DepartmentsandSpecializations

Department AerospaceEngineering: Onlythosecandidateswhose earlierworkindicatesaclear focusinoneormoreofthe specifiedareaswillbe considered AppliedMechanics Post AssistantProfessor AssociateProfessor Professor SpecializationAreas ExperimentalStructuralMechanics/Composites,AirplaneAerodynamics ControlofAerospaceVehicles,AircraftDesign(aerodynamic/structural) ExperimentalStructuralMechanics,SolidPropellantCombustion MicrogravityCombustion,FlightDynamicsandControl

AssistantProfessor

Biotechnology

Chemistry ChemicalEngineering

CivilEngineering

EmergingareasofBiomedicalEngineering,EmergingareasofFluid Mechanics,EmergingareasofSolidMechanics AssociateProfessor CFDofEnergySystemsExperimentalFluidDynamicsMicroand NanoscaleFlowsAerodynamics Professor Haptics,BiomedicalSignalandImageProcessingCFDMultiphase systemsandflows AssociateProfessor PostGraduateinBiologicalSciencesandfurtherresearch/specialization inBiologyofEndothelialDysfunction Professor PostgraduateinBiologicalSciences/ChemicalSciencesandfurther research/specializationin anyoneofthefollowingareas: Molecularoncology,ComputationalBiophysicsandBiology,Molecular GeneticsofCardiovascularandMetabolicDiseases,IonChannelBiology, Signaltransduction,orRecombinantEnzymeProcessTechnology AssistantProfessor InorganicChemistry Professor SyntheticOrganicChemistry,SupramolecularCoordinationChemistry AssistantProfessor AllareasrelatedtoChemicalEngineering AssociateProfessor Professor AssistantProfessor BuildingSciences,Infrastructure/ConstructionManagement(withbasic degreeinCivilEngineeringorArchitecture) WaterandWasteWaterTreatment/SolidandHazardousWaste

Management(withbasicdegreeinCivilEnggorChemicalEngg) StructuralEngineeringwithspecializationinFireorWindEngineering TransportationEngineering AssociateProfessor Infrastructure/ConstructionManagement(withbasicdegreeinCivil Engineering) SolidandHazardousWasteManagement(withbasicdegreeinCivil EnggorChemicalEngg) HydrologicalRemoteSensing:FieldExperimentsandModeling(with basicdegreeinCivilorAgriculturalEngineeringandPhDinCivilor AgriculturalEngineering) UnsaturatedSoilMechanics Professor GeotechnicalEarthquakeEngineering,StructuralConcrete,Transportation PlanningandNetworks,PavementEngineering ComputerScience&Engineering AssistantProfessor Allareas AssociateProfessor Professor ElectricalEngineering AssistantProfessor Imageprocessing,ComputerVision,Machinelearning Outstanding candidates in other Speechrecognition,SynthesisandCoding areas of electrical engineering ModellingandPerformanceevaluationinnetworks mayalsobeconsideredforAP Powersystemprotectionandhighvoltage VLSIdesignandCAD MEMS,microandnanoelectronics Bioinstrumentation AssociateProfessor Allareas Professor Allareas EngineeringDesign AssistantProfessor AutomotiveElectronics,HybridVehicleDesign,BiomedicalElectronics, Candidatesshouldhave DesignofBiomedicalDevices,MedicalRobotics demonstratedsignificant researchoutputinoneormoreof theindicatedareas

HumanitiesandSocialSciences

ManagementStudies

Mathematics

MechanicalEngineering

MetallurgicalandMaterials Engineering OceanEngineering

AssociateProfessor AutomotiveElectronics,HybridVehicleDesign,BiomedicalElectronics, DesignofBiomedicalDevices,MedicalRobotics,ComputerAidedDesign andGeometricModelling Professor AutomotiveElectronics,HybridVehicleDesign,BiomedicalElectronics, DesignofBiomedicalDevices,ComputerAidedDesignandGeometric Modeling,HumanFactorsinDesign,RoboticsSystemDesign,Modeling andDesignwithAdvancedMaterials AssistantProfessor BritishLiterature,ScienceandTechnologyStudies AssociateProfessor GenderStudies,InternationalRelations,PhilosophyofLanguage, TheoreticalLinguistics Professor EnglishStudies,HealthEconomics,HistoryofScienceandTechnology, Philosophy,SociologyofScienceandTechnology,GermanStudies AssistantProfessor Marketing,InformationSystems,Finance,SystemsModellingandDecision Sciences AssociateProfessor Marketing,Operations,HumanResourcesManagement Professor Finance AssistantProfessor AllareasofMathematicsincludingProbabilityandMathematicalStatistics AssociateProfessor AlgebraicGeometry,CommutativeAlgebra,LinearAlgebraand Applications,CombinatorialApproximation,ApproximationTheoryand Algorithms,DifferentialEquations,ControlTheory,GameTheory,DNA Computing AssistantProfessor AllareasofMechanicalEngineering AssociateProfessor Professor Biomechanicsandassistivedevicesbioheattransferfluidstructure interactionsandinterfacialinstabilities AssistantProfessor Nonferrous Extractive Metallurgy, Welding, Electronic Structure Calculations,SolidificationProcessing AssistantProfessor ShipandOffshorestructures,OceanHydrodynamics,Marine AssociateProfessor Instrumentation,MaterialsforMarineEnvironment,CoastalEngineering, Professor NavalArchitecture,MarineGeotechnicalEngineering,Petroleum Engineering.

Candidatesworkingintheaboveareaswithspecialemphasisonanyone ofthefollowingspecificareaswouldbegivenpreference. Foundationsforoffshorestructures,Deepwaterstructures,Dynamicsof structures,Fluidstructureinteraction,NumericalHydrodynamics,Deepsea technologies,ShipHydrodynamics,Shipstructures. Allareas

Physics

AssistantProfessor AssociateProfessor Professor

Interdisciplinary areas: IITMadras recognizes the importance of interdisciplinary areas. We wish to strengthen the following interfaces:Environment: Climate and atmospheric research Astrochemistry and astrobiology, Technologies for sustainable environment. Materials:CarbondioxidecaptureMolecularcatalysisMolecularelectronics,SinglemoleculestudiesBiopolymers Functional/supramolecular structures Novel processing of materials for advanced applications. Advanced biology: Biomimetics, bioenergy,biomechanicsBioengineeringandhealthcaretechnologies. Advancedsensors:ForNationalSecurity,Healthyindividuals (includingbiomechanics,wearablesensors,ICT,biomedicaldevices)and cleanenvironment. Infrastructure(water,transportation, ICT, power): AdvancedmembranesNoveltechnologiesforcleanwatersuch as concentrationpolarization,aquaporins,capacitive deionization Fuel cells new technologies for renewable energy Water splitting. The candidates are encouraged to send their applicationstodepartmentsinwhichtheyarebestsuitableaswellastothevirtualinterdisciplinarydepartment.Thecandidateswillbe categorizedasinterdisciplinaryif(a)theirresearchinterestsareinoneormoreoftheareasaboveand(b)suchresearchcannotbe doneinonedepartmentalone.