SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
4:00 pm | Reception for Graduate Students with Discussion Leaders |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Start of Evening Session: Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Deformation and Fracture Issues in Ceramics for Electrochemical Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Dan Mumm (University of California, Irvine) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Shen Dillon (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
"Electrochemical Shock in Energy Storage and Conversion Systems: New Insights from In-Situ TEM" |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Preview Highlights from Poster Session A |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Raj Bordia (University of Washington)
"Competing Requirements for Electrochemical Performance, Mechanical Properties and Thermomechanical Stability in Porous Ceramics for Electrochemical Applications" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Design of Ceramics for Extreme Environments: In Memory of Tony Evans |
| Discussion Leaders: Marina Pascucci (Ceranova) and Sylvia Johnson (NASA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Richard Todd (University of Oxford)
"Indentation and Impact Response of Ceramics: Connecting Theory with Experiment" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Biljana Mikijelj (Ceradyne)
"The Role of Grain Boundary Chemistry on Silicon Nitride Properties" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | David Marshall (Teledyne Scientific)
"Evolving Ceramic Materials Challenges in High Heat Flux Environments" |
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 A |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Plastic Deformation Under Electric Fields |
| Discussion Leader: Gary Messing (Pennsylvania State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Rishi Raj (University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Diffusion Avalanches under Electric Fields: Densification and Deformation below 1000°C" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | I-Wei Chen (University of Pennsylvania)
"Electric Field and Current Effects on Yttria-Stabilized Cubic Zirconia" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Designs, Novel Microstructures |
| Discussion Leaders: Susan Krumdieck (University of Canterbury) and John Nychka (University of Alberta) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Additional Highlights from Poster Session A |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Erica Corral (University of Arizona)
"Toughening in Graphene Ceramic Composites" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Joanna McKittrick (University of California, San Diego)
"Energy Absorbing Mechanisms in Natural Materials and Implications for Bioinspired Design" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Brian Cox (Teledyne Scientific)
"Virtual Testing and 3-D Designs of Ceramic Matrix Composites" |
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 A (open for additional viewing) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Utilizing Porosity |
| Discussion Leader: David Green (Pennsylvania State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Reinhold Dauskardt (Stanford University)
"Design of Hybrid Molecular Glass Films for Superior Mechanical Properties: Experiments and Computational Models" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Kathy Faber (Northwestern University)
"Fracture of Porous Materials" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Developments in Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Properties |
| Discussion Leaders: Trudy Kriven (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana) and Bill Fahrenholtz (Missouri University of Science and Technology) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Preview Highlights from Poster Session B |
9:10 am - 9:45 am | Ivar E. Reimanis (Colorado School of Mines)
"Mechanical Behaviour in Ceramics with Unusual Thermo-Mechanical Properties" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Greg Hilmas (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
"Macro-, not Nano-, the Forgotten Length Scale for Markedly Improved Thermomechanical Properties of Materials" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | David Clarke (Harvard University)
"What Governs Thermal Conductivity at High Temperatures?" |
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 B |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting, Part I |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior |
| Discussion Leader: George Pharr (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Izabela Szlufarska (University of Wisconsin)
"Coupling between Interfacial Chemistry and Mechanics of Ceramics: Frictional Properties and Nanoindentation/Contact Mechanics" |
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Additional Highlights from Poster Session B |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Robert Cook (NIST)
"What Are the Limits for Probing Nanoscale Mechanical Behavior in Ceramics?" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting, Part II |
| Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Grain Boundary and Interfacial Control of Fracture and Deformation |
| Discussion Leaders: Greg Rohrer (Carnegie Mellon University) and Martin Harmer (Lehigh University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Michael Hoffmann (University of Karlsruhe)
"New Insights into How Grain Growth and Grain Size Influence the Strength of Ceramics" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Wayne Kaplan (Technion)
"Controlling Intergranular and Transgranular Fracture: The Role of Interface Complexions in Microstructual Evolution and Fracture Strength of Ceramic Matrix Nanocomposites" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Yuichi Ikuhara (University of Tokyo)
"The Relationship between High Temperature Grain Boundary Sliding, Bonding, and Atomic Structures" |
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 B (open for additional viewing) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Keynote Presentation: The New Multidisciplinary Frontier |
| Discussion Leader: Martha Mecartney (University of California, Irvine) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Brian Lawn (NIST)
"The Intersection of Biology, Anthropology, and Ceramic Science: Developing New Paradigms for Hard Tissue Fracture and Deformation" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |