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.
Speakers included:
- Partnering in Materials Metrology - - VAMAS collaborations
Dr. Graham Sims, Chair- VAMAS
- National Solar Mission - India
Dr. Bharat Bhargava (Institute of New and Renewable Energy)
- Thermoelectricity: A component of the comprehensive solution to the energy crisis
Prof. Ctirad Uher (University of Michigan - USA)
- Molecularly engineered nanomaterials for mitigation of green house gas effect
Dr. Sadhana Rayalu (NEERI - India)
- Fuel Cells - Measurement and standardization needs
Dr. Gareth Hinds (National Physical Laboratory, Teddington - UK)
- Application of carbon nanotubes for the energy sector
Prof. D. S. Misra (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai - India)
- Nanoentrapment lithography for metal nanowire grating patterns
Prof. G. U. Kulkarni (JNCASR, Bengaluru - India)
- NIST Sustainability Programme
Ms. Clare Allocca (NIST - USA)
There was also an additional session dedicated to Materials Databases.
- An overview of CODATA - present status and challenges
Dr. J.K. Lal (National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi - India)
- International data activities
Dr. Graham Sims (National Physical Laboratory, Teddington - UK)
- Materials Databases Interoperability
Dr. Anna Moreno (ENEA - Italy)
- Ceramics materials database
Dr. Steve Freiman (NIST - USA)
For more information, please contact Sam Gnaniah (sam.gnaniah@npl.co.uk)
