TOPICS

MASS TRANSFER
* Fundamentals of diffusion
* Carburisation and nitridation
* Internal precipitation
* Alloy heat treatment
* Particle growth and coarsening
* Microstructural and crystallographic texture evolution
* Reactive diffusion
* Phase transformations
* Multiphase diffusion systems
* Microelectronic and nanoscale systems
* Interfaces
* Diffusion in crystalline and amorphous materials
* Diffusion in porous media
* Surface oxidation and corrosion
* Phase diagrams
* Ad- and absorption
* Diffusion coefficients
* Solute trapping at solid liquid interfaces
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

HEAT TRANSFER
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

MICROSTRUCTURE & PROPERTIES
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

NANODIFFUSION & NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
* Nanomaterials
* Nanocomposites
* Biomaterials
* Industrial applications

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
* Solar
* Bio
* Hybrid
* Hydro
* Hydrogen
* Geothermal
* Wind

Special Session 1
FLUID FLOW, ENERGY TRANSFER & DESIGN (SS1)

Special Session 2
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFUSION PROCESSES AND REACTIONS IN ENGINEERING MATERIALS (SS2)

Special Session 5
DIFFUSION AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY IN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SS5)

Special session 6
ATOMIC TRANSPORT IN LIQUID METALS AND GLASSES (SS6)

Special Session 7
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN POROUS MEDIA (SS7)

Special Session 8
FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS (SS8)

Special Session 9
NANO/BIO MATERIALS SYNTHESIS,
CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING AND APPLICATIONS
(SS9)

Special Session 10
HYDROGEN-RELATED KINETICS IN MATERIALS (SS10)

Special Session 11
MICROSCOPY, MICROANALYSIS AND THEIR APPLICATION ON MATERIALS (SS11)

Special Session 12
NANOTECHNOLOGY  IN OIL AND GAS (SS12)

Special Session 14
BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS AND DEVICES (SS14)

Special session 15
MULTI-PRINCIPAL ELEMENT ALLOYS: THERMODYNAMICS, DIFFUSION AND PHASE STABILITY (SS15)