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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
Dr Rochish Thaokar IITB rochish@che.iitb.ac.in Hydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic stability
Nanoparticle synthesis
Polymer and surfactant
physics and rheology
Colloidal systems
Prof M Thompson Monash mark.thompson@
eng.monash.edu.au
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical methods, aeroacoustics, turbomachinery, simulation of three-dimensional flows, non-Newtonian fluid flows.
Dr George Thouas Monash
(Biological
Engineering)
george.thouas@eng.
monash.edu.au
Biomedical engineering
A/Prof Mahesh S Tirumkudulu IITB mahesh@che.iitb.ac.in Low reynolds number hydrodynamics
Colloids and interface science
Prof K V Venkatesh IITB venks@che.iitb.ac.in Biochemical engineering
Food engineering
A/Prof Jayendran Venkateswaran IITB jayendran@iitb.ac.in Modeling and simulation: system dynamics and discrete-event simulation
Hybrid and distributed simulation for analysis of integrated supply chains and automated manufacturing systems
Prof Ajit Verma IITB akv@ee.iitb.ac.in Reliability engineering and quality management, quality, reliability and information technology, fuzzy reliability engineering - concepts and applications
Dr Paul Verma Monash Paul.Verma@
med.monash.edu.au
Nuclear transfer protocols: cell reprogramming and transgenesis
Prof Marika Vicziany Monash Asia Institute marika.vicziany@adm.
monash.edu.au
Prof R Vijaya IITB rvijaya@iitb.ac.in Fiber optics
Photonic band-gap materials
Nonlinear optics
Prof B V S
Viswanadham
IITB viswam@civil.iitb.ac.in Centrifuge modelling of geotechnical problems
Geosynthetics and
ground improvement
Environmental
geotechnology
Design and performance of
waste containment systems
Natural hazard mitigation
Satish Vitta IITB satish.vitta@iitb.ac.in Nanomaterials
Magnetic and electrical
properties of metals,
alloys and oxides
X-ray optical behavior of
ultra thin layered multilayer
Dr Huanting Wang Monash haunting.wang@
eng.monash.edu.au
Synthesis of zeolite nanocrystals and their application for zeolite-polymer nanocomposites
Development of oxide nanofibers for next-generation ceramic membranes
Synthesis of novel nanoporous carbon materials for membranes and catalysts
Self assembly of colloidal nanomaterials  
Prof Pramod Wangikar IITB pramodw@che.iitb.ac.in Bio-informatics
Combinatorial Chemistry
Applied Enzymology
Experimental and theoretical analysis of bioprocesses
Dr Paul Webley Monash paul.webley@eng.
monash.edu.au
Adsorbent synthesis and
testing and adsorption
processes specifically
focusing on gas separations
and storage
Dr Leslie Yeo Monash
(Mechanical
Engineering)
leslie.yeo@eng.
monash.edu.au
Micro/Nanophysics
(microfluidic transport)
Prof Bill Young Monash (Civil
Engineering)
bill.young@eng.
monash.edu.au
Traffic systems
Parking systems
Dr Dingyang Zheng Monash dinyang.zheng@
eng.monash.edu.au
Railway technology - track acceleration for monitoring impact loads
Prof Ingrid Zukerman Monash ingrid@csse.
monash.edu.au
Artificial intelligence
Natural language processing
Discourse planning
Plan recognition
Multi-media interfaces
User modeling