Energy Storage and Conservation: Select Proceedings from Mesc 2022

Akhila Kumar Sahu, Senior Scientist, serving Central Electrochemical Research Institute - Madras Unit, CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai since 2008. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the University of Madras, India in 2009. He was a Senior Research Fellow at National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, during the period 2002-2005. In 2005, he joined Central Electrochemical Research Institute as a Senior Research Fellow and became Research Associate in the same institute during 2006-2008 and devoted his research work to the field of Materials Sciences and Fuel Cell Technologies. He worked as a Post Doctoral Researcher, at DGIST, Daegu, South Korea, for 1 year during 2012-2013. Presently, he has about 77 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, 3 international patents, and 1 book chapter to his credit. His present research activities include the development of composite membranes for PEMFCs operation at elevated temperature and reduced relative humidity, newmembrane materials for mitigating methanol cross-over in DMFCs, Synthesis of nano-porous/mesoporous carbon materials for fuel cell electrodes, Pt-based, non-precious and non-metallic electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), etc.

Bhim Charan Meikap, Professor& Head Department of Chemical Engineering serving the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur since 2004. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2001. In 2004, he joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), in Bangkok, Thailand as Visiting Assistant Professor. He also worked as an Assistant Professor National Institute of Technology since 1997. He was also the Chairman, of GATE/JAM 2015, Vice-Chairman, of GATE/JAM 2014 & 2013His recent work on CO2 adoption has been widely appreciated. He has received Excellence Award from NBCFDC, Ministry of Social Justice, Govt. of India awarded to IIT Kharagpur for demonstrating successfullythe CSR project and recipient of the National Design Award in Environmental Engineering by Institution of Engineers (India), NDRF (2015). Presently, he has about 187 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, 3 international patents, and 6 book chapters to his credit. His present research activities include Pollution Control, Wet scrubbing of air pollutants, Mass Cultivation Of Microalgae for the Production of High-Value Biofuel Fraction, and Production of Microporous Activated Carbon From Palm Shell By Microwaves For Removal Of Hazardous Gases And Liquid Pollutants to name a few.

Vamsi Krishna Kudapa, Sr. Assistant Professor, working in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, UPES, Dehradun Since 2013. Before UPES, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, at Sri Aditya Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh. He pursued his Ph.D. in Oil & Gas - Modeling and Simulation from UPES, Dehradun in 2018. Inhis 10 years of experience labs like the Drilling Fluids & Cementation Lab and Petroleum Product, Testing Lab was developed. In addition, a unique prototype model "Digital Oil Field" was developed at UPES in 2015, which is a combination of a Gas lift and oil-spill control mechanism apparatus. Presently, he has 16 Publications, 2 Patents, and 2 Book Chapters to his credit. He is presently working on solar energy applications in Agriculture, nanoparticle applications in drilling fluids and cementation, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Modeling, and simulation of Unconventional gas reservoirs.

Akhila Kumar Sahu，資深科學家，自2008年以來在中央電化學研究所 - 馬德拉斯單位（CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai）任職。他於2009年在印度馬德拉斯大學獲得化學博士學位。在2002年至2005年間，他曾擔任班加羅爾國家航空實驗室的資深研究員。2005年，他加入中央電化學研究所擔任資深研究員，並於2006年至2008年間成為該研究所的研究助理，專注於材料科學和燃料電池技術的研究工作。他於2012年至2013年間在南韓大邱的DGIST擔任博士後研究員，工作一年。目前，他在同行評審的期刊上發表了約77篇研究論文，擁有3項國際專利和1章書籍。他目前的研究活動包括開發用於高溫和低相對濕度下運行的PEMFC複合膜、新型膜材料以減少DMFC中的甲醇交叉、合成用於燃料電池電極的納米多孔/介孔碳材料、基於鉑的非貴金屬和非金屬的氧還原反應（ORR）電催化劑等。

Bhim Charan Meikap，化學工程系教授及系主任，自2004年以來在印度理工學院卡哈爾古爾任職。他於2001年在印度理工學院卡哈爾古爾獲得化學工程博士學位。2004年，他以訪問助理教授身份加入泰國曼谷的亞洲科技大學（AIT）。自1997年以來，他還擔任國立技術學院的助理教授。他曾擔任2015年GATE/JAM的主席，以及2014年和2013年的副主席。他最近在CO2採用方面的工作受到廣泛讚譽。他獲得了來自印度社會公正部NBCFDC的卓越獎，該獎項頒發給印度理工學院卡哈爾古爾，以表彰其成功執行的企業社會責任項目，並獲得了印度工程師協會頒發的環境工程國家設計獎（NDRF 2015）。目前，他在同行評審的期刊上發表了約187篇研究論文，擁有3項國際專利和6章書籍。他目前的研究活動包括污染控制、空氣污染物的濕式洗滌、微藻的大規模培養以生產高價值生物燃料、以及利用微波從棕櫚殼中生產微孔活性碳以去除有害氣體和液體污染物等。

Vamsi Krishna Kudapa，資深助理教授，自2013年以來在德拉敦的UPES化學與石油工程系工作。在加入UPES之前，他曾擔任安得拉邦Sri Aditya工程學院石油工程系的助理教授及系主任。他於2018年在德拉敦的UPES獲得油氣建模與模擬的博士學位。在他的10年經驗中，開發了如鑽井液與水泥實驗室及石油產品測試實驗室等實驗室。此外，他於2015年在UPES開發了一個獨特的原型模型「數位油田」，這是一種氣舉和油灑控制機制的結合裝置。目前，他擁有16篇出版物、2項專利和2章書籍。他目前的研究工作包括農業中的太陽能應用、納米顆粒在鑽井液和水泥中的應用、增強石油回收、以及非常規氣藏的建模與模擬。