Education Qualification

Ph.D. Purdue University, U.S.A

Research Areas

Thermodynamics, Transport , Kinetics, Applied Statistical Mechanics.

Research Focus

Thermodynamics

1. A unified framework for interpreting the phase rule.
2. Implications of corrections to Maxwell’s equal area rule for phase equilibrium calculations for pure components and mixtures.

Multi component Mass Transfer

Modeling of mass transfer in capillaries and micro channels.

Bio fuels

Kinetics of bio diesel production from indigenous non-edible vegetable oils.
In collaboration with Dr. Anju Chadha

Applied Statistical Mechanics

Prediction of equilibrium and transport properties of liquid metals using molecular dynamics simulations, testing
of hard sphere theories.