AKHIL T NAIR

Positive, collaborative, and organized individual with strong foundation in academic research and teaching methodologies. Possesses expertise and ability to engage industrial process modelling with an AI/ML approach. Dedicated to contribute for industrial research and development by implementing innovative solutions for process efficiency and sustainability.

• Kalman Filter based data-driven modeling for urban and municipal wastewater treatment processes, 12/01/23, IIChE-CHEMCON 2023, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
• Computational Analysis and Ranking of Activated Sludge Models, 09/01/23, 38th National Convention of Chemical Engineers, NIT, Tiruchirappalli

• Developed and implemented soft sensors for textile industry wastewater treatment using Bayesian Optimized Machine Learning (BO-ML) techniques.
• Applied metaheuristic-assisted first principles methodology to develop a process model for activated sludge system.
• Developed Neural Ordinary Differential Equation (NODE) based black-box model and Physics-Informed NODE (Hybrid NODE) model for activated sludge process.
• These ML models are fine-tuned using metaheuristic techniques to improve their predictive performance.

• Recent Progress in Process Modelling, simulation and Process Control, 01/01/25, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
• Machine Learning-Fundamentals and Applications, 01/01/24, IIPE Visakhapatnam, Online course
• Officers’ Training Program, 01/01/20, Division L, District 82, Toastmasters International, NIT Tiruchirappalli
• Recent Advances in Estimation, Nonlinear and Adaptive control, 12/01/19, Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, NIT, Tiruchirappalli
• Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning – with application to engineering systems, 09/01/19, IIT Bombay, CEP course
• Modeling and Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants, 11/01/18, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, GIAN course
• Advanced Computer Aided Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Processes, 09/01/18, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal, GIAN course
• Innovative, Sustainable Chemical Process Analysis, Design & Synthesis (ISCPADS -2017), 08/01/17, Departments of Chemical Engineering NIT Warangal & NIT Trichy, PSE for SPEED, Bangkok, Thailand
• Renewable Energy: Policies and Practices, 11/01/15, Department of Chemical Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
• Funding Possibilities for Engineering Research and Education in the Kerala State, 07/01/15, Centre for Engineering Research and Development (CERD), College of Engineering and Management Punnapra
• ISTE workshop on Fluid Mechanics, 05/01/14, IIT Kharagpur, National Mission on Education Through ICT(MHRD)
• Waste Management Issues and Priorities, 03/01/14, Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
• Faculty induction program, 11/01/13, ISTE, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Anad
• Faculty induction program, 05/01/13, ISTE, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Anad
• Short-Term Course on Induction Training Program, 12/01/12, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Pappanamcode
• Two weeks training in TiO2 pigment plant and Sulphuric acid plant, 12/01/06, In-plant Training at Travancore Titanium Products Ltd.

• Vice President, Education, 07/01/21, 12/31/21, Chiron Toastmasters, NIT Trichy
• President, 07/01/20, 12/31/20, Chiron Toastmasters, NIT Trichy

• International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystem (ICACSE 2018), 12/01/18, Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli
• ISTE, Kerala Section, 26th Annual State Convention, 11/01/15, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Anad
• Techsynod’14, 12/01/14, Departments of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Mohandas College of Engineering and Technology, Anad
• Advances in Chemical Engineering & Technology (ICACE TKMCE’14), 10/01/14, Department of Chemical Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
• International Conference on System Modelling Optimization and Advanced Process Automation (SYMOPA-2010), 12/01/10, Control and Instrumentation Group, CDAC, Trivandrum
• MEXSYM 08, 02/01/08, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam
• Chem Fest 07, 03/01/07, Served as an organizer for National Level Technical Symposium at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam

• Date of Birth: 05/16/86
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

• Metaheuristic assisted neural differential equation modeling in activated sludge process, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1.5, Q3
• Industrial activated sludge model identification using hyperparameter-tuned metaheuristics, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024, 8.2, Q1
• Kalman Filter Based State Estimation of a Thermal Power Plant, International Conference on Process Automation, Control and Computing, 2011, IEEE Xplore

PUBLICATIONS

Metaheuristic assisted neural differential equation modeling in activated sludge process

(BrazilianJournal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, IF: 1.5, Q3)

Industrial activated sludge model identification using hyperparameter-tuned metaheuristics(Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024, IF: 8.2, Q1)

Kalman Filter Based State Estimation of a Thermal Power Plant (International Conference on Process Automation, Control and Computing, IEEE Xplore, 2011)

CONFERENCES

Kalman Filter based data-driven modeling for urban and municipal wastewater treatment processes

Dec 2023

IIChE-CHEMCON 2023, held at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata

Computational Analysis and Ranking of Activated Sludge Models

Sep 2023

38th National Convention of Chemical Engineers, Golden Jubilee Celebrations of IE(I) TLC, and National Conference on Digitization of Chemical Process Industry held at NIT, Tiruchirappalli

Recent Progress in Process Modelling, simulation and Process Control

Jan 2025

AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty development program at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

Machine Learning-Fundamentals and Applications

Jan 2024

Online course from IIPE Visakhapatnam

Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning – with application to engineering systems

Sep 2019

CEP course conducted by IIT Bombay

Modeling and Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Nov 2018

GIAN course organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering NIT Warangal

Advanced Computer Aided Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Processes

Sep 2018

GIAN course organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering NIT Warangal

Innovative, Sustainable Chemical Process Analysis, Design & Synthesis (ISCPADS -2017)

Aug 2017

Workshop jointly organized by Departments of Chemical Engineering NIT Warangal & NIT Tiruchirappalli in collaboration with PSE for SPEED, Bangkok, Thailand.

Short-Term Course on Induction Training Program

Dec 2012

By National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, conducted at Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Pappanamcode

Two weeks training in TiO2 pigment plant and Sulphuric acid plant

Dec 2006

In-plant Training at Travancore Titanium Products Ltd.