Vinay Prasad
Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Vinay Prasad’s research interests are in catalysis and process systems engineering. The focus is on applications in heterogeneous catalysis and kinetics, fuel cells, multiscale systems and systems biology. Prior to joining the University of Alberta, he held academic positions at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and the University of Delaware, and earlier a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Focus Center – NY, Rensselaer. In addition, he has industrial experience in refinery process optimization and hydrogen production for fuel cells and industrial applications. He holds a B.Tech. Degree from IIT Bombay, an MS degree from Kansas State University and a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research Interest
Research Areas: process control, process estimation and optimization, fuel cells, multiscale modeling, heterogeneous catalysis, kinetics, design of experiments, systems biology.
Publications
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K. POPLI, M. SEKHAVAT, A. Afacan, S. Dubljevic, Q. Liu and V. Prasad, “Dynamic modeling and real-time monitoring of froth flotationâ€, Minerals, 5(3), 570-591 (2015). (invited feature article)
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G. SENTHAMARAIKKANNAN, I. Gates and V. Prasad, “Modeling, estimation and analysis in coreflood experiments for coalbed methane productionâ€, Chem. Eng. Sci., 141, 75-85 (2016).
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G. SENTHAMARAIKKANNAN, I. Gates and V. Prasad, “Development of a multiscale microbial kinetics coupled gas transport model for the simulation of biogenic coalbed methane productionâ€, Fuel, 167, 188-198 (2016).
