CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WITH CONFERENCE
PHOTOGRAPHS
16:00-20:00: Registration
20:00-21:00: Welcome Dinner (Outreach Center)
08 December 2007 (Venue at Outreach Center)
08:00-09:00: Registration
Master of Ceremonies: Deepika Sachdeva
Seated on Dias (Left to Right): (1) Prof. Subhash Mahajan, Arizona State University, USA, (2) Prof. S.G. Dhande, Director IITK,(3) Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, DST (3) Dr. L. Pughazhenthy, Vice-President IIM and (6) Prof. R. Balasubramaniam, Convener, METALLO 2007 (Photographs)
8:55- 9:00 : Invocation
and Kulgeet
9:00 - 9:05 : Welcome (R.
Balasubramaniam)
9:05 - 9:10 : Background of Conference(Anish
Upadyaya)
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9:10 - 9:15 : Special Remarks-
Director IIT Kanpur (Sanjay
Govind Dhande)
9:15 - 9:20 : IIM Kanpur Chapter (Dipak
Mazumdar)
9:20 - 9:25 :Special Remarks- Vice-President,
IIM (L.
Pughazhenthy)
9:25 - 9:30 : Citation for Prof. Anantharaman
(Subhash
Mahajan)
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9:35 - 9:40 : Release of Book and Souvenir
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9:40 - 9:45 : Introduction of Chief
Guest (Rajiv
Shekhar)
9:45 - 10:00 : Inaugural Address by Chief Guest
(T.
Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology )
An Insight into the World of Metals and Alloys
10:00 -10:05 : Vote of Thanks (Bikramjit
Basu)
10:10- 10:30: Inauguration
of Poster Session, Full Scale Fiber Reinforced Plastic Model of Delhi Iron
Pillar
and
Exhibition Stalls
(Photographs)
10:30-11:00:
High
Tea
11:00 - 13:00: Session
I: Metals &
Alloys: Fundamentals and Applications
(Chairpersons:
S.P. Mehrotra and Virendra Bansal)
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1.
Reiner
Kirchheim
A
New Way of describing the Interaction of Solute Atoms and Defects
2.
P.
Rama Rao
Low
Stress Creep of Zirconium and its Alloys, Zircaloy 2 and Zr-2.5Nb
3.
P.
Ramachandra Rao
Biomimetic
Synthesis of Materials
4.
Subhash
Mahajan
Physical
Metallurgy in Microelectronics: Past, Present and Future
13:00
- 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30:
Session II: Poster
Session "Metals and Alloys" (Photographs)
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15:30 - 16:00: Tea Break
16:00 - 18:00:
Session III: Physical Metallurgy of
Metals and Advanced Materials
(Chairpersons:
R.C. Sharma and Jitendra Kumar)
5.
S.
Ranganathan
The
Shape and Growth of Metallic Grains
6.
Peter
W. Voorhees
The
Topology and Morphology of Interfaces: From Phase Separation to Grain Growth
7.
Chandra
S. Pande
Recent
Developments in Grain Boundary Migration and Grain Growth
8.
Srikumar
Banerjee
Challenges
in Material Science at Extreme Conditions
19:00 - 21:30: Professor T.R. Anantharaman
Felicitation Dinner (Director's Bungalow)(Rajasthani
Theme) (Photographs)
09
December 2007 (Venue
at Outreach Center)
8:00 -10:30: Session
IV: Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Alloys
(Chairpersons:
Monica Katiyar and Ashish Garg)
9.
C.
Suryanarayana
Glass
Formation by Mechanical Alloying
10.
Kamanio
Chattopadhyay
Phase
Evolution during Non-equilibrium Processing
11.
Pradeep
Haldar
Powering
the Future with NanoTechnology
12.
Christopher
Schuh
Probing
the Transition between Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Alloys
10:30 - 11:00:
Tea
Break
11:00 - 13:00:
Session V: Materials Characterization
at Nanoscale
(Chairpersons:
S. P Gupta and Deepak
Gupta)
13.
K.A.
Padmanabhan
Grain
Boundary Sliding-controlled Flow and Its Relevance to Superplasticity in Metals,
Alloys
and Intermetallics, and Strain-dependent Flow in Nanostructured Materials
14.
Ian
Robertson
Direct
Determination of Structure-Property Relationship by Performing Experiments
directly in the TEM: a New Approach
15.
Anil
K. Sachdev
The
Interdependence of Modeling and Experiments in Materials Design
16.
K.
Muraleedharan
3D
APFIM Investigation of Advanced Materials
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30:
Session VI: Poster
Session "Advanced Materials" (Photographs)
15:30 - 16:00: Tea Break
16:00 - 18:00:
Session VII: Microstructure
and Mechanical Deformation
(Chairpersons:
R. K. Dube and Gouthama)
17. G.
Malakondiah
Development
of Specialty Low Alloy Steels
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18.
Mattew
R. Barnett
Influence
of Grain Size and Twinning on Mechanical Response
18:30 -
20:00: Special Evening
Program -
An Illustrated Lecture-cum-Classical Bharata Natyam dance performance
(IIT
Main Auditorium)
Sharada
Srinivasan
Materials
and Culture (Photographs)
20:00: 21:30: Conference Dinner (IIT Main Auditorium
Lawns) (Photographs)
10
December 2007 (Venue
at Outreach Center)
8:30 - 10:30: Session
VIII: Novel Processing of Advanced Materials
(Chairpersons:
G.S. Upadhyaya and B. K. Mishra)
19.
S.N.
Ojha
Spray
Deposition Processing of Al-alloys and their Composites
20.
Pulickel
M. Ajayan
Engineering
at the Nanoscale: The Carbon Nanotube Experience
21.
Sanjay
Sampath
Recent
Advances of Thermal Processing of Materials
22.
M.
Vijayalakshmi
Ferritic
Steels for Nuclear Reactors: Progress and Challenges
10:30 - 11:00: Tea Break
11:00 - 13:00: Session
IX: Modeling and Experiments for Novel Materials
(Chairpersons:
Ahindra Ghosh and Brahma Deo)
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23.
S.
Lele
Computational
Thermodynamics of Alloys using Cluster Variation Method
24.
Dipak
Mazumdar
From
Laboratory to Steel Melting Shop: The Role of Fundamental Process Engineering
25.Gautam
K. Dey
High-resolution
Electron Microscopy of Interfaces
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00: Session
X: Degradation of Metals and alloys
(Chairpersons:
S. C. Koria and Rajiv Shekhar)
26.
R.
W. Revie
Metallurgical
Factors in Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) and Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC)
27.
Vinod
S. Agarwala
Corrosion
in the Military and Life-Cycle Costs
28.
Lokesh
K. Singhal
Impact
of Advances in Technology on Stainless Steel Products
29.
Paul
T. Craddock
Zinc:
an Advanced Material of India
16:00 - 16:30 Concluding Session (Photographs)
16:30 - 17:30 High Tea
Materials
and Culture
An illustrated lecture-cum classical Bharata Natyam dance performance
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by
Dr.
Sharada Srinivasan
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Dr. Sharada Srinivasan (Phd. UCL), scientist, Bharata Natyam dancer and archaeometallurgist, is Faculty Fellow of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, UK and recipient of the Materials Research Society of India Medal (2006) and the Malti B. Nagar Ethnoarchaeology Award (2005) and the MRS Graduate Student Award (USA) and Flinders Petrie Medal (UK). |
This lecture cum Bharata Natyam dance performance explores
the fascinating nexus between materials, metals and culture in India. In particular
the presenter's studies on the material aspects related to India's rich performance
tradition are drawn upon to integrate art, dance and science. Aspects touched
upon include the use of musical materials in India ranging from the postulated
'rock music' at Neolithic sites in Karnataka and the pillars at the 14th century
temple complex of Hampi, the author's original studies on high-tin bronzes
in musical instruments followed by an intricate item inspired by the idea
of the 'musical pillars' of Hampi. Through dance as well as illustrations,
the event also draws upon the author's original studies on the Shiva Nataraja
bronzes, including studies on metal casting, thearchaeometallurgical perspectives
from chemical finger-printing and archaeo-astronomical studies in collaboration
with late astro-physicist Dr Nirupama Raghavan: to convey how this icon brings
to mind the metaphor of the 'cosmic dance'. Dr.Sharada Srinivasan's has given
dance-lectures for the International Academy of Astronautics (Sept 2007),
the Royal Academy of Arts, London for the exhibition 'Chola: Sacred bronzes
from southern India', (Jan 2007), for INTACH Belgium Chapter, Leuven (Jan
2007), the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (Oct
2006) and China Conservatory of Music (Sept 2006).
PROGRAM
Bharata Natyam Performance cum Lecture
1. The 'singing' pillars of Hampi
This item is inspired by some of the pillars of the
Vitthala temple complex at the 14th century World Heritage Site of Hampi which
are said exhibit tonalities or musical effects, akin to the saptswara or seven
basic notes of the Indian musical scale. Apart from an evocation of the musical
effects of the pillars and the musical instruments depicted in sculpture,
the item also celebrates the architectural aspects such as the building of
the granite temples, and the refuge provided by the tanks and pavilions.
2. Cosmic Dance
This is an excerpt drawn from the traditional Bharata
Natyam varnam Devadidevar dedicated to Nataraja, or Siva as the lord of dance.
The item also touches upon how some of the iconographic aspects of Nataraja
convey the idea of 'cosmic dance'. This includes the probable correlation
with observations of the constellation Orion, (a finding emerging out of the
collaborative study made by the author with the late astrophysicist Dr Nirupama
Raghavan who passed away in Feb 2007 and the from author's investigations
on scientific dating of bronzes), and the connection of Nataraja with the
five elements and the inner space-outer space correlation seen in the worship
of Nataraja at the shrine Chidambaram
3. Petra Thai: 'Even the artist forgets all skills...'
This is an adaptation of a traditional devotional piece
dedicated to Nataraja composed by Ramalingaswamy sung by the legendary Carnatic
singer late M.S. Subbalakshmi, which asserts that 'even if the mother who
gives birth forgets herself, and even the artist forgets all skills, Namasivaya
the Lord who resides within would never be forgotten...'. This verse also
evokes elements of the traditional bronze casting of icons.
4. The Dance of the Peacock
This is a joyous traditional tillana dedicated to
Murugan, the Tamil folk diety, whose vehicle is the dazzling peacock, and
exhibits how the dance form of Bharata Natyam is in itself a fascinating example
of 'science in culture' inter-weaving as it does geometric patterns and mathematical
precision in movement. This Thillana is a composition of Lalgudi Jayaraman
choreographed by the late dance guru Smt Narmada, recipient of the prestigious
Sangeet Natak Academy award in 2007 who passed away in March 2007.