NIT Rourkela Inaugurates 5-Day Short-Term Course on High-Entropy Alloys
ROURKELA: The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela inaugurated a 5-day short-term course titled “High entropy alloys: A paradigm shift in Materials Engineering” on Monday. The program, which runs from April 6 to April 10, aims to explore the complex metallurgical concepts behind multi-principal-element alloys and their transition from academic research to real-world industrial use. Around sixty participants from all over India and the world have signed up for the eagerly anticipated program. An excellent lineup of experienced speakers from respected academic institutions, research labs, industries, and international universities deliver expert technical sessions in the short-term course. Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao, Director of NIT Rourkela, Patron of the event highlighted the important need for ongoing development in the promising field of high-entropy alloys at the inaugural session. He stressed that these cutting-edge materials, admired for their extraordinary mechanical properties and thermal stability, owe their properties to their significant configurational entropy and could be crucial to evolving sustainability in long-term applications. Prof. Rao emphasised that long-term industrial uses depend on bridging the gap between basic research and commercial sustainability. Prof. Debasis Chaira, Head of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, also attended the inauguration ceremony and gave a speech about the significance of these technical achievements. The curriculum addresses thermodynamic design principles, processing methodologies, and techno-commercial prospects, according to the course coordinators, Prof. Anshuman Patra and Captain Prof. Ajit Behera. Prof. Anshuman Patra added that selection of suitable composition of high entropy alloys has enormous potential for critical applications. Prof. Behera suggested few points to design the high entropy materials for radiation shielding, looking at the current scenario of possibility of nuclear war. The inaugural session ended with a vote of thanks from the course co-coordinator, Prof. Manoj Masanta. The short-term online course connects theoretical thermodynamics with useful production techniques. The goal of the short-term course is to disseminate a thorough blueprint on the design and techno-commercial prospects of high-entropy alloys. The technological and commercial potential of high-entropy alloys will provide a framework for understanding sustainability in long-term applications.
Reported by Kunja Bihari Rout
