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Ipsita BanerjeeAssistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering


Phone: 412-624-2071

Fax: 412-624-9639

Office: 1242 Benedum Hall

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, 2005

Post-doctoral Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2005-2008

 

Professional Interests

Dr. Banerjee’s research interest focuses on the area of process systems engineering and optimization and their applications in different chemical and bio-engineering problems. She is currently developing novel methods for differentiating embryonic stem cells to the pancreatic lineage and applying systems engineering principles in analyzing the regulatory network of the differentiating cell population. She is also interested in reaction network modeling energy efficient combustion processes.

Her research topics include:

  • Embryonic stem cell differentiation;
  • Analysis of regulatory network of the differentiating embryonic stem cells;
  • Systems biology;
  • Uncertainty evaluation and robust model prediction in the presence of experimental uncertainty;
  • Nonlinear programming, Integer programming;
  • Reaction model reduction for hydrocarbon combustion;
  • Process feasibility and flexibility analysis;

To learn more about my research programs, please visit:

http://www.engr.pitt.edu/chemical/facstaff/Ibanerjee/index.html

 

Selected Publications

Banerjee I., Pal S., Maiti S. Computationally Efficient Black Box Modeling of Chemical and Mechanical Systems. Computers and Chemical Engineering, Submitted, 2009

Banerjee, I. and M. Yarmush. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Insulin-producing Pancreatic Cells, Tissue Engineering, Under Revision, 2009.

Banerjee, I., S. Maiti, N. Parashurama, M. Yarmush. Network Sparsity Uncovers the Regulatory Architecture in Differentiating Embryonic Stem Cells, PLOS Computational Biology, Under Revision, 2009.

Song Q., B. Saygili, I. Banerjee, Q. Zhang, F. Berthiaume, M. Yarmush. Low Power Laser Irradiation Stimulates the Proliferation of Adult Human Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells in Culture, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Dec 2008. 

Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou, “An Adaptive Reduction Scheme to Model Reactive Flow”, Combust. &  Flame., 144 , 619 (2006).

Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Feasibility Evaluation of Nonconvex Systems using Shape Reconstruction Techniques”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, 3638 (2005).

Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Model Independent Parametric Decision Making”, Ann. Oper. Res., 132, 135 (2004).

Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Development of an Adaptive Chemistry Model Considering Micromixing Effects”, Chem. Eng. Sci, 8, 4537 (2003).

Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Process Synthesis under Parameter Variability”, Comput. Chem. Eng., 27, 1499 (2003).

Balakrishnan, S., P. Georgopoulos, I. Banerjee and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Uncertainty Considerations in the Complex Kinetic Mechanisms Reduction” AIChE J, 48, 2875 (2002).

Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou, “Design Optimization under Parameter Uncertainty for General Black Box Models”, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 6687 (2002).

Banerjee, I., J.M. Modak, K. Bandopadhyay, “Mathematical Model for Evaluation of Mass Transfer Limitations in Phenol Biodegradation by Immobilized Pseudomonas Putida”, J. Biotech., 87, 211 (2001).

 

 

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