Symposium on Synthesis, Characterization & Processing of Inorganic, Bio and Nano Materials 2019
Smart materials are active materials that are nowadays commonly used for sensing, actuation, and transduction for structural noise, shape changing and vibration control and health monitoring. More recently, they were also used for energy harvesting from environment for autonomously and wirelessly powering of various temperature or pressure monitoring sensors and some medical implants and surgical devices. On the other hand, nano materials, having characteristic dimensions of less than 100 nm and that are nowadays available in particles, short or long fibres, tubes, platelets, or thin films forms, were developed for enhancing mechanical, thermal and electrical conductivity of functional materials. The SCPINM-2019 is the 1st in the series of Symposiums organized by Chandigarh University, India and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA attracted researchers, academicians and speakers from India and abroad to explore, disseminate and strengthen initiatives in new directions related to synthesis, characterization and processing of Inorganic, Bio and Nano Materials. The Symposium will be held during 20th and 21st December 2019 at Chandigarh University India. The Symposiums was aimed at enabling sustainable development through cutting edge technologies in area of Bio, Nano and Inorganic Materials. The event was inaugurated by Dr. RS Bawa, Vice Chancellor, Chandigarh University and Dr. Mandeep Singh Bakshi, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA in the presence of other eminent personalities. More than 185 papers were sent by researchers from India and abroad, out of which only 89 research papers were selected after peer review for the for poster and paper presentation at symposium. Experts from India and USA participated in the symposium and enlightened the participants with their latest research achievement and future perspectives of research in area of bio, inorganic and nano materials.
Dr. Mandeep Singh Bakshi from Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA highlighted the importance of Surfactant Control Crystal Growth of Nanomaterials during his expert lecture. Dr. Shramik Sengupta from College of Engineering, University of Missouri, USA shared his latest research Microchannel Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (m-EIS) for the detection and characterization of living pathogens in complex biological fluids in his expert lecture. He got a breakthrough to obtain a direct measure of the amount of charge stored at the membranes despite the presence of much larger amounts of charge stored at the electrode-solution interfaces. The rise/fall of the measured quantity is used as a means of (a) detecting the presence of living (proliferating) microorganisms (in which case our “thresholds of detection” are 10 3 to 10 4 CFU/ml, and hence our TTDs are much shorter), and (b) characterizing the antibiotic/drug susceptibility profile of the organisms. Coupled with other microbiological approaches, we can also use this core approach to enumerate the number of microorganisms present and detect specific types in mixtures of microorganisms. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik from Department of Chemistry, Florida Polytechnic University, USA delivered the expert lecture on design and development of various electro-active nanostructures for electrochemical biosensor. Dr. Majid Beidaghi also delivered his lecture on 2D Materials assembly and energy storage. Other experts from leading academic institutes from India enlightened the participants with their latest research in area of specialization. The experts from India suggested thrust areas in material science and research perspectives along with potential applications in future.
The symposium was highly successful as collaborative research discussions were held between researchers of India and USA. Dr. Bakshi from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA collaborated with Dr. Meenakhshi from Chandigarh University, India for carrying out advanced research in Bio materials. Dr. Rupinder Singh was interested to supervise Masters and Phd candidates enrolled at Chandigarh University. Moreover, it was proposed to sign an MOU with Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College to use research facilities for Masters and Phd candidates. Dr. Sengupta was interested to perform collaborative research using Central research facilities at Chandigarh University. The young researchers have attained tremendous knowledge and ideas regarding latest research perspectives in their area of interest. Moreover, they got chance to interact with academicians and researchers from abroad with who they shared their on-going research and were benefitted by valuable suggestions. The event was concluded by Dr. Sanjeet Singh, Dean Research, Chandigarh University in presence of other experts from India and abroad. In his Dr. Sanjeet Singh thanked Indo US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) for financial support to organize the event.
