Publications

  

2012 Aguire Ana Maria, Bassi, Amarjeet, Saxena, Priyanka ENGINEERING CHALLENGES IN BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM MICROALGAE .Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (accepted)

2012 Andrew Prince, Amarjeet S. Bassi, Christine Haas, Jesse X. Zhu and Jennifer Dawe Soy protein recovery in a solvent-free process using continuous liquid–solid circulating fluidized bed ion exchanger, Biotechnology Progress 28(1):157-162.

 
2011 Al-Aribe, K.M., Knopf, G.K., Bassi, A.S. Fabrication of an optically driven pH gradient generator based on self-assembled proton pumps, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,20 (4), art. no. 5948314, pp. 800-810.


2011 Al-Aribe, K.M., Knopf, G.K., Bassi, A.S. Fabrication of an optically driven pH gradient generator based on self-assembled proton pumps, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Article in Press.

 
2011 Ruzich, N. Bassi A. Proposed kinetic mechanism of biodiesel production through lipase catalysed interesterification with a methyl acetate acyl acceptor and ionic liquid [BMIM][PF6] co-solvent Can. J. Chem. Engg. 89 (1), pp. 166-170

2010 Ruzich, N. Bassi, A.  Investigation of Lipase-catalyzed Biodiesel Production using Ionic Liquid [BMIM][PF6] as a Co-solvent in a 500 ml Jacketed Conical and Shake Flask Reactors using Triolein or Waste Canola Oil as Substrates Energy and Fuels 24 (5), pp. 3214-3222.

2010  Ruzich, N. Bassi, A. Investigation of Enzymatic Biodiesel Production using Ionic Liquid as a Co-solvent, Canadian J. of Chemical Eng. 88 (2), pp. 277-282.

2009 Mazumder, J., Zhu, J., Bassi, A.S., Ray, A.K., Modeling and simulation of liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed ion exchange system for continuous protein recovery, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 104(1), 9, 111-126.

2009 Mazumder, J. , Zhu, J.,  Bassi, A.S.,  Ray, A.K. Multiobjective Optimization of the Operation of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Ion-Exchange System for Continuous Protein Recovery, Biotechnol. Bioeng. 103  (5), 873-890.


2008       Wang, W.W., Knopf, G., Bassi A.S. Bioelectronic Imaging array based on bacteriorhodopsin Film, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 7(4) Dec. pp. 249-256.
2008       Patel, M., Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.J.-X., Gomaa, H. Investigation of a dual-particle liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed bioreactor for extractive fermentation of lactic acid, Biotechnol. Prog. 24 (4), pp. 821-831.
2008       Holakoo,L., Nakhla,G., Bassi,A.S., Yanful,E.K., Fate of Copper in Submerged Membrane Bioreactors Treating Synthetic Municipal Wastewater, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 153(3) pp. 984-990
2007       Gautam, R., Bassi, A., Yanful, E., Cullen, E. Biodegradation of automotive waste polyester polyurethane foam using Pseudomonas chlororaphis ATCC55729. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 60 (4), pp. 245-249.  


