Symposium D-9: "Multiscale Design of Nano-materials"

Scope
The unique properties of nanoscale materials are derived from interference between atomic/electronic and mesoscopic/macroscopic phenomena. The new paradigm of theoretical and computational modeling that enables seamless coupling of different length scales and of time scales has been desired to emerge.
The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum for theoretical and computational material scientists and engineers to exchange the latest information on the development in large-scale materials simulation methodologies, and to discuss the strategies and views to the realistic modeling and design of nano-materials based on multiscale computational methods. Young investigators in this research area are especially encouraged to participate.

Topics
* Large-scale materials simulation---ab initio methods/density-functional theory,
molecular-dynamics, Monte Carlo, finite-element methods.
* Multiscale modeling---hybrid methods, order-N algorithms, multiresolution algorithms.
* Parallel architectures and algorithms, computational GRID.
* Nanostructured materials---sintering, grain growth, fracture, environment effects.
* Nano-devices---self organization, interfacial effects, quantum transport.
* Others

Invited Speakers (Tentative)
Dr. Noam Bernstein (NRL,U.S.A.)
Dr. Giulia Galli (LLNL, U.S.A.)
Prof. Tadashi Hasebe (Doshisha Univ., Japan)
Dr. Toshiaki Iitaka (RIKEN, Japan)
Prof. Akira Miyamoto (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
Dr. Satoshi Sekiguchi (AIST, Japan)
Prof. Shuji Ogata (Yamaguchi Univ., Japan)
Dr. Deepak Srivastava (NASA, U.S.A.)
Prof. Priya Vashishta (USC, U.S.A.)
Prof. Sydney Yip (MIT, U.S.A.)

Chairpersons
Prof. Kenji Tsuruta²⁾
Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University
E-mai: tsuruta@elec.okayama-u.ac.jp
Prof. Tadashi Hasebe
Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University
E-mai: thasebe@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Dr. Takeo Hoshi
Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
E-mai: hoshi@coral.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Prof. Mitsuru Matsuura
Media and Information Technology Center, Yamaguchi University
E-mail: matsuura@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Prof. Aiichiro Nakano
School of Engineering, University of Southern California
E-mail: anakano@usc.edu
Prof. Shigenobu Ogata
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
E-mail: ogata@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Prof. Shuji Ogata
Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University
E-mail: ogata@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Dr. Seiichi Takami
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
E-mail: stakami@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp