> 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] > 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 Dr Malin Premaratne, Dr Le Nguyen Binh Prof R Vijaya Advanced monitoring techniques for long haul optical transmission systems Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0157 Dr Malin Premaratne, Dr Le Nguyen Binh Prof 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 Dr Malin Premaratne, Dr Le Nguyen Binh Prof R Vijaya Advanced optical communications: modulation and electronic equalization Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0159 Dr Malin Premaratne, Dr Le Nguyen Binh Prof R Vijaya Photonic crystal antenna – design and fabrication PhD candidate currently on project: Sreenivas Reddy Clean energy Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0162 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof 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 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical simulation of spin polarized single-photon light sources Candidate required Nanotechnology Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0164 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof Dipankar 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 A/Prof Jayantha Kodikara Prof T N Singh Modelling of fracture formation in sedimentary rocks due to fluid pressure Candidate required Infrastructure engineering Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0171 Prof John Sheridan A/Prof Amit Agrawal, Dr Atul Sharma A numerical and experimental study of interacting wakes PhD candidate currently on project: Krishnan Hrisheekesh Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0175 Prof Kate Smith-Miles Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Prof Narayan Rangaraj, Prof 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 Prof Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Prof David Abramson Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Prof 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 Clean energy IMURA0177 Prof Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Prof David Abramson Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Prof Krithi Ramamritham, Prof Pushpak Bhattacharyya Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Green data-centers: optimizing data-center layouts and intra-cloud migration of virtual machines Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0179 Dr Shonali Krishnaswamy, Dr Sita Ramakrishnan Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Prof Rushikesh K Joshi Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Architecture centric software evolution Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0195 Prof Geoff Webb Also includes external supervisor from Infosys Prof Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Prof 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 Prof Jian-Feng Nie Prof Indradev Samajdar, Prof Prita Pant 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 Prof Patrick Sexton, Prof Arthur Christopoulos, Dr John Simms Prof 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 Dr Nick Birbillis Prof 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 Dr Karen Hapgood Prof Devang Khakhar Granule breakage in a controlled shear field - modelling and experiments Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture IMURA0200 Prof Ranjith Pathegama Prof T N Singh Numerical and experimental study of rocks under very high temperature conditions: Underground coal gasification Candidate required Clean energy