Wednesday 19th of March 2008.

Michael Atiyah Building Room 119, University of Leicester Campus. map

Solidification is a complex process involving a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Despite its paramount importance for technology, the understanding of many aspects of solidification remains incomplete, while theoretical description of this process remains largely phenomenological. Further progress in the study of solidification requires a concerted effort from experts in a wide range of disciplines in sciences, engineering, and mathematics. The purpose of this workshop is to stimulate interaction between researchers from diverse fields who work on various aspects of solidification or related problems.

Workshop flyer

Programme

10:30 – 11:15 Welcome, Coffee/Tea

11:15 - 11:55 Ragnvald Mathiesen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
"In situ synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of solidification microstructure evolution in
metals and alloys"

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:10 Laszlo Granasy, Brunel University
"Phase field modelling of polycrystalline solidification"

14:15 - 14:55 Andrew Mullis, University of Leeds
"The application of advanced numerical techniques to phase-field simulation of nonisothermal
alloy solidification"

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/Tea

15:30 - 16:10 John Barrett, Imperial College
"Parametric approximation of geometric evolution equations"

16:15 - 16:55 Wolfram Miller, Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ), Berlin
"Phase-field lattice kinetic scheme for solidification problems"