Materials and Systems Engineering Laboratory

PhD Thesis - Artificial Photosynthesis for Conversion of Water and Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Fuels

Educational Background

• M. S. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 2016

• B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, SV National Insititute of Technology, Surat - 2013

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Project Description

• Development of low overpotential, stable and selective electrocatalysts for CO2RR

• Characterization of catalysts, membrane and light absorbers

• Development of test-beds and prototypes of artificial photosynthetic systems

• Mathematical modeling and simulation of electrochemical cells

PhD Thesis - Microfluidic Platforms for High-Throughput Screening of Pharmaceutical Compounds

Educational Background

• B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran - 2016

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Project Description

• Development of microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip platforms for pharmaceuticals

• High-throughput screening of crystal growth, nucleation and polymorphs

• Multi-scale modeling and simulation

PhD Thesis - Controlling Self-Assembly of Molecules for Directed Nucleation and Growth of Pharmaceutical Polymorphs

Educational Background

• B. Tech. in Biotechnology, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, India - 2016

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Project Description

• Multi-scale modeling and simulation of self-assembly of rigid molecules

• Mechanistic modeling of crystal growth rate and nucleation rate

• Experimental validation using microfluidic platforms

Ph.D. Thesis - Magnetic Targeting for Site-Specific Drug Delivery (co-advised with Prof. Andreas Linninger)

Educational Background

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria- 2012

Project Description

• Mathematical Modeling of Magnetophoresis

• CFD Simulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid

• Experimental Measurement of Magnetophoresis

Ph.D. Thesis - Electrocatalytic Conversion of Dinitrogen to Ammonia

Educational Background

• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India - 2018

• B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology - Anna University, Chennai, India - 2015

Project Description

• Screening and Synthesis of Electrocatalysts

• Measurement of Activity and Selectivity of Ammonia Production

• Mechanistic Studies of Dinitrogen Reduction

Research Topic- Mathematical Modeling of Crystal Growth Rates

Educational Background

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL - 2020 (Expected)

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Project Description

• Mathematical modeling of crystal growth rates