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Prof K. Suresh Akkihebbal

Vice President and Professor-in-Charge

Academic Administration

suresh@iitmz.ac.in

Educational Qualifications

PhD 1986

Chemical Engineering

Monash University, Victoria, Australia

ME 1981

Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

B.Tech 1979

Chemical Engineering

Karnataka Regl. Engg. College (Mysore University)

Awards

  • Professor S.C. Sahasrabudhe Lifetime Achievement Award (2021-22)

    conferred by IIT Bombay (2022) for all round contributions in Teaching, Research and Administration

  • Distinguished Alumnus for the decade 1970-1979

    Awarded by NITK Surathkal on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the Institute, Aug 06, 2019

  • CSIR-CSMCRI Distinguished Speaker Award

    Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Dec 2017

  • Education Leadership Award

    World Corporate Universities Congress, presented on 27 June 2014

  • Appointed to Institute Chair, IIT Bombay

    for two consecutive terms 2014-2017, and 2017-2020

  • Research Paper Award (2008)

    IIT Bombay

  • Best Technical Paper presented at the IIChE Annual Session, 1981

    Mrs. Chinnamaul Memorial Prize (Indian Institution of Chemical Engineers)

Research Interests

  • Polymeric and nanocomposite membranes; Membranes for RO; Gas separation membranes; Microencapsulation; Mixed Matrix Membranes; Ion-conducting Membranes for Alkaline electrolysis of water
  • Multiphase reactions and processes; transport in nanofluids; Solid-solid reactions
  • Theory of Reactions: Use of linear algebraic methods in cause-effect attribution when composition changes are due to multiple physical and chemical processes.
  • Biotechnology/healthcare: Characterization and physicochemical basis of action in selected traditional and alternative medicinal systems

Relevant Courses Taught

  • Courses delivered: A wide range of courses ranging from Introductory to advanced, at all levels – undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD. Subjects covered include core subjects in chemical engineering, and electives in Modelling and simulation, Biochemical engineering, Food engineering, and Advanced chemical reaction engineering.
  • International teaching experience: Courses on Transport phenomena and Fluid mechanics of the UG program, Department of Energy, environment and chemical engineering, Washington University in St Louis, (Jan-June 2008, Jan-June 2016).

Selected Papers

2025

Electrochemical Impedance based Characterization of Membrane Separators

R Gupta

A Sarkar

AK Suresh

B Suthar

ECS Advances 4 (1), 014501

2024

A kinetic analysis to delineate the effect of catalyst pre-treatment on the performance of Pd/Al2O3 in glycerol oxidation

JH Jhaveri

SM Mahajani

AK Suresh

Molecular Catalysis 565, 114350

2024

Intricacies of CO 2 removal from mixed gases and biogas using polysulfone/ZIF-8 mixed matrix membranes–part 1: experimental

S Negi

AK Suresh

RSC advances 14 (42), 30529-30542

2023

Reaction Regimes in Interfacial Polyamidation and Their Effect on Film Properties

AK Suresh

P Jha

2023 AIChE Annual Meeting

2023

Performance Assessment of Dense and Asymmetric Polymeric Membranes with Metal Organic Framework As Fillers for Biogas Enrichment

S Negi

AK Suresh

2023 AIChE Annual Meeting

2023

Thermodynamic Aspects of Membrane Synthesis: Application to Biogas Enrichment

S Negi

AK Suresh

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 (37), 15120-15135

2023

Absorption of CO2 in Nanofluids: Influence of the Material Density of Nanoparticles and a Correlating Principle

T Ramprasad

AK Suresh

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 (37), 15120-15135

2023

Enhanced Battery Life with Supercapacitor Applied to Renewable Energy Based Electric Vehicles

R Katuri

SLV Kumar

K Suresh

Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems 26 (3)

2023

Catalytic oxidation of glycerol in alkaline medium–Influence of mass transport limitations

A Namdeo

JH Jhaveri

SM Mahajani

AK Suresh

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 101 (4), 2060-2074

2023

A modelling study of interfacial polyamidation

P Jha

AK Suresh

Applied Surface Science 613, 155889

2023

Membranes for gas separation: Influence of thermodynamic factors in membrane synthesis

S Negi

S Akkihebbal

Authorea Preprints

Books/Book Chapters

  • S.M. Kulkarni, A.K.Suresh and P.D. Virkar, “Dynamics of Biochemical Processes Using Recombinant DNA Cultures”, in Research in Industry, Ed., M.J.Mulky, H.C. Srivastava and B. Vatsya, Oxford and IBH, New Delhi (1987)
  • A.K. Suresh, “The ’Making’ of the Mind of an Engineer: Some Thoughts on Engineering Education in India”, in The Mind of an Engineer - Vol 2, Ed.., P. Ghosh, Springer, Singapore (2019)

Full List of Publications

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Selected Professional Contributions

  • Awarded a three-year membership of the American Chemical Society in recognition of engagement with the Society’s mission, July 2015
  • Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2010
  • GM (Dada) Abhyankar Chair in Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, 2013
  • Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Fellowship, 1995-96

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