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SWOMITRA MOHANTY

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

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  • Associate Professor
    Chemical Engineering
  • Associate Professor
    Metallurgical Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Core Engineering & Platforms

  • Bioreactor design
  • Transport phenomena in reactive systems
  • Reaction engineering
  • Microfluidics and BioMEMS

Sensing & Diagnostics

  • Electrochemical sensing
  • Biosensors
  • Volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis
  • Non-invasive diagnostics

Materials & Nanotechnology

  • Nanomaterials
  • Functional materials
  • Surface-modified sensors
  • Titanium dioxide-based sensing

Energy & Sustainability

  • Hydrogen systems
  • Hydrogen production
  • Critical materials
  • Sustainable energy technologies

Data & Methods

  • Machine learning for sensing
  • Multiscale system design
  • Integrated sensing platforms

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ASCENDER PRELIMINARY DATA COLLECTION FOR CM
    1 Jun 2026 - 31 Jan 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    NSF-I-CORPS FOR EAS SENSING PLATFORM
    15 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DRYOUT PHASE-II
    DRY-OUT1 Aug 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    DRY-OUT
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HYDROGEN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT DOE
    14 Aug 2024 - 30 Sep 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HYDROGEN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT DOE-MATCH
    14 Aug 2024 - 30 Sep 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CRC ELECTROSENSE: A RAPID ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH TO NON-INVASIVE COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING
    1 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DRY-OUT DESICCATE MATERIALS TESTING
    DRY-OUT24 Jun 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
    DRY-OUT
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    TB DIAGNOSTICS/HIV PATIENTS
    NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY1 Jun 2022 - 31 Jul 2025
    NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MODULAR MICROREACTOR FOR RAPID STUDIES IN DIRECT SUB/ SUPERCRITICAL WATER LIQUEFACTION OF MUNICIPAL SLUDGE
    1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    TRANSFORMING UINTA BASIN EARTH MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED PRODUCTS (TUBE-MAP)
    15 Sep 2021 - 14 Aug 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MULTI-SCALE FLUID-SOLID INTERACTIONS IN ARCHITECTED AND NATURAL MATERIALS
    1 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    PEDIATRIC TB
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN F4 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN F
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    VOC SENSOR FOR INCUBATOR
    Global Good11 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
    Global Good
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    VENTURE WELL TRAVEL
    VENTUREWELL4 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
    VENTUREWELL
  • FELLOWSHIP OR RESIDENCY
    NRC FELLOWSHIP FOR UNEP
    US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSI1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021
    US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSI
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Solar Water Purification Device Development
    UT GOVERNORS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEV8 Jan 2014 - 8 Jan 2015
    UT GOVERNORS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEV
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Electrodynamic Sorting of Light Metals and Alloys
    ARPA-E1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2014
    ARPA-E
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    USC SEED GRANT
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOR
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    EDDY CURRENT SEPARATION
    DOE ADVANCED RSRCH PROJECTS AG11 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2018
    DOE ADVANCED RSRCH PROJECTS AG
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis at the Point of Care Using a Handheld Volatile BIomarker Sensor
    NSF-STTR7 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
    NSF-STTR
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HANDHELD TB SENSOR
    UT GOVERNORS OFFICE OF ECONOMI9 May 2012 - 31 Dec 2017
    UT GOVERNORS OFFICE OF ECONOMI
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MICROFLUIDIC CBC DEVICE FABRIC
    I-CALQ LLC1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
    I-CALQ LLC