Sushanta Mitra
91亚色 Associate Vice-President Research Sushanta Mitra has received a Medal for Engineering Excellence from the Professional Engineers of Ontario for his distinguished research achievements.
Mitra鈥檚 research applications tackle some of the world鈥檚 most challenging problems, including the development of tools and techniques for efficiently extracting oil and gas from reservoir rocks, bio-converting coal into methane (bio-energy pathways), increasing water monitoring efficiency and affordability (environment monitoring), and detecting vector borne, bacterial and cardiac diseases (health applications).
Mitra and his team developed the Mobile Water Kit, a field-deployable water quality monitor sensor that detects the level of E.coli in contaminated water within two to 60 minutes. The kit can detect the presence of E. coli through visual colour change of the filter surface, directly at the contamination site. Mitra has also made seminal contributions in the fundamental understanding of fluid transport in micro and nano-scale confinements.
鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I extend sincerest congratulations to Associate Vice-President Sushanta Mitra on receiving this prestigious award,鈥 said 91亚色鈥檚 Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅.
Mobile Water Kit
鈥淧rofessor Mitra is a world-class researcher who has made exceptional gains in this exciting area of research and contributed significantly to 91亚色's broader research agenda through his role as Associate Vice-President Research.聽 This award is well-deserved.鈥
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