Research and Research Groups at MSRSAS
One of the main activities at MSRSAS is academic research. The academic research is organised in to following focused areas. Normally, these groups work on research problems with funding from various agencies. The faculty members of these groups supervise Ph.D. theses also. The faculty members of these groups are assisted by other academic faculty of allied specialisation areas and research assistants.

1. Engineering Mechanics and Design
   
• Areas of Research:
  Kinematics of Mechanisms, Dynamics of Machinery, Noise, Vibration and Harshness, Acoustics, Shock and Impact Dynamics, Multi-body Dynamics, Machine Design, Design Optimization Algorithms
  
• Research Faculty
      i. Dr. S.R. Shankapal
     ii. Dr. B. V. Vijay
    iii. Dr. N.C. Mahendra Babu
    iv. Dr. Vinod Banthia
  
  
2. Materials and Manufacturing Technology
   
   a. Areas of Research
       Engineering Materials, Manufacturing Methods and Processes, Manufacturing System Simulation
   b. Research Faculty
       i. Dr. N.S. Mahesh
      ii. Dr. S. Srikari
     iii. Dr. K. Gnanamurthy
 

3. Fluid Flow and Energy Systems
   
 
• Areas of Research
  Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Combustion, Vehicle Aerodynamics, Non-Conventional Energy Systems, Direct Energy   Conversion Systems, Bio-fuels 
• Research Faculty
  
          i. Dr. S. R. Shankapal
         ii. Dr. M. D. Deshpande
        iii. Dr. S.N. Sridhara
        iv. Dr. H.K. Narahari
         v. Prof. Q.H. Nagapurwala
This group also focuses on:
   1. Clean Energy (Centre for Clean Energy)
   2. Micro-Air Vehicles (Centre for MAV)


4. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
   
   a. Areas of Research
       Biomedical Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing, Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation
   b. Research Faculty
       i. Dr. M.S. Vijaya
      ii. Dr. M.D. Deshpande
  The group manages TIFAC-CORE in Digital Image Processing


5. Signal Processing and Communication Engineering
   
  a. Areas of Research
     Wireless Communication, Optoelectronics, RF
  b. Research Faculty
      i. Dr. Govind Kadambi
     ii. Prof. N.D. Gangadhar
   The main focus of this group is Wireless Systems Engineering


6. Digital Systems Design
   
  a. Areas of Research
      Microelectronics, Sensors and Transducers, Micro Controllers, MEMs Devices
  b. Research Faculty
      i. Mr. Cyril Prasanna Raj


7. Industrial and Rural Product Design
   
 a. Areas of Research
     i. Industrial Product Design, Products for Rural Use, Farming Products
 b. Research Faculty
    i. Prof. Prakash Unakal