Sunday, August 3, 1997

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration (Cresta Sun Hotel)

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Reception

Monday, August 4, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am 8:45 am Welcome and Introductions
Enrique Lavernia, Conference Chair
Herman Bieber, EF Conferences Committee
Charles Freiman, EF Director

8:45 am - 9:00 am Conference Overview
Lawrence Kabacoff

9:00 am - 10:15 am SESSION I: INTRODUCTION TO NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS AND OVERVIEWS

"Introduction to the Synthesis, Microstructure and Properties of Nanostructured Materials"
Horst Hahn
Technical University Darmstadt, Germany

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am 12:30 pm "Synthesis of Nanophase Materials"
Bernard Kear
Rutgers University, USA

"Processing of Nanostructured Ceramics and Bioceramics"
Jackie Ying
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

"Synthesis of Nanostructured Manufactured Engineering Coatings by High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) Thermal Spraying"
Enrique Lavernia
University of California at Irvine, USA

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm 4:45 pm Ad hoc Discussions / Free Time

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Service outside Session Room

5:15 pm 7:00 pm SESSION II: RECENT INNOVATIONS IN PROCESSING

"Thermal Spray Processing of Nanoscale Materials by HVOF/HVIF"
Peter Strutt
Inframat Corporation, Connecticut, USA

"Thermal Spray Processing of Nanoscale Materials by Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition"
Steven Girshick
University of Minnesota, USA

"Thermal Spray Processing of Nanophase Co/WC and Ni-Based Alloys"
Mark Froning
Englehard Corporation, Connecticut, USA

"Vapor Phase Synthesis of Nanophase Oxides: Implications for the Thermal Spray Industry"
Ganesh Skandan
Manpower Enterprises, Inc., New Jersey, USA

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social Hour

Tuesday, August 5, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am 10:15 am SESSION III: PROCESS MODELLING AND DIAGNOSTICS

"Microstructure Development and Control during Plasma Spray Deposition"
Sanjay Sampath
State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA

"Numerical and Experimental Study of Nanostructured WC/C Coatings Using HVOF System"
Schmuel Eidelman
Science Applications, Inc., Virginia, USA

"Diagnostics and Modeling of Nanopowder Synthesis in Low Pressure Flames"
Nick Glumac
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am 12:30 pm SESSION IV: CHARACTERIZATION

"Structure and Characterization of Materials on the Nanoscale"
Manfred Ruhle
Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

"New Evaluation Methods on Ceramic Surfaces and Interfaces -
Cryogenic Heat Capacity Measurement and TPD"
Kozo Ishizaki
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

"Silicon Nitride Powder Surface State Characterization by Temperature Programmed Desorption Technique"
Tetsuya Nakamatsu
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

"Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Ni, INCONEL 718, and Stainless Steel Coatings"
Maggy Lau
University of California, USA

"Issues in the Characterization and Measurement of Nanoscale Coatings"
Stanley Dapkunas
National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm 5:00 pm Ad hoc Discussions / Free Time

5:50 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Service outside Session Room

5:15 pm 7:00 pm SESSION V: NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS

"Synthesis of Titanium Aluminide Base Composites by Reactive Thermal Spraying"
Kenji Murakami
Osaka University, Japan

"Novel Engineering Coatings with Nanocrystalline and Nanocomposite Structures by HVOF Spraying"
David Stewart
Nottingham University, UK

"Plasma Spray Synthesis of Nanozirconia Powder"
Chris Berndt
State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social Hour

Wednesday, August 6, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am 10:15 am SESSION VI:NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS (continued)

"VPS Nanophase Alumina-Zirconia for Thermal Barrier Coating Applications"
Virgil Provenzano
Naval Research Laboratory, USA

"Microstructure and Properties of Plasma Sprayed Nanoscale Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt Coatings"
Milt Scholl
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, USA

"Particulate Nanoreinforced Polymer Composites: Processing and Properties"
Elena Petrovicova
Drexel University, USA

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am 12:30 pm SESSION VII: PROPERTIES

"Thermal Stability Modeling and Experimentation"
Jim Rawers
U.S. Department of Energy, Oregon, USA

"TBA"
Carl Koch
North Carolina State University, USA

"Non-Equilibrium Phenomena during Thermal Spraying: Implications on Structure, Properties and Tribological Response"
Sanjay Sampath
State University of New York-Stony Brook, USA

12:30 pm Excursion (box lunches provided)

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Dinner

9:30 pm - 10:30 pm Social Hour

Thursday, August 7, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am 10:15 am SESSION VIII: PROPERTIES (continued)

"TBA"
Jeff Eastman
Argonne National Laboratory, USA

"Thermal Transport Through Coatings Using A Pulsed Laser Heating Method"
Daniel Josell
National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA

"Fatigue Properties and Long Term Thermal Aging of Ni-based Superalloy Coatings; Combined Coatings with HVOF Sprayed MCrAlY Coating and CVD Aluminide Coating"
Masakazu Ozakazi
Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

10:45 am 12:30 pm SESSION IX: PROPERTIES (continued)

"Tribological Aspects of Nanophase Materials"
Traugott Fischer
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

"Synthesis and Thermal Stability Studies of Nanocrystalline Materials Prepared by HVOF Thermal Spraying"
Honggang Jiang
University of California at Irvine, USA

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm - 5:00 pm Ad hoc Discussions / Free Time

4:45 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Break

5:15 pm 7:00 pm SESSION X: POSTER SESSION

"Characterization of Plasma Spray Coating in Spray Dried Cr2O3 Powder"
Soo W. Lee, Jong M. Park, Dong Won Lee, and Byong Kee Kim
Sun Moon University, Korea

"Synthesis and Properties of Consolidated Nanoscale Aluminum Alloys"
K. Upadhya and W.P. Hoffman
(Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA)

"Application of Nanoporous Metal/Polymer Compounds"
Hans-Gerd Busmann
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Materials Research, Germany

"Self-reinforced Nanoscale Materials Based on Sintered Silicon Nitride"
Oksana N. Kaidash
Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

"Effect of Oxygen on Sitering Plasmochemical Powders of Nonoxide High-Melting Compounds"
Oksana N. Kaidash
Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

"Atomic Level Engineering of Nanoscale Materials, Quantum- Chemical Modeling"
E. Sheka

Note: The organizers invite additional poster presentations.

Please send your abstract to the Engineering Foundation.

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Conference Banquet

10:00 pm Social Hour

Friday, August 8, 1997

7:00 am - 8:30 pm Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am 10:15 am SESSION XI: APPLICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL ISSUES

"TBA"
Bernard H. Kear
N.J. College of Engineering, New Jersey, USA

"HVOF Applications of Nanostructured Materials"
Robert Rigney
Integrated Systems Analysts, Virginia, USA

10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break

"Applications for Nanostructured Coatings in the Aerospace Industry"
Maurice Gell
University of Connecticut, USA

"Potential Applications for Nanostructured Coatings"
Mark Froning
Englehard Corporation, Connecticut, USA

12:00 noon 12:30 pm SESSION XII: CLOSURE

Organizing Committee

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch and Adjournment

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