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PhD Chemical Engineering Professor | 25+ Years exp., Research Guidance & Technical Writing, Aspen Plus, MATLAB, LaTeX

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I am a Professor of Chemical Engineering with extensive experience in process simulation, modeling, optimization, and control. My expertise lies in Aspen Plus and related process engineering tools, through which I have guided numerous research projects and industrial case studies in chemical process design, separation processes, and plant optimization. In addition to engineering research and consulting, I have a strong background in academic writing, LaTeX typesetting, and technical editing. I have successfully formatted manuscripts, theses, and research papers for leading international journals, ensuring clarity, precision, and compliance with publisher guidelines. I also bring creative and technical skills in Final Cut Pro, enabling me to assist in developing high-quality educational videos, research presentations, and e-learning content. On Kolabtree, I offer: • Aspen Plus consulting: process design, simulation, model validation • Chemical engineering expertise: separation processes, thermodynamics, reaction engineering • Academic and research support: manuscript editing, LaTeX formatting, technical writing • Educational content creation: professional video editing and lecture preparation With over 25+ years of teaching, research, and consulting experience, I combine deep subject expertise with practical problem-solving skills. Whether you need guidance on process simulations, help in refining your manuscript, or support in developing high-quality academic content, I can deliver accurate, reliable, and timely results.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemical Engineering
• ★ Process Engineering
• ★ LaTex
• ☆ Process Control
• ☆ Matlab

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

October 2003 - Present

Research Officer

Cranfield University

February 2002 - September 2003

Chemical Engineer

GE India Technology Centre Pvt Ltd

August 2000 - January 2002

Research Engineer

National University of Singapore

July 1998 - June 2000

Education

PhD (Chemical Engineering)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

January 1994 - June 1998

Masters' (Chemical Engineering)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

July 1992 - December 1993

Baccalaureate (Chemical Engineering)

Jadavpur University

July 1988 - June 1992

Certifications

• Fellow of the IIChE

  Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JYNkiNZC5-DHx5c2NLCSR1CbWYXus3U-/view

  June 2020 - Present

• Fulbright-Nehru Award for International Education Administrators

  Fulbright Programme

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HPxE5VuM8pPyGuhjQp-JCLFpIeD_2EuL/view

  October 2012 - November 2012

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prabirkumar Saha, Gorakala Saikumar, Kapil Kumar Sahu (2023). Design of fractional-order IMC for nonlinear chemical processes with time delay . International Journal of Dynamics and Control.

Prabirkumar Saha, Soumi Sarkar, Soumendu Hazra, Kaushik Chakraborty, Ananya Nayak (2023). Hybrid Technique for Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water . Chemical Engineering & Technology.

Prabirkumar Saha, Soumi Sarkar, Supriyo Kumar Mondal, Manoj Kumar Beriya (2021). Spectroscopic, thermodynamic and ultrasonic properties of pseudo‐binary mixtures of organic extractants and vegetable oil at 25–60°C under atmospheric pressure . Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering.

Prabirkumar Saha, Supriyo Kumar Mondal (2020). Removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater using supported liquid membrane: synthesis of chromium‐iron complex through electrochemical reaction . Water and Environment Journal.

Prabirkumar Saha, Supriyo Kumar Mondal, Manoj Kumar Beriya(2019). Separation and Recovery of Nickel and Zinc from Synthetic Wastewater Using Supported Liquid Membranes with in Situ Electrodeposition . Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58. (23). p. 9970--9987. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Prabirkumar Saha, Pakkiriswamy Aadaleesan(2018). A Nash Game Approach to Mixed H2/H∞ Model Predictive Control: Part 3 – Output Feedback Case . International Journal of Automation and Computing. 15. (5). p. 616--624. Springer Nature America, Inc

Prabirkumar Saha, Supriyo Kumar Mondal(2018). Separation of hexavalent chromium from industrial effluent through liquid membrane using environmentally benign solvent: A study of experimentaloptimization through response surface methodology . Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Elsevier {BV}

