PhD in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Ropar is designed to develop research skills and advanced knowledge in the field. Research Areas: Department faculty are involved in various state-of-the-art research and development activities spanning various areas in Mechanical Engineering, listed below: i) Mechanics & Design (MD) : Mechanical Vibrations, Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis, Biomechanics, Computational Materials Science, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Biomedical Devices Development, Polymers for Energy and Biomedical Applications, Computational Biomechanics, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Damage Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Variational Principle, Impact Mechanics, Composites, Functionally Graded Material, Metamaterials, Nonlinear Vibration, Aero-engine Vibration, Vibration under Viscoelastic Damping, Multifunctional Composite Materials, Electric Vehicles, Additive Manufacturing & Machine Learning Based Development of Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stack, Robotics. ii) Manufacturing Engineering (MF) : Sustainable Manufacturing, Surface Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, Incremental Forming at Micro/Macro Scale, Tool condition monitoring and IoT in manufacturing, Product Design (Design Research, Creativity, Engineering Aesthetics), Biomimicry, Conventional and non-conventional machining at macro and micro scales, Automation in Agriculture, Indoor Farming, Sustainable Design and Sustainable Manufacturing, Constitutive Modeling of Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Fatigue, Creep-Fatigue Interaction, and Fracture, Laser Material Processing, Laser Resistant Coatings. iii) Thermal & Fluids Engineering (TF) : Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Energy, Thermal Systems, Condensation, Thin-Film Evaporation, Microfluidics, Microscale Heat Transfer, Surface Micro and Nano Engineering for Enhanced Phase Change Heat Transfer, Microdroplet Dynamics, Thermal Management of Electronics-Mobile Devices and Data Centers, Internal Combustion Engine, Combustion and Soot Modeling. View Less

The PhD in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at IIT Ropar is designed to develop research skills and advanced knowledge in the field of metallurgical & materials engineering. The program offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes coursework, seminars, and a significant research component. Students will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge research projects under the guidance of experienced faculty members. The program encourages interdisciplinary research and collaboration with industry partners. View Less

PhD in Humanities & Social Sciences Research Areas • Economics: Macroeconomics; Financial Economics; International Economics; Applied Econometrics; Economics of Climate Change; Microeconometrics; Industrial Organization, Spatial Econometrics; Economic Geography and Urban Economics • Linguistics: Experimental Linguistics; Language Comprehension; Phonology; Evolutionary Linguistics • Cognitive Science : Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience • Interdisciplinary: Consumer Behaviour & Yogic Lifestyle • Management: Operations & Supply Chain Management; Decision Sciences; Business Analytics • Psychology: (For JRF only) Applied Experimental Psychology: Emotion Regulation & Behaviour Change; Positive Psychology; Counselling Psychology; Cognitive Psychology View Less