Sumit Kumar

Dr. Sumit Kumar

Assistant Professor

Key Research Areas :Flow through porous media, Modelling and Simulation, Adsorption, Pyrolysis, EOR

  • Phone No: +91361 258 2275 (O) +91361 258 4275 (R)
  • Email: s_kumar@iitg.ac.in
  • Room No: 0311

311, Dept. of Chmical Engineering IIT Guwahati, North Guwahati, Kamrup 781039 India 


Education

1. Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (2020)
2. B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering with M.Tech in Petroleum Management (Dual Degree), IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (2015)

Research Interest

  • Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage (CCUS)
  • PVT Study (Solubility, Diffusivity Swelling; Gas Hydarte)
  • CO2 based Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for Conventional & Unconventional Reservoirs (Enhanced Shale Oil/Gas & Enhanced-CBM Recovery)
  • Data Science & AI/ML 

Experience

1. Assistant professor (Jun 2021- Till now), IIT Guwahati
2. Assistant professor (Oct 2020- Jun 2021), Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Jais UP
3. Assistant professor (TEQIP III, MHRD) (Jan 2018 - Oct 2020), Dibrugarh University, Assam

Courses Taught

1. CL6046: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology

2. CL 3006: Process Engineering and Economics

3. CL 6055: Enhanced Oil Recovery

4. CL6044: Petroleum Reservoir Simulation

5. CL5201: Reservoir Engineering 

6. CL5105: Production Engineering & Well Testing