W O M T

Workshop on Opportunities in Materials Theory 2002

Program

Funding Opportunities

Reiss 103 at Georgetown University Campus

Monday: October 14

Time
Speaker
Title
14:00-17:00 Registration 
Introduction to NSF for New Investigators 
14:30-15:30 Bruce Taggart 
NSF (MPS/DMR/MT)
[transparencies]

Daryl Hess
NSF (MPS/DMR/MT)
[transparencies]

Informal discussion: 
  • Intro to NSF/MPS/DMR/MT 
  • Funding initiatives: ITR, NSE, etc. 
  • Review process 
  • MT infrastructure and resources
  • The Future of WOMT  
Introduction to ONR for New Investigators
15:30-16:00 Kristl Hathaway
ONR
[transparencies] 		Opportunities for Condensed Matter Theory at ONR: What Is Different About a Mission Agency 
 Introduction to DOE for New Investigators
16:00-16:30 Dale Koelling
DOE
[transparencies] 		Materials Theory at the Department of Energy  
  Public Lecture
16:30-17:15   Reception
17:15-18:15  B. Marston
Brown University  		 The Quantum Mechanics of Global Warming  [abstract]

 
 

Opportunities in Science and Education

Conference Room 375 at National Science Foundation
 
 

Tuesday: October 15

Time
Speaker
Title
7:30-8:30 Registration 
8:30-9:00

Bruce Taggart
NSF (MPS/DMR/MT)

Amy Liu
Georgetown
Welcome
Polymers and Complex Fluids
Chair: J.E.G. Lipson (Dartmouth) 
[transparency]
9:00-9:40 M. Guenza
U. Oregon		 Microscopic Analysis of Anomalous Dynamics in Polymer Fluids [ abstract ]
9:40-10:20 V. Ganesan 
U. Texas - Austin		 Theory and Simulations of Multicomponent Polymeric Materials: Recent Advances and Open Challenges [ abstract ] [transparencies]
10:20-11:00 Break 
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Chair: Piers Coleman (Rutgers)
[transparencies]
10:30-11:10 S. Zhang
Stanford		 Progress in Theoretical Understanding of High Temperature Superconductivity  [ abstract ] [transparencies]
11:10-11:50 A. Moreo
Florida State		 Exploring the Complexity of Colossal Magnetoresistant Manganites and High-Tc Cuprates using Computational Techniques [ abstract ] [transparencies]
11:50-12:30 B. Marston
Brown		 Competing, Coexisting, Hidden and Quasi-Orderings of Strongly Correlated Electrons: Insights from Models [ abstract ] [transparencies]
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Interface with Biology
Chair: D. Thirumalai (UMD)
14:00-14:40 P. Nelson 
U. Pennsylvania		 Undergraduate Education in Biological Physics at the University of Pennsylvania [abstract]
14:40-15:20 C. Sagui
NCSU		 Improved Electrostatics for Large-Scale Biomoleculer Simulations [abstract]
Open Discussion
Moderator: TBD
15:20-17:00  Open Discussion -- Science, Issues, The Future of WOMT, etc.
17:00-19:00 Reception

Wednesday: October 16

Time
Speaker
Title
Quantum Hall and Low Dimensional Phenomena
Chair:  J. K. Jain (PSU)
8:30-9:10 S. Sondhi
Princeton 		 Frustration and Fractionalization in Quantum Magnets [abstract]
9:10-9:50 L. Radzihovsky
U. Colorado		 Quantum Hall Liquid Crystals [ abstract ] [transparencies]
9:50-10:00 Break
Computational Materials 
Chair: A. Y. Liu (Georgetown)
10:00-10:40 M.-Y. Chou
Georgia Tech		 First-Principles Calculations in Materials Physics: Successes and Challenges [abstract]
10:40-11:20 M. Falk
U. Michigan		 Mysteries of the Amorphous State: Jamming, Plasticity and Localization in the Absence of Long-range Order [ abstract ] [transparencies]
11:20-12:00 C. Wolverton
Ford Research Laboratory		 The Role of Quantum Mechanics in "Virtual Aluminum Castings" [abstract]
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Quantum Coherence Control and the Interface with AMO
Chair: V. Privman (Clarkson)
[transparency]
13:30-14:10
 M. Lukin
Harvard		 From Coherence and Strong Correlations to Entanglement and Quantum Control: Exploring A New Interface Between AMO and Condensed Matter Physics [ abstract ] [transparencies]
14:10-14:50 T.-L. Ho
Ohio State		 What Do Quantum Gases Do For Materials Theory? [abstract]
Closing Discussion
Moderator: D.W. Hess (NSF) 
14:50-15:50 Open Discussion – Science, Issues, The future of WOMT, etc.


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