Dr Tushar Kanti Sen, B.Sc (Hons), B.Tech (Calcutta Univ, India), M.Ch.E (Jadavpur Univ, India), Ph.D (IIT Bombay, India)

Room : 204-105
Phone : 08 9266 9052
E-Mail: T.Sen@curtin.edu.au

Professional Appointments

2008 to current, Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
2006 to 2007, Senior Lecturer, University Technology Petronas (UTP), Malaysia
1991 to 2006, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, India

Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
Life Member of Computer Society of India
Life Member of Indian Institute of Public Health Engineers
Life Member of Indian Institute of Metals
Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
Life Associate Member of I.E (I).
Reviewer for international journals such as Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering Journal etc

Shah-Schulman award for the best PhD thesis in Interface and Colloid Science in India by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2006.
University Gold Medal from Jadavpur University, India for 1st class 1st in post graduate degree, 1990
Ministry of Human Resources & Development, Govt. of India for pursuing Ph.D at IIT, Bombay India during 1998-2001.
Visiting Fellowship at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2003
Summer Fellow at Bristol University, U.K in 1998.
Chartered Engineer (India) by The Institution of Engineers (India) in 1998
Fellowship for paper presentation at FOA7, USA by All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi in 2004.

Sen, T. K. and Kartic C Khilar, Mobile Subsurface Colloids and Colloid-mediated Transport of Contaminants in Subsurface Soil”, Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, pp 107-130, 2008.

F. Arias and Sen, T. K., Removal of zinc metal ion (Zn2+) from its aqueous solution by kaolin clay minerals: a kinetic and equilibrium study, Colloids and Surfaces A, 348, 100-108, 2009.
Sen, T. K., and H. K. Ling, Removal of cadmium (Cd2+) metal ion from its aqueous solution by kaolin clay minerals: A kinetic and equilibrium study, I.E.(I), CH, Vol 89, 24-30, 2009.
Mohammad, M, Maitra, S, Sen, T. K. and B. K. Dutta, The use of castor hull as a low cost adsorbent alternative to activated carbon for the removal of Cd2+ metal ions from aqueous solution: A kinetic and equilibrium study, Submitted to Colloids and Surfaces A 2009.
Sen, T. K. and M. Verlyny Sarzali, Removal of cadmium metal ion (Cd2+) from its aqueous solution by aluminum oxide (Al2 O3), A kinetic and equilibrium study, Chem. Eng. J., vol. 142, pp 256-262, 2008.
Sen, T. K., S. Mishra and R. Patel, Removal of methylene blue dye from its aqueous solution by fruit shell of Aegle Mermelose as alternative low cost adsorbent, I.E (I) journal, CH, vol 89, pp 33-38, 2008.
Sen, T. K. and M. Verlyn Sarzali, Removal of cadmium metal ion from its aqueous solution by aluminium oxide and kaolin: A kinetic and equilibrium study, J. Environ. Res. Development, Vol 3, No 1, 220-227, 2008.

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Sen, T. K. Subsurface colloidal particles release and their role in groundwater contamination-presented and proceeding of 8th Chemical Engineering World Congress held at Montreal-Canada during Aug 23-27, 2009.
Dutta, B. K., M. Mohhamad and T. K. Sen, Ad sorption characteristics of Cd(II) and Zn(II) from their aqueous solution on castor hull as low cost biosorbent- Presented and Proceeding of 8th Chemical Engineering World Congress held at Montreal-Canada during Aug 23-27, 2009.
Sen, T.K., Adsorption characteristics of Ni (II) on iron oxide and kaolin-accepted for presentation in Chemeca-2009 to be held at Perth during Sept 27-30, 2009.

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