Hare Krishna Mohanta

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering Group

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan – 333 031 (India)

Phone.: +91-1596-515423 (O), +91-9829434948 (M); Fax: +91-1596-244183

Email: harekrishna@bits-pilani.ac.in ; harekrishna.bits@gmail.com

Education:

Ph.D. (Process Control), B.I.T.S. Pilani (2006)

M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), I.I.T. Kanpur (1998)

B.E. (Chemical Engineering), N.I.T. Rourkela (1995)

Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor in BITS-Pilani, June, 2006 – till date

Lecturer in BITS Pilani, January, 2000 – May, 2006

Assistant Lecturer in BITS Pilani, June, 1998 - December, 1999

Senior Project Associate in Petroleum Lab of IIT Kanpur, April-May, 1998

Graduate Engineer Trainee in Indian Rare Earths Limited, November, 1995 - June, 1996

Part-time Lecturer in Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang, Talcher, August - October, 1995

In-plant Training:

Rourkela Steel Plant (SAIL), May 1-31, 1994.

National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Angul (Orissa), May 1-31, 1993.

Research Interests:

Advanced Process control, Process Monitoring and Control, Applied Wavelet Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, Consciousness Studies.

Projects:

PhD Thesis : Wavelet-based Identification and Control of Chemical Processes, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani – 333031, Rajasthan, January 2006.

M.Tech. Thesis : Magnesium Aluminate Catalyzed Pyrolysis of n-Heptane, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur – 200106, UP, April 1998.

B.E. Thesis : Manufacture of Urea by Mitsui Toatsu C-Improved Process, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (former Regional Engineering College), Rourkela – 769008, Orissa, April 1995.

 

Publications:

(a) Refereed Journals:

Mohanta, H.K. and Gupta, R.K. “Online Implementation of Wavelet-Based Identification and Dynamic Matrix Control in a Heat Exchanger Unit”, International Journal of Automation and Control, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 317-342, 2010.

Mohanta, H.K. and Kunzru, D. “Magnesium Aluminate Catalyzed Pyrolysis of n-Heptane”, International Journal of Chemical Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 751-762, 2010.

Pani, A. K. and Mohanta, H. K. “Application of Soft Sensors in Process Monitoring and Control: A Review” The IUP Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 7-20, December 2009.

Patle, D. S. and Mohanta, H. K . “Generic Model Controller with Adaptive State Estimation for Nonlinear CSTR ” The IUP Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. I, No. 2, pp. 22-36, December 2009.

Mohanta, H.K and Gupta, R.K., “Application of Wavelet Transform in Controls: A Review”, Icfai Journal of Science and Technology,Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 7-26, March 2005.

(b) Conferences:

Patle, D.S., Singhania, A., and Mohanta, H.K. “Composition Control of Binary Distillation Column using GMC-ASE Control Scheme”, In Proceedings of PSE ASIA 2010 – The 5 th International Symposium on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes , held in Singapore during July 25 to 28, 2010, pp 915-922.

Mohanta, H.K. and Inamdar, R. “Simulation Studies on Reactive Distillation for Synthesis of tert-Amyl Ethyl Ether using ASPEN PLUS Platform”, in Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, pp 169-173, February 27-28, 2009.

Pani, A.K and Mohanta, H.K. “Modeling of a Plate-type Heat Exchanger using ANN”, in Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2009) held in Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam during 27-30 December 2009.

Mohanta, H.K. and Gupta, R. K. “Wavelet-based Identification of a heat exchanger Process,” in the Proceedings of the National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, NCFCE-2007, 12-14 December, 2007, IIT Guwahati.

Mohanta, H.K. “Environmental Crisis Management – An Alternative Approach”, in Abstract Book-2 of the 60th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2007) held in Kolkata during December 27-30, 2007, p 250.

Mohanta, H.K. and Gupta, R.K., “Wavelet-Based Blocking and Condensing Design Methodology in Dynamic Matrix Control of a Heat Exchanger”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO – 2005), Vol-1, pp. 283-288, Ed. V. Gunaraj, Allied Publishers, New Delhi (2005).

Mohanta, H.K. and Gupta, R.K, “Online Tuning of a Wavelet-based Dynamic Matrix Controller”, in Book of Abstracts Vol. 1 of the 58th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2005) held in New Delhi during 14-17 December 2005, pp 84-85.

(c) Book/Book Chapters:

Mohanta, H.K., Patle, D.S. and Pani, A.K., Advanced Process Control , Educational Development Division, BITS-Pilani, April 2010.

