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Tapabrata Ray, PhD
Professor, School of Engineering and Technology (SET)
University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2612.
Email: t.ray @adfa.edu.au; Tel: +61 2 51145201(VoIP)

Tapabrata Ray

Tapabrata Ray obtained his B.Tech(Hons.), M.Tech and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Between 1996 and 2004, he held a number of research positions in Singapore (Information Technology Institute, Institute for High Performance Computing, Temasek Laboratories at National University of Singapore). He is a Professor with the School of Engineering and Technology at University of New South Wales, Canberra and currently leads the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Group. CV in PDF

Present Students

  • Mr. Kannan Sekar | PhD Student, UNSW, Primary Supervisor

  • Mr. Enrico Halim | Masters Student, UNSW, Secondary Supervisor

Past Students (Closely working with MDO)

  • Dr. Andrea Colombo (PhD, 2026) Dr. Ankush Kapoor (PhD, 2025); Dr. Kamrul Hasan Rahi (PhD, 2024); Dr. Seyedamirhossein Mortazavi (PhD, 2024); Mr. Rounak Saha Niloy (Masters, 2024); Dr. Md Juel Rana (PhD, 2023); Dr. Quang Nhat Hyunh (PhD, 2022); Dr. Mohammad Mohiuddin Mamun (PhD, 2022); Dr. Mohamed Tarek Abdelaty Elsayed Mohamed (PhD, 2022); Mr. Kamrul Hasan Rahi (Masters 2020); Dr. Ahsanul Habib (PhD, 2019); Dr. Kalyan Shankar Bhattacharjee (PhD, 2018); Dr. Md. Monjurul Islam (PhD, 2018); Mr. Ismail Mohamed Ali (Masters, 2016); Dr. Min Liu (PhD, 2014); Dr. Md. Asafuddoula (PhD, 2014); Dr. Mohammad Sharif Khan (PhD, 2014); Dr. Khairul Alam (PhD, 2013); Mr. Amit Kumar Saha (Masters, 2012); Mr. Obinna Kenneth Ihesiulor (Masters, 2012); Dr. Ahmad Faisal Mohamad Ayob (PhD, 2011); Dr. Hemant Kumar Singh (PhD, 2011); Mr. Gordon P. Briggs (Masters, 2010); Dr. Amitay Isaacs (PhD, 2009).

 

Research Areas

 

  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Constrained Optimization
  • Robust Optimization
  • Multifidelity/Surrogate Assisted Optimization Models
  • Many Objective Optimization
  • Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Selected Recent Publications

 

  • Kapoor, A., Ray, T., Jepson, N., and Beier, S., “A surrogate-assisted multi-concept optimization framework for real-world engineering design,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 146, issue 12, 2025.
  • Kapoor, A., Ray, T., Jepson, N., and Beier, S., “Comprehensive geometric parameterization and computationally efficient 3D shape matching optimization of realistic stents,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 147, issue 5, 2025.
  • Rahi, K.H., Singh, H.K. and Ray, T., “A steady-state algorithm for solving expensive multi-objective optimization problems with non-parallelizable evaluations,” IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1544-1558, 2023.
  • Rana, M,J., Zaman, M.F., Ray, T., and Sarker, R., “EV hosting capacity enhancement in a community microgrid through dynamic price optimization based demand response,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, issue 12, pp. 7431-7442, 2023.
  • Kenny, A., Ray, T., and Singh, H.K., “An iterative two-stage multi-fidelity optimization algorithm for computationally expensive problems,” IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 520-534, 2023.