Profile

Dr. Sanju Sreedharan

 Associate Professor

Specialisation: Civil Environmental Engineering

Room: AC II 305

Educational Qualifications

  • B. Tech Civil Engineering (Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur)
  • M. Tech Civil – Environmental Engineering (Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur)
  • PhD Environmental Engineering (Doing – Cochin University of Science & Technology)

Employment History

  • Joined SCMS School of engineering and technology, Karukutty, Cochin on 01-06-2005
  • Teaching Experience 6 months (06-12-2004 to 30-05-2005) at Royal College College of Engineering, Akkikkavu, Kundamkulam, Thrissur.

 

Key Responsibilities Held

Responsibilities Held

  • Chairman to KTU Centralised Valuation Camp (C-17) for subjects Basics of Civil Engineering and Introduction to Civil Engineering during 2015-16 academic year.
  • A member of Question paper panel of KTU for the first semester B Tech Degree Examination (January 2016)
  • A member of Organising committee 3rd (19/10/2015) and 2nd (06/10/2014) Indian-German Water Partnership Day
  • Class Co-ordinator for different batches from 2005-2006 academic year
  • Currently Class Advisor for Batch 15 (2015 Admission) from July 2015.
  • In Charge of M Tech Environmental Engineering during 2013-2014 (Batch 1)
  • A member of Syllabus Revision Committee for M G University M Tech (2013 Revision)
  • Joint Organising Secretary: International Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering (ICICE’14, ICICE’13) [Conferences organised by Department of Civil Engineering, SSET]
  • A member of the team visited Germany under MOU signed between SCMS & University of Applied Sciences, Weingarten, German University (2013)
  • Joint Organising Secretary: National Conference on Innovations in Civil Engineering (NCICE’12) [Conference organised by Department of Civil Engineering,SSET]

Present Responsibilities

  • Faculty Advisor of Batch 15 (2015 – 2019)
  • Faculty In – charge of Environmental Engineering Lab from June 2005
  • A member of SCMS Water Institute, Cochin
  • A member of Student’s Grievances and Retrocel committee of SSET.
  • A Chairperson of Student’s Grievances and Redressal committee of SSET.
  • Organizing committee member PPTIA’16

Teaching Interests

  • Construction Engineering
  • Civil Engineering Drawing
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Water and wastewater treatment systems
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Surveying
  • Civil CAD Drawing

Research Interests

  • Water / Wastewater Treatment technologies
  • Fuel Cell Technology for wastewater treatment and Energy production
  • Solar Distillation
  • Membrane Reactors
  • Desalination of Brackish water
  • Salinity Intrusion Studies

Publications

  • Joshly Johny & Sanju Sreedharan ‘ Efficiency of Potassium Permanganate and Potassium Dichromate as Oxidizing Agent in Microbial Fuel cell’ ATECMC’17, SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Karukutty.
  • Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. Renu Pawels ‘Study on Seasonal Variation of Salinity Intrusion in the Shallow Aquifers of Kochi Corporation’ ATECMC’17, SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Karukutty.
  • Uma Lakshmi & Sanju Sreedharan ‘Comparison of Two Oxidizing Agents in Microbial Desalination Cell’ ATECMC’17, SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Karukutty.
  • Devika S Nair & Sanju Sreedharan, ‘Reduction of Turbidity by Electrocoagulation’ ATECMC’17, SCMS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Karukutty.
  • Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. Renu Pawels, MFC Technology for Geen Energy from Household Substrates, ICRACE 2016, CUSAT
  • Ashly Mary Mammen, Sanju Sreedharan, Dr. Johannes Fritsch & Dr. Raqtish Menon, ‘Assessment of Fate of Contaminants in Electrodialysis Desalination’, ICRACE 2016, CUSAT
  • Aswathy Rajan, Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. V Babu, ‘Treatment of Pesticide Effluent using solvent Extraction and Adsorption Techniques’, ICRACE 2016, CUSAT
  • Neenu Georgina Johnson, Sanju Sreedharan, Dr. Ajit Haridas & Dr. V Babu, ‘Pilot Scale Study on MBR for synthetic pesticide Effluent Treatment’, ICRACE 2016, CUSAT
  • Tejal Tilak Baker, Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. V B Manilal, ‘Development of a Compact Biological Treatment System for Toilet wastes’, ICRACE 2016, CUSAT
  • Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. Renu Pawels, Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for wastewater Treatment and Electricity Production, ICEEMS ’2014, SOE CUSAT
  • Sanju Sreedharan & Dr. Renu Pawels ‘Advances in Wastewater Treatment using Membrane Bioreactor Technology – a Review’ RACE 2012, CUSAT

Journal Publications

  • Sanju Sreedharan and Renu Pawels ‘Seasonal Deviation of Saltwater Intrusion in the Shallow Aquifers of Kochi Municipal Corporation, Kerala, India’ International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2018,(596-605).
  • Sanju Sreedharanand RenuPawels, “Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Technology for Household Waste Reduction and Bio-Energy Production”, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning: An International Journal (CiVEJ) Vol.3, No.2, June 2016 PP:119-126
  • Ashly Mary Mammen, Johannes Fritsch, Sanju Sreedharan and Ratish Menon, “Electro-dialysis for The Desalination of Backwaters in Kerala”, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning: An International Journal (CiVEJ) Vol.3, No.2, June 2016 PP:107-117.
  • AswathyRajan, Sanju Sreedharan and V. Babu, “Solvent Extraction and Adsorption Technique for the Treatment of Pesticide Effluent”, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning: An International Journal (CiVEJ) Vol.3, No.2, June 2016 PP:155-165

 

Professional Activities

Professional and Consulting Activities

  • Plan & Estimation of Residential Buildings

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Member of IWA (International Water Association)
  • Life Member ICI (Indian Concrete Institute)

Technical programs attended

  • Attended One day Orientation programme on ‘Design Project’ organized by KTU on 21.08.2018.
  • Attended Short Term Training Programme on “Emerging Challenges in Sustainable Urban Development” organised by Department of Civil Engineering, SSET sponsored by KTU from 10th to 12th July 2019.
  • Attended Short Term Training Programme on ‘GIS, Remote Sensing & GPS Applications in Engineering’ organised by Civil Engg. Division SOE, CUSAT in association with Environmental Science Center, MG University from 4th to 10th November 2013 at CUSAT, Kochi.
  • Attended Short Term Training Programme on ‘Advanced Technology In Environmental Perspective’ organised by Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur from 2nd to 7th August 2010.
  • Attended 5 days MISSION 10X workshop organised by WIPRO in association with ISTE during May 2009 followed by a second level ‘Learning Approach Practitioners Certificate’ programme during July 2009.