Indian Institue of Technology 1

Indian Institue of Technology 1
CourseNo:CH1010
CourseName:Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Credit Distribution: C: L: T: P: E: O: TH:
Course Type:
Description:This course is intended to provide an overview of the scope of Chemical Engineering to I year
B.Tech. students by having academic and industrial practitioners give seminars reflecting their individual
area of interest. Assignments are given to reinforce the learning.
CourseContent:Various topics of relevance to Chemical Engineering
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:NIL
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CourseNo:CH3150
CourseName:Renewable Energy Sources
Course Type:
Description:* The course provides an overview of the important renewable energy sources and the
technologies for harnessing these resources for energy generation. * The students acquire knowledge of
conventional fossil fuel based (non-renewable) energy resources and their impact on the environment. *
Appraise the need for clean, sustainable energy and environmental protection. * Evaluate the advantages and
ways in which renewable energy can be integrated into the existing power systems.
CourseContent:World Energy Scenario Introduction, energy and society, climate change. Unsustainable
Energy Technologies Coal, Oil, Gas, Nuclear power, Hydropower. Sustainable/Renewable Energy
Technologies Hydrogen Economy Alternative fuels, hydrogen production, metal hydrides, fuel cells, hybrid
vehicles. Solar Power Radiation, solar geometry, water heating, collectors, concentrators. Photovoltaics
Semiconductor physics, doping, P-N junction, solar cell. Wind Power Introduction, types of wind machines,
Betz law, wind recourse analysis. Wave Power Wave energy, ocean energy. Tidal Hydropower Hydro systems,
Hydro resources, types of hydro turbine, small hydro systems. Biomass Biomass resources, pyrolysis, gasifier,
biogas, bio-diesel, ethanol. Geothermal
TextBooks:David Coley, Energy and Climate Change- Creating a Sustainable Future, Wiley 2008. Bent
Sorensen, Renewable Energy Conversion, Transmission and Storage, Elsevier, 2004. John Twidell and Tony
Weir, Renewable Energy Resources, Taylor & Francis, 2007.
ReferenceBooks:Kreith Frank and Goswami Yogi Ed. Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
CRC 2007.
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CourseNo:CH3500
CourseName:Summer Training
Course Type:
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CourseNo:CH5010
CourseName:Chemical Reactor Theory
Course Type:
Description:Learning Outcomes: 1. Write rate equations for single and multiple reactions occurring in batch
reactor, PFR and CSTR 2. Develop coupled mass and energy balance equations for batch, PFR and CSTRs
under steady, unsteady and adiabatic conditions 3. Evaluate selectivity, yield and conversion for multiple
reactions occurring in batch, CSTR and PFRs 4. Evaluate stability criteria for non-isothermal CSTRs 5. Derive
analytical rate expressions for surface catalyzed reactions using steady state and equilibrium approximations
6. Differentiate mechanism of surface catalyzed reactions based on rate equations 7. Develop rate equations
for diffusion in porous catalysts; analyze the various limiting regimes using non-dimensional numbers 8.
Synthesize rate laws for gas-solid non-catalytic reactions based on controlling resistances 9. Develop rate
expressions for catalytic reactions occurring in fixed bed, moving bed and trickle bed reactors will application
in refinery operations 10. Analyze reactor non-ideality using exit age distribution 11. Develop models to
describe non-ideality using degree of mixing and dispersion; design non-ideal reactors using a combination of
ideal reactors
CourseContent:Topics: Batch reactor, CSTR, PFR, kinetics; Stoichiometry, rate equations, thermodynamics;
Fundamental heat and mass balance equations, ideal PFR, perfectly mixed reactors, recycle; Reactor design
for complex reactions, design for optimal selectivity, optimal temperature policy; Analysis of reactor stability;
Mixing in chemical reactors, Non-ideality in continuous flow reactors; Pseudo-steady-state assumptionvs
equilibrium assumption for catalytic reaction kinetics, LH kinetics, catalyst deactivation; Internal and external
transport limitations in catalytic reactions; Non-catalytic reaction fundamentals; Gas-liquid reaction
fundamentals; Fixed bed, fluidized bed and trickle bed reactors.
TextBooks:• H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed. Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi. • Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed. John Wiley and Sons, Singapore. •
Lanny D. Schmidt, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2nd Ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
ReferenceBooks:1. G.F. Froment, K.B. Bischoff and J. de Wilde (2011), Chemical Reactor Analysis & Design,
3rd Ed., Wiley 2. M.E. Davis and R.J. Davis (2003), Fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering, McGraw-
Hill 3. Ravi, R.; Vinu, R.; Gummadi, S.N. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3A: Chemical
and Biochemical Reactors and Reaction Engineering, Fourth Edition, Chhabra, R. (Editor-in-Chief), 2017,
Elsevier Ltd.
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CourseNo:CH5050
CourseName:Advanced Chemical Engg Thermodynamics
Course Type:
Description:Objectives:• This core course in advance chemical engineering thermodynamics aims to connect
the concepts, and laws of classical thermodynamics to applications that require quantitative knowledge of
thermodynamic properties at macroscopic level.• The purpose of this course is to present a broad
understanding of the thermodynamics of phase equilibria typically encountered in design of chemical
processes, in particular, in separation operations. • Phase and chemical equilibria of multi-component
systems are covered. While on one hand molecular thermodynamics are discussed to understand the multi-
component interactions; practical cases and industrial applications are emphasized through interactive
tutorial session.Learning Outcome:• At the end of the course, students will be able to formulate solutions to
phase equilibrium problems for complex systems based on classical and molecular thermodynamics• Students
will be able to relate thermodynamic concepts to applications in the separations, particularly related to
petroleum and chemical process industries
CourseContent:Laws of thermodynamics, Entropy calculations, Maxwell relations, Equilibrium and stability,

Thermodynamic properties of single phase, Single and multicomponent systems, Chemical potential,
Fugacities, Activities, Activity coefficients, Solubility of solids/ liquids/ gases in liquids/ gases, Vapour - Liquid
equilibria at low and high pressures, Liquid – liquid equilibria, Solid – Vapour - Liquid equilibria, Colligative
properties, Phase equilibria in polymer solutions, Electrolytes, Chemical equilibria, Equilibrium constants for
homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, Simultaneous reaction and phase equilibria. Introduction to
molecular thermodynamics, Intermolecular forces, Potential function
TextBooks:1. Chemical and Engineering Thermodynamics - Milo Koretsky Wiley PublicationsStudent Edition
2. J.M., R.N. Lichtenthaler, E.G. de Azevedo, "Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria", 3rd ed.,
Prentice Hall, 1999S.M. Walas, “Phase Equilibria in Chemical Engineering”, Butterworths, 1985.
ReferenceBooks:J. Richard Elliott; Carl T. Lira, “Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 2nd
Edition", 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2012Prauznitz,
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CourseNo:CH5090
CourseName:Bioprocess Engineering
Course Type:
Description:To introduce the student to the principles of Bioprocess Engineering
CourseContent:Definition of biotechnology; elements of microbiology and biochemistry. Kinetics of cellular

and enzymatic reactions Mass and energy transfer in biochemical systems. Fermentation processes.
Upstream and downstream processes.Fundamentals of bioreactors. Batch, continuous, fed-batch and semi-
continuous bioreactors. Non-ideal effects. Scale-up and scale-downcriteria. Control strategies in bioprocesses.
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. J.E. Bailey & D.F. Ollis (eds) : `Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals', McGraw Hill
Inc., 1986.
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CourseNo:CH3170
CourseName:Ecological Engineering
Course Type:
Description:Ecological engineering or the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate human society
with its natural environment for the benefit of both. It combines natural and applied sciences, especially
systems ecology along with the discipline of engineering. It aims to educate professionals on how to design,
construct and manage ecosystems and to develop sustainable eco-technologies to treat non-point source
pollution, restoration of disturbed eco-systems based on ecological principles
CourseContent:Ecological engineering or the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate human society
with its natural environment for the benefit of both combines natural and applied sciences, especially systems
ecology. With the discipline of engineering it aims to educate professionals on how to design, construct and
manage ecosystems and to develop sustainable eco-technologies. Introduction: Perspectives on ecology and
engineering , Determining the Balance Between Technological and Ecosystem Services, human impact on
environment and the need for ecological engineering, Basic principles, Classification and Examples of
Ecological Engineering, Relationship to Ecology and Engineering, Principles of ecology, Principles of
Ecological Engineering, Design of New Ecosystems Ecological Engineering Tools: Monitoring ecosystems,
Modeling in ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration Applications: Treatment wetlands: Non-Point
Source Management of wastes in Engineered Ecosystems, Fundamentals of non-point source pollution
including quantification of environmental impact and ecosystem management related to contaminants and
nutrients and to planning and design of ecological systems, Biodiversity and Treatment Wetlands, Wetland
creation and restoration, Case studies Soil bioengineering: Introduction, Concepts of Soil Bioengineering,
Case Studies Restoration ecology: Restoration concepts, How to Restore an Ecosystem, Procedures and
Policies, Case Studies of lake and river restoration Ecological engineering for solid waste management:
Sanitary Landfill as an Ecosystem, Composting Ecosystems for Organic Solid Wastes Industrial Ecology:
Economic Concepts and the Paradox of Waste, Ecological engineering in industrial waste handling, Ecological
economics
TextBooks:Books on Ecology and Environment
ReferenceBooks: 1. Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration, William J. Mitsch, Sven Erik
Jørgensen, 2003 2. Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice, Patric C Kangas, CRC Press, 2002 3.
Ecology 2, Paul J Colinvaux, John Wiley, 2003
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CourseNo:CH4170
CourseName:Catalyst Science & Technology
Course Type:
Description:Catalyst structures Catalytic reactions theory Catalytic reactor design and modeling
CourseContent:This course introduces homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic systems. The emphasis is
on heterogeneous catalytic reactions and reactors. The initial part of the course covers adsorption,
desorption, structures of metal catalysts and active sites. The second part pertains to the development of
surface catalytic reaction mechanisms and microkinetic models. Finally, reactor level models incorporating
both global and microkinetic models are introduced. Course projects addresses various industrially relevant
case studies is the norm.
TextBooks:No particular prescribed text. Reference materials are provided as needed.
ReferenceBooks:Provided as needed.
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CourseNo:CH5120
CourseName:Modern Control Theory
Course Type:
Description:To introduce students to systems theory and state of art control techniques and theory
CourseContent:Introduction to control: history and perspectives, basics of process control Introduction to

linear algebra and MATLAB Models: State-space models, FIR models, discretization Linear system analysis:
Stability, Observability, Controllability Dynamic Matrix Control: Basics, Implementation of industrial DMC;
Handling model errors; Case studies Linear Optimal control: Linear control; Pole placement; Linear quadratic
regulator State Estimation – Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter, MHE Constrained Control – Model
Predictive Control: Deterministic Implementation of state-space MPC, output feedback, estimator +MPC
Extensions to MPC: Offset-free control; Inferential control; Economic MPC
TextBooks: 1. Chi-Tsong Chen, “Linear System Theory and Design”, Oxford University Press 2. J. M.
Macieowski, “Predictive Control with Constraints”, Pearson Prentice Hall 3 K.J. Astrom & B. Wittenmark,
Computer Controlled Systems, Prentice Hall India (1994). 4 MATLAB MPC Toolbox User Guide 5 E.F.
Camacho & C.B. Alba, Model Predictive Control, Springer Verlag, London (2007) 6 J.B. Rawlings & D.Q.
Mayne, Model Predictive Control: Theory and Design, Nob Hill Publishing (2009)
ReferenceBooks:Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang
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CourseNo:CH6180
CourseName:Molecular Theory of Solutions
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn about the equilibrium statistical mechanics framework of liquids and solutions. (2)
To gain knowledge of realistic molecular models of liquids and solutions (3) To understand the quantitative
relationships between atomic and molecular structure and macroscopic thermodynamic properties of
chemicals via relevant models and parameters
CourseContent:Postulates of statistical mechanics, ensembles, canonical ensemble. Partition functions and

derivatives, configurational integral, fluctuations, energy, density, particle densities & molecular distribution
functions (canonical ensemble). Equations relating thermodynamic properties to g(r). Potential of mean force.
Grand-canonical ensemble & distribution functions, compressibility equation. Molecular theory of pure
liquids. Lattice theory and local composition models. Integral equation theories I: g(r), YBG equations, BBGKY
hierarchy, integral equation theories II: density expansion of pair correlaton function & direct correlation
function; Ornstein-Zernicke equation, approximate closures & the PY and HNC equation, average energy,
compressibility. Hard-Sphere fluid & extended hard sphere theories, scaled-particle theory. Corresponding
states theory. Perturbation theories: Barker-Henderson, Zwanzig, Weeks-Chandler. Significant structure
theories of liquids. Cell and hole theories (lattice models), Flory-Huggins theory. Lennard-Jones-Devonshire
(LJD) theory of liquids. Formalism of thermodynamic properties for mixtures (compressibility etc.). Local
composition theories of liquid mixtures. Debye-Huckel theory and Guoy-Chapman model of electrolyte
solution.
TextBooks:(1) T.L. Hill, Introduction to statistical thermodynamics, Addison-Wesley, 1960 (2) T.L. Hill,
Statisical mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1956 (3) A. Munster, Statistical thermodynamics, Springer, 1970 (4) D. A.
McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, University Science Books, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., 2005
ReferenceBooks:(1) T.M. Reed & K.E. Gubbins, Applied statistical mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1973 (2) C.G.
Gray & K.E.Gubbins, Theory of molecular fluids, vol.I. fundamentals, International series of monographs on
chemistry, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1984
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CourseNo:CH2010
CourseName:Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Course Type:
Description:To learn to apply the principles of solution thermodynamics to predict phase and reaction
equilibrium data which are relevant to chemical engineering.
CourseContent:Module 1: Equation of state (EOS): intermolecular forces; van der Waals EOS, cubic EOS;
virial EOS; compressibility charts; EOS for fluid mixtures. Module 2: The calculus of thermodynamics:
fundamental property relations; Maxwell relations; calculation of properties using equation of states;
departure functions. Module 3: Thermodynamics of mixtures: partial molar properties; Gibbs- Duhem
equation; property change of mixing; fugacity and fugacity coefficients for vapor and liquid mixtures; activity
and activity coefficients; excess properties; reference states. Module 4: Phase Equilibria: pure species:
criteria for equilibrium, first order phase transitions, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, and latent heat; binary
vapor liquid equilibria (VLE); Raoult’s law; liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE); solid-liquid and solid-solid
equlirium (SLE, SSE); multicomponent VLE. Module 5: Chemical Reaction Equilibria: – Chemical reactions
and Gibbs free energy; Equilibrium constant K, Calculation of K from thermochemical data, Relationship
between K and concentration of the reacting species, K for gas, liquid and solid phases, Analysis of multiple
reactions. Module 6: Special Topics: – Adsorption isotherms, Thermodynamics of interfaces, Electrochemical
reactions, Biochemical reactions, Relationship between classical and statistical thermodynamics.
TextBooks:M. D. Koretsky, Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2013.
ReferenceBooks:1. J. M. Smith, H. V. Van Ness and M. M. Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill, 2005. 2. N. de Nevers, Physical and Chemical Equilibrium for
Chemical Engineers, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2012. 3. J. W. Tester and M. Modell, Thermodynamics and Its
Applications, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall, 1997. 4. D. Chandler, Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics,
Oxford Univ. Press, 1987.
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CourseNo:CH5130
CourseName:Rheology of Complex Materials
Course Type:
Description:Non-Newtonian fluids are encountered in various engineering applications. This course

introduces concepts required to analyze the behaviour of such fluids. Since micro-structural features of
materials are responsible for non-Newtonian nature, this course describes the most commonly used classes of
material systems and their rheological behaviour.
CourseContent:1. Introduction to complex material systems(a) Macromolecular systems: synthetic polymers,

biological macromolecules(b) Multiphase systems: colloids, dispersions, emulsions2. Review of fluid
mechanics: stress, strain, velocity gradient, strain rate, Shear and extensional flows, Newtonian viscous
fluids, viscometry, rheometry3. Simplisitic models: Viscous models, Maxwell model4. Creep, stress relaxation,
oscillatory (dynamic) testing, material functions5. Modeling of rheological behaviour(a) Continuum models:
Governing equations, Constitutive relationsi. Generalized Newtonian Fluids, Linear Viscoelastic
materials,Superposition principle, Relaxation time spectra, time temperatureequivalence, Convected
derivatives, Models for slow flows,Differential models, integral models(b) Molecular modelsi. Microscopic
origin of stress, Elastic dumbbell model, reptation,Overview of other models: Rouse, Zimm, DoiEdwards
models
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, RB Bird, RC Armstrong and O Hassager, John Wiley &
Sons, 19872. The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, M Doi and SF Edwards, Clarendon Press, 19863. The
Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids, RG Larson, Oxford university press 19994. Biomechanics:
Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, YC Fung, Springer, 1993
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CourseNo:CH5190
CourseName:Introduction of Macromolecules
Course Type:
Description:To give an overview of Polymers from a fundamental understanding based on the physics of
macromolecules to graduate students doing research in the area of polymers. The course would be useful to
understand how single polymer molecules of chains behave and how it is related to bulk properties and
behaviour such as viscosity, mechanical/electric properties etc. Senior UG students can also benefit from this
course since polymers are ubiquitous in nature and in a myriad of common as well as engineering applications
CourseContent:1.The structure of macromolecules, Terms and definitions, Degree of polymerization,

Molecular weight and its distribution, Types and classification: thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers,
copolymers, natural polymers, biopolymers - polysaccharides, poly nucleic acids, lipids, proteins, applications
of polymers, degradability 2. Configurations and conformations, three dimensional structure of
macromolecules 3. Polymer Single chain and its statistics, Ideal chain, Size of a polymer chain, Statistical
properties , persistence length, Kuhn length, Entropy of a single chain, flexible, semi-flexible and rigid rod-
like polymers 4. Interaction between macromolecules and solvents: molecular interactions, thermodynamics
of mixing, multi-component mixtures, emulsions, dispersions, suspensions and solutions 4. Polymer blends
and alloys, miscible and immiscible systems 5. Macromolecules in solid state, amorphous and crystalline
polymers, glass transition, crystallization, liquid crystalline states 6. Mechanical properties and linear
viscoelastic properties of polymers 7. Proton and electron conduction in polymers 8. Flow behaviour of
polymers
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering, A Kumar and RK Gupta,Marcel Dekker 20032.

Polymer Physics, UW Gedde, Chapman & Hall, 19953. Physics of Polymers, by G Strobel, SpringerVerlag,
19964. Molecular Biophysics, M Daune, Oxford University Press, 1999
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CourseNo:CH5350
CourseName:Applied Time Series Analysis
Course Type:
Description:The objectives of this course are to (i) provide an overview of the subject of random signal
processing (time- series analysis) (ii) provide theoretical foundations for analysis of random processes (iii)
introduce concepts of estimation theory and (iv) demonstrate methods and aspects of practical
implementation in statistical data analysis. Emphasis will be placed on both time-domain and frequency-
domain tools. The idea is to nurture intuitive approach while keeping track of the mathematical rigour.
Applications are illustrated on simulated and real-life data sets. Through a serious learning of this course, the
student will be equipped with the basic knowledge, systematic approaches to and the art of time-series
analysis. While the lectures focus on the theoretical aspects, the assignments and computer-based exercises
provide ample opportunities to implement, learn and evaluate the practical aspects of the subject.
CourseContent:1. Motivation: Introduction to time-series analysis and overview of the subject. 2.

Background: Review of probability theory, random variables and moments, covariance and correlation 3.
Random processes: Theoretical definitions and concepts, auto-, partial- and cross-correlation functions 4.
Time-series modelling: Auto-regressive, moving average and integrated ARIMA models 5. Spectral
representations: Frequency-domain representations of deterministic signals, power spectra, spectral densities
and representations for stochastic signals 6. Prediction theory: Best linear predictors, one-step and multi-step
forecasting 7. Estimation theory: Estimators of statistics, statistical properties of estimators, Cramer-Rao
bound, Yule-Walker estimators, Least squares and MLE methods 8. Estimation of correlation functions, time-
series models and spectra: Estimation of CCF/ACF/PACF and ARIMA models, periodograms and their
smoothed versions for estimation of spectral densities 9. Advanced topics: Seasonal effects, state-space
models and Kalman filters
TextBooks:1. Arun K. Tangirala (2014). Principles of System Identification - Theory and Practice, CRC Press.
2. R.H. Shumway and D.S. Stoffer (2017). Time-Series Analysis and its Applications: With R examples, Fourth
Edition. Springer-Verlag, New York. Support site: https://www.stat.pitt.edu/stoffer/ tsa4/tsa4.htm
ReferenceBooks:1. P.J. Brockwell and R.A. Davis (2002). Introduction to Time-Series and Forecasting.
Second Edition, Springer Series in Statistics. 2. J.D. Cryer and K-S. Chen (2008). Time Series Analysis with
Applications in R. Second Edition, Springer. 3. M.B. Priestley (1981). Spectral Analysis and Time-Series (Vols.
1 and II). Academic Press, London, UK. 4. J.D. Hamilton (1994). Time-Series Analysis. Princeton University
Press, Princeton, USA. 5. G. Box, G.M. Jenkins and G. Reinsel (1994). Time Series Analysis: Forecasting &
Control. Prentice Hall India, 3/e. 6. W.A. Fuller (1995). Introduction to Statistical Time-Series. Wiley-
Interscience, 2/e.
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CourseNo:CH5370
CourseName:Environmental Quality Monitoring & Analysis
Course Type:
Description:To provide a fundamental understanding of pollutants, their characteristics and the mechanisms
underlying the fate and transport of pollutants in the environment. The course is meant for environmental
engineers.
CourseContent:1. Introduction 1.1. Environmental Phases (compartments) – Composition of the

environmental phases: Water, Air, Earth (soil / sediment), Biota 1.2. Definitions. Exposure. Toxicology.
Markers and benchmarks for toxicology and environmental health. 1.3. Regulatory standards; Regulatory
agencies (International and national); History of environmental laws; Environmental disasters – affecting
multiple phases. 1.4. Methods for establishing ambient regulatory standards 1.5. Bioavailability – Partition
constants; 2. Water & Wastewater Quality 2.1 Definition of wastewater; Water and Wastewater criteria;
Exposure pathways; health effects; Laws; Standards, References; 2.2 Physical and chemical characteristics of
water/wastewater 2.2.1 Composition of water - organic, inorganic, biological constituents 2.2.2 BOD, COD,
turbidity, TDS, alkalinity, hardness, pH, metals, organics, pathogens 2.3 Sources of Water Pollution – 2.4
Sampling , monitoring and analysis techniques 2.4.1 Organic / Inorganic (individual components and
Mixtures) 2.4.1.1 Spectroscopy and Chromatography 2.5 Modeling of water quality: common current
approaches and available models 2.5.1 Box Models 2.5.2 Transport of pollutants in streams 3. Air Quality 3.1
Composition of the atmosphere; Common air pollutants – particulate and vapors; criteria for ambient air
quality; Exposure pathways; health effects; standards and references. 3.2 Measurement and characterization
of ambient air quality parameters 3.2.1 Particulate matter – PMx definition – aerodynamic diameter; 3.2.2 Gas
phases samplers, impingers, adsorbents, instrumentation. 3.3 Pollutant Transport 3.3.1 Stability;
Meteorology; 3.3.2 Dispersion of Pollutants – Models 3.3.3 Source apportionment and statistical modeling 3.4
Atmospheric Chemistry 3.4.1 Chemical transformations in the lower and upper atmosphere and their
components and effects: SMOG, Ozone depletion, greenhouse effect; sources for pollutants; measurement
options; effect of public policy. 4. Transport of chemicals across interfaces 4.1. Estimation of chemical fluxes
across different environmental interfaces 4.1.1. Air-Water Interface 4.1.2. Soil-Air Interface 4.1.3. Sediment-
Water Interface 5. Solid Waste Composition of solid waste; characterization techniques; Domestic and
industrial solid waste.
TextBooks:a) Environmental Engineering, Peavy, Rowe and Tchobonoglous, 2nd Edition. b) Environmental
Chemodynamics, Louis J Thibodeaux, 2nd Edition.
ReferenceBooks:1. “Environmental Chemistry” – Stanley E Manahan, 8 th Edition, CRCPress, 2004. 2.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics - From Air Pollution to Climate Change - Seinfeld and Pandis, Wiley
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5010
CourseName:Fundamentals of Adsorption and Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:Physical and Chemical adsorption – adsorption isotherms: evaluation of the texture of solids:
chemisorption bond, chemisorption on metals and oxides. Catalysis: concepts – evolution, model catalytic
reactions for elucidation; H2¬D2 exchange, ethylene hydrogenation, CO oxidation and hydrocarbon reactions.
Review of catalysis: Concepts like multiplet theory, ensembles, geometric factor; local field effects; coupled
interactions; structure sensitivity and structure insensitivity; demanding reactions site structure;
molecularity; remote control and autoremote; biand multifunctionality; forward and back spillover; bifurcation
theory; biand multi layers; bond order conservation; electrochemical promotion; kinetic coupling; linear free
energy relationships; metalsupport interactions; pore efficiency and effectiveness; self organization;
sorbatesorbate interactions; structure breaking and directing; structurereactivity relationships; templating;
poisoning, promotion and deactivation; selectivity; catalytic process engineering: examples and case histories;
environmental and green chemical concepts.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. John Meurig Thomas and W. John Thomas, Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis
(Paperback), Acdemic press 2. Michael Bowker, The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis
(Oxford Chemistry Primers, 53) (Paperback). 3. A. W. Adamson ,Physical Chemistry of Surfaces , , Wiley
Intersciences, 1990 (5th edition) 1990. 4. Bond, G C , Heterogeneous Catalysis: Principles and Application.
Oxford University Press 1987. 5. D.K. Chakrabarty and B. Viswanathan, Hetergogeneous Catalysis, 2008 New
Age Int. Publ. 6. B. Viswanathan, S. Sivasanker, and A. V. Ramaswamy, Catalysis: Principles and Applications,
(Hardcover 9 April 2002), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
ReferenceBooks:1. John Meurig Thomas and W. John Thomas, Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous
Catalysis (Paperback), Acdemic press 2. Michael Bowker, The Basis and Applications of Heterogeneous
Catalysis (Oxford Chemistry Primers, 53) (Paperback). 3. A. W. Adamson ,Physical Chemistry of Surfaces , ,
Wiley Intersciences, 1990 (5th edition) 1990. 4. Bond, G C , Heterogeneous Catalysis: Principles and
Application. Oxford University Press 1987. 5. D.K. Chakrabarty and B. Viswanathan, Hetergogeneous
Catalysis, 2008 New Age Int. Publ. 6. B. Viswanathan, S. Sivasanker, and A. V. Ramaswamy, Catalysis:
Principles and Applications, (Hardcover 9 April 2002), Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
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CourseNo:CA5020
CourseName:Principles of Solids and Surfaces
Course Type:
Description:Structure of solids. Lattice energy. Diffusion in solids. Crystal defects, Nonstoichiometry and
Solid solutions. Solid state transformations and reactions. Crystal Chemistry, Property and Application of
Materials. Surface structure, notation, clean and stepped surfaces; reconstruction, structure of adsorbate
layers, molecular chemisorption, surface energy, Bonding in solids. Xray diffraction: indexing of reflections,
determination of lattice type, lattice extinctions, application and interpretation of powder Xray diffraction
data. Neutron and electron diffraction. Types of materials textural materials and material characterization.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1.H. V. Keer, Principles of the Solid State, New Age International, 1996. 2.L. Smart and E. More,
Solid State Chemistry, Chapman & Hall, 1993. 3.C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley, 1991.
4.A.W. Adamson, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Wiley, 1990. 5.A. R. West, Solid State Chemistry and Its
Applications, Wiley, 1989. 6.A. Zangwill, Physics at Surfaces, Oxford University Press, 1988. 7.B.D. Cullity,
Elements of Xray Diffraction, Addison Wesley, 1978. 8.L.V. Azaroff, Introduction to Solids, Tata McGrawHill,
1977.
ReferenceBooks:1.H. V. Keer, Principles of the Solid State, New Age International, 1996. 2.L. Smart and E.
More, Solid State Chemistry, Chapman & Hall, 1993. 3.C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley,
1991. 4.A.W. Adamson, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Wiley, 1990. 5.A. R. West, Solid State Chemistry and
Its Applications, Wiley, 1989. 6.A. Zangwill, Physics at Surfaces, Oxford University Press, 1988. 7.B.D. Cullity,
Elements of Xray Diffraction, Addison Wesley, 1978. 8.L.V. Azaroff, Introduction to Solids, Tata McGrawHill,
1977.
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CourseNo:CA5310
CourseName:Preparation and Properties of Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:Classification of catalysts; requirements of industrial catalysts; general methods for preparation

of catalysts: decomposition, precipitation, solgel, hydrothermal methods, leaching, impregnation,
ionexchange, hydrolysis, vapour deposition; unit operations: filtration, crystallization; activation of catalysts:
calcinations, reduction, sulfidation; effect of preparation methods on catalyst activity; shaping of catalysts:
importance of catalyst shapes, importance of heat and mass transport in industrial catalysis; reactor types;
preparation of porous catalysts: oxides, mixed oxides; structure and preparation of zeolites, metallosilicates,
aluminophosphates, ordered mesoporous materials; catalysis by zeolites; effect of Si/Al ratio, dealumination
methods, crystallite size, Alspeciation; clay based catalysts, layered double hydroxides; structured catalysts:
metal / ceramic monolith catalysts; composition analysis and simple characterization techniques for industrial
catalysts; screening of industrial catalysts for activity and selectivity; reactor types and methods.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. B.Delmon, P.Grange, P.A.Jacobs and G.Poncelet, Preparation of catalysts, Sceintific bases for
the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts, Elasevier, Amsterdam, 1976,1979,1983,1987,1991,1995. 2.
Preparation of solid catalysts, Eds. G. Ertl, H. Knozinger, J. Weitkamp. John Wiley and Sons Inc. (1999). 3.
B.C. Gates, Catalytic Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons Inc. (1992). 4. C.N. Satterfield, Heterogeneous catalysis
in industrial practice, McGrawHill, New York (1991) 5. R.L. Augustine, Heterogeneous catalysis for the
synthetic chemist, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1996. 6. B.C. Gates, J.R.Katzer and G.C.A.Schuit, Chemistry
of catalytic processes, McGrawHill, 1979. 7. H.F. Rase, Handbook of commercial catalysts, CRC press, 2000.
ReferenceBooks:1. B.Delmon, P.Grange, P.A.Jacobs and G.Poncelet, Preparation of catalysts, Sceintific

