Chief Patron

Dr. M.K. Panduranga Setty,

President, RSST

Patrons
Sri. A.V.S. Murthy,
Hon. Secretary, RSST

Dr. Paskara Murthy,

University of the Witwatersand,

Johannesburg

Dr. Debdatta Ratna,

Scientist, NMRL (DRDO), India

Dr. S. Gopalkrishnan,
IISc., Bengaluru, India

Dr. Manjunatha Reddy, RVCE

Dr. Neeta Shiv Kumar, RVCE
Dr. Ratna Pal, RVCE
Dr. R. Sreedhar, RVCE
Dr. Swarna Mayee Patra, RVCE
Dr. Vishnumurthy, RVCE
Dr. S.G. Divakar, RVCE
Mr. Thippa Reddy, RVCE

Sri. D.P. Nagaraj,

Dr. Sabu Thomas,

Sri. K.G. Subbarama Setty,

Dr. K.V.R Murthy,

Sri. H.U. Talwar,

Dr. Kanishka Biswas,

Technical Committee
Dr. B.E. Kumara Swamy,

Dr. Sundargopal Ghosh,

Dr. B.M. Nagabhushana,

Mr. Rajeeva Deekshit,

Dr. K.S. Rai, Mysore University

Dr. Praveen C Ramamoorthy,

Hon. Joint Secretary, RSST

Hon. Treasurer, RSST

Director, DTE, Karnataka

Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy,

Mentor, TEQIP

Conference Advisory Committee

Dr. K.N. Subramanya,
Principal, RVCE

Prof. K.N. Raja Rao,

Advisor, RVCE

Sri. A.R. Krishna Reddy,

Registrar, RVCE

Dr. Nikhil Gupta,

Newyork University, Newyork, USA

Dr. Prabhir Patra,

University of Bridgeport, USA

M G University, Kerala, India

M.S.University of Baroda, Baroda, India
JNCASR, Bengaluru, India

IIT Madras, India

ECSI, IISc, Bengaluru, India

Dr. Jeena Jose Karippal,

LivaNova, Canada

Dr. Ekwipoo Kalkornsurapranee,

Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Dr. P. Chithaiah,
Dr. M. Sreejith,

Dr. K.S. Santhosh Kumar,

Scientist SE, ISRO, India

Prof. Lachezar Komitov

Dr. S.J. Dhoble,

Prof. V.G. Chigrinov,

Dr. Vijayalakshmi,

Gothenburg University, Sweden

HKUST Hong Kong

Scientist, SABIC, Bengaluru, India

R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

Mangalore University, India

Dr. Ashok Ganguly,

Dr. A.R. Phani,

Dr. Moris S. Eisen,

Dr. Sushitha Menon,

Director, INST- Habitat Centre, India

Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Dr. Bangalore Keshavaram,

Amcast Automotive, USA

Dr. G.L. Samuel,

IIT Madras, India

Dr. AntonellaTucci,

Centro Ceramico Bologna, Italy

Dr. Bikramjit Basu,

IISc, Bengaluru, India

20 - 22 October 2016

MSRIT, Bengaluru

IISc, Bengaluru

Dr. H. Nagabhushana,
Tumkur University

Dr. R.L. Rai Bagkar,

Dr. Gurumoorthy Hegde,
BMSCE, Bengaluru

Scientist SD, VSSC-ISRO, Trivandrum, India

Dr. Venugopal,

CeNSE, IISc., Bengaluru, India

SMART ENGINEERING MATERIALS

[ICSEM-2016]
TEQIP-II, Sub-Component 1.2.1

Gulbarga University

Weizmann Institute, Israel

Dr. Rudra Pratap,

Kuvempu University

International Conference on

INMT, Bengaluru, India

University Kabangsan, Malaysia

Prof. Ing. Eva Schmidova,

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Organizing Committee
Dr. Uttara Kumari, RVCE
Dr. S. Satyanarayana, RVCE
Prof. D. Ranganath, RVCE
Dr. Jagadheesh Patil, RVCE

Dr. H.P. Nagaswarupa,

EWIT, Bengaluru

Dr. R. Suresh, RVCE

Prof. M.S. Krupashankar, RVCE
Dr. Shanmukha Nagaraj, RVCE
Dr. C. Manjunatha, RVCE
Program Committee
Dr. Soney Varghese, NIT Calicut
Dr. Dharmapraksh,BMSCE, Bengaluru
Dr. K. Natarajan, RVCE
Dr. Nagaraj, Mangalore University
Dr. M. Sridharan, RVCE
Dr. Vijay Shankar, Christ University
Dr. Unnikrishnan, NIT, Calicut
Dr. Sarojini, Mangalore University
Dr. A. Sujith, NIT, Calicut
Prof. R. Mahesh, RVCE
Prof. S.G. Pallavi, RVCE

Organized by
Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust

R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous Institution Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)

Bengaluru - 560 059, Karnataka, INDIA

(www.rvce.edu.in, www.icsem2016.rvce.edu.in)

Supported by

Technical Chair: Dr. M. Krishna, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, RVCE

General Chair: Dr. M.P. Sham Aan, Dept. of Chemistry, RVCE
Program Chairs: Dr. H.N. Narasimha Murthy, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, RVCE
Dr. Raviraj A. Kusanur, Dept. of Chemistry, RVCE
Dr. Pushpa Agrawal, Dept. of Biotechnology, RVCE
Dr. M.A. Lourdu Antony Raj, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, RVCE
Address for Communication (For any clarifications, feel free to contact)
Dr. Sham Aan M.P.
Dept. of Chemistry, RVCE, Bengaluru-59, India
Phone: +91-9886648714; +91-80-6717 8399
e-mail:icsem2016@rvce.edu.in

Dr. Ratna Pal

Dept. of Mech.Engg., RVCE, Bengaluru-59, INDIA
Phone: +91-9901094582; +91-80-6717 8150
e-mail:icsem2016@rvce.edu.in

Accepted papers will be published in

Elsevier Materialstoday: Proceedings

About RVCE
R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE), Bengaluru, Karnataka, South India, is one of the premier
Engineering institutions of the country. Established in 1963, RVCE celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
2015. The college has about 5600 students, over 400 faculty and 250 support staff. The college
offers 12 Bachelors and 22 Masters Programs in different disciplines of Engineering with an
annual intake of about 1750 students. The faculty and students are involved in research and
consultancy. There are 16 research centres with provision for Ph.D. Studies. RVCE has set its vision
Leadership in Quality Technical Education, Research & Innovation, through Teamwork, with focus
on Development of Sustainable and Inclusive Technology. In line with the vision, the faculty and
students are actively involved in interdisciplinary R &D activities and consultancy in collaboration
with public and private organizations. So far, RVCE has received grants for funded projects to the
th
tune of over Rs. 450 million. RVCE is rated 35 in the NIRF rating conducted by MHRD, Government
of India in 2016. RVCE has been awarded Engineering College of the Year-2015 by the Higher
Education Review Magazine for Enhancing Employability. RVCE has been certified as Global
League Institute by Great Place to Study Research Institute (GPSRI) on 19 November 2015 at the
prestigious venue - House of Commons, United Kingdom.
About the Conference
Smart Materials are designed materials which possess one or more properties which can be
significantly changed in controlled fashion by externally applied field such as stress, temperature,
electric and magnetic fields. Worldwide, considerable effort is deployed to develop smart
materials and structures. Smart Materials like, piezoelectric materials, electrostrictive materials,
magnetostrictive materials, shape memory materials, smart fluids, smart hydrogels,
electrochromic materials, phase change materials, nanomaterials, ceramics, smart textiles build
the global market and are increasing business turnover to provide the smarter service to create
smart world. The conference aims to disseminate state-of-the-art in smart materials and
derivatives of smart material systems- processing, characterization and applications.
Scope of the Conference
In view of the increasing applications of smart materials in several fields, they provide one of the
most promising emerging markets for equipment and materials suppliers in the coming years. This
conference enables to deepen and broaden knowledge of smart engineering materials and to
share innovative ideas and responsiveness to ever-increasing international needs. The objective of
this conference is to bring together experts from academia, professional engineers, industries and
research organizations for sharing of knowledge, expertise and experience in the emerging trends
related to smart multifunctional materials. The conference is structured with plenary lectures by
eminent researchers of international repute on the theme of the conference followed by
contributed papers along with poster presentations.
A pre-conference tutorial for novice researchers in the field of Smart Materials is scheduled on 20
October 2016 on 'Design and Simulation of smart materials' using Materials Studio software.
Material Studio is a complete modelling and simulation environment, designed to allow
researchers in materials science to predict and understand the relationships of materials atomic
and molecular structure with its properties and behaviour. The software is used in advanced
research of various materials such as polymers, nanotubes, catalysts, metals, and ceramics which
constitute smart materials.

Conference Themes
Original research articles are invited on the following themes:
Theme 1: Smart Materials
Shape Memory Alloys
?
?
Optical Fibers
?
Smart Gels
?
Fullerenes
?
Rheological Materials
?
Magnetostrictive Materials
?
Electrochromic Materials
?
Piezoelectric and
Ferroelectric Materials
?
Nanocatalysts
?
Electroactive Materials
?
Photovoltaic Materials
?
Giant Magnetoimpedance
(GMI) Wires
?
Self-healing Polymers/
Composites

Theme 2: Fabrication
Techniques of Smart Devices
and Structures
?
Lithography
?
Wafer Bonding
?
Chemical Vapour Deposition
Physical Vapour Deposition
?
?
Sputtering
?
Additive Manufacturing
?
Laser Assisted Net Shaping
(LENS)
?
Electrospinning
?
Laser Ablation Technique
?
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
?
Wet Chemical Methods
Theme 3: Novel Applications
of Smart Materials
?
Actuators, MEMS and NEMS
Devices

?
Biomedical, Prosthetic,

Implant Materials &

Biosensors
?
Food and Pharmaceutical
Packaging
?
Automotive, Aerospace,
Textile, Construction and
Defence
?
Adaptive and Intelligent
System
?
Health Monitoring Devices
?
Biomimetics and
Bioinspiration Systems
?
Sensor Network Systems
?
Optical, Photo Voltaic and
Energy Harvesting Systems
?
Safety and Security Device
?
Scanning & Imaging
Systems

Call for Papers:

Important Dates

Prospective researchers may submit original research articles for Abstract Submission
25 Aug 2016
Poster/ Oral presentation at the Conference. The work should not Acceptance Notification
30 Aug 2016
have been published elsewhere. All submissions will be handled Full Paper Submission
15 Sep 2016
16-25 Sep 2016
electronically and will be peer reviewed. Abstracts delimited to 150 Early Bird Registration
words with 12 pt font size (Times New Roman) and 1.5 line spacing Last Date for Registration 15 Oct 2016
20 Oct 2016
to be submitted through icsem2016@rvce.edu.in. Decision on Pre-conference Tutorial
Conference
21-22 Oct 2016
acceptance of the abstract will be communicated to the authors
along with guidelines for full length paper to be submitted at http://www.icsem2016.rvce.edu.in.
All accepted papers will be published in a special issue of Scopus indexed Elsevier journal, Materials
Today: Proceedings. Alternatively, authors can also go through the journal home page
http://www.materials today.com/proceedings/ for details.
Registration:
Registration is mandatory for the presenting authors and participants. Registration fee may be paid
through Demand Draft in favour of 'Principal RVCE and COECME' payable at Bengaluru or via
electronic transfer (Acc Holder: Principal RVCE and COECME, Bank: Kotak Mahindra Bank, Branch:
R V College of Engineering,IFSC: KKBK0008053, Acc. No.136010116809).
Category

Registration Fee [15% Discount for Early Bird Registration]

International Deligates

Tutorial

Conference

Combined

Student/Research Scholars

INR 750/-

INR 1500/-

INR 2000/-

US$ 200

Academicians

INR 1500/-

INR 3000/-

INR 4000/-

US$ 350

Industry Professionals

INR 3000/-

INR 6000/-

INR 8000/-

US$ 500