Research Students

Research

Projects

Publications

Patents

Dr. Hasim Suhaib

Postdoc (2024 -)

Treatment of septage using macrophyte-assisted vermifilter

Reiva Sibi

Doctoral Student

(July 2018 - 2024)

Resource recovery from source-separated urine using energy positive electrochemical systems.

AWARDS

Best oral presentation award for the paper titled, 'Electrochemical phosphorus recovery from source separated urine using stale urine as a catalyst' at the DST-SERB Sponsored National Conference on 'Bioenergy and bio-products from Agro-industrial sector and its associated Circular Economy' (BACE-2023) organized by the Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental Engineering, Pondicherry University (March 10th and 11th, 2023).

Best poster award and a cash price of Rs. 3000/- for the work titled, "Bioelectricity generation and fertilizer production coupled with water recovery from source-separated urine using a bio-osmotic resource recovery unit" at the SPARC funded INDO-US two-day workshop on "circular solutions to sanitation- making profit from toilets" conducted by TAURI (Translating and Accelerating University Research and Innovation) research group, IIT Madras (March 29th and 30th, 2023)

Sabarija A M

Doctoral Student (2019 -)

Integrating wastewater treatment to groundwater remediation and energy production using microbial desalination cell (MDC).

AWARDS

AFMD Best Poster award in the International Conference on "Advanced Functional Materials and Devices (AFMD-2024)" organized by Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, from Feb 26 - 29, 2024 for the work titled “Conversion of LCD monitors/screens into electrochemical sensors”.

Best oral presentation award in the session on "Clean Energy Innovations" in the International Conference on "Net Zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development - Challenges and Opportunities (N0ET -22)", held in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from 12-13, December 2022 for the work titled "Desalination coupled with wastewater treatment and energy production using microbial desalination cell"

Best oral presentation award (Second runner up in Virtual mode) in the"6th International Conference and Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research 2022", held in Langkawi, Malaysia, from 9- 11, June 2022 for the work titled "Improved defluoridation and energy production using dimethyl sulfoxide modified carbon cloth as bioanode in microbial desalination cell"

Best Poster Award, for the work titled “Desalination coupled with wastewater treatment and energy production using Microbial Desalination Cell”, on Research Scholars Day, IIT Palakkad, held on 6th November,2021

CPCB Ideation Hackathon on Waste to Wealth, held on 14-05-2023. Hackathon theme - From Trash to Treasure: Ideation Hackathon on Innovative Solutions for Waste Utilization. Submitted proposal: “Conversion of waste LCD monitors/screens into electrochemical sensors.” under the category E -waste. Team members: Sabarija A Mohandas (team lead) and Vaishag P V.

Sangeetha V

(2023 -)

Doctoral Student

Integrated technology for nutrient, energy, and water recovery from source separated urine.

AWARDS

Patent, Gangadharan, P., Sangeetha, V., and Sreejith P.M. (2024). Urine air permeable cells for simultaneous electricity and fertilizer production – Development and application thereof. (Status: FER issued). Application number: 202341089073.

Technology exhibition at ‘IInvenTive 2024’, a mega R&D fair where all IITs, NITs, IISERs, IIITs and other top 50 ranked NIRF Institutions in the country showcased their R&D at the Convention Centre, IIT Hyderabad, January 19-20, 2024.

Capacity building and Training program to underprivileged youth of Attapadi, on 28 December 2023.