bases for the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts, Elasevier, Amsterdam,
1976,1979,1983,1987,1991,1995. 2. Preparation of solid catalysts, Eds. G. Ertl, H. Knozinger, J. Weitkamp.
John Wiley and Sons Inc. (1999). 3. B.C. Gates, Catalytic Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons Inc. (1992). 4. C.N.
Satterfield, Heterogeneous catalysis in industrial practice, McGrawHill, New York (1991) 5. R.L. Augustine,
Heterogeneous catalysis for the synthetic chemist, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1996. 6. B.C. Gates,
J.R.Katzer and G.C.A.Schuit, Chemistry of catalytic processes, McGrawHill, 1979. 7. H.F. Rase, Handbook of
commercial catalysts, CRC press, 2000.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5320
CourseName:Homogeneous Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:Importance of homogeneous catalysis in the synthesis of highvalue chemicals; Organometallics

and importance of ligands; catalytic cycle and catalytic intermediates and their identification through spectral
techniques. Reactions that olefins undergo: hydrogenation and asymmetric synthesis; isomerization,
oligomerization, hydrocynation and metathesis reactions; Examples of Shell and DuPont processes.
Carbonylation and hydroformylation reactions: methanol to acetic acid; carbonylation of alkynes and other
substrates for making industrially important chemicals; regioselective reactions; biphasic catalysis.
Polymerization: catalytic cycle for alkene polymerization; metallocene catalysts; structure, special features
and stereocontrol by metallocene catalysts. Oxidation reactions: Wacker oxidation; metalcatalyzed liquid
phase oxidation of cyclohexane, pxylene, epoxidation of propene; oxo complexes and mechanism of oxidation
reactions.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. G.W.Parshall and S.D.Ittel, Homogensous Catalysis, The applications and chemistry of catalysis
by soluble Transition Metal Complexes, Wiley, New Yor, 1992. 2. B.Cornils and W.A.Herrmann, Applied
Homogeneous catalysis with Organometallic Compounds, Vol 1 and 2, Weinheim, New York, 1996. 3.
S.Bhaduri and D.Mukesh, Homogeneous Catalysis, Mechanism and Industrial Applications, Wiley, New York,
2000. 4. P.W.N.M.Van Leeuwen, Homogeneous Catalysis: Understanding the art, Kluwer, Academic
Publishers, 2003.
ReferenceBooks:1. G.W.Parshall and S.D.Ittel, Homogensous Catalysis, The applications and chemistry of
catalysis by soluble Transition Metal Complexes, Wiley, New Yor, 1992. 2. B.Cornils and W.A.Herrmann,
Applied Homogeneous catalysis with Organometallic Compounds, Vol 1 and 2, Weinheim, New York, 1996. 3.
S.Bhaduri and D.Mukesh, Homogeneous Catalysis, Mechanism and Industrial Applications, Wiley, New York,
2000. 4. P.W.N.M.Van Leeuwen, Homogeneous Catalysis: Understanding the art, Kluwer, Academic
Publishers, 2003.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5340
CourseName:Computational Methods in Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:The overall objective of the course is to introduce students to first principles based methods for
investigating catalytic phenomena at a molecular scale and to equip them to carry out elementary simulations
of catalytic phenomena and calculations of kinetic parameters for first principles kinetic modelling using
popular computational codes. At the end of the course the students should be able to • Make appropriate
choices of methods/ programs for investigation of catalytic phenomena of interest. • Make appropriate choices
of computational methods/ parameters/ models for catalysis investigations using the Density Functional Theory
(DFT) framework. • Execute simple simulations/calculations relevant for catalysis like ground state geometry
and transition state optimizations. • Estimating kinetics and thermochemical quantities from these simulations.
• To be able to self-learn more advanced techniques for catalysis investigations.
CourseContent:Part 1 Introduction to computational catalysis • Introduction to Atomistic modelling:

capabilities and limitations • Potential energy surface, stationary points, saddle points, • Adsorption and
surface elementary reactions • Transition state theory, rate constant, kinetics Part 2 First principles methods •
Quantum mechanics theoretical evolution: Schrodinger equation, Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Hartree-
Fock theory, • Density Functional Theory and Kohn-Sham formulation of DFT • DFT functionals: LDA, GGAs,
Hybrids, MetaGGA, hierarchy of functionals and Jacobs ladder Part 3 DFT calculations for isolated molecules
and molecular/homogeneous catalysis • Atom centred basis sets: introduction, literature discussion and on
making choices • Fundamentals of optimization • Hands on sessions using Gaussian program: Geometry
optimization, transition state calculations and intrinsic reaction coordinate analysis • Thermochemistry
calculations in Gaussian Part 4: Heterogeneous catalysts: fundamentals • Metals/metal oxides: crystal
structure, surface exposures and active sites • Adsorption and bonding to metals, d-band theory • Making
surface models/slabs Part 5: Periodic DFT calculations for heterogeneous catalysis • Reciprocal space, K points
• Plane wave basis sets • Pseudopotentials: ultrasoft pseudopotentials/ Projector Augmented Wave (PAW)
method • Hands on sessions: Crystal structure optimization, surface slab models optimization, adsorption,
transition state calculations Part 6: Applications of computational catalysis for reaction engineering and
catalyst design/ screening • First principles microkinetic modelling (discussion) • Scaling relations in catalysis
(adsorption and transition state scaling), Bronsted-Evans-Polanyi relations (literature discussion) • Sabatier
principle and activity-selectivity maps (literature discussion)
TextBooks:1. Introduction to computational chemistry / Frank Jensen. Call number: 54:519.6 JEN
(https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/iitm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4751479&query=9781118825983) 2.
Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction / David S. Sholland Janice A. Steckel
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470447710) 3. Computational chemistry: Introduction to the
theory and applications of molecular and quantum mechanics/ Errol Lewars (12 copies available) Call number:
54:519.6 LEW 4. Electronic structure calculations for solids and molecules: Theory and computational methods
/ Jorge Kohanoff (https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511755613) 5. Fundamental Concepts in Heterogeneous
Catalysis/ Jens K. Nørskov, Felix Studt, Frank Abild‐Pedersen, Thomas Bligaard
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118892114) 6. Computational Methods in Catalysis and
Materials Science: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers [eBook]/ Rutger A. van Santen & Philippe
Sautet
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/iitm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4107809&query=9783527802661
ReferenceBooks:1. Molecular Modelling for Beginners/ Alan Hinchliffe, Call number: 577.2:681.3 HIN 2.
Essentials of computational chemistry / Christopher J. Cramer, Call number: 54:519.6 CRA 3. Electronic
structure: Basic theory and practical methods/ Richard M Martin, Call number: 621.38 MAR 4. Chemical
bonding at surfaces and interfaces / Anders Nilson, and Lars G M Pettersson & Jens K. Nørskov, Call number:
541.57 NIL 5. Concepts of modern catalysis and kinetics / ChorkendorffI And Niemantsverdriet, Call number:
541.128 CHO 6. Heterogeneous catalysis : Fundamentals and applications [eBook] / Julian .R.H. Ross
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780444533630/heterogeneous-catalysis 7. Catalytic kinetics : Chemistry
and engineering [eBook]/ Dmitry Yu. Murzin and Tapio Salmi
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780444637536/catalytic-kinetics#book-description 8. Quantum
Chemistry/ Ira N Levine 9. Physical Chemistry A Molecular Approach/ Donald A McQuarrie and John D Simon,
Call number: 541.1.McQ 10. Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, Peter Atkins. Call number: 541.1.ATK
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4560
CourseName:Project II
Course Type:
Description:Research Project (continuation of CH4530)
CourseContent:In this second semester project, the work initiated in CH4530 is completed. The identified
deliverables are met, using the proposed methodology. Visual output in terms of conference proceedings,
journal articles, codes, or demonstrations etc. is expected.
TextBooks:None
ReferenceBooks:As prescribed by the faculty guide
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5030
CourseName:Experimental Methods in Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:Physicochemical characterization of catalysts using a variety of technique: Adsorption

measurements, specific surface area, metal surface area, pore volume, pore size distribution, hysteresis,
Different methods, tplots. Structure characterization techniques, ESR, NMR for the study of solid catalysts
Magnetic properties and measurements Electrical properties and measurements as a function of adsorption
and catalysis. The use of these methods for the study of structure of catalysts and for the elucidation of
catalytic reactions.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1.R.B.Anderson Experimental methods in Catalysis Vol 13 Academic Press, New York, 1976. 2.
S.Greg and K Sing, Adsorption, sSecific Surface and Porosity, Academic Press, 1982 3. H.Van Bekkum et al
(Editors) Introduction to zeolite Science and Practice, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001.
ReferenceBooks:1.R.B.Anderson Experimental methods in Catalysis Vol 13 Academic Press, New York,

1976. 2. S.Greg and K Sing, Adsorption, sSecific Surface and Porosity, Academic Press, 1982 3. H.Van
Bekkum et al (Editors) Introduction to zeolite Science and Practice, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5040
CourseName:Principles of Surface Analysis
Course Type:
Description:Classification of techniques on the basis of input and output probes. Thermal in neutral out
techniques, TPX methods qualitative and quantitative aspects of TPX techniques. Temperatureprogrammed
technique: pulse adsorption; temperatureprogrammed reduction and desorption; surface acidity estimation.
Photon in techniques – Spectroscopic methods in catalyst characterization: UVVis and FTIR spectral analysis
of catalysts and surfaces. Photoelectric effect: basic principles of electron spectroscopy, classification of
various spectroscopies. Photoelectron spectroscopy: XPS and UPS) experimental methodselectron energy
analysisphoton sources angular dependencecross section and its determinationvalence and core
photoemission Koopmans’ theoremquantum chemical methodsfinal state effects Electron energy loss
spectroscopy: Franck and Hertz experiment instrumentation selection rulestheory studies on molecules
surface states high resolution spectroscopy adsorption and catalysis applications. Auger electron
spectroscopy: introduction instrumentation classification of various transitions-applications Related
techniques: inverse photoemission spin resolved photoemission recent advances in instrumentationbrighter
photon sources. Electron in techniques – AES and EELS techniques, EIS Ion in techniques ISS and other ion
sputtering techniques
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. Introduction to Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Chemical Analysis Vol. 67) P. K. Ghosh, Wiley
Interscience, 1983. 2. Spectroscopy in Catalysis J. W. Niemantsverdriet, VCH Publishers, 1995. 3. J.T.Grant,
Auger Electron Spectroscopy AVS Training Course Book University of Dayton, 1994 4. D.Briggs and M.P.Seah
( Editors) Practical Surface Analysis Auger and Xray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, , Wiley Interscience, 1990
(2nd ed.)) 5. K. Seigbahn et.al., ESCA applied to Free Molecules”, North Holland Publishing Company”, 1969.
6. A. D. Baker and C. R. Brundle, Eds, “Electron Spectroscopy” Vol. 1 4 Academic Press, 1978. 7. H. Ibach and
D. L. Mills, “Electron Loss Spectroscopy and Surface Vibrations”, Academic Press, 1982 8. H. Ibach, “Electron
Energy Loss Spectroscopy”, Springer Verlag, 1992. 9. J. W. Rabalais, “Principles of Ultraviolet Photoelectron
Spectroscopy”. WileyInterscience, 1975 . 10. J. Berkowiz, “Principles of Ultraviolet Photoelectron
Spectroscopy”. Academic Press, 1975 11. P. Karsky and M. Urband, “AbInitio MO Calculations” Lecture Notes
in Chemistr Springer Verlag, 1980. 12. G.A.Somorjai, Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, 1994.
ReferenceBooks:1. Introduction to Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Chemical Analysis Vol. 67) P. K. Ghosh,

Wiley Interscience, 1983. 2. Spectroscopy in Catalysis J. W. Niemantsverdriet, VCH Publishers, 1995. 3.
J.T.Grant, Auger Electron Spectroscopy AVS Training Course Book University of Dayton, 1994 4. D.Briggs and
M.P.Seah ( Editors) Practical Surface Analysis Auger and Xray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, , Wiley
Interscience, 1990 (2nd ed.)) 5. K. Seigbahn et.al., ESCA applied to Free Molecules”, North Holland
Publishing Company”, 1969. 6. A. D. Baker and C. R. Brundle, Eds, “Electron Spectroscopy” Vol. 1 4 Academic
Press, 1978. 7. H. Ibach and D. L. Mills, “Electron Loss Spectroscopy and Surface Vibrations”, Academic
Press, 1982 8. H. Ibach, “Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy”, Springer Verlag, 1992. 9. J. W. Rabalais,
“Principles of Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy”. WileyInterscience, 1975 . 10. J. Berkowiz, “Principles
of Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy”. Academic Press, 1975 11. P. Karsky and M. Urband, “AbInitio MO
Calculations” Lecture Notes in Chemistr Springer Verlag, 1980. 12. G.A.Somorjai, Introduction to Surface
Chemistry and Catalysis, 1994.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5050
CourseName:Catalyst Preparation & Charcterization Lab
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5360
CourseName:Catalysis in Production of Chemicals
Course Type:
Description:Syngas production; preparation of pure hydrogen; ammonia synthesis, methanol and acetic acid;
production of aromatics: pxylene, ethylbenzene, cumene, styrene, alkyl benzenes; alkylation, dealkylation,
trans alkylation and disproportionation; zeolite catalysis: structure of zeolites and principles of zeolite
catalysts, shape selectivity; molecular sieve separation processes; production of monomers: olefins,
caprolactam, vinyl chloride; selective oxidation reactions, ammoxidation, ammoximation; production of adipic
acid, terephthalic acid, acrolein, acrylic and methacrylic acids, ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol,
epichlorohydrin, phenol, formaldehyde, formic acid, propylene oxide, propylene glycols, acrylonitrile, vinyl
acetate; ethanol, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide; alpha-olefins and alcohols; olefin metathesis;
green chemistry: green catalysts and processes, solid catalysts in organic synthesis, fine chemicals
manufacture, metallosilicate catalysts for selective oxidations; solid catalysts for pharmaceuticals,
enantioselective catalysis.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. C.H. Bartholomew, Fundamentals of industrial catalytic processes, Chapman & Hall, 1997. 2.
N.Y. Chen, W.E. Garwood and F.G. Dwyer, “Shape Selective Catalysis in Industrial Applications”, Marcel
Dekker Inc., New York, 1989. 3. P.H. Spitz, Petrochemicals, the rise of an industry, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
4. R.A. Meyers, Handbook of petrochemical production processes, McGrawHill, 2005. 5. Meyers, R.A. (ed.),
Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, Part 5, McGrawHill, New York (1986). 6. S. Matar and L.F.
Hatch, Chemistry of petrochemical processes, ButterworthHeinemann, 2001. 7. R.L.Augustine,
Heterogeneous Catalysis for the synthetic chemist, (1995) 8. C.H.Bartholomew and R J Ferrauto,
Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes, 2005. 9. Ruud I. Wijngaarden, K. Roel Westerterp, and A.
Kronberg, Industiral Catalysis: Optimizing Catalysts and Processes, 1998. 10. Howard F. Rase, Hand book of
commercial Catalysts: Heterogeneous Catalysts, 2000. 11. Dennis Morrell, Catalysis of Organic Reactions (
Chemical Industries), 2002.
ReferenceBooks:1. C.H. Bartholomew, Fundamentals of industrial catalytic processes, Chapman & Hall,
1997. 2. N.Y. Chen, W.E. Garwood and F.G. Dwyer, “Shape Selective Catalysis in Industrial Applications”,
Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1989. 3. P.H. Spitz, Petrochemicals, the rise of an industry, John Wiley & Sons,
1988. 4. R.A. Meyers, Handbook of petrochemical production processes, McGrawHill, 2005. 5. Meyers, R.A.
(ed.), Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes, Part 5, McGrawHill, New York (1986). 6. S. Matar and L.F.
Hatch, Chemistry of petrochemical processes, ButterworthHeinemann, 2001. 7. R.L.Augustine,
Heterogeneous Catalysis for the synthetic chemist, (1995) 8. C.H.Bartholomew and R J Ferrauto,
Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes, 2005. 9. Ruud I. Wijngaarden, K. Roel Westerterp, and A.
Kronberg, Industiral Catalysis: Optimizing Catalysts and Processes, 1998. 10. Howard F. Rase, Hand book of
commercial Catalysts: Heterogeneous Catalysts, 2000. 11. Dennis Morrell, Catalysis of Organic Reactions (
Chemical Industries), 2002.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5370
CourseName:Nano-materials in Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:General definition, Nanochemistry basics, distinction between molecules, nanoparticles and bulk
materials. Physicochemical considerations (geometric and electronic structures, reactivity) of nanomaterials.
Sizedependent properties. Interfacial, colloidal, surfactant and supramolecular chemistry. Preparation
(sonochemical, precipitation, solgel, chemicalvapour deposition, gasphase condensation, templatemediated,
electrodeposition, solvothermal, etc.) and fabrication (zero, one - and two - dimensional nanostructures) of
nanomaterials. Characterization of nanomaterials by diffraction, spectroscopy and microscopy techniques.
Nanomaterials including molecular sieves, dendrimers, inorganicorganic hybrids. Potential relevance of
organic and inorganic nanostructures for advanced material science, organic synthesis, catalysis, and
adsorption/separation processes. Risk discussion and future perspectives.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. P. Yang (ed), The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials, WorldScientific, 2003. 2. G. Cao,
Nanostructures and Nanomaterials Synthesis, Properties and Applications, WorldScientific, 2004. 3. G.A. Ozin
and A.C. Arsenault, Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, RSC Publishing, 2005. 4. E.
Roduner, Nanoscopic Materials: Size Dependent Phenomena, RSC Publishing, 2006.
ReferenceBooks:1. P. Yang (ed), The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials, WorldScientific, 2003. 2. G.

Cao, Nanostructures and Nanomaterials Synthesis, Properties and Applications, WorldScientific, 2004. 3. G.A.
Ozin and A.C. Arsenault, Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, RSC Publishing, 2005. 4. E.
Roduner, Nanoscopic Materials: Size Dependent Phenomena, RSC Publishing, 2006.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA6110
CourseName:Catalysis in Green Chemistry & Envt.
Course Type:
Description:Primary and secondary pollution; environmental damage, causes and remedies; Green house
effects, ozone hole and causes for these; purification of exhaust gases from different sources: autoexhaust
catalysts (petrol vehicles); reactions involved, catalysts and their preparation, threeway catalysts, catalysts for
diesel vehicles -NOx suppression methods, lean NOx trap, decomposition of NOx, selective catalytic
reduction; deactivation of autoexhaust catalysts; purification of emissions from stationary units – catalysts and
applications; catalytic combustion;VOC removal; ozone decomposition; photocatalysis in effluent treatment;
principles of green chemistry: selectivity in catalysis; solid catalysts for organic reactions, solid acids and
bases as catalysts, selective oxidation reactions; hydrogenation – dehydrogenation, catalytic carbon – carbon
bond formation; catalysis in novel reaction media; cascade catalysis; renewable raw materials; examples of
green process innovations: caprolactam, vanillin, adipic acid, phenol, polycarbonate; enantioselective
catalysis; clean fuels.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. P.T. Anastas and J.C.Warner, Green Chemistry, theory and practice, 2. M. Lancaster, Green
chemistry, an introductory text, RSC, 2002. 3. G. Rothernberg, Catalysis: concepts and green applications. 4.
R.J. Farrauto, Catalytic air pollution control, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1995. 5. R.J. Farrauto and C.
H. Bartholomew, Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes, Chapman and Hall, 1997. 6. A. Matalack,
Introduction to green chemistry, Marcel Dekker, 2001. 7. R.A. Sheldon, I.Arends, U. Hanefeld, Green
Chemistry and catalysis, Wiley
ReferenceBooks:1. P.T. Anastas and J.C.Warner, Green Chemistry, theory and practice, 2. M. Lancaster,
Green chemistry, an introductory text, RSC, 2002. 3. G. Rothernberg, Catalysis: concepts and green
applications. 4. R.J. Farrauto, Catalytic air pollution control, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1995. 5. R.J.
Farrauto and C. H. Bartholomew, Fundamentals of Industrial Catalytic Processes, Chapman and Hall, 1997. 6.
A. Matalack, Introduction to green chemistry, Marcel Dekker, 2001. 7. R.A. Sheldon, I.Arends, U. Hanefeld,
Green Chemistry and catalysis, Wiley
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA6120
CourseName:Photo-Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:Thermodynamics and relation to internal energy, Light and molecules: Photon field and Excited
state, quantum yield, Kinetic Rate equations for photocatalysis: parallel, series, reactions, intensity, turnover
rate. Photoprocesses at metals, oxides and semiconductors: concepts, discoveries and applications,
Sensitization of photocatalysts and photosplitting of water. Advances in design, preparation and
characterization of photocatalysts: oxides, chalcogenides, semiconductors, layered materials, porous
materials, artificial photosynthesis. Photocatalysis and the environment: water purification, organic
degradation by photocatalysts, self cleaning photocatalysts, airborne pollutant degradation, reactors for
photocatalysis. Photoelectrochemistry : concepts, discoveries and applications, storage and synthetic cells,
energy generation, cell design, diagnosis and characterization of photoprocesses at electrodes.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. Photocatalytic Reaction Engineering, Hugo De Lasa, Benito Serrano and Miguel Salaices,
Springer, NewYork, NY, 2005. 2. Photocatalysis: Science and Technology, Edited by Masao Kaneko and Ichiro
Okura, Springer, NewYork, NY, 2003. 3. Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, Nick Serpone and
Ezio Pelizzetti, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 1989. 4. Electrochemical Methods, Fundamentals and Applications, 2 nd
Edition, Allen J. Bard and Larry R. Faulkner, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2001. 5. Semiconductor Electrodes and
Photoelectrochemistry, Volume 6, Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry, Edited by Stuart Licht and Maheshwar
Sharon, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2002. 6. Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry, Samir J. Anz, Arnel M. Fajardo,
William J. Royea and Nathan S. Lewis, p 605636, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2003 Course handouts and website
links as and when appropriate.
ReferenceBooks:1. Photocatalytic Reaction Engineering, Hugo De Lasa, Benito Serrano and Miguel Salaices,
Springer, NewYork, NY, 2005. 2. Photocatalysis: Science and Technology, Edited by Masao Kaneko and Ichiro
Okura, Springer, NewYork, NY, 2003. 3. Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, Nick Serpone and
Ezio Pelizzetti, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 1989. 4. Electrochemical Methods, Fundamentals and Applications, 2 nd
Edition, Allen J. Bard and Larry R. Faulkner, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2001. 5. Semiconductor Electrodes and
Photoelectrochemistry, Volume 6, Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry, Edited by Stuart Licht and Maheshwar
Sharon, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2002. 6. Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry, Samir J. Anz, Arnel M. Fajardo,
William J. Royea and Nathan S. Lewis, p 605636, Wiley, NewYork, NY, 2003 Course handouts and website
links as and when appropriate.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3130
CourseName:Polymer Technology
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn about the hierarchical structure and phases of polymer materials. (2) To understand
the factors responsible for complexity of the physical properties and behavior of polymer materials in
practical applications (3) To know the myriad and wide range of practical applications of polymers in various
technologies and how these are related to chemical molecular structure (4) Learn about the applications of
polymers in various classical, contemporary and emerging fields
CourseContent:Reactions mechanisms: addition, step growth, and solid-state polymerization. Morphology

and order: amorphous and crystalline polymers. Dependence of properties on molecular weight. Rheology and
mechanical properties. Thermal and mechanical properties in relation to chemical structure. Various
commercial polymers and their properties and applications. Technology and applications of thermoplastics,
thermosetts, elastomers, fibers. Polymer composite and nano-composite. Polymer processing techniques.
Polymers for advanced technologies: fabrics and textiles, separation membranes, coatings, fire-retardants,
hydrogels, aerogels, superabsorbents, detergents, personal care products, polymer electronics, polymeric
batteries, photonic polymers-non-linear optics, polymer light-emitting diodes, polymers for biomedical
applications.
TextBooks:(1) R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell, Introduction to Polymers, Chapman & Hall, 2001 (2) F. W. Billmeyer,
Textbook of polymer science, John Wiley & sons, 3rd edition, 2007 (3) J. R. Fried, Polymer science and
technology, 3rd ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2014
ReferenceBooks:(1) N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley, C. B. Bucknall, Principles of polymer engineering, Oxford

Science Publications, 2nd ed., 1997 (2) H. R. Allcock, Contemporary polymer chemistry, Pearson Prentice-
Hall, 2005 (3) Z. Tadmor, C. G. Gogos, Principles of polymer processing, 2nd Ed, John Wiley & sons, 2006 (4)
Polymer science and engineering: The shifting frontiers, The National Academies Press, 1994
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3160
CourseName:Polymeric Materials
Course Type:
Description:1. Classify the polymers based on synthesis method, structure and applications. 2. Write basic
rate equations for kinetics of addition and step growth polymerization and co-polymerization, and understand
polymer molecular weight distribution. 3. Evaluate structural and morphological characteristics of polymers
in relation to the chain dynamics. Correlate glass transition, melting and crystallization temperatures with
structure. 4. Evaluate solubility of polymers with different solvents using Hildebrand solubility parameter and
Flory Huggins solution theory. 5. Describe mechanical properties of polymers using typical stress-strain
relationships. Develop spring-dashpot-type mathematical models to describe stress-strain relationships. 6.
Understand the basic principles of operation of polymer characterization such as viscometry, gel permeation
chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis.
CourseContent:Classification of polymers - based on synthesis technique, molecular structure, application

and processing; homo- vs copolymers Polymerization Kinetics - Kinetics of addition (free radical, cationic,
anionic), step growth and addition co-polymerization Structure and Morphology - Polymer chain - molecular
weight distribution, chain statistics, random walk, conformation vs configuration, chain dynamics Polymer
Solution Thermodynamics - regular solution theory, Flory-Huggins solution theory Thermal behavior - glass
transition, melting, crystallization Mechanical properties - typical stress-strain responses, elasticity theories,
time-temperature superposition, viscoelasticity Polymer characterization - viscometry, GPC, TGA, DSC, DMA,
DTA, light scattering Polymer degradation - thermal, ultrasonic, photolytic, catalytic, mechanisms, modeling
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. Fred W. Billmeyer, Textbook of Polymer Science, 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons,
Singapore, 2010. 2. V.R. Gowariker, N.V. Viswanathan, J. Sreedhar, Polymer Science, 2nd edition, New age
International Publishers, New Delhi, 2015. 3. George Odian, Principles of Polymerization, 4th edition, John
Wiley and Sons, New Delhi, 2010. 4. J. Brandrup, E. H. Immergut, E. A. Grulke (editors) Polymer Handbook,
4th edition. 5. Malcolm P. Stevens, Polymer Chemistry: An Introduction, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press,
Indian edition, 2008.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3180
CourseName:Polymer Kinetic Theory
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn the mathematical framework of the theories of polymer dynamics in various phases.
(2) To be able to make the distinction between the dynamical behavior of polymers as compared to other
simple molecules in solution and pure liquid state. (3) To be able to model the polymer chain molecules in
their dynamics using theory
CourseContent:Flow phenomena is polymeric liquids. Concept of conformation and entanglements. Non-

Newtonian viscosity. Normal stress and other elastic effects. Material functions for polymeric liquids, shear
and shear free flows. Phenomenological models of flow dynamics Diffusion of polymers and scaling laws. Basic
concepts from probability theory, Events and probability, random variables, expectations and moments, joint
distributions and independence, Gaussian random variables, general discussion of the random walk, Fokker-
Planck equations, Rouse model, Zimm model.
TextBooks:(1) G. Strobl, The physics of polymers-Concepts for understanding their structure and behavior,
3rd ed., Springer, 2007 (2) R. B. Bird, R. C. Armstrong, O. Hassager, Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. I:
Fluid mechanics, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1987 (3) M. Doi and S. F. Edwards, The theory of polymer dynamics, Oxford
science publications, 1988
ReferenceBooks:(1) D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, University Science Books, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.,
2005
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3710
CourseName:Ecological Engineering
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CourseNo:CH4120
CourseName:Molecular Thermodynamics
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn basic framework of statistical thermodynamics of physical systems. (2) To learn how
to model thermodynamic properties of phases gas, liquid and solids with chemical description using molecular
theories. (3) To learn how to mathematically model thermodynamics of non-ideal gases and liquids, and liquid
mixtures and solutions, using statistical and molecular methods.
CourseContent:Average values of mechanical properties and classical thermodynamics. Postulates.

Assumptions of molecular thermodynamics, ensembles and partition functions. Fluctuations. Canonical and
Grand Canonical ensembles. Configuration integral. Ideal gas and monotonic crystal. Lattice model for solid.
Einstein and Debye crystal models. Virial equation of state. Particle density. Liquid theories: gas-like, solid
like, cell and hole theories. Liquid mixtures and local excess composition models for the Gibbs free enrgy
distribution. Distribution functions and equations for internal energy, pressure and isothermal
compressibility. Distribution function theories of the liquid state. Integral equation theories I: g(r), YBG
equations. Hard-Sphere fluid, corresponding states theory, solution thermodynamics. Monte Carlo simulation
method and equilibrium thermodynamic properties.
TextBooks:T.L. Hill, Introduction to statistical thermodynamics, Addison-Wesley, 1960 T.L. Hill, Statisical
mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1956 A. Munster, Statistical thermodynamics, Springer, 1970 D. A. McQuarrie,
Statistical Mechanics, University Science Books, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., 2005
ReferenceBooks: L.L. Lee, Molecular Thermodynamics, Butterworths, 1988 J.M. Prausnitz, R.N.
Lichtenthaler & E.G. Azevedo, Molecular thermodynamics of fluids phase equilibria, Prentice-Hall, 1986 T.M.
Reed & K.E. Gubbins, Applied statistical mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1973 C.G. Gray & K.E.Gubbins, Theory of
molecular fluids, vol.I. fundamentals, International series of monographs on chemistry, Clarendon Press,
Oxford, 1984
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CourseNo:CH4210
CourseName:Plastics Engineering
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn about the hierarchical structure and phases of polymer materials. (2) To understand
the factors responsible for complexity of the physical properties and flow behavior and processing of polymer
materials in practical applications (3) To know the fundamental aspects of various methods of processing of
plastic and thermoset polymers
CourseContent:Classification: Engineering plastics, elastomers, thermosets. high temperature

thermoplastics. Effect of temperature on polymer behavior, Viscoelasticity, time-temperature superposition,
flow behavior-fluid mechanics, thermal and mechanical behavior, stress-strain behavior, fracture and impact
behavior of plastics and elastomers, polymer blends and composites, toughened plastics, processing of
plastics – extrusion, injection molding, blow moulding, calendaring, coating flows, thermoforming, 3D printing
of plastics, aging of plastics
TextBooks:(1) R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell, Introduction to Polymers, Chapman & Hall, 2001 (2) F. W. Billmeyer,
Textbook of polymer science, John Wiley & sons, 3rd edition, 2007 (3) J. R. Fried, Polymer science and
technology, 3rd ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2014 (4) Z. Tadmor, C. G. Gogos, Principles of polymer processing,
2nd Ed, John Wiley & sons, 2006
ReferenceBooks:(1) N. G. McCrum, C. P. Buckley, C. B. Bucknall, Principles of polymer engineering, Oxford

Science Publications, 2nd ed., 1997 (2) H. R. Allcock, Contemporary polymer chemistry, Pearson Prentice-
Hall, 2005 (3) S. Middleman, Fundamentals of polymer processing, McGraw-Hill, 1977
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CourseNo:CH5030
CourseName:Transport Phenomena
Course Type:
Description:- know the constitutive relationships in mass, momentum, and energy transport - know the
generalized equations for mass, momentum, and energy conservation - recognize the transport phenomena
involved in an engineering problem - be able to apply the generalized equations for mass, momentum, and
energy conservation for practical problems - be able to mathematically represent the practical transport
phenomena problems - be able to solve one-dimensional transport phenomena problems
CourseContent:Phenomenological description of the continuum approach; transport properties; constitutive

relations; conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy; applications of the conservation laws;
unidirectional flow problems; scaling analysis; irrotational flow; boundary layers; forced convection heat and
mass transfer in confined and unconfined flows; introduction to transport in turbulent flows
TextBooks:William M Deen, 'Analysis of Transport Phenomena', New York, Oxford University Press.
ReferenceBooks:Byron, Bird, Warran E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, `Transport Phenomena', New York,
Wiley.
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CourseNo:CH5080
CourseName:Theory & Appln. of Multi Component Mass Transfer
Course Type:
Description:To introduce the student to the basic principles of multicomponent mass transfer
CourseContent:Diffusion in multicomponent mixtures - The Maxwell Stefan Relations, diffusion in ideal and
non ideal fluid mixtures, Fick's Law, the linearised theory of Toor, Stewart and Prober, effective diffusivity
methods, estimation of diffusion coefficients. Mass transfer coefficients for multicomponent systems -
definition, interaction effects, the bootstrap problem and its solution, estimation of mass transfer coefficients,
the film theory, unsteady state mass transfer models, mass transfer in turbulent flow.Simulation and design of
batch and continuous multicomponent separation processes packed and staged columns including distillation,
absorption and extraction, limitations of the efficiency approaches, equilibrium and non equilibrium state
models, reactive distillation and metal extraction.Solving industrial case studies using process simulator.
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. Taylor, R., and R. Krishna, "Multicomponent Mass Transfer", John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
1993.2. Seader, J.D., and Ernest J. Henley, "Separation Process Principles", John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1998.3.
Relevant current literature.
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CourseNo:CH5100
CourseName:Multiphase Systems
Course Type:
Description:Fundamental concepts of multiphase : gas-liquid, gas-solid, liquid-liquid and liquid-solid systems.

Particle, drop and bubble dynamics. Application of continuity, momentum and energy equations.
Hydrodynamic characteristics : holdup, slip, pressure drop an rise/drop velocities. Mass and energy transfer
with and without simultaneous chemical reactions. Application to trickle beds, bubble and slurry reactors,
cyclones, fluidized beds etc.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. A. Gianetto and P.L. Selveston (Eds.) : `Multiphase Chemical Reactors', Hemisphere
Publishing Corporation, N.Y., 1986. 2. G.W. Wallis `One dimensional twophase flow', McGrawHill,N.Y. 1969.
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CourseNo:CH5170
CourseName:Process Optimization
Course Type:
Description:Formulate and solve optimization problems arising in typical engineering systems
CourseContent:Formulation of Optimization Problems in Engineering Linear Algebra - Introduction to vector

spaces and matrix algebra. Geometric concepts. Unconstrained optimization: Derivation of necessary and
sufficiency condition for local optimum Multivariate Unconstrained Optimization -, Line search and trust
region methods, Steepest descent, Conjugate gradient, Newton and quasi-Newton methods. Multivariate
Constrained Optimization: Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions for local optimality Linear Programming: Simplex,
Duality Quadratic programming: Active set method Nonlinear programming: Penalty function methods, SQP
(Successive quadratic programming) Least squares
TextBooks:1. F. Edgar and D.M. Himmelblau and Lasdon, "Optimization of ChemicalProcesses", McGrawHill
1987. 2. K. Dab, "Optimization for Engineering Design Algorithms andExamples", Prentice Hall of India,
1995.3. S.S. Rao, "Optimization Theory and Application", Wiley Eastern,1984. 3. Numerical Optimization with
Applications by Suresh Chandra, Jayadeva and Aparna Mehra 4. Numerical Optimization by J Nocedal and S J
Wright, Springer Verlag. ISBN:0-387-98793-2
ReferenceBooks:Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang Convex optimization by Stephen Boyd and L

Vanderberghe Optimization Theory and Applications by SS Rao An Introduction to Optimization by E KP
Chong and S H Zak. Wiley Interscience ISBN 978-0-471- 75800-6 Engineering Optimization: Methods and
applications, by A Ravindran, K M Ragdsdell and GV Reklaitis Optimization of thermal systems by C Balaji
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5180
CourseName:Steady State & Dynamic Analysis of Physiochemical
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:CH5380
CourseName:Testing of Polymers
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn about preparation and specifications of test pieces and samples of polymers for
testing as per established standards such as ASTM and British Standards (2) To be aware of various testing
and characterization methods for thermal, mechanical and electrical properties of bulk polymer materials
relevant to practical and industrial applications. (3) To know about various properties of polymers relevant to
practical applications.
CourseContent:Preparation of test pieces, conditioning and test atmosphere. ASTM standards for various
tests. Mechanical properties and tests: stress-strain behavior, tensile, compressive, flexural, shear properties,
creep properties, stress relaxation, impact properties, abrasion, fatigue resistance, hardness, dynamic stress-
strain properties. Thermal properties and tests: thermal conductivity, thermal expansion, shrinkage, specific
heat, glass transition and melting, softening point, low temperature brittleness and flexibility tests. Electrical
properties and tests: resistivity of plastics, insulation resistance, tests for antistatic and conductive plastics,
power factor and permittivity, dielectric property, resistance to surface discharge, tracking resistance and arc
resistance. Material characterization tests- melt index, viscosity tests, thermal analysis techniques
Environmental resistance – effects of liquids and chemicals, effect of gases, weathering
TextBooks:(1) Vishnu Shah, Handbook of Plastics Testing Technology, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1984
(2) R. P. Brown, Handbook of Plastics Test Methods, Longman Scientific & Technical, England, 3rd Edition,
1988
ReferenceBooks:References: (1) R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell, Introduction to Polymers, Chapman & Hall, 2001
(2) F. W. Billmeyer, Textbook of polymer science, John Wiley & sons, 3rd edition, 2007 (3) J. R. Fried, Polymer
science and technology, 3rd ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2014 (4) A. Rudin, The elements of polymer science
and engineering, 2nd ed., Academic Press, 1998
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CourseNo:CH5400
CourseName:Microelectronic Fabrication
Course Type:
Description:To familiarize the students with the processes used in integrated chip fabrication, with emphasis
on understanding the interplay between design, fabrication and testing
CourseContent:Introduction: Review of Chip Manufacturing Process, FEOL and BEOL concepts

PhotoLithography: Lithography basics, Wavelength, Layout and Optical Proximity Correction (OPC), Mask
making, Phase shift mask Deposition: Physical and Chemical Vapor Deposition (PVD & CVD) basics,
Electrochemical deposition, Electro-migration vs grain size, Implantation basics, Constant source and limited
source diffusion Material Removal: Plasma and wet etching, Aluminum and Oxide etching, Chemical
Mechanical Polishing (CMP) basics, Dishing, Erosion, Issues in Shallow Trench Isolation, Oxide Polish and
Copper Polish, Dummy fill Process Integration: BEOL Issues, Cu vs Al metallization, oxide vs low-k integration
Testing, Process Control and Yield: Scribeline Test (for process evaluation), Functional Test (for product
evaluation), Process stability and control, Yield Models, process and design modifications for yield
optimization
TextBooks:1. Introduction to Microelectronic Fabrication, Vol 5 of Modular Serieson Solid State Devices (2
nd Edition) by Richard C Jaeger, PrenticeHall, 2001
ReferenceBooks:1. ULSI Technology by C Y Chang and S M Sze, McGraw Hill, 19962. The Science and
Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication (2 ndEdition) by S A Campbell, Ox Univ. Press 2001
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CourseNo:CH5440
CourseName:Multivariate Data Analysis for Process Modeling
Course Type:
Description:Use of data analysis for process performance enhancement Mathematical background: Sources
and characterization of errors in data, Random variables, probability density functions, estimation, confidence
intervals and hypothesis testing, stochastic signals, frequency domain analysis of signals, measures of
nongaussianity. Process Modeling: Model structures, linear regression, Nonlinear regression, principla
Component Analysis, Independent Component Analysis. Applications: Parameter estimation in linear and
nonlinear processes, Data Reconcilation, Continuous/Batch process monitoring using MSPC, controller
performance monitoring, fault diagonis, chemometrics, biomedical and speedh signal processing.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:1. Johnson R A and D W Wichern, Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Prentice Hall, 2002. 2.
Montgomery, D C and G C Runger, Applied Statitics and Probability for engineers, Wiley, 2003
ReferenceBooks:NIL
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CourseNo:CH5460
CourseName:Unit Operation and Processes in Env.Engg.
Course Type:
Description:To provide a fundamental understanding of the unit operations involved in environmental

engineering. This also provides the moethodology and experience to design multi-media zero waste discharge
processes.
CourseContent:Introduction, Definition and Principles.Water and wastewater Treatment – Physical and

chemical treatmentmethods – Screening, sedimentation, flocculation, softening, filtration,aeration and
gastransfer, basic activated sludge process, membraneseparation; disinfection.Air Pollution Control –
Particulate control – centrifugal separation,cyclones, Electrostatic precipitators, wet collectors, filtration, -
gas cleaning – adsorption, absorption, incineration.Solid Waste Management – Component separation, volume
reduction,incineration, landfill design, deepwellinjection. Advanced oxidation processes including ozonation
andphotocatalysis. VOC removal methods, Sludge handling & disposal methods.
TextBooks:1. 1.”Environmental Engineering” – H Peavy, D Rowe and GTchobanoglous, McGraw Hill Book
Company, International Edition,1985. 2. “Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering”
–Reynolds T.D and P.A Richards, CENGAGE Engineering, 2 ndEdition, USA, 1995
ReferenceBooks:NIL
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CourseNo:CH5480
CourseName:Bioprocesses in Environmental Mgmt.
Course Type:
Description:Provides a basic understanding of the microbiology associated with environmental systems and
the design of bioprocesses used for environmental management
CourseContent:Introduction, types of wastes and their environmental impactsPrinciples of microbiology :

Types of microorganisms and cellularstructure, microbial metabolism and growth kineticsClassification of
biological treatment methodsProcess analysis and design principles of some biological treatmentsystems –
activated sludge process, trickling filter, lagoons and ponds,anaerobic digester, anaerobic contact
filter.Biological waste gas purification methods – biofilters, biotrickling filtersBiological methods for solid
waste management – compositing, landfillConstructed wetlands and vermiculture
TextBooks:1. ”Environmental Engineering” – H Peavy, D Rowe and GTchobanoglous, McGraw Hill Book
Company, International Edition,1985.2. “Waste Water Treatment for Pollution Control” – Soli J Arceiwala,Tata
McGraw Hill Pub Co. (200)
ReferenceBooks:NIL
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CourseNo:CH6020
CourseName:Computational Fluid Dynamics Tech
Course Type:
Description:Conservation equations for mass, momentum, energy and chemical species; turbulence closure
models; heat and mass transfer models. Computational fluid dynamics techniques; disscretisation,
lineraisation and iterative solution of the governing equations. Examples and applications of fluid flow, heat
transfer, mass transfer, flow through porous media, non Newtoniam flow.
CourseContent:
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. R.B. Bird, R.C. Armstrong & O. Hassager, "Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids", John wiley,
New York, 1987. 2. S.V. Patankar, "Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow", McGrawHill, Washington, 1980.
3. D.A. Anderson, J.C. Tannehill & R.H. Pletcher, "Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer",
Hemisphere, New York, 1984. 4. Current literature.
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CourseNo:CH6060
CourseName:Numerical Tech for Engrs
Course Type:
Description:Analysis of numerical procedures suitable for digital simulations.Treatment of data using

orthogonal and nonorthogonal expansions, nonlinear estimation techniques, numerical solution of ordinary
and partialdifferential equations; error propagation and stability analysis.
CourseContent:Steady state Processes: Vector space, Algebraic systems, Linear system and solution: Direct
and iterative processes, Non linear systems: Iterative processes Unsteady state processes: Initial value
problem and solution: Implicit and explicit methods, time integration methods, boundary value problems,
shooting method, finite difference method, finite volume method and finite element method
TextBooks:1. S. K. Gupta, ``Numerical methods for Engineers', New Age Publisher, 1995.
ReferenceBooks:1. M.L. James, G.M. Smith and J.C. Wolford, "Applied NumericalMethods for Digital
Computation", Harper 7n Row Publishers,1985.2. H.S. Mickley, T.S. Sherwood and C.E. Reed, "Applied
Mathematicsin Chemical Engineering", McGrawHill, 1957.
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CourseNo:CH6110
CourseName:Finite Element Methods in Engg
Course Type:
Description:This course aims to address application of finite element method (FEM) for heat, mass and
momentum transfer problems. Current proposal on finite element analysis is based on weighted residual and
Galerkin weak form which is amenable to solve transport problems in Chemical Engineering. A generalized
FEM approach involving Galerkin and Orthogonal Collocations will be employed to solve chemical reactions
and transport problems involving mass, heat or momentum flux. FEM courses typically offered by Mechanical
and Civil Engg departments are primarily based on variational calculus which are mostly used for solid
mechanics and structures while the current proposal on FEM applications will primarily focus on transport
processes (heat, mass and momentum transfer), especially applicable for practicing Chemical Engineers with
R&D applications.
CourseContent:Transport models and equations: algebraic and differential systems; introduction to vector
and functional spaces; metrics, norms and inner product spaces; concepts on orthogonality and orthonormal
sets Integral approach: weighted residual methods: collocation; least square; finite volume and Galerkin
methods; evaluation of integrals; review of numerical integrations and Gauss quadrature methods; residuals
with orthogonal polynomials; orthogonal collocation; conversion of differential equations to sets of algebraic
equations and solution strategies; Newton-Raphson method Finite Elements: Control Volume Finite Element
(CVFEM); Orthogonal Collocation Finite Element (OCFEM) and Galerkin Finite Element (GFEM) GFEM:
construction of basis sets for GFEM involving both 1D and 2D problems; mapping functions and coordinate
transformation; efficient node numbering scheme and banded structure; mesh generation in square and
irregular domains; generalized approach on mapping for mesh generations in irregular domains; construction
of local and global sets for Jacobians and residual vectors in Newton-Raphson method Applications: One
dimensional heat conduction and mass transfer problems; techniques with CVFEM, OCFEM and GFEM;
developments of algorithms; software developments of mesh generation for irregular geometries; model
problems for two-dimensional heat conduction and mass diffusion problems; penalty finite element approach
for incompressible fluid flow; illustrations with driven cavity, natural and mixed convection problems
TextBooks:1. J. N. Reddy, `An Introduction to Finite Element method' McGraw hill, 2005
ReferenceBooks:1. R.S. Schechter, the `Variational method in Engineering', McGrawHill, New York, 1967.2.
J.N. Reddy, an introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGrawHill, New York, 1984.3. T.R. Chandruptala
and A.D. Belegundu, PrenticeHall,New Delhi,1991.4. D.C. Zienkiewicz and K.L. Taylor, McGrawHall,New
York, 1991.5. C.S. Krishnamurthy, Finite Element Analysis, TataMcGrawHill,New Delhi, 1987.
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CourseNo:CH6200
CourseName:Environmental Chemodynamics
Course Type:
Description:To understand, characterise and model the behaviour of pollutants when they enter the
environment. The course deals with the equilibrium relationships within the different phases/compartments in
the environment and the intra-phase and interphase transport of chemical pollutants and also .
CourseContent:Fundamentals in transport; Molecular diffusion; Mass transfer;Turbulence in the

environment; Equilibrium models for environmental compartments; Estimation of mass transfer fluxes across
different interfaces in the environment such as air-water, water-sediment/soil, air-soil;Intraphase chemical
transport and fate; Atmospheric deposition;Processes in engineered and biological systems for
remediation;Experimental measurement techniques; Case studies.
TextBooks:1. “Environmental Chemodynamics” – Louis J. Thibodeaux, 2 ndEdition, 1996, WileyInterscience

Publications, New York, NY, USA
ReferenceBooks:1. “Environmental Transport Processes”, Bruce Logan, 1 st edition,1999, John Wiley

Publishers, New York, NY, USA. 2. “Transport Phenomena”, Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot, Jhon
WileyPublishers, New York, NY, USA. 3."Elements of Environmental Engineering", Kalliat T Valsaraj, 3rd
edition, CRC Press, India
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CourseNo:CH6620
CourseName:Waste Water Treatment
Course Type:
Description:To understand the water sources, treatment methods, and its reuse, recycling and disposal of
treated effluents.
CourseContent:Introduction, wastewater flow and its characteristics, industrial wastewater, sampling

protocol. Preliminary, primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment processes. Theory and design of
screens, grit chambers, sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation. Physico-chemical and biological treatment
methods. Activated sludge process (ASP), extended aeration systems, trickling filters (TF), aerated lagoons,
stabilization ponds, oxidation ditches, sequential batch reactor, rotating biological contactor. Anaerobic
treatment process, concept of anaerobic contact process, anaerobic filter, anaerobic fixed film reactor,
fluidized bed and expanded bed reactors, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Standards for
disposal of treated wastewaters, treated wastewater reclamation and reuse, duckweed pond, vermiculture
and root zone technology for wastewater treatment, Recent technologies of treatment. Study on wastewater
generation points, process flow sheets, control and treatment scheme for petroleum (onshore and offshore),
tannery, sugar, textile, steel, distillery, paper, pulp and oil, refinery industry.
TextBooks:Wastewater Engineering: Treatment & Reuse. G. Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton, H. D. Stensel,

Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Franklin Burton, 2003. Environmental Engineering, H. S. Peavy, D. R. Rowe, G.
Tchobanoglous, McGraw-Hill, 2017
ReferenceBooks:Water and Wastewater Engineering: Design Principals and Practice, M. L. Davis, Mc-Graw
Hill, 2010. Water and Wastewater Engineering, G. M. Fair, J. C. Geyer, D. A. Okun, 3rd Edition; John Wiley &
Sons, 2010. Wastewater Treatment, M. N. Rao, A. K. Dutta, Oxford & IBH Publishing, 1995. Wastewater
System Engineering, H. Parker, Prentice Hall, 1975.
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CourseNo:CH6670
CourseName:Environmental Pollution Control
Course Type:
Description:Impart knowledge on fundamental aspects of air pollution & control, noise pollution, and solid
waste management. Differentiate the solid and hazardous waste based on characterization.
CourseContent:Man and Environment. Energy consumption and demand. Carbon emission and global
warming. pollution of air, water, and soil. Pollution due to coal mining, fossil fuels. Chemical pollution, marine
pollution. Air pollution, sources, classification of pollutants. Air quality standards. Sampling and analysis of air
pollution. Control Methods, particulate control devices. Methods of controlling gaseous emissions,
desulphurization of flue gases, processes using metal oxide and activated carbon. Separation of hazardous
gases such as CO2 and H2S. Noise Pollution, noise standards, measurement and control methods. Reducing
residential and industrial noise. Source of pollution of surface and ground water, industrial wastewater
management, Common effluent treatment plants. Recirculation of industrial wastes, effluent standards,
concept of zero discharge effluent. Solid waste management, sources, classification, solid waste
characteristics, municipal and industrial solid wastes, basics of on-site handling and collection, separation and
processing, incineration, composting, solid waste disposal methods. Hazardous waste, characterization,
offshore oil pollution and control, nuclear and biomedical waste, electronic wastes, chemical wastes,
treatment and management of hazardous waste, disposal and control methods. Safety measures in oil and gas
industry. Sustainable development, definition, sustainability strategies, barriers to sustainability,
industrialization and sustainable development, cleaner production.
TextBooks:Environmental and Pollution Science. M. Brusseau, I. Pepper and C. Gerba, Academic Press,
2019. Environmental pollution control engineering. C. S. Rao, New Age International (P) Limited, 2020.
ReferenceBooks:Environmental Engineering. R. F. Weiner and R. Matthews, 4th Edition, Elsevier, 2003.

Environmental Science and Engineering. J.G. Henry and G.W. Heinke, Pearson Education, 1996. Introduction
to Environmental Engineering. M. L. Davis and D. A. Cornwell. McGraw Hill Publishing, 1998.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH7320
CourseName:Intro.to Statistical Thermodynamics
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course is to present an introduction to statistical mechanics as applied to

thermodynamics. Necessary background from classical mechanics and quantum mechanics will be covered.
CourseContent:Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of classical mechanics; Quantum mechanics – Key

points of departure from classical mechanics, wave functions, energy levels and Schrodinger’s equation.
Boltzmann- Planck formula for the entropy, Micro-canonical, canonical, isothermal-isobaric and grand
canonical distributions. Application to calculation of properties of monatomic, diatomic and polyatomic ideal
gases from atomic/molecular parameters. Calculation of equilibrium constants of chemical reactions involving
ideal gases from first principles. Introduction to properties non-ideal gases and liquids.
TextBooks:• D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, University Science Books, California, 2000.
ReferenceBooks:• T. L. Hill, An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics, Dover, New York, 1988. • Y. V.

C. Rao, Postulational and Statistical Thermodynamics, Allied Publishers, 1994
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH8010
CourseName:Advanced Topics in CFD
Course Type:
Description:To discuss in depth selected topics from the field of computational fluid dynamics
CourseContent:Topics can be selections from the following (this may be expanded from time to time): *
Structured and unstructured grid generation techniques * High order discretization schemes and control of
numerical error * Advanced iterative methods for solution of linear algebraic equations * Multigrid method *
Turbulence modelling * Modelling approaches for multiphase flows * Modelling approaches for radiative heat
transfer * Modelling approaches for combustion and chemical reactions * Population balance modelling
TextBooks:These will be specific to topics being discussed
ReferenceBooks:These will be specific to topics being discussed
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CourseNo:NUS280
CourseName:Advanced Process Control
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS290
CourseName:Advanced Transport Phenomena
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS300
CourseName:Advanced Separation Processes
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS520
CourseName:Mass Transfer Operations
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS530
CourseName:Safety Health and the Environment
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS540
CourseName:Process Modeling and Numerical Simulation
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS550
CourseName:Petrochemical and Processing Technology
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:NUS560
CourseName:Processing of Microelectronic Materials
Course Type:
Description:
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CourseNo:CH5020
CourseName:Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
Course Type:
Description:This course is meant for students and research scholars who carry out extensive experiments as
part of their academic programme requirements. The fundamental concepts including random error, random
variables, continuous probability distributions, random sampling and hypothesis testing are stressed first to
pave the way for understanding experimental design concepts. The course explains in detail various designs
that help the investigator to plan and carry out experiments efficiently. The expe
CourseContent:a. Overview of the subject b. Determinate and indeterminate errors and their analyses c.
Presentation of experimental data d. Random variables and continuous probability density functions e.
Standard probability distribution functions: Normal, Student’s T, chi-square and F distributions f. Hypothesis
Testing and confidence intervals g. Experimentation involving one variable h. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
concepts i. Factorial Design of Experiments j. Orthogonal experimental designs k. Central composite and Box-
Behnken designs l. Response surface methodology m. Multi-variable linear regression n. Advanced
experimental design concepts
TextBooks:1. Montgomery, D. C., G.C. Runger, Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers. 5th ed. New
Delhi: Wiley-India, 2011. 2. Montgomery, D. C., Design and Analysis of Experiments. 8th ed. New Delhi:
Wiley-India, 2011.
ReferenceBooks:3. Myers, R. H., D. C. Montgomery and C. M. Anderson-Cook, Response Surface

Methodology. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Wiley, 2009. 4. Ogunnaike, B. A., Random Phenomena. Florida: CRC Press,
2010
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CourseNo:CH5520
CourseName:Mathematical Methods for Chemical Engineers
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course is to introduce the student to analytical methods of solving linear
algebraic, ordinary differential and partial differential equations. The course will also cover numerical
methods to solve algebraic and differential equations
CourseContent:Review of Matrix Algebra; Solvability conditions for systems of linear algebraic equations.
Vector Algebra; Linear independence, Norm and Inner Product; Linear Operators, Adjoint of an operator, Self-
adjoint operators. Transformations under change of basis, eigen values and eigen vectors. Applications to
solution of systems of linear algebraic equations and systems of first order ordinary differential equations
(ODEs). Stability analysis; Examples from reaction engineering, process control etc. Second order linear
ODEs, Sturm Liouville Operators, Spectral expansion, Special functions. Inverse of second order operators
and Green’s function. Second order linear partial differential equations (PDEs): Classification, canonical
forms. Solution methods for hyperbolic, elliptic and parabolic equations: Eigenfunction expansion, separation
of variables, transform methods. Numerical solution of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations, Gauss
elimination methods, LU decomposition, Newton-Raphson method; Finite difference method for solving ODEs
and PDEs. Chemical engineering applications for separation processes, reaction engineering, fluid mechanics,
etc.
TextBooks:1. Pushpavanam, S. Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, PrenticeHall of India (2004)
ReferenceBooks:1. Ray, A. K., Gupta, S. K. Mathematical Methods in Chemical and Environmental

