Anurag Mehra
Core Faculty
Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
Background B.Tech. Chemical Engg., I.I.T. Kanpur, 1983 M.Chem.Engg., Bombay University, 1985 Ph.D. (Tech.), Bombay University, 1987 Affiliations Head, Computer Center, IIT Bombay (2003-2008) Head, Department of Chemical Engineering (2008-2011) Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Spring 2007) Professor In Charge, Administrative Planning & Services (2009-2012) Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Fall 2013-Spring 2014) Center for Advanced Study of India (CASI) Summer Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2014) Dean, Planning & Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad University (February - September 2016) Institute Chair Professor Adjunct Faculty, Ahmedabad University (October 2016 - ) Associate Faculty, Center for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay (May 2017 - )
Research Interest
Public Policy; Sociology of Education, Science & Technology Formation of Nanostructures & use in Drug Delivery, Hyperthermia Transport & Reaction Engineering in Multiphase Systems, with special interest in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Food Foams and Sponges; Baking of Bubbly Foods
Publications
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Upadhyay, R., Ghosal, D., Mehra, A. , "Characterization of bread dough: Rheological properties and microstructure", Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 109, issue 1, pp. 104 - 113, 2012
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Shetty, M., Pawar, A.A., Mehra, A., Venkataraman, C. , "Aerosol synthesis of lipid nanoparticles: Relating crystallinity to simulated evaporation rates", Aerosol Science and Technology, vol. 46, issue 5, pp. 569 - 575, 2012
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Seshadri, G., Thaokar, RM., Mehra, A. , "Optimum size of nanorods, for heating applciation", Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, vol. 362, 2014
