What do we really know about the structure and motion of interfaces? New Approaches to, and Classes of, Ceramic Interfaces

• Rowland Cannon, Discussion Leader
• Dawn Bonnell - "Emerging Opportunities from New Structure Property Relations at Ceramic Interfaces"
• Jim Howe - "Understanding Interphase Boundary Dynamics by In-Situ Hot-Stage High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Electron Spectroscopic Imaging and Atomistic Modeling"

Anisotropy: Interfacial Thermodynamics and Kinetics

• Kevin Trumble, Discussion Leader
• W. Craig Carter - "Continuum Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Anisotropic Interfaces: Theory and Computation"
• Andreas Glaeser - "The Morphological Evolution of Internal Voids in Undoped and Doped Sapphire"

Thin Oxide Films in Ceramics: Interactions between Surfaces

• Stephen Bennison, Discussion Leader
• C. Barry Carter - "Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy of Glass/Ceramic Interfaces"
• Stephen Garofalini - "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Intergranular Films in Alumina"

Polymer-Ceramic Interfaces: Adhesion, Tribology, and Wear

• Terry Michelske, Discussion Leader
• Patricia McGuiggan - "The Friction of Thin Films"
• Mark Robbins - "Rupture of Adhesive Bonds"

Dynamic Processes at Interfaces

• Gregory Rohrer, Discussion Leader
• Dominique Chatain - "Local and Macroscopic Wetting on Heterogeneous and Rough Surfaces"
• Michael Aziz- "Time-Resolved measurements of crystal/melt interface kinetics"

Manipulation of van der Waals Dispersion Forces

• John Wettlaufer, Discussion Leader
• Jennifer Lewis - "Colloidal Stability in Complex Fluids: Interfacial Phenomena and Design"
• Deborah Charych - "Biomolecular Membranes: Interfacial Design and Applications"

Applications of Interface Design: High-Value-Added Interfaces

• Ilhan Aksay, Discussion Leader
• Robert Youngman - "Microstructural evolution in Sintered Aluminum Nitride"
• C. Jeffrey Brinker - "Continuous Formation of Liquid Crystalline Films via Evaporation Induced Supramolecular Self-Assembly"

Segregation and Ordering at Ceramic Interfaces

• John Cahn, Discussion Leader
• H.H. Brongsersma - "Low Energy Ion Scattering: A New Perspective in Ceramic Surfaces"
• Peter Davies - "Cation Ordering Induced Domain Structures in Complex Oxides"

Special Topic

• Carol Handwerker
• Roger French