NIT Nagpur | High-End Workshop on Hands-On Training and Workshop on Utilization of High-End Analytical Instruments, Apply by 15th January 2024!

Jan. 8, 2024, 6:32 p.m., Posted by: Sonam Yadav

Overview:

Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Nagpur is inviting applications for the High-End Workshop on Hands-On Training and Workshop on Utilization of High-End Analytical Instruments. Interested ones can apply. The workshop incites the participants (PG students, Ph.D. research scholars, and 4th-year undergraduate students) from the universities /colleges with exposure and state-of-the-art training in various advanced research instrumentation techniques.

Objectives:

The program provides the basic principles, sample preparation techniques, demonstration, selection of instruments with merits and demerits, and hands-on training on several advanced analytical instrumentation (microscopy, spectroscopy, electroanalytical, chromatography, deposition, calorimeter, material analyses) techniques, with data analysis using software’s available at VNIT Nagpur for the participants to build and strengthen their confidence in using high-end instruments for their research work.
The week-long workshop will be an ideal platform for all those participants pursuing/intending to pursue research in diverse fields to come together, discuss, and disseminate their ideas/interests with the lead resource persons at VNIT Nagpur.

Topics:

The workshop provides lectures and hands-on training on several high-end research instruments. Hands-on training on the include

Electrochemical Measurements [ECM]-cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, chronoamperometry, impedance spectroscopy, charge-discharge characteristics
Thin film deposition techniques: - Electron beam evaporation (EBV)/Thermal evaporation (TE)
High energy ball mill (HEBM)
Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR)
UV-visible spectrophotometer (UV-vis)
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS)
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Laser Particle Size Analyzer (PSA)
Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Surface Area Analyzer
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
High-temperature melting point apparatus(MPA)
Differential Scanning Calorimeter/Thermogravimetry analysis) (DSC/TGA)
Spin coating and dip coating techniques (SC/DC)

Eligibility:

PG students, Ph.D. research scholars, and 4th-year undergraduate students from the universities/institutes/colleges who have a strong willingness to get exposure and familiarize themselves with the advanced research instruments as defined under the Scheme ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ by DST-SERB.

Registration Details:

The course is completely free of cost for all shortlisted participants. Participants will be provided with daily necessary expenses such as stationery, consumable items, food, etc (through the SERB fund) for the entire duration of the workshop.
Traveling expenditure of 3AC railway journey fare will be reimbursed to all selected participants upon submission of valid train tickets by the shortest route to and from Nagpur.
Accommodation will be provided free of cost to all selected candidates by VNIT during the course in the hostels on a sharing basis subject to availability.
The number of participants is limited to 25 candidates only. Interested participants can register at the earliest through the Google form link https://forms.gle/BJStye4Pf8jD955p8.
Registration form duly signed by Recommending Authority/Head of the Department/ Institute to be mailed to nanosttpvnitnagpur@gmail.com, and reached on or before 15th Jan 2024.
Shortlisted participants will be informed by email/phone on 17th Jan 2024.