The Academy joint PhD research projects are well defined and developed by a collaborative team of researchers at UQ and IITD. Selected PhD students working on a project will be supervised by a joint supervision team of UQ and IITD academics.

To apply, select a ’Position Open’ project. You can nominate up to two projects in your EOI form.

UQ–IITD 104
Position Filled

Polymer Nanocomposites for Advanced Gas Barrier Applications

Polymer Nanocomposites are a new class of materials with much superior properties such as mechanical, thermal, flame ratardancy, gas barrier etc. They are mixtures of a polymer matrix and reinforcing filler that have at least one dimension in nanometer range. The uniform dispersion of 2D- layered na...

UQ Supervisor

Professor Darren Martin

School of Chemical Engineering
IITD Supervisor

Professor Mangala Joshi

Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering
Engineering Science and Mathematics
UQ–IITD 101
Position Filled
Sudeep Banad

Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology

Globally, the morphological structure of the river networks is undergoing significant changes in the recent past. The disturbance in the morphology has made significantly negative impact on the ecosystem dependent on it.

UQ Supervisor

Professor Yongping Wei

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
IITD Supervisor

Professor Dhanya C. T.

Department of Civil Engineering
Agriculture and Environment