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Dr. Tamal Banerjee Associate Professor
	Contact Details: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati - 781039 INDIA Phone : +91 361 2582266 (O) Fax : +91 361 2582291 e-mail : tamalb@iitg.ernet.in
Education • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2007) • M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2002) • B. Tech, in Chemical Engineering, University of Pune (2000)
Research Areas • Molecular Thermodynamics • Phase Equilibria Prediction using Quantum Chemical Methods • Separations with Ionic Liquids
Professional Experiance • Associate Professor , Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, (January 5, 2013 onwards) • Supplemental Faculty, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware, Newark (US), (July 2011-July 2012) • Assistant Professor , Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, (June 2007-January 2013) • Senior Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, (December 2006 - May 2007)
Teaching Experiance Courses taught: • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CL203) • Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering (CL305) • Mechanical Operations & Thermodynamics Laboratory (CL311) • Chemical Reaction Engineering (CL303) • Thermodynamics (CL505) • Molecular Simulations in Chemical Engineering(CL622) • Process Equipment and Design II (CL304)
Continuing Education: • "Numerical Integration and Differentiation using MATLAB" for Workshop on "Introduction to MATLAB" 17 - 18 Feb. 2007, IIT Guwahati' • "Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" for Chemical Engineering Refresher Course held at IIT Guwahati 30th April to 4th May 2007( 20 Industry Participants) • "Reaction Engineering" for Condensed Chemical Engineering Refresher Course held at Bongaigon Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (BRPL), Bongaigon.16th - 20th July 2007 (20 Industry participants) • "Molecular modeling of Polymerization Reactions" for QIP Short Term Course on Advanced Engineering Polymers, Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati, 3rd - 7th December 2007 • "Reaction Engineering" for Condensed Chemical Engineering Refresher Course held at Bongaigon Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (BRPL), Bongaigon. September 2010 (30 Industry participants)
Invited Talks: • "NAMD: Scalable Molecular Dynamics", Molecular Simulation Student's Group [MSSG], Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur December 7, 2006. • "Molecular Dynamics with NAMD", Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Student's Chapter, Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati, Guwahati January 19, 2007 • "Catalyst Activity Predictions using Quantum chemical Calculations" Research and Development Centre, Saudia Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC),Vadodara, Gujarat 9th July 2009 • "Phase Equilibria Prediction in Ionic Liquid Systems using Quantum Chemical based COSMO-RS approach" Centre for Sustainable Energy in Notre Dame, University of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame(US) May 29th 2012
Miscellaneous: • DUPC Secretary, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati October 2011-June 2012 • International Scientific Advisory Committee Member of "1st International Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology", Stiges, SPAIN September 4-7,2011 • Chairman, Process Control, Modeling and Simulation Session, Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON) December 27-30, 2010,Chidambaram(Tamil Nadu) • Program Committee Member for 8th Simulated Evolutionary Algorithm (SEAL),2010 ,1st- 4th December, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India • Course Coordinator for QIP Short Term Course on "Molecular Simulations in Chemical Engineering" Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. Dec 15-19, 2008 • Joint Organizing Secretary of the "National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (NCFCE-2007)" held during 12th - 14th Dec, 2007 at IIT Guwahati. • Organizing member and the Web Master for the "International Conference on Bhopal Gas Tragedy" held at IIT Kanpur from 1st Dec to 3rd Dec 2004