Thesis award recipients

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2024

Dr. Krishna Gautam

Thesis Title: Ecotoxicity Assessment of Organic UV Filter, Oxybenzone in Eisenia fetida

Institute: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Najmul Haque Barbhuiya

Thesis Title: Laser-induced graphene-based surfaces and membranes for desalination, emerging contaminant removal, and fouling mitigation

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2024

Mr. Sam Joe Chintagunti

Thesis Title: Low Octane Gasoline Spray Characterization in a Simulated High-Pressure Ambient Environment of a Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2023

Ranaprathap Katakojwala

Thesis Title: Resource Efficient valorisation of agri-waste with biorefinery design and sustainability analysis

Institute: CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

Pratiksha Joshi

Thesis Title: Aerogel and aerogel templated materials for environmental and energy applications

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun

Anand Shankar Singh

Thesis Title: Investigation of Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Ammonia/Hydrogen/Methane-Air/Hydrogen Peroxide Mixture

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Sulogna Chatterjee

Thesis Title: Bioprocessing of waste to sugars, fuels and bioformulation in circular biorefinery design

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2023

Shanti Mehra

Thesis Title: Development and Experimental Evaluation of Mechanical Fuel Injection System for Dimethyl Ether Induction for a Tractor Engine

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Rahul Kumar Singh

Thesis Title: Life cycle assessment of BEVs, HEVs, and ICEVs for India

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Shashank Shekhar

Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of Methanol with Ignition Improver for Diesel Engines

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2022

Rajesh Kona

Thesis Title: Gene Expression Analysis, Process Optimization and CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Engineering using Isolated Photosynthetic Organisms for Nutraceuticals Production

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad

Rohit Kumar

Thesis Title: Measurement of Laminar Burning Velocity of Surrogate Fuels at Elevated temperatures with Kinetic Analysis

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Sarthak Nag

Thesis Title: Mechanistic Insights into Nanobubble Dynamics

Institute: The University of Tokyo, Japan

Karishma Maheshwari

Thesis Title: Experimental Studies on Treatment of Ro Reject & Dye Contaminated Water by Capacitive Deionization Through Development of Biomass Derived Activated Carbon Composite Material

Institute: Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Avnish Kumar

Thesis Title: Catalytic Oxidative Conversion of Lignin to Value Added

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2022

Ayush Tripathi

Thesis Title: Dimethyl Ether Fuelled Single Cylinder Compression Ignition Engine Prototype Development and Experimental Evaluation

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Aaishi Ashirbad

Thesis Title: Laser Plasma Assisted Combustion of Gasoline Direct Injected Spray in a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Jitendra Choudhary

Thesis Title: Modeling of Thermal and Hybrid Advanced Oxidation Reaction Kinetics for Degradation of Organic Pollutants.

Institute: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal

Deepak Kumar

Thesis Title: Comparative Total Cost of Ownership Analysis of Two and Four Wheelers Battery Electric Vehicles and Internal Combustion Engine Powertrain Vehicles.

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2021

Amulya Kotamraju

Thesis Title: Sustainable Production of Succinic Acid and Polyhydroxyalknoates through Waste Valorization and CO2 Sequestration in Biorefinery Framework.

Institute: CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Telangana

Vivek Kumar Gaur

Thesis Title: Genetic and Functional Characterization of Microbial Biosurfactant of Human and Environmental Health Application

Institute: Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Lucknow, India

Anupma Thakur

Thesis Title: Development of Efficient Photoelectrodes for Solar Driven Hydrogen Production by Water Splitting

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India

Vishnu H.

Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical Study of Inverse Jet Flame with Circumferential Arranged Port Burner

Institute: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2021

Dhananjay Kumar

Thesis Title: Simulation of High Pressure Co-Axial Injection System for Methanol Adaptation in a Locomotive Engine

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Shruti Tandon

Thesis Title: Investigating the Intermittency Route of Chaos to Order Transition in Laminar and Turbulent Thermoacoustic Systems

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Harsimran Singh

Thesis Title: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Institute: Combustion Control in Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2020

Aravind B

Thesis Title: Thermoelectric Power Generation using Microcombustor

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Pooja Sharma

Thesis Title: Bacterial Assisted Phytoremediation of Organic Pollutants for Detoxification of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent after Secondary Treatment

Institute: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India

Ranjna Sirohi

Thesis Title: Process optimization, characterization and modelling of microbially synthesized poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) using damaged wheat grains

Institute: G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India

Santanu Basak

Thesis Title: Studies on sustainable approach for developing fire retardant textiles using plant based bio-macromolecules

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2019

Om Prakash Sarkar

Thesis Title: Acidogenic Biorefinery for Renewable Energy and Platform Chemicals: Upscaling and Sustainability Analysis

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India

Sharabani Kaushik

Thesis Title: Cyanobateria Based Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell: Development and Application for Sensing Alcohol

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Poonam Sundriyal

Thesis Title: Fabrication of Nanoscale Materials and Surfaces for Energy Storage Devices and Adhesion Bonding Applications

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Rajesh Kumar Prasad

Thesis Title: Laser Plasma Ignited Hydrogen Enriched Compressed Natural Gas Engine Development and Experimental Evaluation

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2019

Tushar Agarwal

Thesis Title: Development of Port Fuel Injected Methanol (M85) Fuelled Two - Wheeler Prototype

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Shashank Singh

Thesis Title: Realisation Of Multi-Agent System For Residential Demand Response Under Smart Grid Paradigm

Institute: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, India

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2018

Dr. Vikram Kumar

Thesis Title: Enhancement of Tribological properties of epoxy composite coatings for engine applications

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Dr. Nithin K.S.

Thesis Title: Metallic Nanofillers Incorporated Polymer Nanocomposites for Energy Storage Applications

Institute: Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2017

Dr. Nikhil Sharma

Thesis Title: Spray, Combustion, Emissions and Particulate Investigations of a Gasohol Fuelled Gasoline Direct Injection Engine

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Dr. Kuntal Jana

Thesis Title: Polygeneration as a Future Sustainable Energy Solution: Thermodynamic, Economic and Environmental Performance Assessment

Institute: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Dr. Vishnu R. Unni

Thesis Title: Dynamics of Blowout and Thermo-acoustic Instability in a Bluff-Body Stabilized Turbulent Combustor

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2016

Dr. Akhilendra Pratap Singh

Thesis Title: Mode Switching Prototype Engine Development for Low Temperature Combustion

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Dr. C. Nagendranatha Reddy

Thesis Title: Advanced Bio-systems For Sustainable Remediation of Azo Dye Based Wastewater Embedded with Resource Recovery

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India

Dr. Chetankumar Patel

Thesis Title: Spray, Engine Combustion, Performance, Emissions, Vibrations and Acoustics Studies of Biodiesel and SVO Blends

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Dr. Joonsik Hwang

Thesis Title: Performance and Emission Improvement by Microwave-assisted Plasma Ignition in a Direct-injection Gasoline Engine

Institute: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

Dr. Souvick Chaterjee

Thesis Title: Study of Instability in a Swirling Annular Liquid Sheet

Institute: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2016

Ayush Jain

Thesis Title: Fuel Injection Strategy Evaluation for Ultra-Low Emission Premixed Charge Compression Ignition Engine Development

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Krishna Chandra

Thesis Title: Combustion Visualization and Particulate Characterization of Waste Cooking Oil and Karanja Biodiesel Fuelled Engine

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Awardees, 2015

Dr. Rawel Singh

Thesis Title: Functional and valuable chemicals from second and third generation biomass: Exploitation of hydrothermal liquefaction

Institute: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India

Dr. Salisu Ibrahim

Thesis Title: Role of Benzene, Toluene and Xylene to Acid Gas Destruction in Thermal Stage Claus Reactors.

Institute: University of Maryland College Park, USA

ISEES Best M.Tech Thesis Awardees, 2015

Suresh Gadekar

Thesis Title: Tomographic PIV Investigations for In Cylinder Flow Characterization in a Single Cylinder Optical Research Engine.

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Yeshudas Jiotode

Thesis Title: Endoscopic Combustion Investigations of Diesel Engine Fuelled with Biodiesel, Diesohol, Diesoline and Diesosene.

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India