> The Research Academy > Collaborating Faculty > Student profiles > Industry and government > Prospective research students > Researchers and research institutes > Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture > Infrastructure engineering > Clean energy > Water > Nanotechnology > Biotechnology and stem cell research			Collaborating Faculty Our experts are listed alphabetically by surname: A-B C-F G-J K-N O-R S T-Z NAME LOCATION EMAIL SPECIALTY Prof David Abramson Monash David.Abramson@ infotech.monash.edu.au • High performance computing • Computer systems design • Software engineering tools for parallel programming • Distributed supercomputers A/Prof Amit Agarwal IITB amit.agrawal@iitb.ac.in • Flow in microchannels • Turbulent flows • Use of modern experimental techniques in fluid and heat transfer • CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Prof Varsha Apte IITB varsha@cse.iitb.ac.in • Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks Prof Dhirendra Bahadur IITB dhirenb@iitb.ac.in • Nano structured materials, magnetic materials, nano-biotechnology • Magnetic materials at nano scale for bio medical and other applications, photomagnetism, magnetoresistive materials, dilute magnetic semiconductors • Electronic ceramics • Novel synthetic methods including self assembly and LBL techniques Prof Rangan Banerjee IITB rangan@me.iitb.ac.in • Energy management & energy efficiency • Demand side management • Energy modelling • Power systems planning • Cogeneration • Energy planning and policy • Technology assessment and forecasting • Fuel cell/Hydrogen storage Prof Rinti Banerjee IITB rinti@iitb.ac.in • Biological surfactant replacements: lung surfactant dysfunction and replacements • Biomaterials: replacements and compatibility • Bio-interfaces: Langmuir films of membranes • Bionanotechnology: nanoparticles as drug and growth factor carriers • Drug delivery systems: liposomes, gels • Tissue engineering: cartilage replacements • Biorheology: in situ gels Prof Sauvik Banerjee IITB sauvik@civil.iitb.ac.in • Development of diagnostic tools for quantitative damage monitoring of advanced structures using ultrasonic nondestructive techniques • Computational design of ultrstong nano layered materials using  atomistic-continuum modeling • Multiscale modeling of fatigue crack initiation and growth in metals and superalloys Prof Pradipta Banerji IITB pbanerji@iitb.ac.in • Alumni and international relations • Civil engineering Prof Jayesh Bellare IITB jb@che.iitb.ac.in • Nanotechnology and microengineering • Microstructured materials, devices and processing • Cryo-electron and optical microscopy • Image processing • Technical photography • Prototyping • Instrumentation Prof Umesh Bellur IITB umesh.bellur@iitb.ac.in • Autonomic computing of distributed applications • Adaptive and QoS aware event broker networks • Functional and architectural adaption in pervasive computing • Middleware design for sensor networks • Object and aspect oriented computing • Service oriented computing Prof Sharad Bhartiya IITB bhartiya@che.iitb.ac.in • Systems, modelling and control of distributed parameter systems, grade transition control, estimation theory, optimisation and soft sensing • Systems biology: dynamic modelling and analysis of feedback structure in trp system in E. coli and glu-gal gene regulatory network Prof Pushpak Bhattacharyya IITB pb@che.iitb.ac.in • Natural language processing • Machine learning • Web knowledge processing • Neural nets Arup R Bhattacharyya IITB arupranjan@iitb.ac.in • Polymer Blends • Polymer nanocomposites A/Prof Sankar Bhattacharya Monash sankar.Bhattacharya@ eng.monash.edu.au • Coal and biomass research: different aspects of coal gasification and combustion Dr Le Nguyen Binh Monash Le.Nguyen.Binh@ eng.monash.edu.au • Specialises in very high bit rate optical communications. Utilises a 10x 16 Gb/s optically amplified long-haul transmission system in the Optical Communications and Applied Photonics Lab, which has been donated by Siemens. Researches 40Gb/s and beyond WDM systems as well as simulating optical components and quantum communications. Nick Birbillis Monash nick.birbilis@ eng.monash.edu.au • Advanced electrochemical analysis, including electrochemical AFM/STM and transient techniques • Kinetic stability of heterogeneous materials, such as aerospace alloys • Fundamental characterisation of corrosion processes on the nano/micro-scale, employing high resolution microscopy • Development of corrosion resistant light alloys • Gradient structures • Corrosion resistant coatings and claddings A/Prof Hugh Blackburn Monash hugh.blackburn@ eng.monash.edu.au • A study of two-dimensional flow past an oscillating cylinder • Topology of fine-scale motions in turbulent channel • Symmetry breaking of the flow in a cylinder driven by a rotating end wall A/Prof Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash (Civil Engineering) malek.bouazza@eng. monash.edu.au • Geomechanics (geosynthetics)