SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanomechanics |
| Discussion Leader: Elias Aifantis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Huajian Gao (Brown University)
"Ductile vs Brittle Fracture Behaviors in Nanotwinned Metals and Metallic Glasses" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Julia Greer (Caltech)
"Interfaces and Size Effects in Hierarchical Design of Materials"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanical-Electronic Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Rebecca Cheung (Univ. of Edinburgh) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Tongyi Zhang (HKUST)
"Coupling between concentrations and stresses in nanograined materials"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Nicholas Fang (MIT)
"Dynamical Actuation and Pattern Formation with Local Swelling in Microgels"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Min-Feng Yu (Georgia Tech)
"Nanomechanical stability of liquid meniscus leading to the flexible manufacturing of the metal nanostructures" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanical-Electrochemical Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Kwong Yu Chan (HKU) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Yangtse Cheng (Univ. of Kentucky)
"Understanding the Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase (SEI) for Improving the Performance and Durability of Lithium Ion Batteries"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Katsuyo Thornton (Univ. of Michigan)
"Interplay of Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Mechanics in Electrochemical Systems"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biological Motors |
| Discussion Leader: W.W. Lu (HKU) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jonathan Scholey (U.C. Davis)
"Motors adapted for mitosis and ciliogenesis"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Daniel Fletcher (U.C. Berkeley)
"Force-dependent mechanics of actin networks"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Krystyn J. Van Vliet (MIT)
"Coupling between chemistry and mechanics at material interfaces"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Thermal-Mechanical Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Qingping Sun (HKUST) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jose San Juan (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
"Nano-compression superelastic behavior in shape memory alloy micro and nano pillars"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Wenjing Ye (HKUST)
"Thermally induced novel transport phenomena: fundamentals and potential applications"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Soft Matter |
| Discussion Leader: Gang Li (Clemson Univ.) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | David Weitz (Harvard Univ.)
"The role of interfacial mechanics on cell mechanics"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Stephen Eichhorn (Exeter Univ.)
"Using Raman Spectroscopy to Follow the Nanomechanics of Cellulose Nanofibres and Composites"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Christian Serre (Lavoisier Institute Versailles)
"Highly flexible Metal Organic Frameworks" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session C |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoporous Actuator Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Elias Aifantis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Jeff De Hosson (Groningen Univ.)
"Nanoporous metallic muscles"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Chuan Cheng (HKU)
"Electrochemo-mechanics of alumina nano-honeycombs: self-ordered growth and actuation"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Multiphysics Theory and Modeling I |
| Discussion Leader: Guanhua Chen (HKU) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jacob K. White (MIT)
"Simulation challenges in Nanoscale Multiphysics" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Chung-ho Woo (City Univ. of Hong Kong)
"Magnetic and lattice relaxation dynamics at interfaces"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Katerina Aifantis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
"Using gradient plasticity to model the mechanical response of single crystal and bi crystal micropillars"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Multiphysics Theory and Modeling II |
| Discussion Leader: Michel van Hove (Hong Kong Baptist Univ.) |
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm | Jayathi Murthy (Purdue Univ.)
"Efficient Computational Algorithms for Phonon Transport in Composites"
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4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Discussion |
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm | Yuan Lin (HKU)
"A computational framework for studying the mechanics and dynamics of biopolymer networks"
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5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |