ChE at IITGn

🎓 Chemical Engineering Seminar Series

📢 Join us for an insightful seminar on
“Thin Gap Rheology”
🧪 by Prof. Abhijit P. Deshpande, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

🗓 Date: October 10, 2025
🕒 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 Venue: Academic Block 5 / 202

Abstract:
Rheology under flow confinement, where the gap size is comparable to the material’s length scale, has gained significance in fields like lubrication, coating, and food oral processing. Thin gap rheology can lead to remarkable changes such as altered viscosity, yield stress, shear thickening, and elasticity variations.
In this talk, Prof. Deshpande will review the fascinating rheological behavior of particulate systems and gels under such confined conditions.

🔬 Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the complexities of thin gap flow behavior and its impact across multiple applications!

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Ravindra D Gudi from IIT Bombay for a fascinating talk on "Whither AI: Artificial or Augmented Intelligence? Can we do more?" on October 11, 2024. Prof. Gudi's exploration of AI and ML in decision-making opened up new perspectives and sparked great discussions among attendees.

We are pleased to share that Professor Saha was invited as a guest speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Low-Energy Digital Devices and Computing (ICLED 2024). He delivered an insightful presentation on "Wearable Electronics Patch: Redefining Health Monitoring." The conference took place from August 1st to 4th, 2024, at NTU Alumni @ One North, 11 Slim Barracks Rise, Singapore.

We congratulate Professor Saha on this prestigious opportunity and his valuable contributions to the field.

ChE Society for Technology and Research, IITGN successfully concluded the 2-day COMSOL Multiphysics workshop. Students from various batches participated in hands-on sessions, solving heat & mass transfer, reaction engineering, and fluid dynamics problems using COMSOL Multiphysics.
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Huge congrats to Prof. Biswajit Saha and the whole team for their latest publication on the IoT-Enabled Stretchable Piezoresistive Sensor, it's all about keeping an eye on how fruits grow and how our bodies work in real-time! This is a big deal because it's a major step forward in helping farmers and doctors understand fruit growth and human health better than ever before. Check it out here - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.3c06057

Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce the successful grant of a patent for the innovative development "Porous Iron-Based Magnetic Nano-Biocomposite Carrier for Anti-Cancer Drugs and Its Preparation Process," spearheaded by Prof Chinmay Ghoroi and his dedicated team. More information can be found in this related publication: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/ra/d0ra01133a

Exciting news! Prof. Chinmay Ghoroi was part of a round table meeting at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce(IACC), joining 15 experts from diverse sectors. Topics ranged from air quality sensors to innovative strategies for tackling deteriorating air quality.

We are proud of our M.Tech students Nandam Hemanth kumar and Kaushik Kunte going places after their time at IIT Gandhinagar. Congratulations!

Enthusiastic about research in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects? We encourage you to apply to Che@IITGn for PhD admissions!

Dr. Anuradda Ganesh (Chief Technical Advisor and Director of Cummins Technologies India Pvt Ltd and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay) visited us on January 22nd for her enlightening talk on compressed biogas with the essence of "energy for rural" in India. Dive into the transformative journey from traditional biogas to advanced solutions, and join the movement for a greener, sustainable future!