FINAL ANNOUCEMENT & CALL OF PAPERS

FINAL ANNOUCEMENT & CALL OF PAPERS Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM - 2007) India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India SPONSORED BY AND AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR) ASIAN OFFICE OF AEROSPACE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (AOARD), USA Organized by INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VARANASI - 221 005, INDIA (February 20-23, 2007) Conference Websites: www.itbhu.ac.in/icracm and www.bhu.ac.in

Introduction: After the grand success of the first ICRACM-2004 conference advisory committee has decided to organize ICRACM meeting every three years. Composite materials have unique advantages over monolithic materials, such as high strength, high stiffness, long fatigue life, low density, and adaptability to the intended function of the structure. Significant achievement has been made in the design/development and applications. Considerable innovative research is still continuing for the development of continuous fibre composites and particulate composites for critical applications. Therefore, ICRACM-2007 aims at bringing together academicians and researchers in various disciplines to share knowledge and exchange views, for useful industrial applications of composite materials. The conference will facilitate discussion on the latest trends in the entire gamut of composite materials. The deliberations will certainly be helping researchers for embarking upon newer aspects design and development of various types of composites. Submission of Papers: Technical papers are invited in the areas specified under the conference scopes. Interested participants are invited to submit an abstract not exceeding 300 words indicating clearly the objective and conclusions of the work. Authors are required to prepare manuscripts on A4 size paper with margins of 2.5 cm. They should use single line spacing in Msword format. The full papers should be sent with original drawing, figures, and photographs. The paper should be sent in electronic formats and hard copy with CD. All papers will be refereed and criterion of rejection will be lack of originality. The language of the conference is English. DEADLINES * INVITATION TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT : 30, SEPT. 2006 * ACCEPTANCE OF ABSTRACT : 15, OCT. 2006 * INVITATION TO SUBMIT FULL PAPER : 15, NOV. 2006 Publication: The conference proceeding will be published as a fully peer reviewed volume of advances in composite materials. The papers without presentation / discussion in conference and registration fees will not be included in the conference proceedings. The details of publishing houses that have brought out the proceedings of ICRACM-2004 conference papers are given below: * Recent Advances in Composite Materials (Edited by V. K. Srivastava and M. Singh), Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004, 1-562. * International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (Edited by V. K. Srivastava, M. Singh and G. Kostorz), Special Issue of Materials Science & Engineering - A, Elsevier Publisher, UK, 412, 1-2, December 2005, 1-348.

Conference Topics: The conference will broadly cover the following topics: Recent developments in fibre and particulate composites for structural and tribological applications (Fracture, Fatigue, Impact, Wear & Friction, Environmental studies) Ceramic composites and advanced ceramics Nanomaterials and Nano-composites Biomaterials Critical issues. (Interfaces, processing applications and manufacturing) Testing & Quality control of composites Composites in intelligent and sustainable civil structure. Application of composites in low cost houses and bridges Composite Technology Industrial Applications **Special Symposium Honouring Dr. Baidar Bakht (Composites in Intelligent and Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, conjunction with ICRACM on Feb. 22, 2007) Eminent scientists and engineers from India and abroad will deliver expert lectures on above topics. Registration Fee: Foreign delegates (FD) - US $ 400 : US $ 200 for students Indian delegates (ID) - Rs. 3000 : Rs. 2000 for students (Conference fee covers proceeding, lunches, conference banquet etc.) Visit of Jaipur / Agra - $ 100 (FD) : Rs. 1000 (ID) Sponsorships & Advertisements: Sponsorship tariffs are given below: Industries: - 30,000.00 Academic Institutions: - 20,000.00 The Sponsor can nominate four delegates free of charge. Also, advertisements in souvenir will be published at the cost of Rs. 50,000.00 (back full page), Rs. 20,000.00 (inside full page) and Rs. 10,000.00 (half page). Registration fee, sponsorship fee and advertisement tariff are to be sent by means of Cheque/Demand Draft payable at Bank of Baroda, BHU, Varanasi-221005, India and drawn in favour of Convener, ICRACM-2007.

