Multiscale Model
Development and Control Design
Workshop on Multi-scale Challenges
in Soft Matter Materials
February
15-17, 2004
Our aim is to foster stronger interactions between the various communities of scholars who are engaged in research in soft matter materials. Representative leaders and junior scientists will share current theory, modeling, computation, and experimental observations of soft matter behavior and phenomena. The meeting will begin with overviews by members of the organizing committee, setting the stage for communication among the diverse participants, and for identification of challenges that are ripe for interdisciplinary collaborations. A poster session the evening of the first day will give ample opportunity for all participants to communicate their research programs. The second day offers invited lectures on experimentally-driven challenges to the theoretical and quantitative community, followed by invited talks on the status of computation, theory, and modeling in focused areas of soft matter. The highlight of the workshop, we hope, will be the culminating open forum to identify future challenges, potential projects, and directions of targeted collaboration. We anticipate proceedings of the workshop to be disseminated by SAMSI or by a special issue of one of the premier journals related to soft matter materials.
Registration
Registration information, including requests for financial support, should be submitted as soon as possible. The registration deadline is February 2, 2004.
Please make reservations at the Radisson as soon as possible. If you have a change in plans, individual room reservations must be cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival. Check-in is 3:00pm, Check-out is 12:00pm.
Local Arrangements
The Opening Workshop will be held in the Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park (formerly the Radisson Governors Inn) near SAMSI. Go to the SAMSI web page for housing and transportation information for information and links to local hotels. Transportation to SAMSI-related events will be provided.
Program
Sunday - February 15, 2004
Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park
| 11:45-12:45 PM |
Registration and Brunch
|
| 12:45-1:00 PM |
Introduction and Welcome Jim Berger, SAMSI Greg Forest, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
|
| 1:00-2:00 PM |
Overview of experiments and phenomena Chair: Ralph Smith, North Carolina State University
|
| 2:00-3:00 PM |
Overview of computational methods and scales Chair: Ralph Smith, North Carolina State University
|
| 3:00-3:30 PM |
Coffee Break
|
| 3:30-5:00 PM |
Overview of theory and modeling Chair: Chuanshu Ji, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
|
| 6:30-8:30 PM | Informal
Poster Session and Reception at the NISS-SAMSI Building
Transportation Details: Poster Presenters--The Radisson shuttle will depart at 5:40pm to bring you to SAMSI to set-up your poster. All other participants--Carolina Livery will be providing continuous shuttle service between the Radisson and SAMSI. The first shuttle will depart from the Radisson at 6:20pm and the last shuttle will leave SAMSI at 8:35pm. |
Monday - February 16, 2004
Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:30 AM |
SESSION 1: Experiments and Phenomena - Part I Chair: Maria Kilfoil, McGill University
|
| 9:30-9:45 AM |
Coffee Break
|
| 9:45-11:00 AM |
SESSION 1: Experiments and Phenomena - Part II Chair: Patrick Mather, University of Connecticut
|
| 11:00-11:15 AM |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:15-12:15 PM |
SESSION 2: Computation - Part I Chair: Mike Graham, University of Wisconsin-Madison
|
| 12:15-1:15 PM |
Lunch
|
| 1:15-2:30 PM |
SESSION 2: Computation - Part II Chair: Yannis Kevrekidis, Princeton University
|
| 2:30-2:45 PM |
Coffee Break
|
| 2:45-4:00 PM |
SESSION 3: Theory and Modeling - Part I Chairs: Alex Rey, McGill University Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Qi Wang, Florida State University
|
| 4:00-4:15 PM |
Coffee Break
|
| 4:15-5:30 PM |
SESSION 3: Theory and Modeling - Part II Chairs: Alex Rey, McGill University Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Qi Wang, Florida State University
|
| 6:00 PM | Dinner in Chapel Hill (more details forthcoming) |
Tuesday - February 17, 2004
Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park
| 8:00-9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:30 AM |
Open Forum for identifying breakout groups Chair: Greg Forest, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
|
| 9:30-10:30 AM |
Breakout group discussions with summary reports
|
| 10:30-11:00 AM |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00-11:45 AM |
Oral Reports of breakout groups
|
| 11:45-12:30 PM |
Final Remarks and discussion of proceedings
|
| 12:30 PM | Adjournment |
Scientific
Committee
M.
Gregory Forest, Mathematics and Institute for Advanced Materials (IAM),
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Michael Graham, Chemical
Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chuanshu Ji, Statistics,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Yannis Kevrekidis, Chemical
Engineering, Princeton University; Maria Kilfoil, Physics, McGill
University; Patrick Mather,
Institute of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, University of
Connecticut; Alejandro Rey, Chemical Engineering, McGill University; Michael
Rubinstein, Chemistry and IAM, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Qi
Wang, Mathematics, Florida State University
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