Technical Session 5 (14th December, 10:00 - 12:00)
5A: Influence of Microstructure and material processing on Mechanical Properties [Venue: LHC-M6]
Chair: Satyam Suwas Co-chair: Abhishek Tiwari
Keynote
10:00 Satyam Suwas (IISc Bangalore) - Evolution of Microstructure and Texture in Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials
Invited
10:30 Nagamani Jaya Balila (IIT Bombay) - Understanding and Designing Damage Resistance in Heterogeneous Structures using Fracture Mechanics
10:50 Ramkumar Oruganti (GE Research, Bangalore) - An alternative paradigm for component design
11:10 Chrystelle Salameh (IEM France) - 3D-printed bioceramics as robust antibacterial scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
11:30 Poonam Kumari (IIT Guwahati) - Two-dimensional analytical solution for multi-segmented beams and panels with or without piezoelectric segments-An EKM solution.
5B: Synthesis and Processing of Nanomaterials [Venue: LHC-M5]
Chair: Krishanu Biswas Co-chair: Pratik K Ray
Keynote
10:00 Krishanu Biswas (IIT Kanpur) - Functional Properties of High Entropy Alloys: Catalytic, Sensor Applications
Invited
10:25 Sriparna Chatterjee (CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar) - Nanoengineering Wetting Behavior: Surface Tuning Strategies
Contributed
10:45 Heena Sammi (IIT Ropar) - Laser Restructuring of Nanoporous-Au to make effective SERS substrate
11:00 Gaurav Pal Singh (IIT Ropar) - Raman Response of Annealed Gold Nanopatterns
11:15 Nikhil PP (NIT Calicut) - Laser assisted photochemical synthesis of Au@C core-shell nanostructures for optical power limiting applications
11:30 E Shiju (CVVIST Kerala) - Optical limiting activity of graphene quantum dots synthesized by pulsed laser irradiation of toluene
5C: Advanced Materials Characterization Methods [Venue: ME-Seminar Hall]
Chair: Joysurya Basu Co-chair: Khushboo Rakha
Keynote
10:00 Joysurya Basu (IIT BHU Varanasi) - Nanoarchitectonics of chessboard-like structures through recurrent phase separation in spinels and perovskites
Invited
10:25 Surendra Makineni (IISc Bangalore) - Correlative Electron Microscopy and Atom Probe Tomography studies on defects and grain boundaries in multicomponent alloys
10:45 Nitish Bibhanshu (IIT Ropar) - Unveiling the Complexities of Deformations in Additively Manufactured Stainless Steels and Zr-Alloy
Contributed
11:05 Dishant Beniwal (IIT Ropar) - EDS PhaSe: Computational tool for phase segmentation and analysis from EDS elemental maps
11:20 Vikas Shivam (CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur) - A lightweight Fe-rich medium entropy alloy with improved microstructural stability and mechanical properties
11:35 Abhishek Upadhayay (TBRL, Chandigarh) - Vacuum Brazing of Tungsten and Fe-Co-Ni alloy along with Micro-structural evaluation of joint interface using SEM
5D: Waste to wealth – Recycling of materials [Venue: LHC-M4]
Chair: Prince Kumar Singh Co-chair: Navneet Singh Randhawa
Invited
10:00 Navneet Singh Randhawa (CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur) - Unlocking the Recycling Potential of Metallurgical Slags: Exploring Sustainable Solutions
10:20 Arunabh Meshram (IIT Kanpur) - Insights into Materials Recycling: valorization of metallurgical and electronic wastes
Contributed
10:40 Jayati Priya (IIT ISM Dhanbad) - Copper Slag as a source of Iron: An overview
10:55 Sheshang Singh Chandel (IIT Ropar) - Iron Recovery Approach from Steel Slag Using Droplet Coalescence Technique
11:10 Rishabh Singh Bais (IIT ISM Dhanbad) - Sustainable Metal Recovery from Jarosite Waste: Innovative Floatation-Based Approach
11:25 Snigdha Priyadashini (IIT Jammu) - Effect of pyrometallurgical processing of NdFeB permanent magnet scrap on morphology and strength