• Role of Nano-/Microstructure in Corrosion / Oxidation,
• Stress Corrosion Cracking,
• Graphene: A Disruptive Approach to Corrosion Mitigation and Other Applications,
• Materials Degradation in Civil Engineering Applications and their Advanced Mitigation
• Environment-assisted Degradation in Various Industrial Systems,
• Corrosion and assisted-cracking of of Magnesium Alloys,
• Failure Analysis of Metallic Industrial Components,
• Surface and Sub-surface Characterisation of Corrosion.Role of Nano-/Microstructure in Materials / Corrosion,
• Microbiologically-induced Corrosion and Cracking

Raman has been engaged in several consulting activities, during his 19 years at Monash. Some of them are listed here:

• Processing of graphite into graphene oxide/graphene  for value-added products (An international graphite company),
• Corrosion of Coated Steels (Orica Limited, Australia),
• Corrosion of commercial aluminium alloys (GARMCO Australia),
• Caustic cracking of steels in alumina processing condition (Alcoa Australia),
• Caustic hardening of polymer components used for alumina processing (BHP Billiton),
• Corrosion development on integrated printed circuit (VISION Systems),
• Mitigation of pitting and stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel column for PVC stripping (Australian Vinyl),
• Ex-service Steel Components in Caustic Environments in Alumina Processing (Queensland Alumina Ltd)

• Role of Nano-/Microstructure in Corrosion,
• Graphene: Thinnest and Green Coating for Remarkable Corrosion Resistance
• Stress Corrosion Cracking,
• Magnesium Alloys: Application as Human Implants,Corrosion Resistance Coatings
• High Temperature Corrosion in Clean Energy Systems,
• Advanced Coatings and Surface Modifications for Corrosion Resistance,
• Microbiologically-induced Corrosion and Cracking,
• Surface and Sub-surface Characterisation of Corrosion.

CURRENT

ENG 5005: Engineering Projects (Faculty of Engineering / Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

MEC 3459: Materials Selection for Engineering Design (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

MAE 3406: Aerospace Materials (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

CHE 2167: Process Materials Selection (Chemical Engineering)

CHE 3166: Process Design (Chemical Engineering)

CHE 4180: Chemical Engineering Projects (Chemical Engineering)

PAST

CHE 4172: Nanotechnology and Material 2 (Monash Chemical Engineering)

MTE 4597: Nanomaterials and Nanobiotechnology (Monash Materials Engineering)

MEC 2403: Mechanics of Materials (Monash Mechanical Engineering)

MTE 3510: Surfaces (Monash Materials Engineering)

MTE 2508: Mechanics of Materials (Monash Materials Engineering)