2nd Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials
(ICHSM 2022)
(24th March 2022 and 25th March 2022
The Department of Physics, SRM IST, Ramapuram conducted “2nd Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials (24th March 2022 and 25th March 2022)
The event was conducted online through ZOOM Platform
Day 1- Date : March 24, 2022- Inaugural Function
Timings: 9.15 AM
The event started with welcome address by Dr. L. Sudha, Professor and Head/Physics and Convener of ICHSM 2022, SRM IST
Honorable Dean(E&T), Ramapuram Campus gave the Felicitation address. He explained about the need for hierarchical materials in fabricating new devices
The Virtual International Conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. Kanchana, Department of Physics Dean (Faculty), IIT Hyderabad, Telangana, She delivered Keynote Address and explained about the Structural and Functional materials. She elaborated the modes of material studies and their perspective in computational theory and experiments
Dr. M. Saravanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, SRM IST, Ramapuram delivered the Vote of thanks.
Plenary Talk -1 @ 10.10 AM
Dr. Jiban Podder, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Saskatchewwan,
Canada gave a scintillating talk on “An Overview of Activated Carbons for Diverse Industrial Applications”
Invited Talk -1 @ 11.50 AM
Dr Sreekuttan M. U., Scientist(AcSIR), CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Chennai Unit, CSIR Madras Complex, Taramani, Chennai gave a talk on “Non-precious oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells”
Invited Talk -2 @ 1.00 PM
Dr. Sujeet Dutta, Institut Lumière Matière-CNRS-Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France explained about “Influence of nanoconfinement on the structural, dynamic, and kinetic properties of liquids”
Invited Talk -3 @ 2.00 PM
Dr. A. Subbiah, Principal Scientist, Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division,
CSIR-CECRI, KARAIKUDI gave an inspiring talk on “Carbon based materials for biosensing applications”
Invited Talk -4 @ 3.30 PM
Dr. Kumar Raju, Research Associate, Institute of Manufacturing University of Cambridge,
UK gave a talk on “Challenges and Opportunities of Mn-rich Li-ion Battery Cathode Materials”
Plenary Talk -2 @ 4 .20 PM
Dr. Shanthi Iyer, Professor, Nanoengineering, joint school of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina A& T State University gave a talk on “MBE grown GaAsSb(N) nanowires for near infrared photodetectors”
Plenary Talk -3 @ 5 .20 PM
Prof. Mohamed Jouini, Professor and Head, Eqiupe Transduction Moleculaire&Supramoleculaire(TMS) Universite Paris- Diderot, France gave a scintillating talk on “Covalently Linked Dye-Hole Transporting Material: Improving Charge Transfer in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
Day 2 – March 25, 2022
Invited Talk -5 @ 8.30 AM
Dr. Suprem R. Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing, Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA gave a talk on “Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructure: An Ideal Platform for Ultra-High Mobility and Ultra-Low Noise Nanoscale Transistors”
Plenary Talk -4 @ 9 .30 AM
Dr. Ravindra Pandey, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics,
Michigan Technological, University, Houghton, USA gave an inspiring talk on “Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application”
Invited Talk -6 @ 11.00 AM
Dr. Rohit Medwal Natural Science and Science Education,National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore gave a talk on “Controlling and Probing Spin Current”
Plenary Talk -5 @ 12 .00 PM
Dr. Sivakumar Manickam , Professor – Chemical and Nanopharmaceutical Process Engineering
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei gave a talk on “Greener And Energy-Efficient Cavitation Assisted Process Intensification For The Generation Of Nanomaterials”
Plenary Talk -6 @ 2 .00 PM
Prof. Prafulla Jha
Department of Physics
The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
Vadodara, India gave a talk on “Dwelling Deep into the Phonon and Anisotropic Transports of Some 2D and PhononGlass-Electron Crystals”
Valedictory Function @ 3.00 PM
The event started with welcome address by Dr. L. Sudha, Professor and Head/Physics and Convener of ICHSM 2022, SRM IST, Ramapuram
Dr. J. Jagadeesan, Professor and Vice Principal (admin) gave the valedictory address
Dr.T.Beena, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics read the report of ICHSM 2022
Dr.M.Saravanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics delivered the vote of Thanks. We have received very good and positive feedback from all the participants