PLACEMENT BROCHUREDEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGSCHOOL OF CHEMICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY

http://scbt.sastra.edu

The dreams of its founding fathers took shape in 1984 in the form of

Shanmugha College of Engineering later renamed as

SHANMUGHA ARTS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH ACADEMY

(SASTRA University). SASTRA offers various undergraduate and post

graduate courses in Engineering, Science, Education, Management,

Law and Arts besides Doctoral programmes and has state-of-the-art

llaboratories, a well-stocked library and best computing facilities.

SASTRA has achieved national standing in terms of academic perfor-

mance, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and also in its

growth and commitment towards social service. The standard of

excellence of our courses is reflected by the “A” grade awarded to us by

the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and in the

performance of our students in industry and academia, both in India &

abroad. A sprawling campus housing built up of 30,00,000 square feet

and having a vibrant population of over 10,000 students & 700 teaching

faculty has made SASTRA a landmark in the education map of India.

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About SASTRA

The Department of Chemical Engineering at SASTRA was established in the year 1994. Later in

2002, the department of Biotechnology, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics were added and

“School of Chemical and Biotechnology” was formed in 2003. The school has distinguished

faculty members with rich experience in academia, industry and research. Interaction of students

with faculty members is highly encouraged and is reflected in the excellence of our students in

various competitive examinations, technical presentations and research activities.

Students from all over India are selected based on normalized higher second-

ary and JEE Main scores.

The programmes offered by the Chemical Engineering department are

•B. Tech Chemical Engineering

•M. Tech Chemical Engineering (5-Year Integrated)

•M. Tech Chemical Engineering

The programmes are based on Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), wherein

the student is provided with the opportunity to choose his/her course of

study.

An important feature that sets SASTRA apart is the Accelerated Course

Registration System (ACRS) in which the students are given a chance

to complete the entire course credits by the end of 7th semester, there-

by giving ample time for the student to focus on his/her project in the

8th semester. Curriculum and courses are designed in such a way so

as to meet the current industrial challenges. The courses focus on

nurturing and developing students with widespread domain

knowledge, analytical & research skills and ability to meet

industrial needs.

About the Department

Programmes Offered

Curricular Highlights

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Programme Structure

Core Courses Elective Courses

•Chemical Reaction Engineering•Chemical Engineering Practice and Design•Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics•Fluid Mechanics•Heat transfer•Mass Transfer ••Organic and Inorganic Chemical Technology•Particle Mechanics and Mechanical Operations•Process Calculations•Process Dynamics and Control•Process Equipment Design and Economics•Transport Phenomena

•Analytical Techniques

•Biofuel Technology

•Bioprocess Technology

•Bioseparation Processes

•Computer Applications in

Chemical Engineering

••Computational Flow Modeling

•Energy Engineering

•Environmental Engineering

•Fluidization Engineering

•Material Technology

•Polymer Chemistry

•Process Instrumentation

••Refinery Processes

•Safety and Hazard Analysis

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Programme curriculum is envisioned in three layers consist-

ing of basic engineering courses, core chemical engineering

courses and electives. The core courses build up the funda-

mental knowledge while the elective courses help students

enrich knowledge in their area of interest

Laboratory Facilities

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Mass Transfer Lab

•Absorption Column

•Batch Crystallizer

•Plate Distillation Column

•Wetted Wall Column

•Crystallizer

Heat Transfer Lab •Bare tube Heat Exchanger

•Double pipe Heat Exchanger

•Open Pan Evaporator

•Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

•Vertical and Horizontal

Condensersers

•Finned Tube Heat Exchanger

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Besides these, other laboratories include Analytical Technniques lab, Applied Physical Chemistry lab, Fluid Mechanics lab, Organic Chemical Process lab and Process Dynamics and Control Lab.

Computer facilities in SASTRA extend from the TIFAC-CORE @ SASTRA which

provides high end support to Chemical Engineering computing facilities and

provides students with programming and designing knowledge through so-

wares such as MATLAB, SCILAB, AUTOCAD etc., Recently, AspenONE University

suite of AspenTech, Inc., has also been added with the objective to introduce

Process Simulation Lab for Chemical Engineering students.

Particle Mechanics & Mechanical Operations Lab

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• Batch Reactor

• Biochemical Reactor

• Furnace

• Plug flow and Mixed Flow

Reactors

• Sono Chemical Reactor

Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab

Other Lab Facilities

•Faculty are actively involved in research in areas involving process intensification, fermentation, pollution abatement, liquid and solid waste management, nano fluids for heat transfer applications, micro channel heat sinks, reactor engi-neering, computational flow modelling, biodiesel from non-fodder sources and Environmental nanotechnology, •Our faculty also engage in Course Content Development Projects under NPTEL and MHRD NMEICT Pedagogy framework Students are also involved in development of textbook companion using Scilab under IITB FOSSEE scheme•Our faculty fraternity is involved in Industrial consultancy for waste water and landfill management•One of our faculty is a certified Boiler Operation Engineer with about 18 years of Industrial experience•Our students have done projects in industries that include CPCL Chennai, MRPL Mangalore, TNPL Karur, ONGC Narimanam, Sterlite Copper Tuticorin, BARC Mumbai etc.,

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Industry Interaction

The Department of Chemical Engineering at SASTRA University

hosts one of the Student Chapters of the prestigious Indian Institute

of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). IIChE is a confluence of streams of

professionals from academia, research institutes and industry. It

provides them with appropriate forum for joint endeavours,

hhand-in-hand collaborations, and helps in applying chemical engi-

neering and allied science. The Student Chapter at SASTRA

University was established in January 2011 and it encourages stu-

dents to participate in events based on current Industry Defined

Problems (IDP’s to help students come up with a novel solution for

industrial problems), Process Flowsheet Development events, Paper

presentation and Idea presentation events to name a few

Chemunique features interesting articles on various topics rang-

ing from energy related problems to vital issues like budget cut

in the R&D sector. Interactive columns by alumni, faculty and

people from the industry aid in understanding the atmosphere

which is currently prevailing in chemical industries. We hope that

our humble attempt to educate and attune the students trans-

lates into making them good engineers

IIChE Student Chapter

Chemunique -The Department Magazine

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Department Activities

Conferences & Symposiums

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National Conference on Advances in Process Engi-neering (CAPE) is the annual event of the SASTRA University student chapter of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). The objective of this conference is to provide an inter-disciplinary forum for researchers and engineers to share and discuss their ideas on the emerging issues in process engineering. The conference focuses on all aspects of process engineering such as process development, manufacturing, and product development. The conference aims to promulgate the knowledge of the most recent advances in cchemical engineering understanding the funda-mentals and in translating the earned knowledge to specific engineering applications. The confer-ence provides an amicable platform for fruitful interaction amongst young students, research scholars, practising engineers, academicians and industry delegates through oral and poster presentations.

The first edition of the conference was held on 18 - 19 October 2013. In its second year (CAPE 2014) the conference expanded its reach and roped in industrial speakers, across spectrum, to share their rich experience with student community.

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Highlights of CAPE ‘13 & ‘14

Other Notable Events

Chapter Day

The student chapter was established on January 19th 2011 and the chapter day function is conducted annually on January 19th commemorating the establishment of the prestigious IIChE Stu-dent Chapter at SASTRA University.

Engineers Day

Engineers Day is celebrated annually on September 15th to celebrate the birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Vishveswaraya who is widely respected Indian Engineer.

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Chemical Engineering Commemoration Day&

George E. Davis Memorial Lecture

ChemiChemical Engineering Commemoration Day is a first of its kind event conducted annually under the IIChE Student Chapter at SASTRA University to honour the birth of George E. Davis who is widely regarded as the founder of the Chemical Engineering disci-pline and on this day the George E. Davis Memorial Lecture is de-livered by emiment people both from industry and academia.

Higher Education & Past Placements

Wide spectrum of companies across various industrial sectors employ students from the chemical engineering department. Stu-dents from our department also continue their higher education in some of the most prestigious universities, partial list of which is mentioned below.

Recruiters

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Campus Resources

SASTRA University provides the best in class infrastructure to students both in technical and cultural aspects. The Central Li-brary provides free access to 11000 journals, 91,400 eBooks, 17,00,000 Ph.D Dissertations, bibliography access to several thousand titles, journals etc. Besides, the Department of Chemi-cal Engineering has its own library which contains plethora of books catering to SCBT students.

The students can access the online facilities from the reach of their palm by making use of the 1GBPS high end optic fiber Wi-Fi environment provided to revolutionize the teaching-learning mechanism at SASTRA University.

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Central Library

Dr. R. Kumaresan,Associate Dean,

Department of Chemical EngineeringE-mail: kumariisc@biotech.sastra.edu

Tel: +91 4362 264101-108

Intercom: 2188

Dr. V. Badrinath,Director, Training & Placement,E-mail: deanbadri@sastra.eduTel: +91 43623 04288

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and

Research Academy(SASTRA)

SASTRA University,

Thirumalaisamudram,

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu - 613401

Tel: +91 4362 264101-108 ; 304000-010

FFax: +91 4362 264120

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