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Volume B 02, Number 3 July 2002 | ||||||||||
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Awards & Distinctions Conferred on Members We are happy to report that the following members of Materials Research Society of India have received awards and distinctions shown against their names. MRSI congratulates them. |
MRSI and the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) As MRSI members are aware, the Indian Academy of Sciences and MRSI work together in bringing out the Bulletin of Materials Science. The past presidents of IASc include Prof S Ramaseshan , Prof C N R Rao, Prof P Rama Rao and Prof N Kumar – distinguished members of MRSI. The Academy holds two meetings a year; a Mid-Year and an Annual meeting. These often feature many talks by materials scientists. The 13 th Mid-Year meeting was held from July 5 to 6, 2002 at the Indian Institute of Science. On this occasion Prof S Ranganathan delivered a Special Lecture on Novel Atomic Configurations of Metallics. The lecture was very well appreciated. He has been invited to publish the lecture in our Bulletin of Materials Science by the Chief Editor Prof K J Rao. His lecture covered a wide ground. Most elements are metals and the remaining elements can be made metallic under suitable conditions. In the crystalline state most metals adopt one of the three structures of great simplicity, namely cubic, hexagonal close packed structures and body-centered cubic lattice. Even in the alloys many structures can be seen as derivatives of these structures. However, recent developments have shown that metals can adopt very complex and beautiful configurations in the quasicrystalline and noncrystalline states. There is renewed interest in alloying many elements together in the search for new phases and new structures. The lecture stressed the historical development starting with Kepler’s conjecture, and evolving through Hume-Rothery rules, Bernal deltahedra, Frank-Kasper polyhdera, Penrose tilings and Pettifor maps. The Linus Pauling File promises to tie these various threads together in a spectacular way. The lecture also highlighted Indian contributions and delineated the icosahedral order running through many complex structures and links of metallic structures to chemistry and biology. |
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Murali Sastry |
*Dr. B C Deb Memorial
Award-Physical Chemistry Indian Science Congress, 2002 |
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Samit K Ray |
The Homi Bhabha Award for Research in Applied Sciences, 2001 |
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Indian Rare Earths Ltd |
Silver Trophy for Public Sector Management |
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Cahn J W |
Bower Award of the Franklin Institute for Achievement in Science. |
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P.S: Members are requested to communicate to the Editorial office about the Awards, Honours and Distinctions they have received from various agencies. |
Highlights of R&D in Materials Science & Technology We would like to bring out the recent developments of materials science in a capsule form to our readers. Readers are invited to contribute to this feature. Kindly send a brief write up of the exciting developments in any branch of Materials Science. The write up can be an innovative idea, a novel material, a new process or even a new product |
Interactive Forum As you are aware the MRSI Newsletter has started an interactive forum. The purpose of this forum is to exchange scientific information, questions-answers, information on available testing facilities and industrial news. Members are most welcome to contribute to this forum in a concise manner. Contributions may be sent to: Interactive Forum, MRSI Newsletter, MRSI, IISc Campus, Bangalore 560 012 |
New
Members
Enrolled between April 1 and June 30, 2002
Jitendra Mohan Bhatnagar |
Sachindra Kumar Mukherji |
Sarmah Chandra Pratap |
Arup
Dasgupta (LM B152) |
Nageswara Sarma B (LM B153) |
Radhapiyari Laishram |
Ravi
M (LM B155)
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Prasad V S (LM B156)
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Anup
K Ghosh (LM B157) |
Raghavan P (LM B158 ) |
Vijay
Kumar Dixit (LM B159) |
Kamalakaran K P (AM B018 ) |
Lalasaheb Patangrao Deshmukh |
Ajay
M Agarwal (AM B020) |
Vineet Bhakhri (AM B021) |
CALENDAR OF EVENTS, APRIL 2002-OCT 2003
DATE |
EVENTS |
CONTACT PERSON (S) |
July 9-12 2002 | Silicon Crystals and Films Growth and Lattice Defects- Silicon-2002 |
Novosibirsk, Russia For more details contact : Marina Kosinova, Email : marina@che.nsk.su |
July 14-19 2002 |
Computational Modelling and
Simulation of Materials, CIMTEC 2002 |
CIMTEC 2002 P.O Box 174 Corso, Mazzini, 52 48018 FAENZA, ITALY Tel: +0546 22461/664143 Fax: +0546 664138/663362 Website: http://www.dinamica.it/cimtec |
August 10-13 2002 |
1st International
Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3) & 10th Annual Conference of Institute of Materials (East Asia)-Materials in Nanotechnology |
Dr. K A Khor Symposium Organizer School of Mechanical & Production Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639 798 Tel: 65 790 5526 Fax: 65 791 1859 Email: mkakhor@ntu.edu.sg |
August 13-15 2002
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National Symposium on “Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies” (RARE-T-2002) |
Prof. S H Pawar |
September 25-28 2002 | DAE-BRNS Symposium on Applications of Plasma, Laser and Electron Beams in Materials Processing |
Dr. A K Das Convener Power Beams & Materials Processing, PBAMP 2002 Laser and Plasma Technology Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay Mumbai 400 085 Tel: 022-5593823, Fax: 022-5505151/5519613 Email: akdas@magnum.barc.ernet.in |
September 26-27 2002
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National Conference on Sensor Technology
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D B Singh |
October 21-25 2002 |
21st International
Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (ICNTS-21) |
Convenor, 21st ICNTS
Secretariat Nuclear Science Centre Post Box 10502, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi 110 067 Tel: 011-6892601/3, 6896639 Fax: 011-6893666 Email: icnts21@nsc.ernet.in Website: www.nsc.ernet.in/conf/icnts21 |
November 11-15 2002 |
47th Annual Conference on Magnetism & Magnetic Materials |
Dr. James C Eckert |
November 25-28 2002 |
Seventh Apam Topical Seminar on Multilayered Structures And Coatings |
Prof. Zeng Dechang Institute of Materials Science & Technology Dept. of Mechano-Electronic Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640, China Fax: +86-20-87111312 or 87111317 Email: medczeng@scut.edu.cn |
November 27-29 2002 |
Seventh International Symposium
on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology (ISAEST VII) |
Dr. R Pattabiraman, Secretary Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science & Technology (SAEST) Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi 630 006 Tel: 4565-427550-559 (10 lines) 424198 Fax: 4565427713/427779/427205/427206 Email: saestkkd@yahoo.com |
November 28-30 2002 |
CORCON 2002 |
Conference Secretariat |
December 2-5 2002 |
Eighth Apam Topical Seminar on Creating A Global Nanotechnology Network |
Prof. Hwang Huey Liang Nano Technology and MEMS Research Centre National Tsing Hua University Hsin-chy, Taiwan Email: hlhwang@ee.nthu.edu.tw |
December 5-6 2002
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National Symposium on
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A K Ganguli |
December 10-17 2002 |
African Material Research Workshop |
Prof. Aboubaker Chedikh BEYE |
December 11-13 2002 | International Symposium on Recent Advances in Inorganic Materials |
Prof. D Bahadur Convener, RAIM-02 Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Powai Mumbai 400 076 Tel: 022-5767632 Fax: 022-5723480 Email: raim02@met.iitb.ac.in / dhirn@met.iitb.ac.in |
December 11-13 2002
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International Conference on Sonar-Sensors & Systems
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HRS Sastry |
December 18-20 2002
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Conference on Liquid Crystals and other Soft Materials |
The Chairman |
January 20-23 2003
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International Conference on |
Dr. Sankar P Sanyal |
January 22-24 2003
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International Workshop on Recent Advances in Nanotechnology
of Magnetic Fluids |
Dr. R P Pant |
February 11-13 2003
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14th Annual General Meeting of MRSI |
Dr. S Banerjee |
June 29-July 4 2003 |
ICMAT 2003 |
ICMAT Secretariat |
October 10-13 2003 | IUMRS-ICAM |
Yokohama, Japan (details will be given later) |
Members are requested to give information about the Conference / symposia / workshops they are organizing well in advance so that the same can be inserted in the “calendar of events”
Subject Group on : Materials for Rural Development We are considering the formation of a Subject Group on ‘Materials for Rural Development’. This will cover Building & Irrigation Materials, Materials for Tools, Clay Materials, High yielding & resistant seeds, Natural & Synthetic Fertilizers, Water-Conservation, Storage & Optimum consumption, Solar Energy Converters, etc. Suggestions on possible activities and for the formation of a core group are most welcome. S V Subramanyam |
Nature Materials: A New Journal Nature Materials will be launched in September 2002. This will be a monthly multi-disciplinary journal aimed at bringing together cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and engineering. Nature Materials will provide a forum for the development of a common identity among materials scientists while encouraging researchers to cross established sub disciplinary devices. |
International
Travel Fund |
Patron Membership Professional Societies, Research bodies, Laboratories and Companies willing to support activities of MRSI (through a one-time contribution of Rs. 25,000/- are enrolled as Patron members by the Council of the MRSI.
Privileges of Patron Members We Appeal to all organizations /laboratories/companies involved in the R&D/Educational activities of Materials Science and Technology to become Patron members. Request for Patron membership may be made to:
Prof. S V Subramanyam |
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