MRSI NEWS LETTER

MRSI Newsletter
A quarterly publication of the Materials Research Society of India
for circulation amongst its members

Volume B 02, Number 3 July 2002

From the Editors’ Desk

Members might recall that in the last issue of the Newsletter we had informed about the availability of the Bulletin of Materials Science published by the Indian Academy of Sciences on-line in full text form. As Life/Patron members of MRSI, we are also receiving a free copy of all the issues of Bulletin of Materials Science. We had solicited the views of the members whether they would like to receive the printed version also. Indian Academy of Sciences is now asking this in a formal way. Members would have already received the option form to be filled in and sent to the Academy by 15th July 2002. Please exercise your option conscientiously so that the expenditure can be minimised.

It is heartening to know that MRS-Africa has recently been formed. The Inaugural meeting of the newly formed society is scheduled to be held at Dakar, Senegal during December 10 -17, 2002. MRS-Africa is looking forward to the active participation from the members of MRSI.

IUMRS Facets Vol.1 No.03 has been released. B.A. Dasannacharya and P.S.Goyal have written an article "Facets of Materials Research using Neutrons" in this issue. The article highlights the special features of neutrons and their use in the study of Materials. It also emphasizes the need for enhanced international collaboration in this important field.

H L Bhat
R V Krishnan
Editors

For more details about the activities of MRSI, members are advised to visit the society’s website at www.igcar.ernet.in/mrsi

In this issue

From the Editor's Desk
Awards & Distinctions
MRSI & the Indian Academy of Sciences ( IASc )
Highlights of R & D in Materials Science & Technology
Interactive Form
New Members
Calendar of Events (July 2002-Oct 2003)
Subject Group on ‘ Materials for Rural Development’
Nature Materials - A New Journal
International Travel Fund
Patron Membership

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MRSI NEWSLETTER
Volume B 02, Number 3
July 2002

The MRSI Newsletter is a quarterly update published by the Materials Research Society of India. Members are requested to contribute information of interest to Materials Science community. Members can inform through the Newsletter, recognitions/awards received by them, changes in address, forthcoming events, and any interesting scientific/technological developments in the area of materials. The relevant information should be sent to the following address:

Editors
MRSI Newsletter
Materials Research Society of India
IISc Campus, Bangalore 560 012
Email: svsmrsi@physics.iisc.ernet.in
hlbhat@physics.iisc.ernet.in
kirishnan@css.cmmacs.ernet.in

Life Members

Annual Members

DATE	EVENTS	CONTACT PERSON (S)
July 9-12 2002	Silicon Crystals and Films Growth and Lattice Defects- Silicon-2002	Novosibirsk, Russia For more details contact : Marina Kosinova, Email : marina@che.nsk.su
July 14-19 2002	Computational Modelling and Simulation of Materials, CIMTEC 2002	CIMTEC 2002 P.O Box 174 Corso, Mazzini, 52 48018 FAENZA, ITALY Tel: +0546 22461/664143 Fax: +0546 664138/663362 Website: http://www.dinamica.it/cimtec
August 10-13 2002	1^st International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance (MP3) & 10^th Annual Conference of Institute of Materials (East Asia)-Materials in Nanotechnology	Dr. K A Khor Symposium Organizer School of Mechanical & Production Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639 798 Tel: 65 790 5526 Fax: 65 791 1859 Email: mkakhor@ntu.edu.sg
August 13-15 2002	National Symposium on “Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies” (RARE-T-2002)	Prof. S H Pawar Convener, RARE-T-2002 School of Energy Studies, Department of Physics Shivaji University Kolhapur 416 004 [M.S] Tel: 0231-691729, Fax: 0231-692333/691533 Email: pawar_s_h@yahoo.com, rare_t_2002@yahoo.com Website: www.geocities.com/rare_t_2002/circular.html
September 25-28 2002	DAE-BRNS Symposium on Applications of Plasma, Laser and Electron Beams in Materials Processing	Dr. A K Das Convener Power Beams & Materials Processing, PBAMP 2002 Laser and Plasma Technology Division Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay Mumbai 400 085 Tel: 022-5593823, Fax: 022-5505151/5519613 Email: akdas@magnum.barc.ernet.in
September 26-27 2002	National Conference on Sensor Technology (NCST 2002)	D B Singh Secretary, NCST-2002 Centre for Environment and Explosive Safety Metcalfe House Delhi-110 054 Tel: (O) 011-3967702/3919811/3937040, (R) 3974872 Fax: 011-391-4960 Email: ceesdrdo@bol.net.in
October 21-25 2002	21^st International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (ICNTS-21)	Convenor, 21^st ICNTS Secretariat Nuclear Science Centre Post Box 10502, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi 110 067 Tel: 011-6892601/3, 6896639 Fax: 011-6893666 Email: icnts21@nsc.ernet.in Website: www.nsc.ernet.in/conf/icnts21
November 11-15 2002	47^th Annual Conference on Magnetism & Magnetic Materials	Dr. James C Eckert Physics Department Harvey Mudd College, 301 E. 12^th Street Claremont, CA 917119, USA Email: James_Eckert@hmc.edu
November 25-28 2002	Seventh Apam Topical Seminar on Multilayered Structures And Coatings	Prof. Zeng Dechang Institute of Materials Science & Technology Dept. of Mechano-Electronic Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640, China Fax: +86-20-87111312 or 87111317 Email: medczeng@scut.edu.cn
November 27-29 2002	Seventh International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology (ISAEST VII)	Dr. R Pattabiraman, Secretary Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science & Technology (SAEST) Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi 630 006 Tel: 4565-427550-559 (10 lines) 424198 Fax: 4565427713/427779/427205/427206 Email: saestkkd@yahoo.com
November 28-30 2002	CORCON 2002 National Convention on Corrosion East Asia Pacific Regional Conference	Conference Secretariat NACE International India Section 305-A, Galleria, Hiranandani Gardens Powai Mumbai 400 076 Tel: 022-5797354, Fax: 022-6921572 Email: nace@bol.net.in Website: www.naceindia.org
December 2-5 2002	Eighth Apam Topical Seminar on Creating A Global Nanotechnology Network	Prof. Hwang Huey Liang Nano Technology and MEMS Research Centre National Tsing Hua University Hsin-chy, Taiwan Email: hlhwang@ee.nthu.edu.tw
December 5-6 2002	National Symposium on Nanostructure Materials	A K Ganguli Dept. of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110 016 Tel: 011-6591511, Fax: 011-6854715 Email: ashok@chemistry.iitd.ernet.in ashokganguli@hotmail.com B R Mehta Dept. of Physics Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110 016 Tel: 011-6591333, Fax: 011-6854715 Email: brmehta@physics..iitd.ernet.in brmehta_p@hotmail.com
December 10-17 2002	African Material Research Workshop African Renaissance through Science, Technology & Engineering	Prof. Aboubaker Chedikh BEYE Chairman of the Organizing Committee Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Groupe de Laboratoires de Physique des Solides et Science des Materiaux et des Techniques Avancees GLPSSMTA/BP 5376/Dakar-Fann/SENEGAL Tel: (221)825-77-26 (O), (221)824-46-7 (R) Fax: (221)824-63-18, Email: acbeye@refer.sn
December 11-13 2002	International Symposium on Recent Advances in Inorganic Materials	Prof. D Bahadur Convener, RAIM-02 Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Powai Mumbai 400 076 Tel: 022-5767632 Fax: 022-5723480 Email: raim02@met.iitb.ac.in / dhirn@met.iitb.ac.in
December 11-13 2002	International Conference on Sonar-Sensors & Systems ICONS-2002	HRS Sastry ICONS-2002 Naval Physical & Ocenography Laboratory Thrikkakara Cochin 682 021, Kerala, India Tel: 0484-424929, 424911/ Fax: 0484-424858 Email: icons2002@vsnl.net
December 18-20 2002	Conference on Liquid Crystals and other Soft Materials	The Chairman Liquid Crystal Laboratory Raman Research Institute C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar P.O Bangalore 560 080, India Fax: 080-3610492, Email: sadashiv@rri.res.in
January 20-23 2003	International Conference on Phonons in Condensed Materials (Phonons 2K3)	Dr. Sankar P Sanyal Convener, Phonons 2K3 Department of Physics Barkatullah University Bhopal 462 026 Tel: 0755-488539/489028 (O) , Fax: 0755-550606 Email: spsanyal@sancharnet.in
January 22-24 2003	International Workshop on Recent Advances in Nanotechnology of Magnetic Fluids (RANMF-2003)	Dr. R P Pant Secretary, RANMF-2003 National Physical Laboratory Dr. K S Krishnan Road New Delhi 110 012, India Tel: 011-5742610, Ext: 2309, Fax: 011-5852678/5764189 Email: rppant@csnpl.ren.nic.in ranmf@csnpl.ren.nic.in Website: http://www.nplindia.org
February 11-13 2003	14^th Annual General Meeting of MRSI	Dr. S Banerjee Materials Group Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Trombay Mumbai 400 085 Tel: 022-5505239/5505050, Fax: 022-5560750 Email: sbanerji@magnum.barc.ernet.in Prof. Ashok Misra Director, IIT-Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 Tel: 022-5723488/5767000, Fax: 022-5723456 (P) 5723480 (G) Email:director@iitb.ac.in amisra@iitb.ac.in
June 29-July 4 2003	ICMAT 2003 International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies and IUMRS-ICA 2003 International Conference in Asia	ICMAT Secretariat Materials Resesearch Society (Singapore) Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE) 3 Research Link Singapore 117602 Tel: (65) 6874 1975, Fax: (65) 6777 2393 Email: icmat@mrs.org.sg
October 10-13 2003	IUMRS-ICAM	Yokohama, Japan (details will be given later)

Members are requested to give information about the Conference / symposia / workshops they are organizing well in advance so that the same can be inserted in the “calendar of events”

Awards & Distinctions Conferred on Members We are happy to report that the following members of Materials Research Society of India have received awards and distinctions shown against their names. MRSI congratulates them.		MRSI and the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) As MRSI members are aware, the Indian Academy of Sciences and MRSI work together in bringing out the Bulletin of Materials Science. The past presidents of IASc include Prof S Ramaseshan , Prof C N R Rao, Prof P Rama Rao and Prof N Kumar – distinguished members of MRSI. The Academy holds two meetings a year; a Mid-Year and an Annual meeting. These often feature many talks by materials scientists. The 13 th Mid-Year meeting was held from July 5 to 6, 2002 at the Indian Institute of Science. On this occasion Prof S Ranganathan delivered a Special Lecture on Novel Atomic Configurations of Metallics. The lecture was very well appreciated. He has been invited to publish the lecture in our Bulletin of Materials Science by the Chief Editor Prof K J Rao. His lecture covered a wide ground. Most elements are metals and the remaining elements can be made metallic under suitable conditions. In the crystalline state most metals adopt one of the three structures of great simplicity, namely cubic, hexagonal close packed structures and body-centered cubic lattice. Even in the alloys many structures can be seen as derivatives of these structures. However, recent developments have shown that metals can adopt very complex and beautiful configurations in the quasicrystalline and noncrystalline states. There is renewed interest in alloying many elements together in the search for new phases and new structures. The lecture stressed the historical development starting with Kepler’s conjecture, and evolving through Hume-Rothery rules, Bernal deltahedra, Frank-Kasper polyhdera, Penrose tilings and Pettifor maps. The Linus Pauling File promises to tie these various threads together in a spectacular way. The lecture also highlighted Indian contributions and delineated the icosahedral order running through many complex structures and links of metallic structures to chemistry and biology.
Murali Sastry	Dr. B C Deb Memorial Award-Physical Chemistry Indian Science Congress, 2002 Bronze Medal-Chemical Research Society of India,2002 *Fellow-Indian Academy of Sciences, 2002
Samit K Ray	The Homi Bhabha Award for Research in Applied Sciences, 2001
Indian Rare Earths Ltd	Silver Trophy for Public Sector Management
Cahn J W	Bower Award of the Franklin Institute for Achievement in Science.
P.S: Members are requested to communicate to the Editorial office about the Awards, Honours and Distinctions they have received from various agencies.

Jitendra Mohan Bhatnagar (LM B147) Central Building Research Institute Roorkee 247 667 Tel: 01332-72260 Fax: 01332-72272/72543 Email: general@cscbri.ren.nic.in	Sachindra Kumar Mukherji (LM B148) Central Glass & Ceramic Research Centre Naroda Centre Naroda Industrial Estate Ahmedabad 382 330 Tel: 079-2823345	Sarmah Chandra Pratap (LM B151) Electronics Department Regional Research Laboratory Jorhat 785 006 Tel: 0376-3370117 Ext. 520 Fax: 0376-3370011 Email: instru@csir.res.in, Pratap_Sarmah@yahoo.com
Arup Dasgupta (LM B152) Physical Metallurgy Section Materials Characterization Group Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam 603 102 Tel: 04114-480202 Fax: 04114-480081 Email: arup@igcar.ernet.in	Nageswara Sarma B (LM B153) Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221 005 Tel: 0542-369346* 226 / 369478 Email: bnsarma@banaras.ernet.in	Radhapiyari Laishram (LM B154) Electroceramics Group Solid State Physics Laboratory Lucknow Road, Timarpur Delhi 110 054 Tel: 011-3921692 Email: radhapiyari/sspl@ssplnet.org l-radhapiyari@hotmail.com
Ravi M (LM B155) Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Industrial Estate P.O Pappanamcode Thiruvananthapuram 695 019 Tel: 0471-515255	Prasad V S (LM B156) Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Industrial Estate P.O Pappanamcode Thiruvananthapuram 695 019 Tel: (0) 0471-515284 (R) 0471-494197 Fax: 0471-491712	Anup K Ghosh (LM B157) Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110 016 Tel: 011-6591424 Email: akghosh@polymers.iitd.ernet.in akghosh56@hotmail.com
Raghavan P (LM B158 ) Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Industrial Estate P.O Pappanamcode Thiruvananthapuram 695 019	Vijay Kumar Dixit (LM B159) Laser Physics Division, A Block Centre for Advanced Technology Indore 452 013 Tel: 0731-488375 Fax: 0731-488300 Email: dixit@cat.ernet.in

Kamalakaran K P (AM B018 ) Scientist BDT, INSTEF Area, ISRO-P.O Thiruvananthapuram 695 022 Tel: 0471-562273 Fax: 0471-415348 Email: kamalakarankp@hotmail.com	Lalasaheb Patangrao Deshmukh (AM B019) Shivaji University Centre for PG Studies Solapur-Pune Road, Kegaon Kolhapur 413 002 Tel: 0217-350012 Fax: 0217-351011	Ajay M Agarwal (AM B020) Department of Physics Sh. Jayendrapuri Arts & Science College South Gujarat University Bharuch 392 002 Tel: 02642-49802 Email: draag1@yahoo.com
Vineet Bhakhri (AM B021) ST. 15, Krishna Nagar Back Dav School Hoshiapur 146 001 Punjab Tel (Res): 01882-231654