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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

WORKSHOP: JAN 21-22

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On the evening of 21st January, the Dept. added another feather to its hat with the arrival of Prof. CNR Rao accompanied with 8 other eminent scientists from JNCASR,IISc,NIIST to the workshop on Advances in Materials.
The lecture series consisted of 13 lectures which spanned over 2 days,the topics covered were: Alternative route to multiferroics( Prof. C.N.R.Rao), Perovskites Oxides (Prof. A. Sunderasan),Droplet Epitaxy of InN Quantum Structures (Prof. S.B. Krupanidhi), Gels, foams, and films of Au nanoparticle-PDMS composites (Prof. G.U. Kulkarni),Carbon materials derived from carbohydrates and their applications (Prof. Eswaramoorthy),Functional Hydrogels as Biomaterials (Prof. Udya Maitra),Nano-mechanical characterization of advanced materials (Prof. U. Ramamurthy),Heteroepitaxial Self-assembled Nanostructures (Prof. S.M. Shivaprasad),Optical Properties of Quantum Dots and Wires (George Thomas),Nanoparticles and nanoemulsions: Fundamentals and Applications (Prof. D.O.Shah, DDU, Nadiad),Understanding Corrosion before it happens (Prof. K. Baba Pai, MSU, Vadodara),Inorganic Nanomaterials as reinforcements for structural applications (Prof. L.M.Manocha) and High Performance Nanoporous Carbons (Prof. (Mrs.)S. Manocha)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Happy New Year

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Happy New Year to all Members!

We are back for you like this ,for first time. Welcome back to your virtual classroom. New Year started with a bang! Prof. CNR Rao agreed to visit the Dept. on Jan 21st for the Workshop on Advances in Materials, organized by our Dept., JNCASR & GUJCOST!Its all hub-bub here, the Dept. is getting all decked up for the event.Check out our event column for other details.