PROJECT DETAILS |
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Name of the Project : Development of Novel SOFC Electrolyte Materials with enhanced Ionic Conductivity Funding Agency: SERB Early Career Research award
Name of the Project : Development of Quaternary Ceria - Based Catalysts for soot oxidation Activity Funding Agency: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Name of the Project : In vitro mass cultur eof Steinernema jeffreyense, a biocontrol agent against key insect pests. Funding Agency: Indo-South Africa international collaborative research project under DST-MES framework Funding Amount: Rs. 28.16 lakhs
Name of the Project : Decreasing the Sintering temperature of Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes Funding Agency: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Name of the Project :Air pollution induced immune cell dysfunction: Implication in Viral infection (In collaboration with IISER Bhopal) Funding Agency: DST |
Name of the Project :Biomass fuel burning smoke induced inflammation: Mechanism of biological pathways Funding Agency: CSIR |
Name of the Project :Heavy metal removal by melanin coated polymer matrix Funding Agency: DST |
Name of the Project :One step CZTS nano ink sythesis by sonochemical route for bifacial solar cell applications Funding Agency: DST-SERB |
Name of the Project :Electrochemical Deposition of CZTS for solar Cell Applications Funding Agency: DST-SERI
Name of the Project :Synthesis and characterisation of spion embedded inorganic hollow core shell nanoparticles as a magnetic drug delivery vector
Name of the Project :Ambient Airborne particulate matter: Effect of biological component on lung inflammation |
Name of the Project : DST FIST Level I
Name of the Project :Reverse Micellar Extraction Of Lactoferrin From Whey: Continuous Process Funding Agency: Ministry of Food processing Industries, Govt. of India |
Name of the Project :Measurement and Characterization of ambient bioaerosols in Bangalore city, 53.00 Lakhs, |
Name of the Project :Production Of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Concentrate From Sardine Oil Funding Agency: Ministry of Food processing Industries, Govt. of India through DST |
Name of the project: : Development of Probiotics for enhanced anti-oxidant availability Funding agency: The state agency on Science, Innovations and Informatization of Ukraine and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India Principal Investigator(s): (India) Dr. Prasanna B.D . PI (Ukraine): Dr. O. M. Dugan Year: 2012-2015 Amount: Rs. 4.5 Lakhs |
Name of the Project : Studies on Removal of VOC’s and No by Activated Carbon from Anacardium occidentale seed husk in Packed Bed Column. |
Name of the Project : Virtual lab-Process Control Reaction Engg. & Unit Operations lab |
Name of the Project :Batch and Continuous Photocatalytic Degradation of Azodyes using Ag core-TiO2 Shell Structured Nanoparticles in Free and Immobilized Form, |
Name of the Project : Development of Aqueous Two Phase Systems (ATP’s) for the Separation of a- Lactalbumin (a- La) and b- Lactoglobulin (b- Lg) from Whey for Large Scale Commercial Applications |
Name of the Project : Synthesis and Characterization of Thermo responsive Nano hydro-gel Particles for drug delivery system and for artificial glands Funding Agency: Fast Track project for Young Scientists scheme under Govt. of India , DST |
Name of the Project : Development of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Based Effective Aqueous Two Phase Systems (ATP’s) for the Extraction of Value Added Compounds in Large Scale from the Effluent Streams of Fish Processing Industry |
Name of the Project :Spatial variation Pollutants in Nethravathi River |
Name of the Project :FIST-I phase Programme |
Name of the Project :Center of Excellencein the Area of Industrial Bio-Technology |
Name of the Project :Mod. of Industrial Pollution Lab |
Name of the Project :Mod. of Transfer Operation Laboratory |
Name of the Project :Regeneration of Transformer Oil |
Name of the Project :Process Scale up and Transfer of Technology for Coir pith Utilization |
Name of the Project :Conversion of Coir pith into Biofertilizer |
Name of the Project :Environmental Quality Monitoring of South Kanara District |
Name of the Project :Production of Biofertilizer from Coir pith by Solid State Fermentation |
Name of the Project :Fuzzy Logic Control |
Name of the Project :Center for Chemical Process Modeling, Simulation and Control |
Major areas of Research (in alphabetical order)
Advanced oxidation of organic effluents
Alternate Biofuels
Aqueous Two Phase Extraction for biomolecules
Bio-Nanotechnology for pollutants degradation
Bio-Nanotechnology for sensor development
Bioprocess development for biological macro and micromolecules
Bioprocess scale-up
Bioreactor design & characterization
Ceria based materials
Process Design and Control
Subspace Identification
Machine Learning
Computational fluid dynamics
Degradation of pollutants under Microwave and Sonication
Degradation of pollutants using microbial consortia
Degradation of halogenated compounds by microbial consortia
Enzyme Based Biosensors for Pharmaceutical Applications.
Enzyme production and characterization
Solid oxide Fuel cells
Hydrodynamics studies in spouted bed and pulsed plate reactors
Industrial and domestics effluent treatment in aerobic and anaerobic systems
Management of municipal leachate
Mass Transfer, Heat transfer and Kinetic Studies of novel chemical processes
Microbial Bio-Transformations for the Synthesis of Stereoselective chemicals
Molecular simulations
Novel downstream bioprocessing technology development
Novel pharmaceutical Drug Precursors and their Pharmacological Evaluation
Production of Tannin Acyl Hydrolase by Submerged State Fermentation
Reactor characterization
Reverse Micellar Extraction
Name of the Project : Design and Optimization of Distributor and Flow Distribution of a Multiphase Trickle Bed Reactor Using 3D CFD Modelling
Funding Agency: MRPL, Mangalore
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. B. Ashraf Ali
Year: Dec 2020 - May 2022
Funding Amount: Rs. 9.8 Lakhs
The Department Has Expertise in the Following Areas to Render Professional Consultancy
- Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Plan
- Environmental Quality Monitoring
- Modelling of Water Quality
- Risk and Safety Assessment in Process Industries
- Environmental Audit and Safety Audit
- Air Quality Modelling and Impact Studies
- Process Equipment Design
Consultancy & Testing to Major Industries
- Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd., Mangalore
- BASF, Mangalore
- Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers, Panambur
- New Mangalore Port Trust, Panambur, Mangalore
- Karnataka Milk Producers Federation Ltd., Mangalore
- Hindustan Lever Ltd., Mangalore
- Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd., Mangalore
- Canara Workshop Ltd., Mangalore
- Customs & Excise Department, Mangalore