Elasicity Grand Challenge Workshop - Program and Abstracts

Elasticity Grand Challenge Workshop

Schedule and Program

7:30-8:20	Breakfast at Aunt Sonya’s (next to the Chancellor Hotel and covered by the workshop) or any other place
8:20	Leave from Main Entrance of Chancellor Hotel to UIUC. Jay Bass and Jennifer Jackson will meet you in the lobby.
8:45	Workshop starts
8:45-9:00	Jay Bass: Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop
9:00-9:15	Robert C Liebermann: “Hints from Mother Earth: Challenge is to Unravel the Clues: How can Elasticity Grand Challenge Project and COMPRES Contribute to this Story?”
9:15-9:45	Open discussion of Grand Challenge Directions and Priorities
9:45-10:00	Stas Sinogeikin, Dmitry Lakshtanov, Jennifer Jackson and Jay Bass: “Elastic properties measured by Brillouin spectroscopy: Current capabilities, future directions, and technical challenges”
10:00-10:15	Dmitry Lakshtanov, Stas Sinogeikin, Jennifer Jackson and Jay Bass: ”High Temperature Elasticity Measurements by Brillouin Spectroscopy with Resistive and IR Laser Heating”
10:15-10:30	Jennifer Jackson, Stas Sinogeikin, Jianzhong Zhang and Jay Bass: “Brillouin measurements on polycrystalline silicates”
10:30-10:45	Coffee break
10:50-11:05	G. D. Gwanmesia, J. Zhang, K. Darling, J. Kung, B. Li, L. Wang, M. Vaughan, J. Chen, D.J. Weidner , D. Neuville, and R. C. Liebermann : “Elasticity of Polycrystalline Pyrope (Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂) to 9 GPa and 1000° C by Ultrasonic Inteferometry with Synchrotron X-radiation”
11:05-11:20	J. Kung, B. Li, W. Liu, L.Wang, M.T. Vaughan, J. Chen, D.J. Weidner "Elasticity measurement of single-crystal MgO in deformation-DIA apparatus"
11:20-11:35	B. Li, J. Kung, R. C. Liebermann, D.J. Weidner: "Elasticity of Mantle Minerals Under Grand Challenge: Measurements at Simultaneous P and T of the Lower Mantle Conditions?"
11:35-11:50	C. David Martin, Jennifer Kung, Baosheng Li, Donald J. Weidner, Robert C. Leibermann, Sytle M. Antao, Yanbin Wang, and John B. Parise : "Elasticity changes with order-disorder processes in, and elasticity of polycrystalline perovskite NaMgF3 near phase transition"
11:50-12:05	Steven Jacobsen: "A gigahertz ultrasonic interferometer for the diamond-anvil cell and synthesis of gem-quality mantle phases for elasticity experiments"
12:05-12:20	Renata Wentzcovitch: "Latest Accomplishments and Upcoming Challenges in Theoretical Planetary Materials Science"
12:20-1:30	Lunch (Illini Union, Colonial room, first floor, NE corner)
1:30-1:50	Koichiro Umemotoand Renata M. Wentzcovitch: "Amorphization in quenched ice-VIII: a first principles study"
	Renata M. Wentzcovitch and Koichiro Umemoto: "Low-to-high density phase transitions in ice"
1:50-2:05	Nancy Ross, N. Bolfan-Casanova and C. Vanpeteghem: "Equation of State of MgSiO₃ Perovskite"
2:05-2:20	Ross Angel: "Standard materials for calibrating high-pressure apparatus"
2:20-2:35	Jie Li, Y. Fei, C. Hadidacos, R. Hemley, H. Mao, K. Hirose, W. Minarik,J. Van Orman, C. Sanloup, M. Walter, T. Komabayashi, K. Funakoshi: "Pressure Scales at High Temperatures in Multi-anvil Apparatus"
2:35-2:50	Donald J. Weidner and Li Li: "Some Limitations of Radial Diffraction Measurement of Elastic Properties"
2:50-3:10	Coffee Break
3:10-5:00	Group Discussion: Future Directions, Fruitful Collaborations, Priorities and Conclusions.
5:15-6:30	Tours of Brillouin Lab in 121 Natural History Building for those interested.
6:45	Leave Natural History Building for Silver Creek Restaurant
7:00	Meet at Silver Creek Restaurant for dinner.

Last updated 5/7/2004 1:59 PM