Workshop on

SOLID STATE PHYSICS TO MATERIALS SCIENCE

August 19 – 21, 2009

Department of Physics, Pondicherry University



ACADEMIC PROGRAMME



August 19, 2009, Wednesday



09:00 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 10:00

Inauguration

10:00 – 11:00

C. S. Sundar, IGCAR

SSP2MS – A overview

11:00 – 11:30

Tea Break

11:30 – 12:00

Introduction of participants

12:00 – 01:00

V. Ganesan, UGC-DAE CSR

LTHM capabilities of UGC-DAE CSR Indore

01:00 – 02:00

Lunch Break

02:00 – 03:00

R. Shankar, IMSc

You can't ignore quantum mechanics

03:00 – 03:30

Tea Break

03:30 – 04:30

B. M. Jafar Ali, Anna University

Measurements and manipulation of life at nanoscale

04:30 – 05:30

S. V. M. Satyanarayana, Pondi Univ

Biological Materials

05:30 – 06:30

Participants

One minute presentations



August 20, 2009, Thursday

Visit to IGCAR Kalpakkam


10:15 – 11.00

G. Amarendra, IGCAR

Facilities and programmes at UGC-DAE CSR node at Kalpakkam

11:00 – 11:30

Tea Break

11:30 – 12:15

A. Bharathi, IGCAR

Low temperature facilities and experiments on superconducting materials

12:15 – 01.00


S. Dhara, IGCAR

Nanomaterials research at Kalpakkam

01:00 – 02:00

Lunch

02:00 – 05:00

Visit to Laboratories



August 21, 2009, Friday


09:00 – 10:00

A. Gupta, UGC-DAE CSR

X-ray characterization of thin films and multilayers

10:00 – 11:00

Valsa Kumar, IGCAR

Computational materials science

11:00 – 11:30

Tea Break

11:30 – 12:00

Reaction from participants

12:00 – 01:00

V. Ganesan, UGC-DAE CSR

Measuring physical properties

01:00 – 02:00

Lunch

02:00 – 03:00

H. K. Sahu, IGCAR

Nuances of data analysis

03:00 – 03:30

Tea

03:30 – 05:00

Poster session

05:00 – 06:00

G. Baskaran, IMSc

You can't ignore Kittel