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ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
(IMECE) is the only event where research leaders from academia, make
connections and share insights for innovation across engineering disciplines.
Track 1: Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
Track Chair - Dr Suryakumar S, IIT Hyderabad
AM3D1 - Current and Emerging Trends in AM
Chair – Dr Ankur Gupta, IIT Jodhpur
Machines for AM
Online monitoring
Multi-technology (hybrid) systems
Data analytics
AI & ML
Digital twins
Design for AM vis-à-vis conventional processes
Topological optimization
4D printing
Smart materials
Functional materials
Printable sensors
Energy storage & others
AM3D2 - Applications and Impact
Chair - Dr. Navneet Khanna, IITRAM | Mr. Boopathy Saravanan, Collins Aerospace
Advancements in AM processes
Efficient and sustainable processes
Aerospace
Engines and structures
In-space manufacturing
Automobiles
Tooling
UAVs
Use cases of AM
AM3D3 - Materials & Characterization for AM
Chair – Dr Suman Singh, CSIR-CSIO
Feedstock Development
Alloy design and development
Composites
Recycling of materials
Characterization and performance - mechanical, metallurgical, electrical etc. Inspection methodology
Benchmarking
Quantification
AM3D4 - Modeling & Simulation of AM
Chair – Mr Shripathi V, Hexagon
Predictive modelling for AM
Modelling of thermal process
Modelling of mechanical process
Modelling of microstructure process
Modelling of material process physics
AM3D5 - Post build processing of AM Parts
Chair – Dr Ravi Shankar, IIT Tirupati
Post-processing of AM parts (e.g. heat treatment, HIP, surface treatment, machining)
Track 2: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies
Track Chairs – Prof Raghu Prakash, IIT Madras & Dr Dheepa Srinivasan, MSRUAS
Track 3: Advances in Thermal Technologies
Track Chairs – Dr R Velraj, Anna University & Prof R Saravanan, Anna University
Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning in-Built Environment
Solar Thermal Technologies
Thermal management of electronic and electrochemical systems
Bio Energy Conversion Technologies
Advances in IC Engineering
Industrial Refrigeration and cold chain technologies in India
Heat Exchangers
Computational and Experimental Heat Transfer
Thermal storage technologies
Thermal system optimization
Track 4: Advances in Semi-Conductor Manufacturing
Track Chair - Prof Nihar Ranjan Mahopatra, IIT Gandhinagar & Dr Murugeswaran Surulivel, Insemi Technology Services
Hybrid bonding and advanced packaging technologies
Monolithic 3D integration and heterogeneous integration
Reliability and thermal management in advanced semiconductor devices
Ultra-high-precision motion systems for semiconductor processes
AI-enabled process control and fault detection
Digital twins and virtual fab technologies
Machine learning for predictive maintenance in fabs
Smart scheduling and resource optimization during manufacturing
Sustainability and Green Manufacturing
MEMS
Advances in process tools
Track 5: Clean Energy Technologies & Systems
Track Chair – Mr Akhil Mehrotra, Pipeline Infrastructure Ltd
ACES1 - Green Hydrogen Production, Storage & Integrated Hydrogen Energy Systems
Chair – Dr. Someshwer Dutt Sharma, Gensol
Green Hydrogen: Production and Market Dynamics
Hydrogen Production Technologies: Alkaline, PEM, SOEC Electrolyzers
Economic & Market Simulation: LCA Models, Scenario Planning & Roadmap Development, Economic Analysis & Market Trends
Policy, Regulations, Standards & Certifications
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for Green Hydrogen Production: Electrolyzer Systems Integration with Renewable Power
EPC Considerations for Green Hydrogen Production
Solar Power Integration for Green Hydrogen Efficiency & Hybrid System Design
Renewable Energy-Hydrogen Coupling Models; Energy Management Optimization & Scaling Green Hydrogen Production
EPC Project Execution: Solar-Hydrogen Integration Case Studies
Hydrogen Storage
Materials for Hydrogen Storage: Metal Hydrides, Complex Hydrides, Nanostructured Alloys, Carbon Nanotubes, Activated Carbons
Low- Temperature & Hybrid Hydrogen Storage Systems
Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS); Safety, Durability Testing, Cost Reduction & Scalability
Hydrogen Storage for Mobility Applications
Transportation of Hydrogen & its Derivatives
Hydrogen Transportation Methods: Pipeline, Compressed, Liquid, Ammonia, LOHCs, Road, Rail, and Sea
Safety & Risk Mitigation in Hydrogen Transport
Enhancing Compression, Liquefaction Efficiency Infrastructure Development
Advancements in Hydrogen & Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure
Hydrogen Blending in Natural Gas Pipelines: Ratios, Materials Compatibility, Adaptation Techniques, Repurposing existing infrastructure- Pipelines / Compressor / Gas Turbines / Valves / Gas Detectors / Metering System
Safety Protocols & Cost Analysis for Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blending
Lifecycle Assessment & Innovative Monitoring Technologies
Future of Pure Hydrogen Pipelines in Gas Networks
Comprehensive Hydrogen Handling and Safety: Addressing Flammability, Ignition, and Emergency Response
Hydrogen Flammability, Ignition & Flame Speed
Leak Detection & Dispersion Modeling
Emergency Response Protocols & Safety Standards
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) & Training for Hydrogen Environments
Hydrogen-Powered Mobility: Fuel Cell Vehicle Technology
Optimization & Infrastructure for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs)
Comparative Analysis: FCVs vs. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs)
Environmental Impact, Safety Standards & Cost Reduction in FCVs
Public Policy & Incentives for Hydrogen Mobility
ACES2 – Emerging Technologies –Clean Energy
Chair – Mr Atul Tare, Praj Industries
Biomass
Biomass types, India Potential, issues & supply chain development
Biomass Preconditioning needs, challenges & costs involved
Regulatory framework
Social Impact
Case Studies on prevention of degradation and preservation of Biomass for round the year use, torrefaction
Bio-Hydrogen Production
Bio-Hydrogen production techniques & technological advancements in Thermochemical pathways - Reforming, Gasification, and Pyrolysis
Bio-Hydrogen Production techniques & technological advancements in biological pathways – Dark Fermentation, Photo Fermentation
Suitable applications
Scale Up, Commercialization and Economic Feasibility, VGF
Case Studies on maximizing hydrogen yield in gasification
Waste to Energy Production
Energy production from sorted solid municipal waste
Energy production from wet waste
Issues in waste to energy value chain
Scale Up, Commercialization and Economic Feasibility
Technological advancements in Waste to Energy production
Use cases of successfully implemented Waste to Energy production plants
Biofuels
Techniques to produce Biofuels for Surface Transportation and Technological Advancements
Techniques to produce Biofuels for Aviation (SAF) and Technological Advancements
Techniques to produce Marine Biofuels & Technological Advancements
Scale Up Challenges & Economic Feasibility, VGF
Use Cases on emission reduction
Energy Storage Technologies
Technological Advancements in Battery Storage
Technological Advancements in Pumped Storage
Mechanical & Thermal Storage and Technological Advancements
Scale Up, Commercialization and Economic Feasibility
Use Cases on Levelized Cost of Hydrogen with Battery Storage and Pumped Storage
Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS)
Business Models for CCS & CCUS – in combination or alone
Carbon Pricing & Carbon tax
Safety & Quality Standards for Carbon Capturing
Enhanced Oil Recovery using CO2; Policy update & regulations for CCS & CCUS
Scale Up, Commercialization and Economic Feasibility
Ocean Energy Conversion
Environmental Challenges
Challenges & economic feasibility
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) – India Potential, Technology Advancements, Use Cases
Tidal Energy Conversion - India Potential, Technology Advancements, Use Cases
Wave Energy - India Potential, Technology Advancements, Use Cases
ACES3 – Nuclear Energy Forum
Chair – Mr Praveen Bhatt, L&T Heavy Engineering
Advanced Reactors (Gen IV, Liquid Metal Reactors (LMRs), High Temperature Gas cooled (HTGRs) and SMR’s
SMR design feasibility for replacing existing thermal power plants
SMR development, challenges, and alignment with existing manufacturing capabilities
Advance safety / Passive systems
Modularisation, Standardisation and cost optimisation
Effect of elevated temperature on materials
Advance manufacturing techniques (eg. Additive manufacturing, laser welding, EBM, Printed circuit HX)
Advance new age materials for High temperature reactors and New Fuel Technology for SMRs
ASME code requirements for SMR and difference wrt to conventional LWR, BWR and PHWR
Life cycle enhancement & Reliability enhancement
Remaining Life Assessment & evaluation (RLA/RLE)
Fitness for service
Advance NDT techniques (TOFD, PAUT, AI based evaluation of NDT, digital RT) and In-service NDEs
Seismic Qualification & margin assessment (SMA)
Material & Damage Mechanism (Creep/Fatigue/Fracture)
Digital metrology and advanced digital technology (remote welding, inspection, NDE etc.) for in-situ repair / replacement
Nuclear Materials
Nuclear material development & indigenisation
Nuclear materials qualification requirements as per various Nuclear codes (eg. RCCM, ASME, PNAEG, KTA)
Eastern and western Nuclear material specification and it’s application in new generation reactors
Failure analysis of various Nuclear materials during operation / manufacturing
Structural and Functional Materials
Material Degradation, Embrittlement, Creep, Swelling, Vibration, Fatigue
Post Irradiation Examination, Irradiation Effects, Irradiation Assisted Fracture
Corrosion Mechanics, Stress Corrosion Cracking
Fracture Mechanics, Crack Propagation
Microstructural Evaluation
Nuclear Fuel
Nuclear Fuel Cycle, reprocessing, and recycling
Advancements in Nuclear Fuel (eg. HALEU, Triso, LEU+)
Nuclear Fuel fabrication
Nuclear Fuel Safety
Thorium based fuel development
Waste Management
Nuclear waste management
Spent Fuel storage and transportation
Decommissioning
Application to SMR and advanced Reactors
CANDU Equipment Engineering
Indian PHWR Design
Indigenisation journey (Material, Manufacturing and Design) and challenges
Applicable codes for PHWR design
Indian PHWR Material
Technical Requirements and development of Indian PHWR materials
Future of Indian PHWR design
Advancements
Alternate Fuels & Fuel cycles
Modularisation of 220MWe / 700 MWe PHWR
Track 6: Cyber Physical Systems + AI / ML
Track Chairs – Mr. Rajkumar Sadanandam, TCS & Dr. Vijendran Venkoparao, IIT Palakkad
Deployments and Applications (At least one co-author should be from Industry)
Diagnostics and Prognostics in Industrial applications
Cyber Physical Systems for Autonomous Vehicles
Cyber Physical Systems for Industry 4.0
CPS applications in power systems, infrastructure networks, transportation
Role of Standards & Architectures for CPS
Reliability
Communication and networking
Management and engineering
Interoperability
Security and safety
Applications of AI/ML in CPS
AI/ML for Industry Applications
Cognitive AI for Industry Applications
Topics related to safety of AI, ML, and autonomy components in the context of safety critical CPS
Security and Privacy of CPS
Track 7: Gas Turbines
Track Chair – Ms Hiral Shah, Siemens Energy
GT1 - Compressors, Fans & Pumps
Chair - Dr Chetan Mistry, IIT Kharagpur
CoChair - Dr Dilipkumar B Alone, NAL
Compressor Design
Compressor Experiments
Transonic Compressor Design
Fan Design
Design Concepts
Test Rig & Facility Design
Stall & Inlet Distortion
End-Wall Flows & Passage Contouring Water Ingestion
Fogging & Pre-Cooling
Transition & Roughness Effects
Manufacturing & Deterioration Effects
Tip-Clearance Flows
Seal & Leakage Flows
Casing Treatment
Tandem Airfoils
Flow Control
GT2 - Turbines
Chair - Dr. Debasish Biswas, Toshiba R & D Center
CoChair – Mr. RD Bharatan, GTRE
Aerodynamic Performances and Design
Aerodynamic Losses
Aerodynamic Studies
Unsteady Flows and Transition
Tip Leakage Flows
End-wall Profiling
Low Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics
Steam Turbine Last Stage Bucket Design
Wet steam or non-equilibrium condensation in Steam Turbine
GT3 - Heat Transfer
Chair – Mr Sanjay Vijayaraghavan, GE Research
CoChair – Dr. Kameswararao Anupindi, IIT Madras
Blade/Vane film cooling
Internal air & seal, experimental, analytical, and numerical studies of flow and heat transfer phenomena in rotating cavities, rotor/stator systems and seals;
Heat transfer in rotor support and oil systems
Secondary air systems analysis involving component interactions and system performance
Additive manufacturing impact on heat transfer
Experimental methods for heat transfer
Numerical analysis of heat transfer
Design tool development and validation
Heat exchangers and recuperators
GT4 - Combustion, Fuels and Emissions
Chair – Dr. Pankaj Saha, Siemens Energy India
CoChair – Dr. Konduri Aditya, IISc
Alternate Fuels
Atomization & Sprays
Novel Combustion Concepts
Flashback & Blowout
Combustor Design & Development
Chemical Kinetics
Combustion Noise
Pollutant Emissions: Modeling, Soot and Particulates
Combustion Dynamics: Basic Mechanisms, Flame Response to Perturbations, Instability, Analysis, Model Development and Damping & Control
Combustion Modeling: Combustor Simulations and Large Eddy Simulations
High Hydrogen Combustion
Dry Low-NOx Combustor Development
Combustor Diagnostics
GT5 - Structure and Dynamics
Chair – Mr Srikanth Mathod, Infosys
CoChair – Mr Debdulal Das, Siemens, GE Vernova
Aerodynamics Excitation & Damping
Bearing & Seal Dynamics
Fatigue, Fracture & Life Prediction
Rotodynamic
Structural Mechanics & Vibration
Probabilistic Methods
Emerging Methods in Design & Engineering
GT6 - Emerging Technologies (includes WindEnergy)
Chair – Mr Rueben Dinakar, Airbus
CoChair – Dr. Shine S R, IIST
Novel architecture and alternate cycles
Hybrid, Open Rotors, and electric propulsion concepts
Propulsion System Integration in Conventional and Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Rocket assisted propulsion system
Renewable energy -wind turbine
Other propulsion systems
GT7 - GT Performance, Operation & Maintenance
Chair – Mr Kishnajit Pal, GE Aerospace
CoChair – Mr Brajesh Shah, NAL
Thermodynamic cycle and performance analyses
Part load performance
Predictive maintenance
Operational efficiency
Advances in inspection technologies
Remote diagnostics
Prognostics
GT8 - Additive and Advanced Manufacturing
Chair – Mr Sathish Manoharan, Boeing
CoChair – Prof. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, IIT Madras
Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Thermal Barrier Coatings
Gas Turbine Component Degradation and Life Prediction
Advances in Gas Turbine Materials
Probabilistic Methods
Advanced Repair Technologies
Advanced Turbomachinery Manufacturing
GT9 - Analytics & Digital Solutions
Chair – Mr Rohit Pruthi, Rolls-Royce
CoChair – Mr Devaraja Holla V, Infosys
Surrogate models
Reduced Order Modeling
Inverse Design
Condition monitoring and IIOT
Predictive and Diagnostic Models
Digital Twin
Performance optimization
Autonomous Operations
Soft Sensing
Track 8: Pressure Technologies
Track Chair – Dr Dipak Chandiramani, Independent Consultant
PVP1 - Codes & Standards
Chair – Mr Parthapratim Brahma, TWI
Structural Integrity of Pressure Components
Hydrogen Effects on Material Behavior for Structural Integrity Assessment (Joint with M&F)
Integrity of Reactor Pressure Vessels and Internals for Codes
API 579/ASME Code Fitness-for-Service Activities
Recent Developments in ASME Codes and Standards
ASME Code Section XI Activities;
Recent Developments in European Codes and Standards
High Temperature Codes and Standards
Fatigue and Ratcheting Issues in Pressure Vessel and Piping Design
Fracture Toughness and Other Small Specimen Mechanical Properties (Joint with M&F)
Repair, Replacement and Mitigation for Fitness-for-Service Rules
Improvement of Flaw Characterization Rules for FFS
Advanced Seismic Evaluation and Code Rules (Joint with D&A)
PVP2 - Bolted Joints
Chair – Mr Ramakrishnan T N, Reliance Industries Ltd
Design and Analysis of Bolted Flange Joints
Packings and Valves
Leak Tightness and Fugitive Emissions
Assembly of Bolted Joints
Threaded Fasteners
Elevated Temperature behaviour of Bolted Flange Joints
New and Emerging Methods of Analysis and Applications for bolted joints
Lessons Learned from Bolted Flange Joint Failures
Computational FEA for Limit Load Elastic-Plastic Analysis and Creep for Bolted joints and fasteners
Bolt torquing, tensioning and other emerging technology
Innovative Applications of Commercial FEA Software
New and Emerging Flange and Non-Metallic Design Codes
Probabilistic and Risk Based Assessment of Bolted joints
PVP3 - Design & Analysis
Chair – Mr Mayur Brijlani, ING Technik Pte. Ltd
Design and Analysis of Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, and Components
Fatigue Analysis
Inelastic, Nonlinear, and Limit Load Analysis
Small Modular Reactor Design
Thermal Stresses and Elevated Temperature Design
Computational Fluid Dynamics in Design and Analysis
Fracture Mechanics
Vessel Design Philosophy
Composite Materials and Structures
Special Considerations in the Design and Analysis of Supports, Restraints, and Welded Attachments
Additive Manufactured Pressure Vessel Development
Design and Analysis of Hydrogen Pressure Equipment
PVP4 - Materials & Fabrication
Chair – Mr Sadasivam, Independent Consultant
Materials for Renewable Energy & Carbon Capture Applications
Welding Residual Stress and Distortion Simulation and Measurement
Materials and Technologies for Thermal & Nuclear Power Plants
Mechanistic Modelling of Deformation and Fracture
Leak Before Break
Advanced and Additive Manufacturing and Material Technologies
Material Quality and Failure Analysis
Materials and Fabrication for Refining
High Strength Steels for Pressure Vessels and Piping Applications
Cryogenic Pressure Vessels and Piping
Advanced Welding Practices & Welding Consumables
PVP5 - Operations, Applications & Components
Chair – Mr. Amish B Jani, Reliance Industries Ltd
Safety, Reliability, and Risk Management
Qualification and Testing
Integrity management of Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Piping and Supports
Monitoring, Diagnostics, Failure analysis and Inspection
Fitness-For-Service, Plant Life Extension Aging and Life Management of Static Assets
PVP6 - Non-Destructive Examination
Chair – Mr P Raghavendra, L&T, HAZIRA
Emerging Trends in NDE for Raw Material
Advance NDE Techniques and applications during manufacturing of pressure vessels and Heat Exchangers
Digitalization in NDE: Embracing NDE 4.0
Qualification, Demonstration and Certification of NDE Personnel and Procedures: Standards and Practices
Pre-Service and In-Service Inspection Applications in Nuclear and Oil & Gas Industries
PVP7 - Piping Engineering
Chair – Mr Gaurav Bhende, Protton Synergy
Recent Developments in ASME Codes and Standards affecting Piping Design
Stress Analysis of Non-metallic Piping
FEA of Pipes / welds for Plastic, Creep or Fatigue Failure
Design and Analysis of Jacketed Piping
Recent Development in Stress Intensity Factor of Pipe Fittings
Flow and Acoustic Induced Vibrations in Piping
Valve Selection and Testing for cryogenic services
Case Study: Challenges in Operation & Commissioning of Piping Systems
Materials and Design for Carbon Capture
Surge Analysis of Piping
Track 9: Robotics & Automation
Track Chair – Mr. Ramalingam Venkatesan, Caterpillar India
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
covering Enhanced Decision Making
Deep Learning for Perception
Reinforcement Learning for Autonomy
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
covering Navigation and Mapping
Fleet Management and Coordination
Integration with Supply Chain Systems
Energy Efficiency and Battery Technologies
Advances in Sensors and Perception
covering High-Resolution Imaging
Tactile and Force Sensing
Environmental Sensing
Sensor Fusion
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
covering Smart Factories
Cobots Evolution
Flexible Automation Systems
Quality Control and Inspection
Soft Robotics and Biomimicry
covering Flexible and Adaptive Designs
Biomimetic Locomotion
Applications in Healthcare
Space Exploration
Hospitality
Entertainment
Education & Agriculture
Latest Materials, Advances in Actuation and Control
covering Advanced Composites and Alloys
Smart Materials
High-Performance Actuators
Energy-Efficient Components
Ethical and Societal Impacts
covering Job Displacement and Workforce Transformation
Privacy and Surveillance
Autonomy and Decision-Making
Social Acceptance and Trust
harmonious coexistence of humans & robots
Track 10: Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials
Track Chair – Dr Kishora Shetty, Boeing India
SSDM1 - Structures
Chair - Mr. Unnikrishnan, Boeing India.
CoChair - Ms. Sangita Mullick, Boeing India I Mr. Phanindra P, Boeing India
General Topics of Aerospace Structures; Adaptive and Multifunctional Structures
Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Structures
Advances in Aerospace Structures
Applications of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning for Aerospace Structures
Impact, Fatigue, Damage and Fracture of Composite Structures
Nonlinear Problems in Aerospace Structures
Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring
Structures in Extreme Environments
Wind Energy
Spacecraft Structures
Design Optimization of Aerospace Applications from a Systems Approach
VVUQ and Smarter Testing for Structural Analysis and Design
SSDM2 - Structural Dynamics
Chair - Dr. A P Madhusudan, ADA
CoChair - Dr. E. Hemalatha, ADA
General Topics of Structural Dynamics of Aerospace Structures
Aero-, Servo-, Thermo- Elasticity of Aircraft, Rotorcraft and Spacecraft
Rotordynamics
Aeroacoustics and Vibroacoustics
Structural Dynamics of Launchers and Spacecraft
Nonlinear Dynamics and Flexible Multibody Dynamics
Dynamic Loads, Wave Propagations, Response, Vibration, Control, and Alleviation of Aerospace Structures and Vehicles
Computer Methods and Reduced Order Modeling
Experimental Studies in Structural Dynamics
Machine Learning in Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
Model Uncertainties and Uncertainty Quantification in Structures and Structural Dynamics
SSDM3 - Materials
Chair - Mr. Hariprasath M, Infosys.
CoChair - Mr. Sudhakar Neelam, Cyient
Applications of AI
Architected materials/metamaterials
Bioinspired materials
Damage, Fatigue, and Fracture
Emerging Materials Technology
General Topics of Aerospace Materials
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Materials for Extreme Environments
Micromechanics and Multiscale Modeling
Multifunctional Materials
Nanomaterials
Testing and Characterization
Thermoplastic Composites
Structural Bonding and Surface Modifications
Non - Destructive Evaluation
Track 11: Offshore Onshore Pipelines Transmission & Distribution System
Track Chair – Mr K B Singh, K.B. Singh & Associates
IOGP1 - Material, Design & Construction of Onshore & Offshore Pipelines
Critical elements of design and engineering of pipelines
Hydraulics and Surge Analysis
Material selection for pipeline
ROU acquisition and present regulations
High strength steel and line pipe manufacturing including Fracture Toughness requirements
Modern route survey techniques and practices
GIS mapping and planning for pipelines
High Performance coatings including field joint coatings
Welding including properties of Girth Welds, Weld Flaw Acceptance Criteria
Sectionalizing Valve Selection Criteria for Hydrocarbon liquid pipelines
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Auxiliary equipment of pipelines - Fittings, Valves, Scrapper Traps
Hydrostatic Testing of pipelines
Essentials of Pre-commissioning and Commissioning of pipeline
Pipeline Station Facilities - Compressor and Pump Stations, Terminals, Pigging Facilities
Station Piping Stress Analysis
Change of Service of pipelines
Integrity Management during construction
Abandonment & Decommission of Offshore Pipelines
Engineering and installation of Deepwater Pipelines
Latest Construction Equipment and their Utilities in onshore and offshore pipelines
Trenchless construction methods using HDD/ Micro tunnelling
Case Studies
IOGP2 - Pipeline Integrity Management and Emerging Technology Trends
Establishing & Managing Pipeline Integrity in offshore & Onshore
Risk Assessment and Risk management
Corrosion Control (Internal and External)
Cracks & Crack Management through engineering evaluation
Pipeline Security, Third party damages & RoU Management
Fitness for purpose assessment
GIS application in pipeline integrity management
Pipeline intrusion detection system and leak detection system
Managing integrity of ageing pipelines
Remaining life assessment & Life Extension
Emerging inspection techniques
Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in the pipeline transportation
Application Development on Cloud based Platforms
Digitalization of pipeline assets