2007-Soleimani, M., Bassi, A., Margaritis, A. Biodesulfurization of refractory organic sulfur compounds in fossil fuels. Biotechnology Advances; 25 (6), pp. 570-596.
2007-Bahrami, S., Bassi, A., Yanful, E. Sorption of Heavy Metals with Sol-Gel Particles Containing Crude Metallothionein Extracts from Scchizosaccharomyces pombe. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 42(2), pp. 123-129.
2007-Gautam, R., Bassi, A., Yanful, E. Candida rugosa Lipase-catalyzed polyurethane degradation in aqueous medium. BiotechnologyLetters, 29 (7), pp. 1081-1086.
2007- Jeganathan, J., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Hydrolytic pretreatment of oily wastewater by immobilized lipase. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 145 (1-2), pp. 127-135.
2007- Jeganathan, J., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Oily wastewater treatment using a novel hybrid PBR–UASB system. Chemosphere, 67 (8), pp. 1492-1501.
2007- Gautam, R., Bassi, A., Yanful, E.K. A review of Biodegradation of Synthetic Plastic and Foams. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 141, 85-108.
2007- Bahrami, S., Bassi, A., Yanful, E. Investigation of Sol-Gel Matrices containing Crude Metallothionein from Scchizosaccharomyces pombe for Water Treatment Applications. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 42:119-126.
2007- Holakoo,L.; Nakhla,G.; Bassi,A.S.; Yanful,E.K. Long term performance of MBR for biological nitrogen removal from synthetic municipal wastewater. Chemosphere, 66(5) pp. 849.
2006- Kurian, R., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Biodegradation kinetics of high strength oily pet food wastewater in a membrane-coupled bioreactor (MBR). Chemosphere, 65 (7), pp. 1204-1211.
2006- Trivedi U, Bassi A, Zhu J. Continuous enzymatic polymerization of phenol in a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed. Powder Technology, 169:61-70.
2006- Trivedi UJ, Bassi AS, Zhu J. Investigation of phenol removal using sol-gel/alginate immobilized soybean seed hull peroxidase. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 84:239-247.
2006- Jeganathan J, Bassi A, Nakhla G. Pre-treatment of high oil and grease pet food industrial wastewaters using immobilized lipase hydrolyzation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 137:121-128.
2006- Jeganathan J, Nakhla G, Bassi A. Long-term performance of high-rate anaerobic reactors for the treatment of oily wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology, 40:6466-6472.
2006- Acharya C, Nakhla G, Bassi A. A novel two-stage MBR denitrification process for the treatment of high strength pet food wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 129:194-203.
2006- Acharya C, Nakhla G, Bassi A. Operational optimization and mass balances in a two-stage MBR treating high strength pet food wastewater. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 132:810-817. 2006- Acharya C, Nakhla G, Bassi A., Kurian R. Treatment of high-strength pet food wastewater using two-stage membrane bioreactors. Water Environment Research, 78:661-670.
2006- Holakoo, L., Nakhla, G., Yanful, E.K., Bassi, A.S. Chelating properties and molecular weight distribution of soluble microbial products from an aerobic membrane bioreactor. Water Research, 40 (8), pp. 1531-1538.
2006- Wang, W.W., Knopf, G.K., Bassi, A.S. Photoelectric properties of a detector based on dried bacteriorhodopsin film. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21 (7), pp. 1309-1319.
2006- Wang, W.W., Knopf, G.K., Bassi, A.S. Time and frequency response characteristics of bacteriorhodopsin-based photodetectors. Optical Engineering, 45 (8), art. no. 084001.
2006- Nakhla, G., Liu, V., Bassi, A. Kinetic modeling of aerobic biodegradation of high oil and grease rendering wastewater. Bioresource Technology 97 (1), pp. 131-139.
2005- Zheng, Y., Yanful, E.K., Bassi, A.S. A review of plastic waste biodegradation. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 25 (4), pp. 243-250.
2005- Kurian, R., Acharya, C., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Conventional and thermophilic aerobic treatability of high strength oily pet food wastewater using membrane-coupled bioreactors. Water Research, 39 (18), pp. 4299-4308.
2005- Yang, L., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Electro-kinetic dewatering of oily sludges. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 125 (1-3), pp. 130-140.
2005- Holakoo, L., Nakhla, G., Yanful, E.K., Bassi, A.S. Simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a continuously fed and aerated membrane bioreactor. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 131 (10), pp. 1469-1472.
2005- Deshpande, A., Bassi, A., Prakash, A. Ultrasound-assisted, base-catalyzed oxidation of 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene in a biphasic diesel-acetonitrile system. Energy and Fuels, 19 (1), pp. 28-34.
2004- Liu, V.L., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. Treatability and kinetics studies of mesophilic aerobic biodegradation of high oil and grease pet food wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 112 (1-2), pp. 87-94.
2004- Zeidan, A., Rohani, S., Bassi, A. Dynamic and steady-state sedimentation of polydisperse suspension and prediction of outlets particle-size distribution.
Chemical Engineering Science, 59 (13), pp. 2619-2632.
2004- Bassi, A., Geng, Z., Gijzen, M. Enzymatic removal of phenol and chlorophenols using soybean seed hulls. Engineering in Life Sciences, 4 (2), pp. 125-130.
