Faculty Profile



  • Dr. Kedar   Joshi

    Dr. Kedar Joshi

    Assistant Professor (Program Chair)
    Chemical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Soft matter
    Directed and self-assembly of colloids.
    Understanding bulk behaviour of Active and passive colloidal system.
    Semiflexible nanomaterials and Microrobotics

    Click for more details - https://sites.google.com/iitgoa.ac.in/sail



    kedar{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    8322490132
    Academic block 2 (Room: BL4), IIT GOA, Farmagudi, Ponda 403401

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  • Dr. Ravi    Sankannavar

    Dr. Ravi Sankannavar

    Assistant Professor
    Chemical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Processes:

    • Next-generation Batteries [Beyond lithium-ion batteries and Non-vanadium redox flow batteries]
    • Green Hydrogen Technologies [Alkaline water electrolysis, Decoupled seawater electrolysis with chlorine gas suppression]
    • Electrochemical Chemicals Synthesis [Electrochemical ammonia synthesis and Electrochemical liquid organic hydrogen carriers]
    • Electrochemical Materials [Functional nanomaterials for energy applications]

      For more details: https://iitgoa.ac.in/~ravi


    ravi{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-902
    PG Block, Chemical and Materials Engineering, IIT Goa, Farmagudi, Ponda - 403 401, Goa

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  • Dr. Satyaprakash   Ahirwar

    Dr. Satyaprakash Ahirwar

    Assistant Professor
    Materials Engineering

    Research Interests


    Functionalized Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

    Materials

    1. Nanomaterials: Graphene Quantum Dot derivatives (GQDs, GOQDs, Nitrogen/Sulfur/Phosphorus/Boron doped GQDs), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles.
    2. 2D Materials: Graphene derivatives.

    Applications

    1. Healthcare: NanoBiotechnology
    2. Cancer Therapy: Photodynamic Therapy, Photothermal Therapy, Targeted Therapy and Photocatalytic Therapy
    3. Antimicrobial/Antibacterial Activity: Microbial Pigments and their Antimicrobial/Antibacterial Applications

    For More Details: https://sites.google.com/view/dr-satyaprakash



    satyaprakash{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-146
    PG Block, IIT Goa

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  • Dr. Selvaraj    Seenivasan

    Dr. Selvaraj Seenivasan

    Assistant Professor
    Chemical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Atomic Layer Deposition

    • Fabrication of metal oxide/nitride thin films for energy-related applications
    • Investigation of thin film growth mechanisms

    Green Hydrogen, Seawater Electrolysis

    • Design and development of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production and value-added fuel synthesis
    • Mechanistic studies of electrochemical interfaces 

    Supercapattery

    • Development of advanced electrode materials for supercapattery energy storage


    seenivasan{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-922
    PG block, IIT Goa, Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa - 403 401

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Retired Faculty

  • Prof. B. K.  Mishra

    Prof. B. K. Mishra

    Professor & Founding Director
    Materials Engineering

    Research Interests


    Extractive Metallurgy, Thermal Plasma, Particulate Materials, Discrete element methods (DEM), Appropriate Technology

    bk{at}iitgoa.ac.in



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  • Prof. Devang  V. Khakhar

    Prof. Devang V. Khakhar

    Adjunct Professor
    Chemical Engineering

    Research Interests


    • Particulate systems: Modelling and experiments of particulate solids flow and mixing in rotating cylinders and gas fluidized beds. Rheology of suspensions with complex media.
    • Polymerization of rigid rodlike molecules: Diffusion controlled polymerization kinetics,dynamics and orientation rodlike polymers underflow, Brownian dynamics simulations of polymerization.
    • Polyurethane foams: Modelling And experiments of foaming dynamics. Structure-property relations for foams.
    • Fluid mixing: Chaotic advection,drop breakup and coalescence in viscous liquids.



  • Visiting Faculty

  • Prof. Sharad    Bhartiya

    Prof. Sharad Bhartiya

    Former Faculty
    Chemical Engineering

    Research Interests


    optimization and control theory and their applications to processes of industrial relevance and systems biology.



    bhartiya{at}che.iitb.ac.in



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