TECHNICAL PROGRAMME
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31st JANUARY 2009, SATURDAY Room 1 New Applications and Miscellaneous ( NAM ) Room 2 Waste Utilization , Recycling and Environmental Issues (WRE) Room 3 Engineering Properties , Testing and Standards (ETS) Time Chairpersons G. B. Nando, RTC, IIT Kharagpur, India S. K. Srivastava,Dept.of Chem, IIT Kharagpur, India
Chairpersons S. K. De, Nature’s Nest, Kolkata, India S. K. Chakraborty, IRMRA, India Chairpersons B. Dutta, IRI (Kolkata), India A. Chakraborty, HPL, India 09.00 – 09.30 D. K. Setua DMSRDE, India
Smart Polymers and Rubbers (NAM‐07) – I V. G. Gomes University of Sydney, Australia
Recycling Automotive Tyres: Environmental Benefits and Challenges (WTR‐01) – I G. Spetz Elastocon AB, Sweden
The Importance of International ISO Standardisation for the Rubber Industry (ETS‐01) – I 09.30 – 10.00 A. M. New University of Southampton, U. K.
Polymers in Orthopaedic Applications (NAM‐08) – I A. K. Karmokar and M. Otake Bridgestone Corporation, Japan
Scrap Tires Utilization: A Few New Potentials for Material Recycling (WTR‐02) – I A. Favier Metravib, France
A Single Testing Instrument with Multiple Capabilities for Rubbers and Elastomers (ETS‐02) – I 10.00 – 10.20 U. Saha, T. H. Goswami and D. K. Setua DMSRDE, India
Smart Gel and Fibre based on Chitosan and Thiophene (NAM‐09) – C S. Bandyopadhyay, S. L. Agrawal, S. Dasgupta and R. Mukhopadhyay HASETRI, India
Recycled Materials : A Tool for Cost Optimization and Enviroment Protection (WTR‐03)‐C K. Rajkumar, B. Bhuyan, and S. K. Chakraborty
IRMRA, India
Effect of Temperature and Frequency on Dynamic Shear Modulus of NR/BR Blends – A Study of their Compounds Using Rubber Process Analyzer (ETS‐03) – C 10.20 – 10.40 S. Baneerjee, S. Pal, D. Bhattacharya and P. Sarkar University of Calcutta, India
FRA‐Based Polymer Hydrogel Sensor for Ammonia (NAM‐10) ‐ C G. C. Basak1, B. Chattopadhyay2 and A. Bandyopadhyay3 1RTC,
IIT Kharagpur, India College of Eng. and Leather Tech., India 3University of Calcutta, India 2Govt.
Plasticization of Atactic Polystyrene using Waste Leather Buffing Dust‐ A Merit towards Waste‐Polymer Composite(WTR‐04) – C H. G. Burhin Alpha Technologies, UK
New Potential in Polymer Architecture Analysis Using Dynamic Mechanical Analysis by Combining Linear and Non‐Linear Visco‐elasticity (ETS‐04) – C 10.40 – 11.00 V. Kumar, B. Balakarthikeyan, S. Mohanty and S. K. Nayak CIPET Bhubaneswar, India
Starch based Biodegradable (PBAT) Nanocomposites: Effect of Starch Modification on Mechanical, Thermal, Morphological and Biodegradability behavior (NAM‐11) – C J. Jose1, A. Nag1 and G. B. Nando2 1Dept. 2RTC,
of Chem., IIT Kharagpur, India IIT Kharagpur, India
Impact Modification of Waste Polypropylene (WPP) with EPDM Rubber and Study of its Environmental Stability (WTR‐05) – C B. Banerjee SUS Polymers Pvt. Ltd., India
Excellence in Global Competitiveness Using Quality Tool (ETS‐05) – C 11.00 – 11.30 TEA BREAK