American Journal of Environmental Engineering

American Journal of Environmental Engineering presents broad interdisciplinary information on the practice and status of research in environmental engineering science, systems engineering, and sanitation. A balanced contribution from consultants, practicing engineers, and researchers is sought on engineering solutions, and professional obligations and responsibilities.


Basha Shaik

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Environmental Engineering

Research Scientist, CSMCRI(Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute), India

Research Areas

Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Education

2005-2008Ph.DS.V. National Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Surat, Gujarat, India
1995-1997M.E.Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
1990-1994B.Tech Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India

Experience

2000-presentCentral Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute, GB Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
1997-2000Lecturer, Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Athwalines, Surat, Gujarat, India
1996-1997Teaching Assistant, Department of Petrochemical Technology, Faculty of Polytechnic, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
since 1987Full Professor of Mathematics and Comp. Science

Academic Achievement

Recipient of Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) EMPOWER postdoctoral fellowship from Government of Ireland
Referee for grants submitted to Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi; Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi

Membership

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkatta
Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi

Publications: Journals

[1]  Shaik Basha*, N. Subrahmanyam, A.B. Halgeri, and J. Das, "Studies on some alkylation reactions catalyzed by Zeolitic materials", Chemical Engineer, 2001, 43 (2), 75-80.
[2]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha*, H.V. Joshi and B. Jha "Microstructural and Chemical characterization of fly ash and its environmental perspective", Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 2004, 24, 90-100.
[3]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha*, H.V.Joshi, V.G.Sravan Kumar and B.Jha "Studies on the treatment of tannery effluent by lab model activated sludge unit (ASU), and role of coagulants" Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 2004, 24 (5), 353-360.
[4]  M.S.Reddy, B.Mehta, S. Dave, M. Joshi, L. Karthikeyan, V.K. S. Sarma, Shaik Basha, G. Ramachandraiah,*, P. Bhatt, * "Heavy metals: Accumulation in some commercial fish and crabs of Gulf of Cambay, India, Current Science 2007, 92, 1489-1491. (Citations till Feb2011: 6, June 2007, Impact factor 2007: 0.8)
[5]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha, "Chemical Process engineering in marine biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges" The ICFAI University Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2009, 1(2), 66-83.
[6]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* "Hexabromocyclododecane in the environment-Issues and Challenges" Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 2010, 30 (3), 234-253. (March 2010)
[7]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha*, V.G.Sravan Kumar H.V.Joshi and P.K. Ghosh, "Quantification and classification of ship-scraping waste at Alang-Sosiya, India" Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2003, 46, 1609-1614. (Citations till Feb2011: 9, December 2003, Impact factor 2006: 1.575)
[8]  M.S. Reddy, H.V.Joshi*, Shaik Basha and V.G. Sravan Kumar, "An assessment for energy potential of solid waste generated from a ship-scrapping yard at Alang" International Journal of Solid waste Technology & Management, 2004, 30 (2), 90-99. (Citations till Feb2011: Not available, May 2004, Impact factor 2004: Not available)
[9]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha, ,V.G. Sravan Kumar, H.V. Joshi and G. Ramachandraiah* "Distribution, enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals in coastal sediments at Alang-Sosiya ship scrapping yard, India", Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2004, 48, 1055-1059. (Citations till Feb2011: 21, June 2004, Impact factor 2004: 1.619)
[10]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha*, H.V. Joshi , V.G. Sravan Kumar B. Jha, and P.K. Ghosh "Modeling the energy content of ship-scraping waste at Alang-Sosiya, India, using multiple regression analysis" Waste Management, 2005, 25 (7), 747-754 (Citations till Feb2011: 5, Aug/Sept 2005, Impact factor 2005: 1.123).
[11]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha*, H.V. Joshi and B. Jha "Evaluation of the emission characteristics of trace metals from coal and oil fired power plants and their fate during combustion", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2005, 123 (1-3), 242-249. (Citations till Feb2011: 21, August 2005, Impact factor 2005: 1.544)
[12]  M.S. Reddy, Shaik Basha, H.V. Joshi and G. Ramachandraiah* "Seasonal distribution and contamination levels of PHCs, PAHs and heavy metals in coastal waters of Alang-Sosiya Ship scraping yard, Gulf of Cambay, India", Chemosphere, 2005, 61, 1587-1593. (Citations till Feb2011: 10, December 2005, Impact factor 2005: 2.297)
[13]  M. Srinivasa Reddy, Shaik Basha, H. V. Joshi, G. Ramachandraiah* "Distribution and contamination levels of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Environment at Alang-Sosiya Ship Scrapping Yard, Gulf of Cambay, India" Proceedings of the International Oil Spill Conference 2005 (American Petroleum Institute, USA), IOSC , p. 11416-11422.
[14]  M.S.Reddy, Shaik Basha, S.Adimurthy and G. Ramachandraiah* "Description of the small plastics fragments in marine sediments along the Alang-Sosiya ship-breaking yard, India", Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Sciences 2006, 68, 656-660. (Citations till Feb2011: 6, July 2006, Impact factor 2006: 1.733)
[15]  Shaik Basha*, P.M. Gaur, R.B. Thorat, R.H. Trivedi, S.K. Mukhopadhyay, Nisha Anand, S. Desai, K.H. Mody and B.Jha "Heavy metal content of particulate matter at Alang-Sosiya ship breaking yard" Water, Air, & Soil pollution 2007, 178, 373-384. (Citations till Feb2011: 2, January 2007, Impact factor 2007: 1.224)
[16]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy*, "Kinetic and equilibrium models for biosorption of Cr(VI) on chemically modified seaweed, Cystoseira indica, Process Biochemistry 2007, 42, 1521-1529. (Citations till Feb2011: 24, November 2007, Impact factor 2007: 2.336)
[17]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha "Sorption of Hg(II) onto Carica papaya: Application of Isotherms" Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2008, 47, 980-986. (Citations till Feb2011: 11, February 2008, Impact factor 2008: 1.895)
[18]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha, "Biosorption of hexavalent chromium by chemically modified seaweed, Cystoseira indica" Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008, 137, 480-488. (Citations till Feb2011: 27, April 2008, Impact factor 2008: 2.813)
[19]  Shaik Basha, and B.Jha* "Estimation of Isotherm parameters for Biosorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) onto brown seaweed, Lobophora variegata", Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2008, 53, 449-455. (Citations till Feb2011: 7, February 2008, Impact factor 2008: 2.063)
[20]  Yasmin Khambhaty, K.H. Mody*, Shaik Basha and B. Jha, "Hg(II)removal from aqueous solution by dead fungal biomass of marine Aspergillus niger: Kinetic studies" Separation Science and Technology , 2008, 43, 1221-1238. (Citations till Feb2011: 7, January 2008, Impact factor 2008: 1.139)
[21]  Yasmin Khambhaty, Kalpana Mody* Shaik Basha and Bhavanath Jha, "Pseudo second order kinetic models for the sorption of Hg(II) onto dead biomass of marine Aspergillus niger: Comparison of linear and non-linear methods", Colloids and surfaces A: physicochemical and engineering aspects, 2008, 328, 40-43. (Citations till Feb2011: 6, October 2008, Impact factor 2008: 1.926)
[22]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha, "Biosorption Isotherms of Cu(II) and Ni(II) from Wastewater onto Chemically Modified Brown Seaweed, Cystoseira indica" AIChE Journal, 2008, 54, 3291-3302. (Citations till Feb2011: 1, December 2008, Impact factor 2008: 1.883)
[23]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B.Jha "Sorption of Cr(VI) onto Cystoseira indica: Comparison of regression methods for isotherms and biomass minimization" Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 2008, 3 (1), 1-19. (Citations till Feb2011: Not available, January 2008, Impact factor 2008: Not available)
[24]  Bhavanath Jha*, Shaik Basha, Santlal Jaiswar, Biswajit Mishra, Mukund C. Thakur, "Biosorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) onto brown seaweed, Lobophora variegata: Kinetic and Equilibrium studies" Biodegradation, 2009, 20, 1-13. (Citations till Feb2011: 4, February 2009, Impact factor 2009: 1.873)
[25]  Yasmin Khambhaty, K.H. Mody*, Shaik Basha, B. Jha, "Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies on biosorption of hexavalent chromium by dead fungal biomass of marine Aspergillus niger" Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009 (145) 489-495. (Citations till Feb2011: 23, January 2009, Impact factor 2009: 2.816)
[26]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha, "Removal of Cu(II) and Ni(II) from industrial effluents by brown seaweed, Cystoseira indica" Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2009, 48(2), 961-975. (Citations till Feb2011: 4, January 2009, Impact factor 2009: 1.758)
[27]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha, "Sorption of Hg(II) onto Carica papaya: Experimental studies and design of batch sorber", Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009, 147, 226-234. (Citations till Feb2011: 16, April 2009, Impact factor 2009: 2.816)
[28]  Yasmin Khambhaty, K.H. Mody*, Shaik Basha, B. Jha, "Biosorption of inorganic mercury on to dead biomass of marine Aspergillus niger: Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies" Environmental Engineering Science, 2009, 26 (3), 531-539. (Citations till Feb2011:3, March 2009, Impact factor 2009: 1.111)
[29]  Yasmin Khambhaty, K.H. Mody*, Shaik Basha, B. Jha, "Biosorption of Cr(VI) onto marine Aspergillus niger:: Experimental studies and Pseudo-second order kinetics" World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2009, 25, 1413-1421. (Citations till Feb2011: 3, July 2009, Impact factor 2009: 1.733)
[30]  Shaik Basha, Bhavanath Jha* and Santlal Jaiswar, "On the biosorption, by brown seaweed, Lobophora variegata, of Ni(II) from aqueous solutions: Equilibrium and thermodynamic studies", Biodegradation, 2010, 21, 661-680. (Citations till Feb2011: 0, September 2010, Impact factor 2010: 2.012)
[31]  Yasmin Khambhaty, Kalpana Mody* Shaik Basha and Bhavanath Jha, "Equilibrium modeling for biosorption of safranin onto chemically modified biomass of marine Aspergillus wentii" Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2011, 215, 679-691. (Citations till Feb2011: 0, February 2011, Impact factor 2009: 1.765)
[32]  Shaik Basha*, Jayraj Jhala, R.B. Thorat, Sangita Goel, R.H. Trivedi, Kunal Shah, Gopalakrishnan Menon, P.M. Gaur, K.H. Mody and B.Jha, "Assessment of heavy metal content in suspended particulate matter of coastal industrial town, Mithapur, Gujarat, India", Atmospheric Research, 2010, 97, 257-265. (Citations till Feb2011: 0, July 2010, Impact factor 2009: 1.811)
[33]  Shaik Basha, David Keane, Anne Morrissey, Kieran Nolan, Michael Oelgemoller, John Tobin*, "Studies on the adsorption and kinetics of photodegradation of pharmaceutical compound, Indomethacin using novel photocatalytic adsorbents (IPCAs)" Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2010, 49, 11302-11309. (Citations till Feb2011: 0, November 2010, Impact factor 2010: 2.07)
[34]  Shaik Basha, Z.V.P. Murthy* and B. Jha "Kinetics, Isotherms and Thermodynamics for the biosorption of Hg(II) onto Carica papaya" Bioremediation Journal, 2011, 15, 26-34. (March 2011)
[35]  David Keane, Shaik Basha, Kieran Nolan, Anne Morrissey, Michael Oelgemoller , John Tobin*, Photodegradation of famotidine by integrated photocatalytic adsorbent (IPCA) and kinetic study, Catalysis Letters, 2011, 2, 300-308. (Citations till Feb2011: 0, February 2011, Impact factor 2010: 1.907)
[36]  Shaik Basha, Colin Barr, David Keane, Anne Morrissey, Kieran Nolan, Michael Oelgemoller, John Tobin*, "'On the adsorption/photodegradation of Amoxicillin in aqueous solutions by an integrated photocatalytic adsorbent (IPCA): Experimental studies and kinetics analysis", Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2011, 10, 1014-1022.
[37]  Clair Lacey, Shaik Basha, Anne Morrissey, John Tobin*, "Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater process streams in Dublin, Ireland" Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI 10.1007/s10661-011-2020-z. (Citations till Jun2011: 0, Impact factor 2010: 1.436)
[38]  A.M.Deegan, S.Basha, K.Nolan, K.Urell, M. Oelgemoeller, J.Tobin, A.Morrissey*, Treatment options for wastewater from pharmaceutical companies: a review, The International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2011, 8 (3), 649-666 (Citations till June 2011: 0, Summer 2011, Impact factor 2010: 3.157)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Mausumi Mukhopadhyay, Shaik Basha and Subrahmanyam, N. Computerized Rating of Air Cooled Heat Exchanger, presented at Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-1999), Chandigarh, India
[2]  Swati Sharma and Shaik Basha, "Optimisation of alkylate for high octane gasoline", presented at Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2000), Kolkatta, West Bengal, India
[3]  Mausami Mukhopadhyay, Shaik Basha and Sutariya Hitesh, "Computarized calculations for optimum vapor pipe sizing", presented at Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2000), Kolkatta, West Bengal, India
[4]  Swati Sharma and Shaik Basha, "Biomass: a novel source for oxygenated fuels and chemicals", PETCON 2000, IIT, Kharagpur , West Bengal, India
[5]  M.S.Reddy, Shaik Basha*, H.V.Joshi , V.G.Sravan Kumar and B.Jha, "Modeling the energy content of Ship-Scraping Waste at Alang-Sosiya, India, Using Multiple Regression Analysis" OCEANS 2003, San Diego, California, USA pp. 433.
[6]  M. Srinivasa Reddy, Shaik Basha* and H.V. Joshi "Hydrocarbons in coastal sediments of Alang-Sosiya Ship Scraping yard, India", Interspill 2004, Conference and Exhibition on Oil Spill Technology, 14-17 June 2004 at Trondheim, Norway.
[7]  M. Srinivasa Reddy, Shaik Basha* and H.V. Joshi "Design and Cost Benefit Analysis of Incineration System for Ship Breaking Waste: World's Largest Alang-Sosiya Ship Scrapping Yard, India" 19th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, at Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. March 21-24, 2004.
[8]  M.S.Reddy, Shaik Basha, S.Adimurthy and G. Ramachandraiah "Ships for scrap at Alang-Sosiya: Looming of small plastics in marine sediments", Proceedings of Southern California Academy of Sciences and SETAC, Annual meeting held on May 12-13, 2006 at Malibu, CA, USA.
[9]  David Keane, Kieran Nolan, Anne Morrissey, Michael Oelgemöller, Shaik Basha, John Tobin, Development of novel integrated photocatalytic adsorbents (IPCAs) for organics removal from water & wastewater" Poster presentation at EPA National Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland on June 23, 2010.
[10]  Shaik Basha, David Keane, Anne Morrissey, Kieran Nolan, Michael Oelgemoller, John Tobin*, "Studies on the adsorption and kinetics of photodegradation of pharmaceutical compound, Indomethacin using novel photocatalytic adsorbents (IPCAs)" Globe Forum Dublin 2010 & IRCSET Symposium 17-18th November 2010.
[11]  Shaik Basha, Colin Barr, David Keane, Anne Morrissey, Kieran Nolan, Michael Oelgemoller, John Tobin*, "Removal of pharmaceutical compound, Amoxicillin from aqueous solutions using novel photocatalytic adsorbents (IPCAs)" Water 2011-NEERI, an International Conference on Sustainable Water Resource Management and Treatment Technologies at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India from January 19-22, 2011.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  A.Tewari*, Shaik Basha, R.H.Trivedi, C.Raghunathan, V.G.SravanKumar, Y.Khambhaty, H.V.Joshi and O.S.Kotiwar. 2007. Environmental impact assessment of Kappaphycus cultivation in India in context to global scenario. In. Recent advances on applied aspects of Indian marine algae with reference to global scenario, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. pp. 262-277.
[2]  Shaik Basha*, Z.V.P. Murthy, 2007. Seaweeds for engineering metal biosorption: A review, in Mason, L.G. (ed), Focus on Hazardous Materials Research. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York. pp. 165-209.
[3]  D.Keane, K.Nolan, A.Morrissey, M.Oelgemoller, Shaik Basha, J.Tobin*, "Overview of the development of Integrated PhotoCatalytic Adsorbents (IPCAs) for water treatment using titanium dioxide (TiO2) and activated carbon" CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology (in press)