The advanced materials and high performance polymers and their technologies specially designed and developed for emerging defense and aerospace applications has started to play a vital role in maintaining security and world peace in the 21st century.

A first edition of the international symposium (a semi-autonomous event entitled, Symposium W: Advanced Materials and Polymers for Defense and Aerospace Applications) held under the auspices of International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2005) organized by the Materials Research Society of Singapore (MRS-S) from July 3rd to 8th, 2005 in Singapore. The Symposium W information can be found at internet URL:
http://www.mrs.org.sg/icmat2005/downloads/symposium/SymposiumW.pdf

The 1st Symposium was marked by the attendance of internationally reputed materials and polymers scientists including Dr. Herbert C. Carlson, Jr. (then the Chief Scientist at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Arlington, VA, USA), Dr. Y-C (Charles). Lee (Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Arlington, VA, USA), Dr. Bhakta B. Rath (Associate Director, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington DC, USA), Dr. Richard A. Vaia (Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/ML), Polymer Branch, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA), Dr. Rolf Bütje (Vice President-Research, European Aeronautics Defense and Space Company (EADS), Munich, GERMANY), Dr. S. Sivaram (Director, National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune, INDIA), Dr Ram Gopal (Director, Defense Laboratory (DL)/DRDO, Jodhpur, INDIA) Prof. Masa-aki Kakimoto (Distinguished Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Tokyo, JAPAN), Prof. Ajit D. Kelkar (Research Professor, North Carolina A&T State University), Greensboro, NC, USA, Prof. Suat Hong Goh (Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore (NUS), SINGAPORE), Prof. Shabbir M. Moochhala (Director, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Defense Medical & Environmental Research Institute (DMERI) –Defense Science Organization (DSO), SINGAPORE), just name a few. Leading defense and aerospace institutions around the world were represented.

The peer-reviewed proceedings of the first symposium was published as a ‘Special Issue’ titled ‘Science and Technology of Advanced Materials and Polymers for Defense and Aerospace Applications’ in the Materials Science and Engineering: Part-B journal, Volume 132 (1-2) (2006) pp. 1-228 by the Elsevier, UK. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09215107].

Ongoing fundamental and applied research and development of the state-of-the-art aerospace and defense relevant product technologies is being carried out at various academic, research institutes and industrial organizations throughout the world. In this context, it is expected that the scientific community’s effort for a continuing symposium series on novel materials and polymers R&D, synthesis and formulations, characterization, fabrication, and processing, and product technology development as applicable to defense and aerospace will be considered highly appropriate and timely.

Therefore, following the success of the first symposium, the second edition of the international symposium entitled Symposium on Advanced Materials and Polymers for Aerospace and Defense Applications (SAMPADA-2008) is now being organized from December 8th to 12th, 2008 at Pune, INDIA

The venue and timing of the symposium is in cognizance of the importance of defense-related materials research in the Indian sub-continent and elsewhere, the strategic importance of the region, as well as to showcase the defense capabilities of the region.

The 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Polymers for Aerospace and Defense Applications (SAMPADA-2008) will cover all the important R&D areas and sensitive needs to protect intellectual properties specific to new and emerging materials and polymers, technologies and applications in aerospace and defense industries.

It is expected that the SAMPADA-2008 will provide an exclusive forum for intellectually stimulating and engaging interactions among the leading international scientists to share their recent scientific breakthroughs and achievements, and will attract tremendous interest globally among institutions keen to engage in interactions with the regional bodies to discuss potential business opportunities, as well as various collaborative developments of materials and polymer related technologies for aerospace and defense applications

SAMPADA-2008 Venue

YASHADA - MDC Auditorium
Raj Bhavan Complex,
Pune-411007, (Maharashtra)
INDIA

For more information, please visit YASHADA brochure at URL: http://www.yashada.org/MDC/Facilities.pdf