Dr. T.Sivasankar


Academic Profile
  • Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, June 2008
  • M.Tech. (Environmental Engineering), Vellore Institute of Technology (now Vellore University), January 2003.
  • B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), University of Madras, May 2001.
Research Interests
  • Sonochemical processes
  • Advanced oxidation technologies.
  • Environmental pollution control.
  • Nanoparticle synthesis.
  • Biofuel synthesis.
Professional Experience
  • Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, November 2008 to till date.
  • Junior Research Fellow, CES, Anna University, March 2004 to June 2004.

Sponsored Research Projects
  • DST-SERC Fast track proposal scheme for young scientist “Investigations in Mechanistic (or Physical) Features of the Sonochemical Remediation of Dyes in Textile Effluent” – Department of Science and Technology (2009 - 2011). Ref : SR/FTP/ETA-63/2008 Fund Amount – Rs 12 lakhs Duration : 2009-2012
  • Sponsored project on “Synthesis of Novel Nanosized Semiconductor Photocatalyst for Sonophotocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater”- Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) (2012-2014) Ref: F. No. 19-26/2009-RE Fund amount – Rs 24.81 lakhs Duration -2012-2014
List of Short Term Courses Arranged
  • ”Ultrasound and its Application” – Dr.T.Sivasankar, Chemical Engineering and Dr.S.Anandan, Chemistry, NIT Trichy on 22-23, March 2013.
Research Publicaions

    International Journals:
  • Sivasankar, T., Paunikar, A.W., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Approach to Enhancement of the yield of a Sonochemical Reaction, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2007, 53 (5), 1132-1143.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Features of the Sonochemical Degradation of Organic Pollutants, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2008, 54 (8), 2206-2219.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Features of the Sonochemical Degradation of Nitroaromatic Pollutants, Chemosphere, 2008, 72, 1795-1806.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Mechanistic Approach to Intensification of Sonochemical Degradation of Phenol, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008, doi:10.1016/j.cej.2008.10.004.
  • Kalva, A., Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., The Mechanism of Ultrasound Enhanced Transesterification of Vegetable Oil, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2009, 48 (1), 534-544.
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Aspects of the Sonochemical Degradation of 2, 4 Dichlorophenol, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, (Manuscript under review).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar, V.S., Sonochemical Degradation of Recalcitrant Aromatic Pollutants: Links between physico-chemical characteristics and cavitation physics, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, (Manuscript under review).
  • Reddy, B.R., Sivasankar, T., Sivakumar, M., Moholkar, V.S., Physical Facets of Ultrasonic Synthesis of Zinc Ferrite Particles, Chemical Engineering Science, (Manuscript under review)

  • International Conferences:
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S., A Mechanistic Approach to Enhancement of Phenol degradation with ultrasound, ICCTEM-2007, Pondicherry, (India).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S., Enhancement of Sonochemical Degradation of Hydrophillic and Hydrophobic organics pollutants, 8th IWA specialized conference on Small Water and Wastewater systems and 2nd specialized conference on Decentralized Water and Wastewater International network – February 2008, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, (India).

  • National Conferences:
  • Abhijit Majhi, Abhigyan Gupta, P. Monash, T. Sivasankar, G. Pugazhenthi. Preparation and Characterization of Nano-sized Alumina Powders by Ultrasound Stimulation, CHEMCON-2007, December 2007, Kolkata, (India).
  • Sivasankar, T., Moholkar V.S. Physical Features of Sonochemical Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants, CHEMCON-2008, December 2008, Chandigarh, (India).

Contact Address
Dr. T.Sivasankar
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Tirchy 620 015.
Phone: +91-431-2503100
Fax: +91-431-2500133
E-mail: ssankar@nitt.edu ; sivasankar_us2004@yahoo.com