Day 3 Schedule

Saturday | May 18, 2024

09:00 - 09:30 Plenary G.K. Dey, BARC  Structure of Non-crystalline Solids; Its determination and implications
09:30 - 10:00 Plenary N. Ravishankar, IISc Bangalore  Some Unconventional Contrast Mechanisms in HAADF-STEM Imaging
10:00 - 10:30 Plenary  David Stowe, Ametek   Characterization of energy materials in the electron microscope using optical and x-ray spectroscopies

Tea break
10:50 - 12:40 Parallel sessions

Lunch break
14:00 - 15:50 Parallel sessions
16:00 - 16:30 Concluding session and prize distribution

High Tea

Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session - 1 (B. Nag Main Auditorium)
10:50 - 12:50
Prof. D. Banerjee Symposium
10:50 - 11:10 Arup Dasgupta,IGCAR, Kalpakkam:  Determination of bonding nature in iron-boride using aberration corrected electron microscopy, spectroscopy and DFT simulation  (I)
11:10 - 11:30 Indradev Samajdar, IIT Bombay:  Multi-Scale Diffraction-Based Residual Stress Measurements and Localized Damage in Hexagonal Titanium (I)
11:30 - 11:50 Sabyasachi Saha, DMRL:  Failed Fuel Manifold: Cr-rich Phase Identified (I)
11:50 - 12:10 Ankur Chauhan, IISc Bangalore:  In-situ TEM annealing and straining investigations on neutron-irradiated 9%Cr RAFM steel (I)
12:10 - 12:30 C.S. Tiwary, IIT Kharagpur:  Engineering Materials at the Atomic Scale for the development of 3D-printed complex architecture for sustainable Energy, Environment applications (I)
12:30 - 12:50 S. Suwas, IISc Bangalore:  Role of microstructural investigation in understanding the science of additive manufacturing (I)

14:00 - 15:40
Advanced Materials Processing
14:00 - 14:25 Arijit Laik, BARC Mumbai:  Role of Interfacial Microstructure in Joining of Dissimilar Materials  (K)
14:25 - 14:45 Abhay Gautam, IIT Gandhinagar:  Development of core-shell precipitates in ternary Al alloys  (I)
14:45 - 15:05 Vijay Devidas Hiwarkar, DIAT, Pune: Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and hardness of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V alloy (I)
15:05 - 15:25 Prabhu, ARCI Chennai: Towards a Heavy Rare Earth Free/Lean Permanent Magnet (I)
15:20 - 15:40 Tuhin Dolui, HASETRI, Mysuru: Study of chemical Staining in Rubber Composites: Microstructural Insights and morphological Characterization

Parallel Session - 2 (Room-13, Floor-1)
10:50 - 12:55
Advanced Techniques - 4
10:50 - 11:15 Abhinandan Gangopadhyay, IIT Bombay:  Characterization of interfacial defects in MBE-grown GaAs(001)-based heterostructures using transmission electron microscopy (K)
11:15 - 11:35 Jirí Dluhoš LabIndia:  Multimodal Characterization of Energy Materials using TESCAN Plasma FIB-SEM with integrated ToF-SIMS (I)
11:35 - 11:55 Nitish Bibhanshu, IIT Ropar:  The role of in-situ orientation imaging in the identification of deformation mechanisms (I)
11:55 - 12:15 Abhishek Tripathi, MNIT Jaipur:  Limits of Physical Lateral Resolution of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Technique (I)
12:15 - 12:35 Bhagyaraj Jayabalan, Tata Steel Jamshedpur:  Application of correlative electron microscopy for the study of metallurgical phenomenon in advanced high strength steels (AHSS) (I)
12:35 - 12:55 Sai Ram Krishna Malladi, IIT Hyderabad:  Challenges with liquid cell microscopy (I)

14:00 - 15:35
Advanced Techniques - 5
14:00 - 14:20 Devendra S Negi, IIT Jodhpur:  Probing magnetism by Transmission electron microscopy (I)
14:20 - 14:40 Jyoti Shankar Jha, Alleima India:  Efficient Analysis of Superalloy Microstructures: Leveraging Automated SEM Imaging for TTT Diagrams (I)
14:40 - 15:00 Alexander Bright, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tokyo: Plasma FIB and Ultrashort Pulse Laser 2D and 3D cross-sectioning of Li-ion batteries and sensitive materials (I)
15:00 - 15:20 Arunachalam Rajagopal, Labindia Instruments:  Revolutionizing Material Characterization with High- Speed 4D X-ray Imaging (I)
15:20 - 15:35 Tanmay Sardar, CSIR- AMPRI, Bhopal: A 3D-printed Cost-Effective and Portable Microscope design for sensing applications

