Alpha College of Engineering, Thirumazhisai, Chennai organised an Indo-German Workshop on ‘Applied Mathematics in Engineering and Industry’. The workshop saw wide participation from many industries including representatives from ICF, Southern Railways and Defence.
Martin Frank, MATHCCES, RWTH, Aachen University gave a presentation on ‘Second Order Staggered Grid Method for Radiative Transfer Application in Radio Therapy.’
Formerly from Stanford University and currently Head-Research and Development, Alpha College of Engineering, Rakesh Nigam spoke on ‘Spectral Face Clustering’.
While speaking on fluid Dynamics, Jorg Kuhnert explained the movement of fluid dynamics using Mesh Free Numerical methods based on Lagrange’s Equations.
Presiding over the program, Chairperson of the Alpha Group of Institutions Grace George outlined the works undertaken by the Research and Development Cell and Innovation Center of the Institution. With nearly 50 years in IIT and extensive academic experience in Germany and US, Director of the College M S Mathews heads these initiatives. Rakesh Nigam guides many students on research publications at the Alpha Group.
M S Mathews addressed the gathering in German and spoke of the historical tradition of Indo-German partnership.
Principals of the Alpha Group of Institutions, Faculty of Mathematics from colleges and Post- Graduate students attended the programme.