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