The main research and development laboratories of Tata Steel in India are located in Jamshedpur, the origin of the mass production of steel in Asia.
Taking advantage of the density of steel, there are weights for testing the lifting capacity of a new lift being installed in Cambridge. |
.... in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy |
Each of these weighs about 25 kg. |
Strange sight at Heathrow Airport. BOAC (British Overseas Aircraft Corporation) stands for an ancient brand name for what is now British Airways. |
From London to Dubai, Dubai to Kolkata. On this last leg of the journey, Harry was upgraded to First Class |
Some of the delights of first class travel. The flight from London was in the giant A380 plane shown below, on an overcast day at Heathrow. |
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Lovely fruit basket in Harry's room at the Tata Steel Guest House in Jamshedpur. |
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Sourav Das (PT Group member, now Professor at IIT Rourke) came to visit Harry |
Brand new FEI transmission electron microscope |
Carefully chosen problems will be studied to take full advantage of this essential facility. There will be a long process of education for those who wish to use the facility. You can test your elementary understanding here. On page 5 of this document you will see the the total amount of material ever examined in a TEM is less than the weight of a pin. Therefore, the TEM should be used for appropriate problems, and other characterisation methods should be used to establish that the observations are representative. |
Subrata Mukherjee now heads a Materials Characterisation Group, which includes wide responsibilities |
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Durgha is skilled on the new focused ion beam machine which has huge capabilities when combined with the transmission electron microscope. |
This is the bridge being built between the Kundu building where the Gleeble, TEM, FIB are located and the main laboratory. |
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A flower. |
Professor Shiv Brat Singh (PT Group member, now at IIT Kharagpur) at Saurabh Kundu's house. He is young, so he is playing with his phone. |
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Harry, with Rishiraj Kundu |
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Itishree in the middle, Saurabh's mother on the right. |
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Somewhere nice. |
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... with mocktails (non-alcoholic cocktails) |
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Lovely garden at the Tata Steel guest house. |
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Went to see the movie "Kabir Singh" |
The characterisation team on either side of Harry. |
Gardens at the Tata Steel Laboratories. |
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Old news - but news nevertheless. |
Sourabh Chatterjee (PT Group member) in the background. |
Ashwin Pandit, PT Group member. Harry was kept so busy that we did not have a chance to have a meal together. |
