INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, CONSOLIDATION AND MODELLING OF NANOMATERIALS 5 - 6, March 2010

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, CONSOLIDATION AND MODELLING OF NANOMATERIALS 5 - 6, March 2010

Department of Metallurgical Engineering
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

PSG College of Technology established in 1951, is one of the many educational institutions nurtured by PSG & Sons Charities Trust. The college is Government Aided, Autonomous, ISO 9001 certified and affiliated to Anna University Coimbatore. Equipped with the latest facilities and excellent infrastructures, the college offers a total of 48 full time and part time programmes in Science, Engineering and Management at UG ,PG and Doctoral levels. The institution has a strong alumni base, most of them occupying coveted positions in many educational, industrial and research organizations all over the world.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Metallurgical Engineering was established in the year 1968. The department has been accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The department possesses excellent faculty as well as facilities to train the students for industrial and R&D requirements in various fields of metallurgical engineering like physical metallurgy, extractive metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, metal joining, heat treatment, testing and quality assurance, advanced materials, etc. The department has the state-of-the-art facilities in core laboratories like Metallography, Corrosion and Surface Engineering, Mechanical Testing, Non-destructive Testing, Welding Metallurgy, Foundry Metallurgy, Forming Metallurgy and Heat Treatment. The department is actively involved in offering testing and consultancy services to a large number of industries. The department has active interactions with premier research institutions like ARCI, DMRL, Hydrabad; IGCAR, Kalpakkam; VSSC-ISRO, RRL, Trivandrum;Welding Research Institute of BHEL,Trichy, GTRE, HAL, Bangalore etc.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Nanocrystalline materials have been the subject of worldwide research during the last two decades and more, leading to significant advances in their synthesis, consolidation, applications and characterization. The significantly differing physical, mechanical and chemical properties of nano materials in comparison with the conventional coarse-grained polycrystalline materials have created enormous interest in their study. Nanostructured materials provide an excellent opportunity to study the nature of solid interfaces leading to our understanding of the structure-property relationship in solids in the nanometer regime. They also present many attractive technological applications with their novel properties. During the recent years a vast number of synthesizing techniques, novel consolidation and advanced charaterization procedures have been reported. A number of successful attempts have also been made to simulate as well as model the consolidation of nano materials.
The Conference promises an excellent opportunity to review the recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, consolidation and potential applications as well as the success achieved in the simulation and modeling studies of nanomaterials so as to indicate the future course of research and development in this very promising area. In addition to contributed papers, the Conference will include keynote addresses / invited lectures by internationally renowned experts from India and abroad in the field of nanomaterials. A tentative list of subjects for presentation of papers during the conference is given below:
Nano particles
Nano fluids
Nano bio- sensors
Nano imaging
Nano devices
Nano polymers
Bio nano materials
Nano composites
Nano robots
Nano lasers
Nano tribology
Nano magnetic materials
Rare- earth Nano particles
Nano fabrication

REGISTRATION

Participants are requested to send the registration form duly filled in along with the prescribed fee in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of “ICON 2010 -PSGCT” payable at Coimbatore.At least one author of the accepted paper has to register for participation.

Registration Fee:

Students and Research Scholars :Rs. 500 /-
Faculty from academic institutions :Rs. 1,000 /-
Participants from R&Dinstitutions :Rs. 2,000 /-
Participants from Industry :Rs 2,500 /-
Delegates from other countries :US$ 100 /-

CALLFORPAPERS

In addition to the invited papers, contributed papers are invited from academicians, scientists,
research scholars and practicing engineers. Original contributions from any of the above
mentioned advanced topics are invited from professionals. An abstract of the paper not
exceeding one full page of an A4 size sheet should be submitted through e-mail.
Papers will be included either for oral presentation or poster
presentation at the discretion of the screening committee.

IMPORTANTDATES

Submission of abstracts : December 20, 2009
Intimation of acceptance to authors : January 20, 2010
Submission of full text of the paper : February 10, 2010
Last date for registration : February 20, 2010

SOUVENIR

It is proposed to bring out an attractive souvenir to mark the occasion and to release it during the
inaugural session of the conference. The souvenir will contain the abstracts of all the technical
papers and would be a valuable reference and provide effective publicity for the advertisers.
Tariff for advertisement in the souvenir:
Back cover : Rs. 5,000 /-
2 and 3 cover Rs. 4,000 /-
Full page Rs. 2,000 /-
Half page Rs. 1,000 /-
Blocks / matters along with the advertisement request and Demand Drafts should be sent to the Organising Secretary before January 20, 2010. All demand drafts are to be drawn in favour of “ICON 2010 -PSGCT”, payable at Coimbatore.

CO-SPONSORSHIP

Organisations are requested to support this Conference by Co- sponsoring by contributing Rs. 15,000/- and above. Co-sponsors will be eligible for 2 free delegates and one full page free advertisement in the souvenir.

THE VENUE

The conference venue is PSG College of Technology, popularly known as PSG TECH situated in the heart of Coimbatore city. Coimbatore is the industrial hub of South India and is known as the “Manchester of South India” and is well connected with all major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore by air, rail and road. The college is located at about 5 kmfrom the airport and 8 kmfrom the railway station. The climate in the city in March, though warm during day time will be pleasant during mornings and evenings.

ACCOMODATION

A wide range of Hotel accommodation is available in Coimbatore city, with tariffs ranging from Rs.500/- to Rs.3000/- per day. Limited accommodation is also available in the college guest house on a twin-sharing basis.

For information, please contact:
Organising Secretary – ICON 2010
Department of Metallurgical Engineering
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641 004, INDIA
Phone : 91 - 422 - 4344448, 4344439, 4344777 Fax : 91 - 422 - 2573833, 4344377
E.mail : psgicon2010@yahoo.com; psgicon2010@gmail.com
Website : www.psgtech.edu/icon 2010