Research Projects
Research Projects
NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Studies on the wave induced sediment Trans port near Paradeep Port-(Mar’86 to June ‘88)-Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Govt. of India
2. Development of Numerical Models for Prediction of Near shore Phenomena-(Aug.’92 to Mar ‘96)-Dept. of Ocean Development, Govt. of India
3. Detached Breakwater as a Shore Protection measure-(Feb’95 to Feb’97) -National Inst. Of Ocean Tech, Govt. of India
4. Stability of Frustum Concrete Blocks for Breakwaters and Coastal Protection Works-(11.02.to 10.08 of 1998) -National Inst. Of Ocean Tech, Govt. of India
5. Hydrodynamic behaviour of floating breakwaters –(12.4.99 to 11.4.2002)-Ministry of Surface Transport, Govt. of India
6. Hydrodynamic Performance Characteristics of Vertical Wave Screens with Circular Horizontal Intercepting Elements-(2004-2007)-Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
7. Energy Dissipation and Air Entrainment due to Breaking Waves-(2005-2008)-Naval Research Board, Govt. of India
8. Utilisation of SAR and Scatterometer data to improve wave forecast and to refine near shore bathymetry.-(2005 – 2008)-Space Application Centre, Govt. of India
9. Development of an Efficient Global SWE Model Coupled with a Short-Wave Model-(2005-2008)-Indian Space Research Organisation, Govt. of India
10. Assessment of functional performance of groin field along the north of Chennai harbour-(2008)-ICMAM, Govt. of India
11. Assimilation of satellite data to improve wave forecast-(2009)-Space Application Centre, Govt. of India
12. Implementation of Coastal management information system (CMIS)-(3.10.16 to 03.11.18)-Central Water Commission, Min. water resources, Govt of India
13. Assessment tool for assessing the impact of ship/boat wake waves on the banks and protection measures for Inland Waterways-(Mar’13 to Mar’21)-Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India
14. Inlet Dynamics and Shoal Process-a Complete Numerical, Laboratory and Field Study-(Mar’18 to Mar’21)-Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India
15. New Concepts of pile supported breakwater with berthing facility-(Mar’18 to Mar’21)-Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India
16. Potential impact of climate change on extreme waves and waves induced sediment transport coastal erosion siltation and shoreline shifts, (DST-Mar’18 to Mar’23)-DST, Govt. of India.
17. Prediction of coastal Morphological changes due to climate change variation of sea level rise, DST-(Mar’18 to Mar’23)- DST, Govt. of India
18. Effects and adaptation for sea level rise on major coastal infrastructure in India, DST-(Mar’18 to Mar’23)-DST, Govt. of India
19. Implementation of Coastal management information system (CMIS)-(Feb 2020 to Feb 2021)-Central Water Commission, Min. water resources, Govt of India
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Wave Forces on Inclined Cylinders (INDO-GERMAN)- (Oct.’91 to Sep.’93) - Volkswagon Research Foundation, Germany.
2. Loads on Inclined Cylinders due to Steep Waves and Currents (INDO-GERMAN)- (Jan.’95 to Dec ‘96) - German Science Foundation (DFG), Germany
3. Dynamic Pressures exerted on Semicircular Breakwaters (INDO-GERMAN)- (Jan’97- Dec’2000) -German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Germany.
4. Study of an energy exchange between wind and waves variability of their climate characteristics in the Indian Ocean. (INDO-RUSSIAN)- (Aug ’10 –July’12) - Dept. of Science & Tech, Govt. of India.
5. OWC Wave Energy Converters for Combined Clean Energy and Coastal Protection (OWCBW)-(Aug’12 to Aug ’15) - Norwegian Research Council, NORWAY.
6. Large multipurpose platforms for exploiting renewable energy in open seas- (Nov 2014 to Oct 2018) - European union under PLENOIS
7. Development a new method of regime characteristics assessment for wind and waves along the Indian coast. (INDO-RUSSIAN)- (July’14 to July’16) - Dept. of Science & Tech, Govt. of India
8. Impact of waterborne debris on the nearshore structures during extreme coastal floods (INDO-RUSSIAN)- (Oct’15 to Sep’17) - Dept. of Science & Tech, Govt. of India
9. Buffer blocks as wave energy dissipators (BB-WEnDis)- (Jan ‘22 to Dec ’25) - German Science Foundation (DFG) with RWTH Aachen, Germany.