Parallel Session - 3 (Room-14, Floor-1)
10:50 - 12:40
2D layered / thin films / Nano Technology
10:50 - 11:15 Jyoti Ranjan Mohanty, IIT Hyderabad:  Exploring functional magnetic thin film with correlated microscopy and multiscale modeling (K)
11:15 - 11:35 Kartik Senapati, NISER Bhubhneshwar: Fabrication of nanoscale Josephson junctions using Gallium Focused Ion Beam (FIB) patterning techniques (I)
11:35 - 11:55 Ahin Roy IIT Kharagpur:  Formation and Dynamics of Iron germanide Nanowires on Ge (110) using in situ UHV TEM (I)
11:55 - 12:10 Manish K Singh Univ. Allahabad:  Formation and Dynamics of Iron germanide Nanowires on Ge (110) using in situ UHV TEM 
12:10 - 12:25 Indra Sulania, IUAC, New Delhi:  Tetrapods based composite electrodes for environmental monitoring
12:25 - 12:40 Madhumita Roy, CSIR AMPRI Bhopal:  Intelligent Wearable Nano Sweat Detector platform 

14:00 - 15:35
Advanced Materials Research
14:00 - 14:25 Aditya Prakash, Tata Steel Jamshedpur:  Hydrogen embrittlement in high carbon springs: A study combining spectroscopy and microscopy  (K)
14:25 - 14:45 Vishwanadh B., BARC Mumbai:  Transmission Electron Microscopy of Microstructures Evolved During Rapid Solidification in Al-Cu System (I)
14:45 - 15:05 Shubhangini Yadav, IIT Roorkee:  Phase evolutions in the Metal–Zinc systems (I)
15:05 - 15:20 Samarendra Roy, IIT Kharagpur:  Influence of Zr content on the precipitation behaviour of cast Al-Cu alloy
15:20 - 15:35 Bright Mweene, IISc Bangalore:  Fatigue behavior of a thermomechanically rolled medium-carbon ultrafine bainite 

Parallel Session - 4 (Room-15, Floor-1)
10:50 - 12:45
Metallic Materials - 4
10:50 - 11:15 R. K. Mandal, IIT BHU:  Structural features of SS304L-IN625 bimetallic system and commensurate modulation of Ca2MnO4 Ruddlesden-Popper compound  (K)
11:15 - 11:35 Sumantra Mandal, IIT Kharagpur: Elucidating the role of microstructural features on strength-ductility synergy in Ni-containing advanced high-strength steels (I)
11:35 - 11:55 Jaiveer Singh, IIT Jodhpur:  Texture evolution and deformation mechanisms in E-form Mg alloy under in-plane shear test (I)
11:55 - 12:15 Durga Prasad Tata Steel:  Role of Existing Steels in Hydrogen Economy (I)
12:15 - 12:30 Rajesh K. Rai, MNIT Jaipur:  Influence of microstructural degradation on monotonic deformation behaviour of SU 713 C alloy
12:30 - 12:45 C. Velmurugan, IIIT Tiruchirappalli:  Influence of precipitates on phase transformation behaviour of spark plasma sintered NiTi shape memory alloys 

14:00 - 15:35
Metallic Materials - 5
14:00 - 14:25 Vijay K Vasudevan, UNT USA:  Electron Microscopy of Phase Transformations, Microstructure Evolution and Radiation Damage in High Temperature Nickel-Based Alloys  (K)
14:25 - 14:45 G. Srikant, IIT Bhubaneswar:  Effect of laser shock peening on microstructure and mechanical properties of Nitinol  (I)
14:45 - 15:05 Manas Paliwal, IIT Kharagpur:  Investigation of Laves phase dissolution and Homogenization kinetics in IN718 with varying Si content through a combination of characterization and calculations (I)
15:05 - 15:20 Sudeepta Mukherjee, IISc Bangalore:  Effect of Co and Fe Variation on the Thermal and Thermo-Physical Properties of Ni-Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ti L12-Strengthened Complex Concentrated Superalloys 
15:20 - 15:35 Malvika Karri, BARC Mumbai:  Microstructural modification of Alloy 693 on exposure to molten borosilicate glass environment 

Parallel Session - 5 (Room-21, Floor-2)
10:50 - 12:40
Advanced Materials and Techniques - 1
10:50 - 11:15 Debalay Chakrabarti, IIT Kharagpur:  Fractography  (K)
11:15 - 11:35 Sushanta Panigrahi, IIT Madras: Microforming and superplastic microforming behavior of engineered aluminium and magnesium alloys (I)
11:35 - 11:55 Shashank Shekhar, IIT Kanpur:  Exploring Deformation Mechanisms in Si-Stainless-Steel utilizing in-situ tensile tests in SEM (I)
11:55 - 12:10 Satanand Mishra, CSIR- AMPRI, Bhopal:  Discovering Patterns on Electron Microscopic Images using Machine Learning Techniques 
12:10 - 12:25 Alphy George, IGCAR, Kalpakkam: Atomic insight into stacking fault in non-close packed system, WC simple hexagonal with pentahedron voids 
12:25 - 12:40 Ameer Suhail M, IIT Guwahati: Multiscale Microscopic Characterization of a Scalable Optofluidic Microreactor System for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using CoOx-Ag Loaded Mo-BiVO4 and Rh&Cr2O3 Loaded gC3N4 Nanosheets 

14:00 - 15:15
Advanced Materials and Techniques - 2
14:00- 14:20 Suman Neogy, BARC Mumbai: Experience with ion-irradiation of in-core reactor structural materials (I)
14:20 - 14:40 Indrani Sen, IIT Kharagpur:  Understanding the microstructural evolution and deformation behavior in aerospace-grade metallic materials using electron microscopy techniques (I)
14:40 - 15:00 Swayamprakash Biswal, IIT Delhi:  Effect of Electronic Modulation through Single Atomic Stabilization: An Iridium Single Atom Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction 
15:00 - 15:15 Vignesh Viswanathan, Raith India:  Focused ion beams from Liquid Metal Alloy Ion Sources (LMAIS) for nanofabrication, ion imaging and SIMS nano-analytics

Parallel Session - 6 (Room-22, Floor-2)
10:50 - 12:15
Biological Systems - 4
10:50 - 11:15 Sandip Kaledhonkar, IIT Bombay:  Cryo-EM structure of the honey bee virus at 3.5 Å (K)
11:15 - 11:30 Arpana Parihar, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal:  3D fluorescence microscopy to examine structural changes in cell organelles induced by photodynamic therapy with a chlorin p6-histamine conjugate in human oral cancer cells.
11:30 - 11:45 P Madhusudhan Achary, ICMR-NIN, Hyderabad, Telangana:  Role of Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDAX) in the Food and Nutrition Research 
11:45 - 12:00 Saleem Baig, ExpressMed Laboratories, Bahrain:  The Role of Electron Microscopy in Clinical Diagnostic Applications: A Pilot Study on Imaging ultra-thin Sections of Kidney by STEM-FESEM 
12:00 - 12:15 Tofayel Ahmed, SINP Kolkata:  Revisiting the 3.6 MDa giant hemoglobin of common earthworm Lumbricus terrestris by negative stain transmission electron microscopy 

14:00 - 15:35
Processing and Characterization
14:00 - 14:25 Somjeet Biswas, IIT Kharagpur:  High strength, ductility, and sheet-formability in low carbon microalloyed dualphase steel  (K)
14:25 - 14:45 Sarthak Nag, IIT Mandi:  In-situ liquid-phase electron microscopy and its application to study surface nanobubbles (I)
14:45 - 15:05 Ravi Chandra Gundakaram, ARCI Hyderabad: Multiscale Characterization of 18-Cr Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels (I)
15:05 - 15:20 Raghavendra K G, Manipal Institute of Technology:  Phase and microstructure stability studies on doped Lanthanum Zirconates for high-temperature applications 
15:20 - 15:35 Anuj Bisht, IIT Roorkee:  Wulff shaped Ni nanoparticles under stress relaxation