SMEC 2003

SMEC 2003

Kovens Conference Center

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Conference Locality

Miami, Florida
March 24-27, 2003

Organized by the Division Of Sponsored Research, Florida International University

The meeting will be held in Miami Beach during March 24-27, 2003. Following the tradition of the first meeting it will aim at science emphasizing the role of extreme variables (pressure, temperature and size) in materials science and geophysics.

SMEC 2003 Schedule

Participant List

Meeting highlights

Symposia List

1. N. Saini
Inhomogeneous and Strongly Correlated Materials with Novel Electronic Properties (ISCM)
Contact: INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma “La Sapienza” P. le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 ROMA, Tel: +39-6-4991 4391, Fax: +39-6-4957 6971

E-mail: naurang.saini@roma1.infn.it.

2. K. Rajan
Computational Alchemy
Contact: 110 Materials Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Troy NY 12180-3590, Tel: 518-276-61, Fax: 518-276-8554,

E-mail: rajank@rpi.edu.

3. S. Seal
How small can we go?
Contact: SNF: Engineering 381, University of Central Florida, 4000 University Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, Tel: 407-823-5277, Fax: 407-823-0208,

E-mail: sseal@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu.

4. R. Ahuja and A. Belonoshko
High Pressure and Computational Materials Science
Contact: Physics Dept. Angstromlaboratoriet, Lagerhyddsvagen 1, University of Uppsala, Box 530, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden, Tel: +46-18-471 3626

E-mail: rajeev@fysik.uu.se.

5. M. Pasternak and H. Annersten
High Pressure Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Oxides and Related Compounds.
Contact: Moshe Paz-Pasternak, Condensed Matter Dept., Sch. of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv Israel, Tel: +972-3-642-4296, Fax: +972-3-642-2979

E-mail: hh136@ccsg.tau.ac.il.

6. M. Eremets and V. Struzhkin
Electronic properties of materials at megabar pressures
Contact: Max-Planck-Institute of Chemistry, Joh.-J.-Becher-Weg 27, University Campus, D-55128 Mianz, Germany, Tel: +49 6131 305 312,

E-mail: eremets@mpch-mainz.mpg.de.

7. G. Ottonello
Thermodynamics of melts and glasses
Contact: DIP.TE.RIS University of Genova, Coros Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Tel: +39 010 3538307, Fax: +39 010 352169,

E-mail: giotto@dipteris.unige.it.

8. A. El Goresy and L. Dubrovinsky
Phases in Earth’s interior (Controversial Issues)
Contact: Ahmed El Goresey: Max-Planck-Institute of Chemistry, Joh.-J.-Becher-Weg 27, University Campus, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, Tel: +49 6131 305 292

E-mail: goresy@mpch-mainz.mpg.de.

9. P. Dera and R. Downs
Latest trends and future perspectives in high-pressure crystallography
Contact: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, #M-G08, Washington DC, 20015, Tel: 202-478-8915

E-mail: dera@gl.ciw.edu.

10. E. Ohtani
Heterogeneities in the lower mantle and CMB, and material circulation in Earth's interior
Contact: Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Economic Geology, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Japan, Tel: +81-22-217-6662, Fax: +81-222-217-6675

Email:ohtani@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp.

11. G. Grimvall
Thermodynamics of solids at high pressures
Contact: Dept. of Theoretical Physics, KTH- SCFAB, Royal Institute of Technology, SE 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, Tel: 46+ 8-5537-8160

Email: grimvall@theophys.kth.se.

12. I. Silvera
Hydrogen under static and dynamic high pressure
Contact: Lyman Laboratory of Physics #24, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA 02138, Tel: 617-495-9075

E-mail: silvera@physics.harvard.edu

13. J. Tse
Clathrate hydrates and planetary ices
Contact: Theory of Computation Program, Steacie Institute for Molecular Science, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6, Tel:1+613-991-1237

E-mail: john.tse@nrc.ca

14. K. Takemura
High-pressure structural study of metals
Contact: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN, Phone & FAX: +81-298-58-5654
E-mail: takemura.kenichi@nims.go.jp

15. V. Renugopalakrishnan

Proteins under extreme temperatures and pressures.

Contact: Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, FIU, Miami, FL 33174, Tel: 1+617-970-2463

E-mail: Renu@biofold.net

Posters

Hotel Accommodations

Registration:

Registration has officially been closed on the Feb 25^th, 2003. However, if you wish to attend please contact Debby Arnold.

Travel information:

Miami Beach is easily reached from both the Miami International Airport and the Ft. Lauderdale Airport.

Publication:

The conference proceedings will be published if a suitable number of papers are available.