Institution Name: IIT Dharwad
Event Type: Workshop
Event Name: Functional Materials Manufacturing for Energy and Biomedical Applications
Event Start Date: 21-07-2025
Event End Date: 30-07-2025
Event Mode: Offline
Event Organizing Department: Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
About Event:
Advanced manufacturing of functional materials plays a pivotal role in revolutionizing both energy and biomedical fields. In the realm of energy applications, innovative manufacturing techniques enable the production of highly efficient magnetic and piezoelectric materials for energy conversion applications such as permanent magnets in wind turbines, magnetocaloric regenerators in magnetic refrigerators, soft magnetic materials in motors, generators, and transformers. This not only enhances energy conversion and storage capabilities but also contributes to the development of sustainable and clean energy solutions. In the biomedical sector, advanced manufacturing facilitates the creation of tailored materials for several medical devices and implants, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation coils, deep brain stimulation leads, and bone implants. Precise material design and fabrication ensures compatibility with the human body, improving therapeutic outcomes and patient well-being. Additive manufacturing enables personalized implant and device fabrication with ease and low lead time. Overall, a course in advanced manufacturing of functional materials will train the students and researchers to achieve breakthroughs in energy efficiency and healthcare innovation.
Course Content:
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary held of functional materials and additive manufacturing (AM) II begins with the fundamentals of functional materials, including ferroelectric materials and nanostructured materials followed by their synthesis and fabrication techniques. Participants will gain a solid foundation in additive manufacturing, exploring key processes and material considerations Emphasis is placed on AM applications m medical implants and devices, as well as magnetic materials processed under external fields. The course also discusses the intersection of materials science and AM, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities in this domain Finally. current research directions, application areas, and technological gaps will be explored, ramming students for advanced study or research in functional materials and AM.
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to Functional Materials
- Ferroelectric and Magnetic Materials
- Nanostructured Functional Materials Fabrication and Properties
- Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing(AM)
- Key AM Processes and Material Compatibility
- AM of Medical Implants and Biomedical Devices
- AM of Magnetic Materials under External Fields
- Materials Science Aspects for AM
- Applications and Emerging Trends in Functional Materials and AM
- Research Challenges and Future Directions
Who can participate?
• Executives. engineers and researchers from Academic, University, Manufacturing, service and government organizations Including R&D laboratories.
• Student at all levels (BTech/MTech/PhD) or Faculty from reputed academic institutions and technical institutions.
Registration Fee:Â
The participation fees for taking the course is as follows-
• Industry/ Research Organizations in India: INR 5,000/- +GST
• Faculty from Indian Institutions: INR 2000/- + GST
• Students from Indian Institutions: INR 1,000/- +GST
The above fee includes lunch, coffee, tea, registration lot. instructional materials, computer use for tutorials and assignments. laboratory equipment usage charges. 24 hr free Internet facility. The participants will be provided with accommodation on payment basis.
Contact Person:
Dr. Somashekara M A
Principal Coordinator
Department of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Dharwad
Email: somashekara@iitdh.ac.in
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Institution Website: https://www.iitdh.ac.in/
Institution Address:Â
Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad
Permanent Campus, Chikkamalligawad
Dharwad – 580 011
Karnataka, Bharata (India)
About Institution:
Indian Institute of Technology dhArwAD (IITdh) is one of the third Generation (3-G) IITs, which were established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GoI). It was started in August 2016 under the mentorship of IIT Bombay. Our academic journey began in the Academic Year (AY) 2016-17, with the establishment of four-year Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) programs – Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Science & Engineering (CSE).
About Department:
Dept. of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) was started as the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in 2016, the same year as the establishment of IIT Dharwad. The Dept. was renamed in 2019. This Dept. offers research programs such as M.S. (by Research) and Ph.D. programs at the postgraduate level. The Dept.’s B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) and M.Tech (Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering) curriculum offer a distinct combination of courses with sound conceptual understanding together with practice-oriented learning elements. The theoretical rigor is imparted from a selection of courses in basic sciences and interdisciplinary topics in addition to subjects from the core mechanical engineering curriculum, which are backed by an array of hands-on laboratory courses.
