Departments

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.

Aircraft Structures: Finite Element Methods, Numerical Methods, Photo Elasticity, Moire and Holographic Methods of Structural Analysis. Composite Structures, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Contact Mechanics, Vibrations and Impact Mechanics.

Aerospace Propulsion: Rocket Propulsion and Solid Propellant Combustion, Airbreathing Propulsion and Combustion, Cascade Flows, Multiphase Flow Simulation, Combustion Instability, Optical Flow/Combustion Diagnostics.

Dynamics and Control: Nonlinear Dynamics in Aerospace Applications, Computational Methods in Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Control Theory and Applications, Flight Simulations and Controller Development, Design Development of Autonomous Flying Vehicles.

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4000

Fax : +91-44-2257 4002

Email : office[at]ae.iitm.ac.in

Web : ae.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Plates and Shells, Finite and Boundary Element Techniques, Experimental Stress Analysis including Holography, Image processing techniques, Digital Photo Mechanics, Fatigue of Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Reliability of Structures, High Temperature Design, Composite Structures, Plasticity, Smart Materials and Structures, Constitutive Modelling, Granular Materials, Biomaterials, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Stability, Transition, Turbulence, Turbulence Modelling, Turbulent Convection, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Bluff body and Industrial Aerodynamics, Fluid Structure interaction, Cardiovascular System studies, Image and Signal Processing, Speech Signal Processing, Ultrasound and Laser instrumentation in Medicine, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Evoked Response and Functional Electrical Stimulation.

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Department of Applied Mechanics

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4050

Fax : +91-44-2257 4052

Email : apoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : apm.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Cellular, Molecular and Structural Biology relating to Signal transduction, Lipid Trafficking, Stem cell proliferation etc., Protein crystallography and structure prediction; Drug design and QSAR. Bioorganic Chemistry; Biotransformations; Enzymes in Organic synthesis; Biosensors; Environmental Biotechnology Bioremediation; Green Chemistry.

Biochemical Engineering, Bioreactor Modelling; Reactive Oxygen species in Bioreactors; Recombinant Systems Cloning of Therapatic Proteins and Large scale Production; Industrial Microbial Processes; Plant tissue and Animal cell Culture; Downstream Processing; Protein Refolding.

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Biomechanics; Biomaterials; Computational Neuroscience; Molecular Genetics of Plant Development.

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Department of Biotechnology

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4100

Fax : +91-44-2257 4102

Email : btoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : biotech.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Chemical reaction engineering and thermodynamics, transport processes, process design and control, environmental engineering, polymer science and technology, semi-conductor materials processing, and particle technology.

Fundamental studies: Electrocatalyst, photocatalyst and heterogeneous catalyst, Light driven chemical reactions, Antibiotics and bacterial resistance. Mathematical modeling of physico-chemical phenomena. Applied statistical mechanics, thermodynamic property estimation, phase equilibria. Flow visualisation using lasers, Microwave assisted thawing. Drying, multicomponent boiling and condensation. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer processes.

Modeling of processes and equipments: Hydrodynamic and kinetic studies of turbulent bed contactors, trickle beds, slurry reactors, fast and inverse bed fluidized beds. CFD analysis of process equipments. Advanced separation processes such as reactive and azeotropic distillation, membrane processes. Modeling of rotary kilns, crushing and grinding equipments, fluid energy mills of Microelectronic fabrication techniques.

Development, characterization and processing of materials: Characterization of materials by light and electron microscopy. Development of polymer blends and composites, polymer based nano-composites. Rheology of polymers and colloids; damping and vibration isolation using polymers. Enzyme design and engineering, protein engineering and production of recombinant proteins.

Process design and control, systems engineering: Advanced control design such as adaptive control, intelligent control, non-linear control, fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control. Synthesis and optimization of process systems; statistical data processing. Simulation and optimization of crushing and grinding circuits.

Environmental engineering and waste reduction: Liquid and solid waste treatment, air pollution monitoring and control, toxic and hazardous waste management, environmental risk assessment, colour removal from waste water. Recycling of mixed plastic waste.

