Assistant Professor
BTech: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2011
MSc(Engg.): Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, 2014
PhD: The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
Email: hariganesh -AT- iitgn.ac.in
Research Interests: Smart Manufacturing, Model Predictive Control, Optimization, Building Energy Management, Indoor Air Quality
Prof Hari Ganesh’s expertise lies in the general area of Process Systems Engineering. His PhD work at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) focused on Smart Manufacturing, combining first-principles and data-driven modelling approaches, numerical techniques, predictive control, and optimization to improve the operation of manufacturing systems. The study involved modelling, optimization, and control of an industrial austenitization furnace. At UT Austin, he also worked on model predictive control of indoor pollutants. As a postdoc at Texas A&M, he worked on modelling and multiparametric model predictive control of an industrial air separation unit.
At IIT Gandhinagar, Prof Hari Ganesh works on projects under the following three broad themes: (1) Modelling, Control, and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems (Smart Manufacturing), (2) Model-Based Building Energy Management (Smart Buildings), and (3) Theoretical Research in Model Predictive Control.
https://people.iitgn.ac.in/~hariganesh/
Publications
Journal papers:
Ganesh, Hari S., Burcu Beykal, Adam T. Szafran, Fabio Stossi, Lan Zhou, Michael A. Mancini, and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos. “Predicting the Estrogen Receptor Activity of Environmental Chemicals by Single-Cell Image Analysis and Data-driven Modelling.” In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, vol. 50, pp. 481-486. Elsevier, 2021.
Orr, Asuka A., Meichen Wang, Burcu Beykal, Hari S. Ganesh, Sara E. Hearon, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos, Timothy D. Phillips, and Phanourios Tamamis. “Combining experimental isotherms, minimalistic simulations, and a model to understand and predict chemical adsorption onto montmorillonite clays.” ACS omega (2021).
Pappas, Iosif, Dustin Kenefake, Baris Burnak, Styliani Avraamidou, Hari S. Ganesh, Justin Katz, Nikolaos A. Diangelakis, and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos. “Multiparametric Programming in Process Systems Engineering: Recent Developments and Path Forward.” Frontiers in Chemical Engineering 2 (2021).
Ganesh, Hari S., Kyeongjun Seo, Hagen E. Fritz, Thomas F. Edgar, Atila Novoselac, and Michael Baldea. “Indoor air quality and energy management in buildings using combined moving horizon estimation and model predictive control.” Journal of Building Engineering 33 (2021): 101552.
Ganesh, Hari S., David P. Dean, Sergio Vernuccio, Thomas F. Edgar, Michael Baldea, Linda J. Broadbelt, Mark A. Stadtherr, and David T. Allen. “Product Value Modelling for a Natural Gas Liquid to Liquid Transportation Fuel Process.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59, no. 7 (2020): 3109-3119.
Paper presented at conference:
Kenefake, Dustin, Iosif Pappas, Styliani Avraamidou, Burcu Beykal, Hari S. Ganesh, Yanan Cao, Yajun Wang, Simon Leyland, Jesus Flores-Cerrillo, and Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos, “Optimal Control of an Industrial Air Separation Plant through Smart Manufacturing and Surrogate Modelling”, In Process Systems Engineering Advanced Process Modelling Forum, April 13-15, 2021 (virtual conference)
Collaborations
Prof Hari Ganesh has initiated discussions with the Confederation of Indian Industries (jointly with Dr. Jaichander Swaminathan) for collaboration opportunities under the Smart Manufacturing theme in the cement industry. Other (potential) industry collaborators are Gyan Data Private Limited and Tiger Analytics.
