NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials* The ...

<strong>NSF</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> on Nano Mechanics and Materials*Co-sponsored byNorthwestern University,American Society of Mechanical Engineering,NASA URETI BIMat Center,Northwestern University Materials Research Center,NU Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Northwestern University,CSET, <strong>NSF</strong> IGERT on Virtual Tribology and AVS Science & Technology Society.Professor Wing Kam Liu (Director)Professor Ted Belytschko (Co-Director)Professor Yip Wah Chung (Co-Director, currently on leave to <strong>NSF</strong>)Professor Q. Jane Wang (Co-Director)*Funded by the Civil and Mechanical Systems Division, monitoredand guided by Dr. Ken P. Chong, Program Director.http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.htmlThe objectives of the <strong>NSF</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> on NanoMechanics and Materials are:• To identify and promote important areas ofnanotechnology, and to create new areas of focus whichwill augment current nanotechnology research anddevelopment by universities, industries, andgovernment.• To train future and practicing engineers, scientists, andeducators in the emerging areas of nanotechnology,nano-mechanics, and nano-materials.• To exchange new ideas, disseminate knowledge, andprovide valuable networking opportunities forresearchers and leaders in the field.http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html

• The short courses offered by the <strong>Institute</strong> willprovide fundamentals and recent newdevelopments in selected areas of nanotechnology.• The material will be presented at a level accessibleto BS graduates of science and engineeringprograms.• Emphasis will be on techniques and theoriesrecently developed that are not available in texts orstandard university courses.• The instructors are well known for their researchand teaching.http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html• Courses offered in summer 2004:• Multiscale modeling and simulation ofnano mechanics and materials• Surface engineering and coatingshttp://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html

Future Courses (tentative)(1) Sustainable technologies (Prof. Bruce Rittman, Northwestern Universityand one or more instructors will be selected)- Society must become more sustainable, which means using less non-renewable energy andminimizing the impacts of its activities on the environment. Essential to achieving this societalgoal will be new sustainable technologies, and they will rely on advances in nanotechnology,biotechnology, and green chemistry. This short course on "sustainable technologies" willintroduce its participants to the fundamentals of these three core areas and how they can be appliedto make technology more sustainable.(2) Bio-NEMS/MEMS and Hierarchically Structured MaterialsInstructors:Junghoon Lee (Northwestern University), Rodney S. Ruoff (Northwestern University)Ilhan Aksay (Princeton University)- Innovations in materials and systems based on fundamental science and interdisciplinarycollaboration are the key objective of this course. The focus is on biological applications orbiologically inspired systems. Some of the possible topics are biologically inspired materialsstructured at the nanoscale, nanoscale chemo-mechanical interaction in sensors, and structuralbehavior of micro/nanoscale components.- Hopefully, the summer institute will be renewed by <strong>NSF</strong> for afew more years.Comments and Suggestions:summerinstitute@mail.mech.northwestern.eduhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.htmlDr. Ken Chong (Director of Mechanics &Materials Program, Engineering DirectorateNational Science Foundation)• Remarks on the <strong>NSF</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> onNano Mechanics and Materials• The <strong>NSF</strong> Nano Science and EngineeringProgramhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Nano Mechanics and MaterialsInstructors:Judith Harrison (US Naval Academy)Don Ellis (Northwestern University)Wing Kam Liu (Northwestern University)Guest Lecturers:L. Cate Brinson (Northwestern University)Linda Schadler (Rensselaer Polytechnic <strong>Institute</strong>)Date: June 7-11, 2004Location: Northwestern University, Norris CenterContact: summerinstitute @mail.mech.northwestern.eduURL: http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html• Course Outline:• Layout: Based upon 5x3 morning + 4x3 afternoon sessionsof 3 hrs each...We have breaks in between each topic. Onehour = 50 minute lecture. L: (lecture) P:(practicum)• Lab tours:• Physics& Astronomy:• Ketterson-films, patterns-via sputtering• Chandrasekhar-wires, junctions, nanofabrication• Chemistry:• Mirkin-nanodrawing, nanoparticle sensors• VanDuyne-nanopatterning• Schatz- computational chemistry facility• Materials Science & Engineering:• Dravid-NUANCE microscopy facility• Marks-surface electron & X-ray diffraction• Wessels- semiconductor structures• Mechanical Engineering:• Brinson- mechanics of advanced materials facilityhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html

• Mon 8:00-8:30 am• Overview/keynote: Opening remarks by Director (Wing Liu), and <strong>NSF</strong>Program Director (Ken Chong), and overview of the course (Judith Harrison)• Mon 8:30-12:00• L1: Principals of Classical Lagrangian/Hamiltonian mechanics and itsrelations to MD (Liu)• L2: Interatomic potentials and Force Fields (Harrison)• L3: Introduction to MD simulations, Canonical & Grand Canonical ensembles(Ellis)• Mon 1:00-4:30 pm• L4: MC simulations; extraction of T-average properties from MD & MC(Harrison)• P1: Demonstration of simple MD and FEM Matlab and Mathematica codes: ateaching tool (Liu)• P2: Practical experience with codes; run examples of MD (Harrison)• Tue 8:30-12:00• L5: Lattice Mechanics and Multiscale boundary conditions in solids (Liu)• L6: Multi-length and Multi-time scale problems - nanostructures; diffusion(Ellis)• L7: Nanoindentation & Nanotribology I (Harrison)• Tue 1:00-4:30 pm• L8: Bridging Scale Methods I: Coupling of MD to Continuum (Liu)• L9: Examples of structural optimization/relaxation (Ellis)• P3: Lab Tours #1 (Ellis, Brinson)http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html• Wed 8:30-12:00• L10: Nanoindentation & Nanotribology II (Harrison)• L11: Quantum Mechanics & Density Functional Theory for Materials Design(Ellis)• P4: Lab session on MC and thermodynamic codes; (Harrison)• Wed 1:00-4:30 pm• L12: Bridging Scale Methods II: Coupling of MD to Continuum andIntroduction to FEM (if time allows) (Liu)• L13: Introduction to Surfaces and Interfaces; Nanodeposition (Harrison)• P5 : Lab Tours #2 (Ellis, Brinson)• Thu 8:30-12:00• L14: Links between Theory and Experiment I. Essential Collaborations(Harrison)• L15: Links between Theory and Experiment II. Clean Lab vs. Real World(Ellis)• L16: Nanocomposites- Theory and Experiment I (Brinson and Schadler)• Thu 1:00-4:30pm• L17: Nanocomposites- Theory and Experiment II (Brinson and Schadler)• P6: Lab session on MD/FEM/Continuum bridging using Matlab (Liu)• P7: Lab Tours #3 (Ellis, Brinson)• Fri 8:30-12:00• L18:Materials Design-Overview and Meso- to Macro-scale (Liu)• L19: QM ClassicalExperimental feedback loops (Ellis)• L20: Summing up- Status of the field and the Future (round table)http://tam.northwestern.edu/summerinstitute/Home.htmhttp://tam.northwestern.edu/wkl/liu.html