> 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 David Abramson Monash David.Abramson@ infotech.monash. edu.au • High performance computing • Computer systems design • Software engineering tools for parallel programming • Distributed supercomputers 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) Alan Aitken Monash alan.aitken@ monash.edu • Multi-scale integrated analysis of tectonic systems using potential fields • The mechanics of intraplate orogenesis • Methods for large-scale gravity inversion • Proterozoic supercontinents - assembly and dispersal Varsha Apte IITB varsha@cse.iitb.ac.in • Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks 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 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 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 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 Pradipta Banerji IITB pbanerji@iitb.ac.in • Alumni and international relations • Civil engineering 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 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 Santanu Bhandopadhyay IITB santanu@me.iitb.ac.in • Sedimentology: Microbially induced sedimentary structures in Precambrian, Study of trace and pseudo fossils in Proterozoic, Proterozoic sedimentation, Sedimentary facies and basin analysis in Vindhyan. Applications of stable isotopes in understanding carbonate diagenesis, Study of Recent sediments around Gulf of Cambay. • Petroleum Geology: Sequence stratigraphy of the Tertiary succession of Kutch. Study of Outcrop analogues of subsurface reservoirs of the Tapti basin. 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 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 Sankar Bhattacharya Monash sankar.Bhattacharya@ eng.monash.edu.au • Coal and biomass research: different aspects of coal gasification and combustion 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 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 Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash (Civil Engineering) malek.bouazza@ eng.monash.edu.au • Geomechanics (geosynthetics)