TECHNICAL/GENERAL LECTURES ORGANIZED DURING 2007-08

No.

Name of the Speaker

Name of the Speaker

Date & Venue

1

Prof. Carlos H. Cacers
Materials Engineering, School of Engineering
The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia

"Economical and Environmental Factors in Light Alloys for Automotive Applications"

18th Feb 2008,
Sabari Park, Trivandrum

2

Prof. Carlos H. Cacers
Materials Engineering, School of Engineering
The University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia

"Strain hardening due to {10ī2} Twinning in pure Magnesium"

18th Feb 2008,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum

3

Shri. C. Subramaniam
Scientific Officer H,
Materials Processing Division,
Bhaba Attomic Research Centre, Mumbai.

"Development of Functional and Advanced Ceramics"

18th Jan 2008,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum

4

Shri. Abhihith Ghosh
Scientific Officer E,
Materials Processing Division,
Bhaba Attomic Research Centre, Mumbai.

"Materials Processing and Facilities at BARC"

18th Jan 2008,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum

5

Shri. R.K.Nair
CEO, TECHNOPARK,
Trivandrum & INFOPARK, Kochi.

"HR Strategy for Long Term Sustenance of Knowledge Industry"

7th Dec 2007,
Hotel Maurya Rajadhani, Trivandrum

6

Dr. V. Subramanya Sharma
Asst. Professor
Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engg.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

"Development of Ultra-Fine Grained Aluminium alloys through Cryo-rolling"

25th Oct 2007,
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum

7

Dr. Girish M Kale
Asst. Professor,Institute for Materials Research,
SPEME, University of Leeds,
Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

"Effect of Composition & Microstructure on Performance of Potentiometric Gas sensors"

12th Oct 2007,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum

8

Prof. S. Ranganathan
INAE Distinguished Professor
Department of Materials Engineering

"Materials and Civilization"

26th Sept 2007, Hotel Maurya Rajadhani, Trivandrum

9

Dr. Kumar Sadayappan
Research Scientist
CANMET Materials Technology
Laboratory, CANADA

"Light Metals Research in CANMET-MTL"

29th June 2007,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum

10

Dr. V. Ramaswamy
(Ex. Chief, R&D, SAIL, Ranchi)
Visiting Professor
Department of Metallurgical Engg.

"Current Scenario in Steel Making"

12th June 2007,
Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum

11

Prof. K.G. Suresh
Associate Professor, Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

"Magnetic Refrigeration for Future Cryogenic Technologies"

5th June 2007,
NIIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum