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DepartmentsandSpecializations

Department Post Specialization Areas

Aerospace Engineering:Candidates doing experimentalresearch preferred. Only thosecandidates whose earlier workindicates a clear focus in one ormore of the areas will beconsidered

Assistant Professor Structural Mechanics, Material Modeling and Testing, AirplaneAerodynamics, Transonic/Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics andControl, Spacecraft Dynamics/Design, Aircraft Design(aerodynamic/structural)

Associate Professor Structural Mechanics, Material Modeling and Testing, AirplaneAerodynamics, Transonic/Hypersonic Aerodynamics, HydrodynamicStability, Experimental Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics and Control,Spacecraft Dynamics/Design, Aircraft Design (aerodynamic/structural)

Applied Mechanics Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics

Associate Professor Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Signal & Image Processing,Fracture Mechanics, Vibrations, CFD, Turbulent flows, Experimental fluidmechanics, micro-scale flows, Theoretical and experimental aerodynamics,

bio-fluid mechanics, environmental and atmospheric flows and multiphaseflows.

Professor Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Signal & Image Processing, CFD,Turbulent flows, Experimental fluid mechanics, micro-scale flows,Theoretical and experimental aerodynamics, bio-fluid mechanics,environmental and atmospheric flows and multiphase flows.

Biotechnology Assistant Professor Post-graduate in Biological Sciences and further research / specializationin Immunology

Associate Professor Post-graduate in Chemical or Biological Sciences and further research /specialization in Developmental Genetics or Chemical Biology of nucleicacids

Professor Post-graduate in Biological Sciences and further research / specializationin Developmental GeneticsORUnder-graduate in Chemical Engineering and further research /specialization in Biochemical Engineering

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Chemistry Assistant Professor Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, preferably in the area of MainGroup Chemistry

Associate Professor Stochastic Processes in Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry

Chemical Engineering Assistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorProfessor

All areas related to Chemical Engineering

Civil EngineeringOutstanding candidates in otherrelevant areas shall also beconsidered

Assistant Professor Building Sciences, Infrastructure Management, Solid and HazardousWaste Management (with basic degree in Civil or Chemical Engineering),Computational Hydraulics with Surface Flow, Traffic Engineering andManagement, Intelligent Transport System, Pavement Engineering /Pavement Materials, Transportation Planning, Traffic Safety

Associate Professor Continuum Mechanics and Non-linear Analysis, Seismic Hazards and RiskAssessment, Infrastructure Management, Urban air quality monitoring andmodeling (with basic Civil Engineering Degree), Traffic Engineering &Management

Professor Microstructure and Characterization of Concrete, Transportation Planning,Computational Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Structural Concreteand Mechanics, Hydrologic Modeling with Civil / Agricultural Engineeringbasic degree, Soft Clay Engineering

Computer Science & Engineering Assistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorProfessor

All areas of Computer Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineering Assistant ProfessorAssociate Professor

Sensors and instrumentation, bio-instrumentation, high voltage, powersystem protection and smart grids, image processing, computer vision,machine learning, speech recognition, synthesis and coding, statisticallearning and optimization for communications and related applications,

network control, VLSI design and CAD, embedded systems, analog andRF circuits, MEMS, experimental nano-electronics and nano-photonics,optical signal processing, high power lasers, meta-materials

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Engineering DesignCandidates should havedemonstrated significantresearch output in one or more ofthe indicated areas

Assistant Professor Automotive Engineering: Automotive Electronics, Biomedical Design:Biomedical Device Implants, Surgical Devices, Diagnostics andTherapeutic Devices, Biomaterials, Medical Electronics, Medical Robotics

Associate ProfessorProfessor

All relevant areas

Humanities and Social Sciences Assistant Professor British and Commonwealth Literature, China Studies (Economics, History,Literature, Politics), Culture Studies, Economics (Agriculture, Labour,International), Environmental Studies (Policy), Science and TechnologyStudies (History, Philosophy)

Associate Professor British and Commonwealth Literature, International Relations, LinguisticsProfessor Economics (Finance, Public), English Literature, Linguistics

Management Studies Assistant Professor Marketing, Information Systems, Entrepreneurship, Public SystemsManagement, Business Sustainability

Associate Professor Marketing, Information Systems, Operations Management, Finance

Professor Finance and Accounting

MathematicsOutstanding candidates in otherareas may be considered.

Assistant Professor All areas of mathematics including theoretical computer science,probability, statistics and applications

Associate Professor Algebra, linear algebra and applications, commutative algebra, algebraicgeometry, algebraic topology, control theory, approximation theory,theoretical computer science, fluid dynamics.

Professor Functional analysis, Harmonic analysis

Mechanical Engineering Assistant ProfessorAssociate Professor

All areas of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Solar Energy, Machine Design/ Structural Dynamics, Mechanisms andBiomechanics

Metallurgical and MaterialsEngineering

Assistant Professor Nonferrous Extractive metallurgy, Computational crystal plasticity,Electronic Materials. Candidates should have bachelor / master degrees inMetallurgical / Materials Engineering

Associate Professor Welding with expertise in additive manufacturing

Professor Computational Thermodynamics with CALPHAD experience, PEM fuel cellmaterials and technology development

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Ocean Engineering Assistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorProfessor

Ship and Offshore structures, Ocean Hydrodynamics, MarineInstrumentation, Materials for Marine Environment, Coastal Engineering,Naval Architecture, Marine Geo-technical Engineering, PetroleumEngineering.

Candidates working in the above areas with special emphasis on any oneof the following specific areas would be given preference.

Foundations for offshore structures, Deep water structures, Dynamics ofstructures, Fluid structure interaction, Numerical Hydrodynamics, Deep seatechnologies, Ship Hydrodynamics, Ship structures.

Physics Associate Professor All areas

Interdisciplinary Areas: IIT Madras recognizes the importance of interdisciplinary areas in todays research context. Some of theareas in which IIT Madras faculty are currently engaged in are: Clean Environment (including Water, Air, Technologies for Clean

Environment), Renewable Energy, Bio-engineering and Healthcare Technologies, Advanced Membranes (Desalination, Fuel Cells,Biological Separation, Solvent Separation etc), Advanced Sensors, Infrastructure (Water, Transportation, Power, ICT), ICT inEducation, Health and Agriculture, Advanced Manufacturing and Science and Society. Candidates with interdisciplinary researchexperience are encouraged to apply, indicating the department(s) to which they could be affiliated as also the specificinterdisciplinary area.