Thin Air Philosophical Society Symposium

Current Challenges in Mechanics and Materials

Monday, August 6 ---Thursday, August 9, 2007

University of Colorado at Boulder - Discovery Learning Center

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Monday August 8, 2007

7:15-8:15 a.m. Introduction and Breakfast - Demitris Kouris and Martin Dunn

8:15-8:25 a.m. Welcome - Ken Chong (National Science Foundation)

8:30-12:00 p.m. Current Issues in M & M - I

Discussion Leader: Brian Cox (Teledyne Scientific Co.)

Huajian Gao (Brown University)
"Nanomechanics of biological systems -
What can we learn from nature about hierarchical materials?"

15-minute Break

Markus Buehler (MIT)
"Hierarchical nanomechanics of structural protein materials:
Deformation and fracture"

Shaofan Li (University of California at Berkeley)
"Invariant Theory of Defect Potentials and Their Applications"

12:15 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Depart for Rocky Mountain National Park

7:00 p.m. Dinner - CU Stadium Club

Tuesday, August 7

7:30 a.m. Set up posters DLC lobby

7:30-8:20 a.m. Breakfast

8:30-12:00 p.m. Current Issues in M & M - II

Discussion Leader: Herbert Hui (Cornell University)

Nancy Sottos (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Dynamic Adhesive Failure of Patterned Thin Films"

15-minute Break

Shefford Baker (Cornell University)
"Continuous Orientation Gradients, Discontinuous Boundary Structure,
and Dislocations in Phase-Transformed Ta Thin Films"

Ashraf Bastawros (Iowa State University)
"Experimental Observations on Ductility of Metallic Films"

12:15 p.m. Lunch

2:30-6:00 p.m. Computational Issues in M & M

Discussion - Leader: Robert Kukta (SUNY Stonybrook)

Edmund Webb (Sandia National Lab)
"Atomic Scale Modeling of Thin Film Stress Evolution:
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly"

15-minute Break

Christian Ciobanu (Colorado School of Mines)
"Ultrathin helical Gold nanowires: structure, stability and mechanical properties"

Harold Park (UC Boulder)
"Resonant-Based Mass and Strain Sensing Using Metal Nanowires"

7:00 p.m. Picnic Dinner - Chautauqua Park

Wednesday, August 8

7:30-8:20 a.m. Breakfast

8:30-11:00 a.m. M & M in the Bio World

Dan Fletcher (UC Berkeley)
"The structural basis of cell movements and shape change"

15-minute Break

Pradeep Guduru (Brown University)
"Biologically Inspired Wavy Surface Adhesion, Sliding and Anisotropic Friction"

11:10-12:10 p.m. Special Topical Lecture

Sukky Jun (University of Wyoming)
"Exploring Multiscale Energy Landscapes for Nano-Mechanics and Materials"

12:15 p.m. Lunch

12:15-2:45 p.m. ATV riding in the mountains

7:00 p.m. Dinner - Boulderado Hotel

Thursday, August 9

7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:40-9:40 a.m. Special Topical Lecture

Marty Dunn (CU Boulder)
"Design Tools for Modern Problems in M & M"

10:00-11:45 a.m. Review and Discussion - Discussion Leader: Pradeep Sharma (University of Houston)

Panelist: Harley Johnson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Jerry Qi (UC Boulder)

12:00 p.m. Lunch at the meeting site

12:30 a.m. Participants take down posters in DLC lobby

12:45 p.m. Workshop ends

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