REPORT of UGC Sponsored National Conference
on
‘Emerging Frontiers of Materials Science’
12-13, February 2015
Organized in
Collaboration with
DST
Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence
IIT
Madras, Chennai
By
Department
of Physics
Maris
Stella College,
Vijayawada-8,
Andhra
Pradesh, India
Report of
the Conference
The
Department of Physics, Maris Stella College, Vijayawada organized a UGC Sponsored two day national Conference in
collaboration with the DST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic unit of Excellence,
IIT M, Chennai on “Emerging Frontiers of Materials Science” on 12-13, February,
2015. Eminent persons were invited from various states of India. The conference
witnessed 12 invited talks, received 55 abstracts for oral presentations, 26
papers for poster contest.
Inaugural
session
The
inaugural session started at 9.45 a.m on 12.02.2015 at the auditorium.
Prof.T.Pradeep of IIT M, Prof.B.S.Murty of IIT M, Sri.D.Ramakrishna, the CEO of
EFFTronics Pvt.Ltd., Prof.N.veeraiah of Acharya Nagarjuna University,
Sri.G.S.V. Krishna Rao, Deputy General Manager, Andhra Bank, Vijayawada-1,
Rev.Sr.Dr.Kulrekha Mudartha, the convenor and Principal, Rev.Sr.Sleeva Thumma,
the Correspondent of Maris Stella, the faculty members of the department of
Physics, invited speakers, 137 delegates & scholars, 56 PG and UG students
from various neighbouring colleges and 150 B.SC Degree (Maths, Physics,
Chemistry and Computer Science) students of Maris Stella College participated
in the conference. Thus, this national
conference witnessed an excellent integration of youth and scientists.
Photos of inaugural session
Invited Speakers
1. Prof.
T. Pradeep, NanoScience Unit and Thematic unit of Excellence, Institute of
Technology, Madras gave inagural Key
note address.
2. Prof.
B.S. Murty, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology, Madras presented a talk on “Advanced materials for
Automotive, Aerospace and Energy applications”.
3. Prof.
T. Pradeep, NanoScience Unit and Thematic unit of Excellence, Institute of
Technology, Madras presented another talk on “My life in science”.
4.
Prof.N. Veeraiah, the Research director, Department of Physics, Acharya
Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. India, talked about "The role of
luminescent materials in the development of modern science and
technology".
5.Dr. G.
Sivaramaiah, Department of Physics, Government College for Men (A),
Cuddapah, spoke on “Electron Spin
Resonance study of E1' in natural and γ-ray-irradiated amethyst”.
6. Dr.
A.T.Seshadri, Retired Professor, Dept. of Physics, I.I.T Madras, Chennai presented a talk on “A newly
synthesized and study of magnetic cum ferroelectric material”.
7. K.
Mohan Kant, Department of Applied Physics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of
Technology, Nagpur spoke on “Electrical transport and magnetic properties of
magnetite based core-shell nanostructures”.
8.
Prof.P. Yadagiri Reddy, Department of Physics, Osmania University,
Hyderabad-500007, India, spoke about "Multiferroic Materials and Magnetoelectric effect".
9. Prof.
Kajari Mazumdar, Department of High Energy Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai. Spoke on “LHC: The unbelievable pursuit of the unimaginable”.
10. Buchi
N. Nalluri, Director, PG studies and Research, KVSR Siddhartha College of
Pharmaceutical,Vijayawada spoke on “Polymeric films for delivery of drugs in mouth”.
11. Dr.
Sridhar Nimmagadda, Associate Professor of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, 21287, who was on vacation attended our conference and spoke on,
“Molecular Imaging: A Stained Glass to Peek at Biological Processes in vivo”.
12. Dr.K. Venkateswara Rao, Centre for Nano
Science and Technology, JNTU H, Hyderabad,Telangana, spoke on, “Synthesis of
nano materials for sensor applications”.
Students Poster Presentation Contest
In order to encourage students’ community to take part in the
conference, the Department of Physics, Maris Stella College, organized an
INTER-COLLEGIATE POSTER PRESENTATION CONTEST on the theme “Advanced Material
and its Applications” as part of UGC Sponsored Two day National Conference. 52 UG and PG studentsstudents took part in the contest. The preparation for this poster contest
helped the students to gain knowledge about various advanced materials and
their applications and also got an opportunity to listen to eminent scientists
from various leading organizations. Dr.K.Ramachandra Rao, Government Degree
College, Rajahmundry(A), and Dr.G.Sivaramaiah, Government College for Men,
Kadapa were the adjudicators of the Posters. The results of the contest are
given below:
I Prize: G.Amani & D. Sudheer Team, II M.Sc, Andhra
Loyola College,
Vijayawada
Topic:Restoring advanced eye sight using nanotubes
II Prize: CH.V.N.Sushma, II B.Sc MPC,
SDMS College, Vijayawada.
Topic:
Semiconductors and their applications
III Prize: M.Leela Sushma & M.Vanitha Team, III B.Sc ,
Maris Stella College
Topic:
Graphene and their applications
Consolation prize: Ch.Navya & S. Suvarna Team,
III B.Sc, Maris Stella College
The winners were given a certificate and were presented with books
of former President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Valedictory function
The conference was concluded with the valedictory function. Dr.L.Rathaiah, Chancellor, Vignan University, Vadlamudi gave the valedictory address.
Coverage of Conference event in the News Paper
VIJAYAWADA, February 11, 2015
Updated: February 11, 2015 05:44 IST
National conference on science from
tomorrow
SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT
The Department of Physics at Maris
Stella College is organising a UGC-sponsored ‘National Conference on Emerging
Frontiers of Materials Science’ from February 12th and 13th
in the college premises.
The objective of the conference is to
introduce the frontier areas of research in materials science by renowned
experts, academicians, senior scientists through examples from their works.
This will help in creating a platform
for graduate students, young researchers to identify research needs and
opportunities in this emerging field, a press release said.
Faculty members of Department of Physics
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