Specialization

Dielectric Spectroscopy, Microwave Processing, Electromagnetic Radiation–Biological Interactions, Computational Modeling and Simulation, Proteomics

Email

sushma.kumari@thapar.edu

Biography
Dr. Sushma Kumari is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at Thapar institute of Engineering and Technology. She completed her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna in 2022 and obtained her M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Raipur.

Her research focuses on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with biological substances, with particular emphasis on dielectric spectroscopy and microwave-assisted processing of biomaterials. Her work integrates experimental investigations and computational modeling to understand thermal and non-thermal effects of microwave radiation on biological systems.

Research Interests

Electromagnetic radiation interaction with biological materials; Dielectric spectroscopy; Computational modeling and simulation; AI/ML applications in CFD and dielectric behavior prediction. 
 

APPOINTMENTS/POSITIONS

• Assistant professor (Guest Faculty) in the Department of Chemical engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P., India. Appointed from 25th October 2021 – till 11th September 2023.
• Faculty coordinator in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P., India. Appointed for session 2021- 2022 and session 2022- 2023.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Kumar D, Ershad M, Kumar R, Kumari S, Gautam S. “Predicting Mosquito Repellent for Smart home system Utilizing Intelligent Machine Learning Model”. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics (ISSN NO: 1671-1793). Vol. 34, no. 12, 2024.
2. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “The Effect of Temperature and Additives on the Dielectric Behavior of Human Whole Blood, Its Different Components and Cell Suspensions”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. Vol. 71, 2022, pp. 1-9, Art no. 1001809.
3. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “The Efficient Thermal Processing of Cylindrical Multiphase Meat: A Study on the Selection of Microwave Heating Strategy”. International Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 18, no. 6, 2022, pp. 437-450.
4. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “A Two-Dimensional Study to Aid the Prototype Designing of Mono- Mode Microwave Blood Warmer”. Chemical and Process Engineering. Vol.43, no.2, 2022, 147– 157. 
5. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “The Evolution of Microwave Assisted Thermal Processing of Pre- Transfusion Human Blood: A Review.” Materials Today: Proceedings. Vol.57, Part4, 2022, pp. 1877-1883.
6. Mishra S, Kumari S, Kumar P, Samanta S K. “Microwave Synthesized Strontium Hexaferrite 2d Sheet as Versatile and Efficient Microwave Catalysts for Degradation of Organic Dyes and Antibiotics.” Science of Total Environment, Vol. 790, 2021, Art no. 147853.
7. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “1D Study on Microwave Assisted Warming of Human Blood with Varied Ceramic and Composite Supports". J. Indian Chem. Soc., Vol. 97, March 2020, pp. 379- 383.

InternationalConferences

1. Mehrolia M S, Dixit S, Kumar D, Singh A K, Kumari S.“Utilisation of fully transparent, flexible and compact modelled low voltage TFT for the simulation of 2:4 and 3:8 decoder circuits”. 3rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics: Developments &Applications, 2025.
2. Mehrolia M S, Dixit S, Kumar D, Singh A K, Kumari S, Rana J. “Implementation of a 4:1 multiplexer using compact modeled flexible and low voltage OTFT for realizing it as a universal logic gate”. 3rd International Conference on Device Intelligence, Computing and Communication Technologies, 2025.
3. Kumar D, Shukla A K, Dwivedi S, Kumari S. “Towards a role in GA-SVM effect-based air quality control prediction”. National Conference on Sustainable Practices for Environmental Remediation- 2025, 2025.
4. Kumari S, Kumar D, Singla S K. “Determination of the bovine serum albumin subjected to microwave interaction by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry”. International Conference on Sustainable Development in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (SDCEE- 2024), 2024.
5. Kumari S, Samanta S K. “The Analysis of Modifications in the Bovine Serum Albumin Due to Microwave Interaction.” International Chemical Engineering Conference, 2022.
6. Kumari S, Samanta S K, Patel K. “Enhanced microwave assisted processing of 2D cylindrical porous food dielectric.” AMPERE 2019. 17th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (pp. 253-260). DOI: 10.4995/AMPERE2019.2019.9893, 2019.
7. Kumari S, Samanta S K, Saxena B. “Theoretical analysis on efficient microwave warming of human blood.” AMPERE 2019. 17th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (pp. 279-285). DOI: 10.4995/AMPERE2019.2019.9765, 2019.
8. Kumari S. “Study of etherification reaction of acrylic acid with ethanol using hydrochloric acid as catalyst.” International conference on new frontiers in chemical, energy and environmental engineering (INCEEE-2015), 2015.

Seminar/FDP/ STTP/Workshop

1. Member of organizing committee for the Faculty Development Program on ‘Green process protocols for chemical and pharmaceutical industries’ organized by the Department of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical science and technology, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi and MMMUT Gorakhpur.
2. Participated in Faculty Development Program on ‘Green process protocols for chemical and pharmaceutical industries’ by the Department of chemical engineering and pharmaceutical science and technology, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi and MMMUT Gorakhpur.
3. Participated in Faculty Development Program on ‘Recent advances in applied mathematics using mathematical tools (RAAMMT-2022)’ by the Department of mathematics and scientific computing, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi and MMMUT Gorakhpur.
4. Participated in One-week Short Term Training Program on ‘Modern trends in manufacturing and thermal sciences (MTMTS-2022)’ by the Department of mechanical engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi and MMMUT Gorakhpur.
5. Participated in two-day national level workshop on ‘Internship: An effective tool to create industry ready professionals’ by MIT Academy of engineering, Alandi (D), Pune.
6. Participated in workshop on ‘Academic Ethics and IPR’ by National Institute of Technology Raipur and Chhattisgarh council of science and technology.
7. Participated in workshop on ‘Fuel-cell development’, at IIT Kanpur  and signatory : sustainable leadership program, university of Cambridge, partner: German ministry of education initiative, associate: Vardaan energy, MNRE.