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Email: jitendra.kanodia@gmail.com

Location of work: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras. As a reseach associate for summer 2006 at Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Alberta.

Personal Details: Currently an undergrad student at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. I am enrolled for the course of Dual Degree i.e. an integrated course of Bachlors in Technology and Masters in Technology. I like to play games like soccer, volleyball and cricket. I keep myself occupied with various kind of other activities as well like writing articles for department magazines and taking part in literary activities. Though i am not too good at it, I love to act in dramas and plays.

Area of Research:

1) On dimensionality and other factors relating to Non-negative matrix factorization for Plant Wide Oscillation detection – University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (3rd May – 1st Aug 2006)

I worked to propose the use of the parts based representation, NMF for plant wide oscillation detection. Novel measures such as Pseudo Singular Value and Strength Factor were introduced. Also a new interpretation was given to the technique using new concepts like total power and power decomposition defined during the course of the work. The problem of dimensionality was also addressed up to a certain extent. I worked in collaboration with Prof. Sirish Shah and Dr. Arun Tangirala to come up with a 2 papers as a result of the work done as a part of the project. Both of them have been submitted and the review is awaited.

2) Data Driven Modeling Using Genetic Programming – CEPD Division National Chemical Laboratories (Pune) (From 24th May 2004 to 10th July 2004)

I have developed user friendly software to find the relation between the input data points and the output by using Genetic Programming concept. It works for multiple input and single output systems and it gives the relation which contains all binary operators and four unary operators.

3) Internship - Study of Solvent Extraction Techniques for Extraction of spice concentrates from chilli and turmeric. Done at ITC Ltd. from 9th May 2005 to 8th July 2005

To produce spice oleoresins an organic solvent extraction system followed by solvent recovery system (decides the economics of the system as solvent is the most expensive raw material) is required. Various post processing techniques are then utilized to process the product for specialized cases. An attempt was made to describe the process flow sheet in as much detail as possible. Multiple options were considered at every stage of selection of the process keeping the economics of the process in mind at every stage. Certain modern techniques like using super critical fluids under high pressure as solvent were also considered. During the course of the project I gained a hands on experience of applying theory learnt in class to practical problems. Also, as a part of my project I met various kinds of people ranging from plant mangers to engineers to scientists working on that field and every moment for that experience enriched my knowledge on the subject matter concerned.