Engineering, Cengage Learning Asia; 2 nd edition (2003). 2. Chapra, S. C., Canale, R. P. Numerical Methods
for Engineers, Tata McGrawHill (2006). 3. Hoffman, J. D. Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists,
Taylor and Francis (2001).
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5530
CourseName:Process Simulation Lab
Course Type:
Description:The objective of the lab is to introduce students to solving process simulation problems using
MATLAB and Aspen-Plus and/or other simulation software. A basic background in Numerical Methods and
Chemical Engineering is expected
CourseContent:Basics of MATLAB/scientific programming software. Scripts, subroutines, functions. Solution

of Linear equations, nonlinear equations, differential equations, optimization problems, parameter estimation
Basics of Aspen-plus (or equivalent process simulation software) and use for property estimation,
thermodynamics, flow-sheeting, and process design
TextBooks:Teach Yourself the Basics of Aspen Plus, Ralph Schefflan John Wiley & Sons, 2011 Fausett L.V.
(2007) Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education Computational Techniques for
Process Simulation and Analysis Using MATLAB, Niket Kaisare, CRC Press
ReferenceBooks:Chapra S.C. and Canale R.P. (2006) Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5th Ed., McGraw
Hill
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5060
CourseName:Seminar
Course Type:
Description:This course is designed to improve the presentation and report-writing skills of M.Tech.
students.
CourseContent:Students will make 2 presentations and write 2 reports, one at the beginning, and one at the
end incorporating suggestions from the instructor for improving the quality of both.
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3510
CourseName:Momentum Transfer & MO Lab
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this lab course is to provide experimental foundation for the theoretical
concepts learnt in the course on fluid and particle mechanics. Learning outcomes: At the end of this lab
course students will demonstrate expertise in - a. planning and conducting experiments pertaining to
momentum transfer and mechanical operations b. systematic collection of relevant data and their organized
presentation c. analyzing experimental measurements and accounting for the variability in the responses d.
discussing results using appropriate theories learnt from the fluid and particle mechanics course e. writing a
technical report comprising appropriate introduction, schematic, data collected, analysis and conclusion.
CourseContent:1. Flow through conduits, fittings and joints a. Circular pipes b. Smooth and rough pipes c.
Bends and valves 2. Flow metering devices: a. Venturi meter b. Orifice meter 3. Microchannel Flows 4. Flow
through packed beds 5. Fluidization 6. Particle characterization a. Particle size measurement by sieve
analysis, microscopy and scattering b. Specific surface area 7. Self-organization of particles 8. Settling of
particles 9. Sedimentation of particulate slurry 10. Size reduction
TextBooks: 1. W. McCabe, J. Smith, and P. Harriott,: “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7th Ed.,
McGraw-Hill, 2004.
ReferenceBooks:1. F. M. White,: “Fluid Mechanics,” 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008. 2. M. Rhodes, M.,
Introduction to Particle Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2000
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5011
CourseName:Colloids and Surfaces
Course Type:
Description:To provide training in multidisciplinary research areas – colloids, surfactants and interfaces at
basic and advance level to graduate and undergraduate students in various departments (chemical
engineering, physics, chemistry, metallurgical and materials engineering
CourseContent:Colloids: Introduction – Applications and importance of colloids and surfaces, definition,

classification and physical properties of colloids, colloids in nature, methods of preparation, stability of
colloids. Interaction forces – van der Waals, electrostatic, and depletion forces, DLVO theory of colloidal
stability, Deby screening length, electrical double layer and double layer interactions, electrophoresis, zeta
potential, Schultz-Hardy rule. Rheology of colloidal dispersions - Newton’s law of viscosity, intrinstic viscosity,
volume fraction dependence of viscosity, rheology of hard spheres, deformable particles and non-spherical
particles. Characterization of colloids: Dynamic and static light scattering – Light scattering by
objects,Scattering by small and large particles, experimental aspects of light scattering, dynamic light
scattering. Rheo-optics – Effect of flow on microstructure of colloidal dispersions, type of rheo-optical
measurements, shear flow devices, alignment factor. Colloids at interface: Particle adsorption to interfaces,
energy of attachment, wetting, interaction forces, microstructure and rheology of particle laden interfaces,
emulsions and foams. Surfactant solutions: Types of surfactants, packing parameter, critical micellar
concentration and its determination, phase diagram, structure and rheology of surfactant solutions.
TextBooks:1. P.C. Hiemenz, R Rajagopalan, Principles of colloid and surface chemistr, 1997, M.Dekker. 2.
R.G.Larson, The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids,1999, Oxford University Press.
ReferenceBooks:1. W.B. Russel, D.A. Saville, and W.R. Schowalter, W.R. Colloidal Dispersions, Cambridge,
1989, Cambridge University Press. 2. J. Goodwin, Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers,
2009, John Wiley and Sons. 3. R.J. Hunter, Foundations and Colloid Science, 1989, Oxford University Press.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5561
CourseName:Project III
Course Type:
Description:To complete experiments / simulations / computations related to project. To analyze the

outcomes and present the analysis in a systematic manner To prove any new theoretical methods / findings
related to the project.
CourseContent:Experiments and /or simulations and / or computations related to the project. Analysis of
outcomes and presentation of the results from the proposed research. Present any theoretical proofs of any
new methods / findings (if applicable).
TextBooks:Previous literature and projects
ReferenceBooks:Previous literature and projects.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2061
CourseName:Computational Techniques
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce students to the art of numerical computation. The theory and
derivation of computational techniques, error analysis, practical implementation and limitations will be
covered in this course.
CourseContent:Module 1: Error Analysis Accuracy; machine precision; Truncation and round-off errors
Module 2: Linear Systems and Equations Eigenvalues; Gauss elimination, TDMA, LU decomposition; Gauss-
Siedel method, over-relaxation; derivation/applications thereof Module 3: Numerical differentiation
Differentiation, derivation of various formulae, round-off / truncation error tradeoff Module 4: Numerical
integration Newton-cotes formulae, error analysis; Richardson’s method Module 5: Nonlinear Algebraic
Equations Bracketing methods: bisection and regula-falsi; Open methods: Newton-Raphson, fixed point
iteration, Secant; Error analysis for various methods; Root finding; Practical implementation Module 6:
Regression Linear regression; regression in multiple variables; regression of some functional forms Module 7:
Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) Euler’s implicit and explicit methods; stability; Runge-Kutta methods
and derivation; Adam Moulton and Predictor-Corrector methods; Multi-variable ODEs; Stiff Systems; ODE –
Boundary Value Problems Module 8: Partial Differential Equations Classification of partial differential
equations; finite difference technique; Method of lines
TextBooks:1. Gupta S.K. (1995) Numerical Methods for Engineers, New Age International 2. Chapra S.C.
and Canale R.P., Numerical Methods for Engineers, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill 3. Fausett L.V. (2007) Applied
Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education
ReferenceBooks:1. Numerical Recipes in C
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4530
CourseName:Project I
Course Type:
Description:To undertake a semester long project with faculty mentors
CourseContent:In this project, students work on the first phase of a year long research problem, performing
literature search, defining the problem statement, and identifying the main methodology.
TextBooks:None
ReferenceBooks:As prescribed by the faculty guide
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5560
Course Type:
Description:To consolidate the problem statement, project objectives and produce initial results from the
proposed research.
CourseContent:This is the second component of the MTP. Problem statement definition and initial results
from the proposed research are required.
TextBooks:Previous literature and projects
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5665
CourseName:Seminar
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5013
CourseName:Principles of Fuel Cells
Course Type:
Description:To familiarize students with the principles of fuel cells
CourseContent:Introduction: Working of a fuel cell; Brief history of development; Fuel cell in comparison
with a battery and a heat engine; Types of fuel cells Thermodynamics of fuel cells: Review of thermodynamic
concepts; Reversible cell potential; Effect of operating conditions on reversible cell potential; Energy
conversion efficiency Electrochemistry of fuel cells: Electrode potential and cell polarization; Review of
electrochemical kinetics; Activation polarization for charge transfer reaction; Butler-Volmer equation;
Electrocatalysis Transport phenomena in fuel cells: Basic definitions of multicomponent mixtures; Transport
of mass, momentum and energy; Transport coefficients and their evaluation; Concentration polarization;
Transport of electricity and ohmic polarization Characterization of cell performance; Fuel cell stack; Balance
of plant systems Introduction to fuel cell systems: Alkaline fuel cells; Phosphoric acid fuel cells; Proton
exchange membrane fuel cells; Molten carbonate fuel cells; Solid oxide fuel cells
TextBooks:Li X., Principles of Fuel Cells, Taylor & Francis, 2006. Barbir, F. PEM Fuel Cells: Theory and
Practice, Academic Press, 2005. Viswanathan B. and Aulice Scibioh Fuel Cells: Principles and Applications,
CRC Press, 2007.
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3030
CourseName:Applications of Mass Transfer
Course Type:
Description:In chemical engineering practice, several mass transfer operations are involved. This course is
aimed at teaching the use of principles of mass transfer in design of these operations.
CourseContent:Stage wise concept: Material balance, co-current, cross current and counter current stages
Gas Absorption and Extraction: Material Balance, Minimum solvent requirement, Kremsers Equation, Use of
efficiencies, number of transfer units (NTU) and height of transfer units (HTU) concepts Distillation: Raoult's
law, relative volatility, ideal and non ideal systems, flash, batch and counter-current distillation, McCabe
Thiele method, Packed tower distillation, Height equivalent to a theoretical plate (HETP) concepts Liquid-
Liquid Extraction: Single and Multistage cross- and counter-current operations. Graphical methods.
Adsorption - Stage-wise concepts, differential adsorption, concept of breakthrough curves, Ion Exchange,
Chromatography, Extraction / Leaching Humidification / Dehumidification: Use of psychrometric charts,
adiabatic saturation curves, simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Adiabatic and non adiabatic operations –
design. Drying: Simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Batch Drying. Design of continuous drying operations.
Membrane Separations: Calculation of membrane flux, mechanisms of membrane transport, applications of
membrane separations Simulation of Mass Transfer Applications
TextBooks:Mass Transfer Operations, RE Treybal, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1980. Separation process
principles: Chemical and biochemical operations [3rd ed.], J. D. Seader, Ernest J. Henley and D. Keith Roper
ReferenceBooks:Transport processes and separation process principles (Includes unit operations) [eBook]/
Christie John Geankoplis Separation Process Engineering: Includes mass transfer analysis [3rd ed.], Phillip C.
Wankat Principles of mass transfer and separation processes, Binay K. Dutta
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH 5014
CourseName:Interfacial Science and Engineering
Course Type:
Description:To deliver foundation concepts, theory and encompassing scientific and engineering application
examples, that constitute the knowledge of the field of Interfacial Science and Engineering. To provide an
understanding of macroscopic phenomena, using molecular and continuum theory and mathematical models
by connecting scientific aspects (chemistry, physics) to engineering.
CourseContent:One-component system- Laplace’s and Kelvin’s equations. Multi-component interfaces-

surface tension, excessive film tension, disjoining pressure, Gibbs plateau and capillary pressure. Liquid-Gas
and Solid-Gas interfaces: Gibbs equation, Gibbs dividing surface, adsorption models (Langmuir, Frumkin,
modified-Frumkin, Szyszkowski), 2-D pressure isotherms. Statistical thermodynamics of physi-sorption,
Polanyi potential model theory, polarization model, isotherms. Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces:
surface and interfacial free energy, Hamaker microscopic model, Lifshitz-van der Waals forces theory, models
for surface and interfacial tension, Fowkes approach including London-van der Waals and acid-base
interactions, Young-Dupre equation. Chemically realistic model of crystal surface. Nature of liquid interfaces:
effect of curvature and pressure, surface tension of solutions, binary system thermodynamics, regular solution
theory, relationship of capillarity to phase diagrams, Gibbs monolayers, surface elasticity, molecular theory,
films on liquid substrates Solid-liquid interface: equilibrium contact angle, surface thermodynamic theory,
non-uniform surfaces, semi-empirical models - GGFY equation. Solution adsorption-isotherm models for non-
electrolytes and electrolytes. Gibbs thermodynamics of adsorption: 2-component and 3-component systems,
surface tension isotherms. Electrical aspects of surfaces: Stern treatment of double layer, diffuse double
layer, Zeta potential, theory of electro-kinetic phenomenon, Electro-capillarity phenomenon and curve,
Lippman equation, wetting and spreading, surface azeotropy, liquid chromatography (HPLC). Adsorption at
interfaces between condensed phases: Antonow’s rule, Traube’s rule, Szyszkowski equation, adsorption of
ions, electric double layer, Stern-Graham model, Stern-Helmholtz layer, Guoy-Chapman layer, Koopman
model, Frumkin-Fowler-Guggenheim (FFG) model, Debye-Huckel & Derjaguin approximations. Dynamics and
transfer processes: kinetics of spreading, Marangoni effect, line tension, chemical reaction kinetics in
monomolecular films, charged liquid films, capillary waves. Free-disperse systems - sedimentation potential,
Bruggerman relationship.
TextBooks:A. W. Adamson, Physical chemistry of surfaces, 5th edition, Wiley-Interscience, New York (1990).
A. W. Adamson and A. P. Gast, Physical chemistry of surfaces, 6th ed., ibid (1997). W. B. Russell, D. A. Saville,
W. R. Schowalter, Colloidal dispersions, Cambridge University Press, UK (1989). I. D. Morrison, S. Ross,
Colloidal dispersions – Suspensions, emulsions and foams, Wiley-Interscience, New York (2002).
ReferenceBooks:J. S. Rowlinson and B. Widom, Molecular theory of capillarity, Oxford Science Publications,
Clarendon Press, Oxford (1982). E. Matijevic, Surface and colloid science, Wiley-Interscience, New York
(1971) J. N. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and surface forces, Academic Press, 3rd ed. (2011)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5014
CourseName:Interfacial Science and Engineering
Course Type:
Description:To deliver foundation concepts, theory and encompassing scientific and engineering application
examples, that constitute the knowledge of the field of Interfacial Science and Engineering. To provide an
understanding of macroscopic phenomena, using molecular and continuum theory and mathematical models
by connecting scientific aspects (chemistry, physics) to engineering.
CourseContent:One-component system- Laplace’s and Kelvin’s equations. Multi-component interfaces-

surface tension, excessive film tension, disjoining pressure, Gibbs plateau and capillary pressure. Liquid-Gas
and Solid-Gas interfaces: Gibbs equation, Gibbs dividing surface, adsorption models (Langmuir, Frumkin,
modified-Frumkin, Szyszkowski), 2-D pressure isotherms. Statistical thermodynamics of physi-sorption,
Polanyi potential model theory, polarization model, isotherms. Thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces:
surface and interfacial free energy, Hamaker microscopic model, Lifshitz-van der Waals forces theory, models
for surface and interfacial tension, Fowkes approach including London-van der Waals and acid-base
interactions, Young-Dupre equation. Chemically realistic model of crystal surface. Nature of liquid interfaces:
effect of curvature and pressure, surface tension of solutions, binary system thermodynamics, regular solution
theory, relationship of capillarity to phase diagrams, Gibbs monolayers, surface elasticity, molecular theory,
films on liquid substrates Solid-liquid interface: equilibrium contact angle, surface thermodynamic theory,
non-uniform surfaces, semi-empirical models - GGFY equation. Solution adsorption-isotherm models for non-
electrolytes and electrolytes. Gibbs thermodynamics of adsorption: 2-component and 3-component systems,
surface tension isotherms. Electrical aspects of surfaces: Stern treatment of double layer, diffuse double
layer, Zeta potential, theory of electro-kinetic phenomenon, Electro-capillarity phenomenon and curve,
Lippman equation, wetting and spreading, surface azeotropy, liquid chromatography (HPLC). Adsorption at
interfaces between condensed phases: Antonow’s rule, Traube’s rule, Szyszkowski equation, adsorption of
ions, electric double layer, Stern-Graham model, Stern-Helmholtz layer, Guoy-Chapman layer, Koopman
model, Frumkin-Fowler-Guggenheim (FFG) model, Debye-Huckel & Derjaguin approximations. Dynamics and
transfer processes: kinetics of spreading, Marangoni effect, line tension, chemical reaction kinetics in
monomolecular films, charged liquid films, capillary waves. Free-disperse systems - sedimentation potential,
Bruggerman relationship.
TextBooks:A. W. Adamson, Physical chemistry of surfaces, 5th edition, Wiley-Interscience, New York (1990).
A. W. Adamson and A. P. Gast, Physical chemistry of surfaces, 6th ed., ibid (1997). W. B. Russell, D. A. Saville,
W. R. Schowalter, Colloidal dispersions, Cambridge University Press, UK (1989). I. D. Morrison, S. Ross,
Colloidal dispersions – Suspensions, emulsions and foams, Wiley-Interscience, New York (2002).
ReferenceBooks:J. S. Rowlinson and B. Widom, Molecular theory of capillarity, Oxford Science Publications,
Clarendon Press, Oxford (1982). E. Matijevic, Surface and colloid science, Wiley-Interscience, New York
(1971) J. N. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and surface forces, Academic Press, 3rd ed. (2011)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6260
CourseName:Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Course Type:
Description:Carbondioxde capture and sequestration is one of the promising ways of reducing CO2 levels in
the atmosphere to combat global warming. This course looks at the technology and state-of-the-art of CO2
capture and sequestration.
CourseContent:The course on Carbondioxide capture and sequestration (CCS) is divided into the following
modules: 1. Motivation for CCS: Energy consumption patterns; Link with economic prosperity; Limitations of
renewable energy sources; Continued need for fossil fuels; Brief overview of CCS; Feasibility of CCS 2. CO2
generation from industrial process: Combustion; Fossil fuels; CO2 generation from electricity generation; CO2
generation in steel, cement and refinery industry processes; Process flow sheeting of these applications 3.
CO2 capture fundamentals: Types of CO2 capture; Post-combustion capture; Oxyfuel combustion; Chemical
looping combustion; Pre-combustion capture; Chemical engineering fundamentals of capture processes;
Process flow sheeting of capture processes 4. CO2 purification and transport: Need for purification of CO2
stream; Options for purification processes at industrial scale; Process flow sheeting of CO2 purification;
Transport options for purified CO2 5. CO2 sequestration: Possibilities for long-term sequestration; Geological
sequestration; ocean sequestration; Mineralization; Fate of sequestered CO2 6. Economics of CCS and
implementation issues:Estimation of energy penalty for CO2 capture; Estimation of energy penalty estimation
for sequestration; Estimates of CCS costs; Financing options for CCS; Safety and scalability; Role of CCS in
combating global warming
TextBooks:S.A. Rackley, Carbon Capture and Storage, 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017
ReferenceBooks:Relevant literature from ScienceDirect and Internet sources
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6999
CourseName:Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Course Type:
Description:The course envisages to train research scholar in the preparation of a “critical review of
literature”, present the same in the form of a written report and make as oral presentation before members of
DC and invitees and take feedback.
CourseContent:Review of literature in the related area.
TextBooks:As prescribed by the guide
ReferenceBooks:Relevant journal paper.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH7999
CourseName:Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Course Type:
Description:The course envisages to train research scholar in presenting simulation / preliminary

experimental / analytical verification of prior art in the area of research, in the form of a report and an oral
presentation to the DC and invitees and take feedback
CourseContent:To be suggested by the guide
TextBooks:To be prescribed by the guide.
ReferenceBooks:To be prescribed by the guide.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5015
CourseName:Process Safety
Course Type:
Description:To train students in the practices prevailing in process industry on safety To train students in
the theory behind the above practices prevailing in process industry
CourseContent:Course contents Safety and Loss Prevention; safety, hazard and risk; accident and loss
statistics; acceptable risk; nature of accident process; inherent safety; study of major accidents. Toxicology
and Industrial Hygiene: Effect of toxicants on biological systems; models for dose and response curves;
relative toxicity and threshold limits; Govt. Regulations for industrial safety – Indian and international
scenario; MSDS; occupational health hazards and their control. Fires and Explosions: Fire Triangle;
definitions; flammability characteristics of liquid and vapour; limiting oxygen concentration; flammability
diagram; ignition energy; auto ignition and auto oxidation; adiabatic compression; ignition sources; sprays
and mists; explosions; fire protection systems. Designs to prevent fires and explosions: Inerting; static
electricity; controlling static electricity; explosion proof equipment and instruments; ventilation; sprinkler
systems. Source Models: Flow of liquid from a hole in a tank and pipe; flow of liquid through pipes; flow of
vapours through holes; flow of gases through pipes (adiabatic/isothermal); flashing liquids; liquid pool
evaporation or boiling; guidelines for selecting process incidents. Accident Investigation: Incident causation
theories; investigation methodologies; impact of human factors; building and leading accident investigation
team; gathering and analyzing evidence; determining root cause; developing effective recommendations.
Toxic Release and Dispersion models: Parameters affecting dispersion; neutrally buoyant dispersion models;
dense gas dispersion; toxic effect criteria; effect of release momentum and buoyancy; release mitigation.
Accident Case Histories: Lessons learnt through application of fundamentals of chemical process safety in
following categories of accidents:System design; chemical reactivity; static electricity; procedures. Asset
Integrity Management: Definition; asset integrity risk management; Barrier models (Swiss Cheese/Bow Tie);
Safety Critical Equipment; Risk Register; Project Health, Safety and Environment Review (PHSER); Process
Safety Management (PSM); reliability management. Risk Assessment: Probability theory; event tress; fault
trees; LOPA; QRA; practical application of QRA; software for QRA.
TextBooks:Primary reference book: 1. Chemical Process Safety Fundamentals with Applications by Daniel A.
Crowl and Joseph F Louvar, Prentice Hall, 3rd editiion,2002.
ReferenceBooks:1. Hazop & Hazan by Trevor A. Kletz., I.ChemE, 2nd edition, 2001
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:NE6011
CourseName:In Plant Training [WINTER]
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH1020
CourseName:Principles & Calculations in Chemical
Course Type:
Description:The main objectives of this course are to write material and energy balances for various
chemical process units and combination of units. It is an introductory course that serves as an important
precursor to all other Chemical Engg courses
CourseContent:Descriptions of processes and analysis of process variables units and measurements. Atomic
and species based material balance equations for single and multiple units, for both non-reactive and reactive
systems. Vapor liquid equilibrium based calculations. Analysis of separation processes including distillation,
dissolution, liquid-liquid extraction, and absorption of solid surfaces. Psychrometry. Energy balance based
calculations for nonreactive and reactive processes.
TextBooks:ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES BY RICHARD M FELDER AND

RONALD W ROUSSEAU
ReferenceBooks:ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES BY RICHARD M FELDER AND

RONALD W ROUSSEAU
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6760
CourseName:Hydrodynamics of complex fluids
Course Type:
Description:This course will introduce the concepts of microhydrodynamics and demonstrate their use in
solving complex flow problems in suspensions, emulsions, liquid crystals and active matter.
CourseContent:Introduction to complex fluids, Review of fluid mechanics, Introduction to Stokes flows,

Governing equations and properties of flows, Solution methodologies. Microhydrodynamics: Dynamics of a
single particle, Faxen Laws, Integral representations, multipole expansion and concept of singularities,
Reciprocal theroem. Flows with interfaces: Deformable interfaces, Concept of surface forces, Drops in
uniform and simple shear flows, Hydrodynamics of thin films and lubrication approximation, Flows on elastic
surfaces. Flows in structured fluids: Viscosity of a suspension, Continuum models of liquid crystal dynamics,
self propelling particles and active matter.
TextBooks:1. Microhydrodynamics: principles and selected applications, Sangtae Kim, Seppo J. Karrila
(Science) 2005. 2. Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena: Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves, Pierre-Gilles de
Gennes, Francoise Brochard-Wyart, David Quere (Springer) 2013 3. The Structure and Rheology of Complex
Fluids, R. G. Larson (OUP USA) 1999
ReferenceBooks:1. The Physics of Liquid Crystals, P. G. de Gennes, J. Prost (Clarendon Press) 1995 2. An
Introduction to Fluid Dynamics: G K Batchelor (Cambridge University Press) 2000
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5541
CourseName:Advanced Topics in Momentum Transfer
Course Type:
Description:Applications of principles on momentum transfer/fluid mechanics are important in various areas

such as non-Newtonian flows, thin film flows and atmospheric pollution dynamics. The objective of the course
is to address fundamentals of vectors and tensors, frame of reference (static or rotating), complex curvilinear
coordinate systems, momentum balance equations in various curvilinear coordinate systems, principles of
stress tensors and applications on various complex flow systems.
CourseContent:Fundamentals of Vectors and Tensors; Dot and Cross Products; Gradients; Divergence; Curl;
Dyadic products; Vectors and Tensor identities using Einstein summation convention; Higher order isotropic,
permutation tensors and their relationships; Concept of generalized curvilinear coordinate systems:
cylindrical, spherical, ellipsoidal, paraboloidal, spheroidal, bipolar; Gradient, divergence and curl operators in
various curvilinear coordinate systems. Continuum approach; Lagrange and Eulerian coordinate systems;
Reynolds transport theorem, Conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy; Cauchy’s theorem;
Concept of stress tensor: normal stresses; Conservation of angular momentum and symmetry of stress tensor;
Principal stress and stress invariants; Shear stresses; Kinematics; Strain rate tensors. Relationships between
stress and strain rate tensors; Derivation of Navier Stokes equations for various curvilinear coordinate
systems; Navier Stokes equations due to earth’s motion and analysis of Coriolis force; Closed form solutions
to Navier-Stokes equations for few cases, Creeping flow, Drag, Boundary layer theory, Flow separation,
Laminar flow, Transition to turbulence, Turbulent flow, Special Topics: Non-Newtonian fluids; Flow through
porous media; Thin film flows; Atmospheric transport and planetary boundary layers; Second law analysis and
entropy generation during convective transport.
TextBooks:1. A Course in Fluid Mechanics with Vector Field Theory: Dennis C Prieve (Online Print, 2001) 2.
An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics: G K Batchelor (Cambridge University Press) 3. Advanced Transport
Phenomena: Fluid Mechanics and Convective Transport Processes: L. Gary Leal (Cambridge University
Press).
ReferenceBooks:1. Introduction to Continuum Mechanics: W M Lai, D Rubin and E Krempl (Elsevier) 2.

Numerical Simulation of Non-Newtonian Flow: M J Crochet, A R Davies and K. Walters (Elsevier) 3. An
Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology: Ronald B Stull (Kluwer Academic Publishers) 4. Entropy
Generation Minimization: The Method of Thermodynamic Optimization of Finite-Size Systems and Finite-Time
Processes: A. Bejan (CRC Press).
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5021
CourseName:Molecular Simulation of Soft Matter
Course Type:
Description:1. To introduce a range of molecular simulation techniques that are used in modeling soft matter
in various time and length scales. 2. To demonstrate the predictive capabilities of these methods by
considering a set of case-studies
CourseContent:1. Introduction: Electronic, atomic, molecular and mesoscale softmatter examples,

interaction potentials [3 Lectures] 2. Essential principles of statistical mechanics: statistical ensembles,
thermodynamic averages, fluctuations, structrual quantities, time correlation functions and transport
coefficients [8 Lectures] 3. Monte Carlo simulations: Metropolis algorithm in various ensembles, free energy
calculations, configuration bias MC, reverse Monte Carlo, lattice Monte Carlo simulations [10 Lectures] 4.
Molecular Dynamics: numerical algorithms to solve equation of motion, unconstraint and constrained
dynamics (GROMACS package) [10 Lectures] 5. Brownian dynamics: over-damped dynamics (no
hydrodynamics) [3 Lectures] 6. Applications: case studies on phase-equilibria, adsorption of polymers and
surfactants of surfaces/interfaces, transport property calculations (diffusivity, viscosity), phase-behavior of
self-propelling colloids, self-assembly of surfactants and patchy colloids. [7 Lectures]
TextBooks:1. Computer Simulation of Liquids, M. P. Allen., D. J. Tildesley, Oxford University Press, 1989. 2.
Understanding Molecular Simulation, D. Frankel, B. Smit, Academic Press, 2001.
ReferenceBooks:1. Molecular Modeling: Principles and Applications, 2nd Ed., A. Leach, Prentice Hall, 2001.
2. The Art of Molecular Dynamic Simulation, 2nd Ed., D. C. Rapaport, Cambridge University Press, 2004. 3.
Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics, D. Chandler, Oxford University Press, 1987. 4. Introduction to
Computational Chemistry, 2nd Ed., F. Jensen, Wiley, 2007. 5. Molecular Modeling Basics, J. H. Jensen, CRC
Press, 2010.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6021
CourseName:Introduction to Research
Course Type:
Description:This course is intended as a supplement to the Institute-level course, ID6020. It introduces M.S./
Ph.D. scholars to various aspects of conducting academic research, with a specific orientation towards the
Department.
CourseContent:Overview & Introduction Industrial options for research scholars Writing Skills
Entrepreneurship: One more option Design of Experiments & Data Analysis Lab Safety Lab
Dynamics—Working in a Team Workplace Diversity
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2012
CourseName:Continuum Mechanics & Transport Phenomena
Course Type:
Description: • Understand the fundamental phenomena governing chemical engineering processes • Relate
the laws of physics to chemical engineering through transport phenomena • Predict/simulate fluid
flow/energy flow/mass flow behaviour of equipments • Derivation of conservation equations following a
general method • Application of the conservation equations • Relate fluid and solid mechanics
CourseContent: 1. Fluid kinematics a. Eulerian vs. Lagrangian b. Material derivative c. Flow visualization –
stream, path and streak lines d. System vs. control volume e. Reynolds transport theorem 2. Total mass
balance a. Integral balance and applications b. Differential balance and applications 3. Linear momentum
balance a. Integral balance and applications b. Differential balance c. Stress i. Traction vector, stress at a
point, stress element, stress tensor ii. Cauchy’s formula iii. Equality of cross shears iv. Fluids at rest d. Strain
i. Types and measures of deformation ii. Displacement field, displacement gradient – 1D, 3D iii. Relationship
between strain and displacement field iv. Displacement gradient tensor = strain tensor + rotation tensor v.
Fluids vs. solids and strain rate tensor e. Constitutive equation i. Hooke’s law for homogeneous, isotropic,
linearly elastic solid ii. Strain in terms of stress and vice versa (Lame’s equation) iii. Relationship between the
constants iv. Fluids at rest, Newton’s law of viscosity f. Navier-Stokes equations g. Applications i. Pascals’s
law and applications ii. Exact solutions – Couette flow and Poiseuille flow Transport Phenomena 1. Momentum
transport a. Shear stress as momentum flux, change in sign convention b. Linear momentum balance equation
revisited and Navier Stokes equation c. Shell momentum balance – pipe flow – Hagen Poiseuille equation 2.
Energy transport a. Integral energy balance and applications b. Fourier’s law c. Differential energy balance -
Total energy, PE or work by g, KE + IE, KE, IE, H, T d. Applications of differential energy balance and/or shell
balance i. Heat transfer through composite walls ii. Heat conduction with electric heat source – cylindrical
coordinates 3. Mass transport a. Integral component mass balance and applications (batch reactor and CSTR)
b. Fick’s law c. Total flux = Diffusion flux + Convection flux, Different average velocities d. Differential
component mass balance e. Applications of differential component mass balance and/or shell balance i.
Diffusion through stagnant film ii. Diffusion with homogeneous reaction iii. Catalytic packed bed reactor-
External film diffusion controlled 4. Transport properties (overview) a. Measurement, effect of T and P,
prediction
TextBooks:Fluid Mechanics Cengel, Y. A. and Cimbala, J. M., Fluid Mechanics : Fundamentals and
Applications, Mc Graw Hill, 2010 Solid Mechanics Parnes, R, Solid Mechanics in Engineering, John Wiley,
2001 Transport Phenomena Welty,J., Wicks, C. E., Rorrer, G. L. and Wilson, R. E., Fundamentals of
Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Edition, John Wiley, 2008
ReferenceBooks:Bird, R. B., Stewart, W. E. and Lightfoot, E. N., Transport Phenomena, John Wiley,
1960/1994 (1st Edn.) 2002 (2nd Edn.) Means, W. D., Stress and Strain, Springer-Verlag, 1976
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5016
CourseName:Systems Biology for engineers
Course Type:
Description:To introduce the fundamental concepts of cellular biology and biochemistry for engineering
students. To reconstruct small scale biochemical reactions networks, and to apply constraint-based modeling
methods to understand network properties. To perform simple simulations (flux balance analysis, flux
variability analysis, phenotypic phase plane analysis, gene deletion) to simple networks like E.coli core model.
To relate and answer biological questions from the in silico results. To introduce open questions in the area
and propose novel modeling algorithms.
CourseContent:1. Introduction to cellular biology and biochemistry with engineering perspective 2. Basic
concepts of systems biology 3. Cellular networks 4. Stoichiometric matrix 5. Introduction to concept of
constraints 6. Reconstruction of biochemical reaction networks 7. Overview of existing constraint-based
reconstruction methods 8. Modeling biochemical reconstructions 9. Overview and applications of: 10. Human
metabolic network 11. Tissue-specific constraint-based metabolic models
TextBooks:1. Palsson, B.O., Systems Biology- Properties of Reconstructed Networks. 2006: Cambridge
University Press 2. Murray, R.K., Bender, D. A., Botham, K. M., Kennelly, P. J., Rodwell, V. W., Weil, P. A., A
lange medical book: Harper's illustrated Biochemistry. 28th edition ed, P.L.G. daryl K. granner, Frederick W.
Keeley, Peter A. Mayes, Margaret L. Rand. 2009, New York, NY: Mc Graw Hill Medical.
ReferenceBooks:1. Feist, A.M., et al., Reconstruction of biochemical networks in microorganisms. Nat Rev
Microbiol, 2009. 7(2): p. 129-43. 2. Schellenberger, J., et al., Quantitative prediction of cellular metabolism
with constraint-based models: the COBRA Toolbox v2.0. Nat Protoc, 2011. 6(9): p. 1290-307. 3. Thiele, I. and
B.O. Palsson, A protocol for generating a high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstruction. Nat Protoc,
2010. 5(1): p. 93-121. 4. Orth, J.D., I. Thiele, and B.O. Palsson, What is flux balance analysis? Nat Biotechnol,
2010. 28(3): p. 245-8. 5. Sahoo, S. and I. Thiele, Predicting the impact of diet and enzymopathies on human
small intestinal epithelial cells. Hum Mol Genet, 2013. 22(13): p. 2705-2722.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5017
CourseName:Data Analysis for Modeling and Monitoring of Reaction Systems
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce systematic approaches for analysis of multi-sensor data, such as
concentrations, spectroscopic, calorimetric data etc., from complex reaction systems.
CourseContent:1. Introduction to linear algebra and statistics 2. Introduction to spectroscopy and reaction
calorimetry 3. Material and energy balances for tank reactors 4. Differential and integral methods for batch
reactors 5. Identification/validation of stoichiometry from concentration data 6. Analysis of complex reaction
systems using multi-sensor data: Overview 7. Simultaneous kinetic identification of complex reaction systems
8. Incremental kinetic identification of complex reaction systems 9. Generation of kinetic candidates from
superstructures using concentration data 10. Analysis of reaction data for monitoring of reaction systems. 11.
Design of experiments for reaction systems
TextBooks:1. Aris, R., Elementary Chemical Reactor Analysis, Butterworth Publishers Stoneham, 1989. 2.
Rawlings, J. B. and Ekerdt, J. G., Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals, Nob Hill Publishing M,
2002. 3. Hill, C.G. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design, Wiley Sons, 2014.
ReferenceBooks:1. Pushpavanam, S. Advances in Chemical Engineering: Control and Optimisation of

