 2008,
currently at Ernst
and Young, Hyderabad.
Mysore worked on
Photoelectrochemistry
of p-type Si and
made two photoelectrochemical
cells.
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Honorary
Member - V Venkatasubramanian
Dual Degree (B.
Tech & M. Tech)
Mechanical Engineering,
2008. Currently
with the Heinz Pitsch
group in Mechanical
Engineering at Stanford.
Venkat claims an
original mnemonic
TNR.
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K N
Venkateswaran
B. Tech Chemical
Engineering, 2007
went to the Indian
Institute of Management,
Bangalore (2007-2009),
got a degree and
will join Morgan
Stanley in HongKong
in July 2009. Venkat
tried modeling Angiogenesis
as part of his B.Tech
Project.
- Vignesh
Sridharan
B. Tech Chemical Engineering,
2007 went to the Indian
Institute of Management,
Bangalore (2007-2009),
got a degree and will
join Cadbury, Mumbai,
India. Vignesh attempted
experiments on motion
of molecules through
polymers (food coloring
dissolving out of
Jell-O and rose water)
as part of his B.
Tech Project.
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