Nikhil Prakash Saxena

B.Tech Chemical Engineering, Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.

M.E. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer in Chemical Engineering Group, BITS - Pilani, From January 2007 till date .

• Asst. Lecturer in Chemical Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, From August 2005 to December 2006

• Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at IIT-JEE level at ‘SPANDAN, A Gurukul for IIT-JEE’, Agra, From April 2005 to August 2005

• Lecturer in Chemistry at IIT-JEE level at ‘Career Point (Kota)’, Lucknow Center, From May 2004 to March 2005

• Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi (UP), From August 2003 to April 2004
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Polymer Science- Engineering and Technology

• Process Modeling and Simulation

• Chemical Reaction Engineering

• Process Control

• Optimization Techniques
  
  

PROJECTS

• PhD Thesis (ongoing) on " MODELING AND SIMULATION OF METALLOCENE CATALYZED OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION "

• M.E. Dissertation on " CHEMICAL PROCESS CONTROL USING WAVELET TRANSFORM "

• B.Tech. Dissertation on " BIOMEDICAL WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT ."

OTHER PROJECTS

• Residence Time Distribution Analysis of Axially Dispersed Catalytic Polymerization Reactor

• Optimal Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis using Differential Evolution

• Modeling and Simulation of a Bioreactor for the Control of Volatile Organic Compounds

• Simulation of 'Horton Franklin' Method for Absorption Process

Supervised Undergraduate and Postgraduate level projects, in various domains of Chemical Engineering as in Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals, Polymer Engineering & Technology, Nano-science, Process Control, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Process Equipment Design, Fertilizer Technology, Non Conventional Energy Sources etc.

PUBLICATIONS

Prakash, N. and A. K. Sharma, “Recent Advances in Olefin Polymerization: Applications of Constrained Geometry Single Site Catalysts”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering Operations and Process In Chemical and Allied Industries , 5 - 6 Feb. 2008, GGU, Bilaspur, India.

Prakash, N. and A. K. Sharma, “Modeling and Simulation Trends in Polymer Processing”, Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering Operations and Process In Chemical and Allied Industries , 5 - 6 Feb. 2008, GGU, Bilaspur, India.

Prakash, N. and A. K. Sharma, “Metallocene Catalysts in Olefin Polymerization: Present State of the Art”, Proceedings of APA International Conference (Poly – 2008) on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology , 28 – 31 Jan. 2008, New Delhi, India.

Prakash, N. and A. K. Sharma, “Mathematical Modeling in Metallocene Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization”, Proceedings of APA International Conference (Poly – 2008) on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology , 28 – 31 Jan. 2008, New Delhi, India.

CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS

Committee Member Photonic Polymers: Materials, Devices and Applications (PPMDA-2008) , BITS Pilani, 03-04 April, 2008.

International Conference (Poly – 2008) on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology , held at India Habitat Center , New Delhi organized jointly by ‘Asian Polymer Association' and ‘Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ', 28 – 31 Jan. 2008, New Delhi , India .

Organizing Faculty Member, Intensive Teaching Workshop , BITS Pilani, January - April, 2008.

Summer School Programme on Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals , held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by ‘Petrotech Society', 25 – 30 June, 2007, New Delhi , India .

Committee Member Seminar on University-Industry Linkages held at BITS, Pilani organized by Practice School Division, BITS, Pilani, Supported by UGC, New Delhi and CEL & TBI, BITS, Pilani, 9-11 March, 2007, Pilani, india .

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-3 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 12 Jan. – 13 Feb. 2007.

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-2 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 08 Dec. – 09 Jan. 2007 .

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-1 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 06 Nov. – 05 Dec. 2006.

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