iConFIRM is proudly sponsored by MRAI - Materials Recycling Association of India, the voice of Indian recycling industry
International Conference on Fundamental and Industrial Research in Materials (iConFIRM 2023)
December 12th to 14th, 2023, on the banks of Satluj in IIT Ropar
Workshops on i) Damage modelling using cohesive zone and user subroutines (VUMAT)
ii) XRD characterization technique for materials science
December 11th 2023, on the banks of Satluj in IIT Ropar.
List of Hotels in Ropar: HMT Resort, Park Regency, SM Resort, Haveli (click on the links to view map locations)
Hotels in Chandigarh: Taj Chandigarh, JW Mariott, Hometel, Lemon Tree (click on the links to view map locations)
About iConFIRM
The International Conference on Fundamental and Indistrial Research on Materials (or iConFIRM, for short) will be held in IIT Ropar from December 11th to 14th, 2023. The four day extravaganza starts off with a workshop on damage modelling on 11th December 2023, followed by three exciting days of research talks from 12th-14th December, 2023. This conference aims to bring together leading researchers, students and industry under one umbrella with the goal of fostering meaningful discussion and collaborations.
Key Thematic Areas
Iron and Steel Making
Recycling of Industrial Wastes, Precious Metals and materials
Structural Materials and Mechanical Metallurgy
Phase Transformations
Corrosion, Oxidation, High Temperature Materials Degradation
Biomaterials
Materials for Energy Applications
Nanomaterials
Advanced Characterization and Microscopy
About the Department
iConFIRM is the signature conference organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering on alternate years, with the inaugural conference planned in December 2023.
The Department is one of the youngest on Campus, having started in November 2017. Despite the recent vintage, we have developed strong expertise in a variety of key areas of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The thrust areas include - (a) Advanced Steels and Structural Materials, (b) Materials for extreme environments and defense applications, (c) Nanomaterials, (d) Energy Materials, (e) Biomaterials and (f) Recycling of Rare-Earths and strategic materials.
A glimpse of IIT Ropar at night. The pillars depicting the Harappan civilization loom large into the evening sky.
Why attend iConFIRM?
Exciting plenary talks from all over the world.
An international conference with high visibility for your work.
Develop a close-knit materials research community and network.
High quality peer-reviewed conference proceedings.
Workshops on ABAQUS (Modeling mechanics of materials) and X-Ray diffraction (including Rietveld Refinement), on 11th December.
Located on the banks of Satluj, IIT Ropar is a pioneer among the second generation IITs, consistently ranking high in a multitude of international rankings.
Research socials for greater intellectual interactions between faculty, scientists, students and industry. Whether you are a faculty/scientist in search of good graduate students/post-docs or a student in search for academic/industrial research jobs or an industrialist on the look out for talent to solve complex problems, the research socials are aimed at providing a common platform.
Come, join us on the banks of the mighty Satluj for an extravaganza of Materials Research. We look forward to having you with us 11th-14th December 2023.