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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] [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
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0052 Campbell Charles Wilson, Judith Irene Sheard Sridhar Iyer,
Sahana Murthy		 Mobiles for development PhD
candidates currently on project: Ramkumar Rajendran
Infrastructure engineering
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0028 Chris Davies 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 Christopher Hutchinson I Samajdar,
K Narasimhan,
P Pant		 Analysis of micro yielding activity in metals PhD
candidate currently on project:
Narayan Srinivas
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0048 Julio Soria 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 Brian G Falzon 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 Brian G Falzon Ramesh Singh,
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 Ranjith P G 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 Ranjith P G 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 Bouazza 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 Mohan Krishnamoorthy Ashwin Gumaste 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

Also includes
external supervisor from CSIRO		 Abhiram Ranade, Vishnu Narayan

Also includes
external supervisor from CSIRO		 Flow routing problem on a time-expanded network Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0080 Malin Premaratne 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 Shonali Krishnaswamy,
Mohamed Gaber		 Umesh Bellur Scalable and efficient semantic reasoning for mobile services Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0083 Huanting Wang,
Tam Sridhar		 A K Suresh,
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 Shonali Krishnaswamy,
Bala Srinivasan		 Ganesh Ramakrishnan,
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,
Ravi Jagadeeshand		 Rochish Thaokar,
Dr P Sunthar		 Biomembrane hydrodynamics PhD
candidate currently on project:
Kavali Venkata Ramesh
Biotechnology and stem cell research