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ISAMPE, Bangalore Chapter was formed in the year 2000 to further the
activities of the ISAMPE, which has been in existence
for nearly two decades. The chapter amongst other things has set itself
a modest plan to hold events in the form of lecture demonstration,
product presentation and workshops.
On 1st March, 2001 a lecture on "Strength
of Notches in Quasi-Brittle Materials" by Dr.
L. Dortmans, TNO-TDP, department of Innovative Materials,
The Netherlands, was arranged. This was attended nt Chapter Members
and the participants of the the Indo-Netherlands Joint Workshop held
at NAL. Prof. A.V.Krishnamurthy, Aero Department,
IISc., Bangalore, was felicitated on the occasion of his superannuation
in 16th March, 2001. On this occasion a highly interactive and lively
discussion session with Prof. A.V.Krishnamurthy, on Smart Structure
Concepts was held. On 2nd August, 2001 a lecture
on Material Process Engineering for Aerospace Application
by Dr. Hanan Vengerko, M/s Cytec Fiberite Ltd. U.K. was scheduled
and this was well attended.
The first annual general meeting of the Chapter was held on 19th
December, 2001 which was well attended. The deliberations
of the AGM was followed by a Technical lecture by Prof. M.S.Venkataraman,
Director, R&D, Crescent College, Chennia on "Captivating
Composites-an Appreciation and an Affiance". The AGM
acknowledged the Chapter's efforts towards satisfying the urgent need
amongst the Professional Community in Bangalore involved in the Material
Processing Engineering.
In the memories on the tragedy of the WTC, New York, a lecture on
"Attack on World Trade Centre - An Architect's Perspective"
was arranged to throw light on all the aspects of designing / building
the sturctures to withstand the attack under different condition.
In context of examining the challenges to design and development of
modern structural composties including fitting from functioning and
enhancement of Structural Integrity, a techincal lecture was delivered
on 15th Mar 2002 by Dr. A.V. Srinivasan, Consultant & Adjunct
Professor of Engineering & Management, RPI, Hartford, USA. The
lecture was titled "Biomimetics : A futuristic look at
the past". Dr. Leslie Cohen, Vice President, HITCO composites,
USA presented on 15th April, 2002 "Innovative
and Highly competitive composie technologies " developed at Hitco.
Dr. David Jenson, Director, Case, BYU, USA presented ISO Truss - An
Advanced structural techonology as an efficient alternative to the
traditional composite structures on 12th July, 2002.
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