> 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 Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0156 Malin Premaratne, Le Nguyen Binh R Vijaya Advanced monitoring techniques for long haul optical transmission systems Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0157 Malin Premaratne, Le Nguyen Binh R Vijaya Bound solitons and advanced photonics techniques for characterization of ultra-short pulses Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0158 Malin Premaratne, Le Nguyen Binh R Vijaya Advanced optical communications: modulation and electronic equalization Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0159 Malin Premaratne, Le Nguyen Binh R Vijaya, Senthil Kumar Photonic crystal antenna – design and fabrication PhD candidate currently on project: Sreenivas Reddy Clean energy Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0162 Malin Premaratne Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical studies of SPASERs: A new class of nanoscale plasmonic lasers Candidate required Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0163 Malin Premaratne Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical simulation of spin polarized single-photon light sources Candidate required Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0164 Zie Liu ADipankar Saha Fabrication and experimental characterization of spin polarized light sources PhD candidate currently on project: Debasree Banerjee Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0170 Jayantha Kodikara T N Singh Modelling of fracture formation in sedimentary rocks due to fluid pressure PhD candidate currently on project: Dileep Kumar Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0171 John Sheridan Amit Agrawal, Atul Sharma A numerical and experimental study of interacting wakes PhD candidate currently on project: Krishnan Hrisheekesh Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0175 Kate Smith-Miles Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Narayan Rangaraj, S A Soman Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Stochastic network design - mathematical programming models for electricity grids with storage Candidate required Clean energy Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0176 Mohan Krishnamoorthy, David Abramson Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Krithi Ramamritham Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Robust schedule generation for task graphs and long running data-driven workflow systems Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0179 Shonali Krishnaswamy, Sita Ramakrishnan Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Rushikesh K Joshi Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Architecture centric software evolution Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0195 Geoff Webb Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Ganesh Ramakrishnan Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Learning for 'deep' semantic parsing in natural languages by integrating knowledge-based and statistical techniques PhD candidate currently on project: Ajay Nagesh Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0196 Jian-Feng Nie Indradev Samajdar, Asim Tiwari Microstructural developments in twin roll cast Mg alloys during hot rolling PhD candidate currently on project: Tripathi Abhishek Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0197 Patrick Sexton, Arthur Christopoulos, John Simms Santosh Noronha Development of novel methods for prediction of transmembrane protein structure and drug binding PhD candidate currently on project: Arora Bhumika Biotechnology and stem cell research Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0198 Nick Birbillis A S Khanna Development of hydrophobic / hydrophilic coatings by sol-gel route using fatty acids modified nano materials. PhD candidate currently on project: Wankhede Ruchi Grover Biotechnology and stem cell research Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0199 Karen Hapgood Devang Khakhar Granule breakage in a controlled shear field - modelling and experiments PhD candidate currently on project: Narendra Akiti Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0200 Ranjith Pathegama T N Singh Numerical and experimental study of rocks under very high temperature conditions: Underground coal gasification Candidate required Clean energy