SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Complex Oxides: Issues and Challenges |
| Discussion Leader: Carol Handwerker (Purdue) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Ivar Reimanis (Colorado School of Mines) "Cracking and Ejecta in Lithium Aluminum Silicate Composites" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Lynn Boatner (Oak Ridge Nat. Lab) "Rare-Earth Orthophosphates: Science and Applications" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | High Temperature Structural Ceramics: Oxides - Processing and Properties |
| Discussion Leader: Janet Davis (Teledyne Scientific) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Frank Zok (U. California/Santa Barbara) "Oxide Concepts for Durable Oxide Composites" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Reinhard Simon (U. Bayreuth) "Colloidal Processing for Improved Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Composites" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Jay Lane (Siemens Power Generation) "Hybrid Oxide CMC Behavior, Capabilities and Issues for Gas Turbine Applications" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SiC Ceramics: Applications and Issues |
| Discussion Leader: Triplicane Parthasarathy (UES Inc.) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Toshihiro Ishikawa (Ube Industries) "Progress in Ceramic Fibers" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Pirouz Pirouz (Case Western Reserve U.) "SiC Lattice Defects and their Role in Degradation of SiC Electronic Devices" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics |
| Discussion Leader: Kathleen Sevener (Valparaiso U.) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | David Marshall (Teledyne Scientific) "Design of CMC Structures for High Heat Flux Applications" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | John Halloran (U. Michigan) "Convective Flow of Borosilicate Liquid and the Oxidation of Boride Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Bill Fahrenholtz (U. Missouri) "Pressureless Sintering of ZrB2" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanical Properties |
| Discussion Leader: Discussion Leader: Brian Derby (Manchester) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | G. Scott Glaesemann (Corning Inc.)
"The Mechanical Behavior and Reliability of Optical Fiber" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Erland Schulson (Dartmouth)
"Flow and Fracture of Ice" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Processing, Stability, and Applications of Non-Oxide Structural Ceramics |
| Discussion Leader: Greg Morscher (NASA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Krishan Luthra (GE Global Research) "Melt Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composites for Gas Turbine Applications" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Tatsuki Ohji (Nat. Inst. Adv. Ind. Sci. Tech.) "Tailoring Microstructure for High-Performance Porous and Dense Silicon Nitrides" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Beth Opila (NASA-Glenn) "Stability of Oxides in High Temperature Water Vapor" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Oxides: Nucleation and Growth |
| Discussion Leader: Bill Petuskey (Arizona State) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Geoff Fair (Air Force Research Lab) "Rare-Earth Phosphate Coatings on Woven Ceramic Fibers: Processing and Properties" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Laszlo Granasy (Res. Inst. Sol. St. Phys., Budapest) "Phase Field Modeling of Polycrystalline Spherulites" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Functional Ceramics: Modeling, Processing, Application |
| Discussion Leader: Greg Rohrer (Carnegie Mellon) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Gerbrand Ceder (M.I.T.)
"The Prediction of Structure with Ab Initio Methods and its Role in Materials Design" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Ken Sandhage (Georgia Tech)
"Biologically-Enabled Processing of Functional Nanostructured Micro-assemblies: The Potential for Three-Dimensional Genetically Engineered Materials and Micro/nanodevices (3-D GEMs)" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Richard Gentilman (Raytheon)
"Progress in US-Produced Laser Quality Ceramic YAG" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Energy Sources |
| Discussion Leader: Randy Hay (Air Force Research Lab) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Ken Deffeyes (Princeton University) "Peak Oil: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death, or; Hubbert's Peak is Here, The Peak Year of World Oil Production" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |