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2008

Somasundaran, P., and V. Runkana, 'Aggregation of Colloids: Recent Developments in Population Balance Modeling', In: D. Platikanov and D. Exerowa (Eds.), Highlights in Colloid Science, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Somasundaran P., and V. Runkana, 'Interactions of Polyelectrolytes with Particulate Matter in Colloidal Suspensions', In: Z. Amjad (Ed.), The Science and Technology of Industrial Water Treatment, Taylor and Francis.

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2007

Satyam S. Sahay, 2007, 'Modeling of industrial heat treatment operations', CRC Handbook on "THERMAL PROCESS MODELLING OF STEELS" Ed. by Prof. C. Hakan Gur, ISBN 0849350190

Venkataramana Runkana, and P. Somasundaran, 'Mathematical Modeling of Coagulation and Flocculation of Colloidal Suspensions Incorporating the Influence of Surface Forces', pp. 91-118, In: T.I. Tadros (Ed.), Colloid Stability and Application in Pharmacy, Colloid and Interface Science Series, Vol. 3, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. (2007)

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Conference Proceedings

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2008

Jeevan Jaidi, Ankit Gera and Ujjwal K. Singh (2008), 'The Heat Effects on Residual Stresses, Microstructures and Mechanical Properties in HAZ of Low-alloy Steel Weldments', International Welding Symposium (SOJOM 2008), 11-13 December 2008 at BHEL, Tiruchirappalli, INIDA, pp: 99-108.

B. Rai, P. Sathish and Pradip, 'Molecular Modeling Based Design of Selective Depressants for Beneficiation of Dolomitic Phosphate Ores', Proceedings, XXIV International Mineral Processing Congress, Beijing, China, 24-28 September 2008, (Eds.) Wang Dianzuo, Sun Chuanyao, Wang Fu Liang, Zhang Licheng, Han Long, Science Press, 2008, Vol. 1, pp 1518-1525;

Runkana, V., and G. Muralidharan, 'Polymer Gels for Coatings, Drug Delivery and Consumer Products', Poster presented at 2nd International Conference on Multi-scale Structures and Dynamics of Complex Systems: Processes and Forces for Creation of Designer Materials with Multi-Scale Structures, Bangalore, 4-5 September 2008;

A K Singh and Ravindra Pardeshi: 'Invited talk: Role of Multiphase/multiscale Phenomena in Solidification Processing', at 2nd International Conference on Multi-Scale Structures and Dynamics of Complex Systems, Bangalore, September 2008;

A.K. Singh and S.S. Sahay, 'Model based optimization of casting and heat treatment operations Casting, Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering', IIM Workshop on Casting, Heat treating and surface engineering, July 15, 2008;

Aashish Jain, B. Venkoba Rao and Amlan Datta, 2008, 'Effect of slurry rheology on the grinding kinetics in stirred media mill', International seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT), Trivandrum. April 22-24, 2008;

Majumder, S., P. V. Natekar, and V. Runkana, 'Virtual Indurator: A Simulator for Induration of Iron Ore Pellets on a Moving Grate', International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2008), Trivandrum, 22-24 April 2008;

Beena Rai, Shailaja Krishamurti, Sathish P and Pradip, 2008, 'Salicylaldoxime derivatives as flotation collectors: quantum mechanics calculations (Density Functional Theory) for the design of selective reagents', Mineral Processing Technology - 2008, Trivandrum, India, 22 April 2008;

H. Pol, A. Lele, R. Thaokar, V. Ganvir, B.P. Gautham, 2008, 'Analysis of free surface flow in extrusion film casting using experiments and simulations, PPS 24;

V. Ganvir, A. Lele, R. Thaokar, B.P. Gautham, H. Pol, 2008, 'Numerical and experimental studies on die swell in polymer melt extrusion', PPS 24;

 Jeevan Jaidi (2008), 'Modeling Two-phase Flows using Volume of Fluid (VOF) based Interface Tracking Methods', 19th National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 3-5 January, 2008 at JNTU Hyderabad, INDIA, Paper No. 496.

