Novel Approaches Towards Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies

Arvind Kumar Mungray is a Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Surat (SV-NIT). His research area is Wastewater treatment (biological), up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, Microbial fuel cell (MFC), Nanotechnology, Decentralization of wastewater, Hybrid system, Waste to Energy, and Urine treatment. He received the ‘Young Engineer’s award’ 2011 from Institution of Engineers India. He has completed/ongoing 9 Sponsored research projects from DST, NRB-DRDO, ISRO, NIT (R & D) etc. He is a Life Member in professional bodies like IIChE (Indian institute of Chemical Engineers), The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Environmental Association. He is also a Fellow Member (F.I.C.C.E.) in “International Congress of Chemistry and Environment”.Dr. Alka A. Mungray is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Surat (SV-NIT). Her research area is wastewater treatment (Membrane), Forward osmosis (FO), Osmotic microbial fuel cell (OMFC), Polymer nanocomposite membranes, Desalination etc. She has two patents on her credit and three more have applied. She has completed/ongoing 5 Sponsored research projects from ISRO, DST, NRB-DRDO, NIT (R & D) etc. She has started one start up as “URISOL” with her team members. She has published more than 40 research papers in International publications with Google scholar h index 16, and two Book Chapters. She has supervised 3 Ph.D. and currently 5 research scholars are ongoing. She has delivered many Expert lecture at various reputed institutions like NITs and state Engineering Institutes.She is a Life Member in professional bodies like IIChE (Indian institute of Chemical Engineers), The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Environmental Association. She is the Fellow Membership (F.I.C.C.E.) in “International Congress of Chemistry and Environment”. She is the Reviewer of more than 15 SCI listed journals. She is currently focused on forward osmosis, osmotic microbial fuel cell, sea water desalination and preparation of different membranes. Her group is currently working on the resource recovery (Electricity, fertilizer and fresh water) from neat Human Urine. Her group is developed and patented Forward Osmosis membranes, novel FO-MD reactors, which are the integral part of the water recovery from waste. Currently handing a project sponsored from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for generating drinking water from human urine. Professor Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane is a distinguished academic and researcher with over 22 years of professional experience. He is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. Dr. Sonawane has guided 12 PhD scholars, 55 PG and UG students. Throughout his career, he has made groundbreaking contributions to several advanced and interdisciplinary domains, including nanotechnology, polymers, nanocomposites, nano-biotechnology, microfluidics, process engineering, and process simulation and modeling. Dr. Sonawane’s research outputs are both prolific and impactful. He has authored over 200 research articles in SCI-indexed journals, with his work achieving significant global recognition. He successfully executed numerous high value projects funded by prestigious national agencies such as DST, SERB and ISRO, India. Dr, Sonawane holds more than 12 patents, many of which have been granted. He is an authors and editor of 35 book and book chapters published by Elsevier and CRC Press. Dr. Sonawane awarded by various prestigious awards such as Dr. C.V. Raman Distinguished Scientist Award (2022), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Best Engineer Award (2021). He was elected as a Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in 2020 and was nominated for the coveted Shanti Swarup Professor Shirish Sonawane currently workings as Professor at NIT Warangal India and Dean Research and Consultancy. He has published more than 200 SCI journal and 36 book chapters and 2 books. He has filed 19 patents out of them 6 patents have been granted. Presently 2 PDF, 7 PhD and 2 M. Tech students are working and 17 Ph.Ds. are awarded. Sonoprocess engineering, cavitation based Nanotechnology, Waste water treatment, process development for nanoparticle synthesis, polymer nanocomposite etc. are some of the interest fields. He received funding from MeitY, Govt. of India (2021) and DST WTI project, Govt. of India (2021), earlier he got international projects such as Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project sponsored by DST, Govt. of India (2017), Indo-Russia DST-RFBR (2018), IMPRINT SERB project (2020), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI project, Govt. of India (2017), Department of Information and Technology, Government of India (2014). He had also dealt with 19 consultancy projects and 25 Research and development projects sponsored by various international and Indian government agencies and few of the projects are transferred in technology form to respective organization or industry. Dr. Shirish Sonawane has effectively combined synthesis and characterization of novel nano materials for successful application in state of the art processes such as paints, coatings, nano fluids, wastewater treatment, nanofiltration, fuel cells, and membranes. He is recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, (2008-2009); Heritage Fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Program (European commission) in 2013; DST Young Scientists award (2007); Institution of Engineers India award (2016); Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences award (2016); (2017), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI award (2017), V.N.M.M award from IIT-Roorkee (2017), Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences award (2017), Institution of Engineers India (2017), Alexander Von Humboldt Connect Program Germany (2020), NASI member (2020), NAWA (2020), IIChE Award for the Year 2020: Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award (2020). He is the editorial board member of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Nanoscience, Advances in Nanoparticles; Journal of Foods and Raw materials; Biotechnology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chief Editor of Scientific Journal of Bulletin of the SUS University Series -Food and Biotechnology.

• PART 1: BIOLOGICAL BASED TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY1. Fundamentals of bio-electrochemical systems for wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities for resource recovery2. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) based wastewater treatment and resource recovery3. Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) based wastewater treatment and resource recovery4. Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cell-based wastewater treatment and resource recovery5. Microbial desalination cell (MDC) based wastewater treatment and resource recovery6. Use of bio-electrochemical system for distillery/dairy/petrochemical/tannery/ paper industry effluents and resource recoveryPART 2: MEMBRANE BASED TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY7. Fundamentals of membranes for wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities for resource recovery8. Hollow fiber membranes for wastewater treatment and resource recovery9. Advances in membranes for industrial effluents for resource recovery                       10. Parameter optimization by mathematical modelling for membrane separation processPART 3: ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS (AOP) BASED WASTEWATER TREATMENT 11. Fundamentals of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities12. Ultrasonication based wastewater treatment13. Fenton/Photo-Fenton processes for wastewater treatment and disinfection14. AOPs for Petrochemical/Textile/Tannery industry wastewater treatmentPART 4: NANOTECHNOLOGY BASED TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY 15. Fundamentals of engineered nanoparticles for wastewater treatment: Challenges and opportunities for resource recovery16. Nano-biotechnology for bacterial modification for wastewater treatment and resource recovery17. Carbon Nano tubes (CNT) based hybrid nano fluids for the wastewater treatment plants in the industry18. Nano-particle-enhanced ionic liquids (NEIL) for the wastewater treatmentPART 5: INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY 19. Resource recovery from human urine for sustainable development20. Integration of bio-electrochemical systems and wetlands for wastewater treatment and resource recovery21. Ceramic/Earthen membranes-based bio-electrochemical systems for wastewater treatment and resource recovery22. Hybrid wastewater treatment systems using hydrodynamic cavitation/ultrasound/ Fenton   Processes etc. for effective treatment of wastewaterPART 6: SCALE-UP/PILOT SCALE STUDIES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT23. Pilot scale constructed wetlands (CW) for wastewater and resource recovery24. Pilot scale membrane reactors for Urine treatment and resource recovery25. Pilot scale advance oxidation process for industrial effluent treatment