Faculty Profile

	Jai P Gupta Professor B.Tech. IIT Kanpur 1966 M.S.E.  University of Michigan, USA,  1967 Ph.D. Univ of Pennsylvannia, USA,  1971 email: jpg@iitk.ac.in Phone(office): 91-512-2597175, 2597629 Phone(res)   : 91-512-2598505 Fax    : 91-512-2590104, 2590260, 2590007

Research Interests

• Fundamental and Applied Heat Transfer
• Chemical Process Safety and Risk Assessment
• Inherently Safer Plant Design
• Process Intensification
• Management of Hazardous Wastes

Awards

• Hutchinson Medal, Institution of Chemical Engineers (U. K.), 2002 for best paper published in/presented to IChemE (U. K.)

Selected Publications

• J.P. Gupta and D.W. Edwards,’ Inherently Safer Design - Current Status’, 6^th Process Intensification Network Meeting, Cambridge University, UK, Nov. 27, 2001.
• J.P.Gupta, ’Comments on the Royal Commission on Long Term Effects of Chemicals in the Environment’,Royal Academy of Engineering, London, Nov. 2001.
• J. P. Gupta, ' Bhopal Gas Tragedy - Could it have happened in a Developed Country', J. Loss Prevention in the Process Industry, 15, 1-4, (2002).
• J. P. Gupta, 'The Water Business', Letter, Down to Earth, Vol. 10 (16), 2 (2002).
• J. P. Gupta and D.W. Edwards, ‘Inherently Safer Design – Present and Future’, Trans. IChemE, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 80 (B), 115-125 (2002). Winner of the Hutchinson Medal of the IChemE, U. K.
• J.P. Gupta and D. W. Edwards, ‘ Some thoughts on measuring Inherent Safety’, Proceedings of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 2002 Symposium ‘Beyond Regulatory Compliance, Making Safety Second Nature’, College Station, Texas, October 29-30, 2002.
• N. Keren, H.H. West, W.J. Rogers, J.P.Gupta, M.S. Mannan , ‘Use of Failure rate and Human Error Databases to Develop Safety Matrices and Performance Measurement Systems”, Proceedings of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center 2002 Symposium ‘ Beyond Regulatory Compliance, Making Safety Second Nature’,College Station, Texas, October 29-30, 2002.
• J.P.Gupta, G. Khemani and M.S. Mannan, ’Calculation of Fire & Explosion Index (F&EI) Value for the Dow Guide taking credit for the Loss Control Measures’, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 16 (4), 235-241 (2003)
• J.P. Gupta, 'Old dogs can learn new tricks', Centerline (the Newsletter of the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center), Vol. 7 (1), 1 and 15-19 (Spring 2003)  http://psc.tamu.edu/publicatios/news_letter/SP03.pdf
• J.P. Gupta, D.C. Hendershot and M.S. Mannan, ‘Real Cost of Process Safety – a Clear Case for Inherent Safety’, Trans IChemE (U.K.) Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 81 (B), xxxx (November, 2003)
• M. S. Mannan, W.J. Rogers, J. T. Baldwin, J.P.Gupta, Y. Wang, S.R.Saraf, and K. Krishna, 'Hydroxylamine Production: Will a QRA Help You Decide', Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 81 (2), 215-224 (August, 2003)
• J.P.Gupta and D.W. Edwards, ‘A simple graphical method for measuring inherent safety’, Accepted for publication in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
• J. P. Gupta, 'Bhopal: Eighteen, going on Nineteen and Fading?', Invited Guest Editorial, Trans. IChemE (U.K.), Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Vol. 81 (B), 227-228, (July, 2003)

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