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Prof. Sonawane Shirish Hari

PhD (North Maharashtra University)

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Room No: 008   +91-870-2462626
shirish@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Cavitation technology 

 Fuel cells 

 Microreactors 

 Nanotechnology 

 Process intensification 

 Wastewater treatment 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Advanced Reaction Engineering(CH16003)
  • Sustainable Energy Engineering(CH26001)
  • Sustainability in Chemical Industries(CH374)
  • Sustainable Energy Engineering(CH5301)
  • Advanced Reaction Engineering(CH5102)
  • Seminar - 2(CH5391)
  • Seminar - II(CH5198)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-3201-6731
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=R7tPHLIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


  • Degradation of 1,4-dioxane by sono-activated persulfates for water and wastewater treatment applications, By Shirish Sonawane , Kirill Fedorov, Manoj P. Rayaroth, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Elsevier, Water Resources and Industry, vol.28, pp.100183, 2022
  • Fluorographene and Its Composites: Fundamentals, Electrophysical Properties, DFT Studies, and Advanced Applications, By Rahul Anil Borse, Manoj B Kale, Shirish H Sonawane, Yaobing Wang, Wiley, Advanced functional materials, vol.32, pp.220257, 2022
  • Improved Active Anticorrosion Coatings using Layer-By-Layer Assembled ZnO Nanocontainers with Benzotriazole, By S. H. Sonawane, B. A. Bhanvase, A. A. Jamali, S. K. Dubey, S. S. Kale, D. V. Pinjari, R. D. Kulkarni, P. R. Gogate and A. B. Pandit , Else, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.189-190, pp.464, 2012
  • New approach for simultaneous enhancement of anticorrosive and mechanical properties of coatings: Application of water repellent nano CaCO3 – PANI emulsion nanocomposite in alkyd resin, By B. A. Bhanvase and S. H. Sonawane , Elsevier, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.156 (1), pp.177, 2010
  • Thermally activated persulfate-based Advanced Oxidation Processes—recent progress and challenges in mineralization of persistent organic chemicals: a review, By Shirish Sonawane, Manoj P Rayaroth, Vividha K Landge, Kirill Fedorov, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Elsevier, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, vol.37, pp.100839, 2022
  • Synergistic effects of hybrid advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) based on hydrodynamic cavitation phenomenon–a review, By 10. Kirill Fedorov, Kumaravel Dinesh, Xun Sun, Reza Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Zhaohui Wang, Shirish Sonawane, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Elsevier, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.432, pp.134191, 2022
  • Investigation of TiO2 photocatalyst performance for decolorization in the presence of hydrodynamic cavitation as hybrid AOP, By Bhaskar Bethi, S.H. Sonawane, G.S. Rohit, C.R. Holkar, D.V. Pinjari, B.A. Bhanvase, A.B. Pandit, Elsevier, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, vol.28, pp.150, 2016
  • Nanomaterials-based advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment: A review, By B. A. Bhanvase and S. H. Sonawane , Elsevier, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, vol.109, pp.178, 2016
  • Treatment of ternary dye wastewater by hydrodynamic cavitation combined with other advanced oxidation processes (AOP’s, By M. Suresh Kumar, S.H. Sonawane, B.A. Bhanvase, Bhaskar Bethi, Elsevier, Journal of Water Process Engineering , vol.23, pp.250, 2018
  • A review on recent advances in the application of biosurfactants in wastewater treatment, By Surya Teja Malkapuram, Vikrant Sharma, Sarang P Gumfekar, Shirish Sonawane, Shriram Sonawane, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Murali Mohan Seepana, Elsevier, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol.48, pp.101576, 2021

Smart polymeric nanoparticles-based delivery system for the delivery of anti-tuberculosis drug

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SPARC
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2500000
  • Status Ongoing

Development of Electrically Conductive Adhesives for the Microelectronic Packaging and Flexible Film Circuits

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MeitY
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 27680000
  • Status Completed

Demonstration of Technology for treatment of rain harvested water lakes in Warangal Telangana State

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor WTI-DST
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4400000
  • Status Completed

Development and Demonstration of Pilot-scale Hybrid Wastewater Treatment System with Hydrodynamic Cavitation and Biosurfactant for Recycling of Textile Effluent

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor IMPRINT-2C SERB DST
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4200000
  • Status Completed

Cavitation based dispersion of Boron nanoparticles into JP10 Fuel

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor GTRE DRDO
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1000000
  • Status Completed

Process Development for Production of Janus Nanoparticles for Selected Catalytic Reactions

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST Indo Tunisia Bilateral project
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1500000
  • Status Completed

A Novel Hybrid System for Textile Dye Waste Water Treatment

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB DST
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2800000
  • Status Completed

Ultrasonic encapsulation of bioactive compounds to deliver in the food matrix

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST Indo Russia Bilateral Project
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1800000
  • Status Completed

Development of starch based polyurethane nano-coatings for packaging application by sonochemical approach

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1500000
  • Status Completed

Ultrasonic crystallization of biopolymer for food and dairy industry

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor South Ural State Russia funded by Russian Basic Research Fou
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1500000
  • Status Completed

Prototype development of fuel cell

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Department of Information and Technology
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 10400000
  • Status Completed

Development of celluloseacetate-based membranes containing nanoparticles for fluoride removal from drinking water

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1000000
  • Status Completed

Development of hybrid,self-healing coating using ultrasound assisted encapsulation approach for anticorrosion performance

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DRDO
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3400000
  • Status Completed

Designing and assessment of a dynamic perfusion bioreactor for polymer guided bone regeneration by using mesenchymal stem cells

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Department of Biotechnology, Government of India - DBT
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1110000
  • Status Completed

Synthesis of nanohydrogel, and development of hybrid waste water treatment technique using cavitation technique and hydrogel

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Ministry of Environment and Forests MOEF
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5800000
  • Status Completed

Development of dispersion process of high solid containing propellant slurry with Al nanoparticles

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor ISRO
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1040000
  • Status Completed

Experimental and theoretical investigation of nanoparticle formation by ultrasound atomization process

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Research SEED Money NIT Warangal Ministry of Human Resource
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 330000
  • Status Completed


DHARAVATH NARENDHAR

  • Area of Research: Pharmaceutics

MALKAPURAM SURYA TEJA

  • Area of Research: Wastewater treatment using cavitation & membrane technology

P DILIPKUMAR

  • Area of Research: Cavitation-based colloidal preparations

SIVAPRAKASH S

  • Area of Research: Development of electrically conductive adhesives

SUVARNA PANKAJ DHONGADE

  • Area of Research: Membranes for wastewater treatment

YOGESH PATIL

  • Area of Research: Wastewater treatment using hydrodynamic cavitation
  • Engineers of the year award Telangana State
  • Gandhian Young Technological Innovation
  • Hindustan dorr-oliver Award
  • VIVIDHLAXI AUDYOGIK SAMSHODHAN VIKAS KENDRA
  • VNMM Award
  • Dean, Research & Development (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Associate Dean, Incubation Translation & Start-ups (Continuing from July, 2023)