2004- Geng, Z., Bassi, A.S., Gijzen, M. Enzymatic treatment of soils contaminated with phenol and chlorophenols using soybean seed hulls. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 154 (1-4), pp. 151-166.
2004- Liu, L.V., Nakhla, G., Bassi, A. The treatability study of high strength pet food wastewater: A continuous flow aerobic system performance evaluation. Environmental Technology, 25 (5), pp. 577-588.
2003- Zeidan, A., Rohani, S., Bassi, A., Whiting, P. BioSys: Software for wastewater treatment simulation. Advances in Engineering Software, 34 (9), pp. 539-549.
2003- Nakhla, G., Al-Sabawi, M., Bassi, A., Liu, V. Anaerobic treatability of high oil and grease rendering wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 02 (2-3), pp. 243-255.
2003- Zeidan, A., Rohani, S., Bassi, A., Whiting, P. Review and comparison of solids settling velocity models. Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 19 (5), pp. 473-530.
2002- Zheng, Y., Zhu, J.-X., Marwaha, N., Bassi, A. Radial solids flow structure in a liquid-solids circulating fluidized bed. Chemical Engineering Journal, 88 (1-3), pp. 141-150.
2002- Lan, Q., Bassi, A., Zhu, J.-X., Margaritis, A. Continuous protein recovery from whey using liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed ion-exchange extraction. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 78 (2), pp. 157-163.
2002- Lan, Q., Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.-X., Margaritis, A. Continuous Protein Recovery with a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized-Bed Ion Exchanger. AIChE Journal, 48 (2), pp. 252-261.
2001- Li, J., Zhu, J.-X., Bassi, A.S., Kofman, S.H. Evaluation of different dental materials using a slugging fluidized bed, Powder Technology, 118 (3), pp. 275-284.
2001- Geng, Z., Rao, K.J., Bassi, A.S., Gijzen, M., Krishnamoorthy,N. Investigation of biocatalytic properties of soybean seed hull peroxidase. Catalysis Today, 64 (3-4), pp. 233-238.
2001- Lan, Q., Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.-X., Margaritis, A. A modified Langmuir model for the prediction of the effects of ionic strength on the equilibrium characteristics of protein adsorption onto ionexchange/affinity adsorbents. Chemical Engineering Journal, 81 (1-3), pp. 179-186.
2000- Lan, Q., Zhu, J.-X., Bassi, A.S., Margaritis, A., Zheng, Y., Rowe, G.E. Continuous protein recovery using a liquid - Solid circulating fluidized bed ion exchange system: Modelling and experimental studies. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 78 (5), pp. 858-866.
2000- Bassi, A.S., Ding, D.N., Gloor, G.B., Margaritis, A. Expression of single chain antibodies (ScFvs) for c-myc oncoprotein in recombinant Escherichia coli membranes by using the ice-nucleation protein of Pseudomonas syringae. Biotechnology Progress, 16 (4), pp. 557-563.
2000- Zhu, J.-X., Zheng, Y., Karamanev, D.G., Bassi, A.S. (Gas-)liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds and their potential applications to bioreactor engineering. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 78 (1), pp. 82-94.
1999- Rowe, G.E., Margaritis, A., Lan, Q., Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.-X. A new kinetic model of protein adsorption on suspended anion-exchange resin particles. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 65 (6), pp. 613-621.
1999- Zheng, Y., Zhu, J.-X., Wen, J., Martin, S.A., Bassi, A., Margaritis, A. The axial hydrodynamic behavior in a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 77 (2), pp. 284-290.
1999- Bahrami, S., Bassi, A.S., Yanful, E. Polyethyleneimine-containing sol-gels as novel sorbents for the removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Engineering 77 (5), pp. 931-935.
1999- Flock, C., Bassi, A., Gijzen, M. Removal of aqueous phenol and 2-chlorophenol with purified soybean peroxidase and raw soybean hulls. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 74 (4), pp. 303-309.
1999- Bassi, A.S., Tang, D., Bergougnou, M.A. Mediated, amperometric biosensor for glucose-6-phosphate monitoring based on entrapped glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, Mg2+ ions, tetracyanoquinodimethane, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate in carbon paste. Analytical Biochemistry, 268 (2), pp. 223-228.
1999- Connell, H., Zhu, J., Bassi, A. Effect of particle shape on crossflow filtration flux. Journal of Membrane Science, 153 (1), pp. 121-139.
1999- Bassi, A.S., McGrath, C. Carbon paste biosensor based on crude soybean seed hull extracts for phenol detection. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 47 (1), pp. 322-326.
+ 36 more + 52 non refereed conference presentations


Books: Smart Biosensor Technologies 2007, Knopf G. and Bassi, A.S. (eds). CRC Press, Taylor-Francis, NY.
Chapters in Books: 5
Patents:
Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.X., Lan, Q., Margaritis, A., Zheng, Y., (2004) Continuous Ion Exchange Using A Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed, (U.S. Patent 6,716,344) issued April 6, 2004.
Bassi, A.S., Zhu, J.X., Lan, Q., Margaritis, A., Zheng, Y., (2005) Method for Recovering Ionic Products, (U.S. Patent 6,887,386) issued May 3, 2005.

 


 

 

 

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Amarjeet Bassi, Ph.D, P.Eng
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5B9
519-661-2111 exts. 88324/88219
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