The active research in Chemical Engineering department was started in the year 2006. The major research areas of the department are Natural product extraction, Sol-Gel synthesis, Energy Management, Nano-technology, Hydrotropy and Biosorption. The department is highly equipped with research equipments and chemical engineering softwares like ANSYS, Chem CAD and MATLAB etc., for carrying out research. Already three faculty members have become the research guides of Anna University of Technology, Chennai. Chemical Engineering students have been involved for carrying out research work, moreover they have published 7 research papers in highly reputed international journals.

2007  

1. V. Selvaraj, M. Alagar and K. Sathish Kumar, “Synthesis and Characterization of Metal nanoparticles decorated PPY – CNT composite and their electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid and formaldehyde for fuel cell applications”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 75, pp. 129 – 138, 2007. (IF: 2.548) Elsevier

2008

1. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika and K.Sathish Kumar, “Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions by anionic exchange resins”, Adsorption Science & Technology, Vol. 26 (9), pp. 693-703, 2008. (IF:0.725)
2. C.Ahmed Basha, K. Ramanathan, R. Rajkumar, M. Mahalakshmi and P.Senthil Kumar, “Management of Chromium Plating Rinsewater Using Electrochemical Ion Exchange”,  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 47 (7), pp. 2279-2286, 2008. (IF:1.875)
3. K. Sathish Kumar, V. Selvaraj and M. Alagar, “Synthesis of PET – PLA/Drug Nanoparticles and Their Effect with Gold Nanoparticles for controlled Drug Release in Cancer Chemotherapy”, Research Letters in Nanotechnology, Vol. 2008, pp 1-4, 2008, doi:10.1155/2008/389512.
4. M. Subramanian and Aravamudan Kannan, “Effect of dissolved oxygen concentration and light intensity on photocatalytic degradation of phenol”, - Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 25(6), pp. 1300-1308, 2008. (IF: 0.893)

2009

1. P. Senthil Kumar and K. Kirthika, “Equilibrium and kinetic study of adsorption of nickel from aqueous solution onto Bael tree leaf powder”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 4 (4), pp. 396 – 406, 2009.
2. P. Senthil Kumar and R. Gayathri, “Adsorption of Pb2+ ions from aqueous solutions onto Bael tree leaf powder: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 4 (4), pp. 431 – 445, 2009.
3. D. Gnana Prakash, S.Thenesh Kumar and N. Nagendra Gandhi, “Effect of Hydrotropes on solubility and mass transfer coefficient of p- nitrobenzoic acid”, Journal of Applied Science, Vol. 9 (16), pp. 2975-2980, 2009.
4. Saghadevan Thenesh Kumar, D Gnana Prakash and Nagaraja Nagendra Gandhi “Effect of hydrotropes on solubility and mass transfer coefficient of lauric acid”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 26(5), pp. 1328-1333, 2009. (IF: 0.893)
5. P. Senthil Kumar, N. Arun Kumar, R. Sivakumar and C. Kaushik, “Experimentation on solvent extraction of polyphenols from natural waste”, Journal of Mater Science, Vol. 44(21), pp. 5894-5899, 2009. (IF: 1.417)
6. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika and K.Sathish Kumar, “Bael Tree Leaves as a Natural Adsorbent for the Removal of Zinc (II) Ions from Industrial Effluents”, Adsorption Science & Technology, Vol. 27 (5), pp. 503-512, 2009. (IF:0.725)
7. V. Jaikumar and V. Ramamurthi, “Statistical Analysis and Optimization of Acid Dye Biosorption by Brewery Waste Biomass Using Response Surface Methodology”, Modern Applied Science, Vol. 3 (4), pp 71-84, 2009.

2010

1. V. Jaikumar, K. Sathish Kumar and D. Gnana Prakash, “Biosorption of acid dyes using spent brewery grains: Characterization and Modeling”, International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 7 (2), pp. 115 – 125, 2010.
2. M. Subramanian and Aravamudan Kannan, “Photocatalytic degradation of phenol in a rotating annular reactor” Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 65, pp. 2727–2740, 2010.
3. P. Senthil Kumar,  C. Vincent, K. Kirthika, and K. Sathish Kumar, “Kinetics and equilibrium studies of Pb2+ ions removal from aqueous solutions by use of Nano SilverSol Coated Activated Carbon”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 339-346, 2010. (IF:0.571)
4. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Ramakrishnan, S. Dinesh Kirupha and S. Sivanesan “Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of cadmium adsorption from aqueous solution onto rice husk”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.27 (2), pp. 347–355, 2010. (IF: 0.571)
5. P. Senthil Kumar, S. Ramalingam, C. Senthamarai, M. Niranjanaa, P. Vijayalakshmi and S. Sivanesan, “Adsorption of dye from aqueous solution by cashew nut shell: Studies on equilibrium isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics of interactions”, Desalination, Vol. 261 (1-3), pp. 52-60, 2010. (IF: 2.034) Elsevier
6. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Ramakrishnan and R. Gayathri, “Removal of Nickel (II) from aqueous solutions by Ceralite IR 120 cationic exchange resins”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 5 (2) ,  pp. 234 – 245, 2010.
7. P. Senthil Kumar and R. Gayathri “Study on removal of cadmium from aqueous solution by adsorption on Bael tree leaf powder”, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol.9 (3), 429-433, 2010. (IF: 0.885)
8. K. Sathish Kumar, P. Senthil Kumar, V. Selvaraj and M. Alagar, “Drug Delivery Studies of Gold Nanoparticles Decorated Polylactic Acid-Co-Ethyl Cellulose Nanocapsules” – International Journal of Advance Engineering Technology, Vol 1(1), pp. 9-16, 2010. 
9. P. Senthil Kumar, “Removal of Congo red from aqueous solutions by neem saw dust carbon”, Colloid Journal, Vol.72 (5), pp. 703-709, 2010. (IF: 0.588)
10. P. SenthilKumar, S. Ramalingam, V. Sathyaselvabala, S. Dinesh Kirupha and S. Sivanesan, “Removal of copper(II) ions from aqueous solution by adsorption using cashew nut shell”, Desalination, Vol. 266, pp. 63-71 and 2010. (IF: 2.034) Elsevier
11. P. SenthilKumar, N. Umaiyambika, R. Gayathri”, Dye removal from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation process using stainless steel electrodes”, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 (8),  pp. 1031-1037, 2010. (IF: 0.885)
12. P. Senthil Kumar, R. Gayathri and R. Prabhu Arunkumar, “Adsorption of Fe (III) ions from aqueous solution by Bengal Gram Husk Powder: Equilibrium isotherms and kinetic approach”, Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Vol.9 (6), pp. 1047-1058, 2010.
13. P. Senthil Kumar and K. Kirthika, “Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of Zn2+ Ions Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Use of Natural Waste”, Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Vol. 9 (1), pp. 264 – 274, 2010.
14. R. Gayathri and P. Senthil Kumar, “Recovery and Reuse of Hexavalent Chromium From Aqueous Solutions by a Hybrid Technique of electrodialysis and Ion Exchange”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 27 (1), pp. 71–78, 2010. (IF: 0.571)
15. S. Thenesh Kumar, D. Gnana Prakash and N. Nagendra Gandhi, “Solubility and Mass Transfer Coefficient Enhancement of Stearic acid though Hydrotropy”, Journals of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol. 55 (9), pp 2980–2984, 2010. (IF: 1.98)
16. D. Gnana Prakash, Kumar, S. Thenesh and Gandhi, N. Nagendra, “Enhancement Of Solubility And Mass-Transfer Coefficient Of 1,2-Dihydroxy-9,10-Anthraquinone (Alizarin) Through Hydrotropy”, Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 197 (4), pp. 423 – 433, 2010. (IF: 0.58)

2011

1. P. Senthil Kumar, S. Ramalingam and K. Sathish Kumar, “Removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from cashew nut shell as a new low-cost adsorbent”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 28(1), pp. 149-155, 2011. (IF:0.893)
2. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Ramakrishnan, S. Dinesh Kirupha and S. Sivanesan “Thermodynamic, kinetic and equilibrium studies on phenol removal by use of cashew nut shell”, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 89, pp 284-291, 2011. (IF: 0.63)
3. P. Senthil Kumar, V. SathyaSelvaBala, K. Ramakrishnan, P. Vijayalakshmi  and S. Sivanesan, “Kinetics and equilibrium studies of copper removal from aqueous solution by commercial granulated activated carbon”, Russian Chemical Bulletin, Vol. 59 (10), pp. 1859-1864,  2011. (IF: 0.417)
4. A. Murugesan , L. Ravikumar , V. SathyaSelvaBala , P. SenthilKumar , T. Vidhyadevi, S. Dinesh Kirupha , S.S. Kalaivani , S. Krithiga and S. Sivanesan, “Removal of Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) ions from aqueous solution using polyazomethineamides: Equilibrium and kinetic approach”, Desalination, Vol. 271, pp. 199-208, 2011. (IF: 2.034) Elsevier
5. P. SenthilKumar, S. Ramalingam, S. DineshKirupha, A. Murugesan, T.Vidhyadevi and S. Sivanesan, “Adsorption behavior of nickel(II) onto cashew nut shell: Equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanism and process design”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 167, pp. 122–131, 2011. (IF: 3.013) Elsevier
6. P. Senthil Kumar, V. SathyaselvaBala, S..Dinesh Kirupha, P.Vijayalakshmi and  S. Sivanesan, “Adsorption equilibrium studies on copper (II) ions removal by natural waste using non-linear approach”, Environmental Engineering & Management Journal, Vol. 10 (2), pp. 285-295, 2011. (IF: 1.435)
7. P. SenthilKumar, R. Gayathri, S. DineshKirupha, P. RajKumar, J. Nandagopal and S. Sivanesan, “Adsorption of dye from aqueous solution using silver wood sawdust carbon” Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol.10 (3), pp. 469-478, 2011. (IF: 1.435)
8. Senthil Kumar, P., Ramalingam, S., Abhinaya, R.V., Dineshkirupha, S., Vidhyadevi, T. and Sivanesan, S. “Adsorption equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanism and process design of zinc(II) ions onto cashew nut shell”, Can. J. Chem. Eng., DOI 10.1002/cjce.20588, 2011. (IF: 0.63)
9. Senthil Kumar, P., Ramalingam, S., Abhinaya, R.V., Thiruvengadaravi, K.V., Baskaralingam, P. and Sivanesan, S. “Lead(II) adsorption onto sulphuric acid treated cashew nut shell”, Sep. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.590174, 2011. (IF: 1.015)
10. K. Sathish Kumar, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Vijayalakshmi “Anticancer studies of drug encapsulated polyethylene terephthalate-Co-polylactic acid nanocapsules”, Journal of Pharmacy & BioAllied Sciences, Vol 3/ Issue 2/ April-June 2011. (IF: 0.455)
11. K. Sathish Kumarand V. Jaikumar, “Gold and Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Ethylcellulose Nanocapsules for Cisplatin Drug Delivery”, Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (2011), 10 (3): 415-424. (IF:0.651)
12. Dr.K.Sathish Kumar and Dr.K.Ramakrishnan published international journal titled “Synthesis and Kinetic Studies on Controlled Release of 6-Thioguanine Entrapped Polyethylene Glycol-Co-Polylactic Acid Polymer Nanoparticles” - International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Volume 9 2011 Article A101.
13. Dr.K.Sathish Kumar published international journal titled “Studies on controlled release of gold/tuberculosis drug complex entrapped polyethylene terephthalate-co-polylactic acid polymer nanoparticles” - Int. J. Nanoparticles, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2011
14. P. Senthil Kumar, S. Ramalingam, R. V. Abhinaya, S. Dinesh Kirupha, A. Murugesan and S. Sivanesan, “Adsorption of Metal Ions onto the Chemically Modified Agricultural Waste”, Clean – Soil, Air, Water 2011, 00 (0), 1–10 (IF: 1.502)
15. P. SenthilKumar, S. Ramalingam, V. Sathyaselvabala, S. Dinesh Kirupha, A. Murugesan and  S. Sivanesan,  Removal of Cadmium(II) from aqueous solution by agricultural waste cashew nut shell, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Accepted (In Press), 2011. (IF: 0.893)

International Conferences

2010 - 2011

1. Dr.K.Sathish Kumar presented a paper in International Conference on “Advancements in Polymeric Materials” (APM 2011) Innovations in Materials and Product Development at Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) Chennai, India – March 25 – 27, 2011.
2. Dr.M.Subramanian presented a paper in International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and technology (RACET 2011) paper titled “Feed Stocks and Processes for sustainability of Chemical Industries” organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Kochi Regional Centre, in association with the Chemical Engineering Group, School of engineering, Cochin University of Science and technology during March 10-12, 2011 at Kochi, India.
3. Mr.D.Gnana Prakash presented a paper in International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and technology (RACET 2011) paper titled “Hydrotropic Extraction of Mangiferin from Mango Leaves” organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Kochi Regional Centre, in association with the Chemical Engineering Group, School of engineering, Cochin University of Science and technology during March 10-12, 2011 at Kochi, India.
4. Mr.D.Gnana Prakash & Mrs.R.Pushpalatha presented a paper in International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and technology (RACET 2011) paper titled “Optimizing conditions for extracting capsaicin using response surface methodology” organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Kochi Regional Centre, in association with the Chemical Engineering Group, School of engineering, Cochin University of Science and technology during March 10-12, 2011 at Kochi, India. 

2009 - 2010

1. Mr.K.Sathish Kumar, Asst. Professor presented a paper in International Conference paper titled “Drug Delivery Studies of Goldnanoparticles decorated Polylacticacid-co-ethyl cellulose nanocapsules” organized by Institute for Holistic Medical Sciences, Kottayam, Kerala, 16th Apr to 18th April 2010.
2. Mr. P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Dye removal from wastewater using silver wood saw dust activated carbon” in international conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3rd millennium ICAMB 2009, conducted by VIT university, Vellore during December 14-16, 2009.

2007 – 08

1. Dr.S.Ramalingam  presented a paper in International Conference on Modeling and Simulation paper titled “Modelling of Liquid Phase Axial Dispersion Coefficient and Mass Transfer in a Packed Column” organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, CIT, 27-29, August 2007.

National Conferences

1. Dr.M.Subramanian presented a paper titled “Alternative Energy and APplicatins” at TRESAC’2010, sponsored by Ministry of Earth Sciences Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (A joint initiative of IGCAR, Kalpakkam & Sathyabama Univerisity) during 23-25 July 2010.
2. Mr. P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Removal of Congo red dye from Aqueous solution using cashew nut shells as a new low cost Adsorbent” in 2nd National conference on ‘Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering’ (RACE’10) held at Sengunthar Engineering College on 19th April 2010.
3. Dr.M.Subramanian presented a paper during the conference entitled “Renewable Energy Technology for Rural Electrification of North Eastern States of India” held during March 23-25, 2010 in Department of Energy, Tezpur University, Assam.
4. Mr.K.Sathish Kumar and Mr.P.Senthil Kumar presented a paper titled Drug Delivery Studies on Gold Nanoparticles and decorated PLA – Co – PEG co polymer at fourth national seminar on Biotech institute – industry interaction ( BIII – 10) at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Stahyamangalam, Erode District.
5. Mr.D.Gnanaprakash presented a paper titled “Evaluation of solubility of cinnamic acid using hydrotopes by response surface method” at CHEMCON 2009, organized by IIChE in Andhra University during 27-30 December 2009.
6. Dr.M.Subramanian presented a paper entitled “Energy Scenario in India” in the national seminar on Safety – Health – Environment & Energy (SHEE-2009) organized by Engineering wing – DDE, Annamalai University during 11th 12th Dec 2009.
7. Mr. D. Gnana Prakash presented a lecture on “A study on hydrotropy – A novel method of solid – liquid extraction” – National Conference on Impact of Chemical Engg, and Biotechnology on Process Industries in the New Millennium by Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, St.Jospeh college of Engg, Chennai, March 11, 2009.
8. Dr.K.Ramakrishnan presented a lecture on “Microwave Assisted Transesterification of Vegetable Oil – Biochemfest ’09 (27th Feb) at Arulmigu meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Kanchipuram.
9. Mr. P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Treatment of textile wastewater using electrochemical bipolar reactor” in National conference on ‘Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering’ (RACE’09) held at Sengunthar Engineering College on 28th April 2009.
10. Mr. P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Electricity Production in Biofuel Cell using Modified Graphite Electrode with Neutral Red” in ‘National Conference on Evolving Challenges in Renewable Energy Sources (ECRES – 09) conducted by department of mechanical, Chemical, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, held on 16th April 2009.
11. Mr. K. Sathish Kumar and P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Microbial Fuel cells for sustainable energy production from wastewater” in National Conference on Biological Treatment and Waste Recycling conducted by Department of Biotechnology, Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering, Mamandur, 8th & 9th February 2008.
12. Mr.P. Senthil Kumar presented a paper entitled “Electrochemical Ion Exchange – An Alternative Approach for wastewater treatment” in Crosslinx conducted by  Anna University – CLRI, Chennai, 2008.