Ph.D. (IIT Guwahati)
M.E. (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
B. Tech (IGIT, Sarang)

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4 Years

Mass Transfer-I and II, Chemical Reaction Engineering

Published Journal Papers:

• Himadri Sahu, Sarthak Dube, and Kaustubha Mohanty. MgO Supported Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) Shell for Methanolysis of Waste Cooking Oil. Waste and Biomass Valorization Vol. 10, Issue no. 10, 2019, 2995-3008. (Impact factor: 3.7)
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, One pot peroxidation of oleic acid rich Azadirachta indica oil over bio‐waste derived heterogeneous catalyst, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 95, 8, 2017, 1526-1536. (Impact factor: 2.07)
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Pseudo-first order reaction kinetics and thermodynamic properties study of neem oil esterification using MgO grafted natural hydroxyapatite, RSC Advances, Volume 6.11, 2016, 8892-8901. (Impact Factor: 3.3)
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Al grafted natural hydroxyapatite for neem oil transesterification: Kinetic study at optimal point, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 280, 2015, 564-574. (Impact Factor: 13.3)
• Rajat Chakraborty, Himadri Sahu, Intensification of biodiesel production from waste goat tallow using infrared radiation: Process evaluation through response surface methodology and artificial neural network, Applied Energy, Volume 114, 2014, 827-836. (Impact Factor: 9.7)

Book Chapter:

• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty. Transesterification of Neem Oil Using Na Ion-Doped Waste Fishbone. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research. pp 97-109, Springer, 2016.

Selected Conference paper:

International:

• Himadri Sahu, Rajat Chakraborty, Fast hydrolysis of waste lamb fat employing electromagnetic radiation for optimal fatty acid and glycerol production: Taguchi optimization and reaction kinetics, International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Research for Energy and Environmental Management, Chemical Engineering Department, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, 6-8th August 2021
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Preparation and application of MgO doped Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) heterogeneous catalyst derived from waste fish bone, 5th International Symposium an Energy from Biomass and Waste, San Servolo, Venice, ITALY-2014, November 17-20.

National:

• Shradhanjali Sahoo, Sandhya Rani Swain, T Ram Chand Saraff, Himadri Sahu, Preparation and characterization of Fe Grafted Egg shell, InChES-22 Proceedings, Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Page-60, April 20, 2022
• K Akash Raaj, Aditya Bishmaya Pani, Himadri Sahu, Utilising and storing of renewable energy resources: an overview, Challenging Applications of Chemical Engineering (CAChE-2K19), Department of Chemical Engineering organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Bhubaneswar, March 30, 2019
• Chetan Deb, Jiban Nath Pradhan, Himadri Sahu, Microalgae, A Sustainable Source For Biofuel: An Overview, Challenging Applications of Chemical Engineering (CAChE-2K19), Department of Chemical Engineering organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Bhubaneswar, March 30, 2019
• Chetan Deb, Himadri Sahu. "Overview on Algal biofuel Production". National Conference on Bioengineering, NIT Rourkela. December 14-15, 2018
• Sanjeev Mishra, Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Transesterification of microalgae lipid using heterogenous catalyst: Process optimization and kinetic study, International conference on emerging trends in biotechnology for waste conversion, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, October 8-10, 2017.
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Fe grafted egg shell for CH₃COOH/H₂O₂ mediated epoxidation of waste cooking oil, Second International Conference on ‘Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research’, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-energy, Kapurthala, India, February 25-27, 2016
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Preparation methodology of bio-lubricant feed stock from non-edible vegetable oil and physiological properties analysis, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, 68th Annual session IIChE, December 27-30, 2015.
• Himadri Sahu, Kaustubha Mohanty, Preparation and characterization of low cost heterogeneous catalyst developed from waste fish bone derived hydroxyapatite, The Annual Chemical Engineering symposium, IIT Guwahati, March 27-29, 2015, Volume-1, p-46.
• K Sondhi, R Chakraborty, S.K Das, Himadri Sahu, Application of fly ash supported Tin solid acid catalyst for synthesis of methyl stearate, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, 66th Annual session IIChE, December 27, 2013.
• Sukamal Das, Himadri Sahu & R Chakrborty, Development and application of flyash supported MgO heterogeneous base catalyst for transesterification of soybean oil, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, 64th Annual session IIChE, December 27-29, 2011, volume-1, pp-440.
• Himadri Sahu, Aluminium: Under spell of increasing supply in India, Indian Institute of Metals, Angul Chapter, February, 2009

1. DST Young Scientist Grant under International Travel Support (ITS) scheme to attend 5^th International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, Venice, 17-20 Nov. 2014

2. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Processing, Journals Pub

3. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Renewable Energy and its Commercialization, Journals Pub

4. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Environmental Chemistry, Journals Pub

1. Life member, IIChE (Membership no. LM-72371)

1. Industrial visit Faculty co-ordinator

2. Training and Placement Faculty co-ordinator

3. NSS Program officer

4. Library core committee member 

Ongoing Project

Project Title: Preparation of bio-waste derived renewable catalyst from crab shell for the epoxidation of non-edible oils

Scheme: Odisha University Research and Innovation Incentivisation Plan (OURIIP)

Project Cost: Rs.5,00,000/-

Acceptance date: 22.11.2019

Convener, National Conference on “Waste management for sustainable development”, Association with Institute of Engineers, Berhampur Chapter, 17-18, August 2018.