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Achal Mehra

PhD (Southern Illinois University)
Visiting Professor
Online media, Media management, Investigative reporting, Media law, media ethics, Censorship

Research Interests

  • Online media
  • Media management
  • Investigative reporting
  • Media law, media ethics
  • Censorship
  • International communications
  • Comparative media systems
  • Mass media and society

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Jean-Philippe Ansermet

PhD (University of Illinois)
Scholar-in-Residence
Spintronics and nanomagnetism, Solid state NMR

Research Interests

  • Spintronics and nanomagnetism
  • Solid state NMR

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Atul Singh


Visiting Professor
Global Economy,World Affairs

Research Interests

  • Global Economy
  • World Affairs
  • Geopolitics
  • Political Systems & Sustainability

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Brian Brophy

MFA (UCRiverside)
Scholar-in-Residence
Theater for social change in India, an international collaboration and partnership in the transformation of culture

Research Interests

  • Theater for social change in India
  • An international collaboration and partnership in the transformation of culture through dialogue, storytelling and friendship

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Celso G. Camilo Jr

PhD (Federal University of Uberlândia)
Scholar-in-Residence
Metaheuristics, Evolutionary Computation, Deep Learning, Automated Program Repair, Fault Localization, Web Mining, Optimization Problem

Research Interests

  • Metaheuristic
  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Deep Learning
  • Automated Program Repair
  • Fault Localization
  • Web Mining
  • Optimization Problem
  • Applied Artificial Intelligence (Healthcare, Sales, Management, and
    others)

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Christopher Roper Schell

Juris Doctor (George Washington University)
Scholar-in-Residence

Research Interests

To be added soon!

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Debi Prasad Roy

PhD (T. H. Aachen)
Visiting Professor
Computational fluid dynamics,Hydraulic and pneumatic controls

Research Interests

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Wave propagation, reflection and interaction
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic controls
  • Vibration of beams under moving loads
  • Numerical methods for flow problems

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Jaichander Swaminathan

PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Kanchan and Harilal Doshi Chair Assistant Professor
Thermal sciences, Water-energy systems

Research Interests

  • Thermal sciences
  • Water-energy systems
  • Industrial reuse and recycling

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Kamiar Aminian

PhD (EPFL)
Scholar-in-Residence (Cognitive Science)
Sensors and Instrumentation, Ambulatory monitoring, Gait Analysis

Research Interests

  • Sensors and Instrumentation
  • Ambulatory monitoring
  • Gait Analysis
  • Physical Activity Monitoring
  • Balance assessment
  • Sport and rehabilitation
  • Arthroplasty
  • Outcome
  • Fall Risk in the Elderly
  • Quality of life
  • Parkinson

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Krishnamachar Prasad

PhD (University of Western Australia)
Visiting Professor
Solid state sensors for odor, color and chemical profiling for (NZ) food and wine industry

Research Interests

  • Solid state sensors for odor, color and chemical profiling for (NZ) food and wine industry
  • Use of high‐temperature superconductors in transformers and rotating electrical machines
  • Surface electromyography
  • Renewable energy
  • Electric vehicles
  • Development of Cu metallization for DSICs
  • Development of 3‐dimensional interconnects
  • Cu/low‐k interconnect technology for DSICs
  • Studies of Cu contamination effects on reliability of CMOS devices
  • Reliability studies of different kinds of solid state devices and ICs as well as reliability modeling
  • Development of process technology for Silicon ICs, III‐V HEMTs, HBTs and MMICs
  • Infra‐red photo detectors on Mercury Cadmium Telluride

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Lestuzzi Pierino

PhD (ETH-Zürich)
Scholar-in-Residence
Earthquake engineering and in structural dynamics

Research Interests

  • Earthquake engineering
  • Structural dynamics

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(Late) Malavika Subramanyam

DSc (Harvard University)
Associate Professor
The influence of socioeconomic context (at multiple levels and in multiple domains)

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.

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Marcos Inácio Severo de Almeida

PhD (Universidade de Brasília)
Scholar-in-Residence
Business Marketing Analytics; Marketing models; Marketing performance

Research Interests

  • Business Marketing Analytics
  • Marketing models
  • Marketing performance

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Massimo Vidale

PhD (IUO)
Scholar-in-Residence
Study of ancient craft technologies and their relevance to theunderstanding of early state formation processes;

Research Interests

  • Study of ancient craft technologies and their relevance to theunderstanding of early state formation processes
  • Study of contemporary traditional crafttechnologies from an ethnoarchaeological perspective
  • Application of stratigraphic and micro-stratigraphc recording procedures and interpretation for the reconstruction in detail of ritualfunerary behaviour

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Peter Isackson

B.Phil (Oxford University)
Visiting Professor
Technology-based learning, intercultural strategies and skills, language learning, multimedia, online training and collaborative learning

Research Interests

  • Technology-based learning
  • Intercultural strategies and skills
  • Language learning
  • Multimedia
  • Online training and collaborative learning

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P. Sainath

D.Litt. Degree Honoris (UAlberta)
Scholar-in-Residence

Research Interests

To be added!

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Raghavasimhan Thirunarayanan

PhD (EPFL)
Scholar-in-Residence

Research Interests

To be added!

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Sathyanarayanan Mundayoor

Post-MA Diploma (Delhi University)
Scholar-in-Residence
School education, reading skills, non-formal education in rural and tribal communities

Research Interests

  • School education, Reading skills, Non-formal education in rural and tribal communities, and the production of reading material in marginalized North-East languages.
  • History of aviation in independent India with respect to North-East regions.

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R Sharan

PhD (University of Waterloo)
Scholar-in-Residence
Technological progress and human values, Semiconductor devices, Transducers and instrumentation, Noise

Research Interests

  • Technological progress and human values
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Transducers and instrumentation
  • Noise
  • Engineering education