Invited Speakers
Metals
S.No. Name Title Affiliation
Country

1. Balasubramaniam, R
Challenges in the processing and fabrication of Novel Phosphoric Irons.
IIT-Kanpur
2. Chaudhury, Prabir K
Continuous Severe Plastic Deformation (CSPD) Processing of Aluminium Alloy.
Cox USA
3. Ganesan, Vaidehi
Failure analysis and structural integrity assesment of some nuclear components-understanding material behaviour.
IGCAR
4. Gupta, Anil K
Ductility Enhancement in Extruded Magnesium-Rhenium Alloy.
NPL
5. Gupta, M
On the role of hybrid reinforcement mixture of metal and ceramic in enhancing the tensile and oxidation response of Magnesium Alloy AZ31B.
National Univ. of Singapore
6. Hibbard, G D
Mechanical Properties of Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Cellular Materials.
Univ. of Toronto
7. Kainer, Karl Ulrich
Fabrication and Processing of Magnesium Sheets.
GKSS Research Centre
8. Sampath, V
Recent Trends in Production, Processing and Applications of Shape Memory Alloys.
IIT-Madras
9. Srivatsan, T S
Critical Review of Titanium Alloys for Aerospace and Non-Aerospace Applications.
The Univ. of Akron
Metal Composites
S.No. Name Title Affiliation
Country

10. Agarwal, Arvind
Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Aluminum Composites by Thermal Spray Techniques.
FIU, Florida
11. Pai, B C
Processing of metal matrix composites for automotive applications challenges and prospects.
NIIST
12. Thadhani, Naresh N
Fabrication of Nanocomposite exchange-coupled bulk permanent magnets by shock compaction of powders.
Georgia Inst. of Tech.
Polymer Composites
S.No. Name Title Affiliation
Country

13. Bhattacharyya, Debes
Optimisation of Manufacturing Parameters and Morphology-Based Object Oriented Finite Element Technique.
Univ. of Auckland
14. Gitis, Norm
Evaluation of Elastic Modulus Distribution in Polymer Nano-Composites.
CETR California
15. Kar, Kamal K
Functionally Graded Polymeric Nanocomposites: Processing and Characterization.
IIT-Kanpur
16. Mathias, Brieu
Processing and behavior of rubber-like materials reinforced by nano particles.
Ecole Centrale de Lille
17. Rao, R M V G K
Matrix Centric Polymer Composites – Prominence of the Passive Phase.
NAL Bangalore
18. Talreja, Ramesh
Analysis of Manufacturing Induced Defects in Composite Materials for Cost-effective Design.
Texas A&M Univ.
Biomaterials
S.No. Name Title Affiliation
Country

19. Albertsson, Ann-Christine
Fabrication and comparison of three-dimensional scaffolds.
KTH
20. Bellare, Anuj
Strategies for Radiation Crosslinking of Polyethylene used in Orthopedic Implants.
Haruard Medical School
21. Kumta, Prashant N
Prospects of Complex Engineered Nanostructured Materials, Novel Biodegradable Metals,and Hybrid Delivery Systems for Bone Regeneration.
Univ. of Pittsburgh
22. Niinomi, Mitsuo
Mechanical Biocompatibility of Low Modulus Beta-type Titanium Alloy.
Tohoku Univ.
23. Ribeiro, Rahul
CNT-Polyimide nanocomposites for cartilage replacement.
IIT-Delhi
24. Wang, Min
Design and Fabrication of Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering.
The Univ. of Hong Kong
25. Yarlagadda, Prasad KDV
Studies of bone cell adhesion and proliferation on ion implanted titanium discs.
Queensland Univ. of Tech.
Electronic Materials
S.No. Name Title Affiliation
Country

26. Liang, Hong
Microelectronic Materials in Integrated Circuits and Manufacturing.
Texas A&M Univ.
27. Mathur, Sanjay
Chemically Designed Nanoparticles and Nanowires: Controlled Growth, Applications and Devices.
Saarland Univ.