Head of Department

• Materials for Batteries & Fuel Cells

• Shape- and Size- Controlled Synthesis of Inorganix Nanomaterials and Their Assembly

• CO2 Mitigation Technologies

• Energy transformation and use issues for solar, coal, biomass and hydrogen economy

• Novel separation processes using distillation, membranes and adsorption

• Process development, cryogenics and gas liquefaction processes

• Polymer Blends and Alloys

• Composites and Nanocomposites

• Barrier Properties

• Use of Membranes for Separations

• Adsorption and membrane processes

• Energy systems (Fuel cells)

• Responsive materials (Hydrogels)

• Drying

• Electrokinetic Phenomena

• Rheology and Dynamics of Complex Fluids

• Thermocapillary Phenomena

• Synthetic biology for the production of high-value compounds like terpenoids and alkaloids.

• Direct evolution and rational design for better performance enzymes.

• Proteomics study of cellular responses of living systems to various types of stimuli.

• Data-Based Methods for Nonlinear Process Control

• Iterative Learning Control for Batch Processes

• Modeling and Control of Crystalization Process

• Membranes Science & Technology, Membranes for Gas/Liquid Separation & Pharmaceutics Synthesis

• Liquid Crystalline Polymers

• Nanotechnology & Nanocomposites

• Absorption and Diffusion of Gases in Novel Adsorbents

• Adsorber and Biofilter Dynamics

• Conventional & Novel PSA Processes

• Adsorption Technology for Clean Energy Application

• Chemotherapeutic Engineering/ Cancer Nanotechnology/ Nanomedicine

• Chemical Engineering: Viscoelastic Fluids, Molecular Thermodynamics

• Bioengineering: Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics

• Industrial Hygiene & Ergonomics

• Occupational Safety & Health

• Indoor Air Quality & Office Health

• Environmental Health

• Safety & Health Management

• Development of Novel Inorganic Membranes for Separation and/or Reaction

• Simulated Moving Bed Reactors

• Synthesis & Chemical Modifications of Polymers

• Ceramic Mixed-Conductive Membranes

• Chemisty of Colloidal Dispersion for Developing Functional Coatings

• Applied Statistical Thermodynamics

• Molecular Modeling and Simulation

• Computational Quantum Chemistry

• Polymers in Nanoscience & Biotechnology

• Surface & Interfacial Molecular Engineering & Design

• Molecular and Polymer Electronics

• Process Modeling and Optimization

• Production Planning and Scheduling

• Chemical Logistics and Supply Chain Management

• Stochastic Modeling and Nonlinear Analysis

• Catalysts, Sensors

• Adsorbents

• Membranes

• Nanocrystalline & Nanoporous Materials

• Microfluidics and microreactor technology

• Multiphase fluid dynamics

• Chemical reaction engineering

• Nanomaterials synthesis

• Systems Biology/Biotechnology

• Drug & Disease Modeling and Control

• Supply Chain Optimization

• Health/Energy/Environmental Policy Modeling

• Fluid Mechianics of Metastasis

• Cellular Engineering

• Bioengineering

• Cancer Biology

• Biocatalysis for Green and Sustainable Manufacturing

• Biobased Chemicals and Polymers

• Smart Biomaterials

• Waste to Bioenergy

• Gas hydrates

• Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage and Utilization

• Energy storage

• Thermodynamics and Phase equilibrium

• Conjugated Polymers

• Biomaterials and Bioimaging

• Biosensors and Chemosensors

• Solar Cells

• Biological Treatment of Industrial Effluents

• Network Modelling of Large-Pore Matrices

• Bioreactor Design for Wastewater Treatment

• Algal Bioenergy

• Semiconductor Nanomaterials

• Solar Cells

• Fuel Cells

• Supercritical Fluid Synthesis

• Functionalized Surfaces for Controlling Substrate-Cell Interactions

• Tailored Biomaterials for Directing and Enhancing Stem Cell Differentiation

• Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

• Microgrids, Distributed Generation

• Energy Storage, Fuel Cells

• Ionomer Membranes

• Strategic sustainability plannings (environment/energy/water)

• Global Optimization of Chemical and Bio Systems

• Modeling and Control of Physiological Processes

• Process Simulation and Plant-Wide Control

• Modeling and Optimization of Industrial Processes

• Reaction Engineering

• Ab initioQuantum Chemical Calculations,

• Molecular Simulations

• Design of Experiments

• Control of Large Scale Systems

• Modeling of Infectious and Lifestyle-related Diseases

• Engineering Education

• Organised Molecular Assemblies

• Polymer Composites

• Supercritical Fluid Processing

• Sustainable Systems

• Process Operations and Supervision

• Enterprise Optimization

• Computational Systems Biology

• Hydrodynamics and Mixing in Gas-Liquid Systems

• Fluid-Particle Mechanics

• Process Safety, Health and Environmental Protection

• Mixed Specifications in Pipeline Network

• Steady and Transient Pipeline Network Analysis

• Microbes/Heavy Metals Interactions

• Microbially-Influenced Corrosion

• Biosorption, Bioleaching and Bioremediation

• Polymeric Biomaterials - Synthesis and Surface Modification

• Tissue Engineering

• Molecular Imprinting

• Algal Bioenergy and Biologics

• Bead Based Protein Microarrays

• Nanoengineered Core-Shell Materials

• Microfabrication Technologies for Bioanalytics, Medicine and Biochips

• Solid/Liquid Separation

• Drug Delivery Systems

• Flows and Dynamics of Granular Materials

• Metal nanomaterials

• Nanomedicine

• Nanobiotechnoloogy

• Green Chemistry Synthesis

• Biomass conversion

• Nanocatalysis

• Green Chemistry

• Chemical and Biological Sensing

• Biomolecules at Interfaces and Surface Chemistry

• Molecular Engineering and Molecular Modeling

• Surfactants, Liquid Crystals and Self-Assembly

• Microbial Fermentation

• Animal Cell Culture

• Analytics for Biomanufacturing

• Nanobiotechnology

• Biomolecule Manipulation

• Tissue Engineering

• Device Design

• Synthesis Architecture of Nanomaterials

• Self-Assembly for Complex Nanostructures

• Nanostructured Catalysts

• Metal-Organic Frameworks

• Porous Organic Polymers

• CO2 Capture & Conversion

• Electrocatalysts & Electrode Materials