Project: ERT tomography for measuring the crystallization progress in a batch reactor

Host: Lodz University of Technology (Poland)

Nationality: India

Research Interests:

• Non-destructive tomographic testing
• Automation and control of industrial processes
• Process Engineering in crystal chemistry

Education & past experience:

• Master’s in Biomedical Engineering from Martin Luther University, Germany, Oct. 2015
• Research Associate at Research group computed tomography Austria, Nov. 2015 – March 2018

Journal Articles:

G. Rao, S. Aghajanian, Y. Zhang, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, T. Koiranen, M. Fjeld, Monitoring and Visualization of Crystallization Processes Using Electrical Resistance Tomography: CaCO3 and Sucrose Crystallization Case Studies. MDPI Sensors, Special Issue “Tomographic Sensors for Industrial Process Control”, 22/12, 4431 (2022).

S. Aghajanian, G. Rao, V. Ruuskanen, R. Wajman, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, T. Koiranen, Real-Time Fault Detection and Diagnosis of CaCO3 Reactive Crystallization Process by Electrical Resistance Tomography Measurements. MDPI Sensors, Special Issue “Tomographic Sensors for Industrial Process Control”, 21/21, 6958 (2021).

G. Rao, M. A. Sattar, R. Wajman, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, Quantitative Evaluations with 2d Electrical Resistance Tomography in the Low-Conductivity Solutions Using 3d-Printed Phantoms and Sucrose Crystal Agglomerate Assessments. MDPI Sensors, 21/2, 564 (2021).

G. Rao, S. Aghajanian, T. Koiranen, R. Wajman, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, Process Monitoring of Antisolvent Based Crystallization in Low Conductivity Solutions Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy and 2-D Electrical Resistance Tomography. Applied Sciences, 10/11, 3903 (2020).

Presentations / Publications in Conference Proceedings & Workshops:

G. Rao, S. Aghajanian, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, Implementation of K-means clustering segmentation to visualize calcium carbonate crystals in high conductivity solution detected using ERT. 10th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (WCIPT 2021), 13-16 September 2021.

G. Rao, M. A. Sattar, R. Wajman, L. Jackowska-Strumiłło, Application of the 2D-ERT to evaluate phantom circumscribed regions in various sucrose solution concentrations. International Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop (IIPhDW), 15-17 May 2019, Wismar, Germany.

Personal Interests:

• Indian Classical Music, Santoor