TOPICS

MASS TRANSFER
* Fundamentals of diffusion
* Carburisation and nitridation
* Internal precipitation
* Alloy heat treatment
* Particle growth and coarsening
* Microstructural and crystallographic texture evolution
* Reactive diffusion
* Phase transformations
* Multiphase diffusion systems
* Microelectronic and nanoscale systems
* Interfaces
* Diffusion in crystalline and amorphous materials
* Diffusion in porous media
* Surface oxidation and corrosion
* Phase diagrams
* Ad- and absorption
* Diffusion coefficients
* Solute trapping at solid liquid interfaces
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

HEAT TRANSFER
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

MICROSTRUCTURE & PROPERTIES
* Mathematical modelling
* Numerical methods
* Experimental methods
* Industrial applications

NANODIFFUSION & NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
* Nanomaterials
* Nanocomposites
* Biomaterials
* Industrial applications

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
* Solar
* Bio
* Hybrid
* Hydro
* Hydrogen
* Geothermal
* Wind

SPECIAL SESSIONS:
Special Session 1
FLUID FLOW, ENERGY TRANSFER & DESIGN (SS1)

Special Session 2
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFUSION PROCESSES, REACTIONS AND PHASE STABILITY IN MATERIALS (SS2)

Special Session 5
DIFFUSION AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY IN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SS5)

Special Session 7
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN POROUS MEDIA (SS7)

Special Session 8
FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS (SS8)

Special Session 9
NANO- AND BIOMATERIALS FOR GREEN ENERGY, MEDICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
APPLICATIONS (SS9)

Special Session 10
HYDROGEN AND WATER-RELATED KINETICS IN MATERIALS (SS10)

Special Session 11
MICROSCOPY, MICROANALYSIS AND THEIR APPLICATION ON MATERIALS (SS11)

Special Session 12
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN OIL AND GAS (SS12)