THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS CHENNAI CHAPTER C/o Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai – 600 036

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A report on the activities of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Chennai Chapter for the period from 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2012

On behalf of the Executive Committee, the Secretary is pleased to report the activities of the IIM Chennai Chapter for the period 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2012. Following are the activities.

1. Chapter Executive Committee Meetings The Executive Committee Meeting of the IIM Chennai Chapter was held on 22 nd September 2011 in Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras. The main agenda of the meeting was to update on the activities carried in last 3 months, Activities for next 3 months, application for best chapter award, attending council meetings. The second EC meeting was held in Hotel Sabari Classic on 14 th December 2011. The agenda of this meeting was to discuss future tasks and have a discussion with Prof. Dr. -Ing. Horst Hahn, Distinguished Honorary Professor of IIT Madras.

2. Activities carried out in 2011-2012 With the help of its members, IIM Chennai Chapter carried out several activities successfully. These are listed below.

Professor Memorial Materials Quiz - 2011 Preliminaries of Professor Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz - 2010 for +1 and +2 students of Science Stream was conducted at MME Department, IIT Madras on Saturday, 20 th August starting at 8.30 a.m. A total of 81 students from 22 schools in Chennai participated in the event. Two teams were selected to represent IIM Chennai Chapter in the National Level Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz - 2011 held in Kalpakkam on 17th September 2011. A brief report of the event is enclosed in Annexure I. Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi escorted the student teams to Kalpakkam for the final quiz. Unfortunately the teams did not qualify the first round.

Two day course on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components A two course on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components was organized Prof. M. Kamaraj and Dr.

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Srinivasa Rao Bakshi on 29 th and 30 th July 2011, at IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai. This course was a huge success with participation of more than 120 participants from industries, defence, aero-space research organizations, as well as CSIR laboratories and academia. A brief report on this course is provided in Annexure II.

Two day course on Processing and Applications of Composite Materials A two-day course on Processing and Applications of Composite Materials was organized on 26 th and 27 th August 2011, at IC&SR Hall No.3, IIT Madras, Chennai. This was attended by more than 55 participants from industries, defence & aero-space research organizations and academia. This program was coordinated by Prof. M. Balasubramanian and Prof. M. Kamaraj of Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Eng. and Prof. R. Velmurugan of Dept. of Aerospace Eng., IIT Madras. A brief report on this course is presented in Annexure III.

National Seminar on Tribology and Materials (NSTM-2011) A one day seminar was organized by Prof. N. Siva Prasad as Chairman and Prof. A. S. Sekhar as and Prof. M. Kamaraj as Secretary on 26 th Aug. 2012. This seminar was a tribute to Prof. K. Gopinath who retired in June 30th, 2011 and consisted of Invited presentations by speakers throughout India.

Dr. Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture - 2011 IIM Kalpakkam Chapter and IIM Chennai Chapter organized Dr. Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture - 2011 on 5 th October, 2011 at the SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. Dr. S. Srikanth , Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, delivered the talk entitled “Modelling the thermodynamics and kinetics of oxidation of multiphase multi-component alloys”. Arrangements were made for student members of IIM Chennai Chapter and Faculty to attend the talk. A brief report on the details is included in Annexure IV.

IIM Council Meetings Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi attended IIM Council meeting held during NMD celebrations on 15 th November 2011 in Hyderabad. An all IIM chapters meet was organized in which Dr. Bakshi presented IIM Chennai Chapter Activities. It was very much appreciated by the IIM head quarters.

Four day course on Computational Materials Thermodynamics: Hands-on Training with ThermoCalc A four day course was organized from 18 th to 21 st December 2011, at IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai. This was coordinated by Dr. K. C. Hari Kumar and there was huge participation

Page 2 of 15 from Industry and academia and this course was designed for a limited no. of people. There was a huge interest for registration, which could not be accommodated. The principles of CALPHAD and use of ThermoCalc software to generate thermodynamic information was discussed. This course was attended by IIT Faculty as well. A brief report on the workshop is included in Annexure V.

AMIIM Examinations As part of the regular activities of the Chapter, AMIIM examinations were conducted in June and December 2011.

Technical Lectures Eleven technical lectures were organized on various aspects of Metallurgy and related topics during the period 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2012. Prominent speakers from within India as well as Abroad were invited. Two of these lectures were ASM-IIM Invited Lecture . IIM also organized lectures in collaboration with ASM, IIF and MMS whenever in order to reach more audiences. The details of technical lectures organized are given in Annexure VI.

3. Membership Following table shows the membership status of IIM Chennai Chapter. Member type No. in 2010-2011 No. added in 2011-2012 Total Life Member 104 1 105 Associate Member 14 0 14 Ordinary Member 28 1 29 Student Member 70 20 90 Total 216 22 238

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi Secretary IIM Chennai Chapter

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Annexure I A REPORT ON MATERIALS QUIZ PROGRAMME Conducted by Indian Institute of Metals, Chennai Chapter & Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras

Venue: Metallurgy Seminar Hall (MSB 104), IIT Madras Date: 20 th August 2011 Time: 8.30 AM – 2.00 PM We wish to inform you that we have conducted the preliminaries of the Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz - 2011 for class XI and XII students of Science Stream in our Department on Saturday, 20 th August starting at 8.30 a.m. A total of 81 students from 22 schools in Chennai participated in the event.

Prof. M. Kamaraj, Chairman of IIM Chennai Chapter welcomed the participants and briefed them about the IIM Chennai Chapter and its activities. He also highlighted the contributions of Prof. Brahm Prakash and gave a brief introduction to the Main quiz conducted in IGCAR. Then, Prof. T.S. Prasanna Kumar, Head, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras inaugurated the quiz and talked about the importance of metallurgy and materials engineering to the school students and wished them for the quiz.

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Based on their performance in a written test (for 30 minutes duration) six teams (12 students) were selected for the oral quiz. After the tea, the oral quiz was conducted. There were 5 rounds including two visual rounds. There were audience questions as well to involve them and prizes were given to them for answering correctly. It was an enjoyable and learning experience for all. The following two teams were selected to represent IIM Chennai Chapter in the National Level Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Quiz - 20011 to be held in Kalpakkam on 17 th September 2011.

Team Name of Students School Details B. Subramaniam Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School 1 No. 21, Vasantha Press Road, Adyar K. Saumitran Chennai 600020

T. Nivetha Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School 2 S. Pavithra 29, Alagirisamy Salai, K.K. Nagar Chennai 600078

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, Secretary, IIM Chennai Chapter announced the winners and the prizes were distributed to the winning team. Participation certificates were also distributed. Dr. Bakshi proposed the vote of thanks. This was followed by lunch and an informal feedback session.

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Annexure II A REPORT ON TWO-DAY COURSE ON HEAT TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS

The Indian Institute of Metals, Chennai Chapter and Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engg.,IIT Madras, Chennai Jointly organized a two-day course on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components on 29 th and 30 th July 2011, at IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai. This course was organized to cater to the needs of industrialists, academicians and researchers involved in the area of heat treatment. Prof. M. Kamaraj, Chairman, IIM Chennai chapter warmly welcomed the invitees, participants from industries and research organizations, and students from various engineering colleges in and around Chennai. He mentioned the course details and applications for various industries. Chief Guest Prof. T. S. Prasanna kumar, Head, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Eng., IIT Madras, inaugurated the workshop. He emphasized the importance of heat treatment course, quality issues and safety aspect of the heat treatment. Dr.

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Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, Secretary of IIM Chennai chapter and Assistant Professor, Dept of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras suggested all the participants to become IIM member and discussed the benefit of IIM Membership. The workshop had a two-day program comprising 16 invited lectures given by experts drawn from various organizations. The details of the speakers and topics were 1) Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, IIT Madras on Fundamental concepts in steel heat treatment 2) Mr. S. M. Sharif, ARCI on Laser Surface hardening of steels 3) Dr. K. Venkateswaran, Advanced Heat Treatment Services on Carburising: Process and case studies 4) Mr. V. Raghunathan, Fluidtherm Technology on Nitriding and Carbo-nitriding 5) Mr. N. Isravel Prabakar, Intech Industries on Plasma-nitriding: process and applications 6) Mr. Umesh V. Bhat, Bhat Metals Research Pvt. Ltd. on Vacuum heat treatment 7) Mr. R. D Mehta, Inductotherm India Pvt. Ltd, Induction hardening of steels 8) Mr. S. Ravishankar, Ashokleyland on Chromizing, Tufftriding and Boriding and Heat treatment distortion 9) Prof. T. S. Prasanna kumar, IIT Madras on Quench Probe - A new quality assurance tool for quench heat treatment 10) Prof. Kesavan Nair, IIT Madras on Measurement of Retained Austenite and Residual stress in heat treated components 11) Mr. Shanmugam, WABCO-TVS on Heat treatment of Heat treatment of Non-ferrous alloys 12) Prof. S. S Mohamed Nazirudeen, PSG Tech, Coimbatore on Heat treatment of Castings 13) Mr. R. Ravi, Ador Welding Ltd. on Heat treatment of welded joints 14) Prof. M. Kamaraj, IIT Madras on Mechanical testing techniques 15) Dr.Raghavendra Bhat, HAL Bangalore on Heat treatment related failures and relevance of special process approval The workshop was attended by more than 120 participants from industries, defence, aero-space research organizations, as well as CSIR laboratories and academia. The workshop was a big success involving interactive session between experts who were presenting advanced technologies/methods of heat treatment and the users. Prof. M. Kamaraj and Dr. Srinvasa Rao Bakshi distributed the participation certificates to all participants. Finally, Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi Secreatry of IIM Chennai chapter thanked all the speakers and delegates.

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Annexure III A REPORT ON TWO-DAY COURSE ON PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

The Indian Institute of Metals, Chennai Chapter, and Department of Aerospace Engineering and Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, jointly organized a two-day course on, “Processing and Applications of Composite Materials” , on 26 th and 27 th August 2011, at IC&SR Hall No.3, IIT Madras, Chennai.

This course was organized to cater to the needs of industrialists, academicians and researchers involved in the area of composite materials. Prof. M. Kamaraj, Chairman, IIM Chennai chapter warmly welcomed the invitees, participants from industries and research organizations, and students from various engineering colleges. Prof. M.Balasubramanian explained the course details and applications of composites for various industries. After that Prof. R.Velmurugan, Department of Aerospace Engg., IIT Madras gave an introduction about the composite materials. He emphasized the importance of composite materials and also discussed about the classification of composites and

Page 8 of 15 various types of reinforcements and matrix materials used in composites. Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, Secretary of IIM Chennai chapter and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras suggested all the participants to become IIM member and discussed the benefit of IIM Membership. The course had a two-day program comprising 10 invited lectures given by experts drawn from various organizations. The details of the speakers and topics are given below : 16) Prof.R.Velmurugan, IIT Madras on Introduction to Composite Materials 17) Dr. A.Selvam, FRP Institute, Chennai on Reinforcement fibres 18) Prof. Abhijit Deshpande, IIT Madras on Polymer matrix materials 19) Mr.U. S. Manivannan, Technocraft, Chennai on Hand lay-up 20) Prof. M. Balasubramanian, IIT Madras on Manufacturing of polymer composites 21) Dr. N. G. Nair, NGN Composites, Chennai on Design considerations 22) Prof. R.Velmurugan, IIT Madras on Properties and characteristics of FRP 23) Prof. M.Balasubramanian, IIT Madras on Applications of FRP 24) Dr. Srinivas Rao Bakshi, IIT Madras on Processing and applications of MMC 25) Dr. F. D. Gnanam, Ceramic Consultant, Chennai on Processing and applications of CMC

In addition to the lectures, there was a demonstration session, in which various composite manufacturing and testing techniques were demonstrated. This session was well appreciated by the participants. The course was attended by more than 55 participants from industries, defence & aero-space research organizations and academia. The course was a big success involving interaction between experts, who were presenting the advanced technologies/methods of composite materials processing and the participants. Prof. M. Kamaraj distributed the participation certificates to all participants. Finally, the coordinators of the course thanked all the speakers and delegates.

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Annexure IV Dr.Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture - 2011 Indian Institute of Metals, Kalpakkam & Chennai Chapters

The third Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture of 2011 was conducted on 5 th October, the birth anniversary day of Dr. Placid Rodriguez. It may be recalled that The Indian Institute of Metals had graciously initiated the annual lecture series in memory of Dr. Placid Rodriguez, a distinguished metallurgist of India and past President of The Indian Institute of Metals.

The Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture Series was inaugurated by Dr. Baldev Raj, former President, the Indian Institute of Metals and the then Director of The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam on 26 th November 2009 at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Prof. Atul Chokshi of The Indian Institute of Science delivered the first Dr. Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture on “Strength and Creep in Nano-Crystals”. The second memorial lecture, was delivered by Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna of National University of Singapore on “Nanofibers & Global Challenges”, on 25 th October, 2010 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

The third PRML-2011 lecture was delivered by Dr. S. Srikanth, Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur on 5 th October, 2011 at the SRI Convention Centre, Anupuram. The topic was on Modelling the thermodynamics and kinetics of oxidation of multiphase multi-component alloys. The memorial lecture was conducted under the auspices of the Kalpakkam and Chennai

Page 10 of 15 chapters of the Indian Institute of Metals. The Memorial Lecture is sponsored The Indian Institute of Metals, BRNS, and Defence Research & Development Organization.

Dr. P. R. Vasudeva Rao, Director, Chemistry Group of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Chairman, welcomed all the members. He recollected vividly the footprints left behind by Dr. Placid Rodriguez and various facets of his contributions to the country. He also thanked Mrs. Blossom Rodriguez for having kindly blessed the occasion by her presence, despite her travel schedules. Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali, Member of PRML committee introduced the genesis of the annual event, while Dr. Srinivasa Bakshi, Secretary of IIM, Chennai chapter introduced the speaker.

This was followed by the 3 rd Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. S. Srikanth, Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. Dr. Srikanth has developed leadership in many areas like extraction of metals from lean and complex ores, non-equilibrium phase transformations, high temperature corrosion, failure analysis and solid oxide fuel cells, to name a few. He is a recipient of many awards like CSIR Young Scientist award, Young Metallurgist award and Metallurgist of the Year award by Ministry of Steel and Mines and MRSI Medal. He is a Fellow of many professional societies and is on the editorial board of many international journals.

Dr. S. Srikanth delivered a lecture on modeling the thermodynamics and kinetics of oxidation of multi-phase multi-component alloys. Dr. Srikanth had provided an excellent overview of modeling of thermodynamics and kinetics of the oxidation process in multi-component, multi phase alloys like nickel based superalloys, without the need for simplifying assumptions. He elucidated the role of oxygen diffusion and the role of point defects in the oxidation process. He demonstrated that the nature of oxide phases formed and their growth can be predicted using the commercially available thermodynamic database and experimental parabolic rate constants documented in the literature.

Dr. T. Jayakumar, Director, Metallurgy and Materials Group presented the cash award of Rs.20,000/- to Dr. S. Srikanth. Dr. P. Parameswaran, Vice-Chairman, The Indian Institute of Metals, Kalpakkam Chapter released the CD and the book containing the manuscript and presentation of PRML – 2011. The copies of the books and CDs were distributed to the audience.

The participants, around 150, constituted a wide spectrum of age group, from young trainees and research scholars in the area of to experienced scientists in the area of physical metallurgy and thermodynamics. The participants were from the Chennai and Kalpakkam chapters of IIM. The third lecture in the Dr. Placid Rodriguez Memorial lecture series, PRML-2011 was concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi, Convener of PRML committee.

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Annexure V FOUR-DAY COURSE ON

COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS THERMODYNAMICS:

HANDS-ON TRAINING WITH THERMO-CALC

The Indian Institute of Metals, Chennai Chapter and Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai jointly organized a four-day workshop on Computational Materials Thermodynamics: Hands-on Training With Thermo-Calc, 18—21 December 2011, at IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, Chennai. This course was organized to cater to the needs of researchers involved in the area of Computational Materials Thermodynamics. Professor M. Kamaraj, Chairman, IIM Chennai chapter warmly welcomed nearly 30 participants from industrial R&D, government research organizations, and academic institutes from all over the country. He mentioned the course details and applications for various fields of research and industry.

The workshop had a four-day schedule comprising of 7 lectures interspersed with hands-on training to use Thermo-Calc and databases to solve practical problems. Following topics were covered: 1. Introduction to Thermo-Calc and databases 2. Hands on with calculations using Thermo-Calc

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3. Principles of Gibbs energy modeling 4. Hands on with construction of thermodynamic databases 5. Principles of Gibbs energy model parameter estimation 6. Importance of experimental thermochemical and phase diagram data in the contest of Gibbs energy modeling 7. Hands on with model parameter estimation

All the lectures and training programs were by K.C. Hari Kumar of Dept. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras. At the end of the workshop participation certificates were distributed to all attendees.

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Annexure VI Technical Lectures organized by IIM Chennai Chapter from 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2012

Sl Date Speaker Title No 1 June 22, Dr. Sankara Sarma V Tatiparti, Mg-based nanomaterials for on-board 2011 Research Scientist, vehicular hydrogen storage applications India Science lab, General Motors Tech. and novel fabrication methods for Center, Bangalore alternative energy storage systems

2 July 4, 2011 Dr. Kumar Sadayappan, ASM-IIM Invited Lecture Senior Research Scientist,CANMET, Development of materials for energy Materials Technology Laboratory, efficient transportation Hamilton, ON, Canada 3 July 6, 2011 Dr. Rajan Ambat, Climatic reliability of microelectronics Associate Professor, Materials and Surface Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Technical University of Denmark, DK 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark 4 August 1, Prof. Ganpati Ramanath, Molecularly tailored nanobulk energy 2011 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, materials and heterointerfaces for Materials Science and Engineering applications Department, Troy, NY 12180, USA 5 August 2, Dr. Karthik Nagarathnam, Materials Education in USA and Higher- 2011 Senior Materials Scientist Perrformance Powder Metallurgical UTRON Kinetics LLC Tribological Components Manassas, Virginia, USA 6 November Dr. Hannes Schweiger Infrastructure for Atomistic Modeling - 30, 2011 Senior Scientist Mechanistic Understanding and Prediction Support & Marketing - Materials Design Post Doctoral studies on fuel cells at Case Western Research University; Catalysis at ISMANS and the French Petroleum Institute. 7 December Prof. K. Narasimhan Advanced Manufacturing Processes for 22, 2011 Professor, Automotive Applications Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering &

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Sl Date Speaker Title No Materials Science IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076 [email protected] 8 December Prof. C. Ravi Ravindran A Castor’s Tale: Travels in Castability 22, 2011 Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, [email protected] 9 February 15, Prof. Raju V. Ramanujan Non Equilibrium Processing of Advanced 2012 Professor, Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798 10 February 28, Dr. H. Md. Roshan, Jointly with ASM, MMS and IIF 2012 Adjunct Professor, University of Potential Areas of Education and Research Wisconsin, in Metallurgical Engineering relevant to Milwaukee, USA Manufacturing Industries

11 March 21, Dr. Sai V. Raj, ASM-IIM Invited Lecture 2012 Research Materials Engineer, Low Temperature Creep Behavior of NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), Extruded Near-Stochiometric NiTi Alloy Cleveland, OH, USA

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