Prabirkumar Saha, Pakkiriswamy Aadaleesan(2017). A Nash game approach to mixed $${\mathcal {H}}_{2}/{\mathcal {H}}_{\infty }$$ H 2 / H ∞ model predictive control: part 2—stability and robustness . International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 5. (4). p. 1073--1088. Springer Nature

Prabirkumar Saha, Pakkiriswamy Aadaleesan(2017). A Nash game approach to mixed $$\mathcal {H}_{2}/\mathcal {H}_{\infty }$$ H 2 / H ∞ model predictive control: part 1—state feedback linear system . International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 5. (4). p. 1063--1072. Springer Nature

Prabirkumar Saha, Rajasekhara Reddy(2017). Modelling and control of nonlinear resonating processes: part II—model based control using orthogonal basis function based Wiener models . International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 5. (4). p. 1237--1251. Springer Nature

Prabirkumar Saha, Rajasekhara Reddy(2017). Modelling and control of nonlinear resonating processes: part I—system identification using orthogonal basis function . International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 5. (4). p. 1222--1236. Springer Nature

Misra, S., Reddy, R., Saha, P.(2016). Model predictive control of resonant systems using Kautz model . International Journal of Automation and Computing. p. 1-15.

Kumar, A., Manna, M.S., Ghoshal, A.K., Saha, P.(2016). Study of the supported liquid membrane for the estimation of the synergistic effects of influential parameters on its stability . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 4. (1). p. 943-949.

Prabirkumar Saha, Kamal Kumar Bhatluri, Mriganka Sekhar Manna, Aloke Kumar Ghoshal(2015). Supported liquid membrane based removal of lead(II) and cadmium(II) from mixed feed: Conversion to solid waste by precipitation . Journal of Hazardous Materials. 299. p. 504--512. Elsevier {BV}

Bhatluri, K.K., Manna, M.S., Ghoshal, A.K., Saha, P.(2015). Supported liquid membrane based removal of lead(II) and cadmium(II) from mixed feed: Conversion to solid waste by precipitation . Journal of Hazardous Materials. 299. p. 504-512.

Bhatluri, K.K., Chakraborty, S., Manna, M.S., Ghoshal, A.K., Saha, P.(2015). Separation of toxic heavy metals from its aqueous solution using environmentally benign vegetable oil as liquid membrane . RSC Advances. 5. (107). p. 88331-88338.

Manna, M.S., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2015). Studies on the stability of a supported liquid membrane and its cleaning protocol . RSC Advances. 5. (88). p. 71999-72008.

Manna, M.S., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2014). Iron complexation of pharmaceutical catechins through selective separation . RSC Advances. 4. (50). p. 26247-26250.

Manna, M.S., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2014). Separation of medicinal catechins from tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) extract using hollow fiber supported liquid membrane (HF-SLM) module . Journal of Membrane Science. 471. p. 219-226.

Bhatluri, K.K., Manna, M.S., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2014). Supported liquid membrane-based simultaneous separation of cadmium and lead from wastewater . Journal of Membrane Science. 459. p. 256-263.

Cheripally, G.S., Mannava, A., Kumar, G., Gupta, R., Saha, P., Mandal, B., Uppaluri, R., Gumma, S., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Measurement and modeling of adsorption of lower hydrocarbons on activated carbon . Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. 58. (6). p. 1606-1612.

Bhatluri, K.K., Manna, M.S., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Separation of Cd(II) from its aqueous solution using environmentally benign vegetable oil as liquid membrane . Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 8. (5). p. 775-785.

Manna, M.S., Bhatluri, K.K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Transportation of bioactive (+)catechin from its aqueous solution using flat sheet supported liquid membrane . Journal of Membrane Science. 447. p. 325-334.