Venue: INDIA HABITAT CENTRE, LODHI ROAD New Delhi, India IHC INDIA GATE About The Host City: New Delhi, the Capital of India, is situated in the northern part of Central India. It is well connected with most countries of the world through Air while to almost every part of the India through Rail, Road, and Air. The headquarters of most of Government agencies related to Indian Technical education like Council of Scientific of Industrial Research, All India Council of Technical Education and Department of Science and Technology etc. are in New Delhi. The world famous Taj Mahal and Pink City of India Jaipur are located within a periphery of 200 km from Delhi. Hotels ranging from Five Star to most ordinary class are available on payment. The climate in Delhi is expected to be very pleasant during the month of February with temperature around 15 0 C.

Accommodation and Site Seeing: Accommodation of the delegates can be arranged through the co-ordination of conference travel agent in hotels/motels near the conference venue with reduced rates. Delegates can book their own accommodation as well. Sight seeing trip to Delhi, Jaipur and Agra (Tajmahal) can be arranged through the travel agent on payment basis. Executive Committee: Prof. Panjab Singh Vice-Chancellor, BHU Prof. S. Lele Rector, BHU Prof. S. N. Upadhyay Director, IT, BHU Prof. J. N. Sinha Dean, Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Prof. S. K. Sharma Head, Mech. Engg. Dr. V. K. Srivastava Convener & Organising Secretary Prof. J. P. Dwivedi Treasurer International Advisory Committee: Dr. M. Singh Prof. Eberhard Roos Prof. P. J. Hogg Prof. H. Kawada Prof. S. Mall Dr. K. C. Goretta Prof. H. Hatta Prof. C. Soutis Prof. Karl Schulte Prof. R. D. Rawlings Prof. F. R. Jones Prof. N. Banthia Prof. Armin Reller Dr. J. P. Singh Prof. Walter Krenkel USA Germany UK Japan USA USA Japan UK Germany UK UK Canada Germany Japan Germany

Prof. Akira Kohyama Japan Prof. J. G. Heinrich Germany Prof. G. Kostorz Switzerland Prof. Y. Kogo Japan Dr. H. D. Kim Korea Dr. T. Ohji Japan Prof. Rajiv Asthana USA Prof. E. Case USA Dr. H. T. Lin USA Prof. Y. Miyamoto Japan Prof. K. Chandrasekhara USA Prof. Peter W. R. Beaumont UK Prof. Karl Maile Germany Prof. Rajendra K. Barodia USA Lt. Col. Thomas E. Erstfeld Japan Prof. S. G. Dhande India Prof. N. K. Gupta India Prof. N. K. Naik India Prof. L. M. Manocha India Prof. R. K. Mittal India Dr. B. N. Rao India Prof. S. N. Ojha India National Organising Committee: Prof. S. N. Gupta Prof. Vakil Singh Prof. N. N. Kishore Dr. P. Raghothama Rao Dr. Ramesh Kumar Dr. T. C. Koshy Dr. Rohni Devi Dr. T. L. Dhami Dr. B. Mondal Sri S. Biswas Dr. S. P. Shukla Dr. S. Viswanath Dr. V. V. Bhanu Prasad Prof. V. P. Singh Prof. V. Kumar Dr. R. K. Mandal Dr. S. N. Singh Dr. B. K. Mohapatra Sri M. R. Sengupta MIET, Meerut, UP IT, BHU IIT, Kanpur CEMILAC, Bangalore VSSC, Trivandrum VSSC, Trivandrum DRDL, Hyderabad NPL, New Delhi CMERI, Durgapur TIFAC, DST, New Delhi BHEL, Bangalore NAL, Bangalore DMRL, Hyderabad IT, BHU IT, BHU IT, BHU IT, BHU LBSRSS, New Delhi Indian Oil, New Delhi

Invited Speakers: *Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Schulte, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. (Carbon Nanotubes as Matrix Reinforcement in Glass Fibre Polymer Composites) *Prof. Akira Kohyama, Kyoto University, Japan. (Present Status of NITE-SiC/SiC for Advanced Energy Application) *Prof. W. E. (Bill) Lee, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Non-oxide Composites for Extreme Environments) *Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil U. Gabbert, University of Magdeburg, Germany. (Numerical Micro-Marco Approach for the Analysis and the Design of Fibre and Particle Reinforced Composites) *Prof. Peter W. R. Beaumont, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. (Multi-Scale Modelling of Composite Materials Systems & Components) *Prof. R. K. Bordia, University of Washington, USA. (Polymer Derived Composite Ceramics) *Prof. Shankar Mall, AFRL, Patterson, USA. (Characterization of Notched Oxide/Oxide Composite at Elevated Temperature) *Prof. Costas Soutis, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Scaling Effects in Composite Plates Loaded in Compression) *Prof. Mark Robinson, University of Newcastle, UK. (Composites Applications in the Rail Industry) *Dr. Ozden O. Ochoa, AFOSR, Arlington, USA (Multi-Scale Mechanics in Tailoring Multifunctional Materials: Image to Model Advances) *Prof. Ik Jin Kim, Hanseo University, Korea. (Advanced Engineering Ceramics for Semiconductor Package Technology) *Prof. Tatsuki Ohji, National Institute of Advanced Ind. Sci. & Tech., Nagoya, Japan (Hyper-Organized Design and Fabrication of Ceramic Materials and Products) *Dr. K. C. Goretta, AFRL, Arlington, USA. (Microstructure and Properties of Ceramics and Composites Joined by Plastic Deformation) *Prof. N.G.R. Iyenger, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IIT, Kanpur, India (Optimization of Composite Laminates Subjected to Inplane Compressive Loads)

*Prof. Karl Maile, MPA, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (Functionally Graded Coatings on C/C-SiC Composites) and (Use of Conductivity Based NDT Methods for Indication of Damage in C/C-SiC) *Dr. Charles YC Lee, AFOSR, Arlington, USA (Polymer Matrix Composite Program at AFOSR) *Prof. Armin Reller, University of Augsburg, Germany. (Functional transition metal oxides for eco-efficient energy technologies) *Prof. P. Sajgalik, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia (Silicon nitride based composites with exceptional not only mechanical properties) *Prof. G. Motz, Ceramic Materials Engg., University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany (Non-oxide ceramic fibres: Status quo and recent developments with emphasis on SiCN fibres) *Dr. B. Nageswara Rao, VSSC, Trivandrum, India (An improved inherent flaw model for notched tensile strength prediction of metallic/composite/solid propellant materials) *Prof. Hiroyuki Kawada, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan *Prof. N. Banthia, University of British Columbia, Canada. *Prof. Ajay Kapoor, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom. *Prof. N. N. Kishore, IIT, Kanpur, India *Prof. N.K. Naik, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., IIT, Mumbai, India *Prof. Hiroshi Hatta, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan.

Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2007) February 20-23, 2007 Registration Form Plan to attend the conference : Yes / No Plan to contribute the paper : Yes / No Plan to Visit Jaipur /Agra : Yes / No Title of Paper:...... Author's Name:... Designation:... Mailing Address:......... E-mail:... Phone/Fax:... Accommodation required: Hotels: Total amount (registration fee & accommodation and site seeing)...... Demand Draft / Cheque Number... Amount...Date... Date: Signature

ICRACM - 2007 Non-Profit Org Conference Website: www.itbhu.ac.in/icracm Mail to registration form to any one of the following organizing committee members: Mail to: Dr. M. Singh (Chairman, American-European office) Chief Scientist; QSS Group, Inc. MS 106-5, Ceramic Branch NASA, Glenn Research Center Cleveland OH 44135, USA Email: msingh@grc.nasa.gov Dr. V. K. Srivastava (Chairman, Asian Office) Dept. of Mechanical Engg. Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi - 221 005, INDIA Email: vijays_sa@yahoo.com Phone : + 91-542-2368157 Fax : + 91-542-2368174, 2368428