Projects & Duties

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

• 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:

1. Membrane Technology and Separation processes
2. Reaction Engineering
3. Materials Science and polymer technology (Graduate and Undergraduate)
4. Principals of Basic Chemical Engineering
5. Reactor Design
6. 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