TRACKS (JCBEE-26)

JCBEE-26 accepts all papers related with the following tracks:

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Mining, Water and Waste Management
• Agriculture and Soil Sciences
• Environmental and Ecological Engineering
• Applied Mathematics and Computer Applications 

Chemical Engineering

• Transport Phenomena: Fluid mechanics, heat transfer mechanisms, mass transfer kinetics, boundary layer theory.

• Chemical Reaction Engineering: Homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetics, ideal reactor design (CSTR, PFR, Batch), catalyst design, reactor safety systems.

• Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria: Equations of state, chemical reaction equilibria, vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), chemical potential.

• Unit Operations: Distillation columns, liquid-liquid extraction, crystallization, drying processes, filtration systems.

• Process Control & Dynamics: Feedback and feedforward loops, PID controllers, transfer functions, dynamic process simulation.

Biological Engineering

• Bioprocess & Fermentation Technology: Microbial growth kinetics, upstream process optimization, bioreactor design and scale-up, downstream separation.

• Cellular & Tissue Engineering: Stem cell differentiation, scaffold design, biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, regenerative medicine.

• Enzyme Kinetics & Catalysis: Michaelis-Menten dynamics, enzyme immobilization, industrial enzymatic synthesis, biocatalysis.

• Synthetic & Molecular Biology: Metabolic pathway engineering, CRISPR-Cas system applications, recombinant DNA technology, protein engineering.

• Biomedical Engineering Systems: Targeted drug delivery mechanisms, biosensor technology, artificial organs, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices.

Environmental Engineering

• Water & Wastewater Treatment: Primary physical treatment, biological secondary treatment, advanced membrane filtration, sludge management, desalination.

• Air Pollution Control: Particulate matter scrubbers, catalytic converters, industrial emissions monitoring, volatile organic compound (VOC) treatment.

• Solid & Hazardous Waste Management: Landfill engineering, hazardous waste neutralization, thermal treatment, waste reduction strategies.

• Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology: Bioaccumulation kinetics, transport of pollutants in soil/water, heavy metal speciation, risk assessment.

• Hydrology & Water Resource Systems: Surface water modeling, groundwater remediation, watershed management, transport of environmental contaminants.

Interrelated Topics (Cross-Disciplinary Integration)

Chemical + Biological Engineering (Biochemical Engineering)

• Industrial Biotechnology: Large-scale bio-manufacturing, continuous fermenter control, bio-based chemical production, industrial enzyme production.

• Metabolic Engineering & Synthetic Biology: Redesigning metabolic networks for chemical yields, cellular factory design, flux balance analysis.

• Biopharmaceutical Processing: Cleanroom process validation, monoclonal antibody purification, vaccine manufacturing dynamics, protein stabilization.

Chemical + Environmental Engineering (Green & Sustainable Engineering)

• Green Chemistry & Sustainable Processing: Atom economy, non-toxic solvent selection, energy-efficient chemical routes, process intensification.

• Carbon Capture, Utilization, & Storage (CCUS): Direct air capture, chemical looping combustion, solvent-based carbon dioxide absorption, geological sequestration.

• Pollutant Separation & Clean Technology: Membrane separation of toxic waste streams, heterogeneous photocatalysis, clean fuel synthesis, alternative energy storage.

Biological + Environmental Engineering (Environmental Biotechnology)

• Bioremediation & Phytoremediation: Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons, heavy metal extraction using plants, bio-augmentation of contaminated sites.

• Anaerobic Digestion & Waste-to-Energy: Methanogenesis kinetics, biogas purification, organic municipal waste digestion, bio-hydrogen production.

• Ecological Engineering: Engineered wetlands for wastewater treatment, bio-filters for air quality control, natural attenuation systems.

Integrated Synthesis: Chemical + Biological + Environmental Engineering

• Circular Bioeconomy: Converting agricultural waste streams into platform chemicals and biodegradable plastics using engineered microbes and low-impact processing.

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Sustainable Design: Evaluating environmental impact from raw material extraction to disposal, techno-economic analysis of bio-refineries, cradle-to-cradle engineering design.

• Advanced Biorefineries: Processing complex biomass feedstocks via thermochemical and biochemical routes to produce renewable fuels, polymers, and value-added materials.