Process Systems, Vol. 43, Elsevier Publishers, Sand Diego, 2013.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2013
CourseName:Computational Programming & Process Simulation Lab
Course Type:
Description:The objective of the lab is to introduce students to solving process simulation problems using
MATLAB and Aspen-Plus. Starting with basics of MATLAB, key computational techniques relevant to MATLAB
functions will be reviewed and implementation for simulation and analysis will be undertaken. The second
part will cover process simulation using the Aspen-Plus package, which is an industry standard for process
simulations. This involves introducing key features of Aspen-Plus package, including property estimation,
flow-sheeting, and process design.
CourseContent:Part-1: MATLAB • Introduction to MATLAB programming; variables; program structure and

loops • Error analysis; Taylor’s series; Numerical differentiation and integration • Ordinary Differential
Equations: Basics • Using ODEs in transient process simulation • Linear algebra and linear systems analysis
(optionally include linear stability analysis) • Nonlinear equations in process problems (optionally include
steady state multiplicity) • Regression and Parameter Estimation (optionally include physical property
estimation) Part 2: Aspen-Plus • Introduction to Aspen Plus for process simulation • Simulation of individual
equipment and Aspen properties • Simulation of flowsheet • Design specification and sensitivity analysis •
Equation oriented approach • Unsteady simulations
TextBooks:• Finlayson B. A. (2006) Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing, John Wiley and Sons •
Fausett L.V. (2007) Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education • Chapra S.C.
and Canale R.P., Numerical Methods for Engineers, 6th Ed., McGraw Hill • Schefflan R. (2011), Teach
Yourself the Basics of Aspen Plus, John Wiley and Sons
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5600
CourseName:Introduction to Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Course Type:
Description:This course will introduce the concept of impedance spectroscopy as applied to electrochemical
systems, and illustrate its use to characterize active and passive systems LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end
of this course, the students should be able to • Demonstrate an understanding of the EIS technique and
explain the theoretical aspects • Employ open source and commercial (demo version) software to simulate
and model the data using electrical equivalent analogs • Simulate impedance spectra for electrochemical
reactions
CourseContent:1. Introduction: Introduction to electrochemistry, electrode-electrolyte interface, EIS basics,

graphical representation of impedance data 2. Experimental details: Instrumentation, role of supporting
electrolyte, single and multi-sine inputs, linearity and stability 3. Data validation: Kramers Kronig Transforms
(KKT), applications and limitations, Alternatives – measurement model analysis and linear KKT 4. Data
analysis: Electrical Equivalent Circuits, choice of circuits, distinguishability, zeros and poles representation.
Reaction mechanism analysis, linearization of governing equations, reactions with intermediates,
identification of mechanism from data 5. Physical Phenomena: Origin of constant phase elements behavior,
diffusion effects, Warburg Impedance, porous electrodes, passivation and film formation 6. Selected
applications of EIS: Corrosion, biosensors, materials characterization, fuel cells and batteries 7. Variations of
EIS: Local EIS, Nonlinear EIS, higher harmonics, noise based techniques
TextBooks:Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, 1st Edition, by Mark E. Orazem and Bernard Tribollet,
Wiley Interscience (2008
ReferenceBooks:1. Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory, Experiment, and Applications, 2nd Edition, by Evgenij
Barsoukov and J. Ross Macdonald, Wiley Interscience (2005) 2. Impedance Spectroscopy: Applications to
Electrochemical and Dielectric Phenomena, Vadim F. Lvovich, Wiley (2012) 3. Electrochemical Impedance
Spectroscopy and its Applications, by Andrzej Lasia, Springer, (2014)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2014
CourseName:Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
Course Type:
Description:This course will enable students to understand the basic concepts and principles of Heat and
Mass Transfer. The course will highlight the analogies in the molecular and convective transport of heat and
mass, thereby providing a unifying framework for appreciating transport phenomena principles. It also
develops the necessary background that will prepare the student to apply the heat and mass transfer concepts
in the design of industrial heat exchanger and separation processes equipment.
CourseContent:1. Illustrations of conductive and convective transport: Shell balance approach illustrating
Fourier’s and Fick’s laws, Mass transfer in a falling film, Solid dissolution, Conduction in composite
rectangular and cylindrical solids, Critical thickness of insulation, Heat transfer in fins, Mass transfer and
chemical reaction 2. Concept of transport coefficients: Concept of equilibrium, Concept of film transfer
coefficients, Overall transfer coefficients, F and k type of mass transfer coefficients, Analogy between heat
and mass transfer3. Prediction of Convective Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients – Dimensional Analysis,
standard correlations in natural and forced convection, Thermal and concentration boundary layer theories4.
Turbulent heat and mass transfer5. Principles of Discrete and Differential Separations: Equilibrium stage,
Cocurrent, crosscurrent and countercurrent staged operation, Kremser’s Equations6. Introduction Boiling and
Condensation: Pool and flow boiling, Filmwise and dropwise condensation
TextBooks:1. Ozisik, M. N. : Heat Transfer – A Basic Approach, Mc Graw Hill, New York, 1985.2. Treybal, R.
E. : “Mass transfer Operations”, 3rd ed., MCGraw Hill, New York, 1980.3. Seader, J.D., E. J. Henley, and D. K.
Roper : “Separation Process Principles – chemical and Biochemical Operations”, 3rd ed., John Wiley, 2011.
ReferenceBooks:1. Cussler, E. L. : “Diffusion - Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems”, 3rd ed. Cambridge, 2009.2.
Bird, R. B., W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot : Transport Phenomena”, 2nd ed., John Wiley, New York,
2002.3. McCabe W., J. Smith, P. Harriott, and : “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7th ed., McGraw
Hill, New York, 2004.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2015
CourseName:Fluid and Particle Mechanics
Course Type:
Description:This course introduces the concepts of fluid and particle mechanics and demonstrates their
applications.
CourseContent:Review of basic concepts of fluid mechanics: fluids and properties of fluids; stress,
deformation and kinematics of fluid motion; Reynolds transport theorem; continuity equation; Navier-Stokes
equations , Reynolds number ,Hydrostatics as a special case of NS with no flow Exact solutions of Navier-
Stokes equations: Plane Couette flow, Taylor-Couette Flow; Poiseuille flow; Unsteady (Stokes) flows Ideal
fluid flow: Bernoulli's equation; Applications of Bernoulli’s equations; Transport and metering of fluids:
Friction factor; Orifice meter; Venturi meter; Pitot tube, Pumps, compressors, fans, blowers, valves; Design of
pipelines Creeping flow: Low Reynolds number approximation; Flow over a sphere; drag coefficient; Terminal
velocity of falling object Boundary layer flow: High Reynolds number approximation; Flow over a flat plate;
Integral solutions; Similarity solutions; Skin friction; Flow separation Turbulent flow: Characteristics of
turbulent flows; Time-averaging; Turbulence closure problem; Mixing length model; Turbulent flow in pipes,
over a flat plate and a sphere Dimensional Analysis and Modelling , Buckingham pi thoerem, Similarity
analysis Particulate Phenomena: Shape analysis; Size analysis, characterisation Transport phenomena-
diffusion, drag, phoresis Mechanical separations-- sedimentation, filtration; Particulate flows: Pneumatic and
slurry transport, Flow through packed beds; Fluidization; Mixing, agitation and critical suspension
TextBooks:1. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, Warren Lee McCabe, Julian Cleveland Smith, Peter
Harriott, McGraw-Hill, 2014 2. Fluid Mechanics, Frank M. White, McGraw Hill, 2011
ReferenceBooks:1. Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering, John Metcalfe Coulson, John Francis
Richardson, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999 2. Fluid Mechanics, Pijush K. Kundu, Elsevier, 2013 3. Principles
of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Paul C. Hiemenz and R. Rajagopalan, CRC press 1997 4. Transport
Phenomena, Bird Stewart Lightfoot, Wiley & Sons 2002
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH2016
CourseName:Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Lab
Course Type:
Description:To gain insight into basic concepts taught in Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics theory
course by performing hands on experiments.
CourseContent:1. Mechanical equivalent of heat - heat, work and the first law of thermodynamics 2.
Calorimetry – heat capacities, heat of formation, Hess’s law 3. Thermodynamic cycles – adiabatic, isothermal,
isochoric processes 4. Equation of state – ideal gas law, virial equation of pressure 5. Property change of
mixing – volume, enthalpy and entropy changes 6. Raoult’s law and Henry’s law – applications in volatile
organic compounds 7. Phase equilibria: VLE, LLE, humidity, solid-fluid equilibria, polymer-vapor equilibria 8.
Equilibrium solubility of solids – effect of temperature, measurement of pKa 9. Reaction equilibria – liquid
phase, gas phase (Le Chatelier principle), equilibrium constant 10. Enthalpy/entropy driven physical
processes
TextBooks:1. M. D. Koretsky, Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics, , John Wiley & Sons, 2013 2.
Laboratory manual
ReferenceBooks:1. N. de Nevers, Physical and Chemical Equilibrium for Chemical Engineers, 2nd Ed.,
Wiley, 2012. 2. J. W. Tester and M. Modell, Thermodynamics and Its Applications, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall,
1997.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5018
CourseName:Biomass Conversion Processes and Analysis
Course Type:
Description:• Characterize different biomass feedstocks based on its constituents and properties •
Understand the analytical techniques to characterize biomass • Understand and evaluate various biomass
pretreatment and processing techniques in terms of their applicability for different biomass types • Evaluate
the properties of various biofuels in terms of their use in engines • Design a sustainable biorefinery for
biofuels and bioenergy production by combining various processes
CourseContent:Importance of bioenergy and biofuels in solving energy crisis and global warming.
Introduction to various biomass types – constituents, characterization. Biomass pretreatment: Acid/alkali
treatment, steam explosion, ammonia fiber expansion, enzymatic, ball milling, other non-conventional
techniques, choice of pretreatment based on biomass type. Thermochemical processes: Combustion,
gasification, pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, hydropyrolysis, torrefaction, choice of thermal process
based on biomass type and product requirement. Catalytic processes: Catalytic pyrolysis, catalytic
upgradation by hydrodeoxygenation, catalytic aqueous phase reforming, influence of catalyst properties on
product quality. Biofuels: Bioethanol, biobutanol, higher alcohols, biodiesel, valerates, DMF, furanoids,
benzenoids, pyrolysis bio-oil, algal oil – production methods, typical reactions, fuel properties, engine
applications. Analytical methods: Proximate analysis, ultimate analysis, calorific value, biochemical analysis,
thermal analysis. Biorefinery: Integration of various processes, design of a biorefinery by incorporating
various unit operations, mass and energy balance, sustainability aspects.
TextBooks:1. Pandey, A., Larroche, C., Ricke, S.C., Dussap, C.-G., Gnansounou, E., Biofuels: Alternative
feedstocks and conversion processes, Academic Press, U.S.A., 2011. 2. Brown, R.C. (Ed.) Thermochemical
processing of biomass into fuels, chemicals and power, Wiley, 2011. 3. Clark, J., Deswarte, F. (Ed.)
Introduction to chemicals from biomass, John Wiley and Sons, U.K., 2008.
ReferenceBooks:1. Boot, M. (Ed.) Biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass: Innovations beyond bioethanol,
Wiley VCH, 2016. 2. Chundawat, S.P.S., Beckham, G.T., Himmel, M.E., Dale, B.E., Deconstruction of
lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 2011, 2, 121-145. 3. Serrano-
Ruiz, J.C., West, R.M., Dumesic, J.A., Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass resources to fuels and
chemicals, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 2010, 1, 79-100. 4. Vassilev, S.V., Baxter, D., Andersen, L.K.,
Vassileva, C.G., An overview of the chemical composition of biomass, Fuel 2010, 89, 913-933. 5. Liu, C.,
Wang, H., Karim, A.M., Sun, J., Wang, Y., Catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, Chem. Soc. Rev.
2014, 43, 7594-7623. 6. Tekin, K., Karagöz, S., Bektaş, S., A review of hydrothermal biomass processing,
Renew. Sustainable Energy Rev. 2014, 40, 673-687. 7. Huber, G.W., Iborra, S., Corma, A., synthesis of
transportation fuels from biomass: Chemistry, catalysts and engineering, Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 4044-4098.
8. Mohan, D., Pittman Jr., C.U., Steele, P.H., Pyrolysis of wood/biomass for bio-oil: A critical review, Energy
Fuels 2006, 20, 848-889.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5022
CourseName:Solar Photoelectrochemistry
Course Type:
Description:Solar energy utilization has been vital to cope up with the energy demands and at the same time
to reduce the carbon footprint in the atmosphere. Many technologies evolved in the last three decades, with a
common goal of effectively and economically harvesting solar photons. Among them, photoelectrochemical
devices stood out because this concept can be applied not just for the solar energy conversion to electricity
but also to store them in the form of chemical fuels. Overall objective of this course would be to introduce
students, the fundamentals of photoelectochemistry to its application in solar energy conversion to electricity
and fuels. At the end of the course, students should be able to read research papers related to solar cells,
water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction, without much of scientific assistance. This course will help
researchers in solar energy to strengthen their fundamentals and give aspiring researchers a good starting
platform to pursue their career in solar energy. Course is suitable for: senior B.Tech. undergraduates, MS,
M.Tech, and Ph.D candidates from Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Material Engineering departments.
CourseContent:Basic semiconductor photoelectrochemistry (30% weightage) Basics and review of

semiconductor physics and electrochemistry, semiconductor-electrolyte interface - under dark - under voltage
bias, theory of electron transfer, charge transport - recombination - photoelectrochemical reactions at the
surface of semiconductor. Characterization (20 % weightage) Electrochemical techniques: voltammetry,
amperometry, impedance spectroscopy, Mott Schottky measurements Optical characterization techniques:
luminescence spectroscopy, time resolved single photon counting, transient absorption spectroscopy. Electro-
optical techniques: I-V measurements, IPCE measurements, photoinduced absorption spectroscopy, transient
photovoltage & photocurrent spectroscopy, charge extraction measurements, intensity modulated
photovoltage/photocurrent spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Applications (50 %
weightage) Dye- and Quantum-dot- sensitized solar cells : device physics, components, processing and
fabrication of solar cells, state-of-the-art research Solar water splitting: Electrochemistry of water splitting,
device architecture and physics, components, processing and fabrication of photoelectrochemical water
splitting devices, state-of-the-art research Carbon dioxide reduction: electrochemistry of CO2 photoreduction,
state-of-the-art research Brief overview to the applications of photoelectrochemistry in organic pollutant
decontamination, chemical synthesis, biomedicine, and photography.
TextBooks:1. Semiconductor Electrochemistry Author: Rüdiger Memming Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2nd edition,
2015. 2. Semiconductor Electrodes and Photoelectrochemistry (Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry - Volume 6),
2002. Editors: A. J. Bard, M. Stratmann, S. Licht
ReferenceBooks:Suggested reading materials: 1. Gratzel, M. Photoelectrochemical cells. Nature 414,

338–344 (2001). 2. Walter, M. G. et al. Solar Water Splitting Cells. Chem. Rev. 110, 6446–6473 (2010). 3.
Sivula, K. & van de Krol, R. Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion. Nat. Rev.
Mater. 1, 15010 (2016). 4. Hagfeldt, A., Boschloo, G., Sun, L., Kloo, L. & Pettersson, H. Dye-Sensitized Solar
Cells. Chem. Rev. 110, 6595–6663 (2010). 5. White, J. L. et al. Light-Driven Heterogeneous Reduction of
Carbon Dioxide: Photocatalysts and Photoelectrodes. Chem. Rev. (2015). doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00370 6.
Kumar, B. et al. Photochemical and photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 63,
541–69 (2012).
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5560*
Course Type:
Description:To carry out a literature review and if possible define a problem statement for the assigned
project.
CourseContent:Literature review, problem statement definition
TextBooks:Previous literature and projects.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6022
CourseName:Microwave Processing in Materials, Food and Medical Sciences
Course Type:
Description:Microwave assisted processing has gained significant attention during last two decades in
various applications especially in materials, food and medical science based research. The objective of the
course is to address governing equations of electromagnetic wave propagation within lossy mediums, energy
balance and microwave power absorption, microwave propagation within materials in wave guides as well as
in free space, imposition of various boundary conditions based on scattering effects, outlines of various
experimental set-ups, enhanced microwave processing using susceptors, applications on microwave
processing in materials involving ceramics, polymers etc., microwave food processing and challenges for
packaged food processing, microwave assisted processing in medical sciences: medical waste heating and
hyperthermia procedures for cancer/tumor treatments.
CourseContent:Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves and microwave propagation: Ampere's circuital

rule; Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction; Gauss' law of electric and magnetic fields; Heterogeneous
media and boundary conditions; Dielectric properties, measurements and various factors; Maxwell and
Helmholtz equations; Solution methodologies; Wave guides; Materials in free space with various scattering
effects; Poynting vector theorem and microwave power absorption; Energy balance with microwave
radiations; Numerical simulations for 2D and 3D microwave heating processes.Microwave assisted materials
processing: Microwave vs conventional heating; Outlines of various microwave heating processes for batch
and continuous operations; Role of susceptors on materials processing; Introduction of two way heating
concepts; Sintering of ceramics (Alumina, Zirconia, Silicon Nitride ceramics, Mullites, Pizoelectric ceramics,
Electroceramics, Metal powders); Polymer processing; Ore processing; Metal/Alloy processing; Processing of
bulk metals; Semiconductor processing; Synthesis; Waste treatment.Microwave assisted food processing:
Dielectric properties of various food materials and measurement procedures; Microwave thawing, blanching,
pasteurization and sterilization, drying and cooking of various food (vegetables, fish and meat); Microwave
processing of packaged food and safety procedures.Microwave assisted processing in medical sciences:
Microwave processing of medical waste (solid and liquid); Medical waste disposal equipments & microwave
incinerator; Various microwave shredding operations; Principles of hyperthermia treatment; Treatment using
microwaves for cancer and deep tumors.
TextBooks:Texts:1. Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics: C. A. Balanis (Wiley, 2012).2. Industrial

Microwave Heating: A. C. Metaxes and R. J. Meredith (The Institute of Engineering and Technology, 1983)3.
Laboratory Experiments Using Microwave Heating: N. E. Leadbeater, C. B. McGowan (CRC Press, 2013)
ReferenceBooks:References:1. Dielectric Properties and Microwave Processing: T. Ohlsson (Springer,

1989)2. The Microwave Processing of Foods: M. Regier and Kai Knoerzer (Elsevier, 2016)3. Hyperthermia in
Oncology: C. L. Pang (CRC Press, 2015) 4. Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment, A Primer: G. F. Baronzio and
E. D. Hager (Springer, 2010) 5. Microwaves and Metals: M. Gupta and E W W Leong (Wiley, 2011)6.
Susceptor-Assisted Enhanced Microwave Processing of Ceramics - A Review: M Bhattacharya and T. Basak
(Critical Reviews in Solid States and Materials Science; Published Online, 2017)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5690
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3520
CourseName:Heat & Mass Transfer Lab 1
Course Type:
Description:This laboratory course will reinforce the students’ understanding of basic concepts pertaining to
diffusive and convective transport of Heat and Mass Transfer through suitably designed experiments. These
experiments will include transient and steady state modes with the objective of estimating the transport
coefficients for different configurations commonly encountered in chemical engineering. Both kinetic and
equilibrium aspects that influence rate and capacity will be addressed. Learning outcomes: Students will a.
familiarize with suitable measurement techniques and devices to measure concentration and temperature b.
distinguish the relative influences of diffusive and convective rate coefficients in different applications c.
quantify the effect of different variables that influence the heat and mass transfer rates d. estimate the
transport coefficients from experimental data using different parameter estimation techniques e. estimate the
error involved in the experimentation
CourseContent:1. Diffusion a. Estimation of diffusion coefficient using Stefan’s tube b. Transport in gels 2.
Transient Heat and Mass Transfer: a. Transient heat conduction in a cube, cylinder and sphere b. Dissolution
of a sparingly soluble cylinder rotating in a container 3. Differential (batch) Distillation 4. Oxygen uptake in a
stirred tank 5. Heat Transfer in a double pipe heat exchanger a. co-current flow b. counter current flow 6.
Boiling Heat Transfer
TextBooks:1. Ozisik, M. N.: Heat Transfer – A Basic Approach, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985. 2. Treybal, R.
E.: “Mass transfer Operations”, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980. 3. Seader, J.D., E. J. Henley, and D. K.
Roper: “Separation Process Principles – Chemical and Biochemical Operations”, 3rd ed., John Wiley, New
Jersey, 2011.
ReferenceBooks:1. Cussler, E. L.: “Diffusion - Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems”, 3rd ed. Cambridge
University Press, New Delhi, 2009. 2. McCabe W., J. Smith, and P. Harriott,: “Unit Operations of Chemical
Engineering”, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3010
CourseName:Chemical Reaction Engineering
Course Type:
Description:The course is a required (core) course for undergraduates and will develop the concepts of
chemical reactors & reaction kinetics. The course covers the determination of reaction rate information from
batch reactor data, design and analysis of ideal flow reactors, catalytic reactions and reactors, non-ideal flow
reactors, the concept of selectivity, and nonisothermal operating conditions. The course is one of the critical
components of Chemical Engineering undergraduate education.
CourseContent:Rate calculations & Ideal reactors Definition of rate of a chemical reaction, determination of
the rate equation using various methods of analysis of batch reactor experimental data. Definition of ideal
flow reactors, and design equations for batch, plug, mixed flow and recycle reactors. Classifcation of
nonisothermal reactors (adiabatic and non-adiabatic), and analysis of stability. Multiple reactions
Classification of multiple reactions as series, parallel, etc; incorporating multiple reactions in design
equations, analysis of reactor level behaviors in terms of conversions and selectivities Residence time
distribution & non-ideal reactors Definition of residence time distribution functions, determination of RTD
from experimental data, derivation of RTD for ideal mixing. Models of non-ideal reactor incorporating RTD
including axial dispersion, tanks-in-series, and compartment models. Catalytic reactions and reactors
Classification of catalytic reactions as homogeneous and heterogenous, catalytic reaction mechanisms, LHHW
rate forms. Analysis of external heat and mass transport effects on heterogeneous catalytic reactions.
Definition of effectiveness factor and Thiele modulus, Effectiveness factor. Advanced reactors Design
equations for packed and fluidized bed reactors, Shrinking core model, fluid-fluid reaction rate equations,
design of gas-liquid (bubble) reactors Learning outcomes In this course, learners develop the skills required
for analysis of chemical reactors and reactions. Non-ideal flow reactors, catalytic reactor systems, and
advanced reactors are analysed at depth, in addition to multiple reactions and reaction mechanisms.
TextBooks:1. O. Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edn, John Wiley & Sons, 1999 2. H. S.
Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering 4th Edn, Prentice Hall, 2005
ReferenceBooks:1. G. F. Froment and K. B. Bischoff, Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design (2nd Edn), John
Wiley & Sons, 1990 2. L. D. Schmidt, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, 2nd Edn, Oxford University
Press, 2005 3. J. J. Carberry, Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3521
CourseName:Heat and MAss Transfer Lab II
Course Type:
Description:This laboratory course will reinforce the students’ understanding of the analysis of applications
pertaining to Heat and Mass Transfer through suitably designed experiments. These experiments will
demonstrate the operation and the design of unit operations that incorporate heat and mass transfer
phenomena. Learning outcomes: Students will learn to a. utilize and operate measurement techniques and
devices respectively to measure concentrations and temperatures b. measure different variables of interest in
unit operations involving heat and mass transfer c. estimate heat and mass transfer coefficients for the unit
operations involved d. compare the experimentally derived quantities with estimates from correlations and
models discussed in the corresponding theory courses e. analyze the agreement and discrepancies between
experiments and theory f. evaluate errors in measurements and assess the impact on estimation
CourseContent:1. Heat Exchangers (a. Plate b. Finned Tube ) 2. Distillation (a. Plate column b. Packed
Column 3. Dissolution of slurry 4. Packed Bed Absorption 5. Batch Drying 6. Adsorption (a.Batch Adsorption
b. Packed bed adsorption (Breakthrough curve) 7 Membrane separation 8. Concept of dry bulb and wet bulb
temperatures 9. Microfluidic extraction 10. Cooling efficiency of CPU fans 11. Crystallization of edible fats
TextBooks:1. Ozisik, M. N.: Heat Transfer – A Basic Approach, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985. 2. Treybal, R.
E.: “Mass transfer Operations”, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980. 3. Seader, J.D., E. J. Henley, and D. K.
Roper: “Separation Process Principles – Chemical and Biochemical Operations”, 3rd ed., John Wiley, New
Jersey, 2011.
ReferenceBooks:1. Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook, 8th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008. 2. McCabe W., J.
Smith, and P. Harriott,: “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering”, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6531
CourseName:Multiscale Modeling of Heterogenous Catalytic Systems
Course Type:
Description:Heterogeneous catalytic reactors find applications in a wide range of systems: Fuel processing,
syn gas and hydrogen production, manufacture of base and platform chemicals (such as ammonia, methanol,
etc.), automotive emission control, etc. The course will introduce the audience to multi-scale analysis of solid-
catalyzed gas-phase reactions. It will cover the entire spectrum of time and length scales: Semi-theoretical
methods for molecular interactions; mechanistic level; and the macroscopic reactor. The course is targeted
research scholars and Masters students interested in modeling, analysis and design of solid-catalyzed
reactions and reactors.
CourseContent:Module 1: Introduction to Engineering of Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems This module will

provide a background to the course, highlight the importance of solid-catalyzed gas-phase reactions in
industry and recap the core concepts of reaction engineering. Module 2: Elementary Steps in Catalysis This
module will discuss structure of the catalytic surface, molecular interactions that are responsible for catalytic
conversion and building of a reaction mechanism. Module 3: Catalysis at the Atomistic Scale This module
introduces various theoretical and semi-theoretical means to analyze elementary interactions, and use them to
estimate parameters for individual reaction steps. Module 4: Building a Kinetic Model The elementary steps
and parameters estimated in the previous sections will be used to build detailed microkinetic models. Issues
related to thermodynamic consistency of the mechanism will be explored. Module 5: Analysis and Reduction
of Detailed Models Analysis and reduction of detailed models using sensitivity and MARI analyses; partial
equilibrium and reaction flux analysis; and a posteriori model reduction will be addressed Module 6: Model
Simulation and Analysis This module links the mechanistic reaction kinetics with reactor simulations. Starting
with fundamentals of reactor modeling, simulation of ideal and practical reactors will be discussed. Module 7:
Computational Fluid Dynamics This module deals with using detailed kinetic mechanisms within complex CFD
simulations
TextBooks:1. J.A. Dumesic, D.F. Rudd, L.M. Aparicio, J.E. Rekoske (1996) “The Microkinetics of
Heterogeneous Catalysis”, ACS, Washington. 2. Masel R.I. (2001) “Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis,” Wiley,
New Jersey 3. Deutschmann O. (2013) “Modeling and Simulation of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions: From
the Molecular Process to the Technical System”, Wiley VCH
ReferenceBooks:Reference Books: 1. L.K. Doraiswamy and D. Uner (2013) “Chemical Reaction Engineering:
Beyond the Fundamentals”, CRC Press 2. J.K. Norskov, F. Studt, F. Abild-Pedersen, T. Bligaard (2014)
“Fundamental concepts in Heterogeneous Catalysis”, Wiley, New Jersey Supplementary Material: 1. Since
this is an advanced course, material will be drawn from several recent papers in the literature 2. CHEMKIN 4
User Manual 3. FLUENT 17.2 User Manual
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3021
CourseName:CRE LAB
Course Type:
Description:This laboratory course will reinforce the students’ understanding of basic concepts pertaining to
analyze kinetics for complex reactions using differential and integral methods. Batch reactor will be employed
to analyze rate kinetics for isothermal and exothermic reactions. The tracer dynamics in reactors will be
studied using Residence Time Distribution. A few applications of chemical reactions involving
electrochemistry, photocatalytic degradation, adsorption kinetics, oscillating kinetics, kinetics in biodiesel,
kinetics for dye degradation using microwaves and multiphase reactions will be studied. The analysis will
include various experiments with the objective of sample preparation, measurement of concentration,
prediction of kinetics and modeling of kinetics data. Learning outcomes: Students will a. familiarize with
suitable measurement techniques and devices to measure concentration and temperature b. learn to employ
various methods to determine the kinetics of reactions c. quantify the effect of non-ideality of flow in chemical
reactors d. calculate the effects of mass transfer on chemical reactions e. predict errors in experimentation
and compare experimental data with models
CourseContent:Course Contents: 1. To study the kinetics of liquid phase reaction in a batch reactor 2.
Residence Time Distribution (RTD) a. RTD of a straight tubular flow reactor without helical coils and as a
helical coil b. RTD for single tank reactor, two tanks in series and three tanks in series c. RTD of packed bed
reactor and prediction of extent of dispersion 3. Analysis of electrochemical reaction using cyclic voltametry
4. Oscillating reactions, pattern formation and reduced order modeling 5. Kinetics of Bio-diesel synthesis from
vegetable oils by Transesterification 6. Kinetics of Dye degradation using Microwaves 7. Multiphase reaction:
Effect in mass transfer limited reaction 8. Demonstration experiments (in NCCR): Estimation of pore size,
pore volume in BET analyzer and XRD : Students will be given data for analysis after the demonstration
TextBooks:1. Levenspiel O (1999) Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2. Fogler
S. H., (2015) Elements of chemical reaction engineering, Prentice Hall India.
ReferenceBooks:1. Bard, A.J.; Faulkner, L.R. Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1980 2. A.T. Winfree, The Prehistory of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Oscillator,
Journal of Chemical Education 61 (1984), 661663.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5023
CourseName:Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
Course Type:
Description:Global oil production data shows that global crude oil production from the existing fields has
already peaked and will decline significantly in years to come. On the other hand, coal mining as a fossil fuel
resource is undesirable in CO2 constrained world. As a result, un-conventional oil and gas resources are
gaining importance as the next generation fossil fuel resource. While enhanced oil recovery (EOR), in short to
medium term is looked upon as a strategy which will eliminate the need for fresh capital investment. Natural
gas resources like shale gas and methane gas hydrates are being explored, as a medium to long term strategy
to meet the rising energy demand and simultaneously cutting down the CO2 emissions. Overall objective of
the course is to provide basic knowledge related to unconventional energy resources, its properties and its
exploitation techniques.
CourseContent:Weightage for each topic is given in terms of % 15% - Introduction to conventional oil and
gas reservoirs, petroleum systems, concepts of reservoir engineering, phase behavior, production methods,
EOR. 15% - Heavy oil and oil sands, occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics, properties of heavy oil
and oil sands, drilling and completion methods, production of heavy oil and oil sands, mining, in situ
combustion, steam flooding, production issues, reservoir management, flow assurance, transportation
methods, upgradation, refining. 25% - Shale oil and gas, origin, reservoir properties, drilling and completion,
horizontal well technology, hydraulic fracturing, reservoir management, produced water treatment methods,
environmental issues, emerging trends and technologies. 15% - Coalbed methane (CBM), CBM properties,
production methods, methods of drilling, completing, and stimulating CBM wells, hydrologic issues and water
production, coal seam gas development, in situ gasification, coal conversion. 30% - Gas hydrates, origin,
properties and classification of hydrate reservoirs, molecular structure of hydrate, hydrate formation and
dissociation process, phase behavior, kinetics, characterization methods, thermodynamic models, flow
assurance issues and hydrate prevention, hydrate promoters and inhibitors, production methods.
TextBooks:Carcoana, A. (1992) Applied Enhanced Oil Recovery, Prentice Hall. Sloan, D and Koh, C (2008)
Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, 3rd Edition. CRC Press.
ReferenceBooks:Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Handbook. (2016) Ma Z Y, Holditch S A (Eds).Gulf

