14th January

Welcome Dinner and Registration (7.30 PM onwards)

15th January, 2015
8.00 hrs
Onwards

Registration

9.00-10.00 hrs

Inauguration
Ceremonial Inauguration by Lighting the Lamp
Welcome address by Prof. Manna, Conference Chairman
Welcome address by Prof. G. G. Roy, HOD, Dept. of Met. & Mat.
Welcome address by Prof. P K Das, HOD, Dept. of Mech. Engg., IIT Kharagpur
Welcome address by Prof Amara, CDTA, Convener
Conference details by Prof. J. Dutta Majumdar, Convener
Address by the Guest of Honor, Prof. A. K. Roy, Director, IIEST, Shibpur
Address by the Chief Guest, Prof. P. P. Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur
Vote of Thanks by Prof. A. Roy Choudhury, Convener

10.00 10.15 hrs

Plenary Session I : Materials Processing

Session Chairs: Prof. N. B. Dahotre
Prof. M. Chakrabarti
Lecture PL1 (LAPAMS-4)
Prof. I. Manna
Laser and Plasma Application in Materials Science
Lecture PL2 (LAPAMS-1)

10.1510.55 hrs

Prof. S. Banerjee
Laser and Electron Beam Joining and Cladding for the Components used in Advanced Nuclear
Reactors

10.5511.35 hrs

Lecture PL3 (LAPAMS-7)

Dr. A. Weisheit, ILT, Aachen
Laser Additive Manufacturing of TiAl and FeAl Intermetallics

11.35-12.15

Lecture PL4 (LAPAMS-8)

Prof. Christian Andreas Wetzig
New Progress in Laser Cutting

Inauguration of Exhibition and Poster Session: 12.15 12.30 hrs

LUNCH BREAK: 12.30-13.30 hrs

13.30-13.55 hrs

Laser Material Processing I

Session Chair: Prof. S. Chatterjee, IIEST

Plasma Materials Processing

Session Chair: Mr. Stefen Akinlabi

Lecture KL1 (LAPAMS-15)

Lecture KL2 (LAPAMS-38)

Dr. G. K. Dey, BARC, Bombay

Dr. R.M. Mohanty

CSIR, N. Delhi
Thermo-mechanical environment and
advantage of thermal plasma in
manufacturing complex components &
engineering structure

Understanding solidification of alloys

through study of structure of amorphous
alloys and glass/ crystal composites

13.55-14.20 hrs

14.20-14.45 hrs

Lecture KL3 (LAPAMS-31)

Lecture KL4 (LAPAMS-28)

Dr. Johannes Proll, KIT, Germany

Dr. B. B. Jha, IMMT, Bhubaneswar

Perspectives of Laser Materials Processing for

the Manufacturing of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Laser and Plasma: Important tools for

processing and fabrication of metallic and
ceramic foams

Lecture- KL5 (LAPAMS-50)

Lecture KL6 (LAPAMS-57)

Dr. S. C. Sharma, VSSC, Trivandrum

Laser and Plasma based Emerging Material
Processing Technologies for Strategic
Sectors : A Vista

S. Dash, IGCAR, Kalpakkam

Plasma Assisted Reactive Processing of
Coatings

Break: 14.45 -15.00 hrs

15.00-15.25 hrs

Laser in Material Processing-II

(Session Chair:
Prof. Cebolenkosi Philani Ntuli, Tshwane
University of Technology, Pretoria, South
Africa)
Lecture KL7 (LAPAMS-42)

Laser Ablation/deposition-I
(Session Chair: Mr. Stefen Akinlabi,
University of Johannesberg, South Africa)
Lecture-KL8 (LAPAMS-18)

15.25 -15.50 hrs

Prof. Sarat Singamneni,

AUT University Auckland, New Zealand.

Dr. E. L. Gurevich, University of Bochum,

Germany

Selective laser sintering of Bio-composite

material

Selective ablation of thin films by ultrashort

laser pulses for organic photovoltaics

Lecture-KL9 (LAPAMS-29)

Lecture-KL10 (LAPAMS-33)

Dr. G. Padmanabhan, ARCI, Hyderabad

Prof. Rajdeep Singh Rawat, Nanyang

Technological University, Singapore

Materials joining and repair with lasers

Nanophase magnetic Material Synthesis Using

Pulsed Laser Deposition And Plasma Focus:
Issues, Challenges And Scope

15.50 -15.05 hrs

15.05-15.20 pm

Lecture- IL1 (LAPAMS-16)

Lecture- IL2 (LAPAMS-)

Dr. Gururaj Telasang, ARCI Hyderabad

Mr. S. Nath

Evaluation of Laser Assisted Material

Deposition for Refurbishment of Pressure Die
Casting Die Components in Simulated and
Actual Conditions
Lecture- IL3 (LAPAMS-16)

Microstructural Characterization of Yttria

Stabilized Zirconia Thin Film
Developed by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Lecture- IL4 (LAPAMS-16)

Manish Tak, ARCI, Hyderabad

Study on the influence of pre-heating on
cracking susceptibility in laser-clad coatings of
NiCr on austenitic stainless steel

Dr. Subrata kumar, IIT Patna

Statistical and Analytical Approaches for
Depth and Profile Prediction in CO2 Laser
Microchanneling on Polymethyl Methacrylate
(PMMA)

Tea Break: 15.20 pm to 16.00 hrs

16.00 -16.25 hrs

Lecture-KL11 (LAPAMS-49)

Lecture-KL12 (LAPAMS-62)

Pratik Shukla
Dr. David Waugh, University of Chester
Laser Sealing of HDLPE Film To PP Substrate
Laser Surface Induced Roughening of
Polymeric Materials And The Effects on
Wettability Characteristics

Lecture-KL13 (LAPAMS-65)

16.25 16.50 hrs

Prof. G. G. Roy, IIT Kharagpur

Impact and Significance of Convective Heat
Transfer Calculations in Welding

16.50 17.05 hrs

Lecture-IL5 (LAPAMS-67)
Lecture-IL6 (LAPAMS-23)
Prof. Cebolenkosi Philani Ntuli, Tshwane
University of Technology, Pretoria, South
Africa.
Thermal Modeling of the Pulsed Laser
Ablation of Silicon Nitride Ceramics

17.15 - 17.20 hrs

17.20 - 17.25 hrs

17.25 17.30 hrs

KL14
Dr. B. Subramanium, CECRI, Kadarkudi
Laser Ablation And Plasma Processing For
Biomedical Applications

Ms. Bathusile Masina, CSIR, Pretoria

Structured light for enhanced light-matter
interactions

Break: 17.05-17.15 hrs

Short Oral/Poster Presentation
Short Oral/Poster Presentation
On Laser Materials Processing
On Plasma Materials Processing
(16.00 to 16.30)
(16.00 to 16.30)
Session Judges: Dr. Sisa Pityana, Dr. Pratik
Session Judges: Dr. Johannes Proel, Prof.
Shukla, Dr. Lerato Criscelda Tshabalala,
Cebolenkosi Philani Ntuli, Dr. S. Allami,
Prof. S. C. Singh
Dr. R. K. Jha
CL-1 (LAPAMS-83)
CL-2 (LAPAMS-70)
Mr. N. Roy

Ms. Mayuri Baruah

Experimental Investigation of Submerged

Laser beam cutting on Inconel 625 Superalloy
CL-3 (LAPAMS-87)

Analysis of Micro Plasma Welded Ti6Al4V

Sheets
CL-4 (LAPAMS-68)

Mr. N. Sivagurumanikandan

Mr. Prince Alex

Nd:YAG laser butt welding of super duplex

stainless steel
CL-5 (LAPAMS-82)

Effect of Ion Induced SEEC from Cathode

Material on Formation of Multiple Double
Layers in Diode Plasma
CL-6 (LAPAMS-75)

D. Narsimhachary

Mr. Debjit Ghosal

Modelling of laser welding of aluminium alloy

6061 T6

17.30 17.35 hrs

CL
Vatsala Chaturbedi

Role of Plasma in Surface Modification for

Polymer Substrates (PVC) and Study of
Ageing Characteristics
CL-8 (LAPAMS-74)
Mr. Balmukund Dhakar

A Study on the Effect of Plama Nitriding on

H13 Tool Steel

17.35 - 17.40 hrs

17.40 - 17.45 hrs

17.45 -17.50 hrs

17.55-18.00 hrs

18.00-18.05 hrs

18.05-18.10 hrs

A Study on Phase Stabilization and

characterization of Plasma Sprayed Al2O3Cr2O3 Composite Coatings

CL-9 (LAPAMS-81)

CL-10 (LAPAMS-78)

Mr. Suvradip Mullick

Ms. Renu Kumari

Effect of Vapour Plasma in Water-jet Assisted

Underwater Laser Cutting Process
CL-11 (LAPAMS-85)

Microstructural Characterization of HA/TiO2

composite coating on Titanium Based Alloy
(Ti-6Al-4V) for Bio-implant Application
CL-12 (LAPAMS-80)

Mr. A. Sen

Mr. Soumen Mondal

Fibre Laser Micro-Machining of Polymethyl

Methacrylate (PMMA)
CL-13 (LAPAMS-73)

A study on porosity in material deposition by

PTAW process
CL-14 (LAPAMS-89)

Mr. Partho Pratim Chatterjee

Ravi Kant

Use of Laser-Matter Interaction for Structural

Modification to enhance the Efficiency of
Photovoltaic devices
CL-15 (LAPAMS-84)

Experimental Studies on Laser Bending of

Magnesium M1A Alloy Sheets

Mr. Subhamoy Singha Roy

Ms. Shaila Thakur

The Simple theoretical Analysis of Quantum

Well Wires Superlattice of Communication
Laser
CL-17 (LAPAMS-79)

Surface energy improvement of Polyurethane

substrates by RF plasma treatment with
different gases
CL-18 (LAPAMS-76)

Arun Kumar

Mr. Muvvala Gopinath

Microstructural Characterization of Plasma

Nitrided and Nitrogen Ion Implanted Ti-6Al4V Sputter Deposited on AISI 316L Stainless
Steel
CL-19 (LAPAMS-86)

Effect of Pulse Width on Clad Track Geometry

and Surface
Roughness in Pre-placed Powder Laser
Cladding of Inconel 718
CL-20 (LAPAMS-69)

Sumit K. Sharma, IIT Kharagpur

Sharat Anishetty, IIT Kharagpur

CL-16 (LAPAMS-88)

18.10-18.15 hrs

Surface Engineering of Inconel 718 for

Improved Wear and High Temperature
Oxidation Resistance
CL-21 (LAPAMS-69)

Microstructural Characterization and

Properties Evaluation of
Bead-on-Plate Welded (Zr-4)
CL-22 (LAPAMS-69)

Mutiu F. Erinosho, University Of

Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

N.M. Baloyi

Microstructures and Dry Sliding Wear

Characteristics of the Laser Metal Deposited
Ti6Al4V/Cu Composites

Corrosion and Wear Behavior of Laser

Deposited ZrO2 and ZrC Powder Beds

Tea Break: 18.15 to 18.30

18.30: Poster session (18.30 to 19.30)
Cultural Program: 19.30 20.00 pm
Gala Dinner: 20.00 22.00 pm

16th January, 2015

08.30 -9.10 hrs

Session Chairs: Prof. I. Manna

Prof.
Lecture PL5 (LAPAMS-2)
Prof. Narendra B. Dahotre
Laser Surface Engineering

9.10 -09.50 hrs

Lecture PL6 (LAPAMS-6)

Prof. J. Lawrence
University of Chester, UK
Surface Glazing of Concrete Using Lasers for Protection and Decommissioning

Lecture PL7 (LAPAMS-6)

09.50-10.30 hrs

Prof. Tetsuo Tsuchiya

Metal oxide thin film for new devices grown by excimer laser assisted metal organic deposition
(ELAMOD)
Lecture PL8 (LAPAMS-5)
(Dr G. Sundararajan)

10.30 -11.10 hrs

Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation : A Unique Surface Engineering Technique

TEA BREAK: 11.10-11.30 hrs

Surface Engineering - I
Session Chair: Prof. S. K. Roy
11.30 -11.55 hrs

Lecture-K15 (LAPAMS-36)

Laser Material Processing-III

Session Chair: Prof. D. Waugh, Univ.
Chester
Lecture-K16 (LAPAMS-36)

Dr. Manish Roy, DMRL Hyderabad

Nanotribology of Self-Lubricating Films
Obtained by Plasma Assisted Deposition

Dr. Serhii Tkachenko

Brno University Of Technology, Faculty Of
Mechanical Engineering, Technick 2896/2,
616 69 Brno, Czech Republic
Electron beam surface modification of TiSi
based alloys

11.55 12.20 hrs

Lecture-K17 (LAPAMS-20)
K. Biswas

12.20 -12. 35

Lecture-K18 (LAPAMS-37)
Prof. J. Dutta Majumdar,
I. I. T. Kharagpur

Hot Corrosion And Thermal Cycling

Behaviour of Plasma Sprayed Lanthanum
Hexaaluminate Based Advanced Thermal
Barrier Coatings

Laser Assisted Surface Designing of Ti-6Al4V for Bio-implant Application

Lecture IL9 (LAPAMS-60)

Lecture IL10 (LAPAMS-53)

Prashant Sharma, IIT Kharagpur

G. Kibria, Aliah University, Kolkata, India

Studies on Characteristics of Plasma Sprayed

La2O3 Y2O3-ZrO2 Thermal Barrier Coating on
Ni-Based Superalloys-718

Generation of Defined Rough Micro-Turning

Surface on Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) Ceramics
During Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Micro-Turning
Process

LUNCH BREAK: 12.35 to 13.30

13.30 13.55 hrs

13.55 14.20 hrs

Lecture- KL33 (LAPAMS-25)

Lecture- KL36 (LAPAMS-44)

B. Patel

Icon Analytical Ltd.

Lecture-K19 (LAPAMS-20)

Lecture-K20 (LAPAMS-20)
A.K. Jha, VSSC, Trivandrum

Dr. D. P. Mondal, AMPRI, Bhopal

Laser And Plasma :Important Tools For
Processing And Fabrication Of Metallic And
Ceramic Foams

14.20 14.35 hrs

14.35 -14.50 hrs

Materials Failure and Role of Laser in its

Prevention

Lecture-IL117 (LAPAMS-55)

Lecture IL8 (LAPAMS-63)

Prof. K. Mondal, IIT Kanpur

Dr. R. Singh, NML, Jamshedpur

Corrosion Behavior of In-situ Ball Milled and

Atmospheric Plasma Sprayed Ni-Ti Coating on
Mild Steel

Corrosion and Cavitation Erosion Resistance

of Laser Processed Stainless Steel 13Cr-4Ni
and AISI 304

Lecture IL15 (LAPAMS-54)

Mr. K. Singh, IGCAR, Kalpakkam
Mr. Yuvraj K. Madhukar
Effect of Substrate Temperature on the
Microstructure of RF Magneto-sputtered Mo
Thin Films

Some salient features of water-jet assisted laser

processing

Lunch Break: 15.30 16.00 hrs

Modeling & Simulation-II
Session Chair: Prof. P. P.
Chattopadhyay, IIEST, Shibpur
14.50-15.15 hrs

Lecture-KL17 (LAPAMS-9)

Laser, Plasma and Electron Beam in

Defense Sectors
Session Chair: Dr. Manish Roy
Lecture-KL18 (LAPAMS-35)

15.15-15.40 hrs

Dr. El-Hachemi Amara, CDTA, Algeria

Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy, DMRL,

Hyderabad

Laser Cutting Modeling

Influence of Electron and laser beam

oscillation and pulsing techniques on
microstructure and high temperature
mechanical properties of Inconel 718 welds
Lecture-KL20 (LAPAMS-13)

Lecture-KL19 (LAPAMS-43)
A. K. Nath

Dr. D.K. Das, DMRL, Hyderabad

Potential Use of Femtosecond Lasers for Gas
Turbine Engine Applications
Lecture-KL22 (LAPAMS-41)

15.40 -16.05 hrs

Lecture-KL28 (LAPAMS-10)
Dr. R. C. Sharma, DRDO, Delhi
Stefen Akinlabi
Laser Technology for Defense Application

16.05-16.20

Process Parameter Optimization for Laser

Metal Deposited Ti6Al4V/TiC Composites
IL
Sitanshu Chakraborty

Lecture-IL18 (LAPAMS-46)
K. Biswas, IIT K

C. Laser Forming of Bowl Shaped Surface

with a Stationary Laser Beam

16.20-16.35 hrs

Lecture-IL16 (LAPAMS-58)
Prof. I. A. Palani, IIT Indore
Influence of Laser Annealing on Laser
Additive Manufactured shape Memory
Structures of NiTi alloys

Lecture-IL17 (LAPAMS-52)
Mr. Jyotirmoy Kar
Effect of Beam Oscillation on Electron Beam
Welding of AISI-316L Joints

BREAK: 16.25-16.40

16.40-17.05 hrs

Surface Engineering - I
Session Chair: Dr. S. Pityana)

Surface Engineering - II
(Dr. S. Allami)

Lecture-KL23 (LAPAMS-12)

Lecture-KL24 (LAPAMS-27)

Prof. Rajarshi Banerjee

Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali

Laser Additive Processing of Implantable

Biomaterials and Novel Metal Matrix
Composites

Development of Ceramic Coatings for Molten

Salt and Uranium Environment

17.05- 17.20 hrs

Lecture-KL26 (LAPAMS-32)
Lecture- KL31 (LAPAMS-22)
Prof. V.S. Raja, IIT Bombay
Prof. C. S. Kumar, IIT Kharagpur
Process Control for Metallurgical and
Mechanical Properties Variation in

17.20 - 17.45 hrs

Lecture-KL27 (LAPAMS-30)

IL

Sisa Pityana

M. Das, CGCRI, Kolkata

Laser Processing of Discontinuously
Reinforced Titanium Matrix Composite
Coatings

Characterising the Effect of Laser Metal

Deposited Ti6al4v/Cu Composites in
Simulated Body Fluid for Biomedical
Application.

17.45-18.10 hrs

Role of architecture of the hot corrosion

resistance of thermal barrier coatings

Lecture-IL20 (LAPAMS-51)
Fatoba Olawale Samuel, Tshwane
University of Technology, Pretoria, South
Africa.

Lecture-IL21 (LAPAMS-47)
A. Basu, NIT, Raurkela
Corrosion Resistance Improvement Of High
Carbon Low Alloy Steel By Plasma Nitridin

Corrosion Behaviour of Laser Alloyed UNS

G10170 Steel with Zn+Sn Powders

18.10 18.25 hrs

Dr. Lerato Criscelda Tshabalala, Tshwane

University Of Technology, Pretoria,
South Africa

Laser-Ceramic Interaction Of Sialon-Si3N4

During Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Ablation

Dinner: 19.00-21.00 hrs

17th January, 2015

08.30 08.55 hrs

Laser Micro-Processing IV
(Session Chair: Dr. Pratik Shukla)

Laser Ablation/Deposition
(Dr. E. Gurevich)

Lecture- KL29 (LAPAMS-21)

Lecture- KL30 (LAPAMS-33)

Prof. L. M. Kukreja

Prof. S. K. Ray, IIT Kharagpur

Laser Additive Manufacturing and Shock

Peening: A perspective

08.55 -09.20 hrs

Plasma and Laser Assisted Growth of

Semiconductor Hetero and Nanostructures
Lecture- KL32 (LAPAMS-24)

A. K. Bhadra
Prof. R. Mitra, IIT Kharagpur

09.20-09.35 hrs

09.35-9.50 hrs

IL

Structure-Property Relations in Reactively CoSputtered Ni-TiN Nanocomposite Thin Films

Lecture- KL34 (LAPAMS-17)

Mukul Shukla

S. Ghosh Choudhury, NML, Jamshedpur

Microstructural Evolution tephen Akinlabi

During Laser Forming of Steel Sheet

Evolution Of Stress In Polycrystalline Ti Thin

Film Developed By Sputtering And Associated
Phase Transformation

IL

IL

Ram Kumar
IIT Kanpur

Sonik Bhatia
Varied Effect on Optical Properties of Zinc
Oxide films Prepared by Different Techniques

Valedictory Session and High Tea: 10.00 to 11.00 PM