DESCRIPTION
TRACKS (JCBEE-26)
JCBEE-26 accepts all papers related with the following tracks:
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Mining, Water and Waste Management
Agriculture and Soil Sciences
Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Applied Mathematics and Computer Applications
Please see the detailed list of some of the potencial topics below:
Chemical Engineering
Transport Phenomena: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer mechanisms, mass transfer kinetics, boundary layer theory.
Chemical Reaction Engineering: Homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetics, ideal reactor design (CSTR, PFR, Batch), catalyst design, reactor safety systems.
Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria: Equations of state, chemical reaction equilibria, vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), chemical potential.
Unit Operations: Distillation columns, liquid-liquid extraction, crystallization, drying processes, filtration systems.
Process Control & Dynamics: Feedback and feedforward loops, PID controllers, transfer functions, dynamic process simulation.
Biological Engineering
Bioprocess & Fermentation Technology: Microbial growth kinetics, upstream process optimization, bioreactor design and scale-up, downstream separation.
Cellular & Tissue Engineering: Stem cell differentiation, scaffold design, biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, regenerative medicine.
Enzyme Kinetics & Catalysis: Michaelis-Menten dynamics, enzyme immobilization, industrial enzymatic synthesis, biocatalysis.
Synthetic & Molecular Biology: Metabolic pathway engineering, CRISPR-Cas system applications, recombinant DNA technology, protein engineering.
Biomedical Engineering Systems: Targeted drug delivery mechanisms, biosensor technology, artificial organs, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices.
Environmental Engineering
Water & Wastewater Treatment: Primary physical treatment, biological secondary treatment, advanced membrane filtration, sludge management, desalination.
Air Pollution Control: Particulate matter scrubbers, catalytic converters, industrial emissions monitoring, volatile organic compound (VOC) treatment.
Solid & Hazardous Waste Management: Landfill engineering, hazardous waste neutralization, thermal treatment, waste reduction strategies.
Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology: Bioaccumulation kinetics, transport of pollutants in soil/water, heavy metal speciation, risk assessment.
Hydrology & Water Resource Systems: Surface water modeling, groundwater remediation, watershed management, transport of environmental contaminants.
Interrelated Topics (Cross-Disciplinary Integration)
Chemical + Biological Engineering (Biochemical Engineering)
Industrial Biotechnology: Large-scale bio-manufacturing, continuous fermenter control, bio-based chemical production, industrial enzyme production.
Metabolic Engineering & Synthetic Biology: Redesigning metabolic networks for chemical yields, cellular factory design, flux balance analysis.
Biopharmaceutical Processing: Cleanroom process validation, monoclonal antibody purification, vaccine manufacturing dynamics, protein stabilization.
Chemical + Environmental Engineering (Green & Sustainable Engineering)
Green Chemistry & Sustainable Processing: Atom economy, non-toxic solvent selection, energy-efficient chemical routes, process intensification.
Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage (CCUS): Direct air capture, chemical looping combustion, solvent-based carbon dioxide absorption, geological sequestration.
Pollutant Separation & Clean Technology: Membrane separation of toxic waste streams, heterogeneous photocatalysis, clean fuel synthesis, alternative energy storage.
Biological + Environmental Engineering (Environmental Biotechnology)
Bioremediation & Phytoremediation: Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons, heavy metal extraction using plants, bio-augmentation of contaminated sites.
Anaerobic Digestion & Waste-to-Energy: Methanogenesis kinetics, biogas purification, organic municipal waste digestion, bio-hydrogen production.
Ecological Engineering: Engineered wetlands for wastewater treatment, bio-filters for air quality control, natural attenuation systems.
Integrated Synthesis: Chemical + Biological + Environmental Engineering
Circular Bioeconomy: Converting agricultural waste streams into platform chemicals and biodegradable plastics using engineered microbes and low-impact processing.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Sustainable Design: Evaluating environmental impact from raw material extraction to disposal, techno-economic analysis of bio-refineries, cradle-to-cradle engineering design.
Advanced Biorefineries: Processing complex biomass feedstocks via thermochemical and biochemical routes to produce renewable fuels, polymers, and value-added materials.