

The Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus is one of the premier Chemical Engineering departments in the Gulf region. Offering undergraduate program since 2005, the department enrolls students with exceptional caliber and to provide them with an environment in which they will grow intellectually and personally. The curriculum is distinctive in its emphasis on broad based education and direct intellectual engagement with faculty, a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, and the experience of living in a diverse campus community
Through a judicious mix of mandatory and elective courses, the student at Dubai campus gains expertise in various areas of chemical engineering, apart from core chemical engineering principles, such as petroleum and petrochemicals, cement, ceramics and glass, polymers and plastics, Environmental pollution, corrosion, chemical process technology, Process plant safety, modelling and simulation in chemical engineering, colloids, suspensions, emulsions, etc. The department also tries to explore software like PYTHON, MATLAB, MINITAB, ASPEN HYSYS, PROMAX etc to the core courses.
The department has collaborated in several research-based projects with prestigious organizations like IIT Guwahati, Shimadzu Middle-East and Africa, Dubai, BITS PILANI Goa Campus, International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, Universitè de Toulouse, France, Ocean corner wastewater treatment and chemicals LLC, etc to name a few.
1. Why should Students choose Chemical Engineering in BITS Pilani Dubai Campus?
2. In what way Chemical Engineering courses are different from other Institutions or Universities?
3. What are the Faculty expertise and lab facilities available in the department
4. Research scenario in the department
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Our Vision
To excel in teaching/learning, innovative research and industry engagement and to disseminate the same in order to become a world leader in chemical engineering and allied interdisciplinary areas.
Our Mission
To maintain high standards of instruction through innovative pedagogy, giving students in accordance with global standards to satisfy the needs of the industry and research communities.
Chemical Engineering

Ph.D. Topic - Textile Industry wastewater treatment by Moving bed Biofilm bioreactor and Photocatalysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Prakash Kumar B.G,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Vincent Shantha Kumar, Dr. Srikanth Mutnuri (BITS Pilani, Goa)
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Natural Sunlight-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Prakash Kumar B.G,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Completed

Ph.D. Topic - Sustainable recovery of glycols and aromatics from petrochemical industrial wastewater
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Prakash Kumar B.G,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Formulation of High-Performance Fire-Retardant Intumescent Coatings Based on Novel Fillers Including Nano Particulate Fillers
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Nishant Pandya,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Completed

Ph.D. Topic - Study of Ion-exchange based clean technology: From membrane preparation, process to enhanced operation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Murchana Changmai,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of Sustainable Self-healing Smart Coating for Various Substrates
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Nishant Pandya,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
The department boast itself with fully fledged labs in the areas of Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Separation Processes, Mechanical Operations, Process Control and Petroleum Engineering. In addition, latest advanced equipment in the field of Chemical Engineering are also available. Software such as MATLAB, ANSYS, ASPEN-HYSYS, MINITAB, DWSIM- Chemical Process Simulator and a number of advanced computational tools are also available at the department. The list of equipment available in area wise is given below.

Vacuum Distillation

Soxhlet Extraction Apparatus

Smoke Point Apparatus

Thin Film Aniline Point Apparatus

Conradson Carbon Residue

Bomb Calorimeter

Pensky-Martens Apparatus

Cleveland Apparatus

Orsat Apparatus

Simple Distillation

Melting Point of Grease/Wax

Gas Chromatography -Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) (Shimadzu QP2020 NX with Auto Injector)

Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Shimadzu : TGA-50

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Shimadzu : DSC-60

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Shimadzu: UV-2600 With Diffuse Reflectance (DRS) - Band Gap

Tensiometer (Dynamic Contact Angle) Data Physics DCAT 15

Contact Angle Goniometer

Sun Simulator - Xenon Lamp

Humidifier Chamber

Abbe Refractometer

Tube Furnace (1100C)

Membrane Filtration Unit (Modular Unit with Option For Ultra, Micro, Nano – Filtration)

Visible Spectrophotometer

Jar Test Apparatus

Bath Sonicator

Vortex Mixer

Hot Air Oven

Ozone Generator

Centrifuge

Moisture Analyzer

Elutriator

Elutriator

Plate & Frame Filter Press

Sieve Plate Distillation

Froth Flotation Cell

Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)

Semi Batch Reactor

Isothermal Batch Reactor

Tubular Reactor

Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)

CSTR in Series

Jaw Crusher

Sigma Mixer

Ball Mill

Gyratory Sieve Shaker

Hammer Mill

Orbital Shaking Incubator

Cooling Tower

VLE Apparatus

Parr Reactor

Losses due to Pipe Fittings
Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger
Bernoulli's Theorem

Centrifugal Pump Test Rig

Absorption in Packed Bed

Vapour-Liquid Equilibria

Reciprocating Pump Test Rig

Gaseous Diffusion Apparatus

Mass Transfer with/without Chemical Reaction

Fixed & Fluidized Bed

Forced Draft Tray Dryer

Sedimentation Studies Apparatus

Interacting and Non-interacting system

Cascade control Trainer

Control Valve Trainer Characteristics

Gas Chromatography -Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) (Shimadzu QP2020 NX with Auto Injector)

Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Shimadzu : TGA-50

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Shimadzu : DSC-60

UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Shimadzu: UV-2600 With Diffuse Reflectance (DRS) - Band Gap

Tensiometer (Dynamic Contact Angle) Data Physics DCAT 15

Sun Simulator - Xenon Lamp

High Temperature Fluidized Bed Reactor (1100C) Carbolite

Humidifier Chamber

Ebulliometer (Operation Under Vacuum)

Abbe Refractometer

Tube Furnace (1100C)

Membrane Filtration Unit (Modular Unit With Option For Ultra, Micro, Nano – Filtration)

Visible Spectrophotometer

Jar Test Apparatus

Bath Sonicator

Vortex Mixer

COD Measurement Device : HACH DR 900

Hot Air Oven

Ozone Monitor

Centrifuge

pH Meter

Conductivity Meter With Online Measurement

Conductivity Meter With TDS

Universal Meter (pH, Conductivity, Ion Selective Electrode, Dissolved Oxygen)

Hand-Held Refractometer

Digital Weighing Balances (Readability 1g, 0.1g, 1 Mg)

Moisture Analyzer

Gas Analyzer

Novital Grain Mill

Water Circulation Chiller

Static Meter
Cone Classifier

Elutriator

Rotary Vacuum Filter

Photobioreactor

Plate & Frame Filter Press

Sieve Plate Distillation

Froth Flotation Cell

Plug Flow Reactor (PFR)

Semi Batch Reactor

Isothermal Batch Reactor

Tubular Reactor

Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)

CSTR in Series

Jaw Crusher

Sigma Mixer

Ball Mill

Gyratory Sieve Shaker

Hammer Mill

Orbital Shaking Incubator

Cooling Tower

Jacketed Glass reactor

Losses due to Pipe Fittings

Heat Transfer in Agitated Vessel

Discharge Over Notches

Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger

Bernoulli's Theorem

Centrifugal Pump Test Rig

Venturi, Orifice & Rotameter Test Rig

Absorption in Packed Bed

Vapour-Liquid Equilibria

Reciprocating Pump Test Rig

UV Photoreactor

Liquid-Liquid Extraction in Packed Bed

Unsteady State Heat Transfer

Gaseous Diffusion Apparatus

Mass Transfer with/without Chemical Reaction

Liquid Diffusion Coefficient

Fixed & Fluidized Bed

Ozone Generator

Melting Point of Grease/Wax

Forced Draft Tray Dryer

Sedimentation Studies Apparatus

Energy Summit

Industrial Visit

AIMACE Poster Competition Achievement – February 19-20, 2025

Ethnic Day

CHEM-E-QUIZ ON 22nd November

Participation by our students to L’Oréal for their Sustainability for All initiative on September 26, 2024

Organizing Advance Excel workshop

Organizing 3rd International Conference on Environmental Sustainability (ICES 2023)

University Innovation Programme (UIP, 3rd Edition)-Expolive Projects under the mentorship of Chemical faculty members

Signing MOU With VEGGITECH, UAE
AIMACE Poster Competition Achievement – February 19-20, 2025
12 May, 2025Organizing Advance Excel workshop
22 January, 2024Organizing 3rd International Conference on Environmental Sustainability (ICES 2023)
19 January, 2024Signing MOU With VEGGITECH, UAE
8 August, 2023Signing MOU With Ocean Corner Water Treatment Equipment & Chemicals LLC.
8 August, 2023




Poster presentation by final year students on December 18, 2024




Head - Department of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus Dubai International Academic City P. O. Box No. - 345055 Dubai, UAE
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