Faculty Research

Prof Kumar’s group works on the behaviour of soft matter, trying to understand non-Newtonian fluids, soft robots, microfluidics, biocementation and its applications.

Prof Ghosal’s group has been modelling and analysing multi-fingered hands as parallel robots, and developing biomedical devices for minimally invasive surgeries

Prof Gurumoorthy leads the CAD laboratory, which addresses problems related not just with representing product models, but also reasoning with them.

Prof Suri’s lab works on nonlinear dynamics, fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic stability, and hydrodynamic quantum analogs.

Prof Jog’s research group is involved in the development of new finite element strategies for solving multi-physics problems.

Dr Das’ group investigates the fundamental properties of materials at micro and nanoscale length for applications in bioengineering, sensors and actuators, energy, etc.

Prof Sen’s group conducts research aimed at understanding shape, motion and their interaction using the knowledge of geometry, topology and kinematics.

Prof Tomar’s group investigates various fluid flow phenomena involving multiscale systems. The lab’s major focus involves the simulations of two-phase flows.

Prof Ananthasuresh leads the M2D2 lab, which explores designing elastically deformable bodies to realise desired motions in multi-disciplinary settings.

Prof Jayanth’s group measures and controls motion and forces at micrometre and nanometre length scales for applications in imaging and manipulation

Dr Narasimham leads the R&AC lab, which works on flow and heat transfer problems in low, medium and high temperature systems

Dr Himabindu’s lab explores advanced ignition and combustion concepts using alternative and biofuels to extend the limits of lean operation and understand the performance of small engines.

Dr Keshavan’s lab aims to develop novel bio-inspired sensing and learning-based control paradigms to realise autonomous robotic systems that work well in dynamic and unstructured terrain.

Dr Viswanathan’s group addresses the technological challenges in manufacturing: from basic science to engineering implementation, and from consumer goods to next-gen space travel.

Prof Simha investigates the application of fundamental mechanics from contact and impact to failure and fracture in disks, plates, shells, tubes, rings, cylinders and honeycombs.

Dr Ravichandran’s group works at the intersection of thermal sciences, energy sciences and applied physics. The group investigates the thermal and electronic properties of electrical insulators, semiconductors and metals.

Prof Dutta’s heat transfer lab aims to solve thermal and cooling challenges in various applications through fundamental research and innovation.

Prof Kumar’s lab specialises in research and development of green technologies involving natural refrigerants, hydrocarbon mixtures, and trans-critical co2 for cooling applications along with supercritical co2 based Brayton power cycles.

Prof Narasimhan’s group works on understanding crack tip fields for different lattice orientations and fracture configurations, guiding the choice of texture and microstructure in polycrystalline alloys for improved fracture resistance.

Dr Naik’s lab studies the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of various engines using conventional fuels, alternate biofuels, combustion diagnostics and other engine-related phenomena.

Prof Govardhan’s flow physics lab explores a range of fluid mechanical phenomena with a focus on fluid structure interaction problems.

Prof Rangarajan’s group works on understanding the influence of geometry in the mechanics of elastic structures.

Prof Shukla’s Direct numerical simulations help to determine optimal surface actuation based flow control strategies to minimise net power consumption while effectively reducing hydrodynamic loads.

Prof Basu’s lab explores transport processes in multiphase systems at different spatio-temporal scales with applications ranging from gas turbine combustion to surface patterning.

The structural acoustics group develops closed form solutions to well-posed problems in the area of soundstructure interaction.