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Professor Jayant K. Singh
PhD (SUNY Buffalo)
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest
- Energy storage
- Heavy metal removal
- Wetting transition
- Anti-Ice surface design
- Adsorption and segregation of nanoparticles
- Multi-scale modeling of micro/nano devices
- Selective adsorption and separation
- CO2 adsorption and separation
- Phase segregation of granular materials
- Coarse-grain model development
Office
FA-B201
Department of Chemical
Labs addresses: NL II 202
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
- Material modeling and simulation
- Adsorption and separation
- Force-field generation
- Thermodynamics
- Molecular simulation
Education
PhD, Chemical and BiologicalEngineering,UB, SUNY at Buffalo, 2004
M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, UB, SUNY at Buffalo, 2002
B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1997
Teaching Area
Thermodynamics
Satistical Mechanics
Mass Transfer
Molecular Simulation
Selected Publications
Cummings PT, Dotcherty H, Cristopher C, and Singh JK, Phase transition in nanoconfined fluids: The evidence from theory and simulations. (Perspective/Cover Article), American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 56,842-848, 2010.
Singh SK, Saha A and Singh JK, A Molecular Simulation Study of Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of a Simple Fluid in Attractive Slit Pores: Crossover from 3D to 2D, J. Physical Chemistry B, 114, 4283-4292, 2010.
Singh JK and Muller-Plathe F, On the characterization of crystallization and ice adhesion on smooth and rough surfaces using molecular dynamics Applied Physics Letter, 104, 021603, 2014
Singh SK, Sinha A, Deo G, and Singh JK, Vapor-liquid phase coexistence, critical properties and surface tension of confined alkanes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 7170-7181, 2009.
Singh JK and Kwak SK, Surface tension and vapour-liquid phase coexistence of confined square-well fluid , Journal of Chemical Physics, 126, 024702:1-8, 2007.
Awards & Fellowships
Department of Atomic Energy BRNS Young Scientist Award, 2006.
DST BOYSCAST Fellowship, 2009.
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award, 2009.
Amar Dye Chem Award of IIChE, 2010.
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2012.
Professional Experience
Research Scientist, General Motors India Science Laboratory, 2004-2005.
Technology Developed
- Sharma AK, Singh JK and Verma N, Preparation of activated carbon fibers/carbon nanofibers dispersed PVA nanocomposite material for lithium ion electrolyte battery separator (US patent No: -IN-839267-01-IN-REG, Filed 2012)
- Generic Monte Carlo software for molecular system