Making a digital twin of Pipeline
Use of Big Data analytics and Artificial Intelligence based application
Industrial Internet of Things and Connected Devices
Use of Drone and development of drone-based applications for pipeline monitoring
Augmented Reality applications and devices
Use of Mobile Devices in pipeline management
Automation of pipeline stations and pipeline systems
Contribution of Pipelines in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Technologies for Predicting Mother nature and effects on pipelines
Advancement in leak detection systems
Overcoming challenges of un-piggable pipelines
Digital Solutions & Automation for Cost Effective Pipeline Operations
Applying Industry 4.0 philosophy to pipeline integrity, the future beyond digitalization
Enhanced Connectivity & Data logging, Data management strategies
Effect of AI & IOT in Pipelines
Smart Monitoring and Protection of Pipelines
Risk based decision making based on machine learning/ AI
Autonomous Inspection of Deepwater Pipeline
Splash Zone Integrity
Case Studies
IOGP3 - Operation & Maintenance and Health Safety & Environment
Corrosion control
Corrosion growth analysis
Microbiological corrosion & its management
Cathodic Protection
AC transmission induced corrosion monitoring
DC traction and effect on pipeline
Defect Detection and Assessment
Direct Assessment
In line Inspection of Pipeline
Emerging trends In-line Inspection
Tethered Robotic Inspection Tools
Field and Inspection Data Management
Inspection Intervals and Scheduling
Remaining Life Assessment of ageing pipelines
Repair & Replacement of onshore & offshore Pipelines
Compliance to Code of Practice
Health Safety & Environment, Management Systems Comparison of Standards
Abandonment Issues for pipelines
Quality Assurance of pipeline systems
Material Identification Systems
Regulatory requirements for Integrity Management Systems
Performance and Prescriptive Regulations
Pipeline Auditing
Rehabilitation Coating of pipelines
Applications of Technology
Operating Experience
Lifecycle Engineering
Useful Life Extensions
Operating Cost Reductions
Energy efficiency in Pipeline operation
Metering
Hydraulic Simulations
Pipeline Interface management
Case Study for Pipeline Failure
Safety in Pipeline Maintenance- Offshore & Onshore
Leak Detection
Data and Records Management
Hydrostatic Testing of operating pipelines
HDD Crossings
Cased Crossings
Scope for intelligent automation & robotics in pipeline operations
Disaster Management & Disaster Preparedness in Oil & Gas Cross-Country Pipelines
Case Studies
IOGP4 - Storage & Transportation of New fuels & Challenges in Pipeline Industry
Latest Trends in Line Pipe Metallurgy
Development of Line Pipe Metallurgy for transportation of pure H2
Repurposing NG pipelines for transportation of Hydrogen - NG / blend
Transmission and Distribution of H2 through pipelines
Storage of Hydrogen - Present and Future
Safety in transportation of Hydrogen blends through existing NG Pipelines
Design codes/standards for new pipeline construction for transportation of new/emerging fuels
New Fuels to reduce Greenhouse gas / Carbon Emissions
New fuels include H2, Bio-Methane, Ethanol, Bio-diesel, Ammonia, CO2 and others
Conversion of existing pipeline network for transportation of new fuels - challenge, limitations, long term corrosion impact, capacity utilisation
Transportation of Carbon Di Oxide through existing pipelines
Innovative solutions for new fuels for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Data Management; Self-Reliant Developments
RoU Acquisition Process
Statutory Clearances
Pipeline Personnel Competency
Skilled Construction Manpower
Pipeline Management Software Systems
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Threat analysis and safety considerations
Impact of conversion on equipment, measurement of emerging fuels
Storage inspection and maintenance, effects on end users, preventative maintenance
Greenhouse Gas Emissions includes reduction in methane emissions, and optimization of combustion and efficiency-Methods to improve compressor/pump efficiency
Regulatory considerations for greenhouse gas reductions
Case Studies
