TKMCE Civil Department Shines at International Conference
Dr.K.L.Priya, Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, TKM College of Engineering was the lead chair for two sessions at the International Conference on Coastal Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), USA on 11 November 2021. Co-chairs were from Synthesis Environmental LLC, US, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, University of the Philippines, and Ibn Tofail University, Morocco. Two UG student groups from the civil engineering department, TKMCE who presented their work at the conference, brought home awards worth USD 400. All of this was made possible through collaborations with the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Ibn Tofail University, Morocco.
Prof. Al Ameen A, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Department has been granted an Indian Patent for the invention " Copper -Zinc- Magnesium Catalyst for Highly Selective Conversion of Glycerol to 1,2- Propanediol in Liquid Phase".
Dr. Indu M S, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering is granted an Indian patent for the invention entitled ‘A METHOD FOR COATING LEAD DIOXIDE ON MILD STEEL BY ELECTRODEPOSITION FROM ALKALINE BATH AND COATED ELECTRODE OBTAINED THEREOF’. The electrode material developed is used in the treatment of organic wastewater using electrochemical oxidation method and is cost effective compared to other electrodes used for the same purpose. The patent is a result of her doctoral research work carried out at IIT Kharagpur and is awarded for a term of 20 years.