Pre Conference Workshop
ECS-IITM
The ECS Indian Institute of Technology Madras student chapter was founded on 25th October 2022. The faculty advisors are Prof. Kothandaraman Ramanujam, Prof. Raghuram Chetty, Prof. Ramanthan S, and Prof. Raman Vedarajan. This chapter aims at creating a platform for disseminating the knowledge of electrochemistry among student peers. The activities of the chapter include talks by eminent professors, industrial visits, and conducting workshops to popularize electrochemistry.
ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
The Association of Hydrologists of India (AHI) was started in 1981 at Andhra University with the prime objective of bringing together academics, professionals and institutions engaged in various hydrological aspects of water sciences on to a single platform to evaluate and asses the status, requirements, identify the challenges and to propose a way forward. As a part of the activities AHI has been organising annual seminars on Hydrology with special thematic areas in different parts of the country and abroad. To provide a common vehicle for and effective sharing of knowledge the Journal of Applied Hydrology was started in 1988 and is being published regularly. The association also organises a number of practical training programmes on contemporary areas of relevance in Hydrology for the benefit of young scientists, professionals and the scientific community of the Indian subcontinent. In addition, a few international seminars were held in Kathmandu, Nepal and Visakhapatnam, India in addition to a few International training programmes on specific topics. The AHI also closely works with international Associations like international Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), British Hydrological Society (BHS), UNCED, and national organisations like Federation of Indian Geosciences Associations (FIGA). The AHI in association with NGRI organised the 8th Scientific Assembly of IAHS and 37th Congress of the International Association for Hydrogeologists (IAH) in 2009 in Hyderabad. The Association has local chapters at Sholapur, Vadodara and Coimbatore
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
One-day Workshop on Electron Microscopy
Organized by Electron Microscopy Facility PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
Characterization is one of the very essential requirements of material research. PSG institute of Advanced Studies is equipped with state of the art facilities for nanomaterial synthesis and characterization.
Scanning Electron Microscope facility:
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is a non-destructive technique that uses an electron beam to analyze surface details down to the nano-scale. PSGIAS has Carl Zeiss EVO 18 Scanning Electron Microscope with low vacuum Gatan cryostage and EDAX energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) . This provides surface topography with a resolution of 200 nm, material composition and distribution of samples ranging from materials science to biology. It has secondary electron and backscattered electron detection systems along with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for elemental analysis and mapping. It can operate at several acceleration voltages according to the material requirement and is equipped with various analysis techniques of imaging and composition analysis. The facility is also equipped with sophisticated specimen coating equipment for gold and palladium coating.
High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope facility:
The JEOL JEM-2100 High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope (HRTEM) provides one of the best-in-class solutions to problems in diverse fields ranging from Materials Science to Biology. The instrument can be operated in several acceleration voltages according to the material requirement and is equipped with analysis techniques such as Bright Field (BF) and Dark Field (DF) imaging, High Resolution Imaging , Selected Area Electron Diffraction (SAED), Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDS), Nano Beam Diffraction (NBD) and Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction (CBED). The image recording is done with Gatan Orious CCD camera. The HRTEM facility is also equipped with sophisticated specimen preparation equipments to prepare TEM specimens.
About the Workshop:
The main aim of one day workshop on 05th January 2024 at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies is to bring awareness and enrich the understanding about Scanning Electron Microscopy & Transmission Electron Microscopy. The participants will be given a comprehensive understanding about the theory and various techniques involved in material characterization using SEM & HRTEM.
This will be followed by the activities mentioned below.
Detailed demonstration of the instruments and their usage
Various analysis techniques
Specimen preparation
Training to perform basic level of data analysis
Resource Person
Dr. Anuradha M Ashok, Professor & Head, Department of Physics at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies has expertise in various types, material characterization techniques, theory and data analysis in electron microscopy, X-Ray diffraction, crystallography, and analysis of structure-property relationships. Her research group at PSG IAS is working on development of functional materials and prototype devices for clean energy applications. She is currently in-charge of the electron microscopy and X-Ray diffraction facilities at PSG IAS and has been invited as a resource person to give lectures on these characterisation techniques in several programs.