Programme
Venue: Main Hall, J. N. Tata Auditorium, National Science Seminar Complex
July 04, 2007 (Wednesday)
08.00 - 09.00
09.00 - 09.30
REGISTRATION
OPENING CEREMONY
TEA 09.30-10.00
Chairman: Prof. V. S. Arunachalam
10.00 – 10.20
New nano-scale materials for semi-conductor device applications at 45 nm and beyond
Ashok K. Sinha, Applied Materials, Inc. (retired), Santa Clara, CA, USA
10.20 – 10.40
Nuclear fuel cycle options for India
Srikumar Banerjee, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
10.40 – 11.00
Self-assembled nanostructures in mixed III-V layers and their influence on devices
S. Mahajan, School of Materials, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Ira A. Fulton
School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
TEA 11.00-11.20
Chairman: Prof. K. I. Vasu
11.20 – 11.40
Emerging trends in knowledge based design of nuclear materials
Baldev Raj and M.Vijayalakshmi, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam,
Tamil Nadu, India
11.40 – 12.00
Gas-solid reactions-A traditional technique towards modern materials
T. Matsushita, O. Grinder and S. Seetharaman, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
12.00 – 12.20
New materials for electronic assembly and semiconductor packaging
Bawa Singh, Cookson Electronics, Jersey City, U.S.A. and Bangalore, India
Chairman: Prof. Y. V. R. K. Prasad
12.20 – 12.40
Evaluation of resistance to ductile fracture of weldments from the simple tensile test:
fifteen years of the RBR parameters
P. Rodriguez, S.K. Ray, A.K.Bhaduri, Indian Institute of Technology -Madras, India
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12.40 –13.00
Particulate materials based nanostructured systems for targeted applications
Brij M. Moudgil, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and Particle Engineering
Research Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
13.00-13.20
Driving business growth through science
K. Anand, Sanjay Sondhi, Suchismita Sanyal, Dheepa Srinivasan, Srinidhi Sampath,
Ramgopal Thodla, Materials Research Lab, GE India Technology Centre, GE Global
Research, Bangalore, India
LUNCH
13.20-14.00
Indian Steel: A Renaissance
Chairman: Dr. S. L. Mannan
14.00-14.20
Advances in microalloyed steels: an overview
S. Chatterjee and Sanak Mishra, Mittal Steel India Limited, New Delhi, India
14.20-14.40
Multi-disciplinary approach for de-phosphorisation in basic oxygen steelmaking
Debashish Bhattacharjee, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, India
14.40-15.00
Some views on strength and ductility of ultra fine grained steels through micro
plasticity approach
Mahadevan Venkatraman, Essar Steel, 11 K.K. Marg, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, India
15.00 – 15.20
JSW-A Catalyst for National Growth in Steel
Madhu Ranjan, JSW Steel Ltd, Toranagallu, India
--------------------------------15.20 – 15.40
Probing the early stages of phase separation and second phase nucleation in complex
beta titanium alloys
R. Banerjee, Department of Matls. Sci. and Eng., University of North Texas, U.S.A.
TEA 15.40-16.00
16.00-17.30
ALUMNI MEET
Profs. T. R. Anantharaman and S. Ranganathan
18.30 - 22.00
ALUMNI REUNION/BANQUET
HOTEL THE GRAND ASHOK
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July 05, 2007 (Thursday)
Chairman: Prof. K. A. Natarajan
09.00 - 09.20
Next generation materials using tunable nanostructures
P. Somasundaran, Langmuir Center for Colloids & Interfaces, Columbia Univ., USA
09.20 - 09.40
Mathematical modeling and experimental validation of particle flow in cold gas
dynamic spraying
G. Sundararajan and P.Sudharshan Phani, International Advanced Research Centre for
Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, India
09.40 - 10.00
Synthesis and application of titania nanotubes for advanced materials and devices
M. Misra, Y. Sohn, K. Raja and S. Mohapatra, Center for Materials Reliability, Metallurgical
and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Chairman: Prof. D. R. G. Achar
10.00 - 10.20
High pressure studies on some novel thermoelectric materials
T.G. Ramesh, V. Shubha, Soma Dutta and S. A. Narasimha
Materials Science Division, National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore, India
10.20 - 10.40
Extrudability and mechanical properties of Alcan’s high performance Al-Mg-Si alloys
T. Ramanan, Alcan, 6150 Parkland Blvd, Mayfield Hts OH, USA
10.40 - 11.00
Materials testing since Leonardo da Vinci
Robert Strehle, Zwick Asia Pte. Ltd, Singapore 609 916
TEA 11.00-11.20
Chairman: Dr. A. M. Sriramamurty
11.20 - 11.40
Role of organic additives in controlling particle size and improving solid/liquid
separation during chemical processing of materials
A.K. Ismail, E.A. Abdel Aal, I.A. Ibrahim and H. El-Shall, Central Metallurgical R&D
Institute, Cairo, Egypt
11.40 - 12.00
Metal foam: Processes and applications
S. Das and N. Ramakrishnan, Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute
(AMPRI), Bhopal, India
12.00 - 12.20
Thickness and nature of regolith developed on heterogeneous gneiss inferred from a
combined geophysical, mineralogical and geochemical approach: Mule Hole
experimental watershed, South India
Jean-Jacques Braun, Marc Descloitres, Jean Riotte, Laurent Barbiero, Laurent Ruiz, Sekhar
Muddu and M. S. Mohan Kumar, Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
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Chairman: Prof. R. C. Gupta
12.20 - 12.40
Grand challenges in mineral processing
Pradip, Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune, India
12.40 - 13.00
Development of nanocomposites by high energy ball milling
B.S. Murty, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
13.00 - 13.20
Recent developments in the applications of zinc and lead – An update
L. Pugazhenthy, India Lead Zinc Development Association, New Delhi, India
LUNCH
13.20-14.00
K T Jacob Honour Session
Chairmen: Profs. K. P. Abraham and G. N. K. Iyengar
14.00-14.40
Title to be announced
K.T. Jacob, Dept. of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
14.40-15.00
Energetics and effects of mechanical activation of minerals
Srinivasan Srikanth, NML Madras Centre, CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai, India
15.00-15.20
Production of elemental boron from boric acid
S. Anthonysamy, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam, India
15.20-15.40
Pyro-electrochemical processing of advanced materials
S.C. Parida, Product Development Section, Radiochemistry & Isotope Group, RLG
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai - 400 085, India
15.40-16.00
Recoil hysteresis and temperature dependence of magnetic properties of exchangebiased nanocomposite alloys
S. Manjura Hoque, M. A. Hakim, F. A. Khan and D. K. Saha, Materials Science Division,
Atomic Energy Center, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
16.00 - 17.30
POSTER SESSION and TEA
18.30-22.00
CULTURAL PROGRAMME
Followed by
DINNER at Department of Materials Engineering
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July 06, 2007 (Friday)
HALL-A
09.00- 11.00
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Prof. D. H. Sastry
09.00 - 09.20
Microstructures in cast nickel-base superalloys: atom probe characterization and
Monte Carlo simulations
R. Balamuralikrishnan, Mohan P. Pathak, R. Sankarasubramanian and K. Muraleedharan,
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India
09.20 - 09.40
Recent developments on wrought hypereutectic Al-Si alloys
Yu Fuxiao Yang Yongliang, Li Yan and Zuo Liang, Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic
Processing of Materials, Northeastern University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
09.40 - 10.00
Recent Development in armour Materials at DMRL, Hyderabad
T. Balakrishna Bhat, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, India
Chairman: Prof. E. S. Dwarakadasa
10.00 - 10.20
Patterning from one-dimension to three-dimensions using sol-gel-based materials
M. S. M. Saifullah, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
10.20 - 10.40
The synthesis of nano-crystalline vacancy ordered phases by mechanical alloying
T.P. Yadav, N.K. Mukhopadhyay, R.S. Tiwari and O.N. Srivastava, Dep. of Metallurgical
Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
10.40 - 11.00
A TEM study of mechanism of grain refinement during ECAP
Gouthama, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, India
TEA 11.00-11.20
HALL - A
11.20- 13.20
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Prof. Rajendra Udupa
11.20 - 11.40
Characterisation of nanocrystalline microstructure by positron annihilation technique
Dinesh Srivastava, Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,
India
11.40 - 12.00
Effect of alumina scale growth on fatigue resistance of a thermal barrier coated
superalloy
A.K. Ray, B. Goswami, S. B. Kumar and D.K. Das, National Metallurgical Laboratory
(CSIR), Jamshedpur, India
12.00 – 12.20
Novel synthesis routes of advanced nanomaterial fabrication
K. Byrappa and T. Adschiri
Inst. of Multidisciplinary Res. for Adv. Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Japan
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Chairman: Prof. K. S. Raman
12.20 - 12.40
Damage tolerance evaluation: A new approach to crack growth prediction under
service loads
C.M. Manjunatha, A.R. Anil Chandra, V.R. Ranganath, Structural Integrity Division,
National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India
12.40 - 13.00
Generation of processing and microstructure maps for Al-2024 alloy
S. Prakash Narayan and B. K. Prasad, Advanced Materials & Processes Research Institute
(CSIR), Bhopal, India
13-00 - 13.20
Toughness of adhesive bonded interface under static and dynamic loads – An
experimental study
Kalyan Kumar Singh, R K Singh and Prashant Kumar, Mechanical Engineering Department,
Hindustan College of Science and Technology, Mathura, India
LUNCH
HALL-A
13.20 – 14.00
14.00-15.00
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Dr. H. Sundara Murthy
14.00 – 14.20
Grain refinement mechanisms in commercial purity aluminium processed by equal
channel angular pressing
R. Manna, N. K. Mukhopadhyay and G. V. S. Sastry, Department of Metallurgical
Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
14.20 – 14.40
TEM characterization of MBE-grown InxAl1-xAs / InxGa1-xAs metamorphic
heterostructure for HEMT application
S. Bysakh, K. Muraleedharan, R. Muralidharan and T. Srinivasan, Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, India
14.40 – 15.00
Designed composite microstructures: phase stability and transformation
P. Bhattacharya, P. Bellon and K. Chattopadhyay, Materials Research Laboratory, John F.
Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore, India
High Tea and End
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July 06, 2007 (Friday)
HALL-B
09.00- 11.00
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Prof. V. V. Kutumba Rao
09.00 - 09.20
Weldment corrosion and its control in power plant materials
S. Natarajan and V. Sivan, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, National
Institute of Technology – Tiruchirapalli, India
09.20 - 09.40
The physical chemistry of alkali roasting of titaniferous minerals: A zero waste route
for synthetic rutile production
Abhishek Lahiri, E Jeya Kumari, and Animesh Jha, The Institute for Materials Research,
Houldsworth Building, Clarendon Road, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
09.40 - 10.00
Thermodynamic modelling of the production of amorphous alloys through annealing
S. Ranganathan, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
Chairman: Dr. A. C. Raghuram
10.00 - 10.20
Some interesting aspects of transport phenomena in packed beds
Viswanathan Nurni Neelakantan, Bharath Ballal, Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering and
Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India
10.20 - 10.40
Transformation behaviour of retained austenite in TRIP-assisted steels
Shiv Brat Singh, Monideepa Mukherjee and Omkar Nath Mohanty, Dept. of Metallurgical
and Mat. Eng., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India
10.40 - 11.00
Processing, microstructure development and cell adhesion properties of HAP-based
biocomposites
Shekhar Nath and Bikramjit Basu, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
TEA 11.00-11.20
HALL–B
11.20- 13.20
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Dr. R. V. Krishnan
11.20 - 11.40
Investigation on bismuth ferrite thin films
Ashish Garg, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur, India
11.40 – 12.00
Study of the magnetotransport properties of La(n-.3n)Ca(1+.3n) Mn(n 15) Cr
(.15)O(3n+1) {n=2, 3, }
M. N. I. Khan, M. A. Hakim, D.K. Saha, Sk. Manjura Hoque, M. A. Basith, M. Huq,
Materials Science Division, Atomic Energy Centre, P.O.Box-164, Dhaka
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12.00 - 12.20
Composite metals: Fabrication and characterization
S. Madhusudan and N.R.M.R. Bhargava, Department of Metallurgical Engg, AU College of
Engineering, Visakhapatnam
Chairman: Prof. P. C. Angelo
12.20 – 12.40
The use of stable isotopes for tracing the sources of metal-contaminations (66Zn,
114Cd) and for quantifying the labile pool of trace metals (Zn, Cu, Cd, Pb, REE, Sr, U,
Th)
Y. Sivry, J. Riotte, J. Sonke, S. Audry, J. Viers and B. Dupré, LMTG-UMR 5563 UR, 154
CNRS, Univ. P. Sabatier, IRD, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées-14, av., France
12.40 – 13.00
Oxygen evolution anodes for hydrogen production in seawater electrolysis - for
prevention of global warming and supply of renewable energy
Abha Kumari, Zenta Kato, Izumiya Koichi, Naokazu Kumagai and Koji Hashimoto, Tohoku
Institute of Technology, Daiki Ataka Engineering Co. Ltd., Japan
13.00 – 13.20
Significance of AlB2 phase in Al-B master alloys for effective grain refinement of Al-Si
Alloys
T. Chandrashekar, P. Raghothama Rao, M.K. Muralidhara, Kishore T Kashyap, Dept. of
Mech. Eng., Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Vidyanagar, Bangalore, India
LUNCH
HALL –B
13.20 – 14.00
14.00- 15.00
(Parallel Session)
Chairman: Dr. P. Raghothama Rao
14.00 – 14.20
Influence of interfacial reactions on recycling of discontinuous aluminium metal matrix
composites
B.C. Pai, K.R.Ravi and R.M.Pillai, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology, Thiruvanthapuram, India
14.20 – 14.40
An XPS investigation of oxidation states and solute sites of some sprayed aluminatitania coatings on low alloy steel substrates.
Venkataraman Ramanathan, Centre for Materials Engineering, Vellore Institute of
Technology-University, Katpadi, India
14.40 – 15.00
Novel Shaping Techniques for Advanced Ceramics through colloidal Processing
R. Ramachandra Rao and L. Mariappan, Materials Science Division, National Aerospace
Laboratories, Bangalore
High Tea and End
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