Session 1 (Sunday p.m.)
Topic: Non-Destructive Mechanical Properties Measurements
Discussion Leader: Dr. Ingrid DeWolf, IMEC (Belgium)
- Dr. Joel Ager - LBNL
Spatially resolved stress measurements in thin film structures via Raman spectroscopy.
- Prof. Peter Hess - Univ. of Heidelberg
Laser-based detection of linear and nonlinear elastic constants of thin films and bulk materials.
Session 2 (Monday a.m.)
Topic: Delamination Processes
Discussion Leader: Tim Weihs - Johns Hopkins Univ.
- Prof. Anthony Evans - Harvard Univ.
Testing methods of adhesion and fracture of thin films.
- Prof. John Hutchinson - Harvard Univ.
Non-linear fracture mechanics of thin film debonding.
Session 3 (Monday p.m.)
Topic: Deformation
Discussion Leader: Dr. Michael Swain, CSIRO
- Prof. William Nix - Stanford Univ
Dislocation and plastic deformation of metal films on substrates.
- Prof. L. Ben Fruend - Brown Univ.
Mechanics of epitaxial island growth.
Session 4 (Tuesday a.m.)
Topic: Mechanical Properties of Multilayer Structures
Discussion Leader: Dr. Neville Moody, SNL
- Dr. Rowland Cannon - LBNL
Effects of Chemistry and Plasticity on Multilayer Chemistry
- Prof. William Gerberich - Univ. of Minn.
Debonding energies of microlaminates.
- Prof. Huajian Gao - Stanford Univ.
A selection of mechanics problems in semiconductor thin films.
POSTER SESSION (afternoon)
Session 5 (Tuesday p.m.)
Topic: Film Stress Evolution
Discussion Leader: Prof. Richard Vinci - Stanford Univ.
- Prof. Frans Spaepen - Harvard Univ.
Evolution of stress during thin film deposition.
- Prof. Carl Thompson - MIT
Coupled evolution of microstructure and stress in thin films.
Session 6 (Wednesday a.m.)
Topic: Mechanical Testing of Films and Interfaces
Discussion Leader: Dr. Rowland Cannon, LBNL
- Prof. Ken Leichti - Univ. of Texas
Extracting adhesion fracture energies of thin polymers on various aluminum surfaces.
- Prof. George Pharr - Rice University
Measurement of thin film mechanical properties by indentation.
- Dr. John Smith - GM Research
First principle computations of adhesive energetics.
Session 7 (Wednesday p.m.)
Topic: Microstructure Evolution and Fracture
Discussion Leader: Dr. Robert Cook, IBM
- Prof. Zhigang Suo - U. C. Santa Barbara
Simulating microscopic surface motion under multiple energetics and kinetics.
- Prof. Michael Thouless - Univ. of Michigan
Fracture of paint and adhesives.
Session 8 (Thursday a.m.)
Topic: Tribology and Erosion
Discussion Leader: Prof. Shefford P. Baker, Cornell University
- Prof. Trevor Page - Univ. of Newcastle
Nanoindentation Techniques for Characterizing the Mechanical Response of Thin Film Coated Systems
- Dr. Patricia McGuiggan - NIST
Triboelectric Measurements of Thin Films.
- Prof. Rodney Clifton - Brown Univ.
High Strain Rate Behavior of Thin Films.
BUSINESS MEETING (afternoon)
Session 9 (Thursday p.m.)
Topic: Special Lecture
Discussion Leader: Dr. Michael Drory, Crystallume
- Prof. Ali Argon - MIT
Exercises in Toughening Metal Matrix Composites and Brittle Polymers through Altering Interface or Near-Interface Structure
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