Agenda

Updated 10/18/11

Monday, 11/14/2011

9-9.15

     Introduction, Ch. Reichhardt

9.15-10

     K. Dahmen
Deformation of Sheared Crystals and Granular Materials: Slip Avalanches, Crackling Noise, and Universal Statistics

10-10.45

     M. Demkowicz
Predicting and Controlling Crack Interactions with Grain Boundaries

10.45-11

     Break

11-11.45

     I. Cohen
Colloids: Soft Condensed Matter’s Ising Model

11.45-12.30

     Poster talks (6 talks)

2-2.45

      M. Koslowski
Deformation Mechanisms in Nano and Ultrafine Crystalline Ni

2.45-3.30

     A. Liu
Vibrations and Quasilocalized Modes in Jammed Packings

3.30-3.45

     Break

3.45-4.30

     T. Pollock
Dislocation Interactions with Fine-Scale Ordered Precipitates

4.30-5.15

     D. Pine
Transverse Alignment of Fibers in a Periodically Sheared Suspension: An Absorbing Phase Transition with a Slowly-Varying Control Parameter

6.30

     Dinner at DeColores

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Tuesday, 10/15/2011

Room 203, 2nd floor of the Research Park

8:30 am, Bill Priedhorsky meets with DR appraisal committee

8:35-9:15, I. J. Beyerlein, Project Overview 
(35 min + 5 min Q&A)

9:15-9:45, N. A. Mara, Integration of Deformation Experiments with Modeling Across Length Scales 
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

9:45-10:15, C. A. Bronkhorst, Modeling the Local Response of Cu/Nb During Accumulated Roll Bonding 
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

10:15-10:35, Break (20 min)

10:35-11.05, 
H. Mourad, Modeling the Response of Cu/Nb during ARB Processing: Non-local and Interfacial Effects 
(25 min + 5 min Q&A)

11.05-11:10, 
I. J. Beyerlein, Future work and directions (5 min)

11:10-12:00,
 Poster Spotlight 5 min talks (6 posters--see list below)

~12:00-12:30, 
Poster session

12:30 Lunch
DR appraisal committee meeting (by invitation)--room 301, Suite 300, Third floor of the Research Park

List of DR posters:

1 Wang, Title: Analytical Interface Model based on atomistic scale defect-interface interactions
2 Wang, Zhou, Chu, Title: An Interface-Dislocation Dynamics Model to Incorporate the Physics of Interfaces
3 Barros, Lookman, Title: Incompatibility based dislocation model coupled to a bi-crystal interface
4 Zheng, Han, Dickerson, Title: Evolution of interfaces during ARB processing of Cu/Nb: A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study
5 Carpenter, McCabe, Title: Microstructure Evolution in ARB Cu/Nb Nanolamellar Composites: A Comparison between EBSD and Neutron Diffraction Methods
6 Carpenter, Mara, Mook, Zheng, Title: The Mechanical Response of Bulk Cu/Nb Nanolamellar Composites Fabricated via Accumulative Roll Bonding

1.45-2.30

     T. Bieler
Characterization and Modeling of Heterogeneous Deformation Near Grain Boundaries in Titanium and Ti-5AI-2.5Sn

2.30-3.15

      R. LeSar
Connecting Dislocation Simulations to Plasticity

3.15-3.30

     Break

3.30-4.15

     C. O'Hern
Contact Percolation Signals Jamming

4.15-5

     R. Averback
Self-Organization in Immiscible Alloys During Severe Plastic Deformation

5-5.45

     D. McDowell
Dislocation Nucleation, Slip Activation, Interface Mediation, and Size Effects

7.00

     Dinner at Central Avenue Grill

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Wednesday, 11/16/2011

9-9.45

     J. Sethna
Bending Crystals: The Evolution of Grain Boundaries and Fractal Dislocation Structures

9.45-10.30

     I. Roberston
Four-Dimensional Characterization of Dislocation Interactions with Interfaces

10.30-10.45

     Break

10.45-11.30

     J. Langer
Shear-Transformation-Zone Theory of Glassy Diffusion, Stretched Exponentials, and the Stokes-Einstein Relation

11.30-12.15

     A. Rollett
Interfaces, Dynamics and Grain Boundary Character

12.15-1.30

     Lunch

1.30-2.15

      M. Falk
The Thermodynamics of Deformation in Amorphous Solids via the Shear Transformation Zone Theory

2.15-3

     Y. Zhu
 Physics and Modeling of Grain-Size effect on Twinning in Nanostructured FCC Metals

3-3.15

     Break

3.15-4

     L. Manning
Structural Soft Spots Control Flow in Disordered Solids

4-4.45

     A. Misra

4.45-5

      Conclusion

Dinner on your own