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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Faculty Members - Profiles
Department of Aerospace
Department of Applied Mechanics
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Engineering Design
Department of Humanities and Social Science
Department of Management Studies
Department of Mathematics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Department of Ocean Engineering
Department of Physics
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
(IITM) was established in 1969.
The department has been involved in activities supporting our national ambitions in the
field of Aerospace Engineering.
Continued interaction with R&D agencies of international repute in the field of
aerospace engineering has led to mutually beneficial research activities.
One of the major contributions to our society has been in the form of training manpower
via graduate research programs (PhD and Master of Science by research) as well as course based
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Research Areas
AERODYNAMICS:
Subsonic, Transonic, Supersonic,
Hypersonic, Rarefied Gas Flows
(Theoretical and Experimental)
Boundary Layers and Stability of
Flows, Turbulent Flows
Shock Tubes and Related Problems
Development of Algorithms and
Code for Numerical Methods in Gas
Dynamics and Computational Fluid
Dynamics
Vortex Dynamics, Supersonic
Mixing and Combustion
Optical Flow Diagnostics
AEROSPACE PROPULTION:
Rocket Propulsion and Solid
Propellant Combustion
Airbreathing Propulsion and
Combustion
Cascade Flows
Multiphase Flow Simulation
Combustion Instability
Optical Flow/Combustion
Diagnostics
FLIGHT DYNAMICS AND
CONTROL:
Flight Dynamics
Stability and Control of Aerospace
Vehicles
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Dr. AMIT KUMARPhD, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Assoc. Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-4019; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/amit.html
Combustion: Fire Safety Research on earth and in space (microgravity)
Propulsion: Rocket and spacecraft propulsion, Electric propulsion
Modeling of spreading flames over solid fuels and their extinction in space and
in normal gravity environments
Numerical modeling of a Magneto Plasma Dynamic (MPD) thruster
A study on the shock pattern over an obstruction in a rectangular channel at
high subsonic flows to understand Deflagration to Detonation (DDT)
phenomena
FIRE SCIENCE AND PROPULSION
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Dr. K.BHASKARPhD, IIT, Madras
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engg.044-2257-4010; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/~kbhas/kbhas.htm
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Beams, Plates and Shells/ Statics, Dynamics and Stability
Three-dimensional Analysis using Theories of Isotropic/Anisotropic Elasticity
Theoretical Modelling of Composite Laminates
SOME RECENT RESEARCH PROBLEMS
Plate buckling under non-uniform compression
A zigzag type higher-order laminate model
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Dr. Satya R. ChakravarthyPhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-4011; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/chakravarthy.html
Combustion instability in gas turbines/ramjets/rockets: experiments & computations, laminar and turbulent flames
Laser diagnostics of flow, spray, and combustion: PIV, PDPA, LDV, PLIF, tomography
Nano-aluminium production and combustion, solid propellant combustion, solid rocket combustion instability
Coordinator, National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD)
Combustion instability
PIV
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Laser diagnostics
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Nano-aluminium/rockets
Wire explosion
Rocket firing
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Dr.Job KurianPh.D, IIT Madras
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-4004; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/jobkurian/index.html
Gas Dynamics-High Speed Flows
Hypersonic & Low density flows
Fuel injection & Mixing for
supersonic combustion
Vortices and freejet from a lobed nozzle
Cavities used as a source of pressure oscillationsto enhance supersonic mixing –Schlieren picture
Hypersonic models under testingLow density jet visualised by glow discharge
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Dr. Luoyi TaoPhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-4003; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/luoyi.html
Continuum Mechanics: Issues on the foundation of constitutive theory
Turbulence Modeling: Application of information theory, optimal control and optimization
Interested in mathematical model construction and analysis of(physical) systems and processes within the constraint ofinformation/data availability.
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Dr. Nandan Kumar Sinha
PhD, IIT Bombay, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
044-2257-4021; [email protected]://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~nandan/nandan.html
Nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation & chaos: Modeling nonlinear phenomena in dynamical
systems exhibiting bifurcations and chaos under parametric variations
Advanced six dof simulation: Missile-aircraft engagement simulation with/or without
flares, optimization of countermeasure system parameters
Flight dynamics and control: Inverse design of vehicles, controller development for
maneuvers/accident simulation, high angle-of-attack aircraft flight dynamics
Design, modeling, simulation, and control of aerospace vehicles
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Dr. G. RajeshPhD, Andong National University, South Korea
Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engg044-2257-4032; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~rajesh
Launch Dynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics
Wind Tunnel, Shock Tube and Gas Gun Experiments
Shockwave dynamics
Projectile and sabot designRe-entry aerodynamicsTransonic vehicle design
Transdermal drug deliveryNeedle-less biolisticsystems
Vacuum ejector systemsHigh altitude system designAltitude adaptation nozzles
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P. A. Ramakrishna
Associate Professor
Dept. of Aerospace Engg
IIT Madras
Research areas
•Modeling the combustion of solid propellants
•Understanding the mechanism of solid
propellant catalyst action
•Understanding the energy separation mechanism
in vortex tubes
•Development of high burn rate solid propellants
•Development of fast burning hybrid rocket fuels
•Development of fuel rich propellants for
scramjets and ramjets
•Development of high power to weight ratio IC
engines
Hybrid rocket motor firing
Flame structure of composite propellant
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/rama.html
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Dr. A. SameenPhD, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engg044-2257-4013; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~sameen
Vortex and vorticity dynamics, boundary layer flows, flow control
Computational and experimental fluid dynamics
Stability, transition and turbulence in classical and quantum fluids
Thermal convection and mixing
Vortex behavioursTurbulence in wall jet, bluffbody wakes, vortex mergers
Flow control: heating, hydrophobic surface, wall suction,magnetic forcing.Separation delay, lift augmentation, transition control.
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Dr. R. I. SujithPh. D., Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-6012; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/sujith.html
Research Area: Combustion Instability; Focus Nonlinear dynamics; precursors
Research Area: Optical flow diagnostics; Focus PIV, PLIF, LDV & PDPA, high speed imaging & image processing
Combustion Instability in Aero & land based gas turbines
Application of laser diagnostics to study combustion Instability
Fundamental studies on laboratory flames
Understanding combustion instability, and mitigate it in industrial applications
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Dr. Sunetra SarkarPhD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engg.044-2257-4024; [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~sunetra/sunetra1.htm
Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Bodies, Fluid-Structure Interactions
Nonlinear Aeroelasticity, Uncertainty Quantification
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Particle Based Tools
Resolving the flow-field of flapping insects and MAVs
Wind turbine rotor aeroelasticity with
nonlinearities and uncertainties
Impeller acoustoelasticity and effect of dense gases on the
combined fluid-structure dynamics
Unsteady Aerodynamics and Fluid-Structure Interactions of Engineering Systems
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Dr. R VelmuruganPh.D, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering044-2257-4017 [email protected]
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/velmurugan.html
Research Area/Focus 1 : Composite Materials
Research Area/Focus 2 : Nano Composites
Research Area/Focus 3 : Impact Mechanics and Structural Crashworthiness
Characterization studies of CompositeMaterials ( polymer, metallic and naturalcomposites )
Characterization and analytical studies ofcomposites materials with nano fillersfor improvement of functional propertiesin structural applications
Studies of different composite materialsfor impact loading and crashworthinessapplications
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Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Applied Mechanics has been in existence since 1959 and has
grown into a full fledged inter disciplinary graduate research department over the years.
The Department focuses on academic activities in three broad areas viz.,
Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics.
The Department has played a major role in contributing to the academic community
and society. The faculty have won international recognition for their industrial research and
sponsored projects. Some of the facilities available in various laboratories of this Department
are unique in the country.
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Biomechanical Engineering:
Diode Pumped Solid State Laser.
FFT Spectrum Analyser
3D Laser Tomographic System
Trauma Care Simulator
Laprascopic Simulator
Near IR Imaging System
Four Channel PPG
Fluid Mechanics:
PIV
High Speed Visualization
PLIF
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Closed Loop Wind Tunnel
Open Loop Suction Tunnel
Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel/td>
Flow Visualization Setup
Droplet and Bubble Sizing
M.Tech. Computational Laboratory
Research Computational Laboratory
Library
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Dr. Anuradha BanerjeePHD, University of Glasgow, UKAsst. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics
044-2257-4075; [email protected]://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/anu/Site/Welcome.html
Fracture and Fatigue of Materials
Biomaterials/Hard Tissues
Composites
Fracture ModelsMaterial
CharacterizationMechanics of
Bone
Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Mechanics of Materials
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Dr. A. ArockiarajanPHD, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4070; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/rajan/index.html
Smart/Functional Materials
Material Modelling
Experimental characterization
Microstructural modellingPerformance of ferroelectrics Debonding on compositesBack to top
Dr. K. Arul PrakashPh.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4066; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/fmlab/arul/index.html
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer – Development of Algorithms Turbulence Modeling, Large Eddy Simulation and related techniques Thermal Hydraulics Aerodynamics, Fluid Structure Interaction
Thermal Hydraulics -Accelerator Driven nuclear
reactor System
Large Eddy Simulation –Cooling duct of Ariane II
rocket engine
Aerodynamics –Fluid flow characteristics
past elliptic cylinder
Energy and Environment
Research areas
Applications
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Dr. A. P. BaburajPhD, IISc Bangalore, India
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4065; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/fmlab/raj/index.html
Turbulent convection
Top view of the velocity field just above a horizontal
hot surface
Pattern of density driven mass transfer above a horizontal membrane
Last two stages of bubble collapse at an interface
The research encompasses study of organised motion in turbulence, pattern formation, interaction of boundary layers with ambient flows, dynamics of bubbles,
drops and aerosols.
Transport across membranes Interfacial phenomena
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Dr. C. Lakshmana RaoDoctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4059; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/clr/index.html
Ballistic Impact and Blast Mitigation on Structures
Characterization of Piezopolymers
Buckling Control of Structures using Smart Materials
MILITARY VEHICLESSENSORS AND
ACTUATORSSPACE STRUCTURES
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Dr. Mahesh V. PanchagnulaPhD, Purdue University, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics+91-44-2257 4056; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/fmlab/mvp/index.html
Liquid Atomization and Spray Combustion
Multiphase Fluid Mechanics
Wetting and contact angle hysteresis
Wetting and hysteresis
(Microscale)
Wet granular flows
(Mesoscale)
Sprays
(Macroscale)
Multiscale multiphase flows - spanning a range of length and time scales
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Dr. Pijush GhoshPHD, North Dakota State University, USA
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4060; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/pijush/Pijush_index.html
Self-Healing Materials/Focus 1
Polymer Thin Films/Focus 2
Molecular Dynamic Simulation/Focus 3
>Self-Healing of Cracks in polymeric matrix
> Surface Modification applying Microencapsules
> Polymer Functional (thermal, anti-hydration) Coatings
> Polymer Ceramic (cement)Interface
> Organic-Inorganic Interaction at the interface
> Mechanics of Polymeric and Protein Molecules
Automobile, Aviation, Polymer Composites, Construction Materials Industries >> Mechanics of thin films, nanocomposites, interface mechanism, polymeric nanofilms, microencapulations, MD simulations
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Dr. Prasad Patnaik BSVPh.D., IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA
Associate. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4068; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/fmlab/bsvp/index.html
Development of schemes for Fluid dynamics (both continuum and mesoscopicsimulations)
Control of vortices : through drain tanks, past bodies, through heat exch. etc.
Flow Structure Interaction (FSI) : vortex induced vibrations, blast mitigation etc.
Development of numerical methods for both continuum and Particle based simulations. A typical DPD simulation is depicted.
Analysis of bluff and streamlined configurations. Development of control strategies for the suppression of vortex induced oscillations.
Application specific design and analysis problems : development of shock capture methods for blast mitigation devices (DRDO), vortex suppression in drain tanks (ISRO), gas entrainment studies (IGCAR) etc.
Fluid Dynamics simulations ranging from mesoscopic to continuum scales
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Dr. V V Raghavendra SaiPhD from IIT Bombay, INDIA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4076; [email protected]
h http://apm.iitm.ac.in/biomedical/sai/index.html
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) based Optical Biosensors
Clinical diagnosis & Environmental monitoring
Detection of Explosives and Toxins
White/green LED
Spectrometer
Bioreceptor(IgG)
Analyte(anti IgG)
V V R Sai, et al 2009. Biosens. & Bioelectron, 24, 2804–09;
SERS mapping of AgNP 60nm coated SiO2 NanospringsLSPR based Fiber optic biosensors for model analyte (IgG)
AuNP coated U-bend probe
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Dr. S. RamakrishnanPh.D, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied MechanicsMSB207B; 044-2257-4073; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/biomedical/ramki/index.html
Brain Image Analysis - Characterization of Brain micro structure and Tractography in conditions such asAlzheimer's disorders.
Infrared Thermal Image Analysis - Analysis of physiological variables using medical infrared thermograph inHuman Breast and Hand.
Biomedical Instrumentation - Enhancing the diagnostic relevance of medical equipment.
Signal analysis - EMG signal generation, modeling, diagnosis of myopathy and neuropathy
Calibration of Medical Devices - Design and development of test schemes for calibrating and standardizingmedical devices
Brain Image Analysis
Thermal Image Analysis
Instrumentation & Calibration
EMG Signal Analysis
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Dr. K. RameshPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4058; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/kramesh/index.html
Experimental Mechanics/Digital Photoelasticity
Fracture Mechanics/Stress field evaluation
Educational Technology/Innovative use of Multimedia
Glass Stress Analysis
Failure AnalysisDevelopment of e-Books/e-Teacher
Experimental Solid Mechanics
Rinku Mukherjee
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Dr. Sayan GuptaPh.D, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4055; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/sayan/Site/WELCOME.html
Vibrations, Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos, Stochastic Dynamics
Stochastic Load Modeling, Structural Reliability, Stochastic Finite Elements
Damage detection & Life Assessment, Structural Health Monitoring
Stochastic load modeling in Fluid Structure Interaction
problems, eg., wind turbines, offshore platforms
Detection of fatigue cracks from vibration
measurements in aging infrastructure
Analysis of turbine blades for aero-elastic failures &
random fatigue damage in stochastic flow
Energy harvesting from wind in bladeless windmills
Applications in stochastic dynamical systems
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Dr. Shaikh Faruque AliPhD, IISc, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4054; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/sfali/index.html
Structural vibration and control
Dynamics and control of nonlinear systems
Nonlinear and hybrid energy harvesting
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Dr. Sivakumar M. SrinivasanPh.D, Louisiana State University, USA
Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4061; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/smlab/mss/index.html
Structural Mechanics / Analysis and design of thermo-mechanical structures
Inelasticity of materials / modeling mechanics of plasticity, creep and fatigue
Smart materials & composites / Shape mem alloys, piezos and magnetic
Research Area/Focus 3
Smart Structures & Composites
Modeling mechanical processing effects
Low cycle fatigue of materials & structures
Inelastic Analysis and design of materials and engineering structures
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Dr. N. SujathaPHD (NTU Singapore)
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4067; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/biomedical/sujatha/index.html
Non destructive imaging of tissue using laser speckle techniques
Optical signal / image processing
Biomedical optical spectroscopy instrumentation for in vivo diagnostics
Laser speckle contrast imaging for assessment of
blood flow
Processing of laser Doppler signals for analysis of
hemodynamics
Diffuse reflectance spectrum analysis for tissue
hemoglobin assessment
NON-INVASIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS USING DIFFERENT OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES
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Research
Areas
The neural basis of Biomechanics, understanding the central nervous
system control strategies responsible for movement generation
Description
Understanding the mechanisms that underlie learning motor tasks, from
simple, daily movements to special movements in art and sport
Development of Assist devices to be used in Rehabilitation of
patients with neuro-motor disorders, such as stroke
Neuromechanics
Motor Learning
Rehabilitation
Dr.Varadhan S.K.M PhD(The Pennsylvania State University, USA )
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics+91 44 2257 4071; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/biomedical/skm/index.html
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Dr. S.VengadesanPhD, Kobe University, Japan
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Mechanics044-2257-4063; [email protected]
http://apm.iitm.ac.in/fmlab/sv/index.html
Insect Aerodynamics/ Aerodynamics of low flying insect under different operating condition
Bubble transport in a micro channel/Investigation of a PFC bubble transport through a micro channel with bifurcation at different roll angle
Bluffbody aerodynamics/characterisation of flow regime for elliptic cylinders
Pair of dipole formation at the end of upstroke
PFC bubble lodging at the bifurcation of a
microchannel oriented at 450 roll angle
Identification of different flow regimes for flow past
elliptic bodies
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Department of Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras was founded in 2004 with a vision to
be recognised as a Department of International repute with a strong interdisciplinary research and
teaching base in biological sciences and engineering and an active collaboration with industries
and health-care institutions.
The department is housed in the 'Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta School of BioSciences
Building'. Currently the department has 29 faculty members, about 200 undergraduate students,
more than 160 graduate students and associated staff.
The focus of the department includes basic research in modern biotechnology and
molecular basis of life processes; enhancing knowledge base and human resource development;
and biotechnology for societal development.
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• Bioprocess Engineering
Applied Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology
Cellular Engineering for Enhanced Bioprocess Productivity
Bioreaction Engineering
• Chemical Biology
Bioorganic Chemistry
Biomaterials
siRNAs delivery and chemical genetics
Drug Design
• Computational Biology
Molecular computation
Computational Neuroscience
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Medical Biotechnology
Cancer biology
Cardiovascular genetics
Vascular biology
Molecular virology
Stem cells proliferation
Signal Transduction and Protein Structure-Function
Ion channels: Structure and function
Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics / Ergonomics
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Major Facilities:
National Centre for Cellular Dynamics
Program Support in Cancer Biology
Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
Centre of Excellence in Bioprocess Engineering
DST-FIST Facility
The centralized departmental facilities include:
Tissue Culture Facility
Patch Clamp Facility
Tissue Processing Facility
Auto radiographic Facility
Dark Room
Fly Lab
Department Computational Facility
Autoclave Facility
Biosafety Level 2 Facility
Flow Cytometry Facility
Confocal Microscopy Facility
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Fourier Transform Infrared Analyser
Circular Dichroism Spectrometer
Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Fluorescent Microscopes
HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography)
FPLC (Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography)
Gas Chromatograph
Micro plate Spectrophotometers
UV - Visible Spectrophotometers
Bioreactors
Gas Analyser
Lyophilizer
Gel Documentation System
High speed and Ultra Centrifuges
Atomic Force Microscope
Cell Counters
Real-time PCR
Electric Cell Impedance System
(ECIS)
Live Cell Imaging
Freezers, Cold rooms
The department has several modern equipment for biotechnology research. Some of the
major equipment include:
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Dr. Anju ChadhaPhD, IISc, Bangalore, India
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4106; [email protected]
http://biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/anjulabsite/anjuchadha.html
Enzymes in Organic Synthesis/Green Chemistry
Biocatalysis/Enzyme Mechanisms
Biocatalytic Reactions for Biosensors and alternate fuels e.g.Biodiesel
Enzyme catalysed ‘green’ reactions to generate chiralsynthons used in the pharma, flavor and food industries Enzyme based biosensors
Home grown technology for Biodiesel from local non-edible
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Crystal structure of enzymes to
understand mechanism
Transducer(EISCAP)
Enzyme
Bio-analyteinput
Electrical output (C-V)pH changes
Pongamia Jatropha Mahua
Oil Biodiesel
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Dr. Athi Narayanan, NaganathanPhD, University of Maryland, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4140; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/athi_research
Experimental Characterization of Protein Conformational Behavior
Modeling and Predicting Folding Landscapes Using Statistical Methods
Probing Folding/Dynamics through Coarse-Grained and Molecular Simulations
Equilibrium/Kinetics Functional Landscapes Protein Design
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDWIDTH/AREA OF RESEARCH
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Dr. R. Baskar,
Assistant Professor , Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036044-2257-4110 ; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/RBaskar
Research Area: Pattern formation in cellular slime molds
Research Area: Estimating spontaneous mutation rates and meiotic
recombination frequency during different biological events in flowering plants
Dictyostelium as a model to investigate:
1. Mechanisms of caffeine action
2. Volatile mediated chemotaxis.
3. Ageing
Arabidopsis as a model to investigate:
1. Somatic mutation rates upon
parental ageing, hybridization.
2. Meiotic recombination rates
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Dr. CHANDRARAJ KRISHNANPh.D., IIT MADRAS, INDIA
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4111; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/kcr.php
Biomass conversion/ Cellulosic bioethanol
Functional Foods/ Oligosaccharides and phenolic acids
Recombinant Enzymes/Amylases, Cellulases, Xylanases, Proteases
Cellulosic ethanol used as automobile fuels by blending
with petrol
Functional oligosaccharides used as prebiotics in food
products
Phenolic acids used as antioxidants in food
formulations
Amylases, cellulases, xylanases, proteases applied
in textile, bioethanol and leather industries
Conversion of Low Cost Agricultural Residues into Fuels and Chemicals
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Dr. MUKESH DOBLEProfessor, Biotechnology
2257 4107; 9884691871
[email protected]; [email protected]://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/doble_research
Previous ExperienceWorked in General Electric (GE) for 5 years in Polymer/Plastics Division
Major Areas of ResearchBiodegradation/Stability of polymers in marine & soil environmentsFormation of Biofilms and biofouling on polymers in marine environmentFormation of Biofilms on polymeric medical implantsMethods for preventing biofilm formation (design of biomaterials)
Current ProjectsPolymer (PP/PE) degradation – RIL, Mumbai; DST, GoIPreventing biofilm on polymers in marine environment – DAE, GoIBiomaterial design : PU/PLGA /PLA /PET – In collaboration with two hospitals (CMC & SRMC)Design of food wrapping to prevent biofilm – DBT, GoI
Lab FacilitiesGPC, Surface energy, Spin coater, Dip coater, LB film maker, Barnacle adhesion tester, fluorescence and confocal microscopes for biofilm studies, zeta potential.
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Dr. Gopala Krishna AradhyamPh.D, NCL (CSIR). University of Pune, India
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4112; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/agk/home.html
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDWIDTH/AREA OF RESEARCH
The Signal Transduction Lab
G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) Ca2+-binding proteins
The general focus of research in our lab is protein structure-function and biochemistry. Elucidating novel functions of proteins.
Signal Transduction by Membrane proteins Signal Transduction by Ca2+-binding proteins
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Dr. Hamsa Priya Mohana SundaramPhD, Ohio State University, USAAssistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology
044-2257-4132; [email protected]://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Hamsa_research
Protein-(Co)Solvent interactions
Statistical Physics of Biomolecules
Biomolecular Simulations
Multiscale Modeling
Protein Phase Behavior Protein Folding and Stability
Modeling of protein hydration and protein-cosolvent (additives) interactions
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Dr. A. JAYAKRISHNAN.PHD, IIT MADRAS, INDIA Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology
044-2257-4129; [email protected]://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/AJK
Research Area/Focus 1: Synthesis, characterization and modification of polymers of biological and medical interest.
Research Area/Focus2: Microspheres, nanoparticles and polymer drug conjugates for controlled drug delivery.
Research Area/Focus3: Hydrogels for wound dressing, tissue engineering and drug delivery
Application 1
Microspheres for embolization, Radiopaqe polymer microspheres
Application 2
•Microspheres and Nanoparticles for drug delivery.
• Soluble Polymer-drug conjugates
Application 3
•In situ forming hudrogels as injectabledrug delivery vehicles.
•For tissue engineering
•As surgical sealants and wound dressings
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Dr. Karthik RamanPhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4139; [email protected] http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Karthik
Computational Systems Biology/Modelling of Complex Biological Systems
In silico Modelling for Metabolic Engineering
High-performance Computing for Biology
Drug Target Identification
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Systems-level modelling of complex biological networks
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Dr. Karunagaran DPHD, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, India
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras044-2257-4126 ; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/dk_new/index.php
Role of miRNAs
Aberrations in signaling
Mechanisms of potential anticancer agents
Aberrations in NF-kB, TGF-b, Wnt and apoptosis signaling in cancer cells/tumors
Molecular mechanisms of Apoptosis induced by phytochemicals (curcumin, emodin, plumbagin, allicin etc), marine alkaloid analogs and organic compounds
CANCER BIOLOGY
Target prediction and experimental validationFunctional characterization – Effects of miRNAs on signaling pathways
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V. Kesavan, Ph.DAssociate Professor,
Department of Biotechnology044 22574124; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Kesavan
• Development of acyclic nucleic acid and molecular devices
• Development of organo catalysts from proline
• Exploration of covalent inhibition of cysteine kinases using NCEs
Vipin Kumar et al. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 000, and RSC Adv. 2013
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Dr. Madhulika DixitPhD, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor , Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4131; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/mdixit/
Endothelial Progenitors and Glucose Metabolism
Endothelial Dysfunction and Shear Stress
Atherosclerosis
Research Area/Focus 3
Therapeutic Neo-vascularization
Functional Food Vascular Grafts
Cardio-Vascular Dysfunction in Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
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Dr. S. MahalingamPhD, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4130; [email protected] http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Mahalingam
HIV/AIDS pathogenesis: Host-virus interaction, Neutralizing antibodies.
Cancer Biology: 1. Cross-talk between tumor suppresser genes and oncogenes.
2. Nucleolar GTPases and ribosome biogenesis.
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis
• Identification of cellulartargets to inhibit HIVreplication
• Development ofneutralizing antibodies asHIV/AIDS vaccine
Cancer Biology
• Role of RAS genes oncancer development
• GTPases on nucleolarfunction during cancer andstem cell proliferation
• Identification of specific biomarkers for early detection of cancer
• Drug target(s) identificationfor personalized medicine
Cancer Biology
Research Areas
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N.ManojPh.D, Indian Institute of Science
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4113; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Manoj
Protein Structure and FunctionStructural studies on enzymes of industrial and medical interest
Model systems: Glycosyl hydrolases
Cancer and antibacterial drug targets
Molecular Evolution Comparative genomics of membrane proteinsModel system: G-protein coupled receptors
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Dr. M. Michael GromihaPhD, Bharathidasan University, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4138; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Gromiha
Protein interactions: Applications to Malaria
Protein structure and function: Cancer mutations and skin diseases
Protein aggregation: Corneal dystrophy (eye disease) and Parkinson’s disease
1. Discriminate interacting protein pairs based on their affinities.
2. Identify the best method for predicting the binding sites in DNA
binding proteins based on structural features
1. Predict protein folding rates upon mutations
2. Identifying cancer prone mutants in epidermal growth factor receptor
3. Developing tools for protein structure based parameters
1. Develop position specific potentials for aggregation prone
regions in proteins and non-amyloids
2. Identify aggregation prone regions and predict aggregation rates
Structure-Function Relationship in Proteins and their Complexes: Applications to Drug Design
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Dr. Nitish R. MahapatraPh.D., Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4128; [email protected]
www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/nitish.htm
Functional Genomics and Biomarker Discovery
Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation
Molecular Medicine
Discovery of genetic variations
Structure of nicotinic receptor
Molecular signal transduction
MOLECULAR BASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND METABOLIC DISORDERS
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Dr. Rajamanickam MuruganPHD, T.I.F.R Mumbai, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4116; [email protected] http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Murugan
Theoretical Biology and Biophysics
Computational/Systems Biology
Rate Processes in Biology
Understanding the dynamics of transcription factors helps to further our unravel the design principles connected with the existence of life.
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Dr. Rama S Verma Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4109; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/verma
1- Trans-differentiation of stem cell Developing patched using into cardiac tissue- biodegradable material and stem cells
2- Construction of Novel Immunotoxins- Targeted anticancer therapy with recombinant immunotoxins
3- Fanconi Anemia- Gene expression profiling of Fanconianemia and Identifying marker genes
Stem cell biology and
transdifferentiation of stem and tissue regeneration
Immunotoxins for Cancer TherapyBiomarker studies of Fanconi Anemias
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Dr. Sanjib SenapatiPHD, I.I.T. Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4122; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/Sanjib_lab/index.html
Molecular dynamics of proteins and structure-function study
Protein-ligand and protein-protein docking
Atomic simulations of Green solvents: Ionic Liquids and supercritical CO2 (scCO2)
Structure based drug discovery
Ionic liquids for biomolecularpreservations
scCO2: a new generation solvent in chemical
industries?
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Dr. Sathyanarayana N. GummadiPh.D. IIT Madras, INDIAProfessor, Dept. of Biotechnology
044-2257-4114; [email protected]://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/sng/index.htm
Microbial and Enzymatic Process for Caffeine Degradation
Bioprocess Development for Production of Biopolymers, Xylitol, Enzymes
Biochemistry of Flippases and Scramblases
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Dr. SMITA SRIVASTAVAPHD, IIT DELHI, INDIA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4127; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/smita/
Plant cell technology
Microbial technology
Applied/Industrial Biotechnology
In vitro production of high value plant/microbial metabolites
Plant Metabolic engineering Phytoremediation
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Research Area:Computational Neuroscience
Objective 1:Develop a comprehensive Computational model of Basal Ganglia, a part of the brain affected in Parkinson’s Disease. Application:The model developed has potential Application in Deep Brain StimulationSurgery for PD.
Objective 2:Using computational modeling, study the role of vascular dynamics on neural activity.Application: Leads to the radical notion of vascular computation.
Dr. V. Srinivasa ChakravarthyPhD, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
Professor, Department of Biotechnology,IIT Madras.
Tel: 044-2257-4115; [email protected]://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/faculty/CNS_LAB/home.html
Research Area:Indian Language TechnologyDevelop a new script called Bharati.The script can represent 9 majorIndian scripts. Simple and easy to learn.
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G. K. SuraishkumarPh.D., Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4105; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/GK_research
Reactive Species/Algae biofuels
Reactive Species/Bioprocess strategies
Novel strategies for optimal operation of Bioreactors/Industrial bioreactors
Improved bio-oil yields from microalgae Bioprocess strategies
Industrial bioreactors
Quantitative Understanding and Manipulation of Biological Systems
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Dr. Rayala Suresh KumarPh.D, Cancer Institute, Chennai, INDIA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4137; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/Rayala_research
Cancer Biology
Small molecule inhibitors and drug resistance
Indigenous antibodies for diagnostic applications
Cancer Biology Drug resistanceDiagnostic antibodies
Aiming novel diagnostic and therapeutic reagents for Cancer
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Dr. Vignesh MuthuvijayanPhD, Oklahoma State University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology044-2257-4123; [email protected]
http://www.biotech.iitm.ac.in/vignesh
Surface modification of polymeric materials
Novel biomaterials as tissue engineering scaffolds
Development of drug delivery systems
HaemocompatiblilityTissue engineering
scaffoldsControlled drug
delivery
BIOMATERIALS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING
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Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The faculty of chemical engineering department are involved in applied research
as well as fundamental research. Many of them serve as consultants to industries in India.
They have collaborations with industries near Chennai and all over India.
A significant portion of the faculty are retained as consultant by industry. Here
they serve as advisors to industry on a long term basis. Their inputs enables the industry to
operate profitably and stay ahead of the competition. They also contribute to assisting the
industry with their expansion and diversification plans.
Faculty are also involved in specific projects of interest to industry. Here they
carry out experiments in collaboration with the R&D of industry to develop new technology
or get a good understanding of existing processes or technology, with a view to making
improvements. The mathematical and analytical expertise of the faculty allows them to
propose models of existing systems. This is used to understand the processes occurring in a
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Departmental Computer Facility
Particle Image Velocimetry
Universal testing machine and Rheometer
Gas Chromatography System with Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) - Funded by a
FIST grant from DST (Govt. of India)
Gas Chromatography System with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Thermal
Conductivity Detector (TCD) - Funded by a grant from Chevron Corporation
Facilities for outsiders:
HR SEM
Shimadzu AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer)
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Dr. ABHIJIT P. DESHPANDEProfessor, Chemical Engineering
2257 4169 ; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~abhijit/
Major Areas of Research
Rheology
Ionic Polymers
Composites Processing
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Dr. Arun K. TangiralaPh.D., University of Alberta, CanadaAssociate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
044-2257-4181; [email protected]://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~arunkt
Process Control, Identification & Monitoring
Control loop performance assessment
Data-driven process analysis and control
Systems BiologyProcess & Pipeline Health Monitoring
Energy Systems
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACHES
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Dr. A.R.BalakrishnanPhD., University of Waterloo, Canada
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4154; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~arbala
Boiling of Multicomponent Mixtures
Flow Boiling Heat transfer in Conventional and Mini/Microchannels
Concerns of Energy and Environment
Separation of Mixtures using New Membrane Techniques
Pool Boiling of MixturesFlow Boiling in
Conventional channelsLow Frequency Oscillation in Single and Two phase flow
MULTIPHASE FLOW / POOL AND FLOW BOILING
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Dr. Basavaraj M GurappaPhD. KU Leuven, Belgium
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering044-2257-4164;[email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~basa
Self-assembly of colloids and nanoparticles
Rheology and microstructure of suspensions
Structure and surface rheology of complex fluid interfaces, Emulsions, Foams
Surfactant in aqueous, organic and ionic liquids
Research Area: Colloids and Interface Science
Structure property correlation in colloids, polymers and surfactant solutions
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Dr. Ethayaraja ManiPHD, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4157; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~ethaya/ethaya/Home.html
Self-assembly of patchy colloids
Molecular simulation of softmatter
Stochastic simulation of formation of nanostructures
Crystal of Patchy Colloids Surfactant Bilayer Soft-colloid Stabilized Emulsions
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Dr. KANNAN A.PHD, McMASTER University, CANADA
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4170; [email protected]://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~kannan/
Intensification of Transport and Reaction Rates in Environmental Pollution Control,Separation Processes and Thermal Food Processing
Innovative Process Equipments for Environmental Pollution Control
Modelling and Simulation of Chemical and Environmental Processes
CFD based fluid flow patterns and convective heat fluxes
around a food particle
Reaction pathway in a photocatalytic reactor
Ultrasound jet impinging on a spinning disk to enhance mass
transfer
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Dr. R. NagarajanPh.D., Yale University, USA
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4158; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~nag/
Ultrasonic process intensification
Particulate phenomena in cleanrooms
Synthesis of nano-materials & nano-composites
Sono-enhancement of: dyeing of textiles, heat-transfer in furnace tubes, removal of
ash and sulfur from coal, destratification of cryogenic fuels, reactive breakdown of
pollutants, surface cleaning of semiconductor wafers, atomization of
liquid fuels
Particle generation, transport, deposition and adhesion in controlled environments;
cost-effective cleanroom designs
Sono-fragmentation for nano-particle synthesis; sono-processing of nano-
composites and nano-emulsions– process optimization
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Dr. Tapobrata PandaPhD, IIT Delhi, India
Professor, Dept. of Chem. Engg.044-2257-4160; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~panda/index.php
Bioprocess engineering: Enzyme Design, Bioprocess Optimization, and Metabolic Engineering
Bio-nanotechnology: Biosynthesis and Applications
Bio-MEMS: Micro-fluidic Platform for cell Culture, Drug-cell Interaction
Industrial enzyme production and
application
Drug/Metabolic
inhibitor design
Au and Ag nano-particles biosynthesis, application
and Bio-MEMS
Biological Engineering
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Dr. Preeti AghalayamPHD, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engg.044-2257-4185; [email protected]
http://www.aghalayam.com
Coal Gasification: In-situ utilisation of deep coals; Kinetic Experiments; Modeling
Catalytic Converters: Detailed chemistry for catalytic reduction of NO
Reaction Mechanisms: Reduction of detailed reaction mechanisms
Underground Coal Gasification:
Cavity studies & Process models
Automotive Catalytic Converters:
Surface reaction mechanisms & Catalyst Selection
Detailed Reaction Mechanisms:
Analysis, Reduction Methodologies
MICROKINETIC MODELING; LAB-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES
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Dr. S. PushpavanamPHD, University of Florida, USA
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4161; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~spush/
Two phase flows and interfacial transport
Micro flows: Hydrodynamics and Mass Transport
Mathematical Modeling and Nonlinear Dynamics
Molten Flows Microfluidics Fundamentals
Mathematics + Physics ---> Smarter Engineering
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Dr. Raghuram ChettyPhD, Newcastle University, UK
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257 4178; [email protected]://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~raghuc/
Fuel Cells - Electrocatalyst
Wastewater Treatment - Electrochemical & Photocatalysis
CO2 mitigation: Conversion of CO2 to fuel
Shape controlled electrocatalyst
TiO2 nanotubes & photocatalysis
Energy and Environment
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ASemiconductor Processing -CMP
BElectrochem Impedance Spectra - EIS
CElectrochemistry - Thin film solar cells
DMicrowave Processing
S. RamanathanAssociate Professor, Chemical Engg, IIT Madras,
44 2257 4171; [email protected] http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~srinivar/
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High resolution absorption and fluorescence : Complex synthesis (IITM). Facilities at Brno Univ. (Martin Vala and Martin Weiter), Northwestern Univ. (Rick Van Duyne) and Harvard Univ. (Adam E Cohen).Financial Support: DST, India (complex synthesis), EUFP7 (Brno, Northwestern and Harvard (facility usage).Custom built hydrothermal furnace for synthesis of solids (IITM). High resolution electron microscopy (facility at PennState). Technical discussions with Rowan Leary and Paul Midgley(Old Cavendish Lab, Cambridge, UK) over email and at QEM 2013 .Financial Support: DRDO and IITM startup, India (furnace), EUFP7 (PennState visit), CPDA and ICSR PCF/RMF (QEM2013).
Ramnarayanan. Rhttp://www.che.iitm.ac.in/faculty.php?fid=17
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Dr. R. RavikrishnaPh.D., Louisiana State University, USAAssistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
044-2257-4175; [email protected] http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~rrk
Fate and Transport of Pollutants in the Environment
Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Development of Waste Treatment Technologies
Bioaerosol Release from solid waste surfaces
Chemical Release Rates from Sediments
PhotocatalyticDegradation of Organic
Chemicals
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Dr. R. RaviPHD, Purdue University, USAProfessor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
044-2257-4167; [email protected]://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~rravi/
Thermodynamics
Transport
Statistical Mechanics
Phase equilibrium
Multicomponent mass transfer
Property Estimation
Mathematical modeling and theoretical analysis
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Dr. T. RenganathanPhD, IIT Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4186; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/faculty.php?fid=20
Multiphase systems – Inverse fluidized bed
Gasification – Fluidized bed gasifier
Hydrodynamics of inverse fluidized bed Simulation of fluidized bed gasifier
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Dr. P S T SAIPhD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4163; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~psts/index.php
Fluidization
Reaction Engineering
Mass Transfer
Development of Air Pollution Control
Equipment Process development
Analysis and design of Process Equipment
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Dr. Shankar NarasimhanPHD, Northwestern University, USA
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering044-2257-4165; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/~naras
PROCESS DESIGN – Sensor networks, Pipeline networks, Heat Exchanger Networks
DATA ANALYTICS – Data reconciliation, Multivariate data analysis, Fault Diagnosis
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL – Solar powered RO networks
Pipeline networks monitoring and control
Extracting pure spectra from mixture spectra –
source separation
Optimal design, operation and control of battery less
solar powered RO networks
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Dr. Sreenivas JAYANTIPhD, Imperial College, London, UKProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering
044-22574168; [email protected] http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~sjayanti/
Combustion: Oxy-fuel combustion; chemical looping combustion
Electrochemical devices: Fuel cells; redox flow batteries
Multiphase flow: computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer
System level studies of chemical looping combustion
Cell and stack level studies of fuel cellsExperimental and CFD studies of oxycoal combustion
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Dr. SUSY VARUGHESEAssociate Professor, Chemical Engineering
2257 4172 ; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~susy/
Major Areas of Research
Physics and mechanics of polymeric materials
dynamic mechanical behaviour of polymers
vibration damping and isolation using polymers
Filler-polymer interactions
Conducting polymers
Processing aspects related to inkjet printing &
drying of drops
Wetting and surface energy Electromechanical behaviour of conducting
polymer films
Ionically conducting polymers
Fuel cell membrane materials
Diffusion through membranes
Structure and morphology
Shape memory behavior
Recycling of polymers and composites
P. Kanakasabai et al., Journal of Power Sources 196 (2011) 946–955
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Dr. Tanmay BasakPhD, IISc, Bangalore, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engg
044-2257-4173; [email protected] http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~tanmay/
Microwave Assisted Material Processing
Computational Electromagnetics
Chemical Reacting Systems
Material Invariant Characteristics
Closed Form Analysis
Scattering Effect
Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Heat Flow visualization and Thermal Management
Thermodynamics and Irreversibility: Entropy Generation Minimization
Finite Element Method and Modeling
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Dr. Upendra NatarajanPh.D., Institute of Polymer Sci.& Polym. Eng,
University of Akron, USADept. of Chemical Engg.
044-2257-xxxx; [email protected] http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~unatarajan/
Molecular Theory, Simulation and Modeling
Macromolecular Science and Engg.
Hybrid Materials and Composites
FMCG – Shampoo, Conditioner, Detergents,
Cosmetics, Superabsorbents,
structured dispersions
Polymer-based Coatings, liquid dispersions
Advanced structural Materials
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Dr. K. VijayaraghavanPHD, Anna University, India
Ramalingaswami Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engg.044-2257-5156; [email protected]
http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/faculty.php?fid=48
Environmental Biotechnology
Water quality-Assessment and Treatment
Water pollution-Best Management Practices
Green Roofs BiosorbentsEffluent
Treatment
Development of Green techniques to improve the quality of water
PASSPORT PHOTO
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UpgradingFast
Pyrolysis
Hydro-
cracking
Hydrogen
Generation
Gasoline
Diesel
DeoxygenatedBio-oil
Exhaust
Ash
Offgas Offgas
Natural gas Exhaust
H2
Exhaust
D.A.F. Biomass
Current Research Areas
Catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass and
polymers in micropyrolyzer and pyroprobe
reactors with online analysis using GC/MS and
FT-IR
Gasification of biomass and plastic wastes
Deconstruction and pretreatment of biomasses
using non-conventional techniques
Characterization and degradation of engine
oils
Polymer degradation for resource recovery
Selective photocatalytic conversion of biomass
constituents
Microkinetic modeling using continuum and
stochastic techniques
Dr. R. Vinu,Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras.
44-2257 4187; [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/vinuresearch/
Fast pyrolysis of biomass
Mechanism of dye sensitized degradation of organic
compounds under visible light radiation
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Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
To provide a strong foundation in fundamentals of Chemistry through courses offered by the
Department for both Science and Engineering Students in the Institute.
To provide broad based post-graduate programmes in chemistry with the aim of producing
chemists with high professional competence and with an awareness on the importance of chemistry in
the technological world.
To Carry out research in cutting edge areas, both of basic and applied nature, on par with
international standards and thereby educate and train Ph.D students to become world class scientists.
To undertake problems of interest to the industries and offer solutions and thus promote and
sustain institution-industry interaction.
To develop state-of-the-art research facilities, equipment and laboratories that would enable
modern approach and solutions to all problems in chemistry and chemical industry, collaborative
projects with other science and engineering departments and close liaison with industrial undertakings.
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• The Department has well equipped laboratories in the fields of analytical and inorganic
chemistry, heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis and adsorption studies, electrochemistry,
high pressure chemistry, surface chemistry, organic chemistry and photochemistry.
• In recent years, new facilities have been added in other areas of activities such as
biochemistry, chemical kinetics, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, solid state and
structural chemistry. The Department has recently set up a computational laboratory.
• The available research equipments are:
Spectrometers: IR, FTIR, UV-VIS, AA, Fluorimeter, TSCPC
Chromotographs: HPLC, GLC, GPLC
Mass Spectrometers: High Resolution Q-Tof Mass, GCMS/MS
Thermal analysers: TGA7 (Perkin Elmer),Q500 Hi-Res TGA from TA instruments), DSC7
(Perkin Elmer),Q200 MDSC from TA instruments)
High Resolution NMR: Bruker 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer & Bruker 500 MHz NMR
Spectrometer
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Single crystal XRD: Bruker X8 Kappa APEXII
Chemisorption: Chemisorb 2750 from Micromeritics
Porosimeter: ASAP2020 from Micromeritics
CHN-Analyser: PERKIN-ELMER CHN-2400
AFM:Park Systems-Model XE-100
MALDI: Bruker
Laser RAMAN: Bruker
ESR SPectrometer
In addition, a variety of sophisticated instruments such as Electrochemical
instruments, Sorptometer, Photoreactors, Nuclear Instruments etc. are available to
students.
The Department has its own library in addition
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Dr. Anbarasan PPHD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4216; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profanbarasan/profanbu/
Transition Metal Catalysis – Functionalization of Carbenes and Strong Bonds
Organocatalysis – Development of New Brønsted Acid
Conversion of sugar and carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals
Catalytic Process Natural Products Bio-refinery
Synthesis (Application) Driven Catalysis
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Dr. Archita PatnaikPHD, Banaras Hindu University, India
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4217; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/prof.archita/index.html
Colloids and Interfaces: Molecular self-assembly and functional materials, Stimuli responsive
aggregates with finite curvature
Colloids and Interfaces: Real-time polarized spectroscopy of interfaces: Bio-membranes and catalysis
Molecular Nanoscience and Electronics: Molecular junctions: Donor-Bridge - Acceptor dyads as
molecular rectifiers and configurational switches
A Molecular Rectifier
Monomer J-Aggregate
J Aggregates in
Optoelectronics
Large curvature lipid helices from trans-membrane
tryptophan interaction: Quantification of
molecular tilt
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Dr. Arti DuaPHD, IISc, Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4236; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profartidua/index.htm
Stochastic Processes in Chemistry and Biology
Statistical Mechanics of Polymers and Biopolymers
Biophysical Chemistry
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA OF RESEARCH
•Stochastic kinetics of chemical and biochemical reactions for small
number of reactants.
•Enzyme kinetics at cellular level.
