Workshops
ISAM organizes various outreach activities in the form of seminars, workshops, and collaboration-enhancing events. These are led independently by students as well as Life members. To date, 10 workshops have been conducted in either offline or online mode. Some of them are:
National Workshops co-sponsored by other Institutes
Topic-specific workshops and short-term courses
Wherever possible, the lectures are uploaded on our YouTube channel
Objectives and Topics
This workshop aims to provide a platform for interaction for computational solid mechanics and material science researchers with a specific research focus on finite element-based averaging and multiscale methods. The activity group communicates expert knowledge to young researchers in homogenization and multiscale simulation methods. This workshop, ‘Multiscale Modeling in Solid Mechanics,’ organized by IIT(BHU) Varanasi, will give a specific overview of analytical, experimental, and numerical methods. They can account for microstructural information and be applied for the investigation and modeling of materials, highlighting the actual state of the art in the field. Lectures for the two-days workshop will introduce the class of problems and highlight state of the art in the field.
Topics: Continuum theories for mechanics, Micromechanics and methods of homogenization, and Computational Methods & Multiscale Modelling
Objectives and Topics
Help students to explore the emerging field of machine learning
Introduced critically selected topics that provide enough understanding of how the models in machine learning work.
Hands-on practice to get familiarize with basic machine learning models to enhance understanding of how to define and interpret the models
Objectives
1. To introduce the classical material models for integrity assessment of metals, which attempt to capture the inelastic response such as creep, fatigue, and high-rate response
2. Critically assess the strengths and limitations of some of the popular material models used in the literature
3. To introduce the advantages of a new mechano-thermodynamics based framework, and to illustrate the use of this framework in modelling of inelastic response of metals
Objectives
1. To introduce the classical material models for integrity assessment of metals, which attempt to capture the inelastic response such as creep, fatigue and high-rate response.
2. Critically assess the strengths and limitations of some of the popular material models used in the literature.
3. To introduce the advantages of a new framework of combining Newtonian mechanics with thermodynamics, and to illustrate the use of this framework in modelling of inelastic response of metals.
2020 National Workshop on Vectors Mechanics for Engineers
3-day workshop, 13-17 January
Coordinators: National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) and IIT Mandi
2019 Short-term course: Mechanics of Impact and Blast: Introduction, Modeling and Prediction
5-day course: 25-30 March
Coordinators: Profs. B S V Prasad Patnaik, R Jayaganthan, and R Velmurugan (IIT Madras)
Objectives
1. Introduce the fundamental principles of impact mechanics, blast waves, and material mechanics.
2. Imparting necessary background in Mathematical modeling and experimental characterization for (1) above.
3. Develop modeling and prediction capability for achieving better designs against impact and blast.
4. Acquainting and empowering the learners with a broad spectrum of applications in the field of Impact and Blast.
5. Explore technological solutions for the development of systems and devices for protection against Impact and Blast.
2018 Workshop: Biosensors
1-day workshop: 25 November
Coordinators: Prof. V V Raghavendra Sai (IIT Madras)
Co-Sponsor: Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras
Objectives
Aimed at providing an interface between academics and the industry, this conference is a fresh attempt to disseminate the knowledge of biosensor basics and cutting-edge technologies among young scientists and researchers in this field, in addition to identifying the critical issues in bringing them to the market, as well as technological solutions to overcome them.
Basics: Bioreceptors, transduction techniques
Nanomaterials, nanobiosensors
Industry perspectives, bottlenecks to commercialization, market analysis
Recent advances in the field
Panel discussions
Objectives
To disseminate the fundamental concepts of applied impact mechanics.
To create an awareness about the practical applications and opportunities.
To expose different modeling, simulation, and tests methods in this area.
Objectives
To pool in the experience of faculty members associated with teaching courses relevant to Applied Mechanics, and to identify methods of effective teaching of these subjects
To identify the core components of any undergraduate curriculum in Applied Mechanics in the country which will also have a good potential for employment in a wide range of industries/hospitals/research laboratories