January 2025

We are looking for motivated students:

We are always looking for highly motivated students, including PhD, MSc, and undergraduate students, to join our group. If you are interested in process control, optimization, and innovation at the intersection of technology and engineering, please email kazi.khoda@sdsmt.edu

• New Publication:

The PRODIGI Research Group was proud to attend and present two research works at the 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting and 21st Global Congress on Process Safety, held April 6–10 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. This premier event brought together our collaborators from academia and industry to discuss advancements in chemical engineering and process safety.

October 2024

Dr. Kazi presented four works (one oral presentation and three poster presentations) in the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

1. Optimizing Crashworthiness of Hexagonal Composite Rings Using Inverse Physics-Informed Neural Networks. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/689405

2. Game Theory-Informed Blockchain Framework for Social Life Cycle Assessment: Enhancing Sustainability in Germanium Extraction from PV Scrap. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Person/288298

3. Predictive Resilience and Equitable Risk Assessment in Supply Chains Via Consensus-Driven Inverse Neural Network on Interoperable Blockchains. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/689395

4. Quantum-Enhanced Next-Generation Blockchain Consensus Protocol for Energy Efficiency and Climate Sustainability. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/692711

• Dr. Kazi attended the AIChE Annual Meeting:

August 2024

• New PhD student joined:

A new PhD student, Nahid Sarker, joined PRODIGI Research Group in Fall 2024. He will work on Process Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification using Hybrid Mechanistic Data-driven Modeling.

Recent News

April 2025

• PRODIGI group PhD student, Nahid Sarker presented our ongoing research at the 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting:

The first-year Ph.D. student, Nahid Sarker presented two research works of the PRODIGI Research Group at the 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

1. Hybrid Mechanistic Multi-Stage Modeling for Proactive and Adaptive Gas Utilization under Uncertainty. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/s25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/702036

2. Socially Responsible Process Safety: Game Theory-Informed Social Life Cycle Assessment for Equitable Decision-Making. Details: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/s25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/702040

• PRODIGI Research Group attended the 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting in Dallas, Texas:

Our Collaborative review paper was published as a cover article in the ACS Journal of I&EC Research.

Title: Advancing PFAS Remediation through Physics-Based Modeling of 2D Materials: Recent Progress, Challenges and Opportunities.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03715

Journal Name: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (IF 3.8, CS: 7.4)

Authors: Kazi, Monzure-Khoda; Varghese, Sunith; Sarker, Nahid; Aich, Nirupam; Gadhamshetty, Venkataramana.

• PRODIGI group PhD student, Nahid Sarker presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of South Dakota Academy of Science:

We are proud to announce that PRODIGI Research Group PhD student Nahid Sarker presented his research at the 110th Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science, held in April 2025 at South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Nahid's presentation, titled "A Socio-Technical Framework for Process Safety Optimization: Integrating Inherently Safer Design Tool, Social Life Cycle Assessment and Game Theory," showcased his innovative work on socially responsible process safety to resolve stakeholder conflicts and provide a holistic process safety framework.