18TH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ULTRASONICS - VIT UNIVERSITY

Ultrasonics Society of India (USI) has been regularly organizing workshops, Seminars, Symposia and Conferences at National and International levels every year, in different parts of the country. In the successful series of National Symposia on Ultrasonics, the 18th National Symposium on Ultrasonics (NSU-XVIII) is being organized jointly by Physics Division, School of Science and Humanities, VIT University, Vellore and Ultrasonics Society of India during 21-23 December 2009 at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The symposia will cover the latest trends on all aspects of ultrasonics research, development and applications, with the focal theme “Biomedical Ultrasonics”.

The NSU-XVIII is intended to provide a common platform to scientists, technologists, academicians, users and manufacturers of ultrasonic instruments, devices and materials for industries, medical and other applications in addition to materials characterization. This symposium will help in developing a greater mutual appreciation of related disciplines apart from the state-of-art exposure to the areas of direct interest to different participants. Such interactions will help in the evolution of inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional collaborative programs of pure and applied ultrasonics.

The topics for paper presentations include the following areas:

Ultrasonic Transducers and Instrumentations
Sensors, Actuators and Filters
MEMS and NEMS
Materials and Devices
Medical and Biomedical Ultrasonics
Ultrasonic Imaging
Physical Acoustics, including measurements in Liquids
Non Destructive Evaluation of Materials and components
Modeling and Simulation
Underwater Ultrasonics
Standards and Calibration Methods
Acousto-optics/Photo-Acoustics
Ultrasound and Nano Materials
Ultrasonic Studies in Solids and Liquids
Basic Measurements: Velocity, Attenuation, etc
Cavitation field and Sonoluminesence
Non-linear Ultrasonics of Cracks, Contacts, Phases and Interfaces

Abstract of one page (print ready, Times New Roman, single line space, 12 point) should be sent electronically to the Convenor, NSU-XVIII latest by 20th September 2009. The acceptance of the papers will be communicated by 30th September 2009. Full papers have to be submitted latest by 31st October 2009.

All papers accepted for presentation for the Symposium will be published in the form of proceedings. The full length manuscript should be submitted through e-mail attachment, as per the guidelines of the Journal. One of the authors must be registered for the inclusion of the paper in the proceeding. All the contributions presented at the symposium will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, a quarterly publication of the Society, after normal reviewing procedure.

The Ultrasonics Society of India will award its ' Dr. M. Pancholy Award ' to the Best Paper presented in the Symposium (NSU-XVIII). The best paper will be adjudged through a strict critical assessment of the quality of paper and its presentation, by a committee. The award will be presented by the President, USI, to one of the author (the presenter, preferably below 40 years of age), during the valedictory session of the symposium, NSU-XVIII.

The workshop cum exhibition is organized to bring the ultrasonic industries at the front end and to provide them a platform to interact with the leading institutions and research groups for identifying the possible areas of industrial research. It will also benefit the research scholars and the students as it will expose them to the latest developments in ultrasonics.

The speakers for this workshop will be from India and abroad. The workshops in parallel would cover the following topics:

1.Biomedical applications of Ultrasonics
2.Industrial applications of Ultrasonics
3.Ultrasonics in Materials Research


Those who will be participating in the workshop should send their request to the convenor latest by 30th September 2009

Submission of Abstract : September 20, 2009
Intimation of acceptance : September 30, 2009
Payment of Registration fee in advance : October 15, 2009
Full paper submission for proceedings : October 31, 2009

Delegates are requested to pay the registration fee (in Indian Rupee) for the Symposium / Workshop as per the details given below:



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Address for Communication:

Dr. N. Arunai Nambi Raj
Convenor, NSU – XVIII
Physics Division, School of Science and Humanities
VIT University
Vellore - 632 014, Tamil Nadu
Telephone: +91 416 220 2168
Mobile: +91 9442104220 Fax: +91 416 224 5544
Email: ultrasonics2009@gmail.com
Website: www.vit.ac.in/ultrasonics , www.ultrasonicsindia.com

USI Contact Addresses

Dr. Krishan Lal
President,USI and Former Director
National Physical Laboratory,
Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg,
New Delhi – 110 012, India
Telphone: +91 11 4560 9104, 4560 8513
Email: klal@mail.nplindia.ernet.in

Mr. S.K. Singhal
General Secretary, USI
Deputy Director & Head, Shock & Vibration Sensors Activity
National Physical Laboratory
Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg,
New Delhi – 110 012, India
Tel: +91 11 4560 8564, 4560 8565
Mobile: +91 9810395229
Email: ssinghal@mail.nplindia.ernet.in