Research Interests:Protein misfolding in Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s Diseases,
UPS impairment in neurodegenerative disorders,
Targeting shared cellular pathways for therapeutic intervention,
Novel antimicrobial peptidomimetic scaffolds.
Research Interests: Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Drug discovery: Infectious diseases(H.pylori) and cancer(Stomach and Lung), Chemical biology of Cancer: Screening of small molecules to identify novel oncogenes.
Research Interests: Precipitation and Stabilization of Nanoparticles in Aqueous Suspensions, Engineering Stable Microbubbles Formulations for Biomedical Applications, Supercritical Fluid Processing.
Research Interests: Solid Phase Reactions, Powder Coating and Powder Flow Characterization, Drug Formulation in Solid Form, Cement and Pharmaceutical Powder Processing.
Research Interests: Synthesis of two-dimensional nanomaterials, Interfacial nanoscience, Nanoelectronic device fabrication, Designing nanocomposites for applications as chemical sensors and energy storage devices.
Research Interests: Control loop performance monitoring, Fault diagnosis in process systems, System identification and control of droplets in microfluidic loop devices, Experimental study and analysis of droplet traffic in basic microfluidic devices, Frequency domain analysis of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
Research Interests: In-situ rheology of crystallizing fatty acid pastes, Powder Coating and Powder Flow Characterization, Rheology and Small Angle Light Scattering of surfactant solutions.
Research Interests: Investigation of groove-modified nucleobases on Y-family DNA polymerase activity, Construction of metal nanowires based on biomolecular templates, Structure-function correlations of unorthodox DNA structures, Aptamer-based sensors and detection strategies for infectious diseases, Enzymatic remediation of phenolic wastewater.
Research Interests: Synthesis of photoactive π-conjugated materials for understanding their optical properties and synthesis of ionic liquids and examining their suitability as photophysical / photochemical media for various photo-processes, Synthesis of biologically active glutamate-containing natural products that are shown to have potential interaction with ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) in the central nervous system (CNS) [Collaborative Project].
Research Interests: Synthesis of Porphyrnoids and Related Macrocycles with Novel Properties, Photophysics of Covalent and Non-Covalent Multipigment Systems, Design and Synthesis of Macrocyclic Receptors for Anions and Cations.
Research Interests: Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, Drug discovery: Infectious diseases(H.pylori) and cancer(Stomach and Lung), Chemical biology of Cancer: Screening of small molecules to identify novel oncogenes.
Research Interests: Stability and large deformation of structures, Theoretical stress analysis, Post-buckling and non-linear response of laminated plates.
Research Interests: Material Characterization, Dynamic Behavior of Soils, Liquefaction Potential and Induced Lateral Displacement, Strain Localization using DIA Technique and Microfabric Study using XRD, SEM, AFM.
Vimal Mishra, Ph. D. (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Surface Water Hydrology, Climate Variability and Climate Change, Global Food and Water Security, Water Resources Management, Large Scale Hydrologic Modeling
Dhiman Basu, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Rotational components of earthquake ground motion (Rotational Seismology), Asymmetric and setback buildings (Complex Structures), Seismic isolation, Passive structural control and damping amplification devices (Seismic Protective Systems), Seismic performance assessment of existing and retrofitted structures (Seismic Hazard and Loss Computation), Nonlinear structural analysis, Numerical methods.
Research Interests: Optimization of coagulant addition to submerged membrane bio-reactors(SMBRs) using computational and experimental methods, Chemistry of Iron transformation processes after addition of an iron coagulant into SMBRs, Characterization of iron species in model solutions by ascorbate reactivity method, Kinetics of P-removal by Fe(II) in various systems.
Research Interests: Sustainable materials, health monitoring
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Satwant S. Rihal, Ph. D. (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Visiting Professor
Research Interests: Innovative, interdisciplinary & integrated structural engineering design, Historical perspectives in structural engineering, Global issues of the earthquake safety & rehabilitation of historical and heritage structures, Earthquake resistant structural systems for buildings, Seismic performance, behavior, design and testing of building systems.
Research Interests:Fault-tolerant and dependable computing, Markov chains, Modeling software packages, Performance modeling, Performability and Survivability Quantification, Reliability and Availability modeling, Software reliability, Stochastic Petri nets.
Dinesh Korjan, Professional Education Diploma in Industrial Design with Specialisation in Product Design - (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad)
Adjunct Faculty
Research Interests: Systemic Design Intervention in complex, real world problems, Passive / Active methods of Traffic Control, Devices for Provision of Drinking Water, Alternative Solutions for Comfort Cooling.
Research Interests:Industrial Design & New Product Engineering, HCI, User experience, Interaction design & cognitive ergonomics, Systems theory & methods of design intervention for complex societal issues, Ethnography, Design Research, Design Anthropology & methods, Design for public health, EMR, Data analytics, Strategic management & new product planning
Research Interests:Earth Surface Processes, River Science, External forcings and river’s future, Glacio-fluvial coupling, Geomorphic applications in stream management.
Research Interests: Tunable diode laser spectroscopy for gas parameter measurement, Calibration-free wavelength modulation spectroscopy for recovery of absolute gas absorption line shapes, Fiber-optic sensing
Nithin V. George, Ph. D. (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Active Noise Control, Adaptive Signal Processing, Hearing Aid Design, Soft Computing.
Research Interests: Diagnostic testing and condition monitoring of power apparatus; Mathematical modeling of transformers, Rotating machines, System identification in frequency domain
Research Interests: Virtual Reality based Human Computer Interaction used in affective computing,
Eye Tracking and Physiology based modeling techniques,
Human Robot Interaction used in cognitive studies,
Adaptive Intelligent techniques in cognitive research,
Robot assisted surgical techniques.
Research Interests: Restructuring power systems- Technical and economical issues, Applications of heuristic optimization algorithms in power system, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and their application to load and price forecasting, Integration of renewable energy resources in electricity markets
Research Interests: High Speed Packaging Machines – VFFS and HFFS technologies, Liquid Packing Machines – High speed applications, CO2 Laser - Metal Processing Applications, Control Strategies for Robots moving a very Flexible Structure
Research Interests: Control loop performance monitoring, Fault diagnosis in process systems, System identification and control of droplets in microfluidic loop devices, Experimental study and analysis of droplet traffic in basic microfluidic devices, Frequency domain analysis of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells.
Research Interests: Hinglish, Communities in Banni (Kutch), Cultural History of Sindh & Gujarat, Issues of Language & Identity in the Indian Middle Class
Research Interests: Indian writing in english, Postcolonial literature and theory, Feminist literature and theory, Multiethnic literature, Writing and composition
Research Interests: Experience, Consciousness, Rationality
Achal Mehra , Ph. D. (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale)
Professor
Research Interests: Online Media, Media Management, Investigative Reporting, Media Law, Media Ethics, Media Freedom and Censorship, International Communications, Comparative Media Systems, Mass Communications and Society, Developmental Journalism, New Technologies, Communication Development and Human Rights.
B. D. Agarwal, Ph. D. (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Visiting Professor
Research Interests: Solid Mechanics and Design, Composite Materials, Theoretical and Experimental Stress Analysis
Atul Bhargav, Ph. D. (University of Maryland, College Park)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Palladium-based composite membranes for Hydrogen purification in fuel cell system applications, Fuel cell systems design and simulation, Control algorithms for fuel cell systems
Research Interests: Aerospace Engineering: Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics and Aeroelasticity, Computational Fluid Dynamics, High Performance Computational Modeling of Engineered Systems, Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization
Amey Karnik, Ph. D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Modeling and control of energy systems, Robust control for multivariable and non-linear systems, Automation for low cost technologies.
Vinod Narayanan, Ph. D. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Hydrodynamic stability and transition to turbulence, Chaotic advection, Compressible flows
Research Interests: Systems and Control Theory, System Identification (data-based modeling), Estimation and Kalman Filtering, Input Reconstruction, Applications of Above Areas to Mechanical and Biomechanical Problems.
Research Interests: Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Structural Dynamics, Automated Diagnostics and Monitoring of Complex Systems for Condition Based Maintenance.
Research Interests: Mineral Processing and Process Metallurgy;Transport Phenomena; Mathematical Modelling & Simulation; Process Design and Development; Process Control in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy.
Abhijit Mishra, Ph. D. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: X-Ray Diffraction, Membrane properties, Cell-penetrating and Antimicrobial Peptides, Peptide-lipid interactions
Research Interests: Structure – Property Correlation, Super plastic Forming and Formability of Materials, Development of Aluminum Based Alloys, Energy Reduction & Wastes Utilization, Physical Metallurgy, Materials Science, Basic Metal Forming
Emila Panda, Ph. D. (Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and University of Stuttgart)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Experimental and theoretical investigations of thin films and nanostructured materials, Microstructural characterization of thin films using various experimental techniques, Thin film solar cells, Structure-property correlations in functional oxides
Research Interests:Gravitation: Black hole physics, Thermodynamics and Quasi normal Modes. Modified gravity models. Higher curvature gravity, Field Theory in Curved Space-time: Hawking effect, Aspects of Black hole entropy, Cosmology: Early Universe, Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Research Interests: Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities, the developmental origins of health and disease, and social influences on health.
Research Interests: The influence of socioeconomic context (at multiple levels and in multiple domains), neighborhood of residence, as well as macroeconomic factors on under nutrition, obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes.
Research Interests: Basic and applied research on Medical Instrumentation, Micro and Nanotechnology and Signal Processing with focus on Neuroengineering. .
Research Interests: Theoretical Aspects of Magnetism With Emphasis on Exactly Solvable Models, Non-Existence of Magnetic Ordering in One and Two Dimensional Hubbard Model, Monte Carlo Techniques to Integer Spin Systems Which Show Haldane Gap.
Research Interests: Feminist Theories and Literatures, Postcolonial Theories and Literatures, Indian Writing in English (especially the Indian-English Novel), Popular Culture Studies (especially Science Fiction, Detective Fiction, and Film Studies).
Teaching Interests: Chemical Engineering Education, Food Process Engineering Materials, Separation Processes, Membrane Separation.
Prof. Sandeep Pandey, Ph.D (Univeristy of California)
Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Education for Underprivileged Children, Human Rights, Empowerment of Marginalized Communities, Struggles for Strengthening Democracy, Right to Information for Transparency and Accountability, Right to Food, Employment Guarantee Scheme, People’s Politics, Governance, Communal Harmony, Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, India Pakistan Friendship, Corporate Accountability
