Chandra Mouli.R. Madhuranthakam

Adjunct Adjunct Associate Professor
Chandra Mouli.R. Madhuranthakam

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Biography summary

Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, as well as a Professional Engineer in Ontario. In the winter of 2013, he taught the final class of Chemical Engineering students at the UWaterloo campus in the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Madhuranthakam’s research interests involve understanding static mixer and microreactor technology, as well as polymer reaction engineering and polymer processing. Process modelling, optimization, integration and control; waste minimization and green engineering are also topics that he is interested in researching. Dr. Madhuranthakam’s research has led to several publications on the topics he has studied, such as articles on static mixers, hydrodynamic studies, waste reduction for chemical plant operations, and process control systems.

Research interests

  • Micro Process Systems Engineering - Design and Operation of Microfluidic reactors for efficient synthesis of biodiesel and complex copolymers.
  • Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming and Global Optimization Algorithms.
  • Modeling and Optimal Control for Complex Biochemical Reaction Systems.
  • Applied Statistics- Modeling
  • Design of Experiments
  • Parameter Estimation

Selected/recent publications

  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Penlidis, Alexander, Surrogate Models for Online Monitoring and Process Troubleshooting of NBR Emulsion Copolymerization, Processes, 4(1), 2016
  • Li, NK and Fuss, WH and Yingling, YG and Scott, AJ and Nabifar, A and Madhuranthakam, CMR and Penlidis, A, New Editorial Structure for the Macromolecular Journals, Macromol. Theory Simul, 24, 2015, 13 - 27
  • Scott, Alison J and Nabifar, Afsaneh and Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Penlidis, Alexander, Bayesian design of experiments applied to a complex polymerization system: Nitrile butadiene rubber production in a train of CSTRs, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 24(1), 2015, 13 - 27
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Elkamel, Ali and Mittal, Vikas and others, Optimizing mechanical properties of injection-molded long fiber-reinforced polypropylene, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 28(6), 2015, 849 - 862
  • Al Herz, Youssef and Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Elkamel, Ali and Mittal, Vikas, Optimal mechanical and gas permeation properties of polypropylene-organically modified montmorillonite (PP-OMMT) nanocomposites, Journal of Polymer Engineering, 34(6), 2014, 501 - 509
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Penlidis, Alexander, Improved operating scenarios for the production of acrylonitrile-butadiene emulsions, Polymer Engineering & Science, 53(1), 2013, 9 - 20
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Penlidis, Alexander, Modeling uses and analysis of production scenarios for acrylonitrile-butadiene (NBR) emulsions, Polymer Engineering & Science, 51(10), 2011, 1909 - 1918
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Elkamel, Ali and Govindarao, Venneti MH, Compensator for constant relative stability in process control systems, Chemical Engineering Communications, 198(3), 2010, 344 - 359
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, Residence time distribution and liquid holdup in Kenics® KMX static mixer with hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber solution and hydrogen gas system, Chemical Engineering Science, 64(14), 2009, 3320 - 3328
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, Numerical investigation and experimental validation of the performance of a tubular packed bed reactor for hydrogenation of diene-based polymers, Polymer Engineering & Science, 49(10), 2009, 1979 - 1989
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, Numerical investigation and experimental validation of the performance of a tubular packed bed reactor for hydrogenation of diene-based polymers, Polymer Engineering & Science, 49(10), 2009, 1979 - 1989
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, Continuous process for production of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber using a Kenics® KMX static mixer reactor, AIChE journal, 55(11), 2009, 2934 - 2944
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, Hydrodynamics in Sulzer SMX static mixer with air/water system, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(2), 2008, 719 - 726
  • Khor, Cheng Seong and Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Elkamel, Ali, Waste Reduction for Chemical Plant Operations, Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemicals Processing, 2, 2007
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R, Design, Modeling and Analysis of a Continuous Process for Hydrogenation of Diene based Polymers using a Static Mixer Reactor, , 2007
  • Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli R and Pan, Qinmin and Rempel, Garry L, CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION OF NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER IN A STATIC MIXER REACTOR,
  • Azlah, Nada and Shareefdeen, Zarook and Elkamel, Ali and Madhuranthakam, ChandraMouli, Evaluation of industrial biofilter emissions on health effects through dispersion model predictions, Proceedings of the Conference on Summer Computer Simulation, January 2015, 1 - 6
  • Rempel, Garry and Pan, Qinmin and Madhuranthakam, Chandra Mouli, Process for the continuous hydrogenation of carbon-carbon double bonds in an unsaturated polymer, January

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