Professional Publishing. James, G. (2009) Enhanced Recovery Methods for Heavy Oil and Tar Sands, Gulf
Publishing Company. Chaudhary, A U. (2003) Gas Well Testing Handbook, Gulf Professional Publishing,
Elsevier Dayal, A. M., Mani, D. (2017) Shale Gas: Exploration and Environmental and Economic Impacts,
Elsevier
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3052
CourseName:Material Science for Chemical Engineers
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this core course is to provide essential concepts in material science with an
emphasis on particulate solids, their behavior and processing in various chemical engineering operations.
CourseContent:Metallic and ceramic materials - metallic and ionic bonds Atomic structure of solids,
Crystalline and amorphous materials, crystalline structure, unit cell and crystal faces Materials of
construction Corrosion resistance, fatigue, long term properties - polymers, metals and ceramics Materials
processing Crystallization, sintering, calcination, sol-gel methods Catalytic Materials Types of catalysts,
structure, properties, porous catalysts, pore diffusion, adsorption, adsorption isotherms Polymeric Materials
Polymer melts and solutions behaviour - macromolecules Polymer processing Processing of Particulate solids
Fracture mechanics, attrition, breakage, size reduction, size enlargement Colloidal and nano-particle systems
Definition, properties, types and classification Forces of interaction - van der Waals and electrostatic
interactions Aggregation, Settling of aggregates Smart materials Electrical, electronic and optical properties
of materials. Piezoelectric, actuators, shape memory alloys and polymers, electro and magneto-rheological
materials, carbon nanotube (CNT), fullerene, graphene, 3D printing Materials Design Mini projects on design
of products based chemical engineering and material science concepts: Design of coffee-cup, Formulation of
paints and ink, Containers for encapsulation of drugs, aroma any active compounds, Coatings for different
applications, Development of catalysts/supports, Fabrication of fibers, Materials from waste and other novel
materials.
TextBooks:1. Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction. William D. Callister, Jr. Fifth Edition, John
Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1999. 2. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering. McCabe W., J. Smith, and P.
Harriott,:, 7th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004. 3. Principles of colloid and surface chemistry. P.C Hiemenz,
R. Rajagopalan. M.Dekker, New York, 1997
ReferenceBooks:1. M. Rhodes, Introduction to particle technology, John Wiley & Sons, 1998 2. V. Raghavan,
Materials Science and Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2004
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH3050
CourseName:Process Dynamics and Control
Course Type:
Description:The main objective of this course is to teach the fundamental aspects of process dynamics and
control, which includes developing dynamic models of processes, control strategies for linear time-invariant
systems and instrumentation aspects. At the end of this course, the student would be able to: (i) develop
transfer function (input-output) and state-space models for linear dynamical processes, (ii) characterize the
dynamics and stability of processes based on mathematical analysis (iii) understand the principles of feedback
and feedforward controllers (iv) design PID controllers using different tuning rules (v) carry out a frequency-
domain analysis of control loop systems (vi) understand the philosophy of and design model-predictive
controllers and (vii) assess performance of control loop systems. The course is conducted on the integrated
theory-with-practice paradigm, wherein the classroom lectures are seamless integration of theory with live
computational / simulation demonstrations of the concepts. Students are provided with the opportunity to
reinforce and implement the course concepts in academic and real-life problems through assignments. The
majority of this course is concerned with development, analysis and use of input-output (transfer function)
models for control system design. MATLAB (a registered trademark), and its associated dynamic simulator
Simulink (a registered trademark) provides the required software support for this course.
CourseContent:Motivation: Overview of control, modelling and control principles; course outline. System-
theoretic models:First-principles models, linearization, linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, Laplace
transforms, state-space and transfer function models. Stability analysis: Notions of stability for LTI systems;
asymptotic and bounded-input, bounded-output stability. Response-based descriptions: Impulse-, step- and
frequency-response models. Process characterization: Concepts of gain, time-constants and time-delays, first-
and second-order systems, effects of zero and pole locations on process characteristics. Empirical models:
Estimating response models from input-output data. Feedback control: Fundamentals, control
instrumentation, closed-loop system analysis, overview of control system design. Stability analysis of closed-
loop systems:Root locus techniques, Bode’s stability result, Nyquist diagrams PID controllers: Characteristics
of PID controllers, design, performance criteria, standard tuning rules, model-based tuning. Uncertainties in
control design: Gain and phase margins, closed-loop characterization, small gain theorem. Two case studies in
complete analysis of process dynamics and design of control system. Instrumentation: Sensors, actuators,
valve characteristics Model predictive control: Basics and foundations of predictive control, design of MPC,
case study. Performance assessment: Control loop performance monitoring - overview, minimum variance
benchmark, case study. Selected topics: Feedforward control, ratio control, cascade control. In addition: Use
of MATLAB / SIMULINK for analysis of process dynamics and design of controllers.
TextBooks:D.E. Seborg, T.E. Edgar, D.A. Mellichamp (2016). Process Dynamics and Control, Wiley India Pvt.
Ltd., Fourth Edition
ReferenceBooks:George Stephanopoulus (1984). Chemical Process Control: An Introduction to Theory and

Practice, Prentice-Hall. B. Wayne Bequette (2003). Process Control - Modeling, Design & Simulation, Prentice
Hall. B. Ogunnaike and W.H. Ray (1994). Process Dynamics, Modelling and Control, Oxford University Press.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5561
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
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Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CA5562
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
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CourseNo:CH5019
CourseName:Mathematical Foundations of Data Science
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce students to the fundamental mathematical concepts required for a
program in data science
CourseContent:1. Basics of Data Science: Introduction; Typology of problems; Importance of linear algebra,
statistics and optimization from a data science perspective; Structured thinking for solving data science
problems.2. Linear Algebra: Matrices and their properties (determinants, traces, rank, nullity, etc.);
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors; Matrix factorizations; Inner products; Distance measures; Projections; Notion
of hyperplanes; half-planes.3. Probability, Statistics and Random Processes: Probability theory and axioms;
Random variables; Probability distributions and density functions (univariate and multivariate); Expectations
and moments; Covariance and correlation; Statistics and sampling distributions; Hypothesis testing of means,
proportions, variances and correlations; Confidence (statistical) intervals; Correlation functions; White-noise
process.4. Optimization: Unconstrained optimization; Necessary and sufficiency conditions for optima;
Gradient descent methods; Constrained optimization, KKT conditions; Introduction to non-gradient
techniques; Introduction to least squares optimization; Optimization view of machine learning.5. Introduction
to Data Science Methods: Linear regression as an exemplar function approximation problem; Linear
classification problems.
TextBooks:1. G. Strang (2016). Introduction to Linear Algebra, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, Fifth edition,
USA.2. Bendat, J. S. and A. G. Piersol (2010). Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures. 4th
Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, USA:3. Montgomery, D. C. and G. C. Runger (2011). Applied Statistics
and Probability for Engineers. 5th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY, USA: 4. David G. Luenberger (1969).
Optimization by Vector Space Methods, John Wiley & Sons (NY)
ReferenceBooks:1. Cathy O’Neil and Rachel Schutt (2013). Doing Data Science, O’Reilly Media
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5230
CourseName:Data-driven Modelling of Process Systems
Course Type:
Description:The main objective of this course is to teach fundamental aspects of building models of process
systems from data, formally known as system identification, which is primarily about estimating dynamic
models from measured data. Through a proper study of this course, the student would obtain an insightful
overview of this subject and learn various aspects of identification, specifically: (i) estimation of non-
parametric and parametric models, (ii) notions of model quality (bias, variance, etc.) (iii) choosing model
structures, (iv) methods for estimation of input-output models (v) sub-space identification (vii) design of inputs
(probe signals) for identification and (v) data pre-processing for identification. While the lectures are designed
to impart the theoretical foundations, the assignments and computer-based exercises provide ample
opportunity to implement and learn the practical aspects. The course primarily deals with estimation of black-
box input-output and state-space (non-parametric as well as parametric) with glimpses of grey-box models.
We shall also learn to obtain frequency-domain interpretations of the model quality and parameter estimates,
which throw light on the design choices in identification. MATLAB (a registered trademark), the System
Identification toolbox (MATLAB) provides the necessary computational support for this course.
CourseContent:Background: overview, systematic procedure, motivation with a case study. Models of

deterministic LTI systems: discrete-time convolution models, response-based models, difference equation
descriptions, transfer function and state-space models, discretization Stochastic processes: Review (auto- and
cross-correlation functions, white-noise process and ARMA models) Basics of estimation theory: estimators,
bias and variance, convergence, consistency, asymptotic distribution of parameter estimates. Generic
estimation methods: Ordinary least squares, Variants of LS methods, Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Input-
output models for Identification: non-parametric (step, impulse and frequency response) and parametric
models (ARX, ARMAX, OE, B-J) Prediction: one-step ahead prediction, k-step ahead predictors, simulation.
Identification of non-parametric and parametric models: estimation of impulse response and frequency
response functions; prediction-error minimization (PEM) methods, correlation methods, instrumental variable
(IV) methods. Statistical and Practical Aspects: time-delay estimation, diagnostics for model quality checks,
residual analysis, model validation, handling drifts, outliers and missing data; input design Identification of
State-Space Models: Kalman filter, subspace identification methods, Grey-box modelling Advanced topics:
Recursive and closed-loop identification.
TextBooks:Arun K. Tangirala (2014). Principles of System Identification - Theory and Practice, CRC Press.
ReferenceBooks:1. Lennart Ljung (1999). System Identification - A Theory for the User, Prentice-Hall. 2.
Karel J. Keesman (2011). System Identification - An Introduction, Springer-Verlag Ltd., 3. Y. Zhu (2001).
Multivariable System Identification for Process Control, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK. 4. T. Soderstrom
and P. Stoica (1994). System Identification, Prentice Hall International. 5. R. Pintleton and J. Schoukens
(2001). System Identification - A Frequency Domain Approach, IEEE Press, New Jersey, USA. 6. J. Schoukens,
R. Pintelon, Y. Rolain (2012). Mastering System Identification in 100 Exercises, Wiley-IEEE Press.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5024
CourseName:Numerical Optimal Control Theory
Course Type:
Description:Objectives: The course will introduce numerical methods to solve infinite and finite horizon
optimal control problems. Learning Outcome: Students will learn a. to formulate of optimal control problems
under different scenarios b. to solve optimal control problem arising in different applications using numerical
techniques c. to formulate and solve model predictive control problem
CourseContent:1. Review of state-space representation of systems 2. Introduction to Optimization-

Unconstrained and constrained optimization, KKT conditions 3. Numerical methods to solve ODE and DAE
systems 4. Optimal control problem formulations- Calculus of variational approach to the fixed-time, free-
endpoint problem 5. Introducing Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP) Hamiltonian-Jacobi Bellman (HJB)
equation-principle of optimality, Linear quadratic control and Riccati equation 6. Direct methods: (i)
Simultaneous method, (ii) direct sequential method, (iii) multiple shooting method 7. Indirect method: Two-
points boundary value problem (TPBVP) 8. Dynamic Programming 9. Online Control: Moving horizon
estimation, Introduction to linear and nonlinear model predictive control (MPC), Parametric MPC
TextBooks:1. Pinch, Enid R. “Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations”, Oxford University Press, 1995
2. Diehl, M. and Gro, S. “Numerical Optimal Controls”,
https://www.syscop.de/files/2017ss/NOC/script/book-NOCSE.pdf 3. Donald E. Kirk, “Optimal Control Theory:
An Introduction”, Prentice-Hall Publisher, 1998.
ReferenceBooks:1. Mike Mesterton- Gibbons, “A Primer on The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
Theory”– American Mathematical Society, First Indian Edition 2012 2. Daniel Liberzon, “Calculus of
Variations and Optimal Control Theory – A concise introduction”, Princeton University Press, 2012
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5025
CourseName:Fundamental Concepts and Applications of Adsorption
Course Type:
Description:Learning outcomes: 1. Compare adsorption with other separation techniques and decide when
to choose it 2. Understand the different factors that contribute to the adsorption 3. Apply different adsorption
equilibrium models for single and multicomponent systems 4. Design adsorbers for single and
multicomponent systems through batch and continuous dynamic models 5. Study the procedures used to
synthesize different types of adsorbents 6. Interpretation of different adsorbent properties after
characterization 7. Update knowledge on recent advances in adsorbents and adsorption processes 8. Specify
suitable adsorbent and process conditions in a given chemical, pharmaceutical or environmental application
CourseContent:Course contents: Introduction: Evolution of adsorption as a separation technique. Adsorption

versus other separation techniques. Fundamental factors influencing adsorption of solutes. Adsorption
equilibria and kinetics: Typical isotherms in single and multicomponent systems: Freundlich, Langmuir, IAST,
Sips. Heat of adsorption. Adsorber Design: Modelling the dynamics of batch and continuous adsorption
processes. Design of adsorbers. Engineered adsorbents: Natural adsorbents, Procedures involved in the
synthesis, activation and functionalization of adsorbents such as activated carbon, activated alumina,
synthetic zeolites, carbon nanotubes and metal organic frameworks. Regeneration of spent adsorbents.
Analysis of adsorbents: Characterization of adsorbents and interpretation of results from the use of SEM,
BET, FTIR, XRD and TPD instruments. Applications of adsorption: Choice of adsorbent and adsorption
processes for different separation problems encountered in chemical, pharmaceutical and environmental
applications Current and future trends: Advances in adsorbents and adsorption processes.
TextBooks:Text Books: 1. Seader, J.D., E. J. Henley, and D. K Roper: Separation Process Principles with
Applications Using Process Simulators”, 4th ed., John Wiley, New Jersey, 2016. 2. Worch, E.: “Adsorption
Technology in Water Treatment – Fundamentals, Processes and Modeling”, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2012. 3. Yang,
R. T.: “Adsorbents – “Fundamentals and Applications”, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2003
ReferenceBooks:Reference Information: 1. Bansal, R. C., and M. Goyal: “Activated Carbon Adsorption”,

Taylor and Francis, London, 2005. 2. Crittenden, B., and W. J. James: “Adsorption Technology and Design”,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1998. 3. Papers published in open literature detailing current state of art
and future trends in adsorption
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CourseNo:CH4030
CourseName:Process Control Lab
Course Type:
Description:Learning outcomes: 1. Analyse a system’s control objectives; determine controlled, manipulated

& measured variables; select suitable sensors & final control elements including control valves 2. Develop
first-principles based & data-driven models of simple systems 3. Design and perform experiments for
quantifying the dynamic behaviour of systems 4. Contrast the relative strengths and shortcomings of first-
principles based & data-driven models 5. Design de novo feedback control systems 6. Evaluate the
performance of closed-loop systems and determine root-cause of sub-par performance 7. Illustrate sequence
control for batch processes 8. Formulate control problems for non-traditional applications
CourseContent:Experiment 1: Topic: Instrumentation – Transducers and transmitters for level, height,

temperature, flow; Signal conditioning; Final control elements; Control valves & their types Experimental
Setup: Valve Trainer & Liquid level control (both physical setups) Experiments 2 & 3: Topic: Process
modelling & System identification – First principles models; Transfer function and state-space models; First
order and second order processes Experimental Setup: Level, flow, temperature control (all physical setups)
& Matlab/Simulink Experiments 4 & 5: Topic: Controller design and tuning – Control objectives including
process safety; Performance criterion; Selection of controlled, manipulated & measured variables; PID
controllers & variants; Controller tuning relations; Closed-loop response Experimental Setup: Level, flow,
temperature control (all physical setups) & Matlab/Simulink Experiments 6 & 7: Topic: Performance
assessment – Statistical process control; Control performance monitoring; Troubleshooting Experimental
setup: Simulated systems (Eg: Polymerization reactor) & Matlab/Simulink Experiments 8, 9 & 10: Topic:
Complex systems – Large-scale processes; Batch processes; Bioprocessing & Biomedical applications
Experimental setup: PLC trainer (physical setup) & Simulated systems (Eg: Pensim fermentation; Tennessee
Eastman process) & Matlab/Simulink
TextBooks:1. D.E. Seborg, T.E. Edgar, D.A. Mellichamp, and F. Doyle (2011).Process Dynamics and Control,
Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., Third Edition. 2. B. Ogunnaike and W.H. Ray (1994). Process Dynamics, Modelling and
Control, Oxford University Press.
ReferenceBooks:1. C.D. Johnson (2013), Process Control Instrumentation Technology, Pearson, Eight
Edition. 2. Papers published in open literature detailing current state-of-the-art in process control and non-
traditional applications
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4050
CourseName:Chemical Technology and Equipment Design
Course Type:
Description:To understand the schematic representation of unit operations and unit processes To appreciate
the application of chemical engineering principles in plant operation to maintain the designed production
targetsTo understand the general principles involved in the development and design of chemical processesTo
Acquire knowledge of design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, mass transfer equipment and chemical
reactors.
CourseContent:Chemical Technology:Schematic representation of unit operations and unit processes.

Manufacture of typical chemicals in petrochemical, organic, inorganic and polymer industries.Design of
Equipment used in Unit Operations and Unit Processes:a. Design of pumps, compressors and mechanical
agitatorsb. Shell and tube heat exchanger design: construction details- heat exchanger standards and codes,
basic design procedure, rating and sizingc. Separation equipment design: tray type contactors, selection of
trays, steps involved in the design of distillation columns, estimation of diameter of column based on flooding
criteria and generalized pressure drop correlations, weeping point, entrainment and pressure drop, choice of
packing and design of packed towers.d. Pressure Vessel design including LNG storagee. Design (including
mechanical aspects) of any two or three equipment
TextBooks:Chemical Process Equipment Design, Turton, R. and .Shaeiwitz, J.A., 1st Edition, Prentice Hall
2017, ISBN-10: 013380447X, ISBN-13: 978-0133804478.Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design,
Couper, J.R., Penney, W.R. and Fair, J.R., 3rd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012. ISBN-10: 012396959X,
ISBN-13: 978-0123969590.Sittig M and Gopala Rao, M. Dryden’s Outline of Chemical Technology for 21st
century, 3rd Edition, WEP Ease west press, 2010.Sinnott R K., Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical
Engineering series, Vol. VI, 5th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2015.
ReferenceBooks:Perry, R. H., Chemical Engineers' Hand Book, 8th Edition, McGraw Hill Company,
2007.Bhattacharya B C., Introduction of Chemical equipment design, CBS publisher, 2003.Brownell, L.E. and.
Young, E.H., Process Equipment Design Vessel Design, Wiley Eastern Edn. New York, 2009.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4010
CourseName:Process and Product Design
Course Type:
Description:Student should be able to • Estimate order of magnitude of a project cost and costs for different
types of process equipments • Choose between design alternatives based on different profitability measures •
Identify common reactor network structures for processes with similar reaction systems • Synthesis feasible
separation systems for ideal and non-ideal mixtures • Synthesis heat exchanger networks using pinch
technology • Apply pinch analysis to retrofit existing HEN designs and develop improved designs • Synthesize
different alternative flowsheets for existing or new processes • Formulate requirements for new product
design
CourseContent:Process Economics - Economic feasibility of project using order of magnitude cost estimates,
Plant and equipment cost estimation. Cash Flows - Time value of money, investment, costs, sales, profits,
taxes, depreciation. Profitability Analysis - Rate of return, payback period, discounted rate of return, net
present worth, internal rate of return, Comparing investment alternatives. Conceptual Process Synthesis -
Systematic hierarchical synthesis of flowsheets, Structural layers of a flowsheet. Reactor Network Synthesis -
Choosing type of reactor and conditions for simple reaction systems, Use of attainable region diagrams for
complex reaction systems. Separation system synthesis - Distillation column sequencing for ideal liquid
mixtures, separation system structure for non-ideal mixtures which form azeotropes and/or multiple liquid
phases by using distillation/residue curves. Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis using Pinch technology -
Targets for minimum utilities, area, total cost. Maximum Energy Recovery design, Evolutionary synthesis for
minimum number of exchangers design, Supertargeting, Heat and Power Integration, Integration of heat
exchanger network with distillation columns, Process Intensification: Combining multiple unit operations in a
single unit, intensification using force fields, miniaturization Product Design: Product life cycle, B2B and B2C
products, illustrative examples of product designs
TextBooks:1. (RS) Smith, R. Chemical Process Design & Integration, Wiley Student Edition, 2005. 2. (SSL)
Seider, W.D., Seader, J.D. and Lewin, D.R. Product and Process Design Principles - Synthesis, Analysis and
Evaluation, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2004
ReferenceBooks:1. (JMD) Douglas, J.M. Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw-Hill, 1988. 2.
(BGW) Biegler, L.T., Grossmann, I.E., and Westerberg, A.W. Systematic Methods for Chemical Process
Design, Prentice-Hall, 1997. 3. (ELC) E. L. Cussler. Chemical Product Design, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4960
CourseName:The Nuclear Energy Option
Course Type:
Description:The objectives of the course are two-fold: firstly, to outline the science and engineering of
extracting power through nuclear fission, and, secondly, to give a perspective on modern developments in
harnessing nuclear energy.
CourseContent:BackgroundFrom the discovery of neutrons in 1932 to understanding fission of uranium by

neutron bombardment in 1939 to achieving a critical mass in 1942 to making an atomic bomb in 1945 and a
commercial nuclear power plant in 1956, nuclear energy made rapid strides to contribute as much 19% of
world’s electricity generation in the year 1993. Though it received severe jolts to its development through
high profile accidents such as the Three Mile Island in 1979, Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011,
nuclear energy is once again in the reckoning due to widely-shared concerns about global warming and air
pollution despite persistent apprehensions and doubts about safety, sustainability and proliferation issues
related to exploitation of nuclear power.Course contentsThe course is divided into three modules. The first
module, spread over 24 lectures, discusses the conventional and established technology of nuclear power
generation. The second module, containing 12 lectures, presents the Generation IV nuclear power plants and
the distinctive path that India is pursuing for nuclear power generation. The third module of 8 lectures
discusses issues of concern about nuclear power through specific case studies. These include Chernobyl
accident and subsequent developments, decommissioning of Chooz-A nuclear reactor in France, the Aspö
Hard Rock Laboratory for radioactive waste management and the construction of 500 MWe Fast Breeder
Reactor at Kalpakkam.
TextBooks:J.R. LaMarsh (2017) Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 4th Revised Edition, Pearson.R.L.
Murray (2014) Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear
Processes, 7th Revised Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann.S. Glasstone (1991) Nuclear Reactor Engineering,
Krieger Publication Company.
ReferenceBooks:MIT OpenCourseWare on Nuclear Science and EngineeringInternet sources and current

literature
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6012
CourseName:GIAN 171003B02 Mechanistic Modeling of Thermochemical Conversion of Hydrocarbons and

Solid Fuels
Course Type:
Description:
CourseContent:
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5027
CourseName:Principles of Thermal Processing and Packaging in Food Industries
Course Type:
Description:Food preservation and packaging are the integral parts for thermal processing. Thermal
processing of food in industrial scale has gained significant attention during last two decades. Blanching,
Sterilization and Pasteurization are three main operations of thermal processing and the objective of these
operations is to reduce the microbial and enzyme activity. Various evaluation techniques of thermal processes
are elucidated. Industrial food processing is outlined with various equipments. Food storage without
contamination for longer period is a challenge and this course introduces various packaging techniques,.
Learning Outcomes The course will address the fundamentals of thermal processing, evaluation, industrial
applications and packaging of food systems. The learners will have opportunity to gain basics on thermal
processing and packaging in food industries. Various applications (thermal processing and packaging) with
recent literature/references will motivate learners to adopt research/industrial skills
CourseContent:Introduction to thermal processing and packaging: Thermal processing principles in food

systems; Canning operations; Packaging materials (Metal containers, Glass containers, Rigid plastic
containers, Retortable pouches) Thermal processing fundamentals: Conduction, convection and radiation heat
transfer for model food systems; Analytical and numerical methods; Heat transfer in packaged foods;
Dielectric heating; Kinetics for microbial death-methods of representing kinetic changes, factors affecting
heat resistance, temperature dependence of death rate; Blanching and enzyme inactivation in vegetables and
fruits; Sterilization, Pasteurization and cooking criteria-sterilization value, pasteurization value, cooking value
and process achievement standards; Safety aspects of thermal processing-GMP guidelines and
recommendations, techniques for implementation of GMP, thermal process validations. Thermal food process
evaluation techniques: Heat penetration in packaged foods- Experimental determination, analysis of heat
penetration data and characteristics curves, factors affecting heat penetration; Formula methods and
analytical techniques- Ball's method, Gillespy's method, Hayakawa's method; Microbial method; Software for
thermal processing evaluation and optimization Industrial aspects of thermal food processing: Pressures in
container; Mechanical agitation and rotation of cans; Total and transient energy consumption in batch retort
processing, Thermal food processing equipments; Innovative thermal food processing techniques [High
pressure thermal sterilization (HTPS) and Ohmic heating (OH)]. Packaging of food systems: Retortable plastic
packaging- traditional packaging, thermal processing, evolution of plastic retortable packages; Aseptic
packaging- thermal processing, applications in sterilization and pasteurization; Modified atmospheric
packaging; Use of irradiation techniques in food packaging
TextBooks: 1. Thermal Processing for Packaged Foods: S. D. Holdsworth and R. Simpson (Springer, 2015). 2.
Modern Processing, Packaging and Distribution Systems for Food: Frank A. Paine (Blackie & Sons Ltd, New
York, 1987)
ReferenceBooks: 1. Food Processing Technology-Principles and Practice: P. J. Fellows (Elsevier, 2017) 2.

Food Processing-Principles and Applications: S. Clark, S. Jang and B. Lamsal (John Wiley & Sons, 2014) 3.
Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering: R. T. Toledo, R. K. Singh and F. Kong (Springer, 2018). 4. Food
Processing Handbook: J. C. Brennan (Wiley, 2006)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5026
CourseName:Transport Phenomena in Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:1. Familiarize with the basic principles of molecular and convective transport phenomena 2.
Differentiate the roles played by convection, adsorption, diffusion and reaction in affecting the overall rate of
reaction in heterogeneous catalysis 3. Discover the role of heat and mass transfer during chemical reactions
occurring in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis 4. Develop awareness on the role of transport
phenomena in catalytic processes relevant to the petrochemical industry
CourseContent:1. Basics: Differential and integral calculus 2. Molecular transport: Molecular transport
properties – viscosity, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, Fick’s and Fourier’s laws, Knudsen diffusion,
Multicomponent diffusion, Transient heat and mass transfer 3. Basics of Fluid Flow: Laminar and turbulent
flows, Bernoulli’s equation, friction factor, drag coefficient, Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations 4.
Convective Transport: Interphase heat and mass transfer, Equilibrium, Convective transport coefficients,
Boundary layers 5. Applications in Catalysis: Diffusion and reaction in homogeneous and heterogeneous
catalysts, Thiele modulus and Effectiveness factor, Hatta modulus and enhancement factor. Setting up of
equations of change for transport processes, their simplification and solution with applications in fixed bed
reactors, catalyst requirements, and temperature-concentration profiles. Design of trickle bed and fluidized
bed reactors for gas-liquid-solid reactions in petrochemical processes.
TextBooks:1. Bird, R. B.; Stewart, W.E.; Lightfoot, E.N. Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, New
York, 2002. 2. Li, S. Reaction Engineering, Chemical Industry Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2017.
ReferenceBooks:1. Weir, M. D.; Hass, J. Thomas Calculus, 13th Ed., Pearson, New York, 2017. 2. Cussler,
E.L. Diffusion – Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, 3rd Ed., Cambridge University Press, U.K., 2007. 3. Ravi, R.;
Vinu, R.; Gummadi, S.N. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3A: Chemical and Biochemical
Reactors and Reaction Engineering, 4th edition, Elsevier Ltd., 2017. 4. Froment, G.; Bischoff, K.B.; De Wilde,
J. Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4999
CourseName:Undergraduate Research
Course Type:
Description:1. To pursue independent research/project work closely supervised by a faculty member 2.

Examples of activity permitted in this course are projects in the Center for Innovation, IITM Satellite efforts,
Design competitions, Software/Hardware development for theory/lab courses, Research projectcs and so on.
The project can also be a team work.
CourseContent:Specific to the field of study
TextBooks:Specific to the field of study
ReferenceBooks:Specific to the field of study
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5028
CourseName:Building Towards a Career in Chemical Industry
Course Type:
Description:The purpose is to provide a framework for M. Tech. students to prepare themselves for a career
in Chemical Process Industries as an option. The material in the lecture series will enable the student to gain
an understanding of the business operations of target companies, the competitive challenges that such
companies face, and the key drivers that engage management attention. The position of Indian industry vis-a
vis global competition will be highlighted. Even if the student decides not to purs
CourseContent:Unit 1- Specific characteristics of the chemical industry, in terms of capital intensity,

environmental impact, etc. Some typical data relating to a few companies will be presented and discussed.
Units 2&3- Elements of costing and project evaluation techniques- variable cost, fixed costs, payback, return
on capital. risk mitigation, etc. Unit 4- Technology Management: Purchase against Development, Licensing
issues Units 5,6,7 & 8- Case studies of technology development: Ammonia synthesis, Coal gasification,
Phosphatic Fertilizers, Poly Silicon Unit 9 - Lab to Plant: The TRL cycle in detail Units 10, 11, 12 & 13 - Case
studies on TRL cycle using examples from recent research publications – Fuel Cells, Thermochemical Solar
water splitting, Solar-coupled Biomass gasification, metal air batteries Units 14, 15, 16 - Soft skills: facing the
interview, understanding typical career growth. Each Unit will take about 90 mins of instruction time.
Students would be expected to present product/ process development plans in small teams during Units 10 to
13.
TextBooks:N/A
ReferenceBooks:1. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Kirk & Othmer. 2. Several reference journals such
as: Advanced Engineering Materials, International Journal of Solar Energy 3. What went wrong – Trevor Kletz
4. The myth of innovation – Scott Berkun 5. The competitive strategy - Michael Porter
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5490
CourseName:Integer Optimization
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce the theory of integer optimization, methods for solving integer
optmization problems and applications. There will be computational assignments using state of art solvers
and programming environments.
CourseContent:1. Basics of optimization 2. Integer optimization formulations 3. Relaxations, quality of

formulations 4. Branch and bound methods 5. Cutting plane methods 6. Outer approximation based methods
7. Approximation algorithms 8. Applications to heat exchanger networks, water distribution networks, sensor
networks 9. Applications to scheduling in pipelines, transportation systems
TextBooks:1. D. Bertsimas and R. Weismantel, Optimization over integers, Dynamic Ideas, 2005. ISBN
978-0975914625 2. C. Floudas, Nonlinear and mixed integer optimization: Fundamentals and Applications,
Oxford Unviersity Press, 1995. ISBN 978- 0195100563
ReferenceBooks:1. L.Wolsey, Integer Programming, Wiley Interscience, 1998. ISBN 978-0471283669 2.

Integer and Combinatorial Optimization, L. A. Wolsey and G.L. Nemhauser, Integer and Combinatorial
Optimization, Wiley Interscience, 1999, ISBN 978-0471359432 3. A. Schrijver, Theory of Integer and Linear
Programming, Wiley, 1998. ISBN 978-0471982326
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:GN6002
CourseName:Lets Play to Learn
Course Type:
Description:Objectives: By the end of this course, students would be able to develop prototypes of simple
tabletop and activity games that could be used as aids for facilitation for teaching subjects. Towards this, they
would specifically be able to:• Understand why games can be a powerful tool for learning• Understand game-
based learning and gamification mechanics• Experiential learning of game mechanics from various games•
Identify learning objectives to gamify and create game prototypes• Conduct Playtest
CourseContent:• Introduction to game design • Understanding learner types and human motivation•
Understand types of games• Understand Game Mechanics and applications• Benefits of game-based learning
in learning process• Real life applications of serious games • Build simple games for specific learning
objectives• Facilitate sessions using built games
TextBooks:Play to Learn: Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games Sharon
Boller (Author), Karl M. Kapp (Author)
ReferenceBooks:Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards by Yu-Kai Chou The
Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook : Ideas into Practice by Karl M Kapp
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4250
CourseName:Process Engineering
Course Type:
Description:By the end of this course, students would be able to develop a process flowsheet to produce a
specified product at given production rates. Towards this, they would specifically be able to: • Conduct
surveys for information on available technologies, markets, prices, safety/environment impacts • Develop a
process flowsheet based on chemical engineering principles and heuristics • Perform preliminary & detailed
economic analysis of the process • Analyse material and energy balances for a complete integrated process
using flowsheeting software such as Aspen Plus • Develop a complete process flow diagram (PFD) for a
process • Carry out Chemical Engineering design of major items of equipment such as reactors, distillation
columns, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, etc • Carry out Mechanical design of one or more equipment
with reference to appropriate codes and design standards • Conduct safety, health, and sustainability analysis
of an integrated process
CourseContent:• Introduction to process engineering & design • Flowsheeting& steady state simulation •
Process drawings (PFD, P&ID) • Engineering economic analysis (estimating capital & operating costs) •
Safety & loss prevention (Fire & explosion; HAZOP analysis) • Environment & sustainability • Equipment
selection, specification & design (Separation, Heat-transfer) • Mechanical design of process equipment
TextBooks:• R. Sinnott and G.Towler, Chemical Engineering Design, Ed 6, Elsevier, 2019. • R. Turton; J.
Shaeiwitz; D. Bhattacharyya; W. Whiting, Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, Ed. 5,
Prentice-Hall, 2018 • J. Couper, W. Roy Penney, J. Fair, S. Walas, Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and
Design, Ed. 3, Butterworth- Heinemann, 2010.
ReferenceBooks:• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 27 Volume Set, Ed. 5, Wiley, 2007. •
JJ McKetta, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, CRC Press, 1999. • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of
Industrial Chemistry, Ed. 7, Wiley, 2011 • D. Green, M. Southard, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Ed.
9, McGraw-Hill, 2018.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6190
CourseName:Polymer Reaction Kinetics and Engineering
Course Type:
Description:Understand the reaction chemistry of different polymerization types. Formulate kinetic models
for specific polymerization mechanisms to predict molecular weight distribution, composition and
architectures. Design different polymerization reactors considering the type of polymerization and the
required product distribution. Develop reaction models using continuous and stochastic approaches for
polymerization and depolymerzation to predict polymer microstructures, chain physical properties and
product selectivities.
CourseContent:Molecular weight distributions. Mechanisms and kinetics of uncontrolled polymerizations

such as chain growth, addition, free radical, condensation, step-growth, ring opening, ionic and coordination,
anionic, cationic. Copolymerization kinetics, reactivity ratio, azeotropy in free-radical bulk polymerization.
Microstructure of copolymers. Tacticity – dyads and triads. Radical chain polymerization: Initiation,
propagation and termination. Types of initiation, chain transfer, inhibition and retardation, determination of
absolute rate constants, thermodynamics of polymerization, polymerization-depolymerization equilibria, auto-
acceleration, effect of pressure. Polymerization of dienes, cross-linking reactions and network formation.
Living and Controlled polymerization-anionic and ATRP. Stereochemistry of polymerization. Catalytic
polymerization – Ziegler-Natta. Kinetics of Polymerization in dispersed media and particle forming: Emulsion,
Suspension, and Dispersion. Photolytic, radiation and electrolytic polymerization. Polymerization in
supercritical fluids. Polymerization in various phases: gas, liquid, and solid state. Polymerization reactors:
batch, tubular and CSTR. Yield of polymer reaction. Polymerization reactor design and reaction engineering.
Control of molecular weight distributions. Stochastic models for polymerization. Types of chain architectures
by polymerization: block copolymer, graft copolymer, branched, hyperbranched, dendrimers, star polymers,
telechelic, gels and networks. Chemical reactions of polymers including degradation. Various practical
applications in relation to type of polymerization.
TextBooks:R. J. Young, P. A. Lovell, Introduction to polymers, 2nd ed. (1991), Chapman and Hall pub.
Reprinted by Stanley-Thornes pub. (2000) J. R. Fried, Polymer science and technology, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall
India (2003) F. W. Billmeyer, Textbook of polymer science, 3rd ed., Wiley Interscience (2007) G. Odian,
Principles of polymerization, 3rd ed., John Wiley and Sons (2002)
ReferenceBooks:H. A. Allcock, F. W. Lampe, J. E. Mark, Contemporary polymer chemistry, 3rd ed., Pearson
Education Inc, (2003) K.D. Hungenberg, M. Wulkow, Modeling and simulation in polymer reaction
engineering, Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH&Co., Germany (2018)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5115
CourseName:Parameter and State Estimation
Course Type:
Description:The objectives of this course are three-fold: (i) to provide foundational concepts on parameter
and state estimation for dynamical systems including theory and methods (ii) equip the students with the
concepts of information metrics in estimation and (iii) train the students in applying these concepts to
estimation problems in engineering, biological and other systems of interest using modern tools of data
analysis (e.g., MATLAB).
CourseContent:1. Introduction: Overview of estimation; Importance and value of estimation in inferencing,

modelling, prediction, control, monitoring and all other fields of data-driven process analysis; Course
overview. 2. Review of mathematical and statistical essentials: Optimization and linear algebra basics;
Random variables and probability distributions; Random signals, correlation functions and spectral density;
White- and coloured noise 3. Foundational concepts: Formal introduction to estimation; Types of estimation
problems; Classification of estimators; Soft introduction to goodness of estimators, concepts of significance
testing and confidence regions 4. Information metrics for estimation: Notion of information in estimation;
Fisher’s information, Bayesian information measures. 5. Goodness of estimators: Ensemble properties - bias,
variance, mean square error, efficiency, Cramer-Rao inequality; Asymptotic (large sample) properties -
asymptotic bias and consistency; 6.Distribution of parameter estimates and confidence regions: Sampling
distributions of estimators; Central limit theorem; Confidence regions; Significance testing 7. Parameter
estimation methods in distribution fitting and regression: Method of moments; Least squares estimators and
their variants; Maximum likelihood estimators; Bayesian estimators; Conjugate and informative priors;
Regularised (penalised) methods; Applications to distribution fitting and data-driven modelling. 8. Recursive /
sequential parameter estimation methods: Recursive LS and weighted LS; Sequential Bayesian estimation;
Applications to online estimation in engineering and biological systems. 9. Optimal state estimation in
dynamical systems: Review of state-space models; Introduction to state estimation problem; Notions of
observability (linear systems), controllability and minimal realization; Kalman filter; Extended and unscented
Kalman filters for state estimation in non-linear systems; Applications to state estimation in engineering,
biological and energy systems. Note: All examples in soft learning, computations and exercises will be carried
out in MATLAB.
TextBooks:1. Arun K. Tangirala (2015). Principles of System Identification: Theory and Practice, CRC Press.
2. John L. Crassidis and John L. Junkins (2012). Optimal Estimation of Dynamic Systems, CRC Press, 2nd Ed..
ReferenceBooks:1. Adriaan van den Bos (2007). Parameter Estimation for Scientists and Engineers, John
Wiley & Sons. 2. Chaw-Bing Chang and Keh-Ping Dunn (2007). Applied State Estimation and Association, MIT
Press. 3. F. van der Heijden, R.P.W. Duin, D. de Ridder and D.M.J. Tax (2004). Classification, Parameter
Estimation and State Estimation: An Engineering Approach using MATLAB, John Wiley & Sons.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5681
Course Type:
Description:To carry out literature review and if possible, define problem statement.
CourseContent:Conduct literature review. Converge to the prospective problem statement.
TextBooks:Existing literature and previously carried out projects.
ReferenceBooks:Existing literature and previously carried out projects.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5500
CourseName:Battery Technology
Course Type:
Description:To provide a fundamental understanding of battery principles, fabrication, operation and testing,
so that students are better equipped to work in electrochemical energy storage industry and research
scholars working on specific aspects of battery technology get an overall context.
CourseContent:1. Introduction Brief History, Main components of battery (anode, cathode, electrolyte,
separator), type of batteries (primary and secondary with examples), important metrics (capacity, peak power
or power capability), example applications (portable devices, automobile, etc.) 2. Electrochemical Principles
Electrochemical reactions, Electrochemical series, Gibbs free energy, Nernst equation. Current-potential
relationship: Butler Volmer equation, Tafel equation; Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation to describe movement of
ions in a field 3. Battery chemistry and materials Primary batteries – Carbon-Zinc, Zn-MnO2 (alkaline), Li
primary batteries Secondary batteries – Lead acid, NiCd, Ni-MH, Li-ion Cathode materials of Li-ion battery:
Overview of cathode materials, discussing structural aspects of layered materials and compounds (TiS2 and
LiCoO2). Anode materials of Li-ion battery: Li, carbon materials and non-carbon materials (Li4Ti5O12, Sn and
Si) 4. Material property analysis • X-ray diffraction • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy • FT-IR spectroscopy •
Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface analysis 5. Design and fabrication Design and fabrication of batteries
–lead acid and Li ion • Electrode potential and battery voltage design • Design of cathode/anode capacity
ratio • Preparation of electrode slurry • Electrode coating, roll pressing, slitting, vacuum drying, formation
processes 6. Battery Metrics Capacity, peak power, charge-discharge characteristics by discharge rate, depth
of discharge, cycle life, low-temperature and high temperature characteristics, energy and power density
(gravimetric/volumetric) 7. Performance evaluation Standard tests and analysis of results of half-cells and full-
cells, State of Charge, State of health, selection of batteries for applications, international standards 8. Model
Introduction to battery modeling with equivalent circuits and with physical models 9. Safety Issues with
improper operation of batteries, with focus on Li batteries 10. Recycling Environment concerns, recycling of
batteries, life cycle analysis 11. Battery management systems Design of chargers, battery packs, management
systems 12. Hybrid systems Introduction to Super capacitors, comparison of metrics of supercapacitors and
batteries, hybrid systems.
TextBooks:1. Principles and applications of lithium secondary batteries, Park, Wiley, 2012 2. Bockris and
Reddy, Modern Electrochemisry (Vol 1, IIA and IIB), Springer, 2018 3. E. Gileadi, Physical Electrochemistry,
Wiley-VCH, 2011
ReferenceBooks:1. AJ Bard and LR Faulkner, Electrochemical methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd
Edition, Wiley, 2001 2. RA Huggins, Advanced Batteries: Materials Science Aspects, Springer, 2010 3. D.
Linden and T. Reddy, Handbook of batteries, McGraw Hill,2019 4. R. Narayan and B. Viswanathan, Chemical
and Electrochemical Energy Systems, Orient Longmans Ltd, 1997
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5650
CourseName:Molecular Data Science and Informatics
Course Type:
Description:This new course provides a succinct overview of the emerging discipline of materials informatics
at the intersection of materials science, computational science, and information science. It provides hands on
training in academic and industrial materials modeling software and data science software and their
integration for accelerating materials characterization and design. The course focus on applications in
multiscale engineering problems spanning the atomistic to continuum scales. Selected case studies from
polymers, metal organic frameworks and photovoltaics materials will be covered. The contents of the course
will be delivered through a combination of formal lectures and hands-on praxis through project-based
learning.
CourseContent:1. Materials Science vs. Data Science 2. Materials Modeling – Density Functional Theory,
Molecular Simulation, Finite Element Method 3. Feature Selection and Descriptors 4. Classification,
Regression, Optimization and Deep Learning 5. Machine Learned Equation of States and Phase Diagrams 6.
Big Data of Materials 7. Visualization of Materials Data 8. Deep Learning of Molecules and Materials 9.
Inverse Problems and Materials Design- Genetic Algorithm, Bayesian Optimization, Monte-Carlo Tree Search,
Artificial Neural Network
TextBooks:1. Krishna Rajan; Informatics for Materials Science and Engineering. Butterworth-Heinemann;
ISBN 978-0-12-394399-6 2. Jeffrey P. Simmons, Lawrence F. Drummy, Charles A. Bouman, and Marc De
Graef; Statistical Methods for Materials Science, CRC Press, ISBN 9780367780289
ReferenceBooks:1. Andrew White, Deep Learning for Molecules and Materials,

https://whitead.github.io/dmol-book/intro.html 2. Andrew Ferguson, Machine Learning and Data science in
Soft Materials Engineering, J Phys: Condens Matter, 30 (2018), p. 043002 3. Lauri Himanen, Amber Geurts,
Adam Stuart Foster and Patrick Rinke, Data‐Driven Materials Science: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives,
Advanced Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201900808
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5415
CourseName:Constructal Design in Engineering Systems
Course Type:
Description:Constructal concept offers an approach based on physics for understanding and predicting the
designs that arise in nature and engineering, (from the tree and the forest to the cooling of electronics, urban
design, decontamination, and vascular smart materials). This course aims how one can use the method of
constructal theory to design human-made and engineering systems in order to reduce trial and error and
increase the system performance. The relation between the constructal law and the thermodynamic
optimization method of entropy generation minimization will be discussed. The constructal law is a self-
standing principle, which is distinct from the second law of thermodynamics. The place of the constructal law
among other fundamental principles, such as the second law, the principle of least action and the principles of
symmetry and invariance will be discussed. The constructal law states that if a system has freedom to morph
with time, the flow architecture evolves with easier access to the currents that flow through it. It is shown
how constructal theory provides a unifying picture for the development of flow architectures in systems with
internal flows (e.g., mass, heat, electricity, goods, and people). Design with constructal theory starts with
basic principles and then shows how these principles are applied from simple to complex systems. Problems
and exercises are designed to elucidate the use of constructal theory to solve actual design problems.
Constructal theory and its applications to various fields involve thermal and fluid flow systems, various
industrial processes, natural living and inanimate systems and economics Early and recent works on
constructal theory involving the fields of heat and mass transfer in engineered systems, inanimatef low
structures (river basins, global circulations) living structures, social organization, and economics will be
addressed.
CourseContent:Laws of Thermodynamics and constructal concept: Energy analysis; Second law analysis and
energy indicator; Finite time Thermodynamics and consturctal law; Laws of evolution and the arrow of time.
Analogy of Thermodynamics and constructal theory: How the constructal law fits among other fundamental
principles Laws of design on constructal concept: Law of design generation; Designs of natural evolution:
River basin design; Design of organ and machine parts; Vegetation design; Flow mechanisms; Multiscale
design. Constructal fundamentals and design principles: Fermat principle and constructal design; Small &
large spacings vs optimal spacings; The method of intersecting the asymptotes; The balance between stream-
travel time & diffusion time; Volume to point flow problem and elemental volume concept; Design principles;
First construct and growth; second and higher order constructs; Constructal trees and 3D domains; Time
dependent discharge from a volume to one point; Design with unrestricted elemental features; Details of tree
shaped construction in Engg design. Constructal applications in Engg systems: Design with high conductivity
inserts; Convective heat transfer; Thermal cooling; Discrete heating systems; Heat exchangers; Vortex tubes,
Refrigeration devices; Natural design of flow systems; Electrokinetic transport; T-shaped water distribution
networks; Drainage basins evolution; Software evolution & Constructal law; Constructal design of animate
and inanimate systems; Constructal law and Economics.
TextBooks: 1. Shape and Structure, from Engineering to Nature: Adrian Bejan (Cambridge University Press,
2000) 2. Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design: L. A O..Rocha, and S. Lorente, Adrian Bejan
(Springer, 2012)
ReferenceBooks:1. Design in Nature: Adrian Bejan and J. P. Zane, (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
2012) 2. Constructal Design for Heat Conduction: L. Chen, W. Wu and H Feng (International, 2021) 3.
Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics: Adrian Bejan and G. W. Merks (Springer, 2010). 4. Advanced
Engineering Thermodynamics: Adrian Bejan (Wiley, 2016)
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6050
CourseName:Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid Phase Equilibria
Course Type:
Description:(1) To learn basic framework of statistical thermodynamics of chemical systems. (2) To learn
how to model thermodynamic properties of phases gas, liquid and solids with chemical description using
molecular theories. (3) To learn how to mathematically model thermodynamics of fluid-phase equilibria of
non-ideal gases and liquids, and of liquid mixtures using molecular models. (4) To learn how to carry out
phase equilibria calculations using well-known equations of state with molecular parameters
CourseContent:Postulates of statistical mechanics, ensembles, canonical ensemble. Partition functions and

derivatives, configurational integral, fluctuations, energy, density, particle densities & molecular distribution
functions (canonical ensemble). Equations relating thermodynamic properties to g(r). Grand-canonical
ensemble & distribution functions, compressibility equation. Gibbs Ensemble. Molecular theory of pure
liquids. Lattice theory and local composition models. Integral equation theories I: g(r), YBG equations.
Average energy, compressibility. Corresponding states theory. Perturbation theories: Barker-Henderson,
Zwanzig. Significant structure theories of liquids. Lennard-Jones-Devonshire (LJD) theory of liquids.
Formalism of thermodynamic properties for mixtures (compressibility etc.). Local composition theories of
liquid mixtures. Solution thermodynamics. Phase equilibria molecular models using van der Waals, Wilson and
Redlich-Kwong EOS by relating parameters atomic and molecular structure. Estimation of fugacity and
activity coefficients using molecular models: Lennard-Jones fluid. Partition coefficients using molecular
models. Application of Monte-Carlo simulation in phase equilibria calculations.
TextBooks:(1) T.L. Hill, Introduction to statistical thermodynamics, Addison-Wesley, 1960 (2) T.L. Hill,
Statisical mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1956 (3) A. Munster, Statistical thermodynamics, Springer, 1970 (4) J.M.
Prausnitz, R.N. Lichtenthaler & E.G. Azevedo, Molecular thermodynamics of fluids phase equilibria, Prentice-
Hall, 1986 (5) D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, University Science Books, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd., 2005
ReferenceBooks:(1) L.L. Lee, Molecular Thermodynamics, Butterworths, 1988 (2) J.S. Rowlinson & F.L.
Swinson, Liquids and Liquid Mixtures, Butterworths, 1988 (3) P. Attard, Thermodynamics and statistical
mechanics, Academic Press (Elsevier), 2002
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5270
CourseName:Soft robotics
Course Type:
Description:Components such as sensors, actuators and controllers are integrated in a robot. In recent
years, demands for shape adaptability and dynamic re-configuration have brought deformability of constituent
materials as one of the most desirable features. Therefore, soft robots are being developed to have increased
capability in negotiating complex environments. Bio-mimetics and bio-inspired engineering has also
highlighted prevalence of soft and tunable materials in devices found in nature. The need for integration of
several components also can be satisfied with ease, when mechanically compliant materials are used for the
device assembly. There is also increased emphasis on optimum performance, miniaturization, targetted
properties, durability & ease of fabrication. Therefore, soft robotics is emerging as a promising field of
research and applications. In this course, materials and fabrication methods required for soft robotics will be
introduced. Polymeric materials, without and with dispersed particulates, are being increasingly used in
sensors and actuators, the most important components of robots. This course is intended to discuss the
fundamental properties and developments in polymeric materials which make them suitable for soft robotic
applications. Electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of polymers in this context will be
discussed. These materials have to be fabricated into solid shapes, films, sheets, or fibers/textiles materials
for the robotic device. The specific fabrication methods required for robotic applications will also be
discussed.
CourseContent:Introduction, devices Robotics, soft robotics, Acutation, sensing, stretchable electronics

Biomimicry and bioinspiration, Solar cell, LED, TFT, Fuel cell, Battery Polymeric materials and properties,
Elastomers, hydrogels, ionomers Electrical, mechanical and physico-chemical properties Advanced materials
Responsive polymers, optical-electrical properties, Modeling Fabrication, Processing methods, Limitations
and challenges Survey of reported devices case-studies, device characteristics
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:1. Electrical properties of polymers, T Blythe and D Bloor, Cambridgeuniversity press, 2005
2. Intelligent macromolecules for smart devices, L Dai, Springer, 2004 3. Capillary electrophoresis of nucleic
acids, Volumes I and II, KRMitchelson & J Cheng, Humana Press, 2000 and 2001 4. Relevant articles from
polymers related research journals 5. Soft Robotics: Transferring Theory to Application, Editors: Verl, A.,
Albu-Schäffer, A., Brock, O., Raatz, A. (Eds.) Springer, 2015
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5140
CourseName:Process Modelling Simulation and Analysis
Course Type:
Description:Model different chemical engineering processes from first principles Simulate different
processes using numerical techniques Analyse steady state and dynamic behavior of different processes
CourseContent:Classification of process models; Conservation equations and constitutive relations; Process

flowsheeting : sequential modular and equation oriented approaches; Steady state and dynamic modelling of
lumped and distributed parameter systems involving fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer and reaction;
Numerical methods for solution of algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations. Stability
analysis of lumped systems; Introduction to population balance models.
TextBooks:Bequette, B. W. (2002). Process dynamics: Modeling, analysis, and simulation. Upper Saddle
River: Prentice-Hall PTR. Kaisare, N. S. (2018). Computational techniques for process simulation and analysis
using MATLAB. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
ReferenceBooks:Aris, R. (1999). Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective. San Diego:

Academic Press. Basmadjian, D. (1999). The Art of Modeling in Science and Engineering. Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press. Dutta, B. K., (2017). Mathematical Methods in Chemical and Biological Engineering. Boca Raton:
CRC Press. Hangos, K. M. and Cameron, I. T. (2001). Process Modelling and Model Analysis. Academic Press.
Ingham, J., Dunn, I. J., Heinzle, E., Prenosil, J. E. and Snape, J. B. (2007). Chemical Engineering Dynamics: An
Introduction to Modelling and Computer Simulation. Weinheim: Wiley VCH. Ramirez, W. F. (1997).
Computational Methods for Process Simulation. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5470
CourseName:Graph Theory & its applications in Process Design
Course Type:
Description:Use of graph theory, process structures and Information flows in engineering systems and
specifically chemical engineering problems.
CourseContent:Mathematical background: Graphs, degree of Vertex, Subgraphs, graph operations, walks,

paths, circuits, connectivity, cutsets, trees, spanning trees, fundamental cutsets and circuits, matrix
representation of graphs,graph algorithms Applications: Pipeline network design and optimization, open
channelflow network design and analysis, heat exchanger network design, observability and redundancy
classification, sensor network design, process flowsheeting. Estimating gradients and Hessians using
numerical perturbation
TextBooks: Deo, N Graph Theory with Applications to Engineering andcomputer Science, PrenticeHall,1974.
Mah, R.S.H. Chemical Process Structures and Information Flows,Butterworth, 19902.
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5683
Course Type:
Description:To complete experiments / simulations / computations (as applicable) related to the project To
analyze the resulting outcomes To present any theoretical proofs / support for the findings
CourseContent:Experiments and / or simulations and / or computations related to the project; Analysis of the
resulting outcomes and systematic presentation of the findings; Theoretical proofs / explanation for the
findings.
TextBooks:Existing literature and previous projects
ReferenceBooks:Existing literature and previous projects.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5682
Course Type:
Description:To define problem statement for the project To reproduce existing results, if applicable To arrive
at preliminary results from the proposed approach
CourseContent:Problem statement and objectives for the project; Reproduction of existing results (if
applicable); Preliminary results from the proposed research
TextBooks:Existing literature and previous projects
ReferenceBooks:Existing literature and previous projects
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:GN5004
CourseName:Research Skills
Course Type:
Description:This course is meant to build research skills in post graduate students. For students entering
post graduate programs from a course-heavy undergraduate program, the basic tools for a healthy
relationship with research need to be explicitly brought to bear. The course will involve practice of research
paper review and critical analysis, literature search, and communication & interpersonal skills for
researchers. ● Understand the roles and responsibilities of researchers ● Identify attitudes and habits
required for success in research ● Recognise ethical & safety issues ● Perform detailed literature search
harnessing modern tools ● Practice on reading and critical analysis of peer reviewed research articles ●
Communicate & analyse sample research findings in various format (posters, PPTs, reports)
CourseContent:● Introduction to research ● Literature search ● Critical analysis of research articles ●

