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Conference Program
 
Adhesion, Science of
August 11-16, 2002
Tilton School
Tilton, NH
Chair:
Manoj K. Chaudhury

Vice Chair:
John A. Emerson

Contributors
We gratefully acknowledge the support received from the following:

Gordon Research Conferences
Office of Naval Research
National Science Foundation
3M
GE

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmReception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmFundamentals of Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Alan Gent (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmMatthew Tirrell (University of California at Santa Barbara)
"Fundamental Issues of Adhesion and Future Challenges"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmAl Pocius (3M)
"Making the Connection between Fundamental adhesion and the Practical Strength of Adhesive Bonds"
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo Session
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDissipation Processes in Adhesive Fracture
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Sokolov (SUNY/ Stony Brook)
9:00 am - 10:00 amGareth McKinley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Extensional Rheology and Viscoelastic Flow Instabilities of Adhesive Fluids"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amMark Robbins (Johns Hopkins University)
"Cracks and Crazes: From molecular simulations to the macroscopic toughness of polymers."
11:30 am - 12:30 pmKenneth Shull (Northwestern University)
"Bulk Deformation and Adhesive Failure of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmInterrogating Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Jan Genzer (North Carolina State University)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmEdward Kramer (University of California at Santa Barbara)
"Molecular Probes of Adhesion to Semicrystalline Polyolefins"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmChristine Ortiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Molecular Origins of Biocompatibility: Adhesion Between Proteins and Individual chains of Poly(ethylene Oxide)"
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBiological Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Judith Stein (General Electric)
9:00 am - 10:00 amAutumn Keller (Lewis and Clark College)
"Geckos: Biological Inspiration for Novel Adhesives and Climbing Robots"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amKeith Cooksey (Montana State University)
"Interactions of diatoms at surfaces : Implications for adhesion"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmMichael Rubinstein (University of North Carolina)
"Polyelectrolyte Adhesion"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
John Emerson, Chair
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmControlling Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Avi Ulman (Polytechnic University)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmMichael Kent (Sandia National Laboratory)
"Use of Self-Assembled Monolayers to Control Interfacial Interactions in Model Studies of Interfacial Fracture"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmGregory Ferguson (Lehigh University)
"Smart Adhesion: Using Rubber Elasticity to Control the Interfacial Properties of Elastomers."
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMechanics Issues and Adhesion Instabilities
Discussion Leader: Anand Jagota (DuPont)
9:00 am - 10:00 amThomas Russell (University of Massachusetts)
"Patterning Using Electrohydrodynamic Instability"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amHerbert Hui (Cornell University)
"Viscoelastic contact Mechanics, CrackBlunting and Interface fracture of Soft Materals"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmVijay Shenoy (Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur)
"Adhesion Instability in Soft Elastic Films"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmShort Range and Long Range Forces in Adhesion
Discussion Leader: Gilbert Walker (University of Pittsburgh)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmDennis Prieve (Carnegie Mellon University)
"van der Waals Interaction Between Rough Surfaces"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmPaul Hansma (University of California at Santa Barbara)
"Molecular mechanistic origin of the toughness of natural adhesives, fibers and composites: from abalone shells to bone"
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmAdhesion Issues in Electronics and MEMS
Discussion Leader: Ali Dhinojwala (University of Akron)
9:00 am - 10:00 amDavid Allara (Pennsylvania State University)
"Development of Interface in Nucleation of metal Films on Structured Organic Surfaces"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amZhigang Suo (Princeton University)
"Ratcheting deformation in thin film structures"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmRandy Lee (University of Houston)
"Wettability and Friction in Fluorinated Thin Films"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEVENING SESSION
Discussion Leader: John Emerson (Sandia)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmIlhan Aksay (Princeton University)
"Guided Self-Assembly"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmL. Mahadevan (Cambridge University)
"Life on Sticky Surfaces"
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

 
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