Vivek Ranade is a Bernal Chair Professor of Process
Engineering at Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Ireland and a
Professor of Chemical Engineering at the School of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering of Queen’s University Belfast. Vivek leads ‘Multiphase Reactors and Process
Intensification’ research at University of Limerick and Queen’s University
Belfast. The focus is on sustainable energy (anaerobic digesters, biomass to
energy & value added chemicals, gasification), water (cavitation for
effluent treatment & dis-infection) and fine & specialty chemicals
(continuous processing, multiphase reactors & scale-up and process
intensification). Vivek is also leading a large collaborative project on
valorization of water biomass (www.vwainnovations.org) involving two industries from UK and three
industries from India along with other academic and research institutes. Before
moving to Ireland, Vivek led chemical engineering research at CSIR - National
Chemical Laboratory. He has developed solutions for enhancing performance of
industrial flow processes which are implemented and used in industry. These
contributions have resulted in significant impact & benefits to industries
in various sectors (refinery & petrochemicals, fine and specialty
chemicals, materials, energy, water treatment & engineering products). Vivek
and his group have developed software products and devices for variety of
applications. Many of these products have been commercialized and beneficially
deployed in practice. Vivek had conceived and led a large program on
development of MAGIC (modular, agile, intensified & continuous) processes
& plants. Several new insights and methodologies as well as processes and
products for process intensification were developed through that project (many
of which are commercialized). Vivek has also worked at ETH, Zurich; TU Delft
and University of Twente, The Netherlands. He has guided more than twenty Ph.D.
students, taught graduate level courses and conducted workshops for industry
practitioners. Vivek
is an Associate Editor of ‘Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research’ and
serves on editorial board of ‘Indian Chemical Engineer’. He is a recipient of
numerous awards including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award (highest Indian
Scientific award for scientists under 45 years in India) and Swarnajayanti
Fellowship of DST. He is a fellow of IChemE UK, Indian National Academy
Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineering and Indian Academy of
Sciences. Published more than 150
papers and 6 books (citations > 7700; h index=51: from Google Scholar). He
is also a co-inventor of more than 20 disclosures/ patents (granted/ filed).
Co-founded & led a technology company Tridiagonal Solutions
(www.tridiagonal.com). Vivek has Co-founded two technology companies: Tridiagonal Solutions (www.tridiagonal.com) and VIVIRA Process Technologies (www.vivira.in). More information may be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ranade
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