Dr. Manaswini Behera
Assistant Professor
School of Infrastructure
IIT Bhubaneswar
Samantapuri, Odisha751 013
India
Ph: +91674 2306206
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Education
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Doctor of Philosophy (2008-2012)
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Specialization: Environmental Engineering and Management
Thesis: Performance of microbial fuel cell under different operating conditions and
employing earthenware as separator
Master of Technology (2005-2007)
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Specialization: Environmental Engineering and Management
Thesis: Study of indoor air quality and ventilation in a public school in Delhi city, India.
Bachelor of Engineering (2001-2005)
Civil Engineering, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India
Experience
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Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Bhubaneswar (India), August, 2011 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India, April
2014-June 2014.
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, VSSUT Burla, Odisha, India, Ocober 2011April 2014.
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, IGIT Sarang, Odisha, India, August 2007January 2008.
Research Interests
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Bioenergy recovery during wastewater treatment
Microbial fuel cells
Water and wastewater treatment
Wastewater reuse
Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse
Publications
International Journals
1. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2009, Performance of microbial fuel cell in response to
change in sludge loading rate at different anodic feed pH. Bioresource Technology, 100 (21),
5114-5121. (Impact factor: 4.98)
2. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Performance evaluation of low cost
microbial fuel cell fabricated using earthen pot with biotic and abiotic cathode, Bioresource
Technology, 101(4), 1183-1189. (Impact factor: 4.98)
3. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., More, T.T., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010., Rice mill wastewater treatment
in microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen pot at
different pH, Bioelectrochemistry, 79(2), 228-233. (Impact factor: 3.759)
4. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Study of the effect of the cathode surface
area and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell,
International Journal of Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy, 1(1), 59-64.
5. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010, Performance comparison of up-flow
microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen cylinder,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (11), 5681-5686. (Impact factor: 4.054)
6. Ghangrekar, M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera, M., Duteanu, N.M., 2010, Effect of sulfate
concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Environmental
Engineering and Management Journal, 9(9), 1227-1234. (Impact factor: 1.004)
7. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Effect of operating temperature on
performance of Microbial fuel cell, Water Science and Technology, 64(4), 917-922.
(Impact factor: 1.122)
8. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell
made up of earthenware of different thickness, Water Science and Technology, 64(12), 24682473. (Impact factor: 1.122)
National Journals
1. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2012, Effect of organic loading rate and proton
exchange surface area on performance of microbial fuel cell, Journal of Environmental
Science and Engineering, 54 (9), 1-9.
International Conferences
1. Ghangrekar. M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera M., Duteanu, N.M., Effect of sulfate
concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Journees d
Electrochimie 2009, Sinaia, Romania - (6-10 July, 2009).
2. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M.,Electricity generation and wastewater
treatment in a low cost up-flow microbial fuel cell fabricated with earthen
cylinder, International Symposium on Bioenergy, IIT Kharagpur, India - (5-7 January, 2010).
3. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Wastewater treatment and electricity
generation in novel up-flow microbial fuel cell under different organic loading rates,
International Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy and Environment (ICETEE-2010),
Chennai, India - (7-8 January, 2010).
4. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation from synthetic
wastewater and real sewage in an up flow dual chambered microbial fuel cell, International
Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius(16-18 September, 2010).
5. Behera, M., More, T.T., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Rice mill wastewater treatment
using microbial fuel cell, IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Montreal,
Canada - (19-24 September, 2010).
6. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., Effect of Operating Temperature on
Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell, IWA-Microbes in Wastewater and Waste Treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production (MWT-2011), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India- (24-27
January, 2011).
7. Bandaru, S.S.R., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Performance and economics of low cost
clay cylinder microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment, World Renewable Energy
Congress, Linkoping, Sweden - (8-13 May, 2011)
8. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell
made up of earthenware of different thickness, 8th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water
and Wastewater Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- (6-10 June, 2011).
9. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., Using wastewater as fuel in a low cost bioelectrochemical
system to generate direct electricity, International Symposium on New Horizons in Bioenergy
Research, IIT Kharagpur, India - (14-16 January, 2013).
National Conferences
1. Behera, M., Bhattacharjee, S., Assessment of risk due to intake of groundwater contaminated
with heavy metals at some places of West Bengal, India, National Conference on
Environmental Pollution and Health-Problems and Solutions, organized by the International
Development Centre Foundation in collaboration with CPCB, Delhi and COEH, India, (1920 April, 2007).
2. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., Study of the effect of the cathode surface area
and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell, National
conference on Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy through Microbes (ADREM2009), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India - (13-15 January, 2009).
Book chapters in edited books
1. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., 2012. Suspended growth processes, Comprehensive water
quality and purification, vol. 3, Editor: S. Sengupta, Elsevier Publication.
2. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., 2011. Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Strategies and
Requirements. Environmental Health Risk Mitigation, Editor S.R. Garg, Satish Serial
Publishing House, Delhi.
Articles in magazines/ webpage
1. Behera, M., Ghangrekar M.M., 2009, Green energy technologies: The need to fulfill future
energy demand and save planet. Special issue on Green Technology, Nehru Museum of
Science & Technology, IIT Kharagpur.
2. Ghangrekar M.M. and Behera, M., 2010, Microbial fuel cell: a technology for wastewater
treatment and renewable energy. Electrical India, vol. 50 (4), 78-85.
3. Behera, M., Ghangrekar M.M., 2011, Energy Recovery Wastewater Treatment Processes.
Power Genxt, e-journal vol. 1, by Engineers’ Welfare Forum, WBPDCL, Kolkata, 10-22.
(www.wbpdclewf.org/e-journal.pdf).
Patent
Indian patent entitled “Earthen pot based proton exchanger cum anode chamber and microbial
fuel cell (MFC) obtained thereof” (1198/KOL/2009 dated 24-09-2009) has been filed.
Award
Chief Minister’s Merit Award for securing 7th position in state in High School Certificate
Examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
Fellowship
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Awarded Swedish International Development cooperation Agency (SIDA) fellowship to
attend World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2011), Linkoping, Sweden.
Awarded Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) fellowship to attend
International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius,
Reduit, Mauritius.
Manuscript Reviewer
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Bioresource Technology, Elsevier publication
Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier publication
Process Biochemistry, Elsevier publication
Bioelectrochemistry, Elsevier publication
Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier publication
Desalination and Water Treatment, Taylor and Francis publication.
The Scientific World Journal, Hindawi Publishing Corporation.