Dr S. Balasubramanian

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Dr S. Balasubramanian
Professor & Head
Dr S. Balasubramanian
Professor & Head
Department of Chemical Engineering
Portfolio: Administrative and Academic - Head; Examination Committee (EC); Grievances and Redressal Committee (GRC); Planning and Development Committee (PDC); Anti-Drug Cell (ADC)
Areas of Interests: Process Modeling and Simulation, MIcrofulidics, Membrane Processes, Water Treatment

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An academician with a demonstrated history of working in Chemical Engineering education with a decade of experience. Skilled in Chemical Engineering Teaching - Learning, CFD tools (ANSYS CFX - ICEM CFD, COMSOL), AutoCAD, Latex, Teamwork, and Leadership.
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Venkatesan D, Joshua Amarnath D, Aravind Kumar J, Kiran BC, Balasubramanian S. Thermal conductivity of biphenyl with ethylene glycol liquid mixtures at T= 293.15–353.15 K. International Journal of Ambient Energy. 2021 Apr 4;42(5):491-4

Murugesan, Venkatesh Prabhu, Shreyasi Ghosh, Aditi Tulshyan, Abbas Ansar Ahmed, Balasubramanian Sivasamy, Ashish Kapoor, and Selvam Karuppasamy., Modeling and multi-objective optimization of parameters in fabrication and performance analysis of polyvinylidene fluoride spiral-wound membrane modules, Polymer Bulletin (2022): 1-26.

Prabhu, V. M., Balasubramanian, S., Kapoor, A., Joshi, K., Joshi, K., & Shariffa, N. (2021). Studies on the feasibility of bisphenol-A removal and its kinetics using Pseudomonas aeruginosa in both flask and an inverse fluidized bed reactor. Chemical Engineering Communications

Sridhar, A., Kapoor, A., Kumar, P. S., Ponnuchamy, M., Sivasamy, B., & Vo, D. V. N. (2021). Lab-on-a-chip technologies for food safety, processing, and packaging applications: A review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 1-27.

Sruthi, P. S., Balasubramanian, S., Kumar, P. S., Kapoor, A., Ponnuchamy, M., Jacob, M. M., & Prabhakar, S. (2021). Eco-friendly pH detecting paper-based analytical device: towards process intensification. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1182, 338953.

Krishnan, S., Kapoor, A., Venkatesan, D., Sofiya, K., & Balasubramanian, S. (2021, August). Process design scheme on the feasibility of 1-decanol as a solvent in liquid-liquid extraction to recover anhydrous citric acid from water. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1979, No. 1, p. 012007). IOP Publishing.

Krishnan S, Sivasamy B, Ramasamy K. Transient drag coefficients from a freely rising and falling solid sphere at moderate particle Reynolds numbers. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2016 May;94(5):1003-14.

Sivasamy B, Krishnan S, Ramasamy K. Dynamic simulation of spherical particle settling in quiescent water. Desalination and Water Treatment. 2017;71:289-301.

Kapoor A, Balasubramanian S, Vaishampayan V, Ghosh R. Lab-on-a-chip: a potential tool for enhancing teaching-learning in developing countries using paper microfluidics. In2017 International Conference on Transforming Engineering Education (ICTEE) 2017 Dec 13 (pp. 1-7). IEEE

Balasubramanian S, Udayabhanu A, Kumar PS, Muthamilselvi P, Eswari C, Vasantavada A, Kanetkar S, Kapoor A. Digital colorimetric analysis for estimation of iron in water with smartphone-assisted microfluidic paper-based analytical devices. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. 2021 Mar 7:1-8.

Balasubramanian S, Kapoor A, Srihari BK. Transient simulation of liquid-liquid slug flow in a T-shaped process unit. InAIP Conference Proceedings 2019 Jun 21 (Vol. 2112, No. 1, p. 020143). AIP Publishing LLC.

Ghosh R, Vaishampayan V, Mahapatra A, Malhotra R, Balasubramanian S, Kapoor A. Enhancement of limit of detection by inducing coffee-ring effect in water quality monitoring microfluidic paper-based devices. Desalination and Water treatment. 2019 Jul 1;156:316-22

Govindarajalu AK, Ponnuchamy M, Sivasamy B, Prabhu MV, Kapoor A. A cellulosic paper-based sensor for detection of starch contamination in milk. Bulletin of Materials Science. 2019 Dec;42(6):1-6.

Kapoor A, Balasubramanian S, Muthamilselvi P, Vaishampayan V, Prabhakar S. Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Water Quality Monitoring. InNanosensor Technologies for Environmental Monitoring 2020 (pp. 455-469). Springer, Cham.

Muthukumar R, Kapoor A, Balasubramanian S, Vaishampayan V, Gabhane M. Detection of adulteration in sunflower oil using paper-based microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2021 Jan 1;34:496-501.

Balasubramanian S, Krishnan S, Chakraborty A, Kapoor A. Three dimensional computational studies on steady-state flow field around a microsphere under laminar flow. InAIP Conference Proceedings 2020 Nov 6 (Vol. 2277, No. 1, p. 050001). AIP Publishing LLC.

Kapoor A, Balasubramanian S, Kavitha E, Poonguzhali E, Prabhakar S. Role of Membranes in Wastewater Treatment. InWater Pollution and Remediation: Photocatalysis 2021 (pp. 247-281). Springer, Cham.

B. Tech. Chemical Engineering, University of Madras, 2003

M. Tech. Chemical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 2005

PhD. Chemical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 2017

Filed an Indian Patent on "Smart on spot clinical assistive device". Publication date:13/05/2022. Application No.: 202241023494 A

Received Indian patent grant on “Fabrication Technique of Paper Based Lab-on-A- Chip”, Application number: 201741020196, Published date 11/05/2018

Filed an Indian Patent on "Synthesis method of bioplastic materials and biodegradation analysis ". Publication date:04/02/2022. Application No.: 202141060784 A

Life Member Indian Institution Chemical Engineers (IIChE) LM-47612

Life Member Indian Desalination Association (InDa) LM-420

Life Member Institution of Engineers India, Kolkatta (MIE) M-1658195

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