Fundamentals and Characterization
Applied Neutron Scattering in Engineering and Materials Science Research
Organizer: Dimitry Sediako, National Research Council Canada; Lukas Bichler, University of British Columbia
Boron, Boron Compounds, and Boron Nanomaterials: Structure, Properties, Processing and Applications
Organizer: Roumiana S. Petrova, New Jersey Institute of Tech
Deformation and Transitions at Grain Boundaries III
Organizers: Thomas Bieler, Michigan State University; Rozaliya I Barabash, MST Div; Doug Spearot, University of Arkansas; Jian Luo, Sch Mat Sci & Engn; Shen Dillon, Dept Mat Sci & Engn
Failure Analysis and Prevention
Organizers: Dustin Turnquist, Engineering Systems, Inc.; Larry Hanke, Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc.
First Symposium on Computational Materials Design – CMaD I (Invitation only)
Organizers: Abhijeet Misra, QuesTek Innovations LLC; Carelyn Campbell, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Gregory B Olson, Northwestern University
International Symposium on Defects, Transport and Related Phenomena
Organizers: Sangtae Kim, University of California, Davis; Ruediger Dieckmann, Cornell University; Doreen Edwards, Alfred University; Manfred Martin, RWTH Aachen University; Thomas O. Mason, Northwestern University
Materials Tribology: Fundamentals, Applications and Solutions
Organizers: Michael Chandross, Sandia National Laboratories; Richard R. Chromik, McGill University; Thomas W. Scharf, University of North Texas
Material Data and Software Tools Needed to Make MGI and ICME a Reality
Organizers: Ursula R Kattner, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Steven M. Arnold, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field; Laura M. Bartolo, Kent State University
Mechanical Properties of Thermoelectric Materials
Organizers: Eldon Case, Michigan State University; Edgar Lara-Curzio, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Multiscale Modeling of Microstructure Deformation in Material Processing
Organizers: Lukasz Madej, AGH University of Science and Technology; Maciej Pietrzyk, AGH University of Science and Technology
Multiscale Perspectives on Plasticity in BCC Metals
Organizers: Jonathan A. Zimmerman, Sandia National Laboratories; Christopher R. Weinberger, Sandia National Laboratories; Scott X. Mao, University of Pittsburgh; John L. Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Martin Crimp, Michigan State University; Jian Wang, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Nathan Mara, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Optical and X-ray Imaging Techniques for Material Characterization
Organizers: Francois Legare, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique; Fiorenzo Vetrone, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique; Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada
Phase Stability, Diffusion, Kinetics and their Applications (PSDK-VIII)
Organizers: Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty, ArcelorMittal; Abhijeet Misra, QuesTek Innovations LLC; Raymundo Arroyave, Texas A & M University; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Michael Gao, National Energy Technology Lab
Recent Approaches and Challenges in Smart Coatings
Organizer: Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute
Scanning Probe Techniques for Functional Materials
Organizers: Andreas Ruediger, INRS-EMT; François Légaré, INRS-EMT; Ralf Vogelgesang, MPI Festkörperforschung
Semiconductor Heterostructures: Theory, Growth, Characterization, and Device Applications
Organizer: John E. Ayers, University of Connecticut
Synthesis and Structural and Functional Characterization of Thin Films and Self-assembled Nanostructures
Organizers: Federico Rosei, INRS; Mohamed Chaker, INRS; Alberto Vomiero, CNR and Univ di Brescia
Invited Speakers: Ana Tavarez, EMT-INRS, Canada; Sylvain G. Cloutier, ETS, Canada; Christine Luscombe, University of Washington, U.S.; Isabella Concina, University of Brescia, Italy; Guozhong Cao, University of Washington, U.S.; Nian Sun, Northeastern University, U.S.; Olivia Graeve, University of California, San Diego, U.S.; Efstanthios Meletis, University of Texas Arlington, U.S.