Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Heterogeneous Materials for Superior Properties
Discussion Leader: Ruslan Valiev (Ufa State Aviation Technical University, Russia)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Xiaozhou Liao (University of Sydney, Australia)
"Exploring Heterogeneous Structures of High Entropy Alloys with Different Stacking Fault Energies for Optimum Strength-Ductility Synergy"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Xiangyi Zhang (Yanshan University, China)
"Engineering Layered, Hybrid, Nanostructure Towards High Energy Density"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multifunctional and Multiscale-Architectured Materials
Discussion Leader: Chain Tsuan Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Indranath Dutta (Washington State University, USA)
"Mechanisms of Damage in 3D Electronic Devices Due to Thermal Cycling and Electromigration"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Jianku Shang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Composite Photocatalysts: Charge Separation, Heterojunction, Photocatalytic Memory and Enhanced Antimicrobial Properties"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Haiyan Wang (Purdue University, USA)
"Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Designs Towards Multifunctional Heterogeneous Materials"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Metals
Discussion Leader: Nobuhiro Tsuji (Kyoto University, Japan)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Irene Beyerlein (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Computational Modeling of Interface Response of Heterogeneous Materials in Dynamic Loading"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Fuping Yuan (Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Dynamic Deformation Mechanisms for Metals and Alloys with Heterogeneous Microstructures"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plastic Deformation and Strength of Metallic Materials
Discussion Leader: T.G. Nieh (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Andy Godfrey (Tsinghua University, China)
"Plastic Deformation in Heterogeneous Metal Systems Studied by High Resolution Digital Image Correlation and High Energy X-Ray Radiation"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Xiaodong Li (University of Virginia, USA)
"Bioinspired, Multiscale Heterogeneous Materials with Exceptionally High Strength and Toughness"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Kei Ameyama (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
"Control of Microstructural Singularity for High Perfomance Metallic Materials"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Layered and Nanolayered Materials
Discussion Leader: Xiaoqing Pan (University of California, Irvine, USA)
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Peter Anderson (The Ohio State University, USA)
"Nanolayered Morphologies and Dislocation Patterning in NiTi Shape Memory Alloys"
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm
Xinghang Zhang (Purdue University, USA)
"Mechanical Behavior of Heterogeneous Nanocrystalline and Nanolayered Metallic Materials"
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Design and Manufacturing of Heterogeneous Materials
Discussion Leader: Suveen Mathaudhu (University of California, Riverside, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Zhiwei Shan (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
"High Performance Heterogeneous Magnesium Alloy Design Based on In Situ TEM Observation"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Brad Boyce (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Mitigating Rare Defects in Metal Additive Manufacturing"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Mingxin Huang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Dislocation Engineering: A New Alloy Design Strategy"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gradient Microstructure in Metals
Discussion Leader: Ting Zhu (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Jian Lu (Center for Advanced Structural Materials, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Design and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Nanomaterials with Multiscale Gradient"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Yi Li (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Optimal Grain Size Distribution Profile of Gradient Grained Nickel"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Defects, Property and Thermal Stability
Discussion Leader: Yunzhi Wang (The Ohio State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Xiaoxu Huang (Chongqing University, China)
"Characterization of Local Orientation and Property Variations in Heterogeneous Metallic Materials"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Suveen Mathaudhu (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Gradatim Ferociter: Exploring the Thermal Stability of Gradient Heterogenous Copper"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Wei Liu (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China)
"Effect of Solutes on the Formation of 〈c + a〉 Dislocations in Magnesium Alloys"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
High and Medium Entropy Materials
Discussion Leader: Hyoung Seop Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Yang Xiang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"The Effect of Randomness on the Strength of High Entropy Alloys"
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Cecilia Cao (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Machine Learning Aided Design of HEAs"
5:15 pm - 5:25 pm
Discussion
5:25 pm - 5:40 pm
Peijian Shi (Shanghai University, China)
"Enhanced Strength-Ductility Synergy in Ultrafine Grained Eutectic HEAs by Micro-Structured Lamellae"
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure