Welcome. We at Environmental Engineering are a vibrant group of faculty, students and scientific officers, working closely with one another in the pursuit of academic excellence. We are committed to employing scientific methodology and knowledge as a means of preserving nature from human pollution. Our research spans the treatment of water and wastewater, through to air quality modeling, to solid waste management. Our undergraduate and graduate students work in a state-of-the-art laboratory, exploring exciting questions related to the acidification of surface waters, to discharges of waste gases from thermal power plants, to the composting of water hyacinth. We strive to provide our undergraduate students with the requisite tools to predict the behaviour of pollutants in natural systems and to design appropriate remediation technologies. We train our graduate students to view nature with the eyes of an environmental engineer and to think and work independently. Our faculty thoroughly enjoy working with young minds in the effort to solve problems that require answers right now.

 

Facilities

The Environmental Engineering laboratory provides you with the infrastructure to work on cutting edge research. Our instrumentation includes an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, a Laser Particle Size Analyzer, an Ion Chromatograph and a UV-visible Spectrophotometer. Our undergraduate laboratory classes provide students with hands on experience on standard methodology and tests in Environmental Engineering, which are often useful in answering research or industry related questions. Should you choose to work with us, we shall make every effort to ensure your smooth progress.

 

Research

Selected Research Projects

1. Heavy metal removal and recovery using functionalized polymers in aqueous environment
2. Removal of heavy metals by ligands
3. Biological treatment of phenolic wastewater
4. Air quality model evaluation at traffic intersections in urban environments for regulatory compliance
5. Environmental and social impact assessment of landfill and compost facility at Garchuk, Guwahati
6. Stack pollution monitoring for India Carbon Ltd. Guwahati
7. Air quality modeling for the proposed International airport at Nagpur, Maharashtra, India using PAL-2 model
8. Arsenic removal by Electrochemical ion exchange
9. Investigation of water quality for the work of proposed Brahmaputra Bridge
10. Characterisation of sludge from secondary treatment plant of Nagaon Paper mill
11. Performance study of primary clarifier of ETP in HPCL, Kagaznagar

People

Faculty

Ajay Kalamdhad (Assistant Professor)

   Solid waste management
   Mechanical composting and vermicomposting
   Analysis of solid wastes

 

Chandan Mahanta (Professor)

   Water Quality
   Sediment Dynamics in Fluvial Systems
   Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment and Management
   Environmental Geo-informatics
   Engineering Geology

 

Mohammad Jawed (Professor)

   Biological Processes
   Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
   Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery
   Water Treatment and Supply
   Domestic & Industrial Wastewater Treatment

 

Pranab K. Ghosh (Associate Professor)

   Water treatment for domestic and industrial use
   Domestic and Industrial wastewater treatment
   Sludge treatment by physicochemical and biological process

 

Saswati Chakraborty (Associate Professor)

   Water and Wastewater Treatment
   Biodegradation of Industrial Wastewater
   Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater

 

Sharad Gokhale (Associate Professor)

   Urban Vechicular Pollution
   Industrial Stack Pollution
   Indoor Air Pollution
   Environmental Impact Assessment

 

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