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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Teaching areas

Principles of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Process Dynamics and Control, Heat and Mass Transfer, Transport Phenomena, Computational Methods, Engineering Economy, Senior Design Projects, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, etc.

Research areas

Chemical Engineering, Colloids and Interfacial Engineering, Film Formation in Latex Dispersions, Ionic Liquids, Separations, Aspen Process Modeling, Edible Films and Coatings, etc.

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), India, 2008
Master, Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (ICT Mumbai), India, 2002
BE, Chemical Engineering, Mumbai University, India, 2000

Professional experience

Lecturer/advisor, Chemical Engineering, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH, SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, 2018 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department Of Chemical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2015 - 2018
Scientist, Chemical Engineering, SABIC Technology Center (SABIC T&I), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2013 - 2015
Research Engineer, Chemical Engineering, SABIC Technology Center Bangalore(STC-B), India, Karnataka, India, 2013 - 2013
Research Engineer, Chemical Engineering And Process Technology Group, General Electric Company (GE), John F. Welch Technology Center (JFWTC), Bangalore, India, Karnataka, India, 2008 - 2013

Memberships

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, IIChE, International, May 2016

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2455

Dr. Karnail Singh

Senior Lecturer
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), India

Karnail Singh has worked in academia as well as corporate research and technology centers. After his PhD, he worked for five years as a research engineer at GE's John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore, India. He then worked in the SABIC Technology Center Bangalore, followed by SABIC's Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he worked as Scientist for two years. Prior to joining AUS, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Shiv Nadar University (SNU), India, for about three years. His broad areas of research are Film Formation in Water-based Dispersions, Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, and Chemical Engineering in General.

Publications

Amani Al-othman And Karnail Singh. Tuning the Electrochemical Potential Window of Niobium Carbide Based Electrodes for Symmetric Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering
Muhammad Tawalbeh, Sana Murtaza, Amani Al-othman, Abdul Alami, Karnail Singh And Abdul Olabi. Ammonia: A versatile candidate for the use in energy storage systems, Renewable Energy, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2022
Karnail Singh. Ammonia: A versatile candidate for use in Energy and Energy Storage Systems, Energy
Muhammad Tawalbeh, Amani Al-othman, Karnail Singh, Ikram Douba, Dania Kabakebji And Malek Alkasrawi. Microbial desalination cells for water purification and power generation: A critical review, Energy, 15 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Karnail Singh, , And . Experimental characterization of gas-liquid flows in splitting distributor for parallel micro-channels, Chemical Engineering Journal, 17 December 2018
Karnail Singh, Hariom Sharma, Kailas Wasewar And Kanti Athankar. L(+)-tartaric Acid Separations Using Aliquat 336 in n-Heptane, Kerosene, and 1-Octanol at 300 ± 1 K, Journal Of Chemical And Engineering Data, 9 November 2017
Karnail Singh, Laxman Bhosale And Mahesh Tirumukudulu. Cracking in drying colloidal films of flocculated dispersions, Langmuir, 26 March 2009
Karnail Singh, Girish Deoghare And Mahesh Tirumukudulu. Cracking in soft-hard latex blends: Theory and experiments, Langmuir, 18 December 2008
Karnail Singh And Mahesh Tirumkudulu. Cracking in Drying Colloidal Films, Physical Review Letters (prl), 25 May 2007

Conference Presentations

Film-Formation in Water Based Dispersions, International Short Term Course On " Current And Future Scope Of Surface Coatings", 4 December 2020
Volume-of-fluid simulations of two-phase flows in parallel microchannels, Raceee, February 2018
Ionic liquids in chemical industry: Overview of the systematic approach to develop separation technologies using ionic liquids, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Chemcon, December 2015
Compressors in Chemical Industry: Design and Selection, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Chemcon, December 2014
UNDERSTANDING FILM FORMATION MECHANISM IN LATEX DISPERSIONS, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Chemcon, December 2009
Cracking in Drying Films of Latex Dispersions, Research Scholars Symposium 2008, April 2008
Cracking in Drying Colloidal Films, 81st Acs Colloids And Surface Science Symposium, June 2007
Cracking in Drying Films of Aqueous Dispersions, Research Scholars Symposium 2007, February 2007
Cracking in Thin Films of Aqueous Suspensions: Experiments and Theoretical Considerations, 80th Acs Colloids And Surface Science Symposium, June 2006
On understanding the Phenomenon of Cracking in Latex films, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Chemcon, 15 December 2005
Kinetic study of etherification reactions of phenol and substituted phenols, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Chemcon, 28 December 2004

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Understanding the Mechanism of Film Formation in Bio-Polymers Based Edible Films and Coatings for Food Packaging Applications, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, 13 June 2017 - 31 July 2018

Awards and Honors

CEN SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS COMPETITION, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AUS, Our Senior Design Project with Dr. Amani as the Main-Advisor won the second place within the department in the CEN Senior Design Competition-2023, 11 May 2023
CEN SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS COMPETITION, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AUS, Our Senior Design Project with Dr. Paul as the Main-Advisor won the second place within CHE department in the CEN Senior Design Competition-2023, 11 May 2023
SHAH-SCHULMAN AWARD FOR THE BEST Ph.D. THESIS IN THE AREA OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE-2009, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), I was awarded the best PhD Thesis award by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) (Equivalent of AIChE in India). This is the top body for Chemical Engineers in India and is known world over for its leadership in Chemical and Allied areas., December 2009
INNOVATIVE STUDENT PROJECT AWARD-2009, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), I was awarded the prestigious Innovative Student Project Award for my PhD research work by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) which is the highest body of Engineering Fraternity in India, September 2009
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India., 2004
JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, University Grants Commission, India, 2000

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