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Mr. Hemant Singh

Assistant Professor

About

Mr. Hemant Singh is currently working as Assistant Professor in School of Engineering. His expertise lies in the Environmental Engineering with specifics in water and wastewater treatment technologies using advanced oxidation processes. He also has a nag for green, smart and sustainable development technologies and focuses on SDG 6 (Clean water and Sanitation) and 11 (Sustainable cities and communities). He has a year of industrial experience and has joined our institute after submitting his PhD. thesis at IIT Kharagpur.

Experience

  • Ongoing teaching experience
  • 1 years of industry experience

Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (IIT Kharagpur, Thesis Submitted)
  • M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering
  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering

Research Publications

  • Singh, H., Raj, S., Bhattacharya, J., 2023. Sustainable treatment of the dye wastewater generated from unorganized small-scale units using an economical ceramic clay-bimetallic MOF filters. J. of Water Process Engineering 56, 104381.
  • Singh, H., Raj, S., Rathour, R.K.S., Bhattacharya, J., 2022. Bimetallic Fe/Al-MOF for the adsorptive removal of multiple dyes: optimization and modeling of batch and hybrid adsorbent-river sand column study and its application in textile industry wastewater. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 10.1007.
  • Singh, H., Karan Singh Rathour, R., Raj, S., Bhattacharya, J., 2023. Facile synthesis of gC3N4/MoS2 composite for rapid sequestration of lead and methylene blue and its potential application in paint industry wastewater remediation. Environ. Nanotechnology, Monit. Manag. 19, 100777.
  • Raj, S., Singh, H., Bhattacharya, J., 2023. Treatment of textile industry wastewater based on coagulation-flocculation aided sedimentation followed by adsorption: Process studies in an industrial ecology concept. Sci. Total Environ. 857, 159464.
  • Raj, S., Singh, H., Hansda, A.K., Goswami, R., Bhattacharya, J., 2023. Performance and cell toxicity studies for the use of graphene oxide-bimetallic oxide hybrids in the absorptive removal of Pb (II) from wastewater: fixed-bed column study with regeneration. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 1–14.
  • Raj, S., Sinha, U., Singh, H., Bhattacharya, J., 2022. Novel GO/Fe-Mn hybrid for the adsorptive removal of Pb (II) ions from aqueous solution and the spent adsorbent disposability in cement mix: compressive properties and leachability study for circular economy benefits. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29, 63898–63916.
  • Rathour, R.K.S., Singh, H., Bhattacharya, J., Mukherjee, A., 2022. Sand coated with graphene oxide-PVA matrix for aqueous Pb2+ adsorption: Insights from optimization and modeling of batch and continuous flow studies. Surfaces and Interfaces 32, 102115.
  • Vanapalli, K.R., Sharma, H.B., Anand, S., Ranjan, V.P., Singh, H., Dubey, B.K., Mohanty, B., 2023. Cigarettes butt littering: The story of the world’s most littered item from the perspective of pollution, remedial actions, and policy measures. J. Hazard. Mater. 453, 131387.
  • Samuel, M.S., Bhattacharya, J., Raj, S., Santhanam, N., Singh, H., Singh, N.D.P., 2019. Efficient removal of Chromium (VI) from aqueous solution using chitosan grafted graphene oxide (CS-GO) nanocomposite. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 121, 285–292.
  • [Book Chapter] Chandra, S., Medha, I., Singh, H., Bhattacharya, J., 2022. Modern treatment techniques for the recycling and reuse of wastewater: An Indian perspective, Elsevier: Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Volume 5, 2022, Pages 459-485.
  • [Book Chapter] Verma, A., Mahapatra, P. L., Srija, A., Ajay Taksal, P., Raj, S., Singh, H., Das, B., Choudhury, S., Tiwary, C.S., Bhattacharya, J. 2023. The Effective Utilization of Different Types of Wastes to Produce Graphene and Graphene Analogues: Applications, Innovations, and Challenges with Special Emphasis on Agricultural Waste. ISBN NO: 978-0-323-90914-3, Graphene Extraction from waste: Sustainable Synthesis Approach for Graphene and its derivatives: Elsevier.

Patents

  • Singh, S. Raj, B.K. Das, J. Bhattacharya, Bimetallic Metal-Organic Framework composite polymer beads for efficient removal of multiple dyes: Process and steps. (Ref No. 2022310366224)
  • Raj, H. Singh, B.K. Das, J. Bhattacharya, GO/Fe-Mn Embedded Polysulfone Beads for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Aqueous Solution. (Ref No. 202231061764)
  • K. Das, J. Bhattacharya, S. Raj, H. Singh, Preparation of Cement and Cementitious Pozzolans using pyrolyzed biomass: composition and method. (Ref No. 202231045964)

Conferences/ Competitions

  • Presented poster paper titled, "Insights into batch and hybrid MOF-sand column study for multiple dyes treatment using Iron-Aluminum bimetallic MOF and application in textile wastewater" at the AGU Fall Meeting 2022.
  • Presented paper entitled “Graphitic-Carbon Nitride coated bulk Molybdenum Disulphide composites for efficient removal of Lead and Methylene Blue from aqueous medium and its application in paint industry wastewater” in ICEIS-2023 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
  • Presented paper entitled "The remediation and reuse of dye-laden wastewater generated from unorganized dying sectors in Kharagpur with Al-Fe based bimetallic Metal Organic Framework" orally at International groundwater conference (IGWC-2022, Roorkee, India)
  • Gate (Civil Engineering) 2015 and 2016 qualified.
  • Received MHRD scholarship for pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Kharagpur.

Certificates

  • Virtual Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds (MOF2020web), organized by Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie - DECHEMA, Frankfurt, Germany
  • International workshop on Climate Change impacts on Water Resources Systems (CCIWRS 2020), organized by Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India.
  • Short term course on Project Land Acquisition, Environmental clearance, CSR and Industrial Regulations, Organized by Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of technology, Kharagpur, India.

Area of Interest

  • Water and wastewater treatment
  • Green infrastructure and Smart Cities

Academic Activities

  • Teaching Assistant (TA) for courses at IIT, Kharagpur: Environmental Science, Engineering Drawing
  • Handled instrument purchases and maintenance.
  • Organized short-term courses with industry participants.

Skills and Expertise

  • Experimental Designs and Statistical Analysis softwares e.g., OriginPro, DesignExpert, AutoCAD.
  • Document writing and editing softwares e.g., Latex(Lyx), Microsoft Office.
  • Familiar with scientific instrument operations like AAS, IC, XRD, ICP-MS, and HPLC.

Professional Membership

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES).