IIT Roorkee organises two-day National Seminar on ISLMSDA 2022
India Today
The Seminar on ISLMSDA talks about the role of Inflatable Structures and Lightweight Materials in the evolution of the Indian Space Industry.
The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITRoorkee) organised a National Seminar on Inflatable Structures and Lightweight Materials: A new era of Space and Defence Applications (ISLMSDA 2022) at the Department Auditorium.
The seminar is a two-day event, starting from September 29 to September 30, 2022. The purpose of the seminar was to create awareness for inflatable structures and lightweight materials, their design, production technologies, and specific application areas among young academicians, engineers, and industrialists. Experts from the ISRO, DRDO, academic institutes and industries delivered their talks on inflatable structure design, analysis, manufacturing, lightweight materials, and testing, among others.
Participation by experts from academic institutions like IITs, NITs, and research organizations like ISRO, TIFR, DRDO, NAL, and several private industries was welcomed. Points covered in the Seminar, included applications of inflatable structures in ground and space environments, materials for space and ground-based inflatable structures, qualification for a space environment and tests for the inflatable system, and folding and deployment of membrane structures, among other topics.
Following this, it is expected that the engineers, scientists, manufacturers and academicians involved in the design, development, and production of inflatable structures, lightweight materials, and components will immensely benefit from the deliberations.
Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General (Technology Management and System Analysis and Modeling), DRDO, was the Chief Guest in a seminar on “Inflatable Structures and Lightweight Materials” organised by IIT Roorkee during 29-30 September 2022. He congratulated the Director, faculty, research fellows and students of IIT Roorkee on attaining a landmark of 175 years in the academic journey of the Institute.
During his address, H B Srivastava, Director General (Technology Management and System Analysis and Modeling), DRDO, highlighted,
‘’The applications of inflatable structures and materials in the field of Space, Aeronautics, Defence, Natural Disasters, and other engineering and commercial areas. He highlighted the application of inflatable structures for the defence forces such as paratrooping of men and material, quickly deployable structures for intensive patient care, enhancement of muscle strength of soldiers etc".
