Lecturer

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) INDIA

Chamber: 1222-B

Ph No: 01596-245073 x 215 (O), 9929832108 (M)

e-mail: akpani@bits-pilani.ac.in , ajayapani@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS

• B. E., Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, Orissa

• M. Tech, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

• PhD (Continuing), BITS, Pilani

Professional Experience

• Junior Project Fellow at Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar from June 1999 to June 2000.

• Graduate Engineer Trainee at J. K. Paper Ltd, Rayagada, Orissa from May 2002 to June 2003.

• Lecturer at Jagannath Institute of Technology and Management, Parlakhemundi, Orissa from June 2003 to May 2007.

• Assistant Lecturer at BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan from June 2007 to May 2008

• Lecturer at BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan since June 2008

 Research Interests

• Instrumentation and Process Control

• Process Modelling and Optimisation

• Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control

Journal Publications

• Pani, Ajaya Kumar and Mohanta, Hare Krishna, "A Survey of Data Treatment Techniques for Soft Sensor Design," Chemical Product and Process Modeling : Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2, 2011

• A K Pani & H K Mohanta. "Application of Soft Sensors in Process Monitoring and Control: A Review"; 'The Icfai University Journal of  Science & Technology', Vol. 5, 2009

• A K Pani, R K Jha & K K Singh. “Studies on Smith Predictor Controller”. ‘Chemical Engineering World’ Vol – 41, August 2006.

Conference Presentations

• Ajaya Kumar Pani & Hare Krishna Mohanta; "Importance of Data Analysis and Treatment for Soft Sensor Design: Application to Continuous Rotary Cement Kiln"; 2nd Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala; 27-28th Feb 2011

• Ajaya Kumar Pani , Vamsi Vadlamudi, R J Bhargavi, Hare Krishna Mohanta; "Neural Network Soft Sensor Application in Cement Industry: Prediction of Clinker Quality Parameters"; IEEE International Conference on Process Automation, Control and Computing (IEEE-PACC 2011); Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore; 20 - 22 July 2011; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber= 5979038

• A K Pani & H K Mohanta. " Modeling of a Plate Type Heat Exchanger Unit using Artificial Neural Network". ‘Indian Chemical Engineering Congress CHEMCON – 2009’

• A K Pani & S Panda. “Studies on the Effect of Temperature on the Diffusion Coefficient of Organic Vapour into Air”. ‘Indian Chemical Engineering Congress CHEMCON – 2006’

• S K Padhi, A K Pani & S K Agrawal. “Studies on effect of twisted tapes as Baffles in Gas – Solid Fluidisation”. ‘Indian Chemical Engineering Congress CHEMCON - 2005’.

• A K Pani & R K Jha. “Robustness Studies on Model Based Controllers for Processes with Dominant Time Delay.” ‘Indian Chemical Engineering Congress CHEMCON - 2003’.