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
Prologue
Science and technology have the keys to solve the complex problems
of society. Finding solutions is universally linked with the development of new
research techniques, generation of new results and new interpretations. The
rapid growth in Research and Development taking place in India reflects the
aspirations of Indians to become a “Knowledge Society”. President Barrack Obama
in his Townhall Speech on 28.01.2015 at Siri Fort, Delhi, expressed that a
Nation would succeed as long as it empowers the young. He also remarked that as
most people in India are under 35 years old, young Indians are going to define
the world. Large number of multinationals and IT Giants are opening their R
& D labs in India. The Indian Government invites young talents towards
research. Today’s youth are certainly talented and they need a direction.
Therefore, to transform US President’s perception into reality and to sustain
the momentum of doing excellent research and to maintain reputation,
state-of-the-art knowledge has to be translated to the minds of young
researchers and students. So, it has become the ultimate responsibility of
educational institutions to create a platform to promote collaborative work
culture and help younger generation to plan for their career.
In
view of this, the department of Physics of Maris Stella had organized a UGC
Sponsored Two day National Conference on “Emerging Frontiers
of Materials Science” on 12th and 13th
February 2015. The conference intended to introduce frontier areas of research
in Materials science to graduate students, young researchers and identify
research needs and opportunities in this emerging field. Renowned experts,
academicians, senior scientists from various leading organizations like IIT M
Chennai, TIFR Mumbai, NIIT Nagpur, JNTU H, Osmania University and Acharya
nagarjuna university etc. provided a pedagogic view of the background and
emerging ideas in a given area of Materials sciences. Active participation of
students and delegates was encouraged through poster and a few oral
presentations and interactions with the speakers. Enriching experience through
such conference would certainly attract the best and most capable young
students to higher education in science and scientific research which plays a
vital role for future careers and in nation building.
The
Maris Stella Management and the organizing committee extend their immense
gratitude to The UGC for its financial support and to Prof. T. Pradeep of DST Unit of Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of
Excellence IIT Madras, Chennai for all his impressive support and
collaboration in organizing this conference. Our sincere gratitude to
distinguished professors for their plenary lectures and to all the authors for
their contributions to this conference. The organizing committee expresses its
appreciation to all its team members for all their efforts in making this event
a reality with great success.
Dr.
G. Little Flower,
Editor and Organizing Secretary,
EMFROMS
2015
UGC Sponsored National Conference on
Emerging Frontiers
of Materials Science
12th
and 13th February, 2015
Programme Schedule
12th
February, 2015
Registration
8.30 to 10.00 a.m
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Session – 1
Invited
Talk:1 Keynote address
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Inaugural
Session
Prof.T. Pradeep
IIT M, Chennai
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9.30-10.00 a.m
10.00-11.00 a.m
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Tea
Break 11.00 to
11.15 a. m
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Session–II
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Chair
Person
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Prof.
N. Veeraiah
Acharya Nagarjuna U’sity,
Guntur
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Invited
Talk: 2
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Prof. B.S. Murty
IIT M, Chennai
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11.15 to 12.15 p.m
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Invited
Talk: 3
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Prof.T. Pradeep IIT M, Chennai
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12.15 to 1.00 p.m
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Lunch Break 1:00 to 2:00 p.m
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Session-III
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Chair
Person
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Mrs.A.Kasturi
HOD, Dept. of Physics,
Maris Stella College
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Invited
Talk: 4
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Prof.
N. Veeraiah
Acarya Nagarjuna U’sity,
Guntur
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2.00 to 2.30 p.m
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Invited
Talk: 5
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Dr.G.Sivaramaiah Government College for Men,
Kadapa
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2.30 to 3.15
p.m
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Invited
Talk: 6
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Dr. A.T.
Seshadri
Bangalore
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3.15 to 4.00 p.m
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Tea
Break
4:00. 4.15 p.m
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SessionIV(4.15 to 5.00 p.m)
Venue:
Audiovisual room
Oral
Presentations
Chair
Person
Dr.G.Sahaya Baskaran
Andhra Loyola College
OP
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(4.15
to 5.00 p.m)
Venue:
MCA Block
Poster Presentations
Chair
Person
Dr.G.Sivaramaiah
Government College for Men, Kadapa
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(4.15
to 5.00 p.m)
Venue:
Auditorium
Oral
Presentations
Chair
Person
Dr.M.C.Rao
Andhra Loyola College
OP
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UGC Sponsored National Conference on
Emerging Frontiers of Materials Science
12th and 13th February,
2015
Programme Schedule
13th
February, 2015
Session – V
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Chair
Person
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Prof.
Sayanna, Head, OU.
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Invited
Talk: 7
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Dr. K. Mohan Kant
National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
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9.00 to 9. 40
a.m
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Invited
Talk: 8
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Prof.P.Yadagiri Reddy
Osmania University
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9.40 to 10.20
a.m
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Invited
Talk: 9
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Prof. Kajari Mazumdar
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
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10.20 to 11.00 p.m
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Tea
Break
11.00 to 11.15 a. m
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Session – VI
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Chair Person
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Dr. A.T. Seshadri
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Invited
Talk: 10
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Prof. Buchi
N. Nalluri,
KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical, VJA
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11.15 to 11.55 a.m
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Invited
Talk: 11
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Dr. Sridhar Nimmagadda
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
11.55 to 12.35 p.m
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Invited
Talk: 12
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Dr.K.Venkateswara Rao
JNTU, Hydrabad
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12.35 to 1.15p.m
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Lunch Break 1.15 to 2.15 p.m
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Session
– 7 (2.15 to 3.00 p.m)
Venue:
Audiovisual room
Oral
Presentations
Chair
Person
Dr.
Ch. Srinivasu
Andhra Loyola College
OP
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Session
– 7 (2.15 to 3.00 p.m)
Venue:
Auditorium
Oral
Presentations
Chair
Person
Dr.
G. Srinivasa Rao
Andhra Loyola College
OP
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Session – 8
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Valedictory Function
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3:00 to 4:15 p.m
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Closing Session Tea Break 4:15. 4.30 p.m
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Report of the
Conference (12.02.2015)
First day 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.
Technical Session I: Inaugural address
Prof. T. Pradeep, NanoScience Unit and Thematic
unit of Excellence, Institute
of Technology, Madras who has authored over 320 scientific papers in journals and has 55 patents and also the recipient of
several awards including the Shanthi Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, BM Birla Science
Prize, National award for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, India nanotech
Innovation award and JC Bose national Fellowship gave the inaugural address. In
his address he said that everything around us is an advanced material.
Materials Science is the study of almost all materials of nature and creating
new materials by bio-mimicking. Advanced materials have encompassed of wide
range of scientific fields and so it is highly inter-disciplinary. According to
him the most deliberate book of last century was the chemistry book on
‘Understanding the nature of bonds” by Linus Pauling who deduced a relation
between entropy from which free energy was calculated. Using this relation
Linus Pauling gave first law to understand the materials. He spoke about the
emerging areas of materials science and explained that well-defined atomically
precise magic clusters with accurate
molecular formulae could be grown by simple methods in protein templates. They
could be used for solving day-to-day problems such as affordable and safe
drinking water as well as cancer diagnostics. These materials are
environmentally friendly in the sense that they could be produced in water at
room temperature, but can be maintained stable in water. Similar science could
also be used to create sensors for contaminants.
Technical Session II: Invited talks
Prof. B.S. Murty, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology, Madras, who is also an Adjunct professor at Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada from 2011 and has 330 journal publications, 14 patents,
recipient of Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar
Award and various other awards spoke on “Advanced
materials for Automotive, Aerospace and Energy applications”. Steel when heated to 900 oC
and quench in water become hardened whereas aluminium under the same conditions
becomes softened and with time it gets hardened called Age hardening. If grain
size is reduced, the metal become strong even at high temperature and finds a
lot of applications. He shared his
experience how his research group had been able to successfully develop grain
refiners for Aluminium and its various alloys. In addition, they were also able
to develop In-situ composites that
have exceptional properties in comparison to conventional alloys. His talk dealt
with the Aluminium based in-situ
composites with improved mechanical properties in comparison to conventional ex-situ composites such as Al-SiC
composites. He also talked about nanocrystalline materials which had attracted
the attention of both academicians and industrialists over the past two decades
and expressed that its omnipresence could be felt in almost all fields of
engineering and technology and possibly the only field ever since the
industrial revolution, which had brought people of different fields to work
together, making it truly an inter-disciplinary. He said that a number of nano
materials have promising properties that can have potential applications in
automotive, aerospace and energy sector. His talk provided the excitements and
challenges in the field based on their research being carried out at their
laboratory in this field.
Prof. T. Pradeep, NanoScience Unit and Thematic
unit of Excellence, Institute
of Technology, Madras in his second talk spoke
about “My life in science” and explained that how one could be better if the
chosen path is science. He expressed that how ordinary science students can
make extraordinary achievements by narrating his own experience in research
that delivered clean water to over one million people already. Any science student with commitment and
enthusiasm could succeed in scientific fields. Science students should have
inquisitive mind. One should not get disappointed when a bird breaks the
toughened glass plate of a solar panel with its beak, instead one should
determined to look for ways to create a
material that could mimic the beak of the bird which has greater strength. He
assured that science could bring progress and development to the nation.
Delegates and students were so impressed by this talk.
Technical Session III: Invited talks
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.
Different types of luminescence viz., photoluminescence,
chemiluminescence, bioluminescence thermoluminescence, radio luminescence,
triboluminescence and sonoluminescence were discussed with relevant examples of
materials. He explained about the characteristic and non-characteristic
luminescence by taking thallium activated alkali halides and the laser
materials as examples of luminescence and the applications of thermoluminescence
in radiation dosimetry.
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”. He spoke about the experimental
methods such as Electron Spin Resonance and Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance
methods recorded at room and different low temperatures for natural gamma-ray
irradiated amethyst and the associated thermodynamic properties, Curie
temperature and Curie constant of E1' were discussed.
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”. He narrated about the synthesis of a new composite multiferroic/magneto-electric
materials synthesized by him by mixing BLT (Bismuth Lanthanum Titanate) a
ferroelectric material with a magnetic material LSM (Lanthanum Strontium Manganate) by
various weight fractions that exhibited
multi-ferroic property i.e., it is ferro-electric and at the same is also a
magnetic which are not that common.
Technical Session IV: Oral and Poster presentations
Two
separate parallel session for oral presentations were arranged, one in auditorium and another in audio-visual room
for the delegates to present their papers. Seventeen
delegates presented their papers. Each presenter was given 6 minutes for
presentation and 2 minutes for interaction. In parallel, a poster presentation
contest along with oral presentation was arranged.
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. Two students were permitted to
form a team and take part in the contest so as to promote team spirit and
collaborative learning and make the poster presentation expenses economic.
These students were instructed to register themselves for the conference by
paying Rs.200/-. UG and PG students of PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY and ELECTRONICS
groups of neighbouring colleges and Maris Stella students were invited to
participate in the contest and share their creative ideas. 52 students 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
Consolation prize: Ch.Navya & S. Suvarna Team, III B.Sc, Maris Stella College
Topic: Thin films and their applications
The winners were given a
certificate and were presented with books of former President A.P.J.Abdul
Kalam. The list of names of students and the topics of the poster is given
below:
Names of students
and titles of the posters
S.NO
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Names of the Students
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College
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Class
|
Tittle of
the papers
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1
|
C.H.V.N.Sushma
|
S.D.M.S.
College
|
II
B.Sc M.P.C
|
Semi Conductors & their Applications
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2
|
(a).CH.Vijaya
Lakshmi
|
S.D.M.S.
College
|
III
B.Sc M.P.Cs
|
Nano Materials & their
Applications
|
(b).CH.Jaya
Lakshmi
|
S.D.M.S.
College
|
III
B.Sc M.P.Cs
|
Nano Materials & their Applications
|
|
3
|
P.
Sai Kiran Reddy
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc M.E.Cs
|
Advanced Materials &
Applications
|
4
|
(a)
G.Amani
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
M.Sc
|
Restoring Advanced Eye
Site Using Nano Tubes
|
(b).D
.Sudheer
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
M.Sc
|
Restoring Advanced Eye
Site Using Nano Tubes
|
|
5
|
(a).CH.
Jaya Sri
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II M.Sc
|
Role Of Colourful Nano
Transporters Curing Liver Disease
|
(b).
N. Naga Durga
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
M.Sc
|
Role Of Colourful Nano
Transporters Curing Liver Disease
|
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6
|
(a).
K. Kalyani
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
I
M.Sc
|
Impact Of Moores Law On Computers
|
(b). R. Pradeep Kumar
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
I
M.Sc
|
Impact Of Moores Law On Computers
|
|
7
|
J.
Alekhya Rani
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Materials for the
Preparation of LED'S
|
8
|
(a).
V. Swathi Lakshmi
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc. Bio-Tech
|
Polymer & Its Composits
Used In Building a Robots
|
(b).SK.Asfia
Bano
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc .Bio-Tech
|
Polymer & Its Composits
Used In Building a Robots
|
|
9
|
(a).
G. Sri Sarasija
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
S mart Materials -Thermo
chronic materials and their applications
|
(b).T.
Sony Mary Daniel
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
Smart Materials -Thermo chronic materials
|
|
10
|
(a).B.Jithendra
Kumar
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
Bio Materials and their
applications
|
(b).
S.Sravani
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
Bio Materials and their
applications
|
|
11
|
(a).
R. Kanaka Durga
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
History of LED'S and their
applications
|
(b).V.
Madhavi
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc .MPC
|
History of LED'S and their
applications
|
|
12
|
(a).
G .Anusha
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc .MPC
|
Titanium of Ions and their
applications
|
(b).B.
Lavanya
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc.MPC
|
Titanium of Ions and their
applications
|
|
13
|
(a).L.
Prasanthi
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Glasses of Erbium and their
applications
|
(b).
K. Prabandha
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
IIIB.Sc.
MPC
|
Glasses of Erbium and their
applications
|
|
14
|
(a).
T. Prabhu Kiran
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Teflon &Its Applications
|
(b).
K .Leela Sasidhar
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Teflon &Its Applications
|
|
15
|
(a).Venkata
Siva Rao
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Meta Materials and their
applications
|
(b).
M. Raju
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
III
B.Sc. MPC
|
Meta Materials and their
applications
|
|
16
|
(a).B.
Srinivas
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
M.Sc.
|
Advanced Material for production
of Solar Energy
|
(b).
P.Sai Krishna
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
II
M.Sc.
|
Advanced Material for the
production of Solar Energy
|
|
17
|
(a).
K. Swathi
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
I
M.Sc.
|
Review of Deflouriation of
Water
|
(b).CH
.Vijaya Lakshmi
|
Andhra
Loyala College
|
I
M.Sc.
|
Review of Deflouriation of
Water
|
|
18
|
(a).CH. Navya
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.SC. Electronics
|
Thin Films and their
applications
|
(b).S.Suvarna
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc. Electronics
|
Thin Films and their
applications
|
|
19
|
(a).J.
Hanisha
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc . Eiectronics
|
Bio-chips and their applications
|
(b).A.Kalpana
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc .Eiectronics
|
Bio-chips and their
applications
|
|
20
|
(a).D.Sujana
Swetha
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc. Eiectronics
|
Bio-materials and their
applications
|
(b).U.
Mounika
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc. Eiectronics
|
Bio-materials and their
applications
|
|
21
|
(a).S.
Amala
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc.Eiectronics
|
Liquid Crystals and their
applications
|
(b).Yasmeen
Sulthana
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc. Electronics
|
Liquid Crystals and their
applications
|
|
22
|
(a).M.
Vanitha
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc. Electronics
|
Graphene and their
applications
|
(b).M.Leela
Sushma
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc.Electronics
|
Graphene and their
applications
|
|
23
|
(a).K.Pushpa
Rani
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc .Electronics
|
Advanced Semi Conductor
Materials and their applications
|
(b).K.
Sravanthi
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc. Electronics
|
Advanced Semi Conductor
Materials and their applications
|
|
24
|
(a).J
Aruna
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.SC. Electronics
|
Bio-materials and their
applications
|
(b).Jaya
Sri
|
Maris
Stella College
|
III
B.Sc.Electronics
|
Bio-materials and their
applications
|
|
25
|
(a).K.
Mounika Lalitha Devi
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc. Electronics
|
Super Conducting Materials
and their applications
|
(b).B.Manjusha
|
Maris
Stella College
|
II
B.Sc. Eiectronics
|
Super Conducting Materials
and their applications
|
|
26
|
(a).D.Susmitha
|
KBN
College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
Nano Materials & their Applications
|
(b).V.Lakshmi
Durga
|
KBN
College
|
II
B.Sc. MPC
|
Nano Materials & their Applications
|
Report of the Conference
(13.02.2015)
Second day of the conference started with a prayer
song at 9 a.m.
Technical Session V: Invited Talks
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”. His talk focussed on Magnetic
nanoparticle clusters, specially magnetite (Fe3O4)
nanoparticles that attract a great deal of attention in the fields of medicine
and magnetic storage. The magnetic transitions from ferromagnetic to
superparamagnetic state has been found to be the key parameter for realizing
most of technological applications and are found to exhibit critical slowing
down behaviour with typical relaxation time scales of the order of 10-10
s. The various changes that occur during magnetic transition were discussed.
Prof.P. Yadagiri Reddy, Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007,
India, spoke about multiferroic Materials
and magnetoelectric effect based on which scientists were able to discover
the materials in which at least two ferroic orders(Ferroelectricity,
Ferromagnetism, Ferroelasticity, Ferrotoroidicity). He also explained about their
advantages and disadvantages in practical applications particularly at room
temperature. Hs talk highlighted the work on the structural, ferroelectric and
in-field 57Fe Mossbauer studies of Sr3Co2Fe24O41(SCFO)
polycrystalline multiferroichexaferrite and the
P-E data the PUND(Positive up and negative
down) measurements and also discussed the low temperature in-field 57Fe
Mössbauer studies of SCFO.
Prof. Kajari Mazumdar, Department of High Energy Physics, Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Spoke on “LHC: The unbelievable pursuit of the
unimaginable”. In her talk she explained about the Large
Hadron Collider project (LHC) which is a tool to study the universe when it was
very young and to probe the connection between the world of today with distant
past in the most fundamental way. She explained about the technological feat
achieved for colliding protons with energy 7000 times the proton mass every 25
ns is achieved through a number of innovations that include multiple
sub-detectors of physical dimensions ranging from few microns to few meters, and
involving almost 10 million electronic channels. Her talk thus, discussed the
essential aspects of LHC project after a brief introduction to particle physics
and elucidated the basic idea about the Higgs boson and briefly describes how
it was discovered.
Technical Session VI: Invited Talks
Buchi N. Nalluri, Director, PG studies and Research, KVSR Siddhartha
College of Pharmaceutical,Vijayawada spoke on “Polymeric films for delivery of drugs in mouth”. In
his talk he expressed that polymeric mouth dissolving
films when placed in the oral cavity dissolve within few seconds without
chewing and intake of water. The oral buccal mucosa being highly vascularized,
drugs can absorbed directly and can enter the systemic circulation without
undergoing first-pass hepatic metabolism. This advantage can be exploited in
preparing products with improved oral bioavailability of molecules that undergo
first pass effect. His investigation was aimed at preparation and evaluation of
mouth dissolving films (MDFs) of an anti-migraine drug, Rizatriptan Benzoate
(RIZ) to enhance convenience and compliance to the elderly and pediatric
patients. MDFs casted at 30mil thickness containing poly ethylene glycol
(PEG-400) as plasticizer showed superior release rates along with good mechanical
properties like tensile strength, folding endurance etc.
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”. He expressed that the technological
advances in material science have afforded the development of hybrid
“all-in-one” imaging systems that allow simultaneous acquisition of both
anatomical and functional information and now could “remotely” visualize and
interrogate biological pathways in vivo. He said that his laboratory is focused
on the development of imaging and therapeutic agents for chemokine
receptors. Chemokine/chemokine receptor interactions
play diverse roles in cell migration and homeostasis. Emerging evidence suggests that cancer cells
co-opt chemokine networks for survival, proliferation, immune evasion and
metastasis. Given their extensive implication in cancer progression, several
chemokine receptor/ligand axes are considered therapeutic targets. His talk
thus focussed about their efforts towards the development of imaging agents for
chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) and CXCR4 targeted nanotherapeutics.
Dr.K. Venkateswara Rao,
Centre for Nano
Science and Technology, JNTU H, Hyderabad,Telangana, spoke on, “Synthesis of nano materials for sensor
applications”. In his talk he explained that biosensors
development and production are currently expanding due to the recent application
of several new techniques, which are derived from physical chemistry,
biochemistry, thick- and thin-film physics, material science and electronics.
He explained that in development of biosensors composed of ceria-titania core
shell nanoparticles (CSNPs) and enzymes, the immobilization technique for
localizing enzyme at the surface of ceria-titania CSNPs electrodes that plays a
very important role in the rate of reaction with high resolution sensor.
Technical Session VII: Oral presentations
Two separate parallel
session for oral presentations were
arranged, one in auditorium and another in audio-visual room for the delegates
to present their papers. Fifteen
delegates presented their papers.
Valedictory function
The conference was concluded with the
valedictory function. Dr.L.Rathaiah, Chancellor, Vignan University, Vadlamudi
gave the valedictory address. In his address he expressed how materials fill
our lives and so there is a tremendous need of research to develop functional
materials. He advised students to be in a state of preparedness to face
challenges and equip them with latest knowledge and assured them that only the
desire in the mind would help them to be successful and poverty would not
hinder their achievements. He also inspired them by telling his own success
story of establishing 32 engineering colleges and so one could dream for
comforts in life and earn any amount of money without exploiting and cheating
others. Prof.M.V.Basveswara Rao, Dean of Sciences, Krishna University,
Dr.K.Venkateswara Rao, JNTU H, Dr,Sridhar Nimmagadda, John’s Hopkin’s
University, Baltimore, USA were the guests of honour of the
function.Rev.Sr.Sleeva Thumma, Correspondent, Maris Stella College,
Rev.Sr.Dr.Kulrekha Mudartha, Convenor and Principal, Delegates, scholars, faculty
members and students of Physics, Chemistry and Electronics were present Best
Poster Awards along with merit certificates, and certificates to the delegates
were presented. The conference came to an end with the National anthem.
Photos of Inaugural
Session
Release of the Abstract book of the conference
Invited Talks
Prof.T.Pradeep, IIT M, Chennai
Prof.N.Veeraiah,
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Prof.P.Yadagiri Reddy, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Prof. Buchi N. Nalluri, KVSR Siddhartha College of
Pharmaceutical, Vijayawada
Dr. Sridhar Nimmagadda, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Dr.K.Venkateswara
Rao, JNTU H , Hyderabad
Dr.K.Ramachandra
Rao, Government Degree College, Rajahmundry(A)
ORAL Presentations
A POSTER Presentation CONTEST
Valedictory Function
Valedictory address by Sri.
L. Rathaiah,
Chancellor of Vignan
University
Presentation of Poster awards to students
Presentation of Participation Certificates
Media with resource persons
Prof.T.Pradeep,
IIT M
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.
Inagural Session
-Lighting the Lamp on 12.02.2015
Release of
Abstract book during inaugural session
Valedictory
address by L.Rathaiah, Chancellor of Vignan University
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