Description of the workshop
Soft matter systems are materials that consists of polymers and colloids. They are ubiquitous in applications such as personal care, food, paints, sensors & actuators, plastics and rubbers. Most biological materials also are complex mixtures of colloidal and polymeric entities. Furthermore, soft matter systems are used in drug delivery, implants and several other biomedical applications. In this series of workshops, several topics related to these material systems will be discussed as follows:
Soft Matter systems - 2nd May 2026
Microstructure and Rheology - 27th June 2026
Modeling and simulation - 29th August 2026
Biological materials - 31st October 2026
Profile of the Instructor
Abhijit P. Deshpande is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and co-PI of Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at IIT Madras. He coordinated activities of RuTAG from 2018 to 2024. Among the technologies developed during this period are paddy thresher, automatic coir spinning machine, groundnut pod separator, madurkathi handloom mat weaving using electronic jacquard, vending cart, frugal hearing aid and mango seed decorticator. A fabrication/design platform that aims to enable local fabrication is also being developed.
Session details
Soft Matter systems – workshop 1
- Polymers as sustainable and smart materials – Prof Abhijit P Deshpande
- Emulsions and foams – Prof Basavaraja M Gurappa
- Stability of colloidal systems – Prof Ethayaraja Mani
Date of the Workshop : 2nd May, 2026
Timings (IST) : Saturday - 10:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Mode of the Workshop : Online
Other workshops in this series:
Microstructure and Rheology (Profs Basavaraja M Gurappa, Dillip Satapathy, Khushboo Suman, Abhijit P Deshpande) - 27th June 2026
Modeling and simulation (Profs Sumesh Thampi, Parag Ravindran, Rajesh Singh) - 29th August 2026
Biological materials (Profs Abhijit P Deshpande, PB Sunil Kumar, Swati Sudhakar) - 31st October 2026
Intended Audience
Industrial participants, Graduate students, Faculty
Certification Criteria
Attendance is mandatory for getting the certificate
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