Computational Aspects
of Materials Science		  

Meeting Schedule

The meeting will take place at Argonne National Laboratory. The reception on Thursday, Jan. 18 will be at the Argonne Guest House Bldg. 460. The workshop on Friday, Jan. 19 will be held in Bldg. 221 Rooms 216 & 261.

January 18, 2001

7:00-9:00 PM - Opening Reception

January 19, 2001

8:30 AM - Coffee

9:00 AM - Welcoming Remarks
Steven J. Sibener
Director of MRSEC
The University of Chicago

9:05 AM - Opening Remarks
Todd Dupont
Conference Organizer
The University of Chicago

9:15 AM
Talk 1: "Modeling, Simulation and Control for Epitaxial Growth of Thin Films" Abstract
Russell Caflisch
University of California at Los Angeles

10:00 AM
Talk 2: "Large Connecting Ab Inito and Kinetic Models: Simulation of the Equilibrium and Growth Kinetics of III-V Semiconductor Surfaces" Abstract
Mark F. Gyure
Hughes Research Laboratory
Malibu, CA

10:45 AM - Break

11:00 AM
Talk 3: "Multiscale Modeling of Microstructural Evolution using the Phase-Field Method: From Atoms to Dendrites" Abstract
Alain Karma
Department of Physics
Northeastern University

11:45 AM
Talk 4: "Ferroelectricity in Perovskite Solid Solutions and Thin-Film Heterostructures by Molecular-Dynamics Simulation" Abstract
Simon Phillpot
Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory

12:30 PM - Lunch

1:00 PM - Poster Session

2:30 PM
Talk 5: "Computational Methods for Crystal Microstructure" Abstract
Mitchell Luskin
School of Mathematics
University of Minnesota

3:15 PM
Talk 6: "The Dynamics of Late-Stage Phase Separation in Elastically Stressed Solids" Abstract
Peter Voorhees
Northwestern University

4:00 AM - Break

4:15 PM
Talk 7: "The Design and Understanding of Microstructured Photonic Crystals and Electro-optic Devices" Abstract
Christopher White
Lucent Technologies

5:00 PM - Closing Remarks



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