Manna, M.S., Bhatluri, K.K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2012). Transportation of catechin (±C) using physiologically benign vegetable oil as liquid membrane . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 51. (46). p. 15207-15216.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2011). Biodegradation kinetics of phenol by predominantly Pseudomonas sp. in a batch shake flask . Desalination and Water Treatment. 36. (1-3). p. 99-104.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2011). Kinetics of phenol degradation and growth of predominant Pseudomonas species in a simple batch stirred tank reactor . Bulgarian Chemical Communications. 43. (4). p. 502-509.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2011). Repeated batch operation of internal loop airlift bioreactor in degrading phenolics as single and mixed substrate by using predominantly Pseudomonas sp . Sustainable Environment Research. 21. (2). p. 135-140.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2011). Studies on growth kinetics of predominantly Pseudomonas sp. in internal loop airlift bioreactor using phenol and m-cresol . Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering. 28. (7). p. 1550-1555.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2010). Hydrodynamics and batch biodegradation of phenol in an Internal Loop Airlift Reactor . International Journal of Environmental Engineering. 2. (1-3). p. 303-315.

Shaik, A.B., Chakrabarty, K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2010). Separation of Hg(II) from its aqueous solution using bulk liquid membrane . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49. (6). p. 2889-2894.

Chakrabarty, K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2010). Separation of lignosulfonate from its aqueous solution using emulsion liquid membrane . Journal of Membrane Science. 360. (1-2). p. 34-39.

Chakrabarty, K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2010). Separation of mercury from its aqueous solution through supported liquid membrane using environmentally benign diluent . Journal of Membrane Science. 350. (1-2). p. 395-401.

Chakrabarty, K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2010). Simultaneous separation of mercury and lignosulfonate from aqueous solution using supported liquid membrane . Journal of Membrane Science. 346. (1). p. 37-44.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2009). Batch growth kinetics of an indigenous mixed microbial culture utilizing m-cresol as the sole carbon source . Journal of Hazardous Materials. 162. (1). p. 476-481.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2009). Degradation of phenol by TiO2-based heterogeneousphotocatalysts in presence of sunlight . Journal of Hydro-Environment Research. 3. (1). p. 45-50.

Chakrabarty, K., Krishna, K.V., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2009). Extraction and recovery of lignosulfonate from its aqueous solution using bulk liquid membrane . Journal of Membrane Science. 330. (1-2). p. 135-144.

Das, S., Saha, P., Pugazhenthi, G.(2009). Modeling and Simulation of stirred dead end ultrafiltration process using the Aspen Engineering Suite . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 48. (9). p. 4428-4439.

Chakrabarty, K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2009). Separation of lignosulfonate from its aqueous solution using supported liquid membrane . Journal of Membrane Science. 340. (1-2). p. 84-91.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2009). Treatment of phenolics containing synthetic wastewater in an internal loop airlift bioreactor (ILALR) using indigenous mixed strain of Pseudomonas sp. under continuous mode of operation . Bioresource Technology. 100. (18). p. 4111-4116.

Jithender Reddy, T., Aadaleesan, P., Saha, P.(2008). Adaptive nonlinear DMC of hydrodealkylation process using Aspen Engineering Suite . Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 3. (6). p. 680-687.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2008). Biodegradation of phenol and m-cresol in a batch and fed batch operated internal loop airlift bioreactor by indigenous mixed microbial culture predominantly Pseudomonas sp . Bioresource Technology. 99. (18). p. 8553-8558.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2008). Growth kinetics of an indigenous mixed microbial consortium during phenol degradation in a batch reactor . Bioresource Technology. 99. (1). p. 205-209.

(2008). Kinetics of growth and multi substrate degradation by an indigenous mixed microbial culture isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Guwahati, India . Water Science and Technology.

Saravanan, P., Pakshirajan, K., Saha, P.(2008). Kinetics of phenol and m-cresol biodegradation by an indigenous mixed microbial culture isolated from a sewage treatment plant . Journal of Environmental Sciences. 20. (12). p. 1508-1513.

Aadaleesan, P., Saha, P.(2008). Nonlinear system identification using Laguerre Wavelet models . Chemical Product and Process Modeling. 3. (2).

Aadaleesan, P., Miglan, N., Sharma, R., Saha, P.(2008). Nonlinear system identification using Wiener type Laguerre-Wavelet network model . Chemical Engineering Science. 63. (15). p. 3932-3941.

