Dr Avinash V. Palodkar

Senior Scientist

Research Interest

• Conversion of Waste Plastics to Transportation Grade Fuels
• Modeling and Simulation of Energy and Process Engineering Systems
• Process Modeling and Upscaling
• Gas Hydrates: Fundamentals and Applications
• Recovery of Natural Gas from Hydrate Reservoirs
• Wax Rheology

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Secured 1^st rank (Gold Medal) consecutively for four years in Chemical Engineering from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar University Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India (2009-2013).
• Secured 2^nd rank in Master of Technology – Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal, India (2013-2015).
• Junior (2015-2017) and Senior (2017-2020) Research Fellowships for Doctoral research in Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
• Full Financial Assistance for delivering a lecture in the 10^th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona, Spain (2017) by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
• Full Financial Assistance for presenting the research work in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA (2018) by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
• Certificate of Excellence for securing First position in Reactor Design by Chemical Engineering Association, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra (2012).
• Certificate of Merit for winning all India level BASF-IIT Industrial Visit Quiz (2013).
• Recognized as AZeotropy Ambassador for the dedication towards the AZeotropy 2K13, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2013).

Patents

Selected Publications

Complete List of Publications