> 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			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] [6] [7] > 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 Nanotechnology IMURA0159 Malin Premaratne, Le Nguyen Binh R Vijaya, Senthil Kumar Photonic crystal antenna – design and fabrication PhD candidate currently on project: Sreenivas Reddy Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Clean energy Nanotechnology IMURA0160 Dan Li Dhirendra Bahadur Graphene-based ferromagnetic nanomaterials. PhD candidate currently on project: Swain Akshaya Kumar Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0162 Malin Premaratne Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical studies of SPASERs: A new class of nanoscale plasmonic lasers Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0163 Malin Premaratne Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical simulation of spin polarized single-photon light sources Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0164 Zie Liu Dipankar Saha Fabrication and experimental characterization of spin polarized light sources PhD candidate currently on project: Debasree Banerjee Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0166 David Nisbet, John Forsythe Samir Maji Electrospinning of amyloids and their in vivo implantation for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Candidate required Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0167 David Nisbet, John Forsythe Samir Maji An in vitro investigation of electrospun amyloid scaffolds and their influence on neural stem cell fate. Candidate required Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0180 Christopher Hutchinson Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO V S Raja Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO High performance light alloys through non-equilibrium processing PhD candidate currently on project: Rinkel Nanotechnology IMURA0181 Colleen Bettles Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Bhagwati P Kashyap Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Metallurgical bonding during consolidation of Ti particulate PhD candidate currently on project: R Thyagarajan Nanotechnology IMURA0190 Qizhi Chen Dhirendra Bahadur Dendrimer functionalized magnetic nano-particles as promising targeted delivery systems for gene and peptides PhD candidate currently on project: Saumya Nigam Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0205 (E) Dan Li Dhiren Bahadur Design of carbon-metal nano-composites for electrical and magnetic application PhD candidate currently on project: Prasanta Kumar Sahoo Nanotechnology IMURA0207 John Forsythe Samir Maji Engineering amyloid fibrils for nanotechnology and neuronal cell regeneration PhD candidate currently on project: Subhadeep Das Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0216 Wenlong Cheng Anuradda Ganesh Nanobiofuel cell based on nanoporous carbon PhD candidate currently on project: Kaushik Choudhury Clean energy Nanotechnology IMURA0218 Dan Li, Wenlong Cheng Also includes external supervisor from Orica Arup Bhattacharya, Ajay S Panwar Also includes external supervisor from Orica Assessment of the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0226 Cordelia Selomulya Also includes external supervisor from Orica R Murugavel Also includes external supervisor from Orica Solid additives for the stabilisation of high internal phase emulsions Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0228 Mainak Majumder Prasanna Gandhi Manufacturing ‘fish-gill’ biomimetic structures by microstereolithography PhD candidate currently on project: Prasoon Kumar Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0242 Glen Deacon, Peter Junk Harkesh B Singh Low-coordinate monomeric lanthanoid chalcogenolates Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0243 Jean-Michel Redouté Jayanta Mukherjee Study and design of integrated mixer and local oscillator topologies for WiFi and WiMAX systems with a high immunity to parasitic signal feedthrough. PhD candidate currently on project: Darshak Bhatt Nanotechnology IMURA0244 Jean-Michel Redouté Maryam Shojaei Baghini Highly EMI-immune low-noise nano scale integrated circuits for portable electro-medical and electro-sensor applications. Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0245 Jean-Michel Redouté Maryam Shojaei Baghini Low-noise nano scale signal conditioning integrated circuits for portable electro-medical and electro-sensor applications. PhD candidate currently on project: Subrahmanyam Boyapati Nanotechnology IMURA0247 Keith S Murray Gopalan Rajaraman New generation molecular magnetic materials: experiment and theory. PhD candidate currently on project: Vignesh Kuduva Radhakrishnan Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0258 Nikhil Medhekar Alok Shukla Atomistic simulations of graphene-boron nitride hybrid nanostructures PhD candidate currently on project: Alaal Naresh Nanotechnology IMURA0260 Cordelia Selomulya Mohammad Aslam Smart nanoparticles: does shape matter? Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0270 Nikhil Medhekar Dhirendra Bahadur, Mohammad Aslam Large area synthesis of graphene-based optoelectronic devices PhD candidate currently on project: Balakrishna Ananthoju Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0275 Jean-Michel Redouté, Gita Pendharkar Maryam Shojaei Baghini Remote gait monitoring & analysis in gait impaired subjects by designing integrated circuits using smart sensor technology Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0280 Yuri Estrin B P Kashyap Development of ultra-light and ultra-fine grained mg-li-ca alloy by compositional optimization and severe plastic deformation Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0281 Yuri Estrin B P Kashyap Constitutive relationship and mechanisms for deformation of a multi-component commercial magnesium alloy Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0282 Yuri Estrin B P Kashyap Towards developing dual properties of strength and toughness in a commercial magnesium alloy Candidate required Nanotechnology IMURA0286 Wenlong Cheng Anuradda Ganesh Investigation of thermal properties of nanofluids PhD candidate currently on project: Sushrut Bhanushali Clean energy Nanotechnology IMURA0287 Ivan Rukhlenko Parinda Vasa Ultrafast manipulation of light at the nanoscale with hybrid nanostructures Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture