Research will be conducted in a team-based approach. Research in The Academy will be truly multi-disciplinary which will allow discoveries to be made at the interface of disciplines.
The Academy’s intention is to organize research into classes of problems that seeks to address a key research-theme or sector-goal.
Six key research themes have been identified:
Project Number
IMURA0221(A)
Project Status
Student completed
Pratham Arora
Techno-economic evaluations of biomass gasification with carbon capture for syngas feedstock to ammonia production
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Andrew Hoadley
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sanjay Mahajani
- Anuradda Ganesh
Project Number
IMURA0057
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
A numerical study of creation of optimal fracture networks for heat extraction from engineered geothermal reservoirs
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- D. Chandrasekharam
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Raman Singh
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- A.S Khanna
Project Number
IMURA0107
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Zeolite-polymer nanocomposite membranes for gas separation
Research Themes
Smart Materials, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Huanting Wang
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- A.K Suresh
Project Number
IMURA0074
Project Status
Student completed
Kunal Kumar Singh
Investigation of permeability of fractured, steep and deep rock slopes with high groundwater pressures
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Ranjith Pathegama
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- D.N. Singh
Project Number
IMURA0101
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Impacts of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Water Availability for Vegetation at a River Basin Scale.
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Edoardo Daly
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Subimal Ghosh
Project Number
IMURA0064
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Landfill Capping Systems
Research Themes
Sustainable Societies & Management, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Abdelmalek Bouazza
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- B.V.S. Viswanadham
Project Number
IMURA0214
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Structure and Deformation of Lithosphere along the Java-Sumatra- Andaman Subduction Zone in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Fabio Antonio Capitanio
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- M. Radhakrishna
Project Number
IMURA0153
Project Status
Student completed
Niraj Ramesh Dayama
Generalised crane scheduling problem for container movement in shipyards and docks
Research Themes
Infrastructure Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computational Modelling
Monash University Supervisor
- Mohan Krishnamoorthy
- Tam Sridhar
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Vishnu Narayan
- Narayan Rangaraj
Project Number
IMURA0221(B)
Project Status
Candidate Allotted
Techno-economic evaluations of coal and biomass pyrolysis with carbon capture for syngas feedstock to ammonia production
Research Themes
Clean Energy, Infrastructure Engineering
Monash University Supervisor
- Andrew Hoadley
IIT-Bombay Supervisor
- Sanjay Mahajani