Dr. Sujoy Kumar Samanta

Dr. Sujoy Kumar Samanta
Associate Professor
Ph.D.(IIT Madras, Chennai), M.Tech., B.Tech.(JU, Kolkata)
Ph: +91-6115-233-173
sksamanta[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Research Areas
  • Advanced Oxidation Processes, Wastewater Treatment, Photocatalysis, Microwave-Assisted Material Processing, Process Modeling and Simulation, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Renewable Energy.
Courses taught at IIT P
  • CB301 Chemical Reaction Engineering CB305 Chemical Process Technology CB311 Process Control and Instrumentation CB211 Chemical Process Calculations CB205 Mechanical Operations CB428 Renewable Energy Sources CB504 Renewable and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
PHD Students
Sr. No. Photo Area of Reasearch Status
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Sandhya Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, "Microwave Catalytic Degradation of Antibiotic Molecules by 2D Sheets of Spinel Nickel Ferrite", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36), 15839–15847 (2020). This research was featured on the Cover of I&EC Research.
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Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Microwave-enhanced advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of dyes in water”, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 16(3), 969–1007 (2018). Highly Cited Paper (Citations-110+).
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Sandhya Mishra Received The Best Poster Presentation Award from CBE Department during RSD 2020, IIT Patna.
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Priyanshu Verma: Selected & Participated in the IC-IMPACTS 2016 Summer Institute on Nanotechnologies for Safe & Sustainable Infrastructure, Integrated Water Management and Public Health, hosted at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 29th May to 3rd June, 2016.
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Priyanshu Verma: Selected & Participated in the IC-IMPACTS 2017 Summer Institute on Sustainable Communities in Low Resource Settings, held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and in the First Nation community of ?aq’am, located near Cranbrook in the southeastern region of British Columbia, Canada from 3rd June to 8th June, 2017 followed by the IC-IMPACTS 2017 Research Conference and Graduate Student Seminar.
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Priyanshu Verma: A project on ‘Economical and ecofriendly regeneration of spent activated carbon filters used in water purifiers’ had been shortlisted for pre-final round in top 90s out of more than a thousand entries under the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards-2018.
Professional Experience
  • Associate Professor: (April 2023 - Till Date); Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, IIT Patna, Bihta, Patna - 801 106, India. Assistant Professor (Regular): (December 2013 - April 2023); Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, IIT Patna, Bihta, Patna - 801 106, India.. Assistant Professor(Senior Grade); Department of Chemical Engineering, JUET, Guna, M.P. - 473 226, India; July 2011 - December 2013. Associate Professor; School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, T.N. - 632 014, India; April 2010 - July 2011. Project Officer; Centre for IC & SR, IIT Madras, Chennai - 600 036, India; July 2009 - February 2010.
Awards & Honours
  • Elected as First Chairman, IIChE Patna Regional Centre in November 2022 Excellence in Education Award 2018-Sukrishna Commerce Academy (P) Ltd., Patna. Best Teacher Award for 2016-17for UG Program-CBE, IIT Patna. Research Fellowship, IIT Madras, 2004-2008. Post-Graduate Fellowship (During M.E.) for Qualifying in GATE 2002. National Scholarships: Achieved for Academic Excellence in Secondary (10th) and Higher Secondary (12th) Examinations from Government of West Bengal, India.
Member of Professional bodies
  • Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India): Membership Number: F-1277134 Fellow of Indian Chemical Society: Membership Number: 8409 Life Member, IIChE: Membership Number - LM48364 AIChE: Membership Number - 009900878589 Member, IWA (The International Water Association): Membership ID- 1615718 International Association of Engineers: Member Number - 153320 American Chemical Society: Membership Number - 31484090
Books
    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Tanmay Basak, “Microwave Heating of Oil-Water Emulsions”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8473-1863-7; 2011.
    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Overview of Biogas Reforming Technologies for Hydrogen Production: Advantages and Challenges” (Chapter 17), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research, Springer Proceedings in Energy: Springer India, 2016, pp 227−243.
Publications / Journals / Conferences
  • Journals:
    • Sandhya Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Atomic sheets of silver ferrite with universal microwave catalytic behavior”, Science of The Total Environment, 818, 151735 (2022).
