Goyal Research Group
Principal Investigator
Himanshu Goyal
Dr. Himanshu Goyal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. He received his BTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Guwahati in 2011 and spent a year in Reliance Industries Limited and Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Subsequently, Dr. Goyal moved to Cornell University where he obtained his MS and PhD in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Dr. Goyal worked as a postdoctoral researcher for a year at the Univeristy of Delaware before joining IIT Madras in 2019.
PhD students
Balivada Kusum Kumar
(contact: ch20d007@smail.iitm.ac.in)
I completed my B.Tech in chemical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada and Master’s in Chemical Engineering (Hons.) from BITS Pilani (Pilani campus). In my PhD, I am working in the area of multiscale modeling of multiphase reactors using CFD. My research interests are in multiscale modeling of reactors and process intensification.
Racha Varun Kumar
(contact: ch21d012@smail.iitm.ac.in)
I did my BTech in Chemical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad and MTech in Energy Engineering from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. In my PhD I am using data science techniques to integrate detailed chemical kinetics in CFD simulations of multiphase reactors. My research will provide computationally fast and accurate CFD models to study multiphase reactors. The main application of my research is biomass gasification in fluidized bed reactors.
Vedha Vaishnavi
(contact: ch21d019@smail.iitm.ac.in)
In my PhD, I am working on modeling and simulation of electrochemical cells with application in hydrogen production and CO2 utilization. A special emphasis is on evaluating the impact of porous electrodes structure on the system performance.
Bhumana Teressa
(contact: ch22d042@smail.iitm.ac.in)
My research focuses on the electrification of chemical processes. Microwaves generated from renewable electricity is a clean energy source and can be used to heat chemical reactors. With its unique heating characteristics (selective and rapid heating), microwaves also allow process intensification. I develop and use simulation tools to design novel microwave reactors. I completed my BTech in chemical engineering from NIT Srinagar and MTech in chemical engineering with specialisation in Process Design Engineering at UPES, Dehradun.
MS students
Mohnin Gopinath
(contact: ch22s009@smail.iitm.ac.in)
I received my Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. In my research, I am building machine learning based chemical kinetic models that can be integrated with reacting multiphase CFD simulations. I am exploring different ML architectures and strategies to build such kinetic models.
Hariharan RK
(contact: ch21s006@smail.iitm.ac.in)
I am working on CFD-DEM simulations of catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass into biofuels. By coupling catalytic reactions in CFD-DEM, my simulations will allow deeper insights into how the multiphase reactor dynamics impact the catalytic upgradation of bio-oil.
MTech students
Prem Kumar Ahuja
I am working on modeling of adsorption in fixed beds.
Harshkumar Ashokbhai
I am working on modeling of electrochemical cells.
Gayathri Talatam
I am working on modeling of microwav heated fixed beds.
Alumni
Govind Tak (MS 2024; Andritz)
Swathi Ganesh (BTech 2023; MIT)
Akash Kumar (MTech 2023; IOCL)
Vinay Kumar Shinde (MTech 2023; HPCL)
Mohit Chaudhary (MTech 2023; TCS)
Lokesh Reddy (MTech 2023)
Rajas Takle (DD 2023; Golman Sachs)
Chaitanya Kavale (MS 2023; Shell)
Lakshmi Yasodhara (Project Associate 2022; University of Pittsburgh)
Nidhi Parmar (MTech 2022; Aditya Birla)
Shubham Satish Dongre (MTech 2022; Aditya Birla)
Appalabathula Siva Chaitanya (MTech 2022; HSBC Bank)
Surendra Achari (MTech 2021)
Shubham Singh Rajput (MTech 2021; Accenture)
Dilpreet Singh Rawal (MTech 2021; Steel Authority of India Limited)
Subhajit Dutta (Postdoctoral Fellow 2022; Ghent University)
Krishna Gopal Sharma (BTech 2022)
Jawed Alam (Project Associate 2022; PBOPlus Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.)
Aditya Goel (Undergraduate intern 2022; Columbia University)