•Stochastic gene expression.
•Single-enzyme catalysis.
•Models of electron transfer reactions in protein
matrix.
•Non-Markovian models for protein
conformational fluctuations.
•Counterion condensation in polyelectrolytes.
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Dr. Sundarababu BASKARANPHD, IIT Kanpur, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Chemistry
044-2257-4218; [email protected] http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profsundarbabubaskaran/index.htm
Development of new strategies in Organic Synthesis
Synthesis of Biologically active Natural Products
Drug Design of Pharmaceutical Importance
Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules
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Dr. N. CHANDRAKUMARPh.D. (IIT Kanpur, India)
Professor, Department of Chemistry044-2257 4920; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/chandrakumar/index.htm
Spin Dynamics and High Resolution NMR – Methodology development
Spatially Resolved Magnetic Resonance – NMR Microimaging and MRS
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization – Multi-band, multinuclear time domain DNP
Rotating frame NMR techniques for accelerated spin dynamics , eg. ZEALOUS: a new experiment for
“amplifying” homonuclear scalar couplings
Novel optimal homonuclear rare spin correlation experiments in direct and indirect detection modes
with enhanced sensitivity
Volume Localized Spectroscopy (MRS) for Process Monitoring, eg. Fruit Ripening
MRI and MRS techniques for: in vitro drug dissolution studies; electrochemical applications,
eg. membrane permeability studies and in situ fuel cell imaging under load
19F and 13C DNP in solution state
Differential DNP enhancement for structural information
Spatially resolved DNP
High Resolution Magnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy and Spatially Resolved MR
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Dr. DEBASHIS CHAKRABORTYPh.D., University of Göttingen, Germany
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4223; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profDebashis%20Chakraborty/index.htm
Organometallic Synthesis/Catalysts for Polymerization Reactions
Organometallic Synthesis/Catalysts for CO2 Utilization and Sequestering
Organic Synthesis/Metal Mediated Catalysis for Organic Reactions
Polymer from CornPolymerization using
CO2
Green Catalytic Systems for
Organic Synthesis
FROM LABORATORY TO INDUSTRY
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Dr. R. DHAMODHARANPh.D, University of Massachusetts, USA
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4204; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/http://chem.iitm.ac.in/https://sites.google.com/site/welcometoprofdhamodharangroup/
Controlled Radical Polymerization – Block Copolymers of Complex Architectures
New Applications Using Biopolymers (Chitin, Cellulose, Rubber, Natural Gums)
Polymer Light Emitting Diodes (PLED) and Electroluminescent (EL) Materials –Synthesis and Applications in Solar Energy Harvesting
Controlled Release of Nutrients Minerals and Water to Soil from
Biodegradable Polymer Matrices (Sea Shell)
Environmental Remediation (Oil Spill, Metal ion Removal, Waste
and Dye Water Treatment)PLED and EL Materials
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDWIDTH/AREA OF RESEARCH
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Dr. Dillip Kumar ChandPhD, IIT Kanpur, INDIA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4224; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profdillip/index.htm
Supramolecular Chemistry: Self-assembled coordination cages from palladium(II) and organic ligands.
Homogeneous catalysis: Molybdenum containing catalysts for organic transformation reactions.
Nanoscience: Synthesis and functional (e.g. catalysis) aspects of metal nanoparticles.
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Dr. Edamana PrasadPHD, Kerala University, IN
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4232; [email protected]
http://www.chem.iitm.ac.in
Self Assembly of Macromolecules
Photophysics of the Self Assembled Systems
Developing Novel Gel Systems Developing Sensors for Anions, Toxic Metal Ions
Develop Fundamental Knowledge about the Mechanism
of Self Assembly in Macromolecules
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Dr. Indrapal Singh AidhenPhD, University of Pune, India
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-22574219; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profsingh/index.htm
Synthetic Organic/Carbohydrate Chemistry
Synthesis of Biologically important Molecules
Developing Methodologies/Building blocks for Target Driven Synthetic Endeavours
Major research interests have been in three directions. The first direction aims atdeveloping novel Synthetic equivalents based on Weinreb amide (WA)functionality and their applications in synthesis of important molecules. Thesecond direction aims at the synthesis of important and challenging targets fromthe realm of carbohydrate chemistry. The chosen targets belong to the class of C-glycosides and Aza-analogues. The third direction aims at developing newsynthetic strategies and building blocks for biologically/medicinally importantmolecules.
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Dr. Kothandaraman RPHD, IISc-Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4249; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profKothandaramanRamanujam/index.htm
Low-cost Non-Platinum Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells
Redox Flow Batteries (All Vanadium and Rare Earth Based)
High-Output Voltage Fuel Cells Capable of Operating at Oxygen-free Ambience
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Borohydride-V5+/V4+
fuel cell
Electrochemical Energy Systems
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Dr Ashok Kumar MishraPhD, IIT Kanpur, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4207; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profmishra/index.htm
Fisetin, an Excited State Prototropism (ESPT) based fluorescent molecular probe introduced for lipid bilayer membranes:
Reports on membrane properties and shows potential as an imaging dye.
(J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 9962–9970)
The newly introduced ‘Total Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy ‘ combines well
with chemometric methods for the simultaneous quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples
(Anal. Methods, 2011, 3, 2616-2624 )
‘White light excitation fluorescence’ (WLEF) introduced as a low cost, portable and non-destructive analytical technique for in situ /
online analysis ; viz. Quantification of pharmaceuticals in biofluids, Composition
of fuel blends and adulterants in fossil fuels
(Anal. Methods, 2011, 3, 362-368; Fuel, 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.043).
• Developing Fluorescent Molecular Probes and Imaging Dyes
• Introducing New Paradigms in Analysis of Complex Multifluorophoric Systems
• Developing Miniaturized Fiber Optic Fluorimeters with Novel Design Features
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Organic Synthesis Drug design Synthetic mimics of Peptides and
carbohydratesBio-Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
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Dr. Muraleedharan K. M.Ph.D. NIIST Trivandrum (Kerala University), India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4233; [email protected]
http://www.chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profmurali/page/index.html
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Dr. Nandita MadhavanPh.D, Univ. of IL – Urbana Champaign, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4239; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profnandita
Polymer Supports for Peptide Synthesis
Development of Peptide derived Nanotubes
Synthetic Ion Channels as Switches & Sensors
Supports Nanotubes Ion Channels
Peptides as nanotubes, synthetic ion channels, switches and sensors
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Advanced Sensors
Water Purification
Ice Chemistry
Professor T. Pradeep
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science, India)Professor, Department of Chemistry
+91-44-2257-4208; [email protected] http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/138/pradeep/
Most updated link: http://www.dstuns.iitm.ac.in/t-pradeep.php
Research Area/Focus 1: Molecular and nanoscale materials
Research Area/Focus 2: Drinking water purification
Research Area/Focus 3: Ice chemistry
Diverse nanomaterials and their properties in the context of affordable clean water; with emphasis on understanding phenomena
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Dr. RAMESH GARDASPhD, South Gujarat University, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4248; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/138/gardas
Ionic Liquids
Solution Thermodynamics
QSPR and Group Contribution Methods
Green Solvents Phase Equilibria Process & Product
Design
Experimental and Predictive Thermodynamic Data
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Dr. G. Ranga RaoPhD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4226; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/department.html
Pillared catalysts Soot combustion activity Eliminating CO poison on Pt
Materials chemistry : synthesis, catalysis, electrocatalysis, solid state electrochemistry
Surface and nanomolecular catalysis: rare earth oxides, transition metal oxides and polyoxometalate compounds
Solid state electrochemistry : electrocatalysis and supercapacitors
Materials chemistry : porous materials, hybrid and functional materials
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M. V. Sangaranarayanan
Ph.D, IISc BangaloreProfessor, Department of Chemistry
044-22574209; [email protected]
Modelling of Electrochemical Interfaces
Biosensors and Supercapacitors
Electron transfer at liquid/liquid interfaces
Supercapacitors Biosensors Liquid/Liquid interfaces
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Dr. S. SANKARARAMANPhD, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4210; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profsankaraman/index.htm
Synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry – acetylene and olefin chemistry
Synthetic Organometallic chemistry and catalysis – NHC-metal chemistry
Organic-metal hybrid materials–transition metal and rare earth MOF chemistry
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Dr. G. SekarPh.D. (IIT Kanpur, India)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4229; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profsekar/new/index.html
Asymmetric synthesis Enantioselective total synthesis of biologically active natural products Development of new reaction methodology for organic synthesis. Chiral nanocatalysts in asymmetric synthesis
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Dr. P. SELVAMPhD, IIT-Madras
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & NCCR044-2257-4235; [email protected]
http://www.nccr.iitm.ac.in/staff/selvam.htm
GREEN CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS, BIOMASS CONVERSION, FUEL CELLS
H2 ENERGY, CO2 PHOTOREDUCTION, NOX REDUCTION AND VOC ABATEMENT
ORDERED POROUS MATERIALS (ZEOLITE-TYPE) FOR ORGANIC TRANSFORMATION
Biomass Conversionover Nano-Gold
Solar Hydrogen Generation over Mesoporous Titania
Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Electrode via Platinum supported Mesoporous Carbons
SOLID STATE AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY / NANOSTUCTURED MATERIALS AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
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All the above are fabricated/developed at IITM
Prototype of Redox flow cell
Rare-earth sulfide pigments
Rare-earth based phosphor for white light
generation in LED’s
Redox flow and Li-ion batteries for energy storage
Environmentally benign rare-earth based pigments
Rare-earth based phosphors for solid state lighting (LED’s)
Thermoelectric materials for energy conversion (heat-to-electricity)
Dr. U.V. VaradarajuPh.D. IISc., Bengaluru, India
Professor, Department of Chemistry044-2257-4215; [email protected]
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Dr. K. VIDYASAGARPh.D., Indian Institute of Science, India
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry044-2257-4221; [email protected]
http://chem.iitm.ac.in/professordetails/profvidyasagar/index.htm
Syntheses, structure and properties of NEW solid state compounds
Oxides, Chalocogenides and Organo-phosphonates
Potential applications: SHG activity, luminescence, ion-exchange etc.
SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
SHG activity of Cs2Mo3TeO12Photoluminescence of
Eu2Mo4Sb2O18
Organophosphonate + RNH2
Intercalated product
Brönsted acidity of Na(HO3PPh)(H2O3PPh)
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Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Civil Engineering has been in existence since the inception of IIT
Madras in 1959 and has grown into a full fledged department with specialisations in all the major
areas of Civil Engineering.
The departmental activities embrace Planning, Design, Construction and Management.
Many of the faculty members have received advanced degrees and/or training from reputed
institutions in India, Germany, UK., USA, Canada, Japan and Netherlands.
The activities of the department are carried out under five different divisions as follows:
•Building Technology and Construction Management (BTCM)
•Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE)
•Geotechnical Engineering (GT)
•Structural Engineering (ST)
•Transportation Engineering (TR)
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Dr. P. AlagusundaramoorthyPh.D., IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4276; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/faculty#st
Advanced Composite Structures
FRP Composites in Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Structures
Heat Straightening Process of Steel Structures
FRP Composites in Civil Infrastructure, Ship Structures,
Offshore Oil Platforms and Aircraft Structures
Static and Seismic Strengthening of Concrete, Steel and Masonry Structures with GFRP and CFRP
Composites
Heat Straightening Process for Damage in Strong Axis, Weak Axis,
Twisting and Bulging of Steel Structural Members
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AMLAN K. SENGUPTA, PE
PhD, Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, USAAssociate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4277; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/amlan/
Behaviour of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete members
Earthquake engineering as applicable to building design
Assessment of concrete bridge decks for deterioration
Shear Walls Building Frames Bridge Decks
Numerical analysis and experimental investigation of structural concrete members
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Dr.K.AnanthanarayananPHD, I.I.T., Madras. INDIAProfessor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4278; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/….
Resource Constrained Multiple Construction Projects
Multi-project scheduling and control
Supply Chain Management in Large Construction Projects
The scheduling of repetitive construction projects with the
resource constraints considering idle time and continuous
resource deployment.
Performance analysis of scheduling rules in resource-constrained multiple projects.
Improving the efficiency of supply chain within the large construction site to minimize
the resource travel time.
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Dr. ARUL JAYACHANDRANPhD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4292; [email protected]
Stability design of structural steelwork
Cold-formed/ Light Gauge Steel structures
Glass structural engineering
LGS / Cold formed steel housing
Advanced analysis and design of structural
steelwork
Structural Glass and façade engineering
Steel and glass blended for sustainable structures in India
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Dr. Arun MenonPh.D., University of Pavia, Italy
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4299; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=arun_edu
Structural Safety of Historical Monuments Seismic Behaviour, Assessment and Retrofit of Masonry Structures Seismic Risk Assessment of Structures at Urban ScaleHistorical Seismicity and Seismic Hazard Analysis
STRUCTURAL MODELLING &
ANALYSIS
SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF MASONRY
FIELD & LABORATORY
INVESTIGATIONS
SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS
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Dr. ASHWIN MAHALINGAMPHD, Stanford University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg044-2257-4318; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=ash_edu
Infrastructure Policy and Public Private Partnerships
Virtual Planning, Design and Construction
Sustainability and Globalization in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry
Infrastructure Policy: When should PPPs be selected? How can they best be structured? What challenges arise as these projects are
operational ?
Virtual Planning, Design and Construction: Can Stakeholder Input be brought into planning using IT tools? How can project planning be optimized
using visualization? How can technology adoption be enhanced?
Sustainability and Globalization: How can Virtual Teams in the AEC industry work together
effectively? How can they design and create a sustainable built environment?
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Dr. Balaji NarasimhanPHD, Texas A&M University, USAAssistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4293; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/nbalaji/
Remote Sensing and GIS
Hydrological Modeling
Irrigation water management
Crop Evapotranspiration, Inter-basin water transfer,
Irrigation efficiency
Impact of climate and landuse changes on the
water resources
Floods & droughts extent, magnitude, duration and
frequency
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Dr. A. BoominathanPh. D., MGSU, RUSSIA
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4275; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/boomi/
Soil Dynamics and Liquefaction
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Foundations subjected to Cyclic and Dynamic loads
Underground Train induced Vibrations, Liquefaction Analysis
and Ground Improvement
Seismic Hazard and Site Amplification Analysis,
SASW/MASW/Seismic Cross Hole/Refraction Tests
Seismic-Soil-Pile group-Structure Interaction, SFSI Analysis of
Nuclear Structures
Foundations for Vibratory Machines, Vibration Mitigation , Dynamic Soil/Pile Testing
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Dr. Dali Naidu ArnepalliPHD, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering044-2257-4297; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/arnepalli/
Geosequestration of Carbon for Mitigation of Green House Gases
Design of Barrier Systems and Their Long Term Performance
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Unsaturated Behaviour of Geomaterials and Geosynthetic Clay Liners
Geosequestration of Green House Gases
Service life Prediction of Geosynthetics
Geomaterial Contaminant Interaction
FUNDAMENTAL BEHAVIOUR OF GEOMATERIALS
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DEVDAS MENONProfessor, Civil Engineering
2257 4253 ; 9884078303; [email protected] www.devdasmenon.com
Major Areas of Interest
Structural Concrete - Design
Structural Analysis & Reliability
Bridge Engineering
Affordable Rapid Mass Housing
Wind & Earthquake Engineering
Self Awareness
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Dr. Gitakrishnan RamaduraiPHD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of XXXX044-2257-4298; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=gita_edu
Dynamic Traffic Assignment
Transportation Network Modelling
Econometric and Optimization Models in Transportation
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sustainable Transportation
Pedestrian and Road Safety
Technological and management solutions for a safe and sustainable transportation system
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Dr. Indumathi M NambiPHD, Clarkson University, U.S.A
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4289; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/indu_edu
Ground Water Contamination including NAPL /Transport and Remediation
Industrial Wastewater Treatment/Physical and Chemical Processes
Water and Waste Water /Tertiary treatment for reuse
APPLICATION 1
Nano IronMercury entrapped in soil
Experimental Studies span from pore scale to lab scale and field scale
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Dr. Karthik K. SrinivasanPHD, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4282; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/…. http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=ks_edu
Travel Demand Modeling
Transportation Network Optimization and Reliability
Intelligent Transportation System
Transportation Planning and Evaluation
Advanced TravellerInformation Systems
Transport Routing and Congestion Reduction
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Dr. Koshy VarghesePh.D., University of Texas, Austin, USA
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4257; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/koshy/
Automation in Construction
Design Information Management
Computer Integrated Project Delivery
Automated CraneLift Planning
Design-Construction Interface Management on Fast-Track
Projects
Building Information Modeling for Lean Project Delivery
Automation and Information Technologies for Built Environment Projects
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Dr. Lelitha Devi VanajakshiPh.D., Texas A&M University, USAAssistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4291; [email protected] http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/lelitha/
Traffic Modeling
Traffic Operations
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sensor Development for Indian Traffic
Bus Arrival Time Prediction Estimation of Spatial parameters from Location Data
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Dr. Ligy PhiliPPHD, IIT Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4274; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/…. http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=ligy_edu
Bioremediation of Contaminated Water, Soils, Air and Aquifers
Water Treatment and Rural Water Supply
Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycle and Reuse
To cleanup soils , aquifers and air contaminated with organic and inorganic toxic pollutants
Water quality assessment and providing tailor made
centralized and point of use water treatment technologies
Sustainable Wastewater management using
centralized/decentralized and onsite systems
Pollution Abatement, Drinking water quality assessment and treatment
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Dr. Manu SanthanamPhD, Purdue University, USAAssociate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg.
044-2257-4283; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=manu_rp
Chemistry of cementitious materials
Durability and long term performance of concrete
Microstructural characterization and non-destructive evaluation of concrete
Special concrete ND condition assessment Concrete in aggressive conditions
Research covers this range of aspects related to concrete applications
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A. MEHER PRASAD Professor, Civil Engineering
T: 044 2257 4260; M: 9444017194; E: [email protected]
Major Areas of Interest
Structural Dynamics
Structural Analysis & Reliability
Structural Health Monitoring
Affordable Mass Housing
Wind & Earthquake Engineering
Computational Mechanics
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Dr. J. Murali KrishnanPHD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil044-2257-4284; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Asphalt Rheology
Viscoelasticity
Pavement Engineering
Development of Binders
Non-linear Models
Stress-strain analysis
From binder rheology to pavement engineering
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Dr. B. S. MurtyPHD, Washington State Univ., Pullman, USA
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4262; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/…. http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=murty_edu
Open-Channel Flow Modeling
Closed Conduit Flows
Groundwater Resources Management
Modeling of flow and transport of pollutants in open channels
for quantity and quality management
Analysis of steady and transient flows in pipe systems, optimal design, condition assessment
Simulation and management models for groundwater resources utilization and
aquifer remediation
Computational Hydraulics for Management of Water Resources
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C. V. R. MurtyPhD, CalTech, USA
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering(91-44) 2257 4302; [email protected]
www.iitm.ac.in/cvrm
Nonlinear Seismic Behaviour of Structures
Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings and Bridges
Seismic Design Codes; Books in Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Strength
Stiffness
Ductility
Lateral Deformation
Inelastic Energy
Late
ral F
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Displacement-Based Seismic Design Codes and BooksGeometric and Material Nonlinearity
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Data AnalysisStatistics,
Distribution
FEM/MeshlessStress/Displ./
Damage/Fatigue/Creep/
Fracture/Corrosion
Probabilistic Methods, Reliability, Sensitivity, Design Optimization, NDE Scheduling
Dr. B Nageswara RaoPhD, University of Iowa, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engg.044-2257-4285; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/?q=rao_rp
Computational solid mechanics, finite element analysis, meshless analysis
Fracture mechanics, micromechanics and homogenization methods
Structural reliability & optimization, fuzzy structural analysis, dimension reduction methods
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Dr. Raghukanth S T GPhD, IISc, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4296; [email protected]
Natural HazardsRisk AssessmentWave PropagationStructural DynamicsEarthquake Engineering
Modeling of Indian Plate
Ground motion simulation for earthquakes by source mechanism models
FEM Mesh
Forecasting of Global earthquake energy releaseGlobal earthquake catalog
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Dr. K. RajagopalPh.D. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4263, [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Geosynthetics and Reinforced Soil Structures Ground Improvement Finite Elements applied to geomechanics
Geosynthetics for
Sustainable Shoreline
Protection
Construction of
Expedient Road Bases
Construction of Very
High Retaining Walls
using Geosynthetics
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K. RAMAMURTHYProfessor, Civil Engineering
T: 044 2257 4265; E: [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
• Lightweight ash based aggregates• Aggregate manufacturing procedures• Quality assessment of fly ash aggregates
• Aerated & foam concrete blocks/bricks• Manufacturing procedures• Effect of admixtures on engg. properties
• Interlocking brick masonry• Increasing the construction speed• Strength of masonry units/systems
Sintered & cold-bonded fly ash aggregates
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RAVINDRA GETTUProfessor, Civil Engineering
T: 044 2257 4266; E: [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
• High Performance Concrete
• Effective Use of Admixtures in Concrete
• Self Compacting Concrete
• Fibre Reinforced Concrete
• Housing
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Dr. R. G. RobinsonPhD, IISc, Bangalore, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Enginerring044-2257-4286; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=rob_rp
Soft clay engineering
Ground Improvement
Physical modelling
Vacuum consolidation
Piles in expansive soils
Flowable fills
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
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Rupen GoswamiPhD, IIT Kanpur, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering(+91 44) 2257 4301; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=rupen_edu
Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings and Bridges
Nonlinear Behaviour of Structures
Steel Structures
VB
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Dr. Sachin S. GunthePh.D, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,
IndiaAssistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4308; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Properties and interaction of atmospheric aerosols including bioaerosols
Role of atmospheric aerosols in Earth system science
Aerosol cloud precipitation interaction – Indian monsoon
Field campaigns
Laboratory studies
Numerical simulations
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Dr. SATISH KUMAR S RD.Eng, Nagoya University, Japan
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4287; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=satish_edu
Structural Engineering / Design of Steel Structures
Structural Engineering / Earthquake Resistant Design & Seismic Testing
Hot-rolled Steel
Structures
Steel-concrete
Composite structures
Cold-formed &
Tubular Steel Structures
RC & Masonry Structures
Seismic Testing
STEEL AND EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN
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Dr. S.M. Shiva Nagendra Ph.D., IIT Delhi, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras
044-2257-4290; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/snagendra/
PM10
PM1
PM2.5
Study
Region
Development
of ANN based
PM prediction
model
Impact of meteorological characteristics in PM concentration levels
Impact of heterogeneous traffic in PM concentration levels
Indoor Air Quality Management Industrial Pollution Control Urban Air Quality Management
Environmental Pollution Index
Stack Emissions Modelling
RESEARCH INTERESTS
URBAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT Emission inventory, air quality monitoring, modelling , source-receptor modelling and control strategies
VEHICULAR POLLUTION MODELLING Deterministic, statistical and artificial neural network approaches
INDOOR AIR QUALITY Monitoring, modelling and control strategies
INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Design of air pollution control equipments and environmental impact assessment
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS Multivariate data analysis and environmental auditing
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Dr. Sivakumar PalaniappanPhD, Arizona State University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4258; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=sp_edu
Construction Project Planning and Control, Information Technology Applications in Project Management
Sustainable Construction: Life cycle energy use in buildings, carbon footprint of construction processes
Modelling and Simulation of Construction Processes using discrete event simulation
Planning, Monitoring and Control of Construction Projects
Energy use and carbon emissions of construction processes
What-if scenarios evaluation for construction planning using
discrete event simulation
Construction Project Management, Sustainability in Construction, Modelling and Simulation
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Dr. R. SivanandanPh. D., Virginia Tech, USAProfessor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4275; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/rsiva/
Congestion Management
Traffic Simulation and Analysis
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Congestion Analysis Using GPS, Traffic Management
Microscopic Simulation of Heterogeneous Traffic,
Capacity Analysis
ATMS and ATIS Modellingand Evaluation
Traffic Analysis and Management, Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Dr. Somendra Nath KuiryPh.D., IIT Kharagpur
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044 -2257 4309; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=kuiry_edu
Computational hydraulics – river, coastal and dam-break flow
Modelling of hurricane and tsunami wave propagation
Modelling of sediment transport in rivers and coasts
Experimental study on dam-break and river flow
Hurricane Movement
Shock Wave
River Flow
Thames River Flooding
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Dr. Subhadeep BanerjeePhD, National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4304; [email protected]
Webpage: www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=subh_edu
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Constitutive Relationship of Soil
Finite Element Modelling
Physical modelling and laboratory testing
Centrifuge ModellingSafe and Economic
Design
Advanced earthquake resistant design of foundation
Numerical Simulations for Large Scale Problems
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Dr. K. P. SUDHEERPHD, IIT Delhi, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4288; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/70/sudheer
Hydrologic Modeling
Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis
Distributed Hydrological Models for PUB
Hydrologic Prediction Band
Construction of Prediction band
Employing Distributed Hydrological Models for Water Resources Assessment
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Dr. T. ThyagarajPhD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4271; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=tt_edu
Unsaturated soil behaviour
Ground improvement
Geoenvironmental engineering
Ongoing research:
Physico-chemical effects on soil-water characteristic curves of compacted and geosynthetic clay liners
Ongoing research:
Deep stabilization of expansive soils by lime precipitation technique
Ongoing research:
Effect of physico-chemical factors on behavior of compacted and geosynthetic clay barriersEffect of physico-chemical factors on collapse behaviour of soils
SWC Cell SWCCs Lime slurry permeation Stress-strain curves
GCL GCL after 2nd drying
DW CaCl2
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Dr. A. VEERARAGAVANPh.D, Bangalore University, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
044-2257-4272; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=veer_edu
Pavement Engineering / Pavement Management System
Sustainable Road Infrastructure / Recycling of Pavement Materials
Traffic Engineering and Management / Road Safety
Pavement Maintenance and Asset Management of
Road Infrastructure
Recycling of Pavement Materials for Sustainable
Road Infrastructure
Engineering Measures to Enhance Road Safety Under Mixed Traffic
PASSPORT PHOTO
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Dr. Venu ChandraPh.D, IIT Kanpur, India
Asst. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering044-2257-4281; [email protected]://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/vc_edu
Experimental Hydraulics
Sediment Transport
Cohesive Sediment Dynamics
River Training and Scour Protection Works
Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter
(Velocity measurement)
Annular flume (to study about sediments) Field application
Laboratory to field to prevent sediments at hydraulic structures
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Dr. V.B.MajiPhD, IISc Bangalore, India
Assitant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering044-2257-4294; [email protected]
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/new/?q=maji_edu
Rock mechanics / Geotechnical Engineering
Behaviour of jointed rocks
Underground excavation and slope stability
Rock mechanics / Geotechnical engineering
Behaviour of jointed rocks
Underground excavation and slope stability
Rock Mechanics /Geotechnical Engineering
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Department of Computer Science
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036Global Excellence and Local Relevance in research, teaching, and technology development
is the vision of the Department.
The Department was started as the Computer Centre in 1973 with the acquisition of an IBM
370, perhaps the most powerful computer in India at that time.
It offered M.Tech, M.S and PhD degree programmes. In 1983, the B.Tech degree
programme was started.
Today the Department has a vibrant student body numbering about 400. Over 60% are
postgraduate, mostly supported by scholarships.
The Department also offers several attractive industry-sponsored Fellowships for
outstanding PhD scholars and liberally supports participation in top-ranking international
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Areas Hardware Systems
Human Computer Interaction
Intelligent Systems and Knowledge
Engineering
Networks and Distributed Systems
Programming Languages, Compilers
and Software Engineering
Lab
ACT Lab (Algorithms and
Complexity Theory)
AIDB Lab(Artificial Intelligence and
Databases)
Computer Vision Lab
DON Lab (Indic Computing and
Communication Systems)
HPCN Lab (High Performance
Computing and Networking)
Network Systems Lab
Reconfigurable and Intelligent
Systems Engineering Group
Software Systems Research Lab
Speech and Vision Lab
Systems Development Lab
Theoretical Computer Science Group
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Dr. Anurag MittalPhD, Univ. of Maryland College Park, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE044-2257-4372; [email protected]
http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~amittal
Computer Vision
Multi-Camera Security and Surveillance
Contour-based Object Detection & Recognition
Feature Detection and Description
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Dr. C. Chandra SekharPh.D., IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering044-2257-4363; [email protected]
http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/chandra
Machine Learning for Speech Technology
Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis
Content based Information Retrieval
Support Vector Machines based Approaches to Acoustic Modeling for
Speech Recognition
Design of Dynamic Kernels for Speech and Image Data
Scene Image Retrieval using Kernel Methods
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Dr. John AugustinePh.D., Univ. of California, Irvine, USAAsst. Professor, Dept. of Computer Sci. and Engg.
044-2257-4383; [email protected]://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~augustine/
Algorithms at large including:
Distributed Algorithms
Computational Geometry
Online Algorithms
Big Data Networks Geometry
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Computer Networks: Optical Networking Computer Networks: Wireless Networking, incl. Sensor Networks Computer Networks: SmartGrid and Tactical Networks
Network Protocol & Algorithms: Design, Analysis & Implementation
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SmartGrid: NASPI Sensor Testbed: IITM Wireless HetNets/Offloading
Dr. Krishna Moorthy SivalingamPh.D., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, USA
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engg.044-2257-6378; [email protected]
http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~skrishnam
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Dr. Madhu MutyamPHD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE044-2257-4379; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/mutyam
Multi-core Architectures
Network-on-Chip
Emerging Memory Technologies
Shared resource management in multi-core
processors
Optimizing communication among cores of a multi-core
processor
Dealing with hybrid memory systems
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V. Krishna NandivadaPHD, UCLA, USA
Asst Professor, Dept. of CSE044-2257-4380; [email protected]://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~krishna
Compiler Optimizations – Optimizations for multicore systems
Compiler Optimizations – Semantics preserving optimizations.
Language design for performance and programmability.
Software security – Security for mobile applications
Serial programs and Multicore systems
Semantics preserving compilers Secure Mobile Apps
Performance, Programmability and Security in Software Systems
$ g++ a.cc –o a.out
Q: a.cc == a.out?
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Dr. Sutanu ChakrabortiPhD, The Robert Gordon University, UK
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Computer Science044-2257-4376; [email protected]
http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~sutanuc/
Text and Web Analytics
Machine Learning for Knowledge Acquisition
Cognitive Aspects of Language and Memory
COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF LANGUAGE, MEMORY AND LEARNING
Search, Recommendation and
Corporate Memory Systems
Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing
Looking into the Future: Non-conventional models of cognition (language and memory)
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Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, which has a fine blend of
renowned as well as young and dynamic personalities as faculty, is involved in providing quality
education at both Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) levels.
It has a broad based UG curriculum and specialized M.Tech. and Dual Degree
programs in Communication Systems, Microelectronics and Power Systems, Instrumentation and
Photonics.
The syllabi of the courses are continuously updated and the laboratories modernized to
reflect the rapid changes in technology. It also offers high quality research in the (M.S. and
Ph.D.) programs.
The Department has strong Industry interaction and has been involved in development
of state-of-art products for Industry. It has extensive fabrication, calibration and testing facilities
for carrying out industry sponsored research and consultancy projects.
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Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, consists of 8 Reasearch group of
master's (MS) and doctoral (PhD) students
Communication, Telematics and Fibre Optics
Control Guidance and Robotics
Integrated Electronics lab
Machines and Drives
Measurements and Instrumentation
Microelectronics & MEMS
Analog & Digital VLSI
Power Systems and High Voltage
TeNeT Group
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Dr. Amitava DasGuptaPhD, IIT Kharagpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4416; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~adg/
Research Area/Focus 1: Device Modelling (Mu`GFETs, LDMOS, HEMTs, QM effects)
Research Area/Focus 2 : MEMS: Design, Fabrication & Characterization
Research Area/Focus 3 : Silicon and Compound Semiconductor Technology
Subthreshold Current in 4-T DG MOSFETs
RF MEMS switchViolet light emission from
GaN based LED
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Dr. Andrew ThangarajPHD, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4424; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~andrew
Theory and implementation of modern error control codes
Coding for multi-terminal communication problems
Wireless and wireline network coding
PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY
NEAR CAPACITY COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED STORAGE
CODING FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
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Dr. Anil PrabhakarPHD, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4425; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_anilpr
Photonics/High power lasers, optical metrology, optical communications
Magnetism/Spin waves, magnonics
Assistive Technologies/Motor Impairments and AAC, Bio-engineering
Mini OTDR Flow Cytometer I-Touch n’ Go
MIXED SIGNAL OPTOELECTRONICS AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
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Dr. S. AniruddhanPHD, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4468; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~ani/
CMOS RFIC design
Phase-locked loops and frequency synthesizers
IC design for Biomedical Applications
Transceivers for Wireless Communications
Industrial ElectronicsBiomedical
Instrumentation
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Dr. Anjan ChakravortyPHD, IIT Kharagpur, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4460; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~anjan/index.html
SiGe Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors/ Modeling of Non-Quasi-Static Effects
Laterally Diffused MOSFETs/ Modeling of Self-Heating & Snapback Effects
Nano FETs/ Modeling of Charges and Non-Reciprocal Capacitances
Communication Circuits
Automotive Circuits
High-Speed Digital Switching
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Dr. Arun D. MahindrakarPHD,IIT Bombay, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4445; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~arun_dm
Nonlinear Control/Underactuated robots
Experimental work /Mobile robots
Formation control of multiple robots/Aerial vehicles
Underactuatedrobots
Mobile robots Aerial Vehicles
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Dr. Arun Pachai KannuPhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engg044-2257-4463; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~arunpachai
Compressed Sensing Applications in Cellular Networks Sequential Detection Problems in Sensor NetworksOptimal Stopping Problems in Cognitive Radios
Estimation and Information Theoretic Problems
HetNets Sensor Networks
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Dr. Balaji SrinivasnPhD, University of New Mexico, USAAssociate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
044-2257-4426; [email protected]://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_balajis
High Power & Ultrashort Pulse Fiber Lasers
Fiber Bragg Gratings
Distributed Fiber Sensors
Laser-Based Material Processing
Structural Health Monitoring
Real-time Power Monitoring
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Dr. Bharath BhikkajiPhD, Uppsala University, Sweden
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Elec. Engg.044-2257-4455; [email protected]
http://ee.iitm.ac.in/~Bharath
Modeling and Control of Flexible Structures
Vibration control of Smart Structures
Portfolio Analysis and Selection
Atomic Force Microscopes Nanopositioners Finance
System Identification, Control Design & Statistical Signal Processing
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Dr. Bijoy Krishna DasPHD, University of Paderborn, Germany
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4459; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~bkdas
Silicon Photonics & Optical Interconnect for Communications
Integrated Optoelectronics for Sensor Devices
Nonlinear Integrated Optics
Low-loss Trimmed Waveguide Structure in SOI (0.06 dB/mm)
Waveguide PIN Phase-Shifter in SOI (Modeling & Fabrication)
Fiber Pigtailed & Packaged DWDM Channel Interleaver (100 GHz)
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Dr. Boby GeorgePHD- IITM, Post-doc.-TU Graz, Austria.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE044-2257-4465; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_boby
Sensors and Instrumentation for
• Automotive and Transportation Applications
• Biomedical Applications/Healthcare Technologies
• Industrial Applications
Seat Occupancy Sensor for air bag
control
Non contact ECG
New Loop sensor for intelligent
transportation N
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Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation
Brake wearsensor
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Dr. Deepa VenkiteshPhD, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4466; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_deepa
All-optical signal processing in high-speed communication systems
Development of fiber lasers for specific applications in different wavelength ranges
Distributed temperature and strain sensors using nonlinear optics
Optical Wavelength Conversion
Tunable fiber laser
Distributed Temperature and Strain
sensors
Applications of nonlinear optics
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Prof. Enakshi BhattacharyaPhD, TIFR Mumbai, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4419; [email protected]
http//www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~enakshi/
MEMS and NEMS
Biosensors and BioMEMS
Semiconductor materials and devices
MEMS processes and sensors
Silicon nanoporousmembranes
Bio sensors/MEMS digital microfluidics
Processes, devices and sensors in amorphous, porous, poly and crystalline silicon
20 nm
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Dr. K. GiridharPhD (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, 1993)
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering+91 44 2257 4420; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/ee/~giri
Adaptive Signal Processing for Broadband Wireless Communications
Interference Aware Estimation, Detection, Scheduling, and Rate Adaptation
Wireless Standards, Future Het-Nets, Strategic Comm., and Performance Analysis
LTE/4G+/WiFi Wireless Hardware Design & Proof of
Concept Test-Bed Development
Performance Analysis of MIMO-OFDM Mobile Broadband
Access Networks
Advanced Transceiver Algorithms for Interference
Limited Systems and for Strategic Communications
Wireless Communications for Civilian and Strategic Use – Research, Design, Analysis
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Eve
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Dr. Jagadeesh Kumar VProfessor, Electrical Engineering Department
044-2257-6406; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_vjkumar
Electrical, Electronic and Biomedical Instrumentation.
Sensors and signal conditioning.
Measurements on properties of ferromagnetic materials.
Variable Reluctance Type Pressure Transducer
Calibration free pulse oximeter
Brake wear sensor for heavy vehicles
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Dr. Ashok JhunjhunwalaPhD, University of Maine, USAProfessor, Dept. of Electricial Engineering
044-2257-0120; [email protected]
• Professor in-charge– IITM Research Park
– Incubation
• Member, Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Committee
• Member of IITM Council
• Chairman, Technology Committee on Technology Reforms
• Padmashree
• Shanti-Swaroop Bhatnagar Award
• Incubated over 50 companies at IITM
• Chairman, SEBI’s Technology Advisory committee
• Board Member of eight companies and five institutes
Research in Networks, Information and Communication and Solar PV Systems
Innovative Technology Solutions
Enabling Empowerment of Rural India
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Dr. B. Kalyan KumarPh.D., IIT Kanpur, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering,044-2257-4446; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/72/bkalyan/
Power System Stability
Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)
Power Quality
Power System Optimization
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Dr. Shreepad KarmalkarPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of EE044-2257-4409; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~karmal/
Semiconductor Device Modeling and Fabrication
Nanotechnology
Education
SourceGate Gate
SourceGate
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pn nn
p pp
Drain Insulator
Negative charge sheet
n+ n+n+ n+
Nanowire devices Power MOSFET (SiC, Si, Electroless processingSuperjunction), GaN HEMT
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Dr. Krishna JagannathanPh.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4469; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~krishnaj/
Wireless Networks: Resource Allocation, Cross Layer Control
Distributed Control and Optimization of Complex Networks
Stochastic Modelling and Performance Analysis
LTE Resource Allocation Large Wireless Networks & Distributed Operation
Real-Time Road Traffic Control
NETWORK CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
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Dr. Krishna VasudevanPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4428; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_krishna
PMSM/BLDC Motor drives
Power Electronics for Renewables
Grid Integration of Renewables
Motor control , Electric vehicles, Electromagnetic
Actuators
Power Converters for solar, battery applications
Power Converters and control for grid integration
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Dr. LakshminarasammaPHD, IIsc Bangalore, India
Assistant professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4462; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_lakshmin
DC DC Power Converters, Modeling, Analysis and Design
High Frequency Converters and Inverters for Renewable Energy Applications
33 W 500 kHz DC DC Converter Designed and Implemented for space craft
Applications.
2 kW Interleaved Boost DC DC Converter High Power Applications, Operated in
Interleaved and Paralleling
A 500 W 100 kHz 48 – 400 V Soft switching DC DC Bridge converter
Finds Applications for Aircraft, solar/Fuel cell fed power supplies
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Dr. Mahesh KumarPHD, IIT Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4429; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_mahesh
Power Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Interpretation
Application of Power Electronics in Power Systems: Custom Power Devices
Renewable Energy Grid Interactive and Grid OFF Systems
Based on monitored data of industrial plants, their detailed performance
evaluations are carried out. Also, based on the study of analyzed data, interpretation
can be made to avoid serious consequences of power quality problems.
Custom Power Devices are used to eliminate power quality related problems
such as unbalance, reactive power, harmonics etc., in power distribution
systems. Control, Design and development of these devices are the core issues which
are being addressed.
Custom power devices are basically power electronic based controllers and find
numerous applications in renewable energy systems. Efficient grid interactive inverters, their design and control for optimal power
sharing with the local grid and loads are important aspects which are explored and
investigated.
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Dr. Mohanasankar SivaprakasamPhD - University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept of Electrical Engg+91-9884511692; [email protected]
Healthcare technologies
Biomedical devices and instrumentation
Medical signal/image processing
Screening Diagnosis Therapeutic
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Dr. Nagendra KrishnapuraPhD, Columbia University, USAProfessor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
044-2257-4444; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/~nagendra
Analog integrated circuit design
RF integrated circuit design
Circuits and systems education
Increase speed and precision, and reduce power and area of ICs
Randomization reduces PLL spurs
Additional fast loop overcomes speed limit of S ADC
Multi-tap inductor enables compact
filters
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Dr. Nandita DasGuptaPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4422; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~nand/
Research Area/Focus 1: Thin oxides and High-k Dielectrics
Research Area/Focus 2 : III-V Semiconductor Devices
Research Area/Focus 3 : Micromachining for MEMs & photonic devices
Pigtailed InGaAs/InP p-i-n Photodetector with
micromachining for fibrecoupling
Improvement in the reliability of thin oxides with ac anodization
GaAs MESFET–based Transimpedance preamplifier
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Dr. Nitin ChandrachoodanPhD, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engg.044-2257-4432; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~nitin/
Digital Systems Design and Design Automation
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Dr. A. N. RajagopalanPhD, IIT Bombay, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4433; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/~raju
Shape from Motion Blur
Non-Uniform De-blurring n HDR
Super-resolution Matting Face Recognition in Occlusion and Blur Underwater Imaging
Digital Heritage Reconstruction
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Dr. Ramkrishna PasumarthyPHD, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engg044-2257-4470; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~ramkrishna
Mathematical Modeling
Control of physical systems
Simulations of Large scale infrastrctures
Cloud ComputingIndustrial
AutomationComputational
mechanics
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Dr. R. SarathiPhD, IISc, Bangalore, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4436; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/info/fac/rsarathi
Condition monitoring of power apparatus adopting Multi sensor fusion Technique
Pulsed power technique for nano particle production and sterilisation of liquid foods
Development of high performance nanocomposites for electrical insulation
Theoretical and experimental studies to identify the location of discharges
in power apparatus especially in transformers by measuring UHF
signals generated by discharges and by triangulation process
Facility for generation of nanoparticles by wire explosion process and for use of nano aluminium for
Rocket propellant.
Pulsed power technique for sterilisation of liquid foods.
Optimisation of nano fillers in nano composites for obtaining
good electrical, thermal and mechanical properties for
various electrical insulation applications.
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Dr. Shanthi PavanPhD, Columbia University New York, USA
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engg044-22574437; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~shanthi/faculty.html
Analog Mixed Signal Design : A/D and D/A conversion, filters
Microwave IC Design : Broadband equalization and beamforming
Sensor Interfaces : Bio and inertial sensor read electronics
Data Converters & FiltersHigh Speed Data Links &
Beamforming
MEMS Accelerometers and Gyroscopes,
Biosensors
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Dr. Shanti BhattacharyaPHD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4438; [email protected]://http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/optics/
Optical MEMS/Micro-mirrors, tunable gratings
Diffractive Optics/Frsenl lens, axicons
Fibre Interferometry/Metrology, spectroscopy
Electrostatically actuated Micro-mirrors (800mm dia.) for
spectroscopy
Fresnel lens (20 mm dia.) for focusing at a wavelength of
1550 nm
Layers of a roll of tape measured using an All fibre
Optical Coherence Tomography System
Research carried out in the areas of optical components and systems
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Dr. Sheetal KalyaniPHD, IIT Madras, INDIA
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4474; [email protected]
Robust statistics based estimation/detection approaches and outlier detection.
Applications of extreme value theory to problems in wireless networks/systems.
Statistical learning theory and its applications.
Receiver algorithms and link abstraction for OFDM/OFDMA
based systems
Analysis of model misspecification and robust
solutions
Cross layer optimization across MAC and PHY layers in wireless
systems
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Dr. K. SridharanPh.D, RPI, New York
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4423; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~sridhara
Research Areas
VLSI Architectures and FPGA-based Design for Robotics
Bipedal Robots –Design & Fabrication
Design of digital circuits in Quantum Dot Cellular Automata
FPGA-based Robotics
Bipedal RoboticsDigital Nano-
circuits
Visible Research Output
1 Research Book
35 Journal Publications
2 Granted Patents
Honors and Awards
HariOm Ashram Prerit Dr. VikramSarabhai Research Award, 2009
Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship, 2011
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans on Industrial Electronics, 2012-
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Dr. Srikrishna BhashyamPHD, Rice University, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4439; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~skrishna/
Multi-hop multi-flow wireless communication: Capacity, protocols and codes
Network resource allocation: Centralized and distributed optimization
Statistical signal processing methods
Cellular Networks Wireless LANs Sensor Networks
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION THEORY
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Dr. Srirama SrinivasPHD, NIT Warangal, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4447; [email protected]
Multilevel Inverters, PWM control & diagnostics
Integration of distributed energy systems with utility grid
Control algorithms for DC-DC and DC-AC Converters
Electrical machines & Drives
Microgrids Renewable Energy
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Dr. K. S. SwarupPHD, IISc Bangalore, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IITM044-2257-4440; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/facs_swarup
Power Systems, Operation, Optimization, Planning, Deregulation and Control.
Energy Management Systems / SCADA, Smart Grid, Automation and Protection.
Soft Computing, Intelligent Systems, Evolutionary Computational Intelligence.
Power System Operation, Optimization
and Planning
Energy Management Systems, Automation
and Protection
Intelligent Networks for Power Grids
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPLICATIONS FOR POWER GIRDS OF THE FUTURE
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Dr. Venkatesh RamaiyanPhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-2257-4464; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/~rvenkat
Distributed Medium Access in Ad hoc Wireless Networks
Cross-layer Resource Allocation and QoS Provisioning in Cellular Networks
High Rate Communication Networks for Control Applications
WiFi Hot Spots 3G/4G Browsing Sensor Networks
Provisioning and Performance Evaluation in Wireless Networks
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Dr. Vinita VasudevanPhD, IIT Bombay, India
Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering044-22574442; [email protected]
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~vinita
Circuits/Noise, Timing, Power, leakage analysis
VLSI CAD/Reduced order modelling
System simulation and optimization
Some problems I have worked on:
Fast and accurate statistical timing analysis of digital circuits
Analysis of clock jitter in sigma-delta converters
Optimum scheduling of data parallel tasks in partially reconfigurable systems
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Department of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Engineering Design was established in IIT Madras as its 16th
Department with a focus on interdisciplinary teaching and research.
The Department launched the novel dual degree programme in Engineering Design
with a view to providing the much needed leadership in this area.
The first of its kind in the country, the programme constitutes a B.Tech specialisation in
Engineering Design and M.Tech specilisations in Automotive Engineering and in Biomedical
Design with a strong thrust on the modern practices of design.
Engineering design involves the development of a concept and a form to meet a
function. The designer has to be well versed rooted in the fundamentals of engineering and
possess interdisciplinary skill sets to create cutting edge products within a competitive business
environment.
The design has to be aesthetically appealing yet robust; long lasting, yet inexpensive;
and incorporate light-weight material, yet be sensitive to environmental concerns.
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Rehabilitation Engineering
Rehabilitation engineering is the systematic application of engineering sciences to
design, develop, adapt, evaluate and distribute technological solutions to
problemsconfronted by individuals with disabilities
Research :
Products :
Sterling Engine
Tricycle for mobility challenged
Bamboo Bicycle
Page Flipper
Scissor Grasper Surgical Device
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Dr. Asokan ThondiyathPh.D, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4707; [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~asokan
Robotics (Underwater, Mobile and Medical Robotics)
Mechatronics
Medical Device Development
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Dr. Kavitha ArunachalamIndian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Designhttp://ed.iitm.ac.in/~akavitha/index.html
Medical device development
Electromagnetic (EM) Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices Patient Specific Treatment Planning
Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) – Microwave (MW) & Eddy Current Testing
Medical Instrumentation
MW Antenna Design
EMF Exposure
EM NDE
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Dr. R. Krishna KumarPhD, IIT Madras
Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4661; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/ED
Non-linear Finite Element / Tire mechanics and Biomechanics
Biomedical Signal Processing/Cardiovascular
Biomedical Image Processing/Diabetic Retinopathy, Cardiac imaging, image guided surgery
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Nilesh J. VASADr. Eng., Kyushu University, Japan
Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design+91-44-2257-4706; [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~vasa/
Laser assisted sensing, Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) based sensing
Laser assisted micro-manufacturing, annealing, texturing of thin films
Optical coherent tomography technique for biomedical applications
LIBS for elemental analysis Laser assisted
micro-manufacturingLaser assisted sensing
Opto-Mechatronics Laboratory : Application of Lasers in Engineering
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Dr. Palaniappan RamuPh.D, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4738; [email protected]
http://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~palramu/
Optimization and treatment of uncertainties in engineering design
Public participatory geographical information systems
Predictive modelling and decision sciences
Multiscalemodeling
Wind EnergyWater sheds and
farming
Probabilistic process and product design and development
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Dr. M. RamanathanPHD, Indian Institute of Science, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. ofEngineering Design044-2257-4734; [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~raman
Geometric and solid modeling /Analysis of Mesh Models and Point-sets.
Image processing (including biomedical)/Primitvie extraction from images
Computational geometry in curved world/Shortest path, Voronoi diagram
Shape Reconstruction, Animation
Content-based Shape/Image retrieval, Image reconstruction
Path Planning / Mould separation/Protein structural analysis
Geometric computing
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Dr. Sandipan BandyopadhyayPHD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4733; [email protected]://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~sandipan
Computational kinematics
Mechanics, control, and design of parallel robots
Design of mechanisms and products
Singular manifold of the general hexagonal Stewart
platform manipulator
MaPaMan: a 3-DoF spatial parallel robot
An improved hand-driven tricycle with suspensions
From equations to embodiment
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Dr. Sankara J. SubramanianPh. D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4737; [email protected]
http://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~shankar_sj
Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
Eigenfunction Virtual Fields Method
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Computation of Strains and Curvature using Principal Component Analysis
Full-field Tyre Deformation
Deformation of friction-welded joints
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Dr. G SARAVANA KUMARPhD, IIT Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4736; [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~gsaravana
Development of representational and computational tools for virtual and physical prototyping applied to arrive at solutions to design problems.
Design and Analysis of Implants
CAD/CAE/CAM
Additive Manufacturing
Engineering Optimization
Nature Inspired Computing
Composition / Porosity controlled Object CAD and Layered Manufacturing Optimal Design
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Dr. C. S. Shankar RamPhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering DesignPhone: +91-44-22574705; E-mail: [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~shankarram
Areas of Research
Mathematical Modelling of Dynamic Systems, Control, Fault Diagnosis, Automotive Systems, Vehicle Dynamics, Transportation Systems.
Brakes – Model based analysis, control and diagnosis of electro-pneumatic brakes for heavy commercial vehicles, antilock braking system, vehicle stability control, regenerative braking.
Suspension – Active suspension for heavy commercial vehicles, rollover detection and prevention.
Brake Systems Lab Slip Control Roll Control
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Dr. SOMA GUHATHAKURTAPHD, IIT MADRAS, INDIAProfessor, Dept. of ENG. DESIGN
044-2257-4744; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Research Area/Focus1. Bioreactor Designing for Tissue Engineering and Stem cell technology. Polymer nanofibre scaffold development as usable biomaterial in human
Research Area/Focus 2. Development of innovative medical devices
Research Area/Focus 3. Inter-disciplinary approach to Biomedical Engineering
APPLICATION 1: Organ, Tissue, and Blood off the shelf may possibly be available through this
versatile bioreactor system
APPLICATION 2. Simple instruments for day to day diagnosis practice so that sophisticated
diagnostics may be eliminated
APPLICATION 3. a]To make the patient’s waiting time less in the hospitals or in health centres with a usable data with accuracy to
receive treatment effectively. b] Purely mechanical devices for blood pressure
monitoring or drug delivery (intravenous), so that electrical energy dependency can be
avoided.
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Dr. SRIKANTH VEDANTAMSCD, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design044-2257-4739; [email protected]
http://ed.iitm.ac.in/~srikanth
Mechanics of Smart Materials and Functionally Graded materials
Hydrodynamics of flow in microchannels
Discrete computational mechanics
Shape memory reinforced composites for impact
resistant structures
DNA separation and manipulation of biological
cells in microchannels
Functionally graded materials for brake
applications
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Dr. Venkatesh BalasubramanianPhD, Louisiana Tech University, USAAssociate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Design
044-2257-4117; [email protected]://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~vb/
Medical Devices and Implants
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Innovation and Manufacturing Strategy
Tissue EngineeringBiomaterial DevelopmentElectro-mechanical
Devices/ Ortho Devices
Driver FatigueOccupant SafetyOccupational Biomechanics
duct & Process Design
RBG Risk ScalingRBG Innovation LadderSustainable ManufacturingManufacturing Strategies
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Department of Humanities & Science
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The humanities and social sciences constitute a whole universe of intellectual domains,
spanning the entire range of knowledge pertinent to human relationships, our history and
prospects for the future.
Departments of Humanities and Social Sciences were established in most IITs at the
very beginning of their creation as centres of excellence in engineering and the physical sciences,
with the eminently sensible view that technical education needs to be complemented by a vital
appreciation of the interpersonal context of all learning.
Indeed, B.Tech students have for long found the experience of taking courses in these
departments eye-opening, valuing throughout their lives even their limited exposure to Socratic
forms of dialogue and reasoning.
Since 1982 the Department has also produced over 100 PhDs in a variety of disciplines,
including economics, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science and urban
studies
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Multimedia Language Laboratory
The Multimedia Language Laboratory, set up with DAAD (German Academic
Exchange Services) funding, is a self-access facility for students who wish to hone their
language skills.
A V Krishna Rao Library
The department houses the A V Krishna Rao Library that has a good collection of
books, journals and publications in the areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Management
and related subjects.
Department Computer Facility
The department computer facility is equipped with powerful software packages
for statistical analysis, optimization and simulation apart from basic software programme
and database development in different platforms and languages. The facility offers students
access to wide variety of online databases and journals for research.
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Dr. BINITHA V THAMPIPHD, Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Bangalore, IndiaAssistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences
044-2257-4528;[email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in
Gender and Development
Decentralised Planning and Governance
ICTs for Development
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDWIDTH/AREA OF RESEARCH
Gender critique of public policies and engendering
of development
Analysis of governance reform initiatives and
decentralized planning
Digital divide and the inclusion
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Shreesh ChaudharyPHD, English & Foreign Languages University,
HyderabadProfessor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences
044-2257-4503; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/
APPLICATION 1Knowledge of Language
Focus /Focus 1
History, Use and Form of English in India /Focus
2APPLICATION 2
English Language Teaching /Focus 3APPLICATION 3
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Dr. EVANGELINE MANICKAMPHD, Madras University, INDIA
Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences044-2257-4504; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Research Area/Focus 1 American Literature - Fiction - The American South -
Short Story – Flannery O’Connor: JF Powers
Research Area/Focus 2 South Asian & South Asian Diaspora Literature & Film
Punjabi Diaspora - Partition Literature
Research Area/Focus 3 Gender Studies – Women’s Writing – Feminist Writing
BROAD DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDWIDTH/AREA OF RESEARCH
1. Genre, Form, Technique 2. Ethnicity, Migration, Region, Religion Exile, Expatriation
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Dr. Jyotirmaya TripathyPHD, IIT Kharagpur, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences044-2257-4518, [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/jyotirmaya/index.html
Culture Studies
Literary Theory
Critical Development Studies
Discourse and representation; subject formation; power and
knowledge; bio-politics; gender and masculinity
Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory; post-modernism and post-
structuralism; new historicism
Development discourse; Euro-centrism and post-colonial critiques; post-development thought
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Dr. K. KalpanaPHD, Madras Institute of Development Studies nai
Assistant Professor, Dept. of HSS044-2257-4520; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/75/kkalpana/
Gender and Development / Women’s Studies
Shifting Paradigms of State-Civil Society Relationships
Understanding how the socio-political dynamics of gender, class and caste mediate and shape
Indian women’s experience of development in post-Independence India
Critical analysis of the shifting relationships between the Indian state and civil society actors
in the delivery of public and social services
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Dr. Milind BrahmePhD (JNU, India)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences044-2257-4508; [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/milind/index.html
Research Area – Modern German and Comparative Literature
Research Area – Education – School and Higher Education in India
Teaching Area – Literary Theory, Literary Criticism, German Language and Literature
Areas of Application of Research
German Language and Literature:•My research in this area does not have any direct application. Indirectly it informs my teaching as well as research guidance in English and German Literary Studies.
Education:•Research Guidance•Research based Consultancy in the form of Monitoring the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyanin Tamil Nadu for the MHRD since 2008•Evaluation of Pedagogical Interventions and Innovations in School Education – for the Tamil Nadu Government as well as private non-profit institutions
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Dr. VR MuraleedharanPh.D (IIT Madras)Professor, Dept. of HSS
044-22574506, [email protected]://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/muraleedharan/index.html
Healthcare Economics (Focus on Financing mechanisms and HR policies); Dr. UmakantDash is my research partner. Collaborative research project with 10 Institutions from 7 countries, supported by DFID, UK; http://resyst.lshtm.ac.uk
History of Healthcare in South India (Focus on Institutional history, role of technology in health care and Patient Autonomy); Dr John Lourdusamy and Dr N Sreekumar are co-researchers.
Healthcare Technology Assessment (Focus on methodologies for economic evaluation of healthcare technologies.) In collaboration with NHSRC, Delhi.
As a part of an InternationalConsortium of 10 ResearchInstitutions, our focus of research ison the design and implementationof innovative financing mechanismsand human resources policies thatwill help build resilience andresponsiveness of health system topromote health and health equity .This study is funded by DFID UK upto 2016.
This project is funded by the WellcomeTrust UK for three years up to 2015,coordinated by Dr John Lourdusamy and DrSreekumar. I focus on how introduction ofvarious technologies changed the publicperception of medical profession in early20th century. Dr John and Dr Sreekumar arelooking at the history of medicalinstitutions in Madras city, and concept ofpatient autonomy as practiced byindigenous medical practitioners,respectively.
During the next five years, I intend to work on
methodologies for undertaking economic evaluation of medical technologies in poor resource
settings, such as in India, where access to quality care remains
the most critical issue.
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Dr. Rajesh KumarPhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
044-2257-4537; [email protected]://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/rajesh/index.html
Language in Education
Structure of South Asian Languages
Sociolinguistics
Organization of language at the levels of sounds, words, and sentences.
Linguistic competence and performance, relationship between
language and society, and relationship between language and human mind.
Applications of the fundamental ideas of language learning/acquisition for teaching in general and teaching of
second/foreign language in particular.
Understanding nature and structure of natural language and its applications
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Dr. R.SanthoshPHD, ISEC Bangalore, India
Asst. Professor, Dept. of HSS044-2257-4517; [email protected]/santhosh/index.html
Research Area: Sociology of Religion, Islam
Research Area: Development Studies and globalization
Research Area: Social Movements and state
changing articulation of religion in the contemporary world.
role of Islamic activism and charity in the fields of social welfare and public health in
Kerala.
New Social movements and identity question
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Dr. Satya Sundar SethyPhD, Central University of Hyderabad, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences044-2257-4509; [email protected]://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/satya/index.html
Research Area: Philosophy of Language, Analytical Philosophy
Research Area: Contemporary Western Philosophy
Research Area: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) inEducation
Semantic and Mental Representations
Meaning, Truth, Belief System, and Knowledge
Assessment and Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Pedagogy and Andragogy of Learning,
Instructional Design
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Dr. SREEKUMAR NELLICKAPPILLYPHD, Hyderabad Central University
Associate Professor, Dept. of HSS 044-22574514, [email protected]://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/sreekumar/index.html
Bioethics and the History of Healthcare in South India (Focus on Patient Autonomy, Institutional history and the role of technology in health care); Dr John Lourdusamy and Prof. V.r.Muraleedharan are co-researchers.
Traditional/Indegenous Medicine (Focus on Scientific and Ethicsal aspects) supported by INSA, New Delhi.
Philosophical, phenomenological, scientific and hermeneutical dimensions of human reality and human wellbeing.
Research Area/Focus 2
Research Area/Focus 3This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust UK for three years upto 2015, coordinated by Dr John Lourdusamy and
Prof. V.r.Muraleedharan. I focus on the problem of Patient
Autonomy and Wellbeing with
This project is funded by the Indian National Science
Academy, New Delhi and it tries to understand the history,
ethical outlook and cultural aspects related to the traditional Ayurveda
practitioners of Kerala who are known as Parambarya Vaidyas.
The phenomenological and philosophical conceptions of human being. This is a broad area of my research where I take insights from both the
western and Indian philosophical traditions.
Philosophical, Phenomenological and Scientific Conceptions of Human Wellbeing
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Dr. K.SrilataPh.D, Hyderabad Central University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences044-22574515; [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/srilata/
Theories of Creativity and Creative Writing Research
Indian Literatures in Translation
Children’s Literature; Women’s Writing.
WritingLiterary
TranslationReading Literary
Texts and Contexts
The focus of my work is the literary text and its social context.
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Dr. Sudarsan PadmanabhanPh.D (Pondicherry Univ&Univ of South Florida)
Associate Professor, Dept. of HSS044-22574526, [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/sudarsan/index.html
• Social and Political Philosophy (Focus on Social, Political and Cultural Theories and Institutions): Dr. Dr. JyotirmayaTripathy is my research partner. India EU Study Centre Project (IESCP) – 2010-2011 – www.iescp.net - Result of India – EU Joint Action Plan – Strong emphasis on EU studies, teaching, research and student exchange
• Erasmus Mundus Consortium (IBIES) with Aarhus University, Denmark - Collaborative teaching, student exchange and research partnerships with 19 national and international universities funded by the European Union. (www.erasmus.iescp.net) - 2013-2016
• Erasmus Mundus Asia Lot – MAE – Erasmus Mundus Consortium with Aarhus University (http://www.mae-erasmus.iescp.net/) -Proposal stage
My area of current research is theconstruction of Indian social imaginary. Iam interested in the pre-colonial, colonialand post-colonial social, political andeconomic institutions that influenced theformation of Indian nation and state. Anattempt to create an Indian socialimaginary is simultaneously an endeavourto create a moral order. The Constitution ofIndia best exemplifies an attempt toinstitutionalize India’s post-colonial, non-hierarchical, and democratic moral order.
The India EU Study Centre Programme fundedby the EU was envisioned by the EU-India JointDeclaration to increase mutual cooperation inHigher Education. The research group at IITMadras was called the Centre for ComparativeEU Studies (CCEUS). The broad areas coveredby the Centre were philosophy, politicalsciences, literature, culture studies, andinternational relations. More specifically, socialand political theory, postcolonial,poststructural and postmodern culturaldebates, contemporary debates ininternational relations, especially,problematizing nation-state andcosmopolitanism.
The EU Study Centre has conducted several international workshops, seminars and
conferences with its European and Indian partners. The outcome of this partnership is two edited volumes published by Routledge, India. The Democratic Predicament: Cultural Diversity in Europe and India (2013) is edited by Dr. Jyotirmaya Tripathy and Dr. Sudarsan Padmanabhan and the second volume titled
politics in the Global Age: Critical Reflections on Sovereignty, Citizenship, Territory and
Nationalism edited by Dr. Sonika Gupta and Dr. Sudarsan Padmanabhan by Routledge
Publishers is forthcoming.
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Dr. Swarnalatha RangarajanPHD, University of Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences044-2257-4519, [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/swarnalatha/index.html
Ecocriticism
American Literature
Early Modern English Literature
Representation of environmental debates in cultural spaces-
ecofeminism, econarratives from the Global South,
bioregionalism,ecophilosophy
place studies
The diverse genres of 18th, 19th and 20th American Literature- with a special focus on the writings of
Thomas Wolfe
Shakespearean drama – the greening of Shakespeare studies
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Dr. Umakant DashPh.D (IIT Kanpur)
Associate Professor, Dept. of HSS 044-22574516, [email protected]
http://www.hss.iitm.ac.in/umakant/index.html
Healthcare Economics (Equity, Efficiency and Governance)
Efficiency Analaysis (Data Envelopment Analysis)
Financial Economics (Fixed Income Securities, Derivatives Market)
Part of an International Consortium of 10 Research Institutions, RESYST, the focus is on generating
evidences which would enhance the resilience and responsiveness of health systems in promoting
health and health equity. This project is funded by the Department for International Development,
UK.http://resyst.lshtm.ac.uk
Efficiency Analysis of Sectors: the Banking Sector and Health Systems
Healthcare Purchasing Arrangements: intend to work on governance issues pertaining to purchasing
of health care services in India, where access to basic care remains one of the challenge in achieving
Universal Health Care.
Healthcare Economics/Efficiency Analysis/Derivative Market
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Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Department of Management Studies was created in the year 2004 in order to nurture and
develop the fledgling MBA programme which had been started in August 2001.
Besides the MBA programme, the department has research programmes at the Masters' (MS)
and Doctoral (Ph D) levels, an MS (Entrepreneurship) programme.
The department is also a partner in multi-institutional Diploma programme (PGPEX - VLM)
for Visionary Leaders in Manufacturing, along with IIM Calcutta and IIT Kanpur.
The department has twenty four faculty members drawn from a variety of functional areas of
management, with a good mix of age, gender and region.
Research, Consulting, Sponsored Research and Executive Development Programmes are
among the multitude of activities in which the faculty are engaged.
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Dr. R K AmitPh.D., IISc Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4575; [email protected]://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/amit.htm
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Operations Research
Relational Contracts in Supply Chains
Inventory GamesCombinatorial
Auctions
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Dr. Arshinder KaurPHD, IIT Delhi, INDIA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4553; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/arshinder
Supply Chain (SC) Management/ SC Coordination, SC contracts, Closed-loop SC
Inventory Management/ Newsboy model and Operations Research Applications
Strategic Sourcing/Evaluation and selection of suppliers
Automobile and auto components
Castings Agro food products
Operations and Supply Chain Management
PASSPORT PHOTO
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Dr. TJ KamalanabhanPh.D, University of Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4556; [email protected]
Specialization: Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
Courses: Talent Management, Performance Management, Training & Development andCompensation Management
Current research: Stress and Burnout, Employee Turnover, Performance Dimensions inHospitals , Corporate Communication
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Dr. Krishna PrasannaPHD, IIT, Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4571; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Corporate Finance
Financial Risk Management
Corporate Governance
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Dr. Lata DyaramPh D, IIT Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4567; [email protected]
• Research Focus: •Leadership Development•Organizational Development•Organizational Behaviour•Corporate Sustainability•Value Co Creation•Managerial Effectiveness
13 years of OB/OD research and Behavioral training experience. 6 years with IT industry (Learning & Development Space). Learning interventions for large accounts for various clients. Facilitate learning and thinking in groups and teams for high-impact outcomes through a change-
ready orientation to business using different delivery methodologies including Experiential Learning, Case & Video based learning.
Leadership and managerial effectiveness programs across levels covering more than 10000 learner base.
Work at the individual level as an ontological coach for leadership processes and high potential leadership development for various clients.
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Dr. Madhumathi RajendranPHD, Madras University, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Management Studies
044-2257-4565; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Capital Markets
Corporate Governance
International Finance
Valuation of Financial Assets
Governance and Firm Performance
Evaluation of Financial Risk
Corporate Finance
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Professor T. T. NarendranDepartment of Management Studies
044 2257 4557; [email protected]://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/domsnew/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=
sobi2Details&catid=2&sobi2Id=1&Itemid=66
Routing problems
• Rail freight networks
• Convoy movement
• Inventory routing
Green Logistics
• Closed loop supply chain networks
• Routing to minimize vehicular emissions
Industrial Engineering
• Ergonomics-based job scheduling
• Productivity in niche SMEs
Specialization: Operation Research and Operation Management; Cellular ManufacturingSystems and Flexible Manufacturing Systems.Courses: Operations Management, Operations Research.Current research: Supply Chain Management, Routing Problems, Green Logistics, Ergonomics.
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Strategy and Policy Studies
Technology Foresight and Innovation
Competitiveness and Business Excellence
ManufacturingInformation Technology
Education Healthcare
Dr. L. Prakash SaiPhD, IIT Madras, INDIA
Professor, Dept. of Management Studies+91-44-2257-4568; [email protected]
AREAS OF APPLICATION
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Dr. Rahul R MarathePHD, Iowa State University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4579; [email protected]
http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/rahul.htm
Mathematical and statistical modeling
Stochastic processes
Optimization
Manufacturing AnalyticsUncertainty
modeling
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Dr. Richa AgrawalPh D, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4564; [email protected]
http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/richaagrawal
Relationship Marketing - Relational Behaviour, Communities & Networks
Scale Development
Contemporary Marketing Areas: Green marketing, Luxury marketing, etc.
Customer Insights Marketing MeasuresRelationships, Communities
and Behaviors
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Dr. Rupashree BaralPhD, IIT Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4561; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/76/rupashree/
Research Area 1: Work-Family Dynamics
Research Area 2: Diversity/Generational Differences at the Workplace
Research Area 3: Technology and Human Interface: Problems and Prospects
Work-Family DynamicsDiversity/Generational
Differences at the Workplace
Technology and Human Interface: Problems and
Prospects
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G SrinivasanPHD, IIT Madras
Professor, Dept. of Management Science044-2257-4560; [email protected]
http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in
Cellular Manufacturing
Supply Chain Modeling
Sequencing and Scheduling.
Operations Research Applications
Manufacturing Systems Management
Supply Chain Management
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Dr. Thenmozhi MPh.D, University of Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4562; [email protected]
http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/thenmozhi.htm, http://ssrn.com/author=567794
Specialization: Corporate Finance and Strategy, Corporate Valuation, Financial Markets, Computational Finance, Forecasting and Time Series Modeling, Stock and Commodity Derivatives.
Courses: Financial accounting, Cost Management, Financial Management, Financial Institutions and Markets, Computational Finance, Fixed Income Securities :Trading and Strategy, Investment Management, Empirical Research in Finance, Options and Futures.
Current research: Cash holdings and Governance, CBHI scheme Performance, Intraday Price discovery and Volatility Spillover, India VIX and Risk Management, Liquidity in Currency Options, Crude Oil Pricing.
Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellowship 2010-11
European Union Erasmus Mundus
Scholarship 2009-10
Australian Government Endeavour Executive
Award, 2007
Corporate Finance and Strategy
Impact of diversification Strategy on Firm Performance: Entropy Approach
•Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions involving emerging markets
Financial markets•Effect of macroeconomic variables on Bond market volatility in BRIC Countries
•Volatility Spillover in Bullion and Energy futures and Spot Markets
Financial Modeling Forecasting Stock Index Returns using
ARIMA-SVM, ARIMA-ANN, and ARIMA-Random Forest Hybrid Models.
Multi-objective and Multi-strategy Optimization Stock Trading Model using
Support Vector Machines and Ant Colony optimization
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Dr. Thillai Rajan A.Fellow (Ph.D.), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of. Management Studies+91-044-2257-4569; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/thillai.htm
Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Annual India venture capital and private equity report series
• Value addition by venture investors
• Non-financial risk management by private equity investors
Infrastructure Finance
• Private equity in infrastructure
• Project finance in high risk environments
• Impact of PPP on costs and overruns
• Impact on PPP on project outcomes viz., access, cost, price, quality, and efficiency
Corporate Finance
• Real options
• Corporate social responsibility
• Sources of SME funding and impact of performance
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Dr. Usha MohanPHD, Indian Statistical Institute, INDIA
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Management Science044-2257-4576; [email protected]
http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/usha.html
Quantitative Models in Supply Chain Management.
Socially Relevant Applications of Operations Research
Combinatorial Optimization.
Order Management in MTO environments and
Design of Sales force Incentives
Design of Food Supply Chains to improve Food security and Scheduling patients in Health Care
Delivery Systems
Pick up and Delivery Vehicle Routing
Problems
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Dr. V. VijayalakshmiPhD, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies044-2257-4566; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/76/viji/
Organizational Behavior/ Emotions, Humor, and Spirituality in the Workplace
Learning and Education/Integral Education, Indian Wisdom
Psychology/Self as Identity, Social Intelligence
MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP
EDUCATIONWORKPLACE
TEAMS
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOLOGY
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Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
Abstraction and application sustain all the activities of the Department of
Mathematics. The M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes started by this department in 1960 are
internationally accredited, and are on par with similar programmes any where in the world.
Students of all the engineering departments benefit by taking core and elective
courses in mathematics.
A unique M.Tech. programme in Industrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing
introduced by the department in 1998 promotes interdisciplinary investigations to solve
industrial problems
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Modeling of microwave passive components for high power applications
Parameter estimation and inverse solution of non-linear heat conducting problems
Non-uniform single/multiple slot injection(suction) into water boundary layer flows
A numerical study of multiple jets with particulate suspension
Knowledge based systems for spatial databases and geographic information systems
Apollonian Metric and Problems in geometric function theory
Studies in numerical harmonic analysis
Queuing models of computer performance
Knowledge compilation with non-propositional clauses
Theoretical and experimental investigation of heat transfer from a totally blocked fuel su
b-assembly of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor
Combinatory of Coxeter group and its applications
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Mathematics department has two computer laboratories. One lab is exclusively for
PhD students and the other for M.Sc and M.Tech students.
High performance computing, Workstations, Visualisation, Nodes are available
The HP Integrity rx2600 Server, powered by 2 Intel Itanium 2 processors, 1.5 GHz
with 6 MB cache, withHP-UNIX System
Departmental Library has copies number of books pertaining to Mathematics and
related topics. Currently the library functions between 2 pm to 3 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Fridays on all instructional days. Students of the other department can also borrow books
with permission from the faculty library In charge.
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Dr. Arijit DeyPHD, IMSc, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4635; [email protected]
Algebraic Geometry
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Dr. Arindama SinghPHD, IIT Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4613; [email protected]
http://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/asingh/public_html/index.html
Numerical AnalysisKnowledge CompilationImage Processing
APPLICATION 1Numerical solution of singularly perturbed two-point boundary-value problems and of elliptic PDEs, use of regularization methods.
APPLICATION 2A propositional knowledge base is converted to a set of its prime implicants or prime implicates so that conclusions can be drawn from the knowledge base comparatively easily.
APPLICATION 3PDEs are used to deblur and denoise images using regularization methods. Improvisation on the Perrona-Mallick type of PDE-based image processing is the main trick used here.
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Dr. A. V. JayanthanPHD, I.I.T. Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4625; [email protected]
http://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/jayan/public_html/index.html
Hilbert coefficients and homological properties of Blowup algebras Betti numbers of affine and projective monomial curves Buchsbaum-Rim function, polynomial and their coefficients.
Blowup algebras arise from the process of blowing up of an algebraic variety. This is an importantprocess in the resolution of sigularities. I study homological properties, such as Cohen-Macaulayness,Gorensteinness using a certain numerical function known as Hilbert function and its coefficients.
Buchsbaum-Rim function is a generalization of Hilbert function. Though the Hilbert function and itscoefficients are very well studied, the Buchsbaum-Rim function and its coefficients are not very wellstudied. I study these coefficients and its relation with homological properties of a given module.
Betti number of a module indicates its computational complexity. It is an important invariant in manyapplied areas. I study certain classes of affine and projective curves and their Betti numbers.
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Dr. S.G.KamathPh.D, Delhi University, IndiaProfessor, Department of Mathematics
044-2257-4614; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in
Mathematical Physics/Calculational Techniques ;Physics in 2 + 1 dimensional flat space
Quantum Field Theory/Scale and conformal anomalies in 2+1 dimensional flat space
Mathematical Physics/Physics in 2+1 dimensional stationary curved space – its extension to 3+1 dimensional stationary curved space
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Dr. P. R. PARTHASARATHY PHD, ZZZZ University, Country
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics
044-2257-4607; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in
Research Areas: Applications of Stochastic Models in Engineering and Biologyincluding Queues, Communications, Inventory, Reliability, Density dependentpopulations, Epidemiology, Pharmacokinetics, Chemical Kinetics, Birth and DeathProcesses, Branching Processes, Finance.
Published more than 120 research papers in International journals, bookMember, Board of Governors, IIT Madras
Fellow: Av Humboldt Foundation, Germany, Institute of Mathematical Statistics,USA, Inter. Centre for Theor. Physics, Italy, DAAD Outstanding Visiting Professor,Germany, Wolfowitz prize for the best paper in AJMMS
Member: Editorial Board of several International journals in Applied probability,Operations Research and Biomathematics. Instrumental in starting an M.Tech inIndustrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing.
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Dr. Y V S S SanyasirajuPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4621; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/home/sryedida/public_html/index.html
Development of RBF based grid free schemes
Higher order compact schemes
Finite difference and finite volume schemes for incompressible flows
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Dr. Satyajit RoyPHD, I. I. Sc. Bangalore, India
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4617; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/sjroy.html
Boundary Layer Theory
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
Natural convection phenomena within solar
water heater
Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater
Natural convection phenomena within
enclosures for cooling of electronic
components
Cooling of Electronic Devices (a)
(b)
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Dr. A. J. SHAIJUPHD, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INDIA
Professor, Dept. of MATHEMATICS044-2257-4638; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Research Area/Focus 1 SYSTEMS AND CONTROL THEORY
Research Area/Focus 2 GAME THEORY
Research Area/Focus 3
APPLICATION 1 APPLICATION 2 APPLICATION 3
Study of various classes of Non-linear control systems that admit solutionsin closed form.
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Complexity of Minimum Dominating Set and its
variations
Approximation algorithms for
node/edge deletion problems
Dr. Sounaka Mishra, PhDIndian Statistical Institute Kolkata
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Maths.044-2257-4627; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Combinatorial Optimization Design of Approximation Algorithms for Hard Optimization Problems Graph Theory
Complexity of Minimum Dominating Set and its
variations
Approximation algorithms for
node/edge deletion problems
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Dr. Chidella Srinivasa RaoPHD, IISc Bangalore, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4623; [email protected]
http://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/chsrao/public_html
Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Generalized Burgers Equations
Existence and Uniqueness of solutions
of nonlinear
Ordinary differential equations
Approximate /large time asymptotic solutions to
generalized Burgers equations
These partial differential equations appear in nonlinear acoustics
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Dr. M. Thamban Nair PhD – IIT Bombay, IndiaProfessor, Dept. of Mathematics
044-2257-4610; [email protected]://mat.iitm.ac.in/home/mtnair/public_html/index.html
Applicable Functional Analysis
Operator Equations
Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems.
Problems in Applications take the form of operator equations. So, in the abstract frame work
,one has to investigate approximate solutions of
operator equations.
Such investigations are useful in obtaining numerical
approximations for the solution of differential and integral
equations.
Most of the inverse problems in applications are ill-posed. For stable approximate solutions
for such problems, they have to be regularized using
appropriate tools from Functional Analysis and
Operator Theory.
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Dr. P. VeeramaniPHD, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics044-2257-4612; [email protected]
http://mat.iitm.ac.in/people.html
Metric Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications
Best Proximity Points
Applications of Fixed Point Theorems to Optimization Problems
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Dr. Venkata Balaji T. E.PhD, CMI, Siruseri, Chennai, IndiaAsst. Prof., Dept. of Mathematics
044-2257-4628; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/77/tevbal/
Algebraic Geometry and Commutative AlgebraModuli and Classification of Vector Bundles, Quadratic Modules, Clifford AlgebrasArbitrary Base Scheme Constructions and Specialisation ProblemsOrthogonal and Spin Groups
Desingularisations Singularities Clifford Algebras
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Vision
• To fulfill Nehru's vision of providing scientists and technologists of highest calibre
who would engage in research, design and development to help building the nation
towards self reliance in her technological need.To retain our status as one of the
best mechanical engineering departments and continue to play one of the foremost
roles in the development of our nation.
Mission
• To build a foundation of knowledge in by integrating a variety of project
experiences at every level throughout the curriculum.To make our graduates experts
in practical problem solving with abstract thinking skills.To make our students life-
long learners capable of building their careers upon a solid foundation of
knowledge.To make our students competent in communicating technical materials
and concepts in individual and group situations.They should be able to apply with
confidence the basic sciences and mathematics to their professional activities
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
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Facilities:
High Performance Computing
Facility
Library
Research Areas: Manufacturing Engineering
Thermal Engineering
Design Engineering
HTTP
HTML
ICE
R&AC
TTML
TDCE
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Applications of Mathematics to Problems in Mechanics
● Asymptotic Methods● Computational methods● Continuum Mechanics● Fluid-Structure Interaction● Signal Processing
algorithims for condition monitoring, music, etc.
Dr. Abhijit SarkarPHD, IISc Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg.044-2257-4723; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/asarkar/
Acoustics
Vibration
Wave Propagation
Dispersion characteristicsof structural acousticwaveguides
Application areas: Noise Control in Ducts and Mufflers
Vibration of Shells
Application areas: Dynamics
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Dr. Achintya MukhopadhyayPh.D, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4717; [email protected]
Atomization and Spray Combustion
Combustion Dynamics
CFD of Multiphase Flow
Atomization Combustion Dynamics CFD of Multiphase Flow
• Comprehensive Modelling of Atomization
• Visualization of Atomization Process
• Dynamic Characterization of Combustion Instability
• Robust strategies for detection of lean blowout
• Simulation of poly-disperse particulate flow
• Simulation of vapour film dynamics
Raindrop concentrationduringsedimentation
Chaos in pulse combustor
Prediction of Drop size distribution
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Dr. Amitava Ghosh(PhD, IIT Kharagpur, India)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4724; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
High speed machining /Focus: nano-MQL and Cryogenic application
Cutting tools with soft and hard tribo-coating/Focus: machining of Al-alloys
Development of single layer (SL) abrasive tool/Focus: SL diamond dressing tool
MQL(minimum quantity lubrication)
End mill (after Al-machining)
(a) uncoated (b) graphite-x coated
brazed cBN(from a single layer abrasive tool)
(a) (b)
High speed machining, grinding-Development of cutting tools-Sustainable solutions
Current research activities:
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Dr. Anand T. N. C.PHD, IISc, India
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg.044-2257-4715; [email protected]
http://www.mech.iitm.ac.in/anand
Laser-based diagnostics for spray characterization and combustion
Fuelling systems for engines
CFD for I.C. Engines
Characterization of ethanol spray from a port fuel injector
Ultrasonic atomization for gasoline engines:
Low droplet sizes at even atmospheric pressure
CFD predictions of fuel-air mixing in a PFI engine
Experimental and computational studies on sprays and combustion
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Dr. Arunn NarasimhanPHD, Southern Methodist University, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of ME044-2257-4696; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/arunn/
Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous Media (sand, metal foam, electronics, bio-tissue)
Heat and Fluid Flow in Biological Systems (Bio-heat and Bio-fluids)
Phase Change and Convection Heat Transfer (passive cooling / thermal storage)
Retinal Laser Surgery / Retinal Drug Delivery (Bio-heat-flow
Models)
Electronics Cooling as Bi-disperse Porous Media / Porous
Medium Combustion / Heat Transfer Enhancement
Brain Stroke Cooling / Cryosurgery (Bio-heat-porous –
medium Models)
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Dr. Ashis Kumar SenPh.D., University of South Carolina, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4716; [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/ashisen/
Microfluidics, Microsystems
Lab on Chip, Biomedical Microdevices
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer
Biomedical/Sensors:
Portable diagnostics for healthcare, Pathogen sensing
Fundamental Microfluidics:
Droplet dynamics, Particle sorting, Two-phase flows
Energy and Environment:
Micropumps, IC cooling, Water purification, Fuel cells
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Dr. V. BABUPhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4688; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/
High Speed Propulsion/Supersonic intakes; Supersonic combustion
Computational Aero-acoustics/Prediction and mitigation
Lattice Boltzmann method/Simulations of flow and heat transfer; HPC
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/
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Dr. Chandramouli P.
Ph. D., The Ohio State University, USAProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
+91 44 22574690; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/mouli/
Nonlinear Dynamics
Noise and Vibration Control
Fluid-Structure-Acoustic Interactions
Fan blade rub
Efficient computation of large order nonlinear
dynamical systems
Windmilling in aero-engines
Hybrid techniques for noise control
Double porous linings & embedded resonators
Breathing waves in submerged fluid filled
tubes
Flow acoustics of fluid filled shells
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Dr. DHIMAN CHATTERJEEPh.D., INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, INDIA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Ph: +91 44-2257 4697; Email: [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/dc/home.php
Micropumping system for electronic cooling Hydrokinetic turbine
Development of cavitationover S-blade
Cavitation and two-phase flow
Microscale flow and flow devices
Turbomachinery
σ=0.8 σ=1.4
S-blade
Micropump
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Dr. Krishna KannanPHD, Texas A&M University, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4708; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/kkrishna
Broad area of research: Continuum mechanics
Research focus: Development of constitutive equations using rigorous and systematic thermodynamical frameworks describing many phenomena such as crystallization of polymeric melts, and viscoelasticity and chemical aging of polymeric materials
Some applications:
Constitutive equations for fiber spinning of crystallizing polymeric melts
Constitutive equations for vulcanization of rubber and thermo-mechanical behavior of
(viscoelastic) filled networked rubbers
Constitutive equations for chemical aging of composites
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Dr. Krishnan BalasubramaniamProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
044-2257-4662; [email protected]://www.cnde-iitm.net/balas/index.html
Major Areas of Research
Non-destructive Imaging & Evaluation of Materials, Structures, Products
Structural Health Monitoring using in-situ Sensor Systems
Measurements of Material Properties and In-Process Parameters.
GPR Testing Techniques and Models for Structures
IN-PROCESS monitoring of Cure Properties of Concrete,
Polymers, and Joints
Material Property Measurements at Ambient Temperatures and Elevated temperatures up to 1500 C
Applying Acoustic and Electromagnetic Spectrum for Industrial Measurements
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Dr. J. M. MallikarjunaPh.D., IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical044-2257-4698; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/jmmallik/
Alternate fuels – Vegetable oils, Biodiesel, Hydrogen, Ethanol, Methanol, LPG, Biogas, CNG
In-cylinder flows, liquid and air interaction analysis using PIV and CFD in 4 and 2 Stroke engines
HCCI Engines – Liquid and gaseous fuels, GDI engines
Performance and Emission characteristics of alternate fuels.
Engine modifications for liquid and gaseous fuels. Combustion
characteristics.
In-cylinder flows and air-fuel interaction in 4S and 2 stroke engines is done through PIV and CFD analysis
HCCI – usage of liquid and gaseous fuels for HCCI operation, engine
modifications, performance, emission and combustion
characteristics is done. Diesel, LPG, biogas have been tried
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Dr. P.V.ManivannanPhD, IIT Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringPh:044-22574710; Cell: 9444952257 Email: [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/pvm/
Major Areas of Research
Automotive Control systems: Engine Management Systems (SI, CI, Hydrogen Fueled Engines ), Electric Power Steering, Active Suspension system (MR damper), etc.
Robotics and Sensor Network: Robotics / Unmanned Vehicle Guidance and Control, Sensors and Sensor Network (wired / wireless), Automated Highway System (AHS) & Intelligent Vehicles
Industrial automation: Embedded Controller and Real Time Operating System (RTOS) for Mechatronic System
Automotive Control Systems Automated Highway System (AHS) and Intelligent Vehicles
Real Time Embedded Controller Design (Modeling, Simulation,
Optimization)
Conventional Lead Vehicle
self driving Intelligent Vehicle
Conventional Vehicle
Scaled down car models
MR Damper
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M.M.MAYURAMProfessor, Mechanical EngineeringT: 044 2257 4692; E: [email protected]
Main Research Interests
• Surface Engineering-Coatings and Treatments
• Tribology and Tribo design
• Multi axial fatigue –life prediction
• Durability
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Dr. Narasimhan SwaminathanPHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4743; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/n.swaminathan/
Grain size and defect kinetics interactions in ceramics
Material property determination using atomistic methods
Finite element modeling of multiphysics phenomena
Radiation damage in nuclear materials with nanosized grains
Interactions between electrochemistry and mechanics in fuel cell
electrolytes
Crashworthiness of composite materials
Computational materials science and mechanics
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Dr. PARAG RAVINDRANPHD, TEXAS A&M University, USAAssistant Professor, Dept. of Mech Engg., IITM
044-2257-4714; [email protected] http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/paragr/
Constitutive modeling of viscoelastic materials
Modeling of creep response in metals
Modeling of fatigue loading in fibre reinforced composites
Linear and non-linear constitutive models for viscoelastic materials within a thermodynamic framework.
Development of continuum models for creep in copper.
Thermo-mechanical response of glass-epoxy composites: coupling between the thermal and mechanical response in composites.
Development of continuum models for composites and polymers and comparison to experiments involving cyclic loading.
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Dr. Prabhu RajagopalPhD, Imperial College London, U.K.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4741; [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/iitmprabhu
Nondestructive Evaluation & Structural Health Monitoring
Manufacturing Process Control
Ultrasonic techniques for inspection, monitoring and control
Inspection of pipe networks (e.g., Oil and Gas Industry ,
Heat Exchanger Tubes)
Monitor structural health (e.g., aircraft wings, ship
hull, wind turbines)
Measurement of liquid level(e.g., Underground/
pressurized fluid reservoir)
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Dr. M. PRAKASH MAIYAPHD, IIT Bombay, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4650; [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/mpm/home.php
Sorption Technology
Solid State Hydrogen Storage
Air-conditioning and Ventilation
•Sorption Technology
1. Adsorption coolers2. Absorption systems3. Cogeneration 4. Desalination
•Solid State H2 Storage
1. Material characterization2. HMT and Reactor design3. Cooling and Heat storage
systems4. H2 compressors
•Air-conditioning and Ventilation
1. Hybrid AC systems2. Wall / Concrete and
Passive cooling3. Desiccant and
Evaporative cooling4. Industrial ventilation
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Dr. V. RAGHAVANPHD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4712; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/raghavan/
Liquid Fuel Droplet Evaporation and Combustion – alcohols and biofuels
Laminar Flames – Hydrogen and oxygen enhanced flames, flame stability studies
Heterogeneous Combustion – pool flames, coal and biomass gasification
Liquid Fuel droplet Evaporation and
CombustionLaminar Flame studies
Heterogeneous combustion
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Dr. V Raghu Prakash, Ph.D. (IISc)Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
044-2257-4694; [email protected] http://www.mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/vrp/home.php
Fatigue, Fracture and Failure Analysis
Materials Characterization
Crash Performance
Product Design
Life Prediction and Residual Life Extension
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Dr. Raju SethuramanProfessor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
I.I.T. Madras, Chennai-600036044-2257-4673; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Research Area/Focus : Computational Solid Mechanics
Modeling and simulation of structural materials undergoing inelastic finite deformation.
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Dr. B. RamamoorthyPHD, IITMadras, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical engineering044-2257-4674; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Machine vision applications in manufacturing
Thin films coating applications in manufacturing
Study of manufacturing processes
CCD Camera
LED Ring Illuminator
Halogen Lamps
Grinding Wheel
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Micro machines – process modeling
Metrology and Computer Aided Inspection – measurement and evaluation of surface characteristics
Wire Electrical Discharge Machining – study of machining process and characterization
Dr. G. L. SamuelAssociate Professor
Manufacturing Engineering Section
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: [email protected]; Web: http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/gls/home.php
Research Areas
Micro Machining set-up
3D profiles measured using Capacitance sensor Wire EDM Turning set-
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Prof. A. Seshadri SekharPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4709; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/as_sekhar/
Rotor Dynamics.
Fault Identification and Condition Monitoring.
Tribology- Rolling element bearings and Hydro dynamic bearings.
Rotating machinery:
Composite shafts dynamics; Fault modeling and detection; MCSA
Wind turbine:
Gearbox dynamics and condition monitoring
Bearings & Seals:
RE bearing defects; Fluid film bearing roughness effects ; CFD of Seals
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Dr. SHAMIT BAKSHIPhD, IISc Bangalore, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4700; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/shamit/
Droplet processes (Droplet Evaporation, Droplet Impact)
IC Engine process simulation
Atomization and sprays
Marangoni convection during droplet evaporation can be
utilized in micro-mixing
Simulation of flow and mixing processes in a gasoline direct
injection engine
Atomization of liquid sheet from a impinging jet injector
DROPLET AND SPRAY PROCESSES IN ENGINES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
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Dr. Shankar KrishnapillaiPhD, University of Oxford, UK
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4701; [email protected]
Optimization Methods
Vibrations
Machine Design
Socially Relevant Technology
Vibrations:
1. Structural Dynamics2. Machine Dynamics3. Vibration Control4. Inverse problems and
Health Monitoring
Optimization Methods:
1. Multi-Objective Optimization
2. Improved Algorithms3. Hybrid methods4. Applications to
Machine Design, Dynamics problems.
Machine Design:
1. General Machine Design2. Design for Socially Relevant
Applications3. Alternative Energy for
Rural applications.
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Dr. M.S. ShunmugamPhD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4677; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/medept
Research Area 1: Metrology-Surface texture, Form, Free Form, Related Features
Research Area 2: Machining- BTA, Reaming, Gears, Mechanical Micro-Machining
Research Area 3: Computer Applications-CAD, CAPP, CAM,CAI
3D surfaceSpherical Gear
PairMMT & Micro
Part
METROLOGY AND MANUFACTURING
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Dr. SHYAMA PRASAD DASPHD, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, INDIA
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 044-2257-4667; [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/sydas/home.php
Gravity and capillary waves Pulsating heat pipe
Hydrodymaic instability and boundary layer separation a
Unsteady Hydrodynamics, Aerodynamics and Turbomachines
Interfacial Hydrodynamics and Transport
Phase Change Heat Transfer in Mini System
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DR. N. SITARAMPh.D., The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4695; [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/ns/home.php
Computational Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery
Experimental Fluid Dynamics of Turbomachinery
Active and Passive Flow Control of Turbomachinery
Chamfered tip of rotor of a centrifugal compressor
Partial shroud of rotor of an axial flow compressor
Gurney flap on tip of rotor of a centrifugal compressor
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.80.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
W/o Gurney flap
With Gurney flap
N=2,000 rpmEn
erg
y c
oe
ffic
ien
t,
Flow coefficient,
Gurney flap
0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2
0.8
0.9
1.0=0.64=0.55
rotor (wos)
rotor (wps)
Solid lines: rotor (wos)
Dashed lines: rotor (wps)
SS PS
Hub
No
n-D
ime
ns
ion
al
Ra
diu
s,
R
Non-Dimensional Pitchwise Distance, Y
Tip
=0.48
Basic Tip S2 Chamfered Tip
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Dr. S. SoundarapandianPHD, Southern Methodist University, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4718; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/sspandian/
“Laser is an answer in search of a question”
Research focus: Laser-aided surface engineering (LASE)
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Dr. S.SRINIVASA MURTHYMS,PhD, IIT Madras, INDIA
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4680; [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/ssm/profile.php
Solar Thermal Technologies – Heating, Cooling, Storage, Power Generation Clean Energy Technologies – Solid State Hydrogen Storage & Utilization Solid & Liquid Sorption – Cooling, Heating, Desalination, Polygeneration Eco-Friendly Refrigerants – Organic Rankine Engines, Refrigeration, Heat Pumps
Low Weight Hydrogen Storage Devices for Mobile
Applications
Solar Operated Cooling/Desalination System
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Dr. K. SRINIVAS REDDYPh. D., IIT Delhi, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4702; [email protected]
http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/ksr/home.php
Solar Energy Conversion/ Concentration Solar Power Technologies
Estimation & Measurement of Thermo-physical Properties/Thermal Conductivity
Energy & Environment/ 4E (Energy–Exergy–Environmental–Economic) Analyses
Design and Development of Solar Parabolic Dish Cavity Receiver
Systems for Power Generation and Hydrogen Production
Integration and Optimization of High Performance Solar Concentrating
Photovoltaic Systems for Cogeneration and Tri-generation
Estimation of effective thermal conductivity of two-phase
engineering materials
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Dr. K. SrinivasanPhD, IIT Kanpur, India
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering+91 (44) 2257-4703; [email protected]
http://goo.gl/w6f6x
Jet Flow and Noise
Active and Passive Control of Flow, Noise and Combustion
Resonant Acoustics
RESONANT ACOUSTICSFLOW CONTROLJET FLOW & ACOUSTICS
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Dr. Sujatha SrinivasanPhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4728; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/78/sujsree/
Prosthetics, Orthotics and Assistive Devices
Mechanisms
Movement Biomechanics
Standing Wheelchair
Prosthetic and orthotic knees
Modeling of human gait
FOCUS: Rehabilitation Research and Device Development
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Dr. Sushanta Kumar PanigrahiPHD, IIT Roorkee, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4742; [email protected]
http:// http://mech.iitm.ac.in/Faculty/ssk/home.php
Development /manufacturing of advanced materials (Bulk ultrafine/nano grained materials, metal matrix composites, nano composites, high strain rate superplastic materials, advanced materials as per design etc.)
Fundamental behavior of advanced materials (Materials characterization, mechanical properties and machining related studies)
Joining and processing of similar and dissimilar materials
aasssasas
Properties of Bulk UFG/Nano Materials
Behavior of Metal Matrix Nano Composites
Joining and Processing of Similar & Dissimilar Materials by Solid
State Processes
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.200
100
200
300
400
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UFG: Ultrafine grained
7075 Al alloy
CR: CryorollingARB: Accumulative Roll BondingAR: As Received
UFG (CR)
UFG (ARB)
En
gin
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rin
g s
tres
s, M
Pa
Engineering strain
AR (CG)
103
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105
106
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150
200
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300
350
400Fatigue Behavior
Al matrix composite
Parent Al alloy
Str
ess A
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litu
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Pa
No of Cycles
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Dr. S.P. VenkateshanPHD, IISc Bangalore, India
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering044-2257-4686; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Radiation Heat Transfer Development of techniques for thermophysical property mesurement Natural and mixed convection heat transfer and differential interferometry, heat
transfer in participating media
Fundamental and applied heat transfer with emphasis on space applications
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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
One of the oldest departments of IIT Madras
Established in 1959 as Department of Metallurgy
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Vision
To become a pioneering Department in the country for teaching, research, and consultancy in emerging areas of materials science and engineering, while consolidating the Department’s strengths in traditional areas of metallurgical engineering.
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Research Education
Industrial consultancy
Activities
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Programmes and Degrees Offered
B.Tech.
B.Tech. (Honours)
B.Tech. (Dual Degree)
M.Tech.
M.S.
Ph.D.
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Students Enrolled
B.Tech. : 124
M.Tech. : 78
B.Tech. (Dual Degree) : 59
M.S. : 28
Ph.D. : 92
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Research Areas
BiomaterialsCeramic MaterialsComposite MaterialsComputational Materials ScienceElectrochemistry, Corrosion and OxidationFuel CellsMaterials JoiningMetal FormingMechanical Behaviour of MaterialsMetal Foams
NanomaterialsPhase TransformationPowder MetallurgyResidual Stress AnalysisProcess ModelingSmart MaterialsSolidification ProcessingSuperplasticitySurface Engineering and TribologyTexture and Microstructure of MaterialsThermodynamics of Materials
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Research FacilitiesAdvanced Welding Machines (TIG, MIG, SAW, Friction Welding)Creep Testing MachinesFuel Cell Test StationHardness Testers (Vickers, Knoop, Brinell and Rockwell) Hydraulic Presses for Metal FormingImpedance AnalyserMelting and Heat Treatment Furnaces (up to 1700C)Microwave SinteringNano-indenterNon-destructive TestingOptical Emission Spectrometer
Optical Microscopes and Image AnalysisPotentiostatsScanning Electron MicroscopesServo-hydraulic Mechanical Testing MachinesSimoloyer and Ball MillsSpark Plasma Sintering UnitThermal Analysis (DSC, TG-DTA, Dilatometer)Thermocalc, WIEN 2k, FactSage, JMatPro SoftwareTransmission Electron MicroscopesWear, Erosion and Abrasion Testing MachinesX-ray Diffractometers
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Faculty Members
Ajay Kumar Shukla
Anand K. Kanjarla
Ashutosh Suresh Gandhi
Balasubramanian M
Bhattacharya S S
Durga Janaki Ram Gabbita
Gandham Phanikumar
Ganesh Sundara Raman
G. Sundararajan
Hari Kumar K C
Kamaraj MBack to top
Faculty Members
Kesavan Nair P
Lakshman Neelakantan
Manas Mukherjee
Murty B S
Paramanand Singh
Prasad Rao K
Prasanna Kumar T S
Prathap Haridoss
Ranjit Bauri R
Ravi Sankar K
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Faculty Members
Sabita Sarkar
Sampath V
Sampathkumar T S
Sankaran S
Seshadri S K
Srinivasa Rao Bakshi
Subramanya Sarma V
Uday Chakkingal
Venugopal P
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Dr. Ajay Kumar ShuklaAssistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4762; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Process modeling, control and optimization of iron and steelmaking.
Computational thermodynamics and its application to high temperature metallurgical processes.
Application of Artificial Intelligence (ANN, GA) to metallurgical processes.
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Dr. A. S. GandhiAssociate Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4785; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Ceramics
High temperature materials and coatings
Energy materials
Nanostructured materials
Surface engineering
Phase transformations
Non-equilibrium phenomena
Facilities
Thermal cycling furnace (up to 1400C)
Muffle furnace up to 1700C
Dip-coater
Microhardness tester
Publications
Publications - 35
Acta Materialia - 5
Scripta Materialia - 3
Journal of the American Ceramic Society – 3
Materials Science and Engineering A - 4
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Dr. M. BalasubramanianProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4767; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Processing of advanced ceramics
Processing of composite materials including nanocomposites
Alumina-zirconia minispheres
Clay-polyester nanocompositemicrostructure
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Dr. G.D. Janaki RamPh.D, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering044-2257-4780; [email protected]
http://mme.iitm.ac.in/jram
PASSPORT PHOTO
Welding
Additive Manufacturing
Failure Analysis
Multi-layer friction deposit in superalloy Inconel 718
Carbide-free bainite in armor steel welds
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Dr. G. PhanikumarProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4770; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Solidification – experiments & modeling
Phasefield simulation of microstructure evolution
Materials Joining
Electromagnetic Levitation for undercooling
Microstructure evolution3D simulation of dendrite
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Dr. S. Ganesh Sundara RamanProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-22574768; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Fatigue Behaviour of Materials and Weldments
Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue
Surface Modification
Microstructure – Mechanical Property Correlation
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K.C. Hari KumarMetallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4766; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Gibbs Energy Modelling of Materials Employing Calphad
Applications of Density Functional Theory in Materials Science
Modelling of Diffusion Controlled Transformations in Ferrous and Non-ferrous Alloys
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Dr. M. KamarajProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4768; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Life enhancement of power plants (thermal/hydro/nuclear) components by surface coatings
Development of coatings for Bio-implants
Wear properties: Correlations of Microstructure-process parameters
Sliding wear test (Pin-on-Disc
Slurry erosion wear test
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Dr. Anand K. KanjarlaAssistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4753; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Micromechanical modelling of polycrystalline materials.
Mechanical anisotropy of materials : crystallographic texture
Mechanics of irradiated microstructures
Effect of grain morphology on shear bandformation in an Aluminum alloy
Occurrence of stress concentrations close tograin boundaries in deformed Zirconium sample
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Dr. Lakshman NeelakantanAsst. Prof., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4786; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Corrosion characteristics of engineering materials and coatings
Electrochemical behaviour of NiTi, NiTi-X Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs)
Smart coatings for corrosion protection
Electro-dissolution, -planarization and -deposition
Micro and mechano electrochemistry
Corrosion behaviour of Metallic Bipolar Plates
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Dr. Manas MukherjeeAssistant Professor
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering+91-44-2257-4782; [email protected]
http://mme.iitm.ac.in/manas.mukherjee/
Major Areas of Research
Metal foams - processing and characterization
Physics of metal foaming
X-ray tomography-based structural analysis
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Dr. B.S. MurtyProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4754; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Development of structural and functional nano materials
Development of bulk metallic glasses and high entropy alloys
In-situ metal matrix composites and metal foams
Research Facilities in the group
Fritsch P-5 and Simoloyer high energy ball bills
Spark plasma sintering and microwave sintering furnace
XRD and Nanoindentor (MHRD Nano Centre)
Dilatometer (up to 1650oC)
DSC/TGA (up to 1500oC)
AFM, TEM (CM20)
LCZ, D33, PE loop, Poling, ME set up
BET surface area analyser
Dilatometer
Simoloyer
Spark Plasma Sintering furnace
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Dr. Paramanand SinghProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-22574758; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research:
- Powder Metallurgy
- Advanced Ceramics
- Refractories
- Nano Materials
- Smart Materials
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Dr. Parasuraman SwaminathanPhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials [email protected]
Electronic Materials – semiconductor quantum dots
Nanoparticle assembly by physical vapour deposition
Nanocalorimetry - Phase transformation in thin metal/alloy films
LEDs, LASERs Catalyst arraysNanocalorimetry –
enthalpy measurements
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Dr. Prathap HaridossAssociate Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4771; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells: Materials and Technology
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs): Synthesis and Applications
PEM Fuel Cells Carbon Nanotubes
CNT
5 nm
Segmented fuel cell testing Fuel cell powered bicycle, using commercially available components
Enhanced Gas Diffusion Layer Carbon Nanotubes in different orientations
Modified Arc Discharge method for synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
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Dr. Ranjit BauriAssociate Professor
Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringIIT Madras, Chennai 600 036044-2257-4778; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
Al and Ti based Metal Matrix Composites
Friction Stir Processing (FSP)
EBSD, Microstructure-Property Correlation
Impedance Analyzer Mini tensile testerFSP Microstructure of AlSOFC anode
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Primary research interests:
High temperature deformation of advanced
materials
Multi-component high entropy alloys and their
deformation behavior
High temperature life-term prediction of advanced
materials
Creep of magnesium-base alloys
Dr. Ravi Sankar KottadaAssistant Professor
Metallurgical and Materials [email protected]
+91 44 2257 4779
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Dr. rer. nat. Ravi Kumar, N. VAssociate Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
044-2257-4777; [email protected]://mme.iitm.ac.in/nvrk
Major Areas of Research
Processing/design of molecular precursors for structural and functional applications (Eg: UHT ceramics, transparent ceramics, thermoelectrics, coatings)
Biomaterials & biomimetics for technological applications (Eg: Superhydrophobicity, adhesion studies)
Spectrochemical characterization (NMR, FTIR), structural characterization (XRD, X-ray residual stress analysis, SEM, AFM, TEM)
Evaluation of properties: Creep, thermal shock, indentation fracture mechanics, novel mechanical testing
techniques
Materials Chemistry Structural Characterization Mechanical properties
Design of molecular precursors & ceramics
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Dr. Sabita SarkarAssistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4755; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Process modeling/design/intensification of metallurgical and chemical processes Modelling and simulation of
•Flow through packed bed, fluidized bed•Heat and mass transfer•Granular flow, multi-phase flow, reacting flow etc.
Simulation of flow through randomly packed particle
Reactor design and optimization
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Dr. V. SampathProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4773; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Design and development of shape memory alloys for industrial and medical applications
Development of composite materials for engineering applications
Metallography, Heat Treatment and Physical Metallurgy
Vacuum Induction Furnace Atomic Absorption SpectrophotometerHot Rolling Machine
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Dr. T.S.Sampath KumarProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4772; [email protected]
NANOSTRUCTURED BIOMATERIALS
for orthopedic and dental applications
Nanocrystalline calcium phosphate ceramics, coatings & cements
Antimicrobial materials & drug delivery systems
Bioresorable & bioactive nano composites
Nanostructured metallic implants
value added engineering of egg shell & corals
acceleratedprocessing
Periapical cyst with bone graftsElectrospinning setup
Bioactive ball milled Ti-hydroxyapatite
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Dr. S. SankaranAssociate Professor,
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering044-2257-4776; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Structural materials processing through deformation and solidification techniques
Microstructure-mechanical behaviour relationships
Electron microscopyDeformation processing (rolling mill)
Electron microscopy
Metal foams
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SRINIVASA RAO BAKSHIAssistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
T: 044 2257 4781; M: 8056073710; E: [email protected] http://www.mme.iitm.ac.in/sbakshi
Major Areas of Interest
Carbon nanotube reinforced metal matrix composites
Thermal spray coatings and bulk structures
Ultra-high temperature ceramic composites
Hard metal matrix nanocomposites by reaction sintering
Nanomechanical testing of materials
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Dr. V. Subramanya SarmaAssociate Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4774; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Thermo-mechanical processing
Bulk ultra fine grained / nanostructured metals and alloys
Crystallographic texture and grain boundary engineering
Orientation imaging microscoscopy of ultrafine grained Cu-Al alloy
Grain boundary engineered austenitic stainless steel,
Tensile properties of ultra fine grained high strength and ductile Cu-Ag alloy
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Dr. G. SundararajanProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4759; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Tribiological behaviour of metallic materials, composites, ceramics and coatings.
Static and Dynamic Indentation Behaviour of metallic materials.
Thermal spray coatings ( detonation spray &cold spray).
Novel Coating Technologies ( Micro Arc Oxidation, Boronising, EB-PVD, Pulsed Electrodeposition)
Laser surface modifications and processing (transformation hardening, cladding, surface alloying and cutting ).
Ceramics Processing & characterisation (oxide & non-oxide)
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Prof. Uday ChakkingalProfessor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
044-2257-4775; [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
Development of ultra fine grained materials by severe plastic deformation
Sheet metal forming
Aluminium and titanium alloys
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Dr. P. Venugopal, (as on July, 2012)
Institute Emeritus Professor,
Materials Forming Laboratory (MFL),
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department (MME)..
Date of Birth: 20th May, 1944. Office: 91+044+2257 4764.
Mail: Official: [email protected]
Major Areas of Research
1. Metals and Materials Forming (Both Bulk and Sheet Metal Working), particularly, extrusion of Metals and
Materials
2. Press Tool Design, Product Development in Metal Forming,
3. Metal Forming Machines, Dynamics, Analysis, Design & Testing.
A sample of Research: 1. Floating - Punch - Die Set Up For Compacting Steel Powder in a 1000 kN Hydraulic Press For Tubular Green Compacts. 2. Hooker Extrusion Tooling for Extrusion of Sintered P/M Preforms, 3. Initial P/M Preforms & P/M Extrudes & 4. Formability
Limit Diagram of Sintered P/M Preform, 5. Ironed (by Tensile Load) P/M Preforms.
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Department of Ocean Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
The Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, as per the decision of Council of
Indian Institute of Technology, established the Ocean Engineering Center of IIT Madras in
1977 based on the recommendation of the committee headed by Dr. Y. Nayudamma.
The Department is to act as a Center of Excellence for advancing the frontiers of
science and to provide Break-through Technology as well as to develop education and training
programs in the field of Ocean Engineering.
A national advisory Committee consisting of representatives of the then Ministry of
Education, CSIR, UGC, DST, ONGC, EIL, other IITs and user industries with the Director,
IIT Madras as the chairman monitored the progress of the Department over the years.
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Structural Analysis, Design and Testing
Wave Hydrodynamics and Coastal Processes
Ships, Floating Platforms and Underwater Vehicles
Marine Geotechniques
Materials in Marine Environment
Ocean Energy
Wave energy The Department of Ocean Engineering has created
infrastructure facilities for carrying out Quality
work in R & D
Wave Basin
Random Wave Flume
Wave- cum- Current Flume
Shallow Water Wave Flume
Towing Tank
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Dr. Abdus SamadPHD, Inha University, South KoreaAssistant Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering
044-2257-4826; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/80/samad
CFD/Fluids Engineering/Optimization
Ocean Energy
Turbomachines
Artificial Lift Ocean Energy Turbomachines
Fluids Engineering
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Dr. V. Anantha Subramanian PhD, I.I.T.MADRAS, India
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4812; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/
PROPULSION DYNAMICS
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN FOR OCEAN VEHICLES
EXPERIMENTAL SHIP HYDRODYNAMICS, CFD APPLICATIONS
Wake adapted propellers, Optimization, VLM analysis and
design
Computer aided ship surface development, design
Powering, energy conservation, dynamic loads and effects,
motions and motion control
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Dr. Deepak KumarPHD, IIT DELHI, INDIA
Asst Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4828; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/Asst_prof_deepak.html
Stochastic dynamics, control, stability of structure
Time frequency analysis of nonlinear systems
Experiments related to structure dynamics and control
Dynamic control of onshore and offshore structures for
earthquake, wind, hydrodynamic loadings
Controlling the nature of response of onshore and
offshore structures
Development and modification of techniques for analysis of
system
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Dr. V G IDICHANDYPHD, IIT MADRAS, INDIA
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4805; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in
Experimental Hydrodynamics & Physical Modeling
Underwater Instrumentation
Underwater Vehicles
Offshore Structures Hydrodynamic coefficients
of UW systems
Electromechanical sensors for model tests and
structural diagnostics
Design & Development of UW Gliders and Vehicles
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Dr. Jitendra S. SangwaiPhD, IIT Kanpur, India
Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering ProgramDept. of Ocean Engineering
044-2257-4825; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/oedept
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Gas Hydrates
Flow Assurance
Phase Equilibrium Studies
Gas Hydrates for Storage and Transportation
Semiclathrate Hydrates
CO2 sequestration
Emulsions and Polymer Flooding
Ionic Liquids for EOR
Wax and Asphaltene Dissolution
Microbial Degradation of Waxes
Nanofluids for Flow Assurnace
Dr.P.KrishnankuttyPhD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4820; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/krishnankutty.html
Marine Hydrodydnamics/Wave-Structure Interaction.
Ship Motion/ Passenger Comfort; Ship Maneuvering & Control
Marine Vehicles/Wave Wash/ Powering & Propulsion
Motion Expt
VPMM Test
Ship with Twin Pod Propellers - CFD
HPMM Simulation -CFDAUV Control Study
Trimaran - FEM
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Dr. J.S.MANIPh.D, I.I.T.Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4806; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in
Coastal hydrodynamics/ Coastal sediment transport
Coastal structures/ Design of coastal structures
Estuarine hydrodynamics/Tidal inlets
POROUS BREAKWATER DURING INSTALLATION
COASTAL PROTECTION WORKSDEFENCE SYSTEM AGAINST
TSUNAMI
Design Of Coastal Structures And Sediment TransportPublished A Book On Coastal Hydrodynamics
t h e BOOK
natural threats and man-made hazards, and their impact on coastal
engineers and managers in understanding the impact of natural processes
Key Feat u r es
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Dr. Murali KantharajPHD, IIT Madras, INDIA
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4816; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/Faculty_murali.html
Computational Hydrodynamics using Potential flow and RANS approaches.
Free surface / dynamic boundary hydrodynamics – ALE FEM & Level sets.
Coastal hydrodynamics – tsunami – storm surge – flow vegetation interaction –morphodynamics.
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Prof. S. NallayarasuPH.D, National University of Singapore
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4819; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/prof_nallayarasu.html
Hydrodynamic response of Spar hulls.
Offshore wind energy.
Reliability in offshore structures.
Effect of heave damping plates.
Flow visualisation and VIV.
Deep water risers.
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Dr. R.Panneer SelvamPh.D., IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4807; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/Asst_prof_PannerSelvam.html
Hydrodynamic Analysis of Offshore Structures
Parameter Identification of Ocean Engineering Systems
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Offshore Structures
(i) Numerical and Experimental studies on Floaters for offshore wind energy
(ii) Emerging New Concepts of Offshore structures for Oil and Gas industry –Numerical and Experimental studies
(i) Identification of parameters of floating offshore structures – includes
ships in waves and calmwater
(ii) Simulation of motion of ships in seas and calmwater (maneuvering)
Simulation of nonlinear responses of offshore floating systems
L aA C V
(=2145kg)
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(=2000kg/m)
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(=200000N/m3)
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Professor, Dept. of XXXXhttp://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/80/rajeshnair/
044-2257-4824; [email protected]
Seismic Data Analysis & Subsurface reservoir characterization for Oil and Gas
Ground Penetrating Radar analysis and Shallow subsurface characterization
Laser Doppler Vibrometer measurements, Hydrofraking (Shale, Coal) and rock anisotropy
Seismic Imaging & Data analysis for oil and Gas
reservoirsGPR Data analysis
LLDV &HYDROFRAKING STUDIES (SHALE, COAL)
Subsurface characterization : Shallow and Deep(Seismics and GPR) & Lab scale Hydrofraking & Rock anisotropy studies (Shale, Coal)
Dr. Rajesh R. NairAssociate Professor, Petroleum Engineering Programme,
Dept of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras
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Dr. S.A. SannasirajPHD, IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4817; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/prof_Sannasiraj_home.html
Laboratory investigation of Wave Breaking & Fluid-Structure Interaction
Wind-wave modelling and Data Assimilation
FEM & SPH simulation of Nonlinear free surface waves
Breaking wave impact on a vertical wall
Assimilated wind-wave Prediction over Indian waters
SPH simulation of Sloshing in a liquid tank
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Dr. P. SHANMUGAMPHD, Anna University, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4818; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/Asst_prof_Shanmugam.html
Ocean Optics and Imaging / Focus on the study of 3-D character of underwater light fields by experiments and modelling.
Satellite Oceanography/ Focus on the development of algorithms to retrieve ocean environmental parameters from remote sensing data.
Ocean acoustics / Focus on the characterization of seafloor (morphology, sediment sequence, minerals, oil seepage, buried objects)
Potential applications: Underwater light fields and visibility, search and recovery, underwater optical communication, underwater object detection and image processing, sediments transport, dissolved carbon transport, detection of ocean biological hazards, Oil spill, bathymetry, internal waves, currents, eddies, fronts, and
climate prediction.
Sea surface height anomaly and geostrophic currents in winter (Tholkapiyan and Shanmugam, 2013)
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Ocean biological hazards (Shanmugam, IEEE 2013)
Remote sensing of waters
New scattering phase function
(Sundarabalan and Shanmugam, JQSRT
2013)Underwater communication
Underwater detection and typing Atmospheric correction (Shanmugam, Anneles Geophysics 2012)Shanmugam, August 2012 Cruise
Experiments
Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
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Dr. SRINIVASAN CHANDRASEKARANPHD, IIT DELHI, INDIA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engg044-2257-4821; [email protected]
Offshore structures/ dynamic analysis of deep-water structures
Renewable energy/Design and development of wave energy devices
Petroleum engineering/Health, Safety and environmental management applied to oil and gas industries
Offshore TLPs and triceratops
Mechancial wave energy converters
HSE in Oil and gas industries
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Prof. Surendran SankunnyPh.D., Yokohama National University, Japan
Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4815; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/surendran_home.html
Ship shaped hull dynamics(experimental, theoretical & numerical)
a)Motion control using active fins b)Influence of moon-pool shapes on moored hull c)Maneuvering and optimization of ship routes
Fracture Mechanics of metals(isotropic)and non-metals(anisotropic ) .
Application of composite materials for marine construction
Possible high-impact exploratory research themes
a)Applications of 3D printing in Ocean environment b) Application of hydrophobic materials in Ocean environment c) Wire-free instrumentation using smart phones(standard models eg: android, iphone)
Objects made in 3Dprint.Magic sand with other
matricesFin fitted model under test
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Dr. G. Suresh KumarPHD, IISc (Bangalore), India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4814; [email protected]
http://www.oec.iitm.ac.in/Suresh_kumar_home.html
Numerical Modeling of Fluid Flow through Fractured Reservoir/ Dual-Continuum
Numerical Modeling of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer / Enhanced Oil Recovery
Anomalous Transport / Non-Darcian, Non-Fickian & Scale-Dependent Phenomena
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport
Modeling
Enhanced Geothermal Energy (EGS) System
Radio-Nuclide Transport in Geo-Sphere
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Dr. Vendhan C. P.PHD, IIT Kanpur, India
Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Ocean Engineering044-2257-4811; [email protected]
Offshore structures; Floating systems; Dynamics.
Fluid-structure interaction; Liquid sloshing.
Finite element modeling – Water waves; Ocean acoustic waveguides.
Nonlinear finite element analysis.
Oblique water waves in a basin: Transmission loss in a 4km long ocean acoustic waveguide:
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COUPLE:1-Way (Evans (1986); Jensen and Ferla, (1990))
FEM with 17 propagating modes
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Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai -600036
Set in the sylvan campus of IIT Madras, we carry out research in many frontier
areas, including experimental condensed matter physics, optical and laser physics, theoretical
and computational physics.
On the academic front, We offer a 'Master of Science' (M.Sc.) program in Physics,
a 'Master of Technology' (M.Tech.) program in 'Solid State Technology', and a Doctoral
research (Ph.D.) program. Besides, we offer a vibrant undergraduate program 'Bachelor of
Technology' (B.Tech.) in 'Engineering Physics', offered in conjunction with the Department
of Electrical Engineering.
In addition to these degree programs, we offer several core and elective Physics
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Applied Optics
Alternative Energy and NanoTechnology Laboratory
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Complex Fluids
Dielectric Materials, Electron Spin Resonance
Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and Field Theory
Classical Systems and Chaos
Quantum Dynamical Systems and Chaos.
Geometrical Aspects of String Theory.
Non-classical Radiation
Quantum Optics.
Low Temperature Physics
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Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Materials
Magnetic and Superconducting Oxide Materials
Microwave and Dielectrics
Nanomaterials and Nanostructured thin films
NMR Spectroscopy
Non-linear Optics
Semiconductor Physics
Solidstate Ionics / Electronics
Conducting Polymers.
Thin Films
Ultrafast Lasers and Optical Amplifiers
X-ray Crystallography
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Dr. Arul LakshminarayanPh. D., SUNY Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4878; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~arul
Nonlinear Dynamics: Hamiltonian and Quantum Chaos
Quantum Information: Entanglement. Applications to many body systems
Statistical Mechanics: Random Matrix Theory and Extreme Value Statistics
Quantum Chaos: Simple Models to Applications
Quantum EntanglementRandom Matrix Theory
and Applications
Complex Quantum Systems, Quantum Information, Random matrix theory
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Dr. Dillip Kumar SatapathyPhD, Humboldt University, Germany
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4899; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/people_files/faculty/dilip.html
Soft matter in confinement (confined fluids)
Physics of complex oxide heterostructures
Structure and dynamics of materials by X-ray and neutron scattering
MicrofluidicsFriction & lubrications
Glass transition in polymer films
SpintronicsOxide based electronics
Non-destructive characterization of structure-
property relations in materials
Condensed matter physics research by using scattering techniques
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Dr. N. Harish KumarPHD, University of Hyderabad, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4879; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/81/nhk/
Research Area/Focus 1 Superconductivity
Research Area/Focus 2 Spintronics
Research Area/Focus 3 Novel Magnetic Materials
Second generation high Tc
superconducting current leads
Half metallic Spin injection electrodes
Dilute magnetic Semiconductors for Magnetooptoelectronics
Novel magnetic sensors and devices
Advanced Magnetic Materials
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Dr. Jim LibbyD. Phil., University of Oxford, UK
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4885; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/people_files/faculty/libby.html
Experimental particle physics
CP violation – origin of the matter anti-matter asymmetry in the universe
Neutrino physics – studies with the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO)
Particle detector development for INO
Measurements of CP violation using existing data from collider experiments
Simulation studies for future high luminosity
flavour factories
Instrumentation and data analysis for particle physics
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Dr. M P KOTHIYALPHD, I I T MADRASProfessor, Dept. of Physics
044-2257-4857; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Holography : TV Holography
Interferometry : White Light Interferometry for surface metrology
Interferometry : Phase Shifting Interferometry for optical testing
Interference microscopy with color CCD TV Holography: deformation measurement
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Dr. C.V.KrishnamurthyPHD, IIT Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4864; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
• Acoustic/Elastic Wave Propagation (Simulations / Experiments)• Electromagnetic Wave Propagation (Simulation / Experiments)• Thermal physics (Molecular Dynamics based approach / Experiments)• High resolution capacitance sensing (Computational / Experimental aspects)
Linear and Nonlinear Wave-Matter
Interactions for Imaging Applications
Heat absorption and transport in meso- and
nano-scales (Fourier / non-Fourier
heat conduction in complex media;
and thermal imaging)
Dielectric response of materials on meso- and
nano-scales
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Dr. S. LakshmiBalaPh.D., Madras University,India
044-2257-4869; [email protected].
Open quantum systems
Dynamical systems
Anholonomies in classical and quantum systems
Nonclassical effects in wavepacket dynamics, Bose
Einstein condensates
Ergodicity properties of quantum expectation values
in light-atom interactions
Berry phases and Hannayangles in atom optics
Theoretical aspects of the interaction of the radiation field with atoms
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Dr. Manoj GopalakrishnanPHD, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India
Assistant Professor,Dept. of Physics044-2257-4894; [email protected]
http://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~manoj
THEORETICAL STUDIES IN BIOPHYSICS AT THE LEVEL OF THE CELL
Noise and its impact on cellular functions
Active transport in the cell and its properties
Motor protein motion and active vesicle
transport
Microtubule dynamics in Cell division
Chemotaxis of micro-organisms
PHYSICAL MODELING OF PROCESSES IN THE LIVING CELL
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Dr. MANU JAISWALPHD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4893; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/people_files/faculty/manu_jaiswal.html
Electronic Properties of Graphene
Low-dimensional Materials, Novel Interfaces
Charge Transport, Spin Transport in Mesoscopic Systems
Organic Semiconductors, Conducting Polymers.
Electronic Properties of Graphene Low-Dimensional Materials, Novel Interfaces
Charge Transport, Spin Transport in Mesoscopic Systems
LOW-DIMENSIONAL AND NOVEL ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND INTERFACES
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Microwave Dielectric and Structural
Properties of Functional MaterialsProf. V. R. K. Murthy, Physics
• Structure-Property correlations
• Microwave dielectric properties
• Microstructural correlated properties
• Microwave sintering on nano composites
-200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200-0.16
-0.12
-0.08
-0.04
0.00
0.04
0.08
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x=0.45
x=0.4
x=1.0
x=0.35
x=0.3
x=0.15
x=0.0
f G
Hz
Temperature (oC)
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x=0.85
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Dr. P. MurugavelAssistant Professor, Dept. of Physics
IIT-MadrasPh: 044-2257-4897; Email: [email protected]
Magnetic and dielectric studies on rare earth manganites RMnO3 (R =rare earth).
Magnetoelectric effect in ferroelectric-ferromagnetic nanocomposites and solid solutions.
Photoelectric effect on nonconventional oxide ferroelectrics.
M-T curve showing ordering of Mnmoment at low temperatures in RMnO3
Studies revealing magnetoelectric coupling at 356 K in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-PVDF nanocomposite film
Photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric thin film
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R. NirmalaPh.D, IITMadras, India
Associate Professor, Department of Physics044-2257-4888; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/people_files/faculty/nirmala.html
• Structure-Property relations in Rare earth intermetallic compounds, alloys and oxides
• Phase separated systems
• Magnetic Entropy changes near Magneto-structural transitions
• Naturally layered magnetic multilayers
• Magnetism in nanoscale
Broad Area: Magnetic and Transport Properties of Rare earth Intermetallic Compounds and Alloys
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Dr. M. PattabiramanPHD, IIT, Madras, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4890; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/component/faculty/81/pattu/
Research Area: Experimental Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics
We study the coherent interaction of light with atoms in order to
control and manipulate their optical properties
Applications:
Measurement of ultra-low magnetic fields
Low-noise frequency standards for atomic clocks
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Dr. Prafulla Kumar BeheraPHD,KEK supported, Japan
Associate Professor, Dept. ofPhysics044-2257-4898; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~behera
• Focus: Measuring properties of neutrinos using experimental tools. A member of India-based Neitrino Observatroy (INO). Actively involved in ICAL Detector development and detector simulation.
Understand the matter and antimatter assymetry in the Universe and the origin of mass as part of the BELLE, KEK, Japan and ATLAS experiment, CERN, Switzerland.
Experimental High Energy Physics: Atmospheric Neutrino, e+e- and pp collider physics.
BELLE Detector, JapanProposed ICAL Detector, India
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Dr. Prahallad PadhanPHD, IIT Madras, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4884; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/people_files/faculty/padhan.html
Research Area/Focus 1 : Transition metal oxide Multilayers/Superlattices
Research Area/Focus 2 : Thin film devices
Research Area/Focus 3 : Transition metal oxide nanostructures
APPLICATION 1 : Magnetic sensing and
storage technology
APPLICATION 2 : Magnetic random access
memory
APPLICATION 3 : Anode of lithium-ion
battery
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Dr. Prasanta Kumar TripathyPh.D., Utkal University, India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4889; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~prasanta
Calabi-YauCompactification
Black Holes, Supergravity
Attractor Mechanism
Moduli Stabilization String Theory, Flux Compactifications
Calabi-Yau compactifications
Macroscopic Black Hole Entropy
And Attractor Mechanism for Stringy Black Holes
Non-Supersymmetric Attractors and Their Stability
Bianchi Attractors in Gauged Supergravity theory
String Theory and Supergravity, Quantum Field Theory, High Energy Physics
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Dr. Prem B. BishtPh.D., Kumaun University, India
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4866; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~prem/
Optical parametric amplifiers for : fabrication & characterization
Whispering gallery modes of single microcavity; fluorescence microscopy
Materials probed with ultrafast laser pulses for photonic applications
0 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0
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6
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I T
G
T im e / p s
II. Whispering Gallery Modes (WGM)) of a micro-cavity: Sensing applications
r2r1m1m2m1
r
1
Doped bead Coated bead
Microlasing of
I. White light continuum and Optical parametric amplification: Ultrafast lasers
III. Laser Induced transient gratings: Nonlinear optics and photonic applications of nanomaterials
Droplet lasing
NOPA ringWLC
Phase Conjugation
Ultrafast Lasers and Optical Amplifiers LabBack to top
Dr. S. RamaprabhuPh.D., IIT Madras, India
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-22574862; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~ramp
Nanomaterials/Synthesis of Carbon NanoTubes and graphene; application to Fuel cell; PV; water purification; CO2 capture; supercapacitor; biosensors
Hydrogen Storage in Nanomaterials Nanofluids/synthesis; coolant applications
200 nma) Carbon Nanotubes synthesized by CCVD
technique
b) Graphene synthesized by hydrogen exfoliation
method
a) b)
Hydrogen adsorption isotherms of (a) Nitrogen doped
Graphene (N-G) and (b) Pd-N-G in the ranges 25-100°C and
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Dr. V. SANKARANARAYANANPh.D, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4873; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/
Magnetocaloric Effects
Studies on Colossal Magnetoresistance (CMR) materials
Superconductivity & Cryogenics
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells – Basic studies on materials
Low Temperature Physics and Cryogenics
Study of Rare-earth intermetallicsand oxides containing rare-earth for magnetic refrigeration applications a technology which is environmental
friendly
Physical property studies on CMR materials and High Tc Superconductors;
Design of Liquid helium cryostats for electrical and thermal property studies
Dielectric relaxation studies on Ceria doped materials for SOFC applications in the intermediate
temperature range .
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Dr. Santhosh P NPHD, University of Pune , India
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-
http://www.iitm.ac.in//people_files/faculty/santosh.html
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics:/Multiferroics
Structure-property correlations, DFT calculations of Advanced Oxide Materials
Magnetic and semiconducting nano particles
Bi0.5Sr0.5FeO3 multiferroic
Double perovskite multiferroics
Order-disorder in perovskites
New double layered brownmillerites
Ni/NiO core-shell structure
CuO, FeSe2,Fe3Se4 nano particles
Gold nano particles for bio applications
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics/ Multifunctional materials
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Dr. M. V. SatyanarayanaPHD, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras University
IndiaProfessor, Department of Physics
044-2257-4874; [email protected]://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Quantum Optics/ Optical Coherence, Non-classical states of radaition
Quantum Mechanics/ Entanglement – role of squeezing and anti-bunching, atom-radiation interaction
Fresnel Optics/ connection between squeezing and Fresnel propagation
I am interested in non-classical states of radiation like squeezed and anti-bunched states – its generation and applications to novel sources of radiation. I am also interested in interaction of such states of radiation with atoms and molecules for the purposes of lasing. In this process I also study the role of entanglement in quantum optics. Recently, I am looking into the connection between Fresnel optics and squeezing. Essentially, my interests are in the dynamics of atom(s)-radiation interaction(s) with applications to novel sources of light.
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Dr. K. SethupathiPhD, Moscow State University, Russia
Professor, Department of Physics044-2257-4875; [email protected]
http://www.iitm.ac.in/….
Magnetism and Transport properties of Colossal Magnetoresistance Oxides at low temperatures
Novel materials in the bulk, thin film and nanocrystalline forms
High Temperature Superconductors and
Cryogenic Insulation
Novel materials that exhibit large magnetoresistance for magneto resistive sensors and spintronic device applications
Magnetic refrigeration materials for cooling applications
New materials for electronic cooling
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Dr. Somnath Chanda RoyPhD, IIT Delhi, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4886; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/ ̴somnath
Synthesis and characterization of metal-oxide nanostructures and thin films
Study of Electronic conduction and Photo-catalytic properties
Use of nano-materials for clean Energy and Environment
Metal oxide NanotubesSensors for Green-house
Gases
Generation of Hydrogen/Hydrocarbons
from water/CO2 using solar energy
Solid state, Hybrid Solar Cells based on nanomaterials
The Environmental Nanotechnology Lab : Novel Nanostructures for (i) Detection of pollutants (ii) Recycling of CO2 through Photo-catalysis (iii) High efficiency Solar cells
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Dr. L. SriramkumarPh.D., IUCAA, Pune
Associate Professor, Department of Physics044-2257-4854; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~sriram/
Origin of perturbations during inflation
Signatures on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
Semi-classical gravity and the physics of black holes
Origin of perturbations during inflation
• Deviations from slow roll and features in the primordial power spectrum
• Generation of primordial non-Gaussianities
• Evolution of power and bispectra post inflation
Signatures on the CMB
• Comparison of inflationary models with the recent WMAP and Planck data
• Efficient numerical computation of inflationary bispectra (figure above)
• Imprints of primordial bispectra on the CMB
Semi-classical gravity and the physics of black holes
• Issues related to the origin of Hawking radiation and black hole entropy
• Possible quantum gravitational corrections
• Phenomenological models of quantum gravity
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Dr. A.SubrahmanyamProfessor, Department of Physics
044-2257-4865; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~manu
Major Areas of Research
Metal oxide thin films
Photocatalysis
Surface Engineering
Coatings for biomedical
applications
Industrial collaboration : Photovoltaics with M/sSaint Gobain Developing an electrochromic device with M/s Sandhar Technologies
Present work (Doctoral Students) :
Silver oxide based Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Gas flow cathode design for nano mixed metal oxides
Silver nano clusters using Micro plasmas
For surface engineering studies: We have designed and built a Kelvin Probe technique for non-destructive evaluation of Semiconductor and metal surfaces
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Dr. Sudakar ChandranPhD, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras044-2257-4895; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~csudakar/index.htm
Defect-structure property correlations in multifunctional materials
Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Magnetic, Optical and Electronic Materials
High Resolution Transmission Electron microscopy, Spectroscopic techniques for
materials characterization
Lithium ion batteries
Nanostructured metal oxides for Li-ion battery cathode and anode
materials; controlling the crystal defect structures and the
microstructure to tune the electrical property and the power
density
Solar cell
Nano-oxide materials for dye sensitized solar cell applications,
bandgap engineering in composite nano-oxides, fabricating porous
nanostructures for increasing the efficiency of DSSC
Multifunctional materials
Role of oxygen/nitrogen defects and surface/interface effects on
the physical properties of semiconducting oxides and nitrides and multiferroics; electrical, optical
and magnetic properties studies
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Dr. P. B. Sunil KumarPHD,1995 Raman Research Institute, India
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4876; [email protected]://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~sunil
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Biological Physics
Computational Physics
Lipid Membranes: Modeling equilibrium and dynamical properties of lipid membranes and membrane-
protein complexes. Response of membranes to external forces.
Active soft matter: Dynamics of molecular assemblies, that convert
chemical energy to mechanical work internally.
Dynamics of polymers.: Rheologyand shear induced transitions in
polyelectrolytes and living polymer suspensions. Developing coarse
grained models for polymers.
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Dr. C. VIJAYANPh. D, IIT Madras, INDIA
Professor, Dept. of Physics044-2257-4877; [email protected]
https://www.physics.iitm.ac.in/~cvijayan/
Research Area/Focus 1 : Optical Processes in Nanomaterials
Research Area/Focus 2 : Physics of Photonic Bandgap Materials
Research Area/Focus 3 : Slow light Propagation in Metamaterials
Bandgap engineering Optically smart behavior
PBG-based emitters
NANOPHOTONICS: Processes and Materials
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