NIT Warangal

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Room No: 315 +91-870-2462647 naresht@nitw.ac.in https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1ek0qWAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Bio Sketch

Key Notes

Journal(s): 7
Conference(s): 5
Book Chapter(s): 1
PhD: Current - 2

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PUBLICATIONS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

PROJECT

Research Areas

Drug Delivery, Controlled Release Cargos

Molecular simulations

Process Modelling and Simulations

Reactive Distillation

Self-assembly, Amphiphilic Peptides

Waste Water Treatment Process Control

Water Desalination

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Degree	Institute	Year
Doctor of Philosophy	National University of Singapore	2015
Master of Technology	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	2008
Bachelor of Technology	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur	2006

COURSES HANDLED

Course	L-T-P	Credit	Degree Level
CO2 Capture, Sequestration and Utilization(CH447)	3-0-0	3	UG
Process Dynamics and Control(CH351)	3-0-0	3	UG
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics-I(CH204)	3-0-0	3	UG
Sliding Mode Control(CH5273)	3-0-0	3	PG

RESEARCH IDs

PUBLICATIONS

Journal(s)

Hierarchically structured carbon nanofibers with embedded MXene and coated with cobalt oxide as a high-performance electrode for supercapacitors, By Kiran Donthula, Ramya Araga, Naresh Thota, Subramanian Sundarrajan, Seeram Ramakrishna, Manohar Kakunuri, Elsevier, Journal of Energy Storage, vol.83, pp.110686, 2024

Prediction of capacitance using artificial neural networks for carbon nanofiber-based supercapacitors, By Kiran Donthula, Naresh Thota, Sarath Babu Anne, Manohar Kakunuri, Elsevier, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, vol.52, pp.1015-1020, 2023

Ibuprofen loading and release in amphiphilic peptide FA32 and its derivatives: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation study, By N. Thota, Z. Hu, and J. Jiang, Taylor & Francis, Molecular Simulation, vol.42, 8, pp.679-687, 2016

Computational amphiphilic materials for drug delivery, By N. Thota and J. Jiang, Frontiers, Frontiers in Materials, vol.2, 64, pp.1-15, 2015

Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptide (AF) 6H5K15 derivatives: roles of hydrophilic and hydrophobic residues, By N. Thota and J. Jiang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.118, pp.2683-2692, 2014

Molecular insights into the self-assembly of short amphiphilic peptides FmDn and FmKn, By N. Thota, Y. Ma, and J. Jiang, Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, vol.4, 105, pp.60741-60748, 2014

Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptide (AF)6H5K15: coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation, By N. Thota, Z. Luo, Z. Hu, and J. Jiang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.117, pp.9690-9698, 2013

Conference(s)

Prediction of capacitance using artificial neural networks for carbon nanofiber-based supercapacitors By Kiran Donthula, Naresh Thota, Sarat Babu Anne, Manohar Kakunuri, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33), 2023

Natural gas production by anaerobic digestion process from different food wastes: A simulation study By Chandra Prakash Gupta and Naresh Thota, 14th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-14), 2023

Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Peptide (AF)6H5K15: Roles of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Residues By Naresh Thota and Jianwen Jiang, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting 2014, 2014

Ibuprofen Loading and Release in Micelles Formed by Amphiphilic Peptide (AF)6H5K15: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation By Naresh Thota, Zhongqiao Hu and Jianwen Jiang, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting 2014, 2014

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Peptide By Naresh Thota, Zhonglin Luo, Zhongqiao Hu and Jianwen Jiang, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT) 2013, 2013

Book Chapter(s)

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Products/Processing By Naresh Thota in Advanced Computational Techniques for Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing, CRC Press, Online, 2022

PROJECT / CONSULTANCY

Evaluation of Resin-Based Catalysts for the Production of Ethyl Acetate: Investigating Opportunities for Performance Enhancement.

Role: Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Sahara International Petrochemical Company, Saudi Arabia
Project Cost (INR): 2182516
Date of Commencement: 16-07-2024
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing

RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS

Current PhD Students

Geddam Rajesh

Area of Research: Modelling and Simulation of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Sankalp Tripathi

Area of Research: Materials for Separations and energy applications

CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

M.Tech Faculty Coordinator for Chemical Engineering ( August 2023 - Till Now) (Continuing from August, 2023)
Process Instrumentation Lab, NITW-Siemens center of Excellence ( January 2023 - Till Now) (Continuing from January, 2023)
M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Systems and Control Engineering ( August 2021 - July 2023) (August, 2021 - July, 2023)
Lab Inchrage for Instrumentation and Process Control (July 2021 - Till now) (Continuing from July, 2021)
Learning Management Systems - Department Coordinator ( August 2020 - July 2022) (August, 2020 - July, 2022)
Learning Management Systems - Site Administrator ( August 2020 - December 2021) (August, 2020 - December, 2022)
M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Chemical Engineering ( August 2020 - July 2023) (August, 2020 - July, 2023)
M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Process Control ( August 2020 - July 2021) (August, 2020 - July, 2021)
Learning Management Systems - Technical Committe Member ( June 2020 - July 2022) (June, 2020 - July, 2022)
B.Tech IV year Faculty Advisor (Jan 2020 - July 2020). (January, 2020 - July, 2020)

Last updated on November 10, 2025

Prof. Naresh Thota

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Chemical Engineering

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