FT knowledge series for the Spring semester 2023.
Under this umbrella, we get a chance to invite experts from diverse arenas, which will benefit students of FT and CEPT, further broadening to academicians and professionals.
With this, we would like to invite you to join us for the third session of the FT knowledge series, on
"Plan Before Ban"- Waste Plastics by Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan (Padma Shri Awardee)
Highlights of the session:
The proposed talk strives to review and present the development and key applications of waste plastics in the domain of civil engineering.
Date:03 March 2023, Friday
Time: 5:00 pm (IST) onwards
Mode: Online
Link for registration:
https://cept-ac-in.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsc-qprzgpE9xMgVLBcBJqeLGykq0NlhSV
After registering, you will receive an automated email confirming your registration and a zoom link to join the session.
Speaker: Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan , Coordinator TCE ENVIS RP | Professor, Dept. Of. Chemistry | Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Tamilnadu.
Profile of the speaker:
Known as the ‘Plastic Man of India’, Dr. Vasudevan successfully solved two pressing issues at the same time - bad roads and ever increasing plastic waste. Praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 2018. He is the professor in the department of chemistry at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Tamilnadu. He is also the coordinator of TCE ENVIS RP (Thiagarajar College of Engineering- Environmental Information System, Resource Partner on Plastic Waste Management). He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1965, M.Sc degree in 1967 and earned his Ph.D in 1974 (chemistry domain) from the Madras University. Dr. Vasudevan developed an innovative method to reuse plastic waste to construct better, more durable and very cost-effective roads. His process, patented in 2006, involves mixing shredded plastic with hot gravel and adding it to molten asphalt. His road construction method shows greater resistance to damages caused by heavy rains and ‘Plastic roads’ constructed since 2002 have not developed blisters or potholes. His technology is now widely used to construct roads in rural India.
For more details, please go through the poster attached.
