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 | CONDUCTION MECHANISMS IN SOLID ELECTROLYTES |
| Discussion Leader: Siu-Wai Chan (Columbia) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Maria Gomez (Mount Holyoke College)
"The Effect of Dopant on the Proton Conduction Pathways in Perovskite Oxides" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Sangtae Kim (UC Davis)
"The Space Charge Effects on the Grain Boundary Conduction in Solid Electrolytes: An Overview" |
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 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CERAMICS FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS: I |
| Discussion Leader: John Blendell (Purdue University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Lutgard De Jonghe (UC Berkeley)
"Proton Conduction in Rare Earth Phosphates" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Juergen Fleig (Vienna University of Technology)
"Impedance Spectroscopy and Field-Driven Tracer Experiments as Complementary Tools for Investigating Interfaces in SOFC-Related Materials" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Doreen Edwards (Alfred University)
"Polyanionic Transport in Trivalent-cation Tungstates" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CERAMICS FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS: II |
| Discussion Leader: Lynette Madsen (NSF) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Yet-Ming Chiang (MIT)
"Size-Scaling Effects on the Defect Chemistry, Phase Stability, and Phase-Transformation Kinetics of Lithium Battery Electrodes" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Monika Backhaus (Corning Incorporated)
"Dynamic Processes in Electrodes and Electrolyte in Response to (Extreme) SOFC Operation Conditions" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:10 am | THE STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES PARADIGM FOR GRAIN BOUNDARIES: I |
| Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Rickman (Lehigh University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Neil Allan (University of Bristol)
"Trace Elements at Oxide Interfaces and Grain Boundaries - Thermodynamics and Dynamics from Simulation" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Emily Carter (Princeton University)
"Insights from First Principles Quantum Mechanics into High Temperature Evolution of Thermal Barrier Coatings" |
11:10 am - 12:30 pm | POSTER MINIS |
| Moderator: John Halloran (University of Michigan) |
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 (Part 1) |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: John Halloran (University of Michigan) |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | THE STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES PARADIGM FOR GRAIN BOUNDARIES: II |
| Discussion Leader: Arthur Heuer (Case Western Reserve) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jian Luo (Clemson University)
"Free-Surface Counterparts and Metallic Counterparts to Equilibrium Intergranular Films in Ceramics: Two Related Studies" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Shen Dillon and Martin Harmer (Lehigh University)
"Criteria for Additive Selection Based Upon the New Concept of Interface Complexions" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Yuichi Ikuhara (University of Tokyo)
"Grain Boundary Atomic Structures and Diffusion in Oxide Ceramics" |
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 | TRANSPORT ISSUES PERTAINING TO OXIDATION |
| Discussion Leader: David Shifler (ONR) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | John Nychka (University of Alberta) and David Clarke (UC Santa Barbara)
"Measuring Grain Boundary Diffusion in Thermally Grown Alumina Scales" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Bruce Pint (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Diffusion in Thermally Grown Alumina Scales" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting (Part 2) |
| (Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INSIGHTS INTO GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE |
| Discussion Leader: C. Barry Carter (University of Connecticut) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Sylvie Lartigue (Institut de Chimie et Materiaux, Paris-Est)
"Intergranular Dislocations in Rhombohedral Twins in Alpha-Alumina Bicrystals: Effect of Yttrium Segregation on Dislocation Structure" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Manfred Ruhle (MPI Stuttgart)
"Do Ceramists Need to Know the Atomic Structure of Grain Boundaries and Interfaces?" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Wai-Yim Ching (University of Missouri, Kansas City)
"Insights from Large-scale ab-initio Simulations of Complex Grain Boundaries in Ceramics" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | CERAMICS: A CURATOR'S PERSPECTIVE |
| Discussion Leader: Helen Chan (Lehigh University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jeffrey Post (Smithsonian Institution)
"The National Gem Collection, Science and Lore" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |