Nishant Kahane
Graduate Research Assistant
Advised by Professor Rajamani Gounder and Professor Enrique IglesiaBackground
Education
- Purdue University, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2024 – Present)
- Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, B.S. Chemical Engineering (2024)
Experience
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During my bachelor's thesis, I worked on designing a plant to manufacture diisopropylamine. I interned at Reliance Industries Ltd Jamnagar refinery in the summer of 2023, where I developed and implemented a strategy for heat exchanger network optimization of a large refinery complex.
Project Description
The effects of diffusion and site proximity on the reactions of hydrocarbons on metal-zeolite bifunctional catalysts.

