The Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar is organising the first international summer school, training programme-cum-workshop, on low clinker green cement-based composites from June 13 to 15 at its Argul campus here.
Eminent academician Prof Victor C li of University of Michigan and internationally acclaimed for his research in green cement composites Prof Ravindra Gettu of IIT Madras inaugurated the programme.
During the programme, eminent experts from India and abroad would speak on the latest developments in this field of research of green cement-based composites, a class of materials that are also referred to as bendable concrete.
The experts would also laid lectures on a new class of cement free material known as inorganic polymers or geopolymers as well as other high-performance materials along with hands-on demonstration to make the participants familiar with the new generation materials.
The summer school is being jointly organised by Prof Dinakar Pasala of Civil Engineering Department of IIT Bhubaneswar, Prof Nilanjan Mitra of IIT Kharagpur and Prof Dhanada Kanta Mishra of KMBB College of Engineering Technology in support of the Indian Concrete Institute (ICI).