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Research themes
Research projects
The IITB-Monash Research Academy has an extensive range of research projects and PhD opportunities available
across the six research themes:
> Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
> Infrastructure engineering [1] [2]
> Clean energy
> Water
> Nanotechnology [1] [2]
> Biotechnology and stem cell research
Research
Academy
THEME/S		 REF No
(Click for details)		 MU
SUPERVISOR		 IITB
SUPERVISOR		 PROJECT TITLE STATUS
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0047 Dr Sita Ramakrishnan Prof N L Sarada A semantic centric methodology for designing service oriented
software systems for sustainable manufacturing		 Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0052 A/Prof G Johanson, Prof R Smyth Prof K Ramamritham, Prof Sridhar Iyer Mobiles for development PhD
candidates currently on project: Ramkumar Rajendran
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0028 A/Prof Chris Davies S Mishra,
I Samajdar		 Recrystallization texture development in materials with hexagonal crystal structure - experimental study and Monte-Carlo simulations Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0051 Dr Christopher Hutchinson Prof I Samajdar,
Prof K Narasimhan,
Prof P Pant		 Analysis of micro yielding activity in metals PhD
candidate currently on project:
Narayan Srinivas
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0048 Prof Julio Soria Prof A M Pradeep Active turbulent shear
flow control - the physics
of actuators and their interaction with turbulent wall-bounded shear flows		 Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0070 Prof Brian G Falzon Prof Surjya K Maiti Multiscale modelling of composite laminates using meshless methods PhD
candidate currently on project:
Muthu
Nelson
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0071 Prof Brian G Falzon Prof Ramesh Singh, A/Prof Mitra Mira Modelling damage initiation and propagation in postbuckling and
bonded composite aerostructures with geometrical discontinuities		 PhD
candidate currently on project:
Ganesh
Soni
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0072 Dr Ranjith P G A/Prof Deepankar
Choudhury		 Tunneling in soft soil
under both static and seismic events		 Candidate required
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture

Infrastructure engineering

Clean energy

 IMURA0073 Dr Ranjith P G A/Prof Deepankar
Choudhury		 To study the effects
of mining induced subsidence, changes in deformation of coal and interburden rock strata
and water flow		 Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0075 A/Prof A Bouazza A/Prof B V S Viswanadham Studies on the
performance of
geosynthetic clay liners
of landfill covers subjected to differential settlements		 Candidate required
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0078 Dr Malin Premaratne and Prof Mohan Krishnamoorthy Narayan Rangaraj Automated design and configuration of optical networks PhD
candidate currently on project:
Deval Bhamare
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0079 Mohan Krishnamoorthy Narayan Rangaraj, Vishnu Narayan Flow routing problem on a time-expanded network Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0080 Dr Malin Premaratne Prof V Ramgopal Rao Understanding the
critical role of quantum mechanical effects in nanoscale semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices		 PhD
candidate currently on project:
Akash
Nigam
Nanotechnology
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0081 Dr Shonali Krishnaswamy and
Dr Mohamed Gaber		 Prof Umesh Bellur Scalable and efficient semantic reasoning for mobile services Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0083 Prof Huanting Wang, Prof Tam Sridhar A K Suresh and S M Mahajani Catalytic and reaction engineering studies on organic liquid phase oxidations PhD
candidate currently on project:
Ashish
Unnarkat
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0088 Dr Shonali Krishnaswamy,
Prof Bala Srinivasan		 Prof Ganesh Ramakrishnan,
Prof Krithivasan Ramamritham 		Exploring relational learning and its applicability to sensor networks PhD
candidate currently on project:
Naveen Nair
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0089 Prabhakar Ranganathan, Dr Ravi Jagadeeshand Dr Rochish Thaokar and Dr P Sunthar Biomembrane hydrodynamics PhD
candidate currently on project:
Kavali Venkata Ramesh
Biotechnology and stem cell research