IIT MADRAS CAMPUS SEMINARS

IIT MADRAS CAMPUS SEMINARS

Under the auspices of the Department of Mathematics, Prof. S. Nanda, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, will give a seminar talk on Variational Inequality and Complimentarity Problems at 1500 hours on April 27, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

SEMINAR TALKS – Ph.D

Shri Manasa Ranjan Behera, Research Scholar, Department of Ocean Engineering will give a seminar talk on Numerical Modeling of Tsunami using an Unstructured Explicit Finite Element Method at 1600 hours on April 27, 2009 in OE-202.

Shri B. Soundharajan, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Optimal Irrigation Scheduling using Crop Growth Simulation Model under Water Deficit Condition at 1500 hours on April 29, 2009 in the EWRE Seminar Hall.

Shri N. Madhu Mohan, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering will give two seminar talks on Signal Conditioning for Resistive Sensors – Part I and II at 1500 hours on April 29 and May 1, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri N. Nirmal Thyagu, Research Scholar, Department of Physics will give two seminar talks on Dynamics, Transport and Diffusion in a Bail-out Embedding Map at 1000 hours on April 30 and May 1, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri S. Sasitharan, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering will give a seminar talk on Inter-phase AC-AC Topology for Voltage Sag Supporter at 1100 hours on April 30, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Ms. A. Dyana, Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering will give a seminar talk on Exploring Novel Technology for Next Generation Video Search at 1500 hours on April 30, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri R. Ethirajan, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds and Modelling of their Source Contributions at 1500 hours on April 30, 2009 in the EWRE Seminar Hall.

Ms Madhuri Malhotra, Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies will give a seminar talk on Stock Price Reactions, Liquidity and Volatility Changes around Rights Issue Announcement : Evidence from India at 1000 hours on May 1, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri Manojkumar Buragohain, Research Scholar, Department of Aerospace Engineering will give a seminar talk on Filament Wound Grid-Stiffened Composite Cylindrical Shell (1&2) at 1430 hours on May 1, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri Roshan Karan Srivastav, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Automation of Stochastic Modeling of Multi-Site Multi-Season Streamflows using Multi-Objective Framework at 1500 hours on May 1, 2009 in the EWRE Seminar Hall.

Shri S. S.Chandrasekaran, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Experimental Studies on Behaviour of Dynamic Laterally Loaded Pile Groups in Clay at 1500 hours on May 4, 2009 in BSB-123.

Shri N. S. Vikramaditya, Research Scholar, Department of Aerospace Engineering will give a seminar talk on Unsteady Pressure Measurements in Supersonic Flow over Cavities at 1000 hours on May 5, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Ms. Rafia, Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will give a seminar talk on Factors Affecting the Learning of English among Muslim Women in Delhi : A Sociolinguistic Study at 1000 hours on May 5, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri G. Kalyan Kumar, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Ground Motion Studies at Kanchipuram at 1500 hours on May 5, 2009 in BSB-123.

Ms. R. Uma Maheswari, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering will give a seminar talk on Seismic Hazard Assessment and Site Characterization of Chennai City at 1500 hours on May 6, 2009 in the GT Class Room.

Ms. Snigdha Thakur, Research Scholar, Department of Physics will give three seminar talks on Investigations on the Dynamical Properties of Liquid Crystals and Living Polymers at 1500 hours on May 6, 7 and 8, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

SEMINAR TALKS – M.S.

Shri Y. Sudhakar, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Mechanics will give a seminar talk on Aerodynamics of Flapping Insect Wings in Inclined Stroke Plane Hovering at 1500 hours on April 28, 2009 in the Fluid Mechanics Seminar Hall.

Shri P. Sundararaman, Research Scholar, Department of Engineering Design will give a seminar talk on Multibody Dynamics Modelling and Simulation of Fuel Injection Pump used in Diesel Engines at 1500 hours on April 29, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Ms. Samaja Vupputuri, Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering will give a seminar talk on On Providing Event Reliability and Maximising Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks at 1400 hours on April 30, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Shri Manish Kumar Jaiswal, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering will give a seminar talk on Hardware Acceleration of Block LU Decomposition at 1500 hours on April 30, 2009 in the Seminar Hall.

Ms. D. Swetha, Research Scholar, Department of Ocean Engineering will give a seminar talk on Numerical Investigation on the Propagation of Weakly Nonlinear Waves on Plane, Serrated and Dented Slopes at 1600 hours on May 1, 2009 in OE-202.

PH.D. VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION

The Ph.D. Viva Voce Examination of Ms. J. Anuradha, Research Scholar, Department of Mathematics will be held at 1100 hours on April 27, 2009 in the Seminar Hall. The title of the thesis is A Study on the Existence of Best Proximity Points and Fixed Points.

STAFF MATTERS

Prof. M. Singaperumal, Department of Mechanical Engineering has been nominated as Dean (Administration) for a fresh term of two years with effect from April 1, 2009.

Prof. P. V. Subrahmanyam, Head, Department of Mathematics has been invited to be on the nomination council for the Infosys Prize, instituted by the Infosys Science Foundation.

Shri M. Murali Prakash, Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical) has completed ME in Power Electronics and Industrial Drives in First Class with Distinction from Sathyabama University in 2007-2009 batch.