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Invited Speakers for ACF-2012
Prof. Dr. Fritz Aldinger
Emert. Director
Max Planck Institut für Intelligente Systeme
Stuttgart, GERMANY
Title: Bio-inspired Materials Synthesis
Prof. Dr. G. Sundararajan
Director,
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)
Balapur, Hyderabad, INDIA
Title: Advanced Ceramics Programmes at ARCI
Prof. Dr. Indranil Manna, FNAE, FNASc, FASc, FIE, FIIM, PRS
INAE Visvesvarya Chair Professor
Director
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
Kolkata, INDIA
Title: Recent Innovations in the Area of Advanced Ceramics and Specialty Glasses at CSIR-CGCRI
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Prof. h. c. Dr. h. c. Ralf Riedel
Professor
Institute of Materials Science, Dispersive Solid Group
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, GERMANY
Title: Ultra-High Pressure Synthesis of Advanced Nitrides
Prof. Dr. Vikram Jayaram
Chairman and Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, INDIA
Title: Determination of toughness gradients in bond coats on superalloys through micro-scale testing
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Kleebe
Managing Director
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, GERMANY
Title: Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Polymer-Derived Ceramics; Potentials and Limitations
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Siegfried Schmauder
Professor of Materials Science and Strength of Materials
University of Stuttgart
GERMANY
Title: Molecular dynamics simulation of crack propagation in alumina with new polarizable force field
Prof. Dr. Philippe Miele
Professor
Institut Europeen des Membranes (UMR ENSCM-UM2-CNRS 5635)
Universite Montpellier 2 (CC 47) Place Eugene Bataillon 34095
MONTPELLIER cedex 5- France
Title: Nitride porous ceramics from preceramic polymers
Dr. K. G. K. Warrier
Scientist ‘G’
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology(NIIST)
Industrial Estate
Trivandrum, INDIA
Title: Rare earth phosphate ceramics- emerging applications and challenges
Dr. K.V. Govindan Kutty
Head, Solid State Chemistry Section
Liquid Metals and Structural Chemistry Division
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Kalpakkam, INDIA
Title: Ceramic and glass-ceramic materials for nuclear waste immobilization
Dr. Uwe Schulz
German Aerospace Center
Member of the Helmholtz-Association
Institute of Materials Research
High Temperature and Functional Coatings
Linder Höhe, Köln, GERMANY
Title: Thermal barrier coatings for jet engines: New ceramic materials, thermal conductivity, and degradation mechanisms
Dr. habil. Markus Weinmann
H.C. Starck GmbH,
Goslar, GERMANY
Title: Towards continuous processes for the synthesis of precursors of amorphous Si-B-C-N ceramics
Prof. Dr. Snezana Boskovic
Research Professor Emeritus
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca
Materials Science Laboratory
Belgrade, SERBIA
Title: Synthesis and characterization of ceria solid solutions in nanometric powdered form
Dr. rer. nat. Branko Matovic
Materials Science Laboratory
Institute of Nuclear Sciences
SERBIA
Title: Synthesis and characterization of Hafnium based Ceramics
Dr.-Ing. Martin Günthner
Department of Ceramic Materials
University of Bayreuth
Bayreuth, GERMANY
Title: Enhanced PDC-based protective coating system on steel
Dr. S. Packirisamy
Group Director
Analytical, Spectroscopy & Ceramics Group
PCM Entity
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA
Title: Borosiloxanes and metalloborosiloxanes as precursors for ceramics
Dr. Sukumar Roy
Dy General Manager
Ceramic Technological Institute
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Coporate Research & Development
Bangalore, INDIA
Title: Ceramic membranes – an industrial perspective of new generation filtration applications
Dr. rer. nat. Sea-Hoon Lee
Engineering Ceramics Research Group
Korea Institute of Materials Science
SOUTH KOREA
Title: Synthesis and Densification of nano-ZrB2 and HfB2
Dr. Samuel Bernard
Institut Européen des Membranes (UMR CNRS 5635)
IEM/Université Montpellier 2 - CC047 - Place E.
Bataillon 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5,
France
Title: Design, Processing and Properties of Monolith-Type Silicon-Transition Metal-Nitride Nanocomposites
Dr. rer. nat. Nuri Solak
Assistant Professor
Istanbul Technical University,
Dept. Metallurgical& Materials Eng.
Maslak, Istanbul, TURKEY
Title: Redox stable electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells
Prof. Dr. Ganpati Ramanath
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, USA
Title: Molecularly-tailored bulk nanomaterials and interfaces for energy and electronics
Dr. Emanuel Ionescu
Technical University of Darmstadt
Institute for Materials Science
Department of Dispersive Solids
Working Group polymer ceramic
Petersenstrasse, Darmstadt, GERMANY
Title: Polymer-Derived Ceramic Nanocomposites (PDC-NCs): Synthesis Approaches and High-Temperature Behavior
Prof. Dr. Hui Gu,
Professor
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
China
Title: Local melts to dictate the microstructural formation in sintering of SiC ceramics
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