(2008). Performance of Batch Stirred Tank Bioreactor and Internal Loop Airlift Bioreactor in Degrading Phenol using Pseudomonas spp.-A Comparative Study. Journal of Environmental Protection Science.

(2007). Model based control of continuous bioreactor. International Journal of Chemical Sciences.

Amrit, R., Saha, P.(2007). Stochastic identification of bioreactor process exhibiting input multiplicity . Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 30. (3). p. 165-172.

Cao, Y., Saha, P.(2005). Improved branch and bound method for control structure screening . Chemical Engineering Science. 60. (6). p. 1555-1564.

Saha, P., Krishnan, S.H., Rao, V.S.R., Patwardhan, S.C.(2004). Modeling and predictive control of MIMO nonlinear systems using Wiener-Laguerre models . Chemical Engineering Communications. 191. (8). p. 1083-1119.

Kam, K.M., Saha, P., Tadé, M.O., Rangaiah, G.P.(2002). Models of an industrial evaporator system for education and research in process control . Developments in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing. 10. (1-2). p. 105-127.

Rangaiah, G.P., Saha, P., Tadé, M.O.(2002). Nonlinear model predictive control of an industrial four-stage evaporator system via simulation . Chemical Engineering Journal. 87. (3). p. 285-299.

Hu, Q., Saha, P., Rangaiah, G.P.(2000). Experimental evaluation of an augmented IMC for nonlinear systems . Control Engineering Practice. 8. (10). p. 1167-1176.

Saha, P., Patwardhan, S.C., Ramachandra Rao, V.S.(1999). Maximizing productivity of a continuous fermenter using nonlinear adaptive optimizing control . Bioprocess Engineering. 20. (1). p. 15-21.

Saha, P., Hu, Q., Rangaiah, G.P.(1999). Multi-input multi-output control of a continuous fermenter using nonlinear model based controllers . Bioprocess Engineering. 21. (6). p. 533-542.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Saha, P.(2014). Computer aided design of distillation column suitable for classroom teaching . Proceedings - IEEE 6th International Conference on Technology for Education, T4E 2014. p. 66-67.

Bhatluri, K.K., Manna, M., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Environmentally benign vegetable oil (coconut oil) - Based supported liquid membrane for simultaneous extraction and recovery of heavy metals (Cd & Pb) from its aqueous solutions . Nuclear Engineering Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future. p. 27-28.

Bhatluri, K.K., Manna, M., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Environmentally benign vegetable oil (coconut oil) - Based supported liquid membrane for simultaneous extraction and recovery of heavy metals (Cd & Pb) from its aqueous solutions . Separations Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future. p. 742-743.

Manna, M., Bhatluri, K.K., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2013). Recovery of bioactive catechins from aqueous extract of tea leaves (camellia sinensis) by liquid membrane (LM) technique leading to the formation of metal-catechin complex . Separations Division 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future. p. 822-823.

Aadaleesan, P., Saha, P.(2008). Mixed H2/H∞ model predictive control for unstable and non-minimum constrained processes . AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings.

Chakrabarty, K., Krishna, K.V., Saha, P., Ghoshal, A.K.(2008). Separation of lignosulfonate from aqueous solution using liquid membrane . AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings.

BOOK

Ghoshal, A.K., Saha, P.(2014). Liquid - Membrane Filters . Progress in Filtration and Separation. p. 155-205.

Subhajit, P., Prabirkumar, S.(2012). Modeling and control of a complex interacting process . Advanced Materials Research. 403-408. p. 3758-3762.

Rajasekhara Reddy, B., Saha, P.(2012). Real Time Model Predictive Control of a Four Tank Interacting Storage System . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 31. p. 335-339.

Cao, Y., Saha, P.(2003). Control structure selection for unstable processes using Hankel singular value . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 14. (C). p. 383-388.

Saha, P., Cao, Y.(2003). Globally optimal control structure selection using Hankel singular value through branch and bound method . Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 15. (C). p. 1014-1019.