DESCRIPTION :

Dr. Swagatika Dash, currently working as a principal scientist in the Department of Process Engineering and Instrumentation at CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. She completed her B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IGIT Sarang in 2009 and M. Tech. in Material Resource Engineering from AcSIR in 2012. She was awarded PhD degree in Engineering Science in the area of Modelling and Simulation for solvent extraction of rare earth metals. She has keen interest to solve industrial issues through her knowledge in modelling and simulation.

Dr. Swagatika Dash has been engaged in the research field of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for various unit operations. She has worked in the area of CFD simulation of a microfluidic device for dielectrophoretic separation of charged gold nanoparticles based on size, CFD simulation for electrophoretic translocation of a charged particle through nanopore using moving mesh, CFD studies of a magnetic separator with spheres matrix, to name a few. She got an opportunity to carry out CFD simulation for an industrial scale fluidized bed roaster (the largest roaster of India) to enhance its throughput, and completed the project successfully. The roster performance has been improved  and is operating successfully at HZL. She has completed a project sponsored by NALCO on data reconciliation for vanadium and zinc balance of the Alumina refinery plant of NALCO, Damanjodi. She has also worked on studying molecular modelling for solvent extraction of rare earth metals using a hybrid technique. She was involved in developing CFD model for separation of rare earth metals  in hollow fiber supported liquid membrane. Further, she was working on selective extraction of chromium from effluent of electroplating industry using DFT, and CFD simulation for design of Hollow Fiber Membrane for separation of chromium from effluent of electroplating industry. 

• Quick Hire Scientist (Trainee), CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, 2010-2012
• Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, 2012-2016
• Senior Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, 2016-2020
• Principal Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, 2020-continuing

• Computational Fluid Dyanamics
• Mathematical Modelling and Simulation
• Equipment Design & Development with the help of Modelling & Simulation
• Optimization
• Molecular Modelling
• Neural Network

• “Odisha Young Scientist Award” for the year 2021 in the field of Engineering and Technology from Odisha Bigyan Academy, Govt of Odisha
• IEI Young Engineers Award 2020-21
• Awarded International Travel Support (ITS) by SERB, DST, India
• Awarded for the Best Oral Presentation in CFD theme during CHEMCON 2022

SCI Journal Publications

1. R K Soni, S. Jaiswal, S. Dash, C. Eswaraiah, CFD and DEM numerical modelling of industrial vibrating desliming screen for performance optimization and minimal misplacement, Powder Technology, 426, 118630, 2023, IF: 5.64.
2. R K Soni, S Dash, E Chinthapudi, Non‐linear steady‐state data reconciliation: Theoretical perspective and practical scenarios, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 101 (6), 3094-3107, 2023, I.F: 2.5.
3. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, Separation of lanthanum and neodymium in a hollow fiber supported liquid membrane: CFD modelling and experimental validation, Minerals Engineering, 180, 107472, 2022, IF:4.765.
4. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, Mathematical Modelling Aspect in Solvent Extraction of Metals, Separation & Purificantion Reviews, 50(1), 74-95, 2021, IF: 5.774.
5. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, B. K. Mishra, CFD Modelling and Simulation of an Industrial Scale Continuous Fluidized Bed Roaster, Advanced Powder Technology, 31 (2), 658-669, 2020. IF: 4.217.
6. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, ONIOM Study for Selectivity of Extractants for Extraction of Rare Earth Metals, Chemical Engineering Technology, 41(9), 1697-1705, 2018. IF: 3.742.
7. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, S. Pradhan, B.K. Mishra, CFD design of a microfluidic device for continuous dielectrophoretic separation of charged gold nanoparticles, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 58, 39-48, 2016, IF 4.794.
8. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, Dielectrophoretic Separation of Micron and Sub-micron Particles: A Review, Electrophoresis, 35, 2656-2672, 2014, IF 3.081.

International Conferences and seminars

1. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, CFD modelling for separation of heavy and light rare earths from RE Chloride Solution, 74th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers-CHEMCON, 27-30 December, 2021, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India. 
2. S. Dash, P.P.Patra, S. Mohanty, K. Sarangi, CFD modelling for extraction of chromium from effluent in a hollow fiber membrane. XXX International Mineral Processing Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2021
3. S. Dash, R. K. Soni, S. Mohanty, Data Reconciliation for Vanadium Balance in an Alumina Refinery, European metallurgical conference, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2019.
4. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, B.K. Mishra, Modelling and Simulation of an Industrial Scale Continuous Fluidized Bed Roaster, European metallurgical conference,Leipzig, Germany, 2017.
5. S. Dash, R.K. Soni, S. Mohanty, B.K. Mishra, Preliminary CFD Studies of a Continuous Industrial Scale Fluidised Bed Roaster, 11th International conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, Melbourne, Australia, 2015.
6. S. Mohanty, R. Mohanty, S.Dash, B.K. Mishra, CFD studies of a magnetic separator with spheres matrix, XXVII IMPC proceedings, Santiago, Chile, 64-74, 2014.
7. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, Simulation of electrophoretic motion of a charged particle through nanopore using moving mesh, CHEMCON 2013, Mumbai, India, 2013.
8. S. Dash, S. Mohanty, S. Pradhan, B.K. Mishra, Numerical Simulation of Flow Manipulation of Charged Metal Nano-Particle by Negative Di-Electrophoresis, AIChE, Minneapolis, USA, 2011.
   

• “Improved Froth Flotation Cell”, Santosh Deb Barma; Prasanta K. Senapati; Swagatika Dash; Danda Srinivas Rao; Rakesh Saini; Application Number: 026DN2022, 2022
  

• Continuous extraction of magnetite reduced from low-grade iron ores in the Fluidized Bed Reactors for higher productivity. (SERB-DST)
• Membrane Technology for separation/purification of heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Zn) from industrial waste water: Mathematical modelling and process development. (CSIR)
• In-house development and fabrication of stirred mills for energy-efficient processing of low grade ores. (CSIR) 
• Modelling and optimisation of disliking screen performance at coal washers for higher productivity at minimal misplacement. (TATA)
• Data Reconciliation of Vanadium and Zinc Balance at the Aluminal Refinery, NALCO, Damanjodi. (NALCO)
• CFD study of roaster performance with increase in fineness and grade (HZL, Udaipur).
• Flow manipulation of metal nano-particles by dielectrophoresis in a microfluidic device (DST, India).
• Sustainable technologies for the utilization of rare earths. (CSIR).
• Development of green process for carbon dioxide sequestration using high rate Algal ponds. (DST, India).
  

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