Advances in Bioprocess Engineering and Technology: Select Proceedings Icabet 2020

ISBN-13: 9789811574085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 500 str.

Doraiswami Ramkrishna; Subhabrata SenGupta; Sudipta Dey Bandyopadhyay

O autorze

Prof. D. Ramkrishna is currently Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He obtained B. (Chem) Eng., from University of Bombay (1960) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota (1965). Prof. Ramkrishna's research group is motivated by ideas in the application of mathematics to solving problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering, biotechnology and biomedical engineering. He is the recipient of many prestigious Awards and Honors, a few of them are:  Award for Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor (2019),  Balwant S. Joshi Distinguished Professorship, ICT, Mumbai, (2017-2018),  Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award (Purdue Chapter, 2013), College of Science, Team Award, (2012),  Foreign Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering(2011),  M. M. Sharma Distinguished Professor, Institute of Technology, University of Mumbai (2010),  Mumbai Institute of Technology Platinum Award(2009),  Member, US National Academy of Engineering (2009),  Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2008) and many more. He has published more than 260 papers in international journals and authored 8 books and book chapters. More than 20 students were awarded PhD under his guidance. He is Consultant to General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, MN and to American Oil Company, Naperville, IL, and Ciba-Corning, MA, He is also Member of Technology Advisory Board (2005), Member Advisory Council to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA on Microbial Community Initiative (2010-2013). He has carried out consultation activity with Pillsbury Company, Amoco, Ciba-Corning, Abbot Laboratories and  Eli Lilly.   He is the First Chairman of Area 10D on Applied Mathematics of CAST Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers(1987-1991). He has Chaired several sessions in the annual meetings of the A.I.Ch.E. on applied mathematics. He is the Editorial Board member of Journals: Latin American Journal of Chemical Engineering, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, The World Journal of Chemical Engineering, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, International Journal of Chemical Engineering. He was honored with Guest Editorship of journals: Chemical Engineering Communications, Journal of Biotechnology, Processes.

Prof. S. Sengupta is former scientist of Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), Kolkata. He has joined IICB in 1972, retired from the institute as Director Grade Scientist on January, 2006 and immediately invited by Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata (HITK) to join as Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology.  Since then working as Professor, then as Dean (Post Graduate & Research) and retired on January, 2016. He was graduated with Hons. in chemistry (1964), Post graduated with  Biochemistry (1966), and awarded D.Sc (1973), all under Calcutta University, India. He carried out Post-doctoral research at Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (1981) and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (1983).  His research was focused in the area of antibiotics, enzyme technology, bioprocess development, therapeutic and commercial enzymes and glycosidase inhibitors of plant origins. He has R&D experience of 44 years at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR), Kolkata and at HITK. He Acted as Adjunct Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Jadavpur University (1990-2000), Visiting Professor (2003-2006) and Full professor (2006-2016), HITK. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards. A few of them to mention: Silver Medal in M.Sc. Examination (2nd position) by Calcutta University (1966),Young Scientist Medal by Indian National Science Academy (1974) presented by the then Prime Minister Smt Indira Ghandhi, British Council – CSIR Exchange Program Fellowship (1980),Japan Academy of Science & INSA Exchange Program Fellowship (1984),Sankar Prasad Ghosh Memorial Award by the Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University (1985),Prof. A.K. Chanda Memorial Award by the Department of Botany, Calcutta University (2003),7th SR Bose Memorial Award, by Indian Mycological Society, 2007. He is a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (FASc&T), Institute of Chemists India,(FIC). He has 17-Indian and 2-US patents in his name. He has published 117 journal papers, authored 17 book chapters and guided total 15 students for Ph.D. He was Sectional President (New Biology): 90th Indian Science Congress Association (2002) and selected as Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology and Institute of Chemists (India). He was also the Associate Editor of Journal of Indian Chemical Society (1991–93) and Reviewer of many Scientific Journals.

Dr. S. Dey Bandyopadhyay is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. She obtained B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Vidyasagar University, M.Tech in Biotechnology and Ph.D in Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her area of research includes bioprocess development, bioreactor design and scale up, modeling and simulation of bioprocess, downstream processing of biological products, environmental biotechnology, biological wastewater treatment and bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. She has research and teaching experience of total 15 years at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur University and Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. In addition to many conference publications (international and national), she has published 12 full papers in reputed peer reviewed international journals. Currently she is reviewer of journals: Desalination and Water Treatment, Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, African Journal of Microbiology Research, International Journal of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering, Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. She is the life member of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and life associate member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).

Dr. A. Ghosh is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. He obtained B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Heritage Institute of Technology, WBUT, M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Calcutta University and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. His major area of research includes Carbon nano-materials synthesis and characterization, polymer nano-composite for fuel cell application, fuel cells, noble metal free electrocatalyst, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, solar cells, energy management. In addition to many international and national conference publications, he has published 12 full papers in peer reviewed journals. He has authored one book chapter (CRC press, Handbook of Graphene Science) and one monograph (Scholars’ Press, Germany).  He is member of the reviewer board of the Splendid Journals in the field of engineering and technology (2018) and editorial board member of International Journal of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures published by Journal Pub (2018). He is also reviewer of the Royal Society of Chemistry: RSC Advance. Recently, he has received Best Reviewer Award from International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2017), Elsevier.

Blurb

This book presents the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Bioprocess Engineering and Technology (ICABET 2020). The book covers all aspects of bioprocesses, especially related to fermentation technology, food technology, environmental biotechnology, and sustainable energy. Along with this primary theme, the focus is on recent advances in bioprocessing research such as biosensors, micro-reactors, novel separation techniques, bioprocess control, bio-safety, advanced techniques for waste to wealth generation, and nanobiotechnology. This contents are divided according to the major themes of the conference: (i) Fermentation Technology and Bioreactor, (ii) Food Pharmaceuticals and Health care, (iii) Environment and Agriculture, and (iv) Sustainable Energy. This book is intended to help students, researchers, and industry professionals acquire knowledge on innovative technologies and recent advancements in the field of bioprocess engineering and technology.