Resilient Environment

Available project in Resilient Environment (RE)

Current project in Resilient Environment (RE)

UQIDAR currently seeks applications from future students for the following research projects

Project Code	UQ Supervisor	IITD Supervisor	Research Themes	Title	Student Type (i/q)	Keywords	Discipline	Status
UQIDAR 00108	Professor Andrew Whittaker, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)	Professor Sudip Kumar Pattanayek, Department of Chemical Engineering	RE, TT, TS	New Approached to Detection of Pollutants through Hierarchically-structured Molecularly Imprinted Polymers	i/q	chemical sensors, detecting pollutants, molecularly imprinted polymers, polymer chemistry	chemistry, materials synthesis, polymer chemistry, environmental chemistry.	Student Required
UQIDAR 00125	Professor George Zhao, School of Chemical Engineering	Professor Upadhyayula Sreedevi, Department of Chemical Engineering	RE, TT	Conversion of carbon dioxide to gasoline-range fuels using hierarchical zeolite catalysts	i/q	fuels, carbon dioxide, heterogeneous catalysis, hierarchical zeolite, kinetics, mechanism	chemical engineering, chemistry, nanomaterials	Student Required
UQIDAR 00138	Professor Tom Baldock, School of Civil Engineering	Professor A D Rao, Department of Atmospheric Sciences	RE, TT	Development of probabilistic forecasting system for storm surges and associated coastal inundation.	i/q note: i-students must have own scholarship to apply (CSIR, UCG-NET, etc)	storm surges, tropical cyclones, coastal inundation, numerical model	numerical methods, probabilistic approach, tropical cyclones, storm surges.	Student Required
UQIDAR 00160	Dr Pratheep Kumar Annamalai, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)	Professor K.K Pant, Department of Chemical Engineering	RE, TT	Unlocking the potential of lignocellulose plant waste for value added polymer industries, through an integrated biorfinery approach	i/q note: i-students must have own scholarship to apply (CSIR, UCG-NET, etc)	bio-refinery, nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, insulation foam and coating materials	chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science/engineering, polymer science/engineering	Student Required

UQIDAR PhD candidates are working on the following projects. Please note, these positions have been filled.

Project Code	UQ Supervisor	IITD Supervisor	Research Themes	Title	Student Type (i/a)	Keywords	Discipline	Status
UQIDAR 00101	A/Professor Yongping Wei , School of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Professor Dhanya C. T., Department of Civil Engineering	RE, TT	Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology	i/q	river morphology, sediment transport, extreme events, climate change	geomorphology, water resources engineering, agricultural engineering, hydrometeorology	Position Filled - Sudeep Banad
UQIDAR 00109	Professor Tapan Saha, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering	Professor Nilanjan Senroy, Department of Electrical Engineering	RE, TT	Flexibility Assessment and Strengthening of existing conventional power grids for large-scale renewable energy integration ? Theoretical/ Modelling based research.	i	renewable energy, grid integration, power system strength, frequency response	electrical engineering, power systems, knowledge in pss/e or pscad, optimisation tools	Position Filled - Akshay Bhyri
UQIDAR 00116	Dr David Lange, School of Civil Engineering	Professor Vasant Matsagar, Department of Civil Engineering	RE	Life-Cycle Risk Assessment of RC Structures under Earthquake and Fire	i/q	structural engineering, fire response, earthquake response, risk assessment	civil engineering, structural engineering	Position Filled - Akshay Baheti
UQIDAR 00124	Professor George Zhao, School of Chemical Engineering	Professor Upadhyayula Sreedevi, Department of Chemical Engineering	RE, TT, TS	Rational Design of highly efficient solar light driven photocatalysts for CO2 conversion to fuels	i/q	solar energy, carbon dioxide, photocatalysis, clean fuel, catalyst	chemical engineering, chemistry, chemical technology, catalysis	Position Filled - Aloka Sahu
UQIDAR 00131	Associate Professor Luke Knibbs, School of Public Health	Associate Professor Sagnik Dey, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences	HA, RE	Health benefits of air pollution mitigation: A comparative assessment of policies for high (India) and low (Australia) exposure regions	i	air pollution, epidemiology, health benefits, exposure modeling	atmospheric science, environmental science, public health, biostatistics	Position Filled - Neha Singh
UQIDAR 00132	Dr Vigya Sharma, School of Chemical Engineering	Professor Upasna Sharma, School of Public Policy	RE, TT, TS	Examining the social acceptance of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects in India	i	renewable energy expansion, acquisition and conflict, social impacts, energy access	human geography, development studies, engineering, policy studies	Position Filled - Simran Agarwal
UQIDAR 00142	Professor David Reutens , Centre for Advanced Imaging	Dr Varsha Singh, Department of Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences	HA, RE, TT, TS	Understanding Brain-Behavior link: Using Structural (frontal asymmetry) and Neurochemical (neurotransmitters) Basis of Cognitive and Affective Processing to Improve Prediction of Health-related Outcomes in Epilepsy patients from low socio-economic.	i	frontal lobe functions/ executive functions, epilepsy, cognitive affective processes, endocrine system	neuropsychology (focus: clinical), clinical psychology, neuroscience (focus: cognitive/behavioural), rehabilitation (focus: neuropsychological)	Position Filled - Indupriya Vanchipurackal
UQIDAR 00152	Professor Tapan Saha, School of IT and Electrical Engineering	Professor Sukumar Mishra, Department of Department of Electrical Engineering	RE, TT	IoT based EV infrastructure: Data Driven Approach for analysis and optimization of Distribution system Operation (DSO) under uncertainties	i	distribution system, electric vehicle, uncertainties	electrical engineering, power systems, knowledge in control system, optimisation knowledge	Position Filled- Arnab Bhattacharjee And Venkata Suryakiran Bhamidipati
UQIDAR 00161	Honorary Professor Raja Jurdak, School of IT and Electrical Engineering	Professor Swades De, Department of Electrical Engineering	RE, TT	Learning-based optimization strategies for sustainable IoT communications	i	edge computing, sustainable iot communications, learning techniques, sparse signal processing	electrical communication engineering, computer engineering/technology, applied mathematics, signal prrocessing	Position Filled - Sushmita Ghosh
UQIDAR 00162	Dr Cristian Maluk, School of Civil Engineering	Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Department of Civil Engineering	RE, TT	Novel hybrid testing for studying seismic and fire behaviour of beam-column joints in reinforced concrete structures	i	structural engineering, reinforced concrete, seismic design, fire safe design	civil engineering, structural engineering	Yazan AbuTahnat
UQIDAR 00178	Dr Sally Babidge, School of Social Science	Associate Professor Vibha Arora, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences	RE, TS	Understanding human-water relationships for sustainable water futures	i/q note: i-students must have own scholarship to apply (CSIR, UCG-NET, etc	political ecology of water, development studies, environmental justice, intersectionality	social anthropology, sociology, geography, development studies, political science, social work, environmental studies	Position Filled - Johny K D
UQIDAR 00181	Dr Zyta Ziora, Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)	Professor Kamal K Pant, Department of Chemical Engineering	RE, TT	Development of Biobased Silver Nano-Particles for Application as Wastewater Disinfectant	i/q note: i-students must have own scholarship to apply (CSIR, UCG-NET, etc)	silver, nanoparticles, antimicrobial, water disinfectant	inorganic chemistry, chemical engineering, microbiology	Position Filled - Marut Jain And Sadaf Khan