SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Diffusion and Characterization Methods |
| Discussion Leader: Todd Mansfield (Proctor & Gamble) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Benny Freeman (University of Texas, Austin)
"Unexpected Effects of Nanoparticles on Membrane Separation Properties" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert DeHoff (University of Florida)
"Tools for the Quantitative Characterization of the Three Dimensional Geometry of Composite Microstructures" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biocomposites and Biological Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Josef Jancar (Brno University of Technology) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Peter Fratzl (Max Planck Institute)
"Deformation Mechanisms in Biological Nannocomposites" |
9:50 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Joanna Aizenberg (Bell Laboratories)
"Biologically formed glass composites" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | H. Daniel Wagner (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"Using Composite Mechanics in the Biological World" |
12:20 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 Experimental Mechanics |
| Discussion Leader: L. Catherine Brinson (Northwestern University) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Sindee Simon (Texas Tech. University)
"The Bulk Modulus and Isotropic Residual Stresses in Thermosetting Materials" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Frank R. Jones (University of Sheffield)
"Phase-Stepped Photoelasticity for studying stress transfer at interphases and interfaces in model composites" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session I |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Developments in Composite Fracture |
| Discussion Leader: Sanford Sternstein (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Anthony J. Kinloch (Imperial College)
"The Nano-Phase Toughening of Thermosetting Polymers" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Raymond Pearson (Lehigh University)
"Fatigue Crack Propagation Studies on Glass-Filled Epoxies" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | John Nairn (University of Utah)
"Residual Stress Effects on the Fracture of Composites & General Calculations of Energy Release Rates" |
12:20 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 | Optical and Electrical Phenomena |
| Discussion Leader: Jang-Kyo Kim (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Richard Vaia (Air Force Research Laboratories, Wright Patterson AFB)
"Electrical Characteristics of Nanocomposites" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert J. Young (University of Manchester)
"Mechano-opto-electronic interactions in carbon nanotube composites" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session II |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Self-Healing Composites |
| Discussion Leader: Scott White (University of Illinois, Urbana) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Jeff Moore (University of Illinois, Urbana)
"Chemical and Molecular approaches to self-healing in composites" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Fred Wudl (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Birth and Infancy of self-mending polymers" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Anna Balazs (University of Pittsburg)
"Designing Self-Healing Nanocomposite Materials" |
12:20 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 | Nano-scale Reinforcements |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Garrett (Solutia Chemical) |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | James Warren (NIST)
"The role of impurities in the formation of polycrystalline growth patterns" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Todd Emrick (University of Massachusetts)
"Chemically Functionalized Nanoparticles in Polymers and Fluids" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Poster Session III |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Parnas (University of Connecticut) |
9:00 am - 9:50 am | Ken Gall (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Shape Memory Polymers and Their Composites" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:20 am | Kenneth Reifsnider (University of Connecticut)
"Fuel Cells as Functional Composite Materials Systems" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Richard Lyon (Federal Aviation Administration)
"Flammability Characterization of Composites" |
12:20 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 Processing and Analysis Methods |
| Discussion Leader: Gale Holmes (NIST) |
7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Sadhan Jana (University of Akron)
"Polymer nanocomposites by nanofiller-polymer reactions and novel blending" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Harry Hilton (University of Illinois, Urbana)
"The future of viscoelastic analysis & characterization - the unexplored areas" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |