Chief Patrons Technical Coordination Workshop on

Dr. T.R. Paari Vendhar, Chancellor, SRMIST

Dr. Raghu V Prakash
Professor/ Chairman, SFA Chennai Chapter
Failure Analysis of
Dr. P. Sathyanarayanan, President, SRMIST
Dr. R. Shivakumar, Chairman, SRM Group of Institutions,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Dr. P. Parameswaran
Materials For
Ramapuram & Trichy Campus
Vice Chairman,
Society For Failure Analysis
Engineering Applications
Patrons Chennai Chapter

Dr. Sandeep SanchetI, Vice - Chancellor, SRMIST How to Apply

Dr. T. P. Ganesan, Pro Vice - Chancellor, SRMIST
All the interested candidates are requested to follow-up st
Dr. N. Sethuraman, Registrar, SRMIST the online Registration form available at the following link: 1 September 2018
Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Director (E & T), SRMIST http://magnetovision.in/failure_analysis/index.php
Dr. R. Balasubramanian, Director (S & H), SRMIST It’s mandatory that the interested candidates should
Dr. T.S. Sridhar, Director, SRMIST, RPM register their details in online with in due date. The
workshop is for limited number of candidates and hence
Dr. C. Ravichandran, Campus Deputy Director, SRMIST, RPM the participants are given preference by registration
Dr. V. Subbiah Bharathi, Dean (E&T), SRMIST, RPM priority only.
Dr. A. Saravanan, Dean (Academic), SRMIST, RPM
Dr. B.Venkatachalapathy, Dean (Research), SRMIST, RPM Important Dates
Online Registration Opens on 30.07.2018
Dr. K.N. Srinivas, VP (Academic), SRMIST, RPM Online Registration Closes on 25.08.2018
Dr. J. Jagadeesan, VP (Admin), SRMIST, RPM (subject to the Max. limit on number of participants)
Organized by
Convener Registration Fee Details
Research Scholars/ Student Rs. 400/-
Dr. L. Sudha, Professor & Head
 
Academicians / Industry / Faculty
 
Rs. 600/-
Department of Physics
Coordinator(s) The registration fee should be paid through a crossed
demand draft from any Nationalized bank drawn in favour SRM Ins tute of Science and
of “SRMIST” payable at Chennai.
Dr. K.S. Nivedhitha, Asst. Prof. (9500723227)
Dr. V. Anbarasu, Asst. Prof. (9842676772)
Attendance certificate will be provided to the participants Technology
registering as Academicians / Industry / Faculty only.
Dr. K. Saravana Kumar, Asst. Prof. (9789018161)
TA/DA
Ramapuram Campus
Organizing Members
No TA/DA will be provided for the participants. Working
lunch will be provided to all the registered participants.
Chennai - 600 089
Dr. T. Beena, Asst. Prof.(Sl.G)
&
Contact us:
Dr. M. Saravanan, Asst. Prof. (Sr.G)
Dr. A. Senthil, Asst. Prof.
Dr. L. Sudha
Dr. V. Jayalakshmi, Asst. Prof.
Convener/Professor and Head
Dr. A. Nataraj, Asst. Prof. Department of Physics
Dr. S. Ranjith, Asst. Prof. SRM IST, Ramapuram Campus
Dr. S. Supriya, Asst. Prof. Chennai - 600 089 Society For Failure Analysis
Dr. M. Saravanan, Asst. Prof. Contact No:9500723227 Chennai Chapter
Dr. N. Karunagaran, Asst. Prof. Email Id: wfaem2018@gmail.com
 About SRM IST SOCIETY FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS (SFA) ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Institute of Science and Technology is one of the top Society for failure Analysis (SFA) founded in 2006
ranking Institutes in India, offering wide range of with the following aim and objectives: • The Engineering materials chosen to produce
undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in components get altered in their properties during various stages
Science and Humanities, Engineering, Management and of manufacturing and further in service. Sometimes they may fail
Health sciences. The Institute has academic tie-ups with ● To serve as National Society to promote, encourage and develop to serve the stipulated period resulting in an unexpected failure.
leading foreign universities like MIT, University of California, the growth of “Art and Science of Failure Analysis” and to
stimulate interest in compilation of a database, for effective
USA, University of Dundee and Oxford University, UK. SRMIST • While the designing engineer provides enough factors
identification of root causes for failures and their prevention.
is accredited by NBA and also by NAAC with a score equivalent of safety to avoid any early failures, and also the production
to 5-star rating. engineer with tolerances in finishing the product, the unexpected
● To disseminate information concerning development both in
early failure are unavoidable due to complex interaction of factors
India and abroad in the related fields.
About Ramapuram Campus like materials choice, manufacturing stage abnormalities or
service related unexpected loading or environmental effects.
A serene and charming enclave consists of 5 academic ● To organize lectures, discussions, conferences, seminars, Therefore carrying out a systematic engineering failure analysis
blocks spread over 27 acres, with all necessary facilities colloquia, courses related to failure analysis and to provide a on failed components in terms of materials aspects is a useful
valuable feedback on failure analysis covering design, materials, feedback to the engineers and scientists as it can throw useful
and infrastructures. The Campus houses Faculty of information about failure of the component and this to be
manufacturing deficiencies/ limitations and maintenance.
Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Science and appropriately addressed in future designs.
Humanities, Dental College and School of Management.
Faculty of Engineering and Technology offers UG ● To serve as a common forum for individuals, institutions,
organizations and industries interested in the field of Failure • The workshop includes invited talks based on case
programmes and PG programmes. Ph.D programmes are Analysis. Currently, SFA centres are established in many parts studies from different fields like aerospace, energy sector and
also offered in the campus. It is an ISO 9001:2015 certified of India. Following the initial establishment at Hyderabad, automobile engineering by highlighting how unexpected
institution. centres are created at Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, mechanical loading, corrosive environment cause an early failures
  Jamshedpur, Korapet, Mumbai, Surathkal, Trichy, Trivandrum and how the manufacturing methods like welding, forming and
About the Department and Warangal. heat tratment affects the properties. Prevention of failures and
life extension are the most interested areas in many industries for
Excellence in research and teaching has been the hallmark sustaining their production. To achieve this successfully,
Interested participants are encouraged to become development of Non-Destructive Testing methods are found
of the Department of Physics ever since its inception from
member of SFA. Members benefit with regular useful.
2004. Apart from research in the frontier areas of Physics,
update of activities through newsletter and
the department has over the years producing technologists
website.
with highest caliber. Highly motivated and well qualified • Resource persons from IITs, DAE, Space, Defence and so
faculty members are the back bone of our Department. on will deliver lectures and handle the interactive sessions .
For more details: www.sfaindia.org
Our faculty members are dynamically involved in research
Only one payment for faculties, industry personnel
and published more than 100 research papers in International Who should attend?
and R&D as Rs.1000. UG students until they
Journals in the last 5 years. The department has recognized
complete degree onetime student membership
as a research department and research scholars are pursuing Faculty Members, Research Scholars and students of Engineering
Rs.200. Colleges, Scientists & Engineers from R&D organisations and
their Ph.D programme. The department is approved with 5
Application form can be downloaded from the industries are encouraged to attend this programme.
research projects funded by DST-SERB and the management
following site
to the tune of more than 75 lakhs. Active research is being
www.sfaindia.org
carried out in the field of X-ray Cr ystallography,
Crystallographic studies on drug molecules, Dielectric Topics to be Covered
Application to be sent to:
Studies, Crystal Growth, Electronic structure of materials,
• Why materials fail?
Nanomaterials and Ceramic compounds. • Materials’ choice and failure analysis
SFA Head office
• Manufacturing aspects of materials failure
c/s Sri B Jana, Honarary Treasurer
• Service endurance of materials
RCMA Materials, Kanchanbagh • Environmental effects in engineering failures