Conference Description
The Structural Nanomaterials GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The search and design of structural materials with high strength, high stiffness, high-temperature resistance, high work hardening, stability and other properties is a perpetual research theme in the development of high-performance structural materials. Understanding the fundamentals of nanostructured heterogeneous materials, design criteria at multi length-scales and interfaces, and synergistic effects beyond the simple rule-of-mixture have become a major topic of scientific inquiry for the materials, mechanics, physics, and computer simulation communities.
The 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Structural Nanomaterials will focus on the developments of the design, synthesis, characterization, properties as well as mechanisms of nanostructured materials. The key topics include, but not limited to, heterogeneous materials, advanced characterization (in-situ and ex-situ), nanomechanics, atomistic simulations, and properties and performance under extreme conditions. The conference brings together an international lineup of leading scientists and scholars to share their vision for the future and discuss common interests. Early-career scientists and graduate students are invited to present their work in poster sessions and interact with leaders in the field. The program is designed to promote informal interactions across the boundaries of disciplines and cultures, to identify the future directions of the field.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by January 13, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Strengthening and Deformation Mechanisms
Discussion Leaders
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Christopher Schuh (Northwestern University, United States)
Speakers
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Nobuhiro Tsuji (Kyoto University, Japan)
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Robert Ritchie (University of California Berkeley, United States)
Heterogeneous Materials
Discussion Leaders
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Hyoung Seop Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Speakers
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Mathias Göken (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
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XiaoLei Wu (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
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Ting Zhu (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
Advanced Characterizations
Discussion Leaders
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Yang Ren (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
Speakers
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Nick Jones (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Zhiwei Shan (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
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Stefanus Harjo (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan)
Nanomechanics
Discussion Leaders
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Jun Lou (Rice University, United States)
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Verena Maier-Kiener (Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria)
Speakers
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Huajian Gao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
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Emmanuel Clouet (SRMP, CEA Saclay, France)
Atomistic Simulations
Discussion Leaders
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William Curtin (Brown University, United States)
Speakers
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David Srolovitz (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
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James Morris (Ames National Laboratory, United States)
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Shigenobu Ogata (Osaka University, Japan)
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Maryam Ghazisaeidi (Ohio State University, United States)
Sustainable Alloying Design and Processes
Discussion Leaders
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Yuntian Zhu (City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR China)
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Peter Liaw (University of Tennessee, United States)
Speakers
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María Teresa Pérez-Prado (IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain)
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Si Lan (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)
Additive Manufacturing and Microstructure Control
Discussion Leaders
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Horst Hahn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Speakers
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Wen Chen (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
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Allison Beese (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
Computer-Informed Alloy Design
Discussion Leaders
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Cem Tasan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Speakers
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Tao Yang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
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Xing-Qiu Chen (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Properties and Performance Under Extreme Conditions
Discussion Leaders
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Andrea Hodge (University of Southern California, United States)
Speakers
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Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee, United States)
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Z.P. Lu (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Wendy Gu (Stanford University, United States)