R. K. Gupta, A. K. Ghoshal, P. Sandilya, H. K. Mohanta and K. U. Reddy, Chemical Engineering Laboratory Manual , Educational Development Division, BITS-Pilani, 2002.

B V Babu, H K Mohanta , Basudeb Munshi, Rakesh Angira, Madhusree Kundu, A K Jana, Suresh Gupta, Pratik N Sheth, Smita Raghuvanshi, and Priya C Sande, Chemical Engineering Laboratory Manual, Educational Development Division , BITS-Pilani, 2006.

Part – IX “Industrial Safety” in “Chemical Engineering", Lecture Notes compiled by B V Babu, Academic Refresher Course Programme–III, for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, November 06-December 05, 2006;

Part - VIII “Industrial Safety” in “Chemical Engineering”, Lecture Notes compiled by B V Babu for Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering - 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, respectively during December 08, 2006 - Janaury 09, 2007; January 12 - February 13, 2007; January 07 – February 03, 2009; February 04 – March 03, 2009; March 14 – April 10, 2009; June 29 – July 24, 2009; August 13 – September 09, 2009; pp. 219-229.

(d) Magazine Articles:

Mohanta, H.K., "Harnessing Cattle Power", PHENOMENON, Annual Magazine of Chemical Engineering Association, BITS, Pilani, pp. 13-15, 2007.

Mohanta, H.K. , “Harnessing Mental Power of Computation”, PHENOMENON, Annual Magazine of Chemical Engineering Association, BITS, Pilani, pp. 1-2, 2008.

 

Conference/Seminar/Workshop Organized:

Organizing Committee Member, Seminar-cum-Intensive Course on Environmental Pollution and Its Control, BITS-Pilani, March 10-13, 1999.

Organizing Committee Member, Seminar-cum-Intensive Course on Novel Separation Techniques and Their Applications to Indian Chemical Industries, BITS-Pilani, March 20-23, 2001.

Organizing Committee Member, National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006) , BITS Pilani, September 1-3, 2006. 

Resource Faculty , Academic Refresher Course Programme–III for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, November 06-December 05, 2006.

Resource Faculty, Workshop on Process Equipment Design for the Employees of Engineers India Limited (EIL ), Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi , organized by Research & Consultancy Division of BITS Pilani at EIL-New Delhi, October 30-31, 2007.

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering – (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, (respectively during December 08, 2006 - Janaury 09, 2007; January 12 - February 13, 2007; January 07 – February 03, 2009; February 04 – March 03, 2009; March 14 – April 10, 2009; June 29 – July 24, 2009; August 13 – September 09, 2009; and June 21 – July 19, 2010).

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme-(1 & 2) in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Bharat Aluminum Company Limited, Korba , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, (respectively during February 26 – March 25, 2010; and June 25 – July 22, 2010).

 

Conference/Workshop Attended:

International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO-2005) during January 5-7, 2005 in Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

The 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2005) during December 14-17, 2005 in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (NCFCE-2007), 12-14 December, 2007, IIT Guwahati.

National Conference on Issues Related to IPR: Opportunity and Challenges and National Workshop on Patent Search, Documentation, Drafting and Infringement Analysis, Organized by Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani during March 3-4, 2006.

Summer School Programme on “Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech Society, New Delhi from June 25 to June 30, 2007.

Industry-Academia Interface in the 7th International oil and gas conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH – 2007) held at Hall 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 17th to 18th January, 2007.

Indo-German Workshop on "Green Manufacturing", Jointly Organized by Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig, Germany and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India, September 21, 2009.

 

Invited Talks Delivered:

“Technology, Religion and Human Values” for the employees of National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Damanjodi on June 14, 2006.

“Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC)” for the members of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Damanjodi Regional Centre in July 2006.

“Science and Religion ” in the Sociology Department of Hyderabad University on June 26, 2006.

“Strengthening PS-I Programme Through Knowledge Sharing” in the Seminar on University-Industry Linkages during March 9-11, 2007, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS, Pilani, Supported by UGC, New Delhi and CEL & TBI, BITS, Pilani.

"State-of-the-art in Consciousness Studies" in Bhaktivedanta Institute (BI), Kolkata on May 25, 2010.

 

Professional Membership:

Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), LAM-11689.

Courses taught:

First Degree: Thermodynamics, Chemical Process Calculations, Chemical Process Technology, Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals, Process Plant Safety, Mass Transfer Operations, Process Control.

Higher Degree: Advanced Heat Transfer, Advanced Process Control.

 

Paper Reviewer for International Journals:

International Journal of Automation and Control, Journal of Engineering and Computer Innovations.