Projects & Duties
Present projects:
Present projects:
- New low cost membrane for textile waste water treatment.
- Low cost natural adsorbent based modified membrane for water purification.
- Zeolite membrane for energy conversion and application.
- Degradation of active pharmaceutical components from waste stream using polymeric membrane using solar radiation.
- Novel Packaging materials (POR Calabria) for Intelligent packaging.
- Valorization of new product of coffee industry for the production and realization of single biodegradable coffee packaging. (PON –POR Calabria 2018)
- Creating novel photonic glass photocatalytic membranes, for disinfection and advanced oxidation applications.
Project Accomplished
Project Accomplished
- Development of new insulating materials from Natural fibers
- Development of high density algae separation unit by membrane fouling. (04/2012-08/2016)
- Development of advanced membrane water purification: fabrication, fouling resistance, and system configuration: Masdar Institute/MIT flagship collaborative project. (05/2016-12/2017)
- Novel module configurations for high efficiency Membrane Distillation-Project extension”: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & MICP Innovation Program (MMIP). Collaborative work on desalination, Photothermal disinfection, nanofiltration, greenhouse water recovery. (05/2016-12/2017)
- Fouling assessment and mitigation in utility-scale membrane distillation systems for brine management” An International Desalination Company (NDA pending) and Masdar Co. (2016-2017)
- Nanomaterial-based membrane in water purification (Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Republic of Korea (KRF), 2011-2013
- Challenges and opportunities of green technologies for wastewater treatment (INDIGO under European Commission and Department of Science & Technology, India), 2012-2013
- Nano-photo catalysis membrane in energy conversion for water treatment (Department of Science and technology, India & Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria), 2013 -2015
- Removal of organic compound contaminated wastewater –A Box–Behnken design study (DST India) (2004-2007)
- A biotechnology opportunity for Biomass Valorization from industrial waste water (2007-2010)
Teaching Duties:
Teaching Duties:
- Membrane Technology and Separation processes
- Reaction Engineering
- Materials Science and polymer technology (Graduate and Undergraduate)
- Principals of Basic Chemical Engineering
- Reactor Design
- Master Sistemi Energetici Innovativi - S.E.I. within the project “Formazione superiore di esperti in progettazione e sviluppo di sistemi energetici non climalteranti – μPerla” with code: PON01_01840