Dr. Mona Mary Varghese

Designation: Assistant Professor
Education:  B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D.

Professional Experience
Teaching: 2 years

  1. Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc), Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut (Feb 2018 – May 2018).
  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, St. Michael College of Engineering and Technology, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu (June 2016- January 2018).

Specialization
UG: B. Tech. Chemical Engineering
PG: M. Tech. Chemical Engineering

PhD: Chemical Engineering 

Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical studies on the flow characteristics of gas-solid fluidized bed with non-spherical particles.

Publication (latest come first)
International Journals

  1. Mona Mary Varghese, Chaithanya P. Devan, Samiksha M. Masram, Teja Reddy Vakamalla (2024) Experimental investigation of the behavior of non-spherical particles in a small-scale gas-solid fluidized bed. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 95, 102493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2023.102493.
  2. Venkata Charan Reddy Eppala, Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla (2023) Effect of particle shape on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized bed. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 189, 461-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.11.025.
  3. Mona Mary Varghese, Aiswaria P, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy (2023) Measurement of solids holdup in a gas–solid fluidized bed: an experimental, statistical and ANN approach. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 40, 493-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43153-022-00255-1.
  4. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Ravi Gujjula, Narasimha Mangadoddy (2022) Prediction of solid circulation rate in an internal circulating fluidized bed: An empirical and ANN approach. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 88, 102274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2022.102274.
  5. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Bhargav Mantravadi, Narasimha Mangadoddy (2021) Effect of Drag Models on the Numerical Simulations of Bubbling and Turbulent Fluidized Beds. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 44, 865-874. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202000516.

Conference Book Chapters

  1. Mona Mary Varghese, Venkata Charan Reddy Eppala, Teja Reddy Vakamalla (2023), “Numerical simulation of the NETL Small-scale Challenge Problem 1 using CFD-DEM and TFM approaches,” Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3). FMFP 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6270-7_71.
  2. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla (2022), “Effect of Turbulence Model on the Hydrodynamics of Gas–solid Fluidised Bed,”Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (pp. 47-61). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6928-6_5.
  3. Mona Mary Varghese, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla (2021), “Experimental Study of Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Hydrodynamics Using Optical Fiber Probe,” Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (pp. 787-794). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0698-4_87.

International and National Conferences

  1. Presented a paper entitled “Numerical simulation of the NETL Small-scale Challenge Problem 1 using CFD-DEM and TFM approaches” in the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2021) organized by Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani on December 27-29, 2021.
  2. Presented a paper entitled “Effect of Turbulence Model on the Hydrodynamics of Gas–solid Fluidised Bed” in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (RTFDR-21) organised by National Institute of Technology Rourkela on April 2-4, 2021.
  3. Presented a paper entitled “Experimental Study of Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Hydrodynamics Using Optical Fiber Probe” in the 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2019) organised by PSG College of Technology,Coimbatore on December 9-11, 2019.
  4. Presented a paper entitled “Selective alkylation of an isomer of di-hydroxy benzene with t- butanol by selection and optimisation of micro-meso composite zeolite” in the National Conference on Innovations in Chemical Process and Technology organised by Government Engineering College Kozhikode, Calicut on October 7-8, 2016.

Participations

Workshop/ Seminars Attended

  1. Attended a SERB-Accelerate Online Workshop on “Modelling of Multiphase Reactor Engineering: Fundamentals and Industrial Applications” held at Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut during October 25th–31st 2021.
  2. Attended a Short Term Training on “Modern Computational Fluid Dynamics with Industrial and Environmental Applications” held at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut during February 1st–5th 2021.

Research Interest

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluidization
  • Multiphase Flow modelling

Achievement

  1. Received the Best Teacher Award for Excellence in Teaching for the acadamic year 2016-2017 from St. Michael College of Engineering and Technology, Sivagangai. 
  2. Awarded First rank and University Gold medal in the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from ANNA University in the academic year 2010-2014.

Contact Details

Ph: 9744376709

Email: mona.mv@saintgits.org, monamaryvarghese@gmail.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mona-mary-varghese-1581b596/