Experts stress importance of material science at workshop

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 21

A four-day workshop on Innovative Approach to Materials Research (IAMR 2016) was inaugurated at the PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, today. 

 Dr Renu Vig, project in-charge DIC, and director, UIET, inaugurated the workshop and emphasised the significance of material research in various disciplines of engineering. She also focused that research needs to be carried out among bigger groups of all institutions in and around Chandigarh.

Dr Uma Batra, head, MMED, PEC, was appreciative of the CRIKC knowledge cluster initiative, which is helping institutions to work in a collaborative manner in different fields of science and engineering.

Dr JD Sharma, coordinator of the workshop, discussed about the aims of this workshop and how participants would learn about different types of materials and their 

applications.

Dr HK Sardana, chief scientist, CSIO, Chandigarh, addressed the audience by emphasising the importance of material science.

Prof Mahajan, MMED, PEC, educated the audience on how the materials science research can be made more meaningful to common man by producing low cost solutions to fabricate high-quality spectacles, implants, guns etc. 

Dr Naveen Aggarwal and Dr YP Verma from the UIET also shared their design and innovation projects related to traffic sensing and acoustics and energy storage applications, respectively.

Dr Uma Batra delivered an expert lecture on biomaterials being the most important area of the future and how its development would help the common man in leading a better life style.