A Seminar on “Application of Mathematics in Engineering” was organized by Department of Mathematics, Uttaranchal Institute of Technology (UIT), Uttaranchal University on 15 April 2016. The main objective of this one-day seminar was to promote the applications of mathematics in Engineering and Technology.
The event proceeded with the lighting of the auspicious lamp by Hon’ble Chancellor Shri Jitender Joshi, Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) S.C. Joshi, Dr. Vijay Raj, Dr. V.K. Srivastava, Dr. T.S. Chauhan and Dr. P.K. Sharma.
Dr. V.K. Srivastava (Head, Department of Mathematics) welcomed the dignitaries including Dr. T.S. Chauhan (Associate Professor, Bareilly College, Bareilly), Dr. P.K. Sharma (Associate Professor, DAV PG College, Dehradun) and introduced the guests to the students. He emphasized upon the importance of conducting such events for the students.
Dr. Vijay Raj (Director, UIT) motivated the students and advised them to explore the applications of mathematics in engineering and also encouraged the students to participate actively in such activities.
Dr. T.S. Chauhan elaborated the Truss structures which are commonly used in structural engineering and architecture due to their superior stiffness and strength for a given amount of material. A truss structure that consists of straight members connected by means of pin joints, and supported at both ends by means of hinged joints or rollers, such that they cannot transfer moments, is described as being statically determinate. Thus, loading subjected to a truss structure results in either tensile or compressive forces in the members, together with reaction forces at the supports which can further simplify by the application of mathematics.
Dr. P.K. Sharma said in physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves. Such a conservation law/continuity equation is a differential equation that describes the transport of some kind of conserved quantity. Since mass, energy, momentum, electric charge and other natural quantities are conserved; a vast variety of physics may be described with continuity equations.
Experts initiated presentations on real life applications of mathematics in various fields of Science, Engineering & Technology. They imparted the working knowledge of different tools and techniques of mathematics in engineering & technology. The seminar turned out to be a huge success with active support of Dr. Rakesh Bhadula, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Dr. Tarun Kumar Gupta, Ms. Anu Suyal and Ms. Dipika Saxena. A total number of 70 participants attended the seminar.