Technical writing ● Lab safety ● Ethics, Workplace diversity
TextBooks:● The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, 2003 ● The Joy of Research by C.
Balaji, 2015 ● The Grammar of Science - Karl Pearson ● Truth and Beauty - Aesthetics and Motivations in
Science - S. Chandrasekhar ● Advice to a Young Scientist - P. B. Medawar ● Science and Hypothesis - H.
Poincare
ReferenceBooks:● Will be shared as required
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5026*
CourseName:Transport Phenomena in Catalysis
Course Type:
Description:1. Familiarize with the basic principles of molecular and convective transport phenomena2.
Differentiate the roles played by convection, adsorption, diffusion and reaction in affecting the overall rate of
reaction in heterogeneous catalysis3. Discover the role of heat and mass transfer during chemical reactions
occurring in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis4. Develop awareness on the role of transport
phenomena in catalytic processes relevant to the petrochemical industry
CourseContent:1. Basics: Differential and integral calculus2. Molecular transport: Molecular transport
properties – viscosity, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, Fick’s and Fourier’s laws, Knudsen diffusion,
Multicomponent diffusion, Transient heat and mass transfer 3. Basics of Fluid Flow: Laminar and turbulent
flows, Bernoulli’s equation, friction factor, drag coefficient, Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations4.
Convective Transport: Interphase heat and mass transfer, Equilibrium, Convective transport coefficients,
Boundary layers 5. Applications in Catalysis: Diffusion and reaction in homogeneous and heterogeneous
catalysts, Thiele modulus and Effectiveness factor, Hatta modulus and enhancement factor. Setting up of
equations of change for transport processes, their simplification and solution with applications in fixed bed
reactors, catalyst requirements, and temperature-concentration profiles. Design of trickle bed and fluidized
bed reactors for gas-liquid-solid reactions in petrochemical processes.
TextBooks:1. Bird, R. B.; Stewart, W.E.; Lightfoot, E.N. Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed., John Wiley, New
York, 2002.2. Li, S. Reaction Engineering, Chemical Industry Press, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2017.
ReferenceBooks:1. Weir, M. D.; Hass, J. Thomas Calculus, 13th Ed., Pearson, New York, 2017. 2. Cussler,
E.L. Diffusion – Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, 3rd Ed., Cambridge University Press, U.K., 2007.3. Ravi, R.;
Vinu, R.; Gummadi, S.N. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3A: Chemical and Biochemical
Reactors and Reaction Engineering, 4th edition, Elsevier Ltd., 2017.4. Froment, G.; Bischoff, K.B.; De Wilde, J.
Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2011.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5700
CourseName:Upstream oil and gas engineering
Course Type:
Description:To introduce chemical and mechanical engineering students to the field of upstream oil and gas
engineering, hydrocarbon reservoirs and their recovery methods.
CourseContent:Origins of petroleum and natural gas reservoirs. Conventional and unconventional

reservoirs. Chemistry of petroleum and natural gas. Gas hydrates, asphaltenes, waxes, and diamondoids.
Basics concepts of oil and gas exploration: Geophysical and Geochemical. Drilling operation: Rig components,
drilling bits, Drilling fluids and their functions, casing and cementing, well control. Classification and
properties of reservoir fluids. Reservoir rock and fluid properties. Properties of formation water. Porosity,
absolute and relative permeability, interfacial tension, capillary pressure, wettability and fluid saturation.
Routine and special core analysis. Darcy's Law and applications. Mechanical and electrical properties of rock.
Poisson’s Ratio, Young’s Modulus, and Bulk Modulus. Triaxial Cell. Sampling of petroleum reservoir fluids.
Introduction to hydrocarbon phase behaviour. Phase behaviour of binary, ternary systems, and petroleum
reservoir fluids (Black oil, volatile oil, gas condensate, wet gas, and dry gas). Pressure-Volume-Temperature
(PVT) analysis. Reservoir drive mechanisms. Oil recovery methods (Primary and secondary) and recovery
factor. Inflow performance relationship (IPR), Fundamentals of artificial lift methods: Sucker rod, gas lift, ESP
and PCP. Decline curve analysis. Water and gas injection and Coning. Basic concepts of oil and gas well
testing. Pressure build-up and drawdown method. Tertiary or Enhanced oil recovery methods.Fundamentals
of well stimulation: Hydraulic fracturing and matrix acidizing.
TextBooks:Petroleum Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties, 2nd edition, Dandekar, A.Y., CRC Press, Boca
Raton, FL, 2013.Reservoir Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, Ahmed, T., Gulf Professional Publishing,
Houston, TX, 2001.Practical Enhanced Reservoir Engineering, Satter, A., Iqbal, G.M., Buchwalter, J.L.,
PennWell Corporation, Tulsa, OK, 2008.
ReferenceBooks:Well testing, Lee, J., Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1982.Enhanced Oil Recovery, Green,
D.W., Willhite, G.P., Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX, 1998.The Chemistry and Technology of
Petroleum, Speight, 4th edition, Speight, J.G., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006.Petroleum Production
Engineering: A Computer-Assisted Approach, Guo, B., Lyons, W.C., Ghalambor, Gulf Professional Publishing,
Houston, TX, 2007.Drilling Engineering, Heriot Watt University, 2005.Hydrocarbon Exploration And
Production, 2nd edition, Jahn, F., Cook, M., and Graham, M., Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2008.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5710
CourseName:Applications of machine learning in reaction engineering
Course Type:
Description:Provide hands-on experience in applying machine learning techniques in reaction engineering

problems to develop computationally fast models for reactor design and optimization.
CourseContent:Modeling in reaction engineering • First-principle models: overview of the governing

equations, solution strategies, application of high performance computing (HPC), computational cost of
numerical solutions • Engineering models: ideal reactors and empirical correlations Introduction to ML •
Introduction to scikit-learn, keras, Jupyter Notebook • General steps in building an ML model • Linear
regression and logistic regression • Decision tree and random forest • Neural networks • Clustering
algorithms (K-means and DBSCAN) Solving reaction engineering problems with ML • Modeling chemical
kinetics • Integrating chemical kinetics in reactor (CFD) simulations • Postprocessing reactor (CFD)
simulation data
TextBooks:1. Aurelien Geron, Hands-on machine learning with scikit-learn, keras and tensor flow, O'Reilly,
2019 2. Trevor Hastie, The elements of statistical learning, Springer, 2017 3. H Fogler, Elements of chemical
reaction engineering, Prentice Hall PTR, 2011
ReferenceBooks:1. Gareth James, An introduction to statistical learning, Springer, 2017 (freely available
online) 2. William M Deen, Analysis of transport phenomena, Oxford University Press, 2018 3. Hugo Jakobsen,
Chemical reactor modeling, Springer, 2014
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH4010+
CourseName:Process and Product Design
Course Type:
Description:Student should be able to• Estimate order of magnitude of a project cost and costs for different
types of process equipments• Choose between design alternatives based on different profitability measures•
Identify common reactor network structures for processes with similar reaction systems • Synthesis feasible
separation systems for ideal and non-ideal mixtures• Synthesis heat exchanger networks using pinch
technology• Apply pinch analysis to retrofit existing HEN designs and develop improved designs • Synthesize
different alternative flowsheets for existing or new processes • Formulate requirements for new product
design
CourseContent:Process Economics - Economic feasibility of project using order of magnitude cost estimates,
Plant and equipment cost estimation. Cash Flows - Time value of money, investment, costs, sales, profits,
taxes, depreciation. Profitability Analysis - Rate of return, payback period, discounted rate of return, net
present worth, internal rate of return, Comparing investment alternatives. Conceptual Process Synthesis -
Systematic hierarchical synthesis of flowsheets, Structural layers of a flowsheet. Reactor Network Synthesis -
Choosing type of reactor and conditions for simple reaction systems, Use of attainable region diagrams for
complex reaction systems. Separation system synthesis - Distillation column sequencing for ideal liquid
mixtures, separation system structure for non-ideal mixtures which form azeotropes and/or multiple liquid
phases by using distillation/residue curves. Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis using Pinch technology -
Targets for minimum utilities, area, total cost. Maximum Energy Recovery design, Evolutionary synthesis for
minimum number of exchangers design, Supertargeting, Heat and Power Integration, Integration of heat
exchanger network with distillation columns,Process Intensification: Combining multiple unit operations in a
single unit, intensification using force fields, miniaturizationProduct Design: Product life cycle, B2B and B2C
products, illustrative examples of product designs
TextBooks:1. (RS) Smith, R. Chemical Process Design & Integration, Wiley Student Edition, 2005. 2. (SSL)
Seider, W.D., Seader, J.D. and Lewin, D.R. Product and Process Design Principles - Synthesis, Analysis and
Evaluation, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2004
ReferenceBooks:1. (JMD) Douglas, J.M. Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw-Hill, 1988. 2.
(BGW) Biegler, L.T., Grossmann, I.E., and Westerberg, A.W. Systematic Methods for Chemical Process
Design, Prentice-Hall, 1997. 3. (ELC) E. L. Cussler. Chemical Product Design, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University
Press, 2012.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5425
CourseName:IoT/CPS Lab
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce applications of CPS concepts for water networks, process control, and
transport systems
CourseContent:1. Monitoring and Control of water distribution networks a. Wireless networked based
control of WDN b. Detection of cyber attacks and leaks in WDN 2. Autonomous vehicles a. Cloud computing
based path planning of autonomous vehicles b. Control of vehicle platoons 3. Process control a. Data-driven
modeling of interacting water tank processes b. Controller design and implementations using r-pi/Matlab
based modules
TextBooks:
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH5205
CourseName:Natural Gas Engineering
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course to introduce the properties of natural gases, production, processing
and transportation.
CourseContent:Properties of natural gases: Origin and properties of natural gas, composition of natural gas.
Phase behavior fundamentals, qualitative and quantitative phase behavior, vapor liquid equilibrium. Equation
of state, critical pressure and temperature determination. Gas compressibility, viscosity and formation volume
factor. Natural gas production: Natural gas reservoir types. Conventional and unconventional reservoir.
Overview of well completion, reservoir and wellbore performance. Gas well testing. Natural gas processing:
Oil and gas separation, absorption and adsorption processes, refrigeration and low temperature processing,
liquefaction process, dehydration, natural gas sweetening. Natural gas gathering, transportation and storage:
Gas gathering and transportation fundamentals, gas flow measurement, natural gas compression. Oil and gas
pipeline, pipeline design and installation, City gas distribution. CNG network. Technical standards and codes.
Design and safety of city gas terminals and CNG stations. Underground storage. LPG, CNG, NGL & LNG
storage. Liquified natural gas: Import of LNG, LNG liquefaction plant and shipping, LNG regasification, LNG
plant.
TextBooks:(1) Guo, B. and Ghalambor, A. (2005) ‘Natural Gas Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition’, Gulf
Publishing Company, Houston, TX. (2) Ikoku, C.U. (1984) ‘Natural Gas Production Engineering’, John Wiley
and Sons.
ReferenceBooks:(1) Kumar, S. (1987) ‘Gas Production Engineering’, in Contributions in Petroleum Geology

and Engineering, Vol. 4, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX (2) Speight, J.G. (2008) ‘Gas Processing’, in
Natural Gas, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX. (3) Beggs, D.H. (1984) ‘Gas Production Operations’,
OGCI Publications, Tulsa, USA. (4) Chaudhry, A.U. (2003) ‘Gas well Testing Handbook’, Elsevier, Houston, TX.
(5) Lee, J. and Wattenbarger, R. A. (1996) ‘Gas Reservoir Engineering’, in SPE Textbook Series, Vol. 5, Society
of Petroleum Engineers, TX, USA. (6) Mokhatab, S., Poe, W.A. and Speight, J.G. (2006) ‘Handbook of Natural
Gas Transmission and Processing’, Gulf Professional Publishing, Oxford, U.K.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:CH6510
CourseName:Interfacial flows
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course to introduce the fundamental ideas and concepts used to describe
the dynamics of interfaces and the associated transport processes, on a continuum level, with focus on
applications in soft matter
CourseContent:Review of statics of interfaces: Surface tension, minimal surfaces, wetting, spreading

parameter, hysteresis and elasticity of the contact line, capillary length and gravityDynamics of dilute
emulsions: Introduction to creeping flows, Fluid dynamics of a sedimenting drop, Thermal and surfactant
driven fluid flows in a translating drop, Flow driven deformation of a drop, Capillary number.Coffee ring
effect: Evaporation of spherical and non spherical drops, Singular phenomena and evaporation driven flows in
wedges and sessile drops. Deposition patterns and coffee ring formation. Heat transfer in evaporating drops
and Marangoni flows.Spreading drops: Lubrication approximation in thin films. Kinematic boundary
condition. Coating flows. Spreading on a solid substrate - gravitational and capillary spreading, Tanner’s law,
Dynamics of contact line, Contact line singularity, Effect of surfactants, Dynamics of dewetting.Transport
phenomena in drops: Interface dynamics driven by chemical gradients and chemical reactions, therm-
capillary flows, chemical reactions and self propulsionInterfacial instabilities: Thinning and levelling of films,
Rayleigh - Taylor instability, Rayleigh - Plateau instability. Stability of thin films in presence of van der Waals
forces.
TextBooks:(1) Advanced Transport Phenomena, Fluid Mechanics and Convective Transport Processes, By L.
Gary Leal · 2007 Cambridge University Press(2) Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena, Drops, Bubbles, Pearls,
Waves By Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Francoise Brochard-Wyart, David Quere · 2013 Springer New York
ReferenceBooks:(1) Dynamics of Bubbles, Drops and Rigid Particles, By Z. Zapryanov, S. Tabakova · 1999,
Springer Netherlands(2) Published research articles
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5001W
CourseName:Machine Learning and its applications
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce different techniques such as regression, classification, clustering
techniques and its applications in industry
CourseContent:1. Introduction to Machine Learning: Machine learning problems in industries, introduction

to supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning and basics of machine learning 2. Regression
techniques: Linear regression, Latent variable regression, LASSO, and Elastic net, Bias-variance trade-off,
cross-validation techniques 3. Classification techniques: Naive bayes, Linear and quadratic discriminant
analysis, Logistic regression, Imbalance classifications, bagging and boosting 4. Clustering techniques: k-
mean clustering, hierarchical clustering, spectral clustering etc. and dimensionality reduction techniques 5.
Support vector machines for regression and classification and applications 6. Tree based approach: Decision
tree, Random forests, case studies for industrial analytics
TextBooks:1. Hastie, Trevor, Robert Tibshirani, and Jerome Friedman. The elements of statistical learning:
data mining, inference, and prediction. Springer Science & Business Media, 2009.2. Bishop, Christopher M.
Pattern recognition and machine learning. springer, 2006
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6001W
CourseName:Applied Deep Learning
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course will introduce neural networks and deep learning techniques and its
applications in image analysis, and natural language processing
CourseContent:1. Introduction to neural networks: Perceptron, Multilayer perceptrons, Back propagation2.

Autoencoders: PCA and its nonlinear variant, Regularised autoencoders, Sparse autoencoders, manifold
learning with auto encoders, and applications3. Deep neural networks: Universal Approximation Theorem
(UAT), Feed Forward networks, Fully connected network, Layer-wise learning, stochastic descent gradient,
RMSProp, Adam, dropout, batch normalization4. Convolutional neural networks (CNN): Convolution
operation, Introduction to CNN architecture, Different CNN architectures such as LeNet-5, AlexNet,
GoogleNet etc.1. Sequence learning: Recurrent neural networks, Backpropagation through time, Long short
term memory, Gated Recurrent units2. Advanced topics: Bayesian Networks, Graph Neural networks,
Generative neural networks
TextBooks:Goodfellow, Ian, Bengio Yoshua, and Courville, Aaron, Deep learning, 2016
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5002W
CourseName:Industrial AI Laboratory
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this laboratory is to learn practical aspects of machine learning and AI
algorithms using Python
CourseContent:1. Introduction to Python: Learn python interface, and libraries such as Numpy, Scipy,
Pandas for handling arrays, scientific computing and data frames, data visualisation using Matplotlib, Scikit
learn library for Machine learning2. Linear models for regression: Ordinary least squares; Ridge regression
(l2 regularization); Lasso (l1 regularization); Elastic Net (l2-l1 regularization)3. Linear classification: Linear
Discriminant Analysis (LDA); Logistics regression; Linear Support Vector Machine (SVM); l2 and l1
regularized versions of these algorithms4. Non-linear models: Kernel SVM, Random forest. Neural network5.
Dimensionality reduction technique such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Clustering techniques such
as k-Means clustering and Agglomerative clustering, spectral clustering6. Deep Learning algorithms: Tensor
flow/PyTorch for Deep learning, CNN, RNN
TextBooks:1. Sarah Guido, Andreas C. Maller, Introduction to Machine Learning with Python, O'Reilly
Media, Inc., 2016.2. Edouard Duchesnay, Tommy Lafstedt, Statistics and Machine Learning in Python, Draft
by the authors, available online
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6002W
CourseName:Online and Reinforcement Learning
Course Type:
Description:At the end of the course, the students will learn regarding reinforcement learning and its
applications in different areas of engineering
CourseContent:1.Formulation of Reinforcement learning problem: Rewards and returns, Markov Decision

Processes, Value function Optimality and approximation, value iteration, policy iteration, asynchronous DP,
generalized policy iteration, poli-evaluation, roll outs, on policy and off policy learning, importance sampling.
2. Temporal Difference learning: TD prediction, SARSA, Q-learning, R-learning, n-step TD prediction, TD
(lambda), (lambda), SARSA (LAMBDA) 3. Function Approximation: Value prediction, Linear function
approximation, NN based function approximation, instability issues. 4. Policy Gradient methods: REINFORCE
algorithm, exact gradient methods, estimating gradients, approximate policy gradient algorithms, actor-critic
methods. 5. Multi-Armed Bandits: Explore vs Exploit dilemma, Stochastic setting - epsilon greedy, successive
elimination, UC Thompson Sampling Adversarial setting - EXP3, Contextual bandits - EXP4, linUCB. 6. Online
Learning: Learning from expert advice, definition of regret, Halving, Hedge, Perceptron, Winnow, Follow the
leader, Follow the regularized leader, Follow the perturbed leader, Online Gradient Descent
TextBooks:1. D.P.Bertsekas and J.N.Tsitsiklis, Neuro-Dynamic Programming, Athena Scientific, 19962.

R.S.Sutton and A.G.Barto, Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction, MIT Press, 20183. Lecture notes
ReferenceBooks:
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5004W
CourseName:AI in Predictive Maintenance, Reliability and Warranty
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce students to the fundamental and application aspects of manufacturing
analytics use cases
CourseContent:1. Predictive Maintenance: Fundamentals of predictive maintenance, failure models,

machine learning for modeling system-level failure probabilities, forecasting maintenance issues, case study2.
Failure detection and diagnosis: Typology of fault detection and diagnosis methods, feature space, class space
and decision space, comparative study of methods, case study3. Benchmarking: Fundamentals of
benchmarking, segmentation based on performance measures, case study4. Forecasting and
Recommendation
TextBooks:1. Wallace R. Blischke, M. Rezaul Karim, D. N. Prabhakar Murthy, Warranty Data Collection and
Analysis, 20112. J. Jeffery Richardson, Artificial Intelligence in Maintenance, 1985
ReferenceBooks:1. Case studies from literature 2. Instructor notes
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5003W
CourseName:Industrial AI at Scale Laboratory
Course Type:
Description:This course will introduce the students to practical aspects of analytics at large scale, i.e., big
data. The course will start with a basic introduction to big data concepts spanning hardware, systems and
software, and then delve into the following topics
CourseContent:1. Introduction to Big Data concepts: Divide-and-conquer, parallel algorithms, distributed

virtualized storage, distributed resource management, orchestration and scheduling, lambda architecture,
data flow paradigm, real-time event processing 2. Big Data Technology: Map-Reduce using Python, Spark for
Batch processing, Spark SQL, data flow processing libraries (Beam, Spark Streaming, Flink)3. Hardware
Concepts: Shared-nothing MPP architecture, Cloud architecture, GPU-based acceleration and processing 4.
Analytics at Large Scale: Libraries of algorithms including SparkMLlib, H20; integrations with TensorFlow
and PyTorch; ML on cloud; use of Zeppelin, Databricks Notebooks
TextBooks:1. Mining of Massive Datasets - Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman and Jeff Ullman. Second Edition.
Cambridge. 2014. 2. Big Data Analytics using Spark -
https://www.edx.org/course/big-data-analytics-using-spark-0
ReferenceBooks:1. Developing Big Data Solutions using Azure Machine Learning -

https://www.edx.org/course/developing-big-data-solutions-azure-machine-learning-0
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6004W
CourseName:Industrial Vision AI
Course Type:
Description:The course will introduce students to the fundamental and application aspects of computer
vision in different industrial scenario
CourseContent:1. Introduction to image processing: Representation of image, image operation, convolution,

smoothing, edge detection, image segmentation, enhancement2. Revising DL : Revisiting MLP, CNN, CNN
Architectures: AlexNet, VGG, GoogLeNet, ResNet, and RNN3. Deep learning Detection and segmentation:
Sliding window, Hog-based detector, multi-view geometry, Ensembling/Model cascading, instance
Segmentation, Semantic Segmentation using DL approaches 4. Deep learning Textual description of Image
and Video: Encoder-Decoder, Attention mechanism, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), LSTM (Long-Short
Term Memory)5. Case studies for Computer visioning in Industries: Slip and trip of people, Self-checkout loss
in retail stores, Smart docks, corrosion and defect detection and classification etc
TextBooks:1. Richard Szeliski, Computer vision: algorithms and applications, 20102. Goodfellow, Ian, Bengio
Yoshua, and Courville, Aaron, Deep learning, 2016
ReferenceBooks:Literature publications for case studies.
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6005W
Course Type:
Description:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence
CourseContent:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence
TextBooks:Nil
ReferenceBooks:Nil
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6010W
Course Type:
Description:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence - Project Phase II
CourseContent:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence - Project Phase II
TextBooks:Nil
ReferenceBooks:Nil
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID6015W
Course Type:
Description:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence - Project Phase III
CourseContent:M.Tech - Industrial Artificial Intelligence - Project Phase III
TextBooks:NIL
ReferenceBooks:NIL
Prereqisites:
CourseNo:ID5055
CourseName:Foundation of Machine Learning
Course Type:
Description:The objective of this course is to introduce fundamentals of machine learning techniques and
their applications in different problems.
CourseContent:a. Representation Learning - PCA b. Estimation - Review of MLE, Bayesian estimation c.

Clustering - K-Means, Hierarchical Clustering, Spectral Clustering 2. Supervised Learning: a. Regression b.
Linear Regression, Ordinary Least Squares, PCR c. Non-linear regression (basis functions) d. Ridge
Regression, LASSO 3. Binary Classification: a. K-Nearest Neighbors b. Decision Trees, CART c. Bias-Variance
Dichotomy, Model Validation: Cross validation d. Bayesian Decision Theory e. Generative vs Discriminative
Modeling for classification i. Generative 1. Naive Bayes, Gaussian Discriminant Analysis 2. Hidden Markov
Model ii. Discriminative 1. Logistic Regression 4. Advanced Methods for Classification a. Support Vector
Machines - Kernels b. Ensemble Methods: i. Bagging - Random Forest ii. Boosting - Adaboost/GBDT/XgBoost
iii. Artificial Neural Networks iv. Multi-Class Classification - one vs all, one vs one 5. Sequential Decision
Making
TextBooks:1. Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., Friedman, J. H., & Friedman, J. H. (2009). The elements of statistical
learning: data mining, inference, and prediction. New York: Springer. 2. James, G., Witten, D., Hastie, T., &
Tibshirani, R. (2013). An introduction to statistical learning. New York: Springer.
ReferenceBooks:1. Duda, R. O. & Hart, P. E. (2006). Pattern Classification. John Wiley & Sons. 2. Bishop C.
M. & Nasrabadi. N. M. (2006). Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, New York: Springer.
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CourseNo:EE5708
CourseName:Data Analytics Laboratory
Course Type:
Description:Offered by Department of Electrical Engg. Covers basics of python or R. Simple analytics tasks -
regression, classification, clustering, associations, etc. Emphasis will be on choice of models, evaluation of
results, significance analysis, visualization and interpretation of results.
CourseContent:1.Introduction to various Python toolkits: Numpy for handling arrays and matrices; SciPy for
scientific computing; Matplotlib for data visualization; Pandas for data manipulation; SciKit Learn library for
machine learning.2.Linear models for regression: Ordinary least squares; Ridge regression (l2 regularization);
Lasso (l1 regularization); Elastic Net (l2-l1 regularization).3.Linear classification: Linear Discriminant
Analysis (LDA); Logistics regression; Linear Support Vector Machine (SVM); l2 and l1 regularized versions of
these algorithms.4.Non-linear algorithms: Kernel SVM, Random forrest. Neural network.5.Unsupervised
learning: Dimensionality reduction technique such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Clustering
techniques such as k-Means clustering and Agglomerative clustering
TextBooks:1.Sarah Guido, Andreas C. Müller, Introduction to Machine Learning with Python, O'Reilly Media,
Inc., 2016.2.Jerome H. Friedman, Robert Tibshirani, and Trevor Hastie, The Elements of Statistical Learning,
Second Edition (Springer Series in Statistics)
ReferenceBooks:1.Edouard Duchesnay, Tommy Löfstedt, Statistics and Machine Learning in Python, Draft
by the authors, available online.
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CourseNo:CH4901
CourseName:Undergraduate Research 1
Course Type:
Description:1. To pursue independent research/project work closely supervised by a faculty member2.

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CourseNo:ID5091
CourseName:IDDD CPS Project I
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Description:
CourseContent:IDDD Cyber Physical Systems Project I
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CourseNo:ID5092
CourseName:IDDD CPS Project II
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Description:
CourseContent:IDDD Cyber Physical Systems Project II
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CourseNo:ID5093
CourseName:IDDD CPS Project III
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Description:
CourseContent:IDDD Cyber Physical Systems Project III
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CourseNo:CH5040
CourseName:Principles and Applications of Chromatography
Course Type:
Description:Objectives: 1. Learn the concepts of various chromatographic separations. 2. Familiarize the

elements of chromatographic equipment. 3. Obtain insights on the interplay between hydrodynamics and
mass transfer. 4. Model, design and simulate industrial chromatographic systems.
CourseContent:Contents A. Introduction to chromatography, Definitions – retention factor, plate number and

height, peak shape and resolution, separation factor. B. Theory of chromatography - Plate and rate theories,
zone broadening, van Deemter equation C. Typical processes: Gas, thin layer, high performance liquid, size
exclusion, gel permeation, and supercritical fluid chromatographic separations. Focus on principles and
applications, flowsheet, stationary and mobile phases, chromatographic columns and packing materials,
modes of operation such as temperature programming, isocratic and gradient techniques, and detectors. D.
Influence of hydrodynamics and mass transfer: Pressure drop, dispersion, compressibility effects, diffusional
limitations, equilibrium theory, propagation of waves and shocks, construction of chromatograms, linear
driving force approach, competition between solutes in multicomponent systems. E. Modeling, simulation, and
design of chromatographic systems: Introduction to methods of solving partial differential equations
pertaining to chromatography. General multicomponent rate model, Simulated Moving Bed (SMB) systems,
and Simulations with Aspen Chromatography TM.
TextBooks:1. Robards, K., and D. Ryan, Principles and Practice of Modern Chromatographic Methods, 2nd
ed., Academic Press, New York (2022). 2. Nicoud, R-M, Chromatographic Processes: Modeling, Simulation
and Design, Cambridge University Press, New York (2015).
ReferenceBooks:References: 1. Snyder, L.R., J.J. Kirkland, J. W. Dolan, Introduction to Modern Liquid

Chromatography, 3rd ed., John Wiley, New Jersey (2010). 2. Wood, K.R., Y. A. Liu, and Y. Yu, Design,
Simulation, and Optimization of Adsorptive and Chromatographic Separations, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (2018).
3. Miller, J. M., Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts, 2nd ed., Wiley-Interscience, New Jersey (2005). 4.
McCoy, B.J., M. Goto, Continuous-mixture model of chromatographic separations, Chem. Engg. Sci., 49(14),
2351-2357 (1994).
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CourseNo:CH5041
CourseName:Theory and Applications of Stochastic Processes in Chemical Engineering
Course Type:
Description:In traditional chemical engineering, transport and reactive processes are modelled in the
continuum limit, resulting in deterministic models. In the era of nano- and micro-fluidics devices, chemical
engineering operations are carried out in vessels and reactors that are in the micro/nanoscales. In these
scenarios, continuum approach breaks down as processes occur as discrete “jump” (random) events,
manifesting statistical evolution of the system. A new modelling approach is needed to accommodate
randomness of the events and underlying fluctuations. This course aims at providing an introductory level
theory of stochastic processes and a curated list of applications from chemical engineering. A general
numerical scheme of solving stochastic processes – kinetic Monte Carlo simulation – is introduced to tackle
complex problems. Learning Objectives: (1) Learn a unified introduction to stochastic processes (2) Acquire
skills to model of chemical engineering operations within the framework of stochastic processes (3) Learn to
solve stochastic processes numerically using Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations
CourseContent:A. Introduction – Background on deterministic & stochastic modeling approaches, random

variables, stochastic processes, random number generators. B. Langevin equation – Brownian motion of a free
particle, Brownian particle in a field of force. C. Markov processes – Chapmen-Kolmogorov equation, Poisson
process, Weiner process, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. D. Master equation – Chemical kinetics, growth of
population (bacterial growth kinetics), desorption of gas from a solvent, diffusion controlled chemical
reaction, autocatalytic reactions, growth of competing populations, theory of coagulation. E. Fokker-Planck
equation – Random walk in one dimension (Brownian motion), relative stability, mean first passage time,
Kramer’s escape problem, diffusion in external field (sedimentation), diffusion in inhomogeneous media. F.
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations - Multicomponent batch distillation, binary cross-flow gas separation
membrane - Unimolecular reaction, parallel reactions, polymerization reaction - Biological oxygen demand -
Continuous crystallizer, growth of nanoparticles - Plug flow with axial dispersion
TextBooks:1. D. T. Gillespie, Markov Processes, Academic Press: San Diego, 1992. 2. C. W. Gardiner,
Handbook of Stochastic Methods, 2nd Ed., Springer: New York, 1997. 3. N. G. van Kampen, Stochastic
Processes in Physics and Chemistry, 3rd Ed., Elsevier, 2007.
ReferenceBooks:1. S. Chandrasekhar, Stochastic Problems in Physics and Astronomy, Rev. Mod. Phys.,1943,
15, 1 – 89. 2. D. R. Cox, H. D. Miller, The Theory of Stochastic Processes, Chapman & Hall, 1977. 3. H.
Risken, The Fokker-Planck Equation, Springer, 1984. 4. S. R. de Groot, P. Mazur, Non-equilibrium
Thermodynamics, North-Holland, 1962.
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