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2007

Amarendra K. Singh, 'Model based solutions for manufacturing industries: Challenges and Opportunities', IISc Bangalore (December 2007);

Venkatramana Runkana, Pradeepkumar V. Natekar, Viswanadh Bandla, Pothal, G., Rath, S.K., Jena, S., Ninan, T.P., Amit Chatterjee, 'Development of a Simulator for Direct Reduction of Iron Ore by Coal in a Rotary Kiln', Presented at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals at Mumbai (Nov 2007);

Goutam Mohapatra and Satyam S. Sahay, 'Austenite to ferrite transformation in Fe-Ni system', Presented at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals at Mumbai (Nov 2007);

Rajesh Mehta, Satyam S. Sahay, Amlan Datta and Aman Chodha, 'A Neural Network Approach to model Noisy Industrial data', Presented at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals at Mumbai (Nov 2007);

K. P. Nishad, U. Agrawal, R. Pardeshi and Amarendra K. Singh,  'Influence of Bag Design on Thermal Parameters during Aluminum DC Casting', Presented at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals at Mumbai (Nov 2007);

Pradeep Pantangi, Parvez S, P C Kapur, Amarendra K Singh, S Tandon, K Guha and Rajendra Mittal, 'Mathematical Modelling of copper smelting in a top blown rotary converter (Kaldo furnace)', Presented at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals at Mumbai (Nov 2007);

Pradeep Pantangi and Amarendra K Singh, 'Mathematical modeling of oil combustion in furnaces', 2007 Ansys India Conference (October 2007);

Amarendra K Singh, 'Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Process Industries', Invited talk at 2007 Ansys India Conference (October 2007) at Bangalore;

Satyam S. Sahay, 'In Pursuit of Efficient Industrial Thermal Processing: Innovative Concepts, Integrated Models and Process Optimization', Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, September 30, 2007;

Maqbool, T., Raha, S., and Fogler, H. S., 'Kinetics of asphaltene precipitation and flocculation: experiments and modeling', The 8th International conference on petroleum phase behavior and fouling, Pau, France,  10-14th June, 2007;

Satyam S. Sahay, 'Applications of Mathematical Modeling in Aluminum Production', National Conference on Modern Trends in Aluminum Casting Technologies, IIM Angul Chapter, NALCO, Orissa, April 14-15, 2007, pp 41-46;

Satyam S. Sahay, 'Invited Lecture: User's perspective to modelling friction stir welding, Workshop on Friction Stir Welding of Materials', DMRL Hyderabad, March 10-11, 2008;

Satyam S. Sahay, 'In pursuit of efficient industrial thermal processing: Innovative concepts, integrated models and process optimization', International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology for Young Engineers, IIT Madras, February 2008, C28:1-5;

Andriej Milenin, B.P. Gautham, Sharad Goyal, Jan W. Pilarczyk and Zbigniew Muskalski, 'The FEM simulation of wire fracture phenomena during multi-pass drawing', INETWIRE Cleveland, USA, (2007);

B P Gautham and Dinesh Gudadhe, 'Die Life Enhancement Using Simulation Tools', Wires in Automotive Applications, Jan 2008, Pune;

Jeevan Jaidi, 'Modeling Two-phase Flows using Volume of Fluid (VOF) based Interface Tracking Methods', 19th National and 8th ISHMT - ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 3 - 5, 2008, JNTU Hyderabad, INDIA;

G. Mohapatra and Satyam S. Sahay, 'Invited Lecture: Modern Methods in Phase Transformation Measurements', Wires in Automotive Applications, Jan 2008, Pune;

Rajesh Mehta and Satyam S. Sahay, 'Applications of Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms in Industrial Heat Treatment of Metals'; Intl. conference on neural network and genetic algorithm in materials science and engineering, Kolkata, Jan 2008;

B. Venkoba Rao and Amlan Datta, 'Development of Continuous-size Population Balance Model using Discrete-size Particle Distribution', Published in Proc. of Mineral Processing Technology (MPT) Conference, Mumbai. 2007;

Mamata Pradhan, P.C. Kapur and Pradip, 'Colloidal Processing of Zirconia Nanoparticles and Production of Sintered Nanostructured Ceramics', Published in proceedings of Third Asian Particle Technology Symposium (2007),pp 564-573;

P. Sathish, Beena Rai and Pradip, 'Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations to Study the Wettability of Self-Assembled Alkylthiolate Monolayers (SAMs) Adsorbed on Au(111) Surface', Proceedings, International Conference on Advanced Materials Design and Development (ICAMDD 2005), (Eds.) M.Chakraborty, David L. McDowell, Sudipto Ghosh, Farrokh Mistree, Debasis Bhattacharya, Elsevier Pub, 2007, pp 107 – 112;

Pradip, D.Vaidyanathan and P.C. Kapur, 'Manufacture of Energy-efficient Eco-cements from Gold Ore Plant Tailings in India', Proceedings, 4th Korea-Japan Symposium on Waste Recycling and Materials Sciences, Jeju, Korea, 2007, pp 316-323

S. Raghavan and S.S. Sahay, 'A Cellular Automaton Model for Grain Growth', accepted for publication in proceedings of Materials Science and Technology conference", Detroit, 2007;

S.S. Sahay, 'Efficient Cyclic Thermal Processing of Materials', accepted for publication in proceedings of Materials Science and Technology conference, Detroit, 2007;

S.S. Sahay, 'A probabilistic modeling approach for industrial carburizing operation' accepted for publication in proceedings of ASM Heat Treating Conference 2007, Detroit;

Vivek Ganvir, Ashish Lele, Rochish Thaokar and B P Gautham, 'Prediction of die swell in polymer melt extrusion using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) based finite element method', XVth International Workshop on Numerical Methods for non-Newtonian Flows, Greece, 2007; will appear in JNNFM;

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Invited Lectures

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2008

Satyam S.Sahay, 'Model based optimization of industrial heat treatment & ecofriendly quenchants' Workshop on Quenching & Distortion Control, Sep 28-30, NIT Surathkal;

Beena Rai, 'Surfactants at Interfaces: A Molecular Modeling Approach to Engineered Molecules for Industrial Applications', Chem. Eng. Department, IITK, Sep. 5, 2008.

Pradip, 'Managing the Resurgence of the Minerals and Metals Industry: Challenges and Innovations', Invited Prof. E. C. Subbarao Honor Lecture delivered in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, IITK, September 4, 2008;

Pradip, 'Challenging process Design and Scale-up Issues in the Manufacture of Performance Products – a Perspective on the Demands of Modern Chemical Engineering', Invited lecture delivered during the Chemical Engineering Conference, (ChE mference’08), IIT Kanpur, July 5-6, 2008;

Pradip, 'Development of Human Resources for the Mineral Industry in India', Presidential Address delivered during the International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2008), Trivandrum, India, April 22, 2008;

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2007

Pradip, Mamata Pradhan, Beena Rai and PC Kapur, 'Scientific and Technological Challenges in the Production of Sintered Nanostructured Ceramics', The 5th Japan-Korea International Symposium on Materials Science and Resources Recycling, December 20-22, 2007, Kitakyushu, Japan organized by Prof. Junji Shibata, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan and Dr. Ji Whan Ahn, KIGAM, Korea;

Pradip and Beena Rai, 'Selective Flocculation of Alumina rich Indian Iron Ore Slimes', International Conference on Beneficiation of Fines (ICBeneFiT 2007), Jamshedpur, December 10-11, 2007 organized by Tata Steel and Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME);

Pradip, 'Scientific and Technological Challenges in the Production of Sintered Nanostructured Products', Bangalore Nano 2007 – Bridging the Research – Industry Gap in Nanotechnology, December 6th, 2007 organized by MMACTIV, JNCASR and Govt. of Karnataka, India;

Satyam S. Sahay, 'Challenges and opportunities in model-based solutions for industrial thermal processing', Materials Design Workshop: An Indo-US school for materials discovery and design, IISc Bangalore, Oct 29-31, 2007

Mamata Pradhan, P.C. Kapur and Pradip, 'Production of Sintered Nanostructured Ceramics by a Colloidal Processing Route', Invited Lecture delivered at the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Composites (ICAMC 2007), October 24-26, 2007 in Thiruvananthapuram organized by National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram;

Pradip, 'Recent Developments and Grand Challenges in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in India', Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, MS University, Baroda, September 21, 2007;

Pradip, 'Grand Challenges in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy in India: Need for Radical Innovations', Kishore Kumar Memorial Lecture delivered on the occasion of Foundation Day Celebrations, September 21, 2007 in Baroda organized by Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Baroda Chapter;

Pradip, 'Process Engineering Research at TRDDC & Beneficiation of Complex Iron Ores from India', Institute of Process Engineering, Multi-Phase Complex Systems Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, September 7th, 2007;

Pradip, 'Beneficiation of Iron Ores and Ore Slimes', China Iron and Steel Research Institute (CISRI), Beijing, China, September 6th, 2007;

Mamata Pradhan, PC Kapur and Pradip, 'Colloidal Processing of Nanoparticles for the Production of Nanostructured Ceramics', Keynote Lecture, Third Asian Particle Technology Symposium, APT 2007, September 3-5th, 2007 Beijing, China;

Pradip, 'Grand Challenges in Mineral Processing', Invited Lecture delivered at the Diamond Jubilee Symposium on Advances in Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 4-6th, 2007;

B P Gautham, Keynote lecture, 'Advances and Applications of Simulation Tools in Metal Forming Processes', National conference on computer applications in manufacturing processes, March 13-14, 2008, Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala, Pune, India;

Amarendra K Singh, Keynote lecture: 'Application of Model-based Tools in Industrial Casthouse', National conference on computer applications in manufacturing processes, March 13-14, 2008, Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala, Pune, India;

Satyam Sahay, Rajesh Mehta, Goutam Mohapatra; Keynote lecture: 'Challenges & Opportunities in Model-based Solutions for Industrial Thermal Processing', National conference on computer applications in manufacturing processes, March 13-14, 2008, Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Lonavala, Pune, India;

Pradip, 'Modeling and Simulation of Minerals, Metals and Materials Processing Operations', Invited lecture delivered during the workshop organized on the occasion of the inauguration of Sandvik Materials Technology R&D Centre in Pune on February 27, 2008;

B P Gautham, Invited talk: 'Metal Forming Simulation in Industrial Problem Solving: Some Thoughts and Experiences', Advances in Automotive Sheet Metal Forming, 2007;

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Journal Articles

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2008

B. Rai and Pradip, 'Design of highly selective industrial performance chemicals: A molecular modeling approach', Molecular Simulations, 2008, in press

G. Mohapatra and Satyam S. Sahay, 'A probabilistic approach to analyze austenite to ferrite transformation in Fe-Ni system', Defect and Diffusion Forum 2008

Maneesh Singh, P. C. Kapur, Pradip, 2008, 'Preparation of alinite based cement from incinerator ash', Waste Management, vol.28, pp.1310-1316

Maneesh Singh, P.C. Kapur, Pradip, 2008, 'Preparation of calcium sulphoaluminate cement using fertiliser plant wastes', Journal of hazardous materials, vol.157, pp.106-113

R. Pardeshi, A. K. Singh and P. Dutta, 'Modelling of solidiifcation process in Rotary Electromagnetic Stirrer', Accepted for publication in Numerical Heat Transfer A

Rahul Konnur, Sasanka Raha, Jyotsna Tanwar, S. Phanikanth, Pradip and P. C. Kapur, 'Data Analysis and Modeling of Constant Pressure Batch Dewatering of Fine Particle Suspensions', Drying Technology, in press, 2008

Rajesh Mehta and Satyam S. Sahay, 'Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Furnace Productivity during Coil Annealing: Aluminum vs Steel', accepted and published in ASM-JMEP Vol.67, 2008

Saptarshi Majumdar, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly, 'Mathematical modeling for the ionic inclusion process inside conducting polymer-based thin-films (p NA)', Polymer Engineering & Science, Published Online: Sep 23 2008 2:22PM, DOI: 10.1002/pen.21170

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2007

Malhotra, C. P., Mahajan, R. L. and Sampath, W. S., 'High Knudsen Number Physical Vapor Deposition: Predicting Deposition Rates and Uniformity', Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 129, no. 11, pp. 1546-1553, November 2007;

Surya Kumar Singh, B P Gautham, Sharad Goyal, Amol Joshi and Dinesh Gudadhe, 2007, 'Development of a virtual wire drawing tool for process analysis and optimisation', Wire Journal International, October 2007, pp 72-78;

Weidman, P. D. and Malhotra, C. P., 'On the Terminal Motion of Sliding Spinning Disks with uniform Coulomb Friction', Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, vol. 233, no. 1, pp. 1-13, September 2007;

Amlan Datta , B. K. Mishra, S. P. Das, A. Sahu, 2008, 'A DEM Analysis of Flow Characteristics of Non-cohesive Particles in Hopper', Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol 23, pp 196-203;

Ashiwani Kumar Gupta, P.K. Banerjee, Arun Mishra, P. Satish and Pradip, 'Effect of Alcohol and Polyglycol Ether Frothers on Foam Stability', Bubble size and Coal Flotation, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 82(3), 2007, pp 126 -137;

R. Pardeshi, V. R. Voller, A. K. Singh and P. Dutta, 'An explicit-implicit time stepping scheme for solidification models' - Accepted for publication in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer;

Rahul Konnur and Sasanka Raha, 2007, 'Parameter estimation and simulation of dependence of constant pressure batch dewatering on initial solids concentration', International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 81, pp 248–255;

Rahul Konnur and Sasanka Raha, 2007, 'Scaling behavior in constant pressure batch dewatering of fine particle suspensions', International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 83, pp 28-35;

Rajesh Mehta, Satyam S. Sahay, Amlan Datta and Aman Chodha, 2008, 'Neural network models for industrial batch annealing operation', Materials & Manufacturing Processes, Vol 23, pp. 204-209;

S. Raghavan and Satyam S. Sahay, 2007, 'Modeling the grain growth kinetics by cellular automaton', Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 445-446C, 203-209;

S.B. Singh, Karthik Krishnan and Satyam S. Sahay, 2007, 'Modeling nonisothermal austenite to ferrite transformation in low carbon steels', Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 445-446C, 310-315;

Sasanka Raha, Kartic C. Khilar , Prakash C. Kapur, Pradip, 2007, 'Regularities in pressure filtration of fine and colloidal suspensions', International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 84, pp 348-360;

Satyam S. Sahay and Karthik Krishnan, 2007, 'Model-based optimisation of a continuous annealing operation for bundle of packed rods', Ironmaking Steelmaking, Vol. 34, 89-94;

Satyam S. Sahay and P.C. Kapur, 2007, 'Model-based scheduling of a continuous annealing furnace', Ironmaking Steelmaking, Vol. 34, No. 3, 262-268;

Satyam S. Sahay, Rajesh Mehta and Karthik Krishnan, 2007, 'Genetic algorithm based optimization of an industrial age-hardening operation for packed bundles of aluminum rods', Materials & Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 22, No. 5, 615-622;

Vivekanand Sista, Philip Nash and Satyam S. Sahay, 2007, 'Accelerated bainitic transformation during cyclic austempering', Journal of Materials Science, vol. 42, pp. 9112-9115;

Vivek Ganvir, Ashish Lele, Rochish Thaokar and B P Gautham, 2007, 'Simulation of viscoelastic flows of polymer solutions in abrupt contractions using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) based finite element method', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 143(2-3), 157-169;

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Patents

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2008

Philip Nash, V. Sista and Satyam S. Sahay, 'Heat Treatment of Steel', Patent Applied in India1281/MUM/2008

Satyam Sahay, 'Method for Efficient Heat Treatment of Steel', Applcn no.12/184,746 dated 1st August 2008, Patent Applied in US

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2007

Vivek Ganvir, B P Gautham, Ashish Lele, Rochish Thaokar, 'Provisional patented filed on polymer melt extrusion which has potential use in die design', Indian Patent Application No. 359/MUM/2008

Runkana, V., Natekar, P. V.,  Bandla, V., Pothal, G., Rath, S. K., Jena, S. and Ninan, T. P., Indian Patent Application No: 2235/MUM/2007 dated 12 November 2007 “Field of process control equipment' (Sponge iron rotary kiln simulation model, filed along with Tata Sponge Iron Ltd., Joda);

Kalyan Das, P Somasundaran and Pradip, 'A process for the flocculation of colloidal suspension using ultra low concentration of low molecular weight polymer', sealed on 22nd June 2007 and assigned Indian Patent No. 207751;

Vivek Ganvir, Kalyan Das and P C Kapur, 'A filter media for removal of fluoride ion contamination from water, a device and a method for purifying fluoride ion contaminated water', sealed on 24th May 2007 and assigned Indian Patent No. 207190;

Kalyan Das, Vivek Ganvir and P C Kapur, 'A method for preparing filter media for removing arsenic contamination from water, a filter media, a device and a method for purifying arsenic contaminated water', sealed on 19th April 2007 and assigned Indian Patent No. 206230;

Satyam Sahay and Karthik Krishnan, 'A method of thermal processing for production of component with uniform microstructure and properties across the component cross-section',  US 20070131672A1;

Beena Rai, Pradip, 'Process for preparation of hydroxamic acid flotation collector and uses thereof', Indian Patent Application No: 539/MUM/2007;

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