Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) INDIA

Chamber: 1214-B

Ph No: +91-1596-515507 (Office),

e-mail: pradipta@bits-pilani.ac.in, pc333312@gmail.com

QUALIFICATION

• B. E., Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India, 2000.

• M.S., Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas, U.S.A., 2002.

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan (from August 2009 onwards).

• Worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology (under WBUT), Kolkata, India (May 2008-July 2009).

• Worked in the Information Technology (I.T) Industry with clients like Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys Technologies Ltd in U.S.A (December 2006 to March 2008).

RESEARCH AREAS

Journals  

• “Foam model for the Delayed Coker pilot unit”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, University of Tulsa, U.S.A., ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, December 2006.

• “Foam and Foam models: A phenomenal resource”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Chemical World, Vol 8 no 6, December 2008.

• Experimental Determination of Foaming Characteristics of Aqueous Iso-Propanol Solution by Addition of Surfactants ”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Arpit Shah, Aaditya Jain, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment (ISSN 0972-0626), Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 672-676, June 2011.

• “Foam Over Temperatures Using Glass Coker Experimentation- A Case Study”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, The IUP Journal of Chemical Engineering, India, (accepted, July 2011).

Papers in Conference Proceedings

•  “Foam Characterization Using Glass Coker Experimental Set up”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of 62 nd Annual Session of IICHE (CHEMCON 2009), Visakhapatnam, India, 27-30th December, 2009.

•  “Coke Yield Prediction Using Pilot Unit Experimental Set up”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of 63 rd Annual Session of IICHE (CHEMCON 2010), Annamalainagar, India , 27th - 29th December, 2010.

•  “Liquid Yield Prediction Model Using Glass Coker Experimental Set Up”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Proceedings of Conference on Advances In Chemical Engineering, Thapar University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Patiala, Punjab, February 27-28, 2011.

•  “ Experimental Determination of Foaming Characteristics of Aqueous Iso-Propanol Solution by Addition of Surfactants ”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Arpit Shah, Aaditya Jain, Proceedings of 5 th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2011) Conference, Port Dickson, Malaysia, May 27-29, 2011.

• “Impact Of Surfactant On Viscosity Of Foamed Ethanol Solution”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Sunalini Sinha, Proceedings of 64 th Annual Session of IICHE (CHEMCON 2011), Bangalore, India, (submitted May 2011).

• “Factors Impacting Foam Stability-A Review”, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Prateek Rastogi, Proceedings of 64 th Annual Session of IICHE (CHEMCON 2011), Bangalore, India, (submitted May 2011).

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Participated in Winter  School  on  Advanced  Process  Modeling  and  Control,  NIT  Durgapur,  India,  Jan  19-30, 2009.

• Awarded National Scholarship Merit Certificate for performances in Secondary Examination, 1994 and Higher Secondary Examination, 1996.

• Life Member of The Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers.

• PS-I Faculty coordinator, BITS-Pilani, Pilani, India (May-July 2010).