Material Sciences

The Conclave aims to provide a unique opportunity to materials scienctists and research scholars to present their research and development activities.

The conference aims to exchange knowledge among researchers, practicing engineers, technologists about the state of art in functional materials and their applications. Motivating young scientists, budding technologists and entrepreneurs in these fields to enrich their knowledge by interacting with their peers in their respective areas is the prime goal of the conference.

The course is organized into three sections covering the basics of electro-mechanical coupling in piezo- and ferroelectric materials and their constitutive response in the first part. The second part focuses on magnetostrictive materials, their constitutive modelling and experimental characterization. The third part focuses on the basics of shape memory alloys and the modelling aspects of their constitutive response.

The training programme focuses on characterization of materials with nondestructive evaluation of materials and components for damage assessment and failure analysis by using internationally accepted standards. Skill on the above said areas  will lead to impart engagement of young engineers/working professions in various industries.

The training programme focuses on technologies related to surface coatings for value added products by electrochemical methods of material sciences.

The goal of the conference is to bring together the users, manufacturers, designers and researchers involved in structures or structural components manufactured using different materials. The conference aims to provide an opportunity for the exchange of the researches and insights from scientists and scholars, and promoting research, development and use of composite material and structures.

The workshop aims to cover selected topics of the functional and technical textiles for their application in wearable technology, energy harvesting, composites and protection. The course contents are systematically arranged to include the whole gamut of science, engineering, technology and design principles that are required for the research and development of these functional textile products. Both theory and practical components have been included to help participants gaining hand on experience in products designing and analysis.

The focus of the workshop will be on the atomistic simulations of point, line, and planar defects, and study of elastic and plastic deformation properties in metallic materials. Knowledge of crystallographic structure and properties is a pre-requisite. The workhorse techniques of molecular statics (MS) and molecular dynamics (MD) will be covered in sufficient detail.

This programme is based on applications of life predication and reliability of structural components under service conditions.