Faculty Members


Dr.M. Matheswaran

Conferences and Seminars
  • International and National Conferences
    • “Comparison of various electrocoagulation techniques for the treatment of industrial effluents” at CHEMCON 2012 on 27th-30th Dec 2012 at NIT, Jalandhar.
    • “Degradation of reactive dye by electrochemical method” at 17th National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-17) in Chennai from 14 and 15th Sep 2012. (Presentation 1st Prize)
    • “Bio-Oxidation Mediated treatment of Dairy Industrial wastewater Accompanied by energy generation in an Microbal Fuel Cell” at 2nd international conference on Advance Oxidation Processes (AOP- 2012) in Kottayam, Kerala, from 5 - 8th OCT 2012 (Poster presentation 1st Prize)
    • “An integrated electrocoagulation - ultrafiltration system for the reuse of kraft paper mill effluent” at international conference on Membrane Science & Technology (MST – 2012), Bangkok, Thailand, 22 – 24th Aug 2012
    • “Integrating membrane process with electrochemical oxidation for the removal of colour and COD in the distillery effluent” at 6th IWA Specialist Conference on Membrane Technology, Aachen, Germany, 4 – 7th Oct 2011.
    • “Optimization of operating parameters for electrochemical oxidation of synthetic sugar industrial effluent” at CHEMCON 2010 on 27th-29th Dec 2010 at Annamalainagar.
    • “Electrochemical treatment of sugar industrial effluent: optimization and modeling using a response surface methodology” on 13th -15th Dec 2010 at Penang, Malaysia in International Conference on Environment 2010 (ICENV 2010).
    • “Polymer blend ultrafiltration for waste water treatment application” on 24th – 26th Sep 2010 at Kottayam, Kerala, Second International Conference on Natural Polymers and Biomaterials (ICNP – 2010).
    • “Evaluation of Aeration Systems for Effluents of Different Organic Load” on 6-8th Nov 2008 at Osmania University, Hyderabad, International Congress on Bioprocesses in Food Industries organized by ICBF – BRSI.
    • “Desalination of sodium chloride solution by air gap membrane distillation” on 26-27th Oct 2008 KIChE at jeju, South Korea.
    • “Electrochemical oxidation of Ag(I) in nitric acid medium using divided cell for destruction of organic pollutants” The 10th Euroasia Conference Chemical Science (EuAsC2S - 10) on 7-11th Jan 2008 at Philippine international convention Center, Manila, Philippine.
    • “Mediated electrochemical oxidation of organics by mixed redox couple in the bench scale system” on 26-27th Oct 2007 KIChE at Daejeon, South Korea.
    • “Mineralization of Commercial Pesticide Formulations by the Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation Process” GSC-AON 2007 (1st Asian-Oceanian Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 7th Annual Green and Sustainable Chemistry Symposium) 6-7th Mar 2007 at National Center of Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
    • “Destruction of phenol by mediated electrochemical oxidation using combined cerium – silver redox couple in nitric acid medium” on 19-20th Apr 2007 KIChE at Ulsan, South Korea.
    • “Oxidation of Cerium(III) in Nitric acid medium by Ozone for Destruction of Organic Compounds” on 26-28st Oct 2006 KIChE at Seoul, South Korea.
    • “Evaluation of Electrochemical Cell Characteristics in Cerium - MEO Process” on 20-21st Apr 2006 KIChE at Daegu, South Korea.
    • “Development of Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation as a Hybrid Technology for Industrial Organic Waste Treatment” 15 – 20th Dec 2005 Pacificchem 2005, Hawaii, USA.
    • “Removal of water from Nitric acid solution by Membrane Distillation” on 4th Nov 2005 The Membrane Society of Korea at Chungaum National University, Dheajeon, South Korea.
    • “Dehydration of Nitric acid Solution by Membrane Distillation with Co-Current liquid flow regime” on 24th Oct 2005 KIChE at Inha University, Incheon, South Korea.
  • Workshops Attended
    • Coordinator for Two day Short term course on integrated separation process for Environmental and biotechnology applications organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, NITT on 19th and 20th Jul 2013.
    • Coordinator for Two day Short term course on Corrosion Control and Surface Engineering organized by Centre of Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering, NITT on 18th and 19th Oct 2012.
    • Co-Convenor for Three - One Day Colloquium with a focus on: Current R&D and Industrial Scenario organized by Centre of Excellence in Corrosion and Surface Engineering, NITT on 10th to 12th Dec 2012.