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    • Sandhya Mishra, Korutla Srikanth, T Rajagopala Rao, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Zinc ferrite-graphitic carbon nitride nanohybrid for photo-catalysis of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 12(21), 6518-6526 (2022).
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    • Sushma Kumari, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “The Effect of Temperature and Additives on the Dielectric Behavior of Human Whole Blood, Its Different Components and Cell Suspensions” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 71, 1-9, Art no. 1001809 (2022).
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    • Sushma Kumari, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “A two-dimensional study to aid the prototype designing of mono-mode microwave blood warmer”, Chemical and Process Engineering, 43(2), 147-157 (2022).
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    • Sushma Kumari, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “The efficient thermal processing of cylindrical multiphase meat: a study on the selection of microwave heating strategy”, International Journal of Food Engineering, 18(6), 437-450 (2022).
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    • Sushma Kumari, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “The evolution of microwave assisted thermal processing of pre-transfusion human blood: A review”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 57(4), 1877-1883 (2022).
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    • Sandhya Mishra, Sushma Kumari, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Microwave synthesized strontium hexaferrite 2D sheets as versatile and efficient microwave catalysts for degradation of organic dyes and antibiotics”, Science of The Total Environment, 790, 147853 (2021).
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    • Sandhya Mishra, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, "Microwave Catalytic Degradation of Antibiotic Molecules by 2D Sheets of Spinel Nickel Ferrite", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36), 15839–15847 (2020).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “UV-C/NaOH based degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic in aqueous medium: A negative emission water treatment technology”, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 97(3), 389-395 (2020).
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    • Priyanshu Verma, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Sandhya Mishra, "Photon-independent NaOH/H2O2‒based degradation of rhodamine-B dye in aqueous medium: Kinetics, and impacts of various inorganic salts, antioxidants, and urea", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(4), 103851 (2020).
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    • Sandhya Mishra, Tumesh Kumar Sahu, Priyanshu Verma, Prashant Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Microwave-Assisted Catalytic Degradation of Brilliant Green by Spinel Zinc Ferrite Sheets” ACS Omega, 4 (6), 10411-10418 (2019).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “A direct method to determine the adsorbed dyes on adsorbent via processing of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy data”, Materials Research Express, 6(1), 015505 (2019).
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    • Pranay Ranjan, Priyanshu Verma, Shweta Agrawal, T. Rajagopala Rao, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Ajay D. Thakur, “Inducing Dye-Selectivity in Graphene Oxide for Cationic Dye Separation Applications”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 226, 350–355 (2019).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Facile synthesis of TiO2-PC composites for enhanced photocatalytic abatement of multiple pollutant dye mixtures: A comprehensive study on the kinetics, mechanism and effects of environmental factors”, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 44(3), 1963–1988 (2018).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Microwave-enhanced advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of dyes in water”, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 16(3), 969–1007 (2018).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Continuous ultrasonic stimulation based direct green synthesis of pure anatase-TiO2 nanoparticles with better separability and reusability for photocatalytic water decontamination”, Materials Research Express, 5(6), 065049 (2018).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Degradation kinetics of pollutants present in a simulated wastewater matrix using UV/TiO2 photocatalysis and its microbiological toxicity assessment”, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 43(11), 6317–6341 (2017).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Comparative assessment of antibiotic potency loss with time and its impact on antibiotic resistance”, Comparative Clinical Pathology, 25(6), 1163–1169 (2016).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Priyanshu Verma, “Advanced Hydrogen Production through Methane Cracking: A Review”, Science & Technology, 1(3); 109-123 (2015).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Tanmay Basak, “Efficient processing of oil-water emulsions con-fined within 2D cylinders with various microwave irradiations: Role of metallic annulus”, Food Research International, 43(1), 148-166 (2010).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Tanmay Basak, “Efficient microwave processing of oil-water emulsion cylinders with lateral and radial irradiations”, Food Research International, 42(9), 1337-1350 (2009).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Tanmay Basak, “Enhanced microwave processing of oil-water emulsions confined within ceramic and ceramic/metallic or composite plates”, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 48(2), 706-721 (2009).
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    • Tanmay Basak, Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Avinash Jindamwar, “A novel concept on discrete samples for efficient microwave processing of materials”, Chemical Engineering Science, 63(12), 3292-3308 (2008).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Tanmay Basak, Bhaskar Sengupta, “Theoretical analysis on microwave heating of oil-water emulsions supported on ceramic, metallic or composite plates”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51(25-26), 6136-6156 (2008).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Tanmay Basak, “Theoretical analysis of efficient microwave processing of oil-water emulsions attached with various ceramic plates”, Food Research International, 41(4), 386-403 (2008).
    Scientific Case Study:
    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “A potential solution to reduce the pharmaceutical contamination of surface water with the ultimate objective of GHGs emission reduction”, WaCCliM, 2018. (http://climatesmartwater.org/library_page/#pid=1422).
    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Comparative Study on Different UV-based Homogeneous Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment”, In Industrial Water-2018, DECHEMA-Haus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (27–29 November 2018).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Insights on the Limitations of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis and Possible Solutions”, CHEMCON-2017 (Indian Chemical Engineering Congress), Haldia Regional Center, IIChE, India (27–30 December 2017).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Photocatalytic Degradation Studies of Simulated Wastewater Containing Industrial Dye Mixture and Antibiotic”, APCAT-7 (7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis), Mumbai, India (17–21 January 2017).
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    • Priyanshu Verma and Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Kinetic Study of Photocatalytic Degradation of Synthetic Dye Mixture Using AC-TiO2 Nanocomposite”, ACSSI-2K16 (15th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics), IIT Patna, India (27–30 November 2016).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, “Microwave Assisted Heating of Human Blood at 2450 MHz Frequency Using Various Composite Supports”, Presented at 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, USA, 8-13 November 2015.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Abhishek Roy, Zeeshan Alam and Priyanshu Verma, “Comparative Study of Microwave Assisted Heating of Human Blood at Frequencies of 915 MHz and 2450 MHz”, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana State, India , 20-21 March, 2015. ISBN 978-81-928314-1-1; Pages 363-364.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta and Priyanshu Verma “Microwave assisted heating of human blood at 2450 MHz frequency using various composite supports”, at the IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signal Communication and Optimization (EESCO-2015), Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 24th – 25th January 2015.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, Priyanshu Verma, Subhadeep Bhaduri and Subhro Kamal Mandal, ''Advanced Hydrogen Production and Use of Solar Energy for Its Production Through Methane Cracking: A Review'', International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS 2014), Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, 11 - 12 October 2014.
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    • S. K. Samanta, K. Sushmita, S. Verma and Z. Abbas, “Influence of Teflon, Ceramic and Composite Supports on Efficient Microwave Heating of Oil-Water Emulsions”, Environmental Sustainability and Society: The Growing Paradigm Shift (ESS-2013), JUET, Guna, M.P. (March, 2013).
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    • Tanmay Basak and S. K. Samanta, “Influence of ceramic supports on microwave heating of oil-water emulsions”, Chemcon, New Delhi (December 2005).
Invited Talks
    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Microwave Assisted Material Processing: A Brief Overview and Few Research Case Studies" at International Seminar on "Chemistry of the Environment and Salvation of Human Civilization" hosted by University Department of Chemistry, TMBU, Bhagalpur, Bihar and organized by Indian Chemical Society, Bhagalpur Chapter on 3rd February 2023.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Relevant Guidance on Problems Faced by Today's Budding Scientists/Engineers" at Chemical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata on 19th November 2022 in Student Induction Program (SIP-2022).
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered talks on "Self-motivation for Life Skill Development and Management" at the Induction Program, IIT Patna during 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. These talks had been adjudged as the best rated talks by students during Induction Programs.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Self-Motivation for Life Skills Development and Management; and Life Audit to Achieve Personal and Professional Goals" for Women Entrepreneur's Co-Operative Society (WECS), Bihar on 10th July, 2021.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on “Relevant Guidance on Problems Faced by Today's Budding Chemical Engineers” at the Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar on 11th February, 2020.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Self-motivation for Life Skill Development and Management" at the Induction Training Program, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata on 29th August, 2019.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Chemical Pollutant: Effect on Environment and Health" at Patna Women's College, Patna University during Dec 2016.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Microwave Assisted Material Processing", at the IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signal Communication and Optimization (EESCO-2015), Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 25th January 2015.
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    • Sujoy Kumar Samanta, delivered a talk on "Energy Crisis: Challenges and Awareness’’ , at the International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS-2014), Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, 11 - 12 October 2014.
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