13-19 December 2008
Chennai, India
ORGANIZED BY
IIT Madras, India
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany
OBJECTIVE
To bring together bright students from the Indian
Institutes of Technology and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in
a learning environment and get them enthused about contemporary challenges
in science and engineering.
COURSES
Course 1: Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and
Energy Conversion
Coordinator: Franz Durst, f.durst@fmp-technology.com
Course 2: High Performance Computing for Engineering Problems
Coordinator: Ulrich Rüde, ulrich.ruede@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Course 3: Semiconductor Processes, Devices and Systems
Coordinator: Heiner Ryssel, ryssel@leb.eei.uni-erlangen.de
ACTIVITIES OF THE WINTER ACADEMY
Students are required to prepare lectures on predefined specific topics
within the broad area of a course and they will deliver lectures on
the topics allotted to them. The participants will have intensive discussions,
starting from basic theoretical aspects to final applications during
the lecture sessions in this brain-storming camp. The students and the
participating professors will interact over various aspects of research
and exchange their ideas in a candid manner. All sessions will be moderated
by the participating professors.
PATRON
M. S. Ananth, Director, IIT Madras
ACADEMY DIRECTORS
Heiner Ryssel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Director)
Franz Durst, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Associate
Director)
Gautam Biswas, IIT Kanpur (Associate Director)
Amitava DasGupta, IIT Madras (Associate Director)
R. P. Singh, University of Lucknow (Honorary Director)
COORDINATING PROFESSORS
A. K. Suresh and Anil W. Date, IIT Bombay
Vivek Buwa and Sanjeev Sanghi, IIT Delhi
Subhash C. Mishra and Pinak Mahanta, IIT Guwahati
Gautam Biswas and Sanjay Mittal, IIT Kanpur
Suman Chakraborty and Chacko Jacob, IIT Kharagpur
Amitava DasGupta and S. Santhakumar, IIT Madras
Amit Kumar Dhiman and Ravi Kumar, IIT Roorkee
Heiner Ryssel, Franz Durst, Ulrich Rüde and Gerhard Wellein,
FAU
ORGANIZATION AT IIT MADRAS
Amitava DasGupta (Principal Coordinator)
Dhiman Chatterjee (Organizing Secretary)
FURTHER INFORMATION
For queries about a specific course, write to the particular course
coordinator.
For queries about local arrangements, etc., contact Amitava
DasGupta (adg@ee.iitm.ac.in).
For all further questions, contact Heiner Ryssel (ryssel@leb.eei.uni-erlangen.de).
ELIGIBILITY
All undergraduate students who have completed first four semesters are
eligible to apply.
Information on selection and the application forms are available on the Academy Website: