Principal Investigator
Dr. Prachi Thareja
Post-Doc, University of Delaware
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Particles at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces
B.Tech, HBTI Kanpur
Courses at IIT Gandhinagar
Advance Thermodynamics (PG)
Introduction to Thermodynamics (UG)
Fluid Mechanics (UG)
Colloidal Domain: Where Science Meets Engineering (UG & PG)
Formulation Science and Engineering
Journal articles on teaching pedagogy
Patel, Panchami and Thareja, Prachi, “Colloids and interfaces: where Science meets Engineering, a hands-on learning approach”, Journal of Chemical Education, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01218, Apr. 2024.
Shah, Jay and Thareja, Prachi, “Design Your Experiment (DYE) project based learning in fluid mechanics laboratory”, ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 51-57, Nov. 2021.
Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes)
India Institute Women in Research Fellowship, University of Birmingham awarded by India Institute, University of Birmingham, 2023
Mechanically tunable adsorbent grapheme oxide gels, Poster presentation in the International Conference on Applied Surface Science, China, 12-15th June 2017, (received the SPECS prize for the best poster)
Shortlisted for INAE Young Engineer Award, 2017
Self-assembly and Rheology of Colloidal particles in Hexagonal and Nematic Liquid Crystals, Poster Presentation in Faraday Discussion-Nanoparticle Self-Assembly: From Fundamental to Applications, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, January 6-8, 2016. (received the Skinner’s prize for the best poster)
Sunoco Chemical Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
Gold Medal for best academic performance, HBTI Kanpur, 2003