Program-at-a-Glance
Each invited speaker has 40 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for questions and answers.
Each minisymposium speaker has 20 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for questions and answers.
Each contributed speaker has 12 minutes for presentation plus 3 minutes for questions and answers.
The poster session will run for an hour-and-a-half, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Monday and Tuesday.
Sunday Evening, May 11
6:00 PM-8:00 PM Registration
Foyer/Prefunction Area
6:00 PM-8:00 PM Welcoming Reception
Peale C Room
Monday Morning, May 12
7:30 AM-4:00 PM Registration
Foyer/Prefunction Area
8:15 AM Welcoming Remarks and Announcements
Robert V. Kohn, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Peale C Room
8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP1 Morphological Evolution in Elastically Stressed Solids: From Equilibrium to Dynamics
Peter W. Voorhees, Northwestern University
Chair: Geoffrey B. McFadden, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Peale C Room
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
IP2 Pattern Formation in Step-Flow Growth: A Route to Nanofabrication
Jerry Tersoff, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Chair: Robert V. Kohn, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Peale C Room
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
10:30 AM-12:10 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS1 Mathematical Problems in Glass Processing
Organizer: Peter D. Howell, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Benjamin West B Room
- MS2 Effective Properties of Nonlinear Composites
Organizer: Pedro Ponte Castaneda, University of Pennsylvania
Peale C Room
- MS3 Diffusional Phase Transformations
Organizer: Peter W. Voorhees, Northwestern University
Peale A Room
- MS4 Modeling and Control Issues on Hysteretic Active Materials
Organizers: Dimitris C. Lagoudas and Andrew K. Kurdila, Texas A&M University
Gilbert Stuart Room
- MS5 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Organizers: David Kinderlehrer and Michael McHenry, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale B Room
- MS6 Dynamics and Singular Perturbations in Phase Transitions (Part I of II)
Organizers: Nicholas D. Alikakos, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Peter W. Bates, Brigham Young University
Benjamin West A Room
- MS7 Inverse Problems for Composite Media
Organizer: Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
Thomas Eakins Room
Monday Afternoon, May 12
12:10 PM-1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM-2:30 PM
IP3 Modeling of Material and Manufacturing Process
Gerald W. Young, The University of Akron
Chair: Stephen H. Davis, Northwestern University
Peale C Room
2:30 PM-3:00 PM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
3:00 PM-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
- CP1 Atomic Scale Modeling
Chair: Mitchell Luskin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Peale C Room
- CP2 Coarsening
Chair: Geoffrey B. McFadden, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Peale A Room
- CP3 Plasticity and Viscoelasticity
Chair: Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale B Room
- CP4 Nonlinear PDE and Mechanics
Chair: Stefan Müller, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany
Benjamin West B Room
- CP5 Martensite and Shape-memory I
Chair: Richard D. James, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Gilbert Stuart Room
- CP6 Composite Materials I
Chair: Robert V. Kohn, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Benjamin West A Room
- Poster Session
Foyer/Prefunction Area
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS8 Variational Methods (Part I of II)
Organizers: David Kinderlehrer and Irene M. Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
Benjamin West B Room
- MS9 Bounds for Composite Materials: New Methods and New Applications
Organizer: Vincenzo Nesi, Università di Roma, "La Sapienza", Italy
Peale C Room
- MS10 Stress Effects in Thin Films
Organizer: Brian J. Spencer, State University of New York, Buffalo
Peale A Room
- MS11 Mathematical Issues in Smart or Active Material Structures and Devices
Organizer: H. T. Banks, North Carolina State University
Gilbert Stuart Room
- MS12 Grain Boundaries and Interfaces
Organizers: Perry Leo, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale B Room
- MS13 Dynamics and Singular Perturbations in Phase Transitions (Part II of II)
Organizers: Nicholas D. Alikakos, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Peter W. Bates, Brigham Young University
Benjamin West A Room
Tuesday Morning, May 13
7:30 AM-4:00 PM Registration
Foyer/Prefunction Area
8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP4 Modeling Materials with Microstructure Using Energy Minimization
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology
Chair: Richard D. James, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Peale C Room
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
IP5 Vortex Physics in Superconductors and NonHermitian Localization
David R. Nelson, Harvard University
Chair: Jacob Rubinstein, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Peale C Room
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
10:30 AM-12:10 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS14 Continuum and Discrete Phenomena in Granular Materials (Part I of II)
Organizer: E. Bruce Pitman, State University of New York, Buffalo
Benjamin West B Room
- MS15 Size Effects in Materials and Structures (Part I of II)
Organizers: John P. Dempsey, Clarkson University; Robert Lipton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Gregory J. Rodin, University of Texas, Austin
Peale C Room
- MS16 Mathematical Modeling of Complex Solidification
Organizers: Stephen H. Davis, Northwestern University; and Geoffrey B. McFadden, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gilbert Stuart Room
- MS17 Martensites and Ferroelectrics (Part I of II)
Organizers: Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology; and Pieter J. Swart, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peale A Room
- MS18 Superconductivity (Part I of II)
Organizers: Jacob Rubinstein, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel; and Peter Sternberg, Indiana University
Benjamin West A Room
- MS19 Singularly Perturbed Variational Problems from Materials Science
Organizer: Robert V. Kohn, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Peale B Room
Tuesday Afternoon, May 13
12:10 PM-1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM-2:30 PM
IP6 Fast Integral Equation Methods for Composite Materials
Leslie F. Greengard, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Chair: Mitchell Luskin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Peale C Room
2:30 PM-3:00 PM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
3:00 PM-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
4:30 PM-6:10 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS20 Continuum and Discrete Phenomena in Granular Materials (Part II of II)
Organizer: E. Bruce Pitman, State University of New York, Buffalo
Benjamin West B Room
- MS21 Computational Methods for Composite Materials (Part I of II)
Organizer: Leslie F. Greengard, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Peale C Room
- MS22 The Influence of Molten Contact Lines on Growth and Morphology
Organizers: Kirk Brattkus, Southern Methodist University; and Daniel M. Anderson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gilbert Stuart Room
- MS23 Active Thin Films (Part I of II)
Organizers: Richard D. James and Perry H. Leo, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Peale A Room
- MS24 Superconductivity (Part II of II)
Organizers: Jacob Rubinstein, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel; and Peter J. Sternberg, Indiana University, Bloomington
Peale B Room
- MS25 Dynamics and Defects of Liquid Crystal-Polymer Systems (Part I of III)
Organizer: Weinan E, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; and Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
Benjamin West A Room
6:10 PM-7:30 PM
Poster displays must be removed from poster boards. Any displays left on the boards after 7:30 PM will be discarded.
Wednesday Morning, May 14
7:30 AM-2:30 PM Registration
Foyer/Prefunction Area
8:30 AM-9:15 AM
IP7 Mathematical Issues Arising in the Design of Material Products and their Manufacturing Processes
Owen Richmond, Alcoa Technical Center
Chair: David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale C Room
9:15 AM-10:00 AM
IP8 Delamination of Thin Films
Michael Ortiz, California Institute of Technology
Chair: Graeme W. Milton, University of Utah
Peale C Room
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
10:30 AM-12:10 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS26 Polymers
Organizer: Michael J. Shelley, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Thomas Eakins Room
- MS27 Size Effects in Materials and Structures (Part II of II)
Organizers: John P. Dempsey, Clarkson University; Robert Lipton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Gregory J. Rodin, University of Texas, Austin
Benjamin West B Room
- MS28 Motion of Anisotropic Interfaces
Organizers: Robert Almgren, University of Chicago; and Craig Carter, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gilbert Stuart Room
- MS29 Martensites and Ferroelectrics (Part II of II)
Organizers: Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology; and Pieter J. Swart, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peale C Room
- MS30 Dynamics and Defects of Liquid Crystal-Polymer Systems (Part II of III)
Organizer: Weinan E, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; and Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
Peale A Room
- MS31 Variational Methods (Part II of II)
Organizers: David Kinderlehrer and Irene M. Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale B Room
- MS32 The Role of Microstructure in Contact Line Motion for Liquid Films
Organizer: Andrea L. Bertozzi, Duke University
Benjamin West B Room
Wednesday Afternoon, May 14
12:10 PM-1:45 Lunch
1:45 PM-2:30 PM
IP9 Nonconvexity, Singular Perturbation and the Analysis of Material Microstructure
Stefan Müller, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany
Chair: Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
Peale C Room
2:30 PM-3:00 PM Coffee
Foyer/Prefunction Area
3:00 PM-4:40 PM Concurrent Sessions
- MS33 Properties of Materials with Hierarchical and Fractal Microstructure: Theory and Experiment
Organizer: Leonid V. Berlyand, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Thomas Eakins Room
- MS34 Computational Methods for Composite Materials (Part II of II)
Organizer: Leslie F. Greengard, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Benjamin West B Room
- MS35 Phase-Field Modeling of Solidification
Organizers: Wouter-Jan Rappel, Northeastern University; and Geoffrey B. McFadden, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Peale C Room
- MS36 Active Thin Films (Part II of II)
Organizers: Richard D. James and Perry H. Leo, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Peale A Room
- MS37 Coarse Graining and Renormalization in Material Diffusion
Organizer: Gunduz Caginalp, University of Pittsburgh
Peale B Room
- MS38 Dynamics and Defects of Liquid Crystal-Polymer Systems (Part III of III)
Organizer: Weinan E, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; and Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
Gilbert Stuart Room
4:40 PM Conference adjourns
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