Abstract

The International Conference on Recent Trends in Metallurgy, Materials Science and Manufacturing (IMME19) is organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. This is the the second edition of the biennial IMME conference series. The IMME17 was successfully conducted during 10-12 March 2017 with more than 400 paper presentations and all the accepted papers were published in refereed journals. The IMME19 also expects cheerful participation of more than 400 delegates from both India and abroad, and all the accepted papers will be published in refereed journals. The objective of the conference is to bring experts and budding researchers together on a common platform to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, findings and progresses in wide areas related to metallurgy, materials science, and manufacturing. This will provide opportunities to the new researchers to explore novel ideas and cutting edge techniques in their research through interaction with the experts in the respective fields. It also aims at impart in sound knowledge and expertise in selected research fields through key note lectures delivered by eminent speakers from India and abroad.