The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, has organis-ed 1st ‘International Sympo-sium on Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications (ISAMEA)-2017’ at its Adminis-trative Block on Manandavadi Road in city Mar. 24 and 25.

The Symposium, which will  be inaugurated at 10 am on Friday (Mar. 24), will cover topics relevant to the pursuit of Composite Materials and Applications, Materials Manufacturing and Processing, Energy Materials, Bio-materials: Processing and Applications, Surface Engineering, Computational Materials Science, Construction Materials, Advanced Ceramics & Functional Materials, Nano-Materials and Nanotechnology.

The distinguished speakers include Dr.  K.G. Satyanarayana, Chief Research Consultant, Visiting Scientist, EMBRAPA, Colombo (PR-Brazil); Dr. S. Seetharamu, Technical Advisor, NDRF & former Director, CPRI, Bengaluru; Dr. Bijwe Jayashree, Professor & Head, Centre for Industrial Tribology, IIT, Delhi; Dr. M. Balasubramanian, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IITM, Chennai; Dr. Rupesh Roshan, Chief Tribologist, Klueber Lubrication India Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru; Dr. K. Ramachandra, former Director, GTRE, Bengaluru; Dr. Rajeev Jain, Scientist-G & Joint Director, DRDO, Bengaluru; Dr. Anjana Jain, Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru; Dr. T. Umashankar Patro, Professor, DIAT, Pune.

For details, visit www.nie.ac.in/department-of-mechanical-engineering/isamea2017 or call Mob: 94485-54240 (Dr. B. Suresha, Dean (R&D), Symposium Chair).