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Department of Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4150

Fax : +91-44-2257 4152

Email : choffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : che.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Analytical Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of Main Group Elements, Inorganic Heterocycles, Materials Science, Synthetic and Structural Solid State Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Cage and Cluster Chemistry, Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry, Metalloboranes and Metallocarboranes, Supramolecular Chemistry.

Organic Synthesis, Natural Product Synthesis, Organometallics, Asymmetric Catalysis, Synthetic and Structural Carbohydrate Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Enzymes in Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Organic Photochemistry.

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Surface Chemistry, Theoretical and Experimental Electrochemistry, Photochemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Applications, Gas-phase Kinetics, Monolayers and Clusters, Green Chemistry, Host-Guest Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms, Excited State Photophysics, Energy Systems, Superconductors, Nanoclusters and Nanophases, Colloid and Interface Science Chemical Physics, Quantum and Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Reaction Dynamics, Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging (especially NMR based), Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Nuclear Spectroscopy, Statistical Mechanics, Molecular Dynamics.

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Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4200

Fax : +91-44-2257 4202

Email : cyoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : chem.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Building Technology & Construction Management Division: Technology of Construction Materials, High Performance Concrete, Repair and Rehabilitation of Constructed Facilities, Accelerated and unreinforced / reinforced Masonry, Diaster-Resistant Construction. Functional Performance of Buildings, Energy Efficiency of Buildings, Noise Control in Buildings, Acoustical Modelling, Environmental Noise Control. Construction Project Management, Project Scheduling and Control, Resource Management, Quality Management, Contracts, Productivity, Constructability, Schedule Compression, Risk Modelling in Projects, PPP for Infrastructure Development, Computer Applications in Construction, Geographic Information Systems.

Geotechnical Engineering Division: Strength and Deformation Behaviour of Soils, Expansive Soils, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Pile Foundations, Soil Stabilization, Stone Columns, Reinforced Earth, Geosynthetics, Environmental Geotechnics and Waste Disposal, Computer Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Structure Interaction, Reliability Methods.

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division: Water Resources Systems Analysis, Design and Management for Water Supply, Irrigation, Drainage, Hydropower, Flood Control, Droughts. Surface and Ground Water Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, Physical and Numerical Modelling. Use of Finite Difference, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods. Instrumentation and Monitoring of Hydraulic Systems, Computer Simulation and Optimization of Hydrosystems. Evolutionary Computing Applications, CAD, Decision Support and Expert Systems in Water Resources Engineering. Environmental Hydraulics, Water Quality Modelling, Industrial Waste Water Treatment, Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Systems Analysis, Environmental Micro-Biology, Bioremediation, Air quality and Solid Waste Management, Environmental Biotechnology, Water and Waste water Treatment.

Structural Engineering Division: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Reinforced Concrete, Prestressed Concrete and Metal Structures, Plates & Shells, Thin Walled Members, Advanced Fibre Composite Members, Structural Dynamics and Impact Behaviour, Structural Stability, Structural Reliability, Smart Structures, Earthquake Resistant Design and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Bridges, Tall Structures, Structures for Power Plants, Finite Element Analysis of Linear and Non-Linear Structural Systems, Structural Optimization, Computer Aided Structural Analysis and Design, Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Structural Engineering.

Transportation Engineering Division: Inter-City and Regional Transportation, Urban Transportation Planning, Travel Demand Analysis, Traffic Management, Operations and Safety; Public Transportation Planning, Operations and Management; Planning of Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Applications of GIS, Simulation Tools, Advanced Techniques and Decision Support System, Optimization, Transportation Economics; Constitutive Modelling of Asphalt, Modified Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures; New and Innovating Materials in Pavement Construction; Analysis of Layered Structures, Design of Flexible and Rigid Pavements; Geo-synthetics in Pavements and Pavement Overlays; Pavement Management Systems; Rural Roads Planning, Design, Performance Evaluation and Maintenance Management; Low Cost Road Construction, Socio-economic Benefits Evaluation of Rural Road Projects.

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Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4250

Fax : +91-44-2257 4252

Email : ceoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : civil.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

• Automata theory and Formal languages, Analysis of algorithms, Graph theory, Unconventional Methods of Computing, Cryptography.
• Software Engineering, Object Oriented Systems, Parallel and Distributed systems, Mobile Computing, Programming languages, Performance evaluation.
• Software for VLSI design, Computer architecture, Computer graphics and Visualization.
• Computer Communication and networks, Network Protocols and security, Real-time systems, Wireless Sensor Networks.
• Data bases, Knowledge based systems, Data mining, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Indian language systems, Speech and vision systems, Artificial neural networks.

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4350

Fax : +91-44-2257 4352

Email : csoffice[at]cse.iitm.ac.in

Web : cse.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

• Communications and Signal Processing (EE1): Wireless Communications, Information Theory and Coding, Communication Networks, Optimization, Queuing Theory, Network Theory, Stochastic Networks, DSP Algorithms and Applications, Speech, Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Power Systems and High Voltage (EE2): Power System Optimization and Economics, Energy Management Systems, Power system automation, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), Restructured Power System Operation, Power Quality monitoring and analysis, Custom Power Devices, Renewable Energy Systems. High Voltage Engineering, Insulation Coordination,Treeing and Tracking Phenomena in insulation material, Condition Monitoring of Power Apparauts Using Multi-Fusion Sensors, Production of Nanoparticles, Sterilization of Liquid Foods
• Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EE2): Power Electronic Converters, control of induction/permanent magnet motors, simulation of PE systems, DSP Applications, analysis of Permanent magnet machines and special machines
• Microelectronics and MEMs (EE3): Modeling, Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon and Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) based devices; Power MOSFETS, HEMTS and HBTs, nanoelectronic, compound semiconductor, polysilicon, porous and amorphous silicon devices; ultra-thin and high-k gate dielectric; Magnetoelectronics; MEMS based sensors and actuators, BioSensors, Microfluidics, RF MEMS, Optical MEMS
• Control (EE4): Linear and Nonlinear, Robust stabilization of systems, Control of resonant systems, Mapping and localization in robotics, Nanotechnology in control and digital design, Actuation of Mechatronic Systems, VLSI Architectures for robotics, Control of non-holonomic systems, FPGA-based design
• Instrumentation (EE4): Bio-Medical Instrumentation, Power Systems Instrumentation, Modeling and Simulation, Transducers, Sensors and Signal conditioning, Virtual Instrumentation, Signal Processing applications in Instrumentation
• Optics & Photonics (EE5): Optical Communication/Networking, Optical Metrology, Components, Computational Electromagnetics, Plasmonics, Nonlinear Optics, Silicon Photonics and Integrated Optics, Fiber Optic Sensors, Fiber Lasers
• Integrated Circuits and Systems (EE6): Analog, RF, and Mixed-Signal IC design, Digital Systems including Architectures for Image Processing and Vision, CAD for Digital and Analog Circuits, Reconfigurable Computing

Guide selection policy in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

The different streams in Electrical Engineering follow slightly different procedures in allotting students to guides. These are described below for the information of prospective students.

EE1 – Communications and Signal Processing

1. Students are given a form in which they indicate areas of interest and list three preferred guides.
2. Students are asked whether they wish to decline if their guide preference was not met.
3. After the interviews, the faculty orally communicate their student preferences to the convener.
4. Finally, a simple matching between the two sets of preferences is done to perform guide allocation.

EE2 – Power Engineering

1. At the time of interview, candidates have to give areas of expertise and names of probable guides (3 in priority).
2. List of faculty looking for students is provided.
3. Guides assigned during interview taking student choice and guide availability into account.

EE3 – Microelectronics and MEMs

1. New students spend a couple of days of their first week meeting with all the faculty who have shown interest to guide a MS/PhD scholar. The list of faculty who are willing to take a student is circulated among students when they join.
2. After meeting ALL the interested faculty, students list down their choice and submit it to the coordinator.
3. The coordinator and faculty meet to assign students their respective advisors.

EE4 – Control and Instrumentation

1. During the interview, students are asked which faculty (in Control/Robotics/Sensors/Biomedical/PSI) he/she wants to work with.
2. If the candidate’s talent (assessed from the interview & written test) matches with their wish, the area and faculty asked by the candidate is given.
3. Otherwise we try to convince the student that he/she must choose one of the areas wherein his/her native talent is demonstrated.
4. If the student accepts our offer, the same is recommended. If the candidate insists that he/she wants only his/her wish and the committee finds the candidates talent in that area is lacking, he/she is not selected.

EE5 - RF, Photonics and Optical Communications

1. Students are given a form to fill with their choice of guides (and priority). These choices are confirmed during the interview.
2. All faculty members interested in taking students, participate in the interview. If the student performs well especially in the chosen area of research, he/she will be given their first choice of faculty.
3. If their responses were better in another area, they are then assigned to the relevant faculty member.
4. If more students opt for a faculty member than the faculty member is willing to take, their second or higher choices will be considered.
5. In cases where the faculty who are in the students' choice list do not select him/her, the student can be offered a chance to interview with another faculty member.

EE6 - Integrated Circuits and Systems

1. Students will be asked for their preference of guides at the time of the interview.
2. Guides and students will be matched based on mutual interest and availability of positions.

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Communication Address :

Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4400

Fax : +91-44-2257 4402

Email : eeoffice[at]ee.iitm.ac.in

Web : ee.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

• Automotive Engineering: Vehicle Dynamics, Tyre Mechanics, Mathematical Modelling of Dynamic Systems, Control, Fault, Diagnosis, Automotive Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems.
• Biomedical Design: Medical Imaging, Biomechanical Modeling, Soft Tissue Mechanics, Bio-Fluid Mechanics, Prosthetic and Scaffold Design, Biomedical Devices and Control, Microwave Applications, Tissue Ablation and Hyperthermia Physics, Radiometry, Ergonomics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Bio-MEMS/NEMS, Bio-nanomaterials.
• Materials and Design: Geometric and Solid Modeling, Computational Geometry, Shape Search, Shape Optimization, Image Based Reconstruction, Solid Free From Fabrication, Design Theory, Reliability Fatigue and Fracture, Finite Element Analysis, digital Image Correlation, Material Characterization, Structural Health Monitoring, Design with Smart Materials, Sustainable Manufacturing.
• Robotics and Mechatronics: Parallel Manipulators, Underwater Robots, Path Planning, System Dynamics and Control, Optomechatronics, Sensing.

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Department of Engineering Design

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4730

Fax : +91-44-2257 4732

Email : edoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : ed.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Economics: Development Economics, Energy and Environmental Economics; Applied Econometrics; Industrial Economics; Micro-finance; Health Economics; International Trade; Economics of Innovation and Technological Change; Financial Economics and Banking; Economics of Education/Labour Markets; Urban Water Management.

Education and Technology Studies: Theories of Learning; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Higher Education; Science and Engineering Education; Engineering Ethics; Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education; Quality Assurance.

Development Studies: Gender Studies, Labour Studies; Studies on Migration; Poverty, Social Exclusion and Marginalisation; Governance and Decentralisation; New Social Movements / Political Mobilisations.

History: Modern Indian History, History of Science, Technology and Medicine (since 1700s), Law and Society; Plantation History (Historical Aspects of Science, Technology and Medicine and Circulation of Knowledge concerning the crops).

Linguistics: Language in Education; Sociolinguistics; Applied Linguistics; Syntax/Morphology.

Literature and Media Studies: American Literature; Cultural Studies; Disability Studies; English Literature; ELT, Eco-criticism (American/British); Film and Media Studies; Fashion Studies; Indian Drama; Popular Culture; Life writing.

Philosophy: Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Philosophies of Heidegger and Wittgenstein; Indian Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; Consciousness; Analytical Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Political Philosophy; Ethics; Bioethics.

Politics & International Relations / Political Science: International Relations Theory; International Political Economy; Taiwan Studies; Chinese Studies; Democracy Theory and Practice.

Public Policy: Health Policy and Planning; Science and Technology Policy.

Sociology/Anthropology: Political Sociology of Corruption; Sociology of Religion; Islam; Sociology of Work and Gender; Anthropology of body; Anthropology of Technology; Gender Studies; Sociology of Science.

Urban Studies: Urban Housing; Land and Peri-urban land; Peri-urban dynamics; Urban Renewal; Poverty; Urban Livelihoods; Urban Infrastructure; East Asian Urbanism.

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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4500

Fax : +91-44-2257 4502

Email : hsoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : hss.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Finance - Corporate Finance: Financial Decision Making; Family Business Management; Financial Modelling & Forecasting; Banking and Risk Management. Financial Markets: Capital Market; Bond Market; Commodity Market; Derivative Market; Market Microstructure. Venture Capital and Private Equity; Small and Medium Enterprises; Real Options; Developmental Finance; Development Studies; Infrastructure Finance; Public Sector Finance; Behavioural Finance.

Information Systems - Preference Elicitation; Electronic Negotiation Tactics; Electronic Shopping Agents; Analytics in Cloud Computing; Smart Phones and Healthcare Web Personalization; Information Privacy; IT Usage; Adoption; Business Value; IT Services; Cloud and Emerging Business Models; eGovernment Systems; Social Network Mining; Recommender Systems; Mobile App Analytics; Econometric Modeling.

Integrative Management - Strategy and Policy Studies; Technology Management; Business Model Innovation; Entrepreneurship.

Marketing - Sales Person Performance; Branding in emerging economies; Corporate identity; B2B Marketing; Customer Relationships and Communities; Marketing Measures; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Food Marketing.

Operations - Supply Chain and Logistics; Green Concerns; Healthcare and Food Sectors; Game Theoretic Models; Pricing and Revenue Management; Scheduling in Manufacturing and Service Operations; Integrated Production; Logistics and Inventory Optimization in Supply Chain Management; Behavioural Decision Theory.

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management - Organizational Behaviour; Positive Organizational Behaviour; Leadership and Organization Development (L&OD); Cognition; Spontaneous Mental States and Goal Directed Behaviour Across Contexts; Behaviourism - Combining Elements of Philosophy, Methodology, and Psychological Theory; Employee Voice and Silence; Workforce Diversity and Inclusion; Judgement and Decision making; Human Comfort Studies; Social Neuroscience; Human Resource Management; Training & Development; HR Audit; Workplace Teams; Work-Life Balance; Family-Friendly HR Policies and Practices; Employee Wellbeing; Women in Management and Entrepreneurship; Employer Branding; Corporate Sustainability and CSR; Technology and Human Interface; Knowledge Sharing / Hiding Behaviour; Workplace Emotions; Ancient Indian Wisdom in Management; Creativity & Innovation; Cross-Cultural Research; Integral Education; Teaching-Learning Practices.

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Department of Management Studies

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4550

Fax : +91-44-2257 4552

Email : msresearch[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : doms.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Topology, Cryptography, Number Theory, Algebraic K-Theory, Homological Algebra, Geometric Group Theory, Low Dimensional Topology.

Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Operator Algebras, Operator Equations, Generalized inverses of matrices and operators, positive operators, Nonnegative matrices, Fixed Point Theory, linear and nonlinear optimization, standard and semi definite linear complementarity problems, Non-linear Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Wavelets, Fractal Signal and Image Compression, CAGD using fractal function, Theory of Fractal Interpolation, Approximation by Fractal functions, Time Frequency Analysis, Special Functions, Complex Analysis, Fuzzy set Theory and Applications, Summability Theory, Systems and Control Theory, Game Theory, Partial Differential Equations, Inverse problems.

Differential Equations, Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Linear Algebra, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Transportation Theory of Heat and Mass and Water Waves, mathematical study of ferromagnetic systems.

Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes, Queuing Theory, Inventory Control, Reliability, Computer Modeling and Simulation.

Mathematical Logic, Graph Theory, Graph Algorithms, Approximation Algorithms, Theory Of Computation, Theory of Codes, Communication and Coding Theory, Combinatorial Optimization, Combinatorics of words, Complexity Theory, Theory of Programming.

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Department of Mathematics

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4600

Fax : +91-44-2257 4602

Email : maoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : math.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

(i) Design Engineering:

Machine Elements: design development, analysis and performance improvements; New materials and design: composites, nano composites, bio materials, surface engineering, contact mechanics, tribology, tyre mechanics, biomechanics, fatigue and failure analysis: computational and experimental fracture mechanics, fatigue crack closure - environment interaction studies, alternate/small specimen test methods, small crack propagation under biaxial/multiaxial loading, multi crack interaction studies, fatigue damage in composites, failure mechanics of biomaterials. Non linear finite element analysis, design process, design optimization, finite element applications including coupled problems, Non destructive evaluation, structural health monitoring, Materials constitutive modeling and Characterisation, Measurements of Material Properties and Behaviour, NVH, machinery signal processing, Condition monitoring of structures/ machines, machinery diagnosis, combustion/flame noise, Acoustics and Noise Control.

(ii) Manufacturing Engineering:

Manufacturing Processes, Conventional and Unconventional Processes, CAD/CAM, Robotics, CNC Machining, Metrology, Surface Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Manufacturing Methods in Precision Engineering; Microsystems technology: Micro-sensors and actuators, Embedded systems, Vehicle controls; Robotics: Series and parallel configuration, Networked robots, Under water, space and medical applications; Fluid power technology: Electro-hydraulic servo-valves, Hybrid hydraulics, System Simulation and Modeling; Precision manufacturing; Design, Development, Modeling and Simulation of Unconventional, Micro and Nano Machining Systems.

(iii) Thermal Engineering:

Heat Transfer in Nano-fluids, Heat Transfer in Multi-Phase Flows, Heat Exchangers, transition to turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer in Fuel Cells, Biomass combustion, Fluidized Bed Combustion, Advanced Coal Power Plants, Solar Power Systems, Optimization of Solar ICs Systems, Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal Photovoltaic systems, The Heat Transfer in Phase Change Material Based Composite Heat Sinks, Experimental and Numerical Methods in Porous Media, Bio-thermo fluids, numerical modeling of heat transfer in biological systems, Conjugate heat transfer in low and high speed flows, Optimization of heat transfer systems, Inverse heat transfer, Satellite Meteorology, Numerical weather prediction, Radiance Assimilation in Mesoscale Weather Models; Pico, micro and mini hydropower ; Economic choice and use of pumps; Two phase flow in pumps and turbines; Cavitation in pumps, turbines and flow devices ; Pumps using solar power; Control of hydrodynamic cavitation, and Design and development of micropumps; Flow Structure Interaction in High Speed Turbo machinery Seals; Turbine rotor stator interaction, Performance improvement of centrifugal compressor by tip modification, subsonic cascade studies, Investigations on counter rotating turbines, volute casing and mixed flow compressors, active and passive control of turbomachinery flows, Gas turbine blade cooling; IC Engine Combustion and Emissions; Alternative fuels; Multi-component Fuels; Phenomenology and CFD of IC Engines and Gas Turbine Processes, Engine Flow and Combustion Diagnostics; engine management, Advanced IC Engine Technologies; Vapour compression refrigerators operating with new generation HFO, refrigerants and refrigerant mixtures, mixed refrigerant cascade, refrigerators, Simulation and optimization of mixed refrigerant processes, liquefaction of natural gas/bio gas, magnetic and acoustic refrigeration systems, high effectiveness compact heat exchangers used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and liquefiers, vapour absorption refrigerators operating with ionic fluids. desalination systems, solar cooling systems, IAQ (indoor air quality), jet refrigeration systems, heat pipes, heat pumps, micro-miniature and small cryogenic refrigerators, Simulation and optimization of air separation cycles, solid state hydrogen storage, sorption heating and cooling systems, Desiccant / evaporative cooling, air-conditioning and Ventilation , CFD for air distribution; Acoustics of Supersonic Jets, Active and Passive Control of High speed flows, Combustion noise, Emissions, Combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuel, Propulsion, CFD of high speed reacting flows, Microfluidics, Bio-MEMS, Micro-scale flows.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4650

Fax : +91-44-2257 4652

Email : meoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : mech.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Materials: Nanostructured materials, Ceramics, Composites, Biomaterials, Medical Materials, Magnetic materials, Optoelectronic materials, Hydrogen storage materials, Fuel cells, energy materials, Chemical sensors, Carbon nanotubes, Smart materials, Shape memory alloys, Metallic foams, Advanced steels (AHSS, DP, Q&P, ODS, etc.), Al, Mg and Ti alloys, Superalloys, Intermetallics, Bulk metallic glasses, High entropy alloys, Polymers and colloids, Printed electronics, Ultra high temperature ceramics, interfaces, Transmission electron Microscopy, Atom probe tomography.

Processing: Metal casting and solidification, Metal forming, Materials joining, Materials synthesis, Physical and Structural metallurgy, Phase transformations, Mechanical metallurgy, Chemical metallurgy, Powder metallurgy, Surface engineering, Coating, Thermal spraying, Corrosion, Electro chemistry, Non-equilibrium processing, Fatigue and Fracture mechanics, High temperature deformation behaviour of materials and Creep, Nanoindentation, Superplasticity and Superplastic forming, Severe plastic deformation, Thermomechanical processing using Gleeble, Additive manufacturing, spark plasma sintering, grain boundary engineering, Micro and macro texture development.

Modeling: Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME), Thermodynamics of metallurgical systems and processes, Computational thermodynamics using CALPHAD approach, Simulation and modelling of materials processing, Modeling of mechanical behavior through crystal plasticity, Phase field modeling of microstructure, Molecular Dynamics, Cellular Automaton, Ab-Initio/electronic structure/first principle calculations, Object oriented finite element analysis, Artificial neural networks, Modeling of transport phenomena.

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4750

Fax : +91-44-2257 4752

Email : mmoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : mme.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Petroleum Engineering ,Ocean Hydrodynamics, Ship hydrodynamics, Dynamics of Floating systems, Ocean Structures, Coastal processes, Marine Geotechnical Engineering, Materials for marine Environment, Ocean Energy.

Candidates can register for M.S./Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering; under Ocean Engineering Department w.e.f. 13.03.2010

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Department of Ocean Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4800

Fax : +91-44-2257 4802

Email : oeoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : doe.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Applied Optics, Quantum Optics, Photonics and nonlinear optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biological physics, Complex fluids, ,Cosmology and Gravitation Dynamical systems, Statistical physics and field theory, Low temperature physics and superconductivity, Magnetism and Magnetic materials, Hydrogen Storage Materials, Microwaves and Dielectrics, Semiconductor Physics, Photovoltaics, Solid State Ionics and molecular electronics, Thin film phenomena, X-ray diffraction and Amorphous systems, Spintronics and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors, Condensed Matter Physics/Magnetism in Oxides/Magnetic Materials, Electronic structure of solids/Computational material science, Nonlinear Dynamics, Quantum Chaos, Quantum Information, Metal-oxide Thin films, Nanostructured thin films and heterostructures by PLD.

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Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai - 600036

Tamil Nadu, INDIA

Phone : +91-44-2257 4850

Fax : +91-44-2257 4852

Email : phoffice[at]iitm.ac.in

Web : physics.iitm.ac.in

RESEARCH AREAS

Combustion, Atmospheric Sciences and Technology (Climate science and climate change), Nano Science and Technology, Material Science and Technology, Sustainability, Technology and policy, Computational Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, MEMS, NEMS, Lab on a chip, microfluidics, Bio- engineering, Advanced sensors, Instrumentation and Control, Energy Technology, Medicine and health care, Communication Technology, Security and Defense, Big Data.

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Email : idrp@smail.iitm.ac.in

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