Editorial: Special Issue on the 3rd Indo Austrian Symposium on Advances in Materials Science

Abstract

The Indo Austrian Symposium on Advances in Materials Science has now become a regular event. It was only in 2010 when we, with the help of Dr. K. Balasubramanian, the director of the NFTDC (the Non Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre in Hyderabad, India), organised the first meeting in Hyderabad. The second meeting was held in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, in 2014. It is heartening to see that the third one was staged at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai in December 2016. The main topic of the symposium was advances in materials science. This symposium was divided into five main areas, namely materials characterisation, degradation and protection of materials, materials for structural applications, materials for electrochemical energy storage and materials for healthcare. It is extremely interesting to note that significant responses were received in each area from India and Austria.