Venue

Sheraton Hotel, Palo Alto, CA.

Dates

October, 7 and 8, 1999

 

Program

 

 

Wednesday, October 6, 1999 

 

4:00-8:00pm Early Check-in: Room 1104

 

 

Thursday, October 7, 1999

Reception Room

7:30am  Workshop Check-in and Continental Breakfast 

8:15-8:30 Opening Remarks: K. P. Chong, NSF 
 

Session I

Atomistic-scale, nano-structural and collective-defect-scale modeling 

8:30-8:35 Session Chair: K. Cho, Stanford 

8:35-9:25 Atomistic-scale modeling and molecular dynamics for nano-  and micro-structures (J. A. Harrison; U.S. Naval Academy, R. Phillips; Brown) 
9:25-10:15 Defects on surfaces and interfaces (D. Srolovitz; Princeton, D. Kouris; Arizona State) 

 

Break and Poster Session

10:45-11:35 Nano and micro mechanics of polymers (M. Boyce; MIT, E. M. Arruda; Michigan, Ann Arbor) 
11:35-12:25 Material models for damage and failure (H. Gao; Stanford, W. Yang; Tschinghua) 
 

Buffet Luncheon in Justine's

 

Session II 

 Mechanics of quantum devices, thin films and micro-structural evolution 

1:30-1:35 Session Chair: D. B. Bogy, UC Berkeley 

1:35-2:25 Strain effects on the functions of quantum devices and manufacturing processes (L. B. Freund; Brown, H. Johnson; Boston) 
2:25-3:15 Micro-structural evolution (Z. Suo; Princeton, W. C. Carter; MIT) 

 

Break and Poster Session

3:45-4:35 Mechanics of thin-films (A. F. Bower; Brown, G. Genin; Washington) 
4:35-5:25 Mechanics of micro-sensors and actuators (R. M. McMeeking; UCSB & C. S. Lynch; Georgia Tech ) 

5:40-6:30   Young Investigator Forum 

7:00   Banquet - Justine's 
 

Friday, October 8, 1999

Reception Room

 
7:30am Continental Breakfast 

Session III

 Materials testing in small dimension, nano-tribology and nano-biomechanics 

8:30-8:35 Session Chair: W. W. Gerberich, Univ. Minnesota 

8:35-9:25 Nano-indentation for materials testing (G. M. Pharr; The University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge NL, W. D. Nix; Stanford) 
9:25-10:15 Nano-tribology AFM-testing (R. W. Carpick; Sandia NL, K.-S. Kim; Brown) 

 

Break and Poster Session

10:45-11:35 Material properties at small-length scale (E. Arzt; Max Planck Institute, D. R. Clarke; UCSB) 
11:35-12:25 Mechanical testing of biological cells and molecules (G. Bao; Georgia Tech, C. Zhu; Georgia Tech) 
 

Buffet Luncheon in Justine's

 

Session IV

Mechanics of MEMS, reliability and mathematical modeling 

1:30-1:35 Session Chair: W. N. Sharpe, Jr; The Johns Hopkins University 

1:35-2:25 Mechanics of MEMS (R. Ballarini; Case Western, W.G. Knauss; Caltech) 
2:25-3:15 Mechanical reliability of micro-structures (R. H. Dauskardt; Stanford, J. C. Bravman; Stanford) 

 

Break and Poster Session

3:45-4:35 Mathematical modeling of micro-structures (R. V. Kohn; Courant Institute, G. W. Milton; Univ. Utah) 
4:35-5:25 Closing Discussion 

 

Program