NRC-M

NRC-M Workshop on Microstructural Engineering
25-30 May 2009
UGC Networking Resource Centre for Materials
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012.

Registration Deadline extended upto 5 May 2009.

About the Workshop

Spanning six days, this Workshop will cover topics of contemporary research exploring microstructural engineering and design. Specifically, lectures in this Workshop will address the links between processing and microstructures as well as microstructures and material properties. The coverage will include all material systems: metals and alloys, ceramics, thin films, surfaces, smart materials and composites.

The Workshop will feature lectures by invited speakers, as well as presentations contributed by participants. The invited lectures will be for 50+10 minutes, while the contributed papers will be for 15+5 minutes.

Important Note: Due to logistical constraints, this Workshop is restricted to 30 participants.

Topics

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Microstructural measures
2. Microstructures in steels, titanium alloys, nickel-base superalloys, light alloys, ...
3. Solidification microstructures
4. Texture and grain boundary engineering
5. Microstructures and alloy design
6. Smart materials
7. Sintering
8. Microstructures and mechanical behaviour
9. Deformation-induced microstructural changes
10. Surface modification techniques

Who should apply

This workshop is intended for senior research students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members. Priority will be given to those from NRC-M partner institutions and those giving a contributed presentation

Cost

The Workshop has a registration fee of Rs. 2500. Students pay a concessional fee of Rs. 1000. The fee may be paid through a demand draft in the name of Networking Resource Centre for Materials, payable at Bangalore.

Participants from NRC-M partner institutions are eligible for financial assistance covering travel, stay and registration.

For participants other academic institutions, limited assistance is available to cover their travel and stay.

Applications

Applications, containing the following details may be sent as a scanned copy to ugc@materials.iisc.ernet.in.

The applications should reach us by 20 April 2009.

Update: Deadline for sending your application has been extended to 5 May 2009.

1. Name of participant
2. Sex
3. Designation (for faculty) or Degree Registered (for student)
4. Affiliation:
   1. Department
   2. University
   3. Full postal address
5. Contact details:
   1. e-mail
   2. telephone / mobile
   3. fax
6. Area of research / teaching
7. Is your Department an (eligible) NRC-M partner institution?
8. Do you need help with accommodation?
9. Topic and Abstract of the contributed talk

Or, a hard copy of these documents can be sent to Prof. T.A. Abinandanan, Convener, NRC-M Workshop on Microstructural Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012.