Faculty members at IIT Madras carry out research in their areas of interests, often in collaboration with research scholars, doctoral scholars and other researchers. The Institute has ongoing research collaborations with several universities, governments and industries. The research expertise available at the Institute is organized below by department.
Research Topics by Faculty Member
- Prabhu Rajagopal
- Ultrasonics for Nondestructive Evaluation, Structural Health Monitoring and Process Control, Simulation and analysis of elastic wave propagation and scattering, Robotic and automated inspection, Artificial intelligence in sensing and control
- Prasad BVSSS
- Turbomachinery, Heat transfer, CFD, Fluidized beds
- Raghavan V
- Droplet Vaporization and Combustion,Combustion Modeling,Laminar Flame and Stability,Heterogeneous Combustion, Gasification
- Raghu V Prakash
- Structural Integrity, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Random Load Life Prediction, Product Design
- Raju Sethuraman
- Computational Solid Mechanics
- Ramesh Babu N
- Laser beam machining (LBM),Abrasive Finishing Process,Abrasive Waterjet Machining (AWJM),Process modeling,Computer Aided Manufacturing, CNC, PLC
- Ratna Kumar Annabattula
- Granular Mechanics, Buckle-driven delamination, Fusion Materials, Mechanics of microsystems
- Samuel GL
- CAD/CAM, Metrology, Micro Machining
- Sarit Kumar Das
- Heat transfer in nano-fluids,Heat transfer in porous media,Transition to turbulence,Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer,Microchannel flow and heat transfer,Plate and compact heat exchangers,Heat and mass transfer in fuel cell,Boiling heat transfer,Biological heat transfer
- Sathyan Subbiah
- Machining, abrasive polishing, single point diamond turning, graphene exfoliation, particulate manufacturing
- Shaligram Tiwari
- Thermocapillary Convection,Heat and Mass Transfer,Vortex Dynamics,Computational Fluid Dynamics,Flow Transitions and Instabilities
- Shamit Bakshi
- IC Engines,Dynamics of droplets and sprays,Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Shankar Krishnapillai
- Optimization methods, Vibrations, Inverse Problems, Machine Design
- Shyama Prasad Das
- Unsteady Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics,Turbomachines,Interfacial Hydrodynamics and Transport,Phase Change Heat Transfer in Mini System
- Somashekhar S Hiremath
- Fluid Power Systems,Mechatronics System Design,Nonconventional Machining Processess,Micromachining,Finite Element Analysis-Fluid Structure Interaction,Robotics, System Simulation and Modeling
- Srinivasa Reddy K
- Power Plant Engineering,Energy & Environment,Heat Transfer in Two-Phase Systems,Solar Energy
- Srinivasan K
- Resonant Acoustics,Jet Noise,Active and Passive Control of Flow, Noise pollution mitigation
- Sujatha C
- Vehicle Dynamics, Condition Monitoring,Signal Analysis
- Sujatha Srinivasan
- Mechanisms,Prosthetics and Orthotics,Clinical biomechanics, Assistive devices
- Sundararajan Natarajan
- Computational mechanics, XFEM, Scaled boundary FEM, Composites, Functionally graded material, Moving boundary problem, Virtual element method, Polygonal FEM