Rajarathinam Parthasarathy

Professor Rajarathinam Parthasarathy

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  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker

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Professor Rajarathinam (Raj) Parthasarathy is Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University

 

Contact Details:

Email address: rajarathinam.parthasarathy@rmit.edu.au

Office Phone Number: +61 3 99252941

Educational Qualifications:

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Supervisor: Laurate Professor Graeme Jameson, 1993
  • MEng in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, 1983
  • BTech in Chemical Engineering, University of Madras, India, 1981

Career History:

At the RMIT University

  • 2018 - Present, Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • 2021 - Present, Deputy Director, Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry
  • 2014-2016. Deputy Head (Head of Dept.) of Chemical Engineering
  • 2014-2017, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • 2012-2014, Acting Director, Rheology and Materials Processing Research Centre
  • 2008-2012, Program Director, Chemical Engineering
  • 2003-2007, Higher Degrees by Research Coordinator, Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • 2001-2013, Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering
  • 1996-2000, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering

At the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur: 

  • 1993-1995, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering

At the University of Newcastle, NSW

  • 1992 - Research Associate, Chemical Engineering

Industrial experience:

  • 1984-1988 Production Engineer, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, India

Professional affiliations and contributions:

  • Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK
  • Member, Australian Society of Rheology
  • Chair, Educations subject group, IChemE (UK), 2010-2012
  • Co-Chair, 8th International Symposium of Industrial Mixing, Melbourne, 2014
  • Member, Organising Committee, 15th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, Melbourne, 2015
  • Assessor of Chartered Membership Applicants, IChemE, 2012-2020

Research fields

  • 4004 Chemical engineering

Academic positions

  • Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • RMIT University
  • Chemical & Environmental Engineering
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2018 – Present
  • Deputy Head of School (Chemical Engineering)
  • RMIT University
  • School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Apr 2014 – Aug 2016

Non-academic positions

  • Production Engineer
  • Bombay Offshore Project, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
  • , India
  • 1984 – 1988

Supervisor projects

  • Direct air capture using novel and cost effective adsorbents
  • 28 Mar 2024
  • Laminar flow of thickened slurries in pipes (in collaboration with ATC Williams)
  • 1 Dec 2023
  • Polymer composite synthesis using end-of-life tyre (EOLT) char
  • 24 Nov 2023
  • Laminar flow of thickened slurries in pipes
  • 28 Apr 2023
  • Scale mitigation in agitated slurry tanks
  • 3 Apr 2023
  • Conversion of Waste Materials into Value Added Carbon Nanofibres
  • 21 Oct 2022
  • Development of a life cycle inventory database for plastic waste managemenT
  • 23 Feb 2022
  • Optimising polycaprolactone diol and organic acid-based polyesters for 3D printing biodegradable tissue scaffold
  • 11 Feb 2022
  • Precipitation of Al, Ni and Co and selective dissolution of a mixed Al/Ni/Co hydroxide for generating Ni and Co for use in the production of lithium batteries
  • 2 Aug 2021
  • Experimental Optimisation and Techno-economic Assessment of a Rice-straw-biochar-based Slurry Used for Fuel Applications
  • 9 Nov 2020
  • Characterisation of Two-Part Resin Mix for Aerospace Composite Part Production at Various Mix Conditions
  • 30 Oct 2020
  • Settling Dynamics of Suspensions in Viscoelastic Shear-Thinning Fluids Under Static and Sheared Conditions
  • 15 Nov 2019
  • Techno-economic Evaluation of Integrated Green Hydrogen System
  • 2 May 2019
  • Scale Minimisation in a Multi-phase Agitated Reactor Using Fluid Mechanics Approach
  • 3 Dec 2018
  • Solids Settling in High Concentration Slurries under Static and Sheared Conditions
  • 1 Oct 2018
  • Modelling and Optimisation of Lipase Synthesis from Candida antarctica and Reactions Catalysed by Lipase
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • Particle Attrition in a Mechanically Agitated Vessels
  • 22 Sep 2017
  • Thermodynamics and Kinetic Studies for Crystallization of Carboxylic Acids (Para-methoxyphenylacetic Acid and Benzoic Acid): Measurement and Mathematical Modeling
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • Investigations on Ionic Liquid Pre-treatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for the Production of Biofuels and Platform Chemicals
  • 31 May 2017
  • Optimising the Design of Agitated Tanks for Mitigating Scale Formation
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • Thermochemical Conversion of Press Seed Cake Produced from Non-Edible Biomass
  • 23 Jul 2015
  • Microwave Drying of Naproxen Sodium Drug Formulations
  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Rheological Characterisation of Thermally Hydrolysed Waste Activated Sludge
  • 4 Mar 2013

Teaching interests

Current Undergraduate Teaching:

  • Process Plant Design and Economics (PROC2089), Course Coordinator
  • Chemical Engineering Design Project 1 (PROC2126), Course Coordinator
  • Chemical Engineering Design Project 2 (PROC2127), Course Coordinator
  • Engineering Capstone Project Part A (OENG1167), Project Supervisor
  • Engineering Capstone Project Part B (OENG1168), Project Supervisor

Past Undergraduate Teaching:

  • Process Principles (PROC2078)
  • Chemical Engineering Specialisation (PROC2087)
  • Process Systems Integration (PROC2091)
  • Process Systems Design (PROC2088)
  • Chemical Engineering Design (PROC2076)
  • Fluid Flow and Particle Mechanics (PROC2079)
  • Transfer Processes (PROC2085)
  • Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation (PROC2094)
  • Advanced Environmental Engineering (PROC2064)
  • Process Control and Simulation (PROC2090)

Graduate Students Supervision

(Completed)

P - Primary Supervisor, A - Associate Supervisor

  1. Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman, M. Eng., 1995 (P)
  2. Tonmukayakul, N., M.Eng., 1998, (A)
  3. Khin Maung Than, M.Eng.,1999, (P)
  4. Ferriwaty Tan, M.Eng., 2003, (P)
  5. Vinko Momiorski, Ph.D., 2003, (P)
  6. Ryan Hulley, Ph.D., 2005, (A)
  7. Nilufer Kurt, Ph.D., 2006, (A)
  8. Achula Rajapakse, Ph.D., 2006 (A)
  9. Murali Reddy, Ph.D., 2009, (P)
  10. Torika Oshadie Kumanayaka, Ph.D., 2010, (P)
  11. Wei Ming Yek, MEng., 2010, (P)
  12. Steven Wang, MEng, 2010, (P)
  13. Maryam Rezaei, Ph.D., 2012, (P)
  14. Firoozeh Pourjavaheri-Jad, MEng, 2012, (P)
  15. Eng Ying Bong, Ph.D., 2013, (P)
  16. Norzura Ibrahim, Ph.D., 2013, (A)
  17. Siew Cheng Low, Ph.D., 2014, (P)
  18. Chongguang Yu, MEng, 2014, (P)
  19. Flora Markis, Ph.D., 2015, (A)
  20. Jeffry Yulian, MEng, 2014, (A)
  21. Faisal Ahmed Geheshah, Ph.D., 2014, (A)
  22. Ehsan Ferno, Ph.D., 2016, (A)
  23. Daniel Stoain, Ph.D.,2017, (P)
  24. Stephen Kennedy, Ph.D., 2017, (P)
  25. Seyed Ali Azgharzadehahmadi, Ph.D., 2017, (A)
  26. Sayanasree Varala, Ph.D., 2018, (P)
  27. Kotaiah Naik, Ph.D., 2018, (P)
  28. Sumalatha Eda, Ph.D.,2018, (P)
  29. Kevin Hii, Ph.D.,2019 (A)
  30. Meysam Davoody, Ph.D., 2019, (P)
  31. Maha Al-Ali, Ph.D., 2020, (P)
  32. Vivek Ravishankar, Ph.D.,2020, (A)
  33. Pobitra Holder, Ph.D., 2021, (A)
  34. Sandro Gelic, MEng, 2021, (P)
  35. Ramesh Tangirila, Ph.D, 2021,(A)
  36. Samaneh Lotfiman, Ph.D., 2023, (P)
  37. Lolita Cueva Zepeda, Ph.D., 2023, (P)
  38. Nipon Sarmah, Ph.D., 2024, (P)
  39. Saddam Ali Imran Mohd Khayry, Ph.D., 2024 (P)
  40. Chukwononso Anyaoku, Ph.D., 2024 (P)

Research interests

Research Interests:

  • Multiphase mixing in agitated vessels
  • Scale mininmisation in agiated reactors
  • Solids suspension and solid-liquid mass transfer in agitated reactors
  • Process intensification in agitated reactors
  • Laminar transportation of thickened slurry in pipelines
  • Sheared settling of particles in thickened slurries
  • Anaerobic digester hydrodynamics and sludge rheology
  • Laminar mixing studies on viscous Netwonian and non-Newtonian liquids
  • Biomass utilisation
  • Technoeconomic analysis on hydrogen energy systems

Initiatives and links

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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