CSIR Sponsored National Seminar on NANOTECHNOLOGY AND CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS At PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

CSIR Sponsored National Seminar on NANOTECHNOLOGY AND CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS At PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

About the Seminar

Future automobiles need to be fuel efficient and less pollutant with economical technical solutions. Technologies related to cost-effective improvements, based on miniaturization, new lighter and stronger materials, new energy systems are the need of the hour. The automotive sector is a major consumer of material technologies – and nanotechnology promise to improve the performance of existing technologies significantly. Nanotechnology provides the automotive industry with gargantuan space for innovations and mammoth chance for new markets. It also helps around the vehicles to improve functionalities, to support the key elements. Almost all automotive components can be improved by nanotechnology.

The automotive industry will benefit from this trend by getting advanced powertrain, using new energy, reducing car weight, enhancing material functions, increasing comfort degree & flexibility, raising cost efficiency and so on. Nanotechnology has close synergism with other new molecular scaled technology: bio, neural, and infotech. Their convergence realizes the exact control of molecular construction. The converging technologies will not only affect the industry, but also change the life style and society. Their impact on the environment, energy, labor market and national economy should be scrutinized in advance. The National Seminar on "Nanotechnology and Converging technologies in Automotive Applications” concentrates on the
impacts and applications of nanotechnology in the next generation cars, trucks and buses, including energy
upgrading, advanced powertrain, functional materials, electronics and communication etc. This seminar is to be viewed as an important step in the process of enhancing the interaction between the institutes and industrial R&D communities, ensuring that the new knowledge generated is made available to those who can use it in a timely manner.

Contents

 Nanotech based energy generation and storage: Fuel cells, Solar cells, Energy storage devices, etc.
 Nano structured materials/ Nanocomposites/ Nanoparticles
 Nanofabrication and nanolithography
 Nanomaterials: synthesis and characterization
 Nanoelectronics
 Nanosensors and actuators
 Nano-optics, nano-optoelectronics and nanophotonics
 Nanorobotics: manufacturing and reliability

Eligibility

Engineering College teachers working in various disciplines are eligible to apply. The interested practicing engineers from industries and R&D organizations may also apply.

Faculty and Organization of the programme

The resource faculty will be from PSG College of Technology, IITs, and other premier Institutions and Industries.

Boarding and Lodging

Boarding and lodging will be provided to the selected participants in the college campus.

Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- per participant

The course fee includes course material, lunch and refreshments. Registration for the seminar can be made by sending the duly filled registration form along with a Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Principal, PSG College of Technology” payable at Coimbatore.

How to Apply

The applicants should send their applications in the specified format through their Principal or Sponsor to us on or before 13.06.2011.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for the receipt of application : 6 June 2011
Date of intimation regarding selection : 10 June 2011
Confirmation by participants : 13 June 2011

About the College

PSG College of Technology, started in the year 1951, is an autonomous college for the past 25 years, offering 22 undergraduate programmes and 37 postgraduate programmes. It also offers research programmes leading to MS/PhD. degrees in all departments. Currently more than 520 research scholars, both full time and part time, are working for their Ph.D. degree.

PSG Institute of Advanced Studies was established in 2005 - 2006 by PSG & Sons’ Charities with a mission to foster quality reseach and advancement of knowledge and skills in selected areas of nanoscience and technology, nanobiotechnology, robotics and mechatronics, advanced manufacturing, fuel cells etc.
Several advanced centers are set up with financial support from the Ministry of Human Resources Development, DST and other agencies. These include: the CAD/CAM/CIM Centre, Virtual Reality Centre, Virtual Instrumentation Centre, Educational Technology Centre, Centre for Non-Formal and Continuing Education, PROJECT IMPACT Centre (a project funded by the World Bank, Swiss Development Corporation
and the Government of India), UNDP Jute Project Centre, TIFAC – CORE, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Centre, Festo-PSG Centre for Pneumatic and Control Engineering, Metals Testing and Research Centre, Industry Institute Partnership Cell and CII – TDB TNET Centre.

About the Department

The Department of Automobile Engineering has evolved a comprehensive student-centric learning approach, designed to add significant value to the learner’s understanding in an integrated manner through workshops, lab sessions, assignments, training, seminars, internships, projects and independent study. The department also offers post graduate programme in Automotive Engineering and doctoral research programme. The department is well equipped with laboratories like engine testing and diagnostics center,
vehicle servicing laboratory, automotive electrical and electronics laboratory, automotive systems simulation lab, CAD/CAM centre and vehicle design centre. The laboratory and computing facilities are available to the students and staff. The department also offers consulting services in chassis design, engine testing, finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics. Faculty members are continually publishing the results of their research work as technical papers in international and national journals and conferences.

The duly sponsored application form is to be sent to:

Dr.S.Neelakrishnan/Mr.V.M.Murugesan/Mr.Shaik Amjad
Coordinators
Department of Automobile Engineering
PSG College of Technology, Peelamedu
Coimbatore – 641 004, Tamil Nadu
Contact No: +91 98422 06226 / +91 94439 36930 / +91 95859 15931
E-mail: neelpsg@gmail.com / amjad72@gmail.com / covaimurugesanvm@yahoo.com
website: http://www.psgtech.edu/csirBrochure.pdf

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