Measurement Needs for Emerging Materials and Technologies
March 3rd and 4th 2010
A VAMAS Technical Workshop, supported by the USA National Science Foundation was held at the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. The desired outcome of this workshop was for the development of new VAMAS Technical Working Areas (TWA).
The primary theme of the workshop was based on Materials for Energy applications.
Invited speakers included:
- Dr. Bharat Bhargava (Institute of New and Renewable Energy)
National Solar Mission - India
- Prof. Ctirad Uher (University of Michigan - USA)
Thermoelectricity: A component of the comprehensive solution to the energy crisis
- Dr. Sadhana Rayalu (NEERI - India)
Molecularly engineered nanomaterials for mitigation of green house gas effect
- Dr. Gareth Hinds (National Physical Laboratory, Teddington - UK)
Fuel Cells - Measurement and standardization needs
- Prof. D. S. Misra (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai - India)
Application of carbon nanotubes for the energy sector
- Prof. G. U. Kulkarni (JNCASR, Bengaluru - India)
Nanoentrapment lithography for metal nanowire grating patterns
- Ms. Clare Allocca (NIST - USA)
NIST Sustainability Programme
There was also an additional session dedicated to Materials Databases.
- Dr. J.K. Lal (National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi - India)
An overview of CODATA - present status and challenges
- Dr. Graham Sims (National Physical Laboratory, Teddington - UK)
International data activities
- Dr. Anna Moreno (ENEA - Italy)
Materials Databases Interoperability
- Dr. Steve Freiman (NIST - USA)
Ceramics materials database
For more information, please contact Sam Gnaniah (sam.gnaniah@npl.co.uk)
