Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and the Environment

Kailas L. Wasewar, PhD, has been in the Chemical Engineering Department of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India, for the last 12 years and was Head of the department for two tenures. He was also a visiting Professor at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He has more than 20 years of industrial, research, and teaching experience gained at various reputed organizations, such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India, and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. Presently he is Associate Dean of Education Technology & Library at VNIT. Recently Dr. Wasewar has been included in the world’s top 2% of scientists in chemical engineering as per a survey done by Stanford University. His world rank is 369 (top 0.66%) and 18th rank in India in chemical engineering. Dr. Wasewar has more than 200 journal publications, with over 6,000 citations. His h-index is 48, and his i-10 index is 124. He also has three granted patents to his credit. He has guided many PhD, MTech, and BTech students. He has delivered more than 55 invited expert lectures at various conferences, workshops, and seminars and has been a reviewer for various international journals and is a member of editorial board/advisory boards of several national and international journals. Sumita Neti Rao, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, India, run under the banner of Lokmanya Tilak Jankalyan Shiksha Sanstha. She is also Dean of Academics of the Institute. She has 28 years of research experience and 21 years of teaching experience. Her main areas of research are homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysis, synthesis and characterization of coordination compounds and their zeolite variants for applications in catalysis and green synthesis, wastewater treatment using the application of advanced oxidation processes, regeneration of spent activated carbon, and waste utilization. She has published over 40 research papers in international and national research journals and has four patents to her credit. She has participated and presented her research at several international and national conferences and won a best paper prize. She has worked as principal investigator for industrially funded projects and consultancies.

PART I: Sustainable Engineering 1. Triggering Sustainable Urbanism Through Space Planning and Design 2. Generalized Data Base Model for Enhancement in Failure Productivity of Industry 4.0 3. Empirical Modeling and Kinetic Study of Microwave Drying Process 4. Analysis of the Relation Between Building Design Elements and Appearance of Natural Light and Internal Temperature in Residential Apartments 5. An Attempt to Convert Vibrations to Mechanical Work to Generate Power: A Theoretical Approach 6. Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Time of Roof Bolting Operation in an Underground Coal Mine 7. Relationship Formed for Process Time by Using an Approach of a Mathematical Model for Sewing Machine Operation 8. Design of a 9-Level Cascaded H-Bridge Inverter-Driven Induction Motor with Fewer Harmonic 9. Comparative Study of Activity of Copper Ions onto Chitosan, Chloro-Chitosan, and Iodo-Chitosan PART II: Sustainable Energy 10. Choice of System Voltage (AC/DC) for a Standalone Nanogrid 11. The Growth of the Indian Power Sector: Pre- and Post-Independence 12. Non-Edible Cassia tora Seed Oil as a New Source for Biodiesel Production 13. Characterization of CdTe Film under Different Annealing Temperature for Solar Cell Application 14. Solar Energy Conversion: The Need of an Era 15. Futuristic Scope for Biofuels and Their Production 16. Selection of Fall Protection Equipment for Windmill Tower 17. Integrated Architecture Pedagogy for Energy Efficient Design 18. Energy Efficient Systems in Traditional Indian Cities 19. Study of Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Design for Climate Change PART III: Sustainable Environment 20. Perceptions of Waterfront Open Spaces: Case Studies of Lakefront Spaces of Nagpur City 21. Zero Liquid Discharge: Water Recycling in Industries Towards Sustainability 22. Significance of Eco-Labeling in Textile and Clothing Products for Green Environment 23. Microwave Method for Regeneration of Spent-Activated Carbon from Pharmaceutical Industries 24. Sustainable Waste Management: Smell Mitigation and Recovery of Fuel from Waste 25. India Towards Cleaner Alternatives: Challenges and Solutions 26. Calculation of Ecological Footprint of a District Using an Emergy Analysis 27. Green Audit: A Step Towards Sustainable Environment 28. Evolution of Waste to Wealth: An Overture to Reduce Insidious Effects 29. Utilization of Alkyd Resin in Water-Thinnable Paints for Low Volatile Organic Compounds Emission 30. Biosorption Studies of Indigo Carmine Dye from Its Aqueous Solution Using Agro-Waste 31. Valuable Products from Thermal Degradation of Industrial Waste Lignin in the Presence of Chemical Additives 32. The Study of Indigenous Knowledge Adopted for Fencing by Farmers and Tribes of Chhattisgarh, India 33. Catalytic Potential of Phyto-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for the Degradation of Pollutants 34. Adsorption Studies of Activated Carbon Prepared from Industrial Waste Lignin for the Removal of Malachite Green 35. The Potential of Medicinal Plants with Anti-Proteus Activity for the Treatment (and Prevention) of Rheumatoid Arthritis 